Love Struck

Part 10

Aki walked in the cafe.
She got to the table where Nome was.
Nome was playing on his phone.
He looked up and saw Aki.
He was blushing a little.
"O-Oh hi Aki!"
"H-Hi."
Aki sat down.
They were just sitting there, awkwardly.
Nome finally spoke.
"So... I'm... Really, sorry for what happened."
"I-It's okay, it was really my fault. That wouldn't have happened if I didn't realize that stain on the arm warmers. So it wasn't your fault."
Aki was looking down nervously the whole time she spoke.
She laid her head on her arms.
It was a pretty quiet date.

// 30 minutes later

They got out of the cafe and then sat on a bench.
Aki thought about if she should confess to him...
Should I?
What if he'll say no!?
Nghhhh....
He wouldn't want a depressed wolf as a girlfriend...
What if I'll pretend I don't have depression anymore...
Then he won't think I'm a depressed loser...!
"Hey Nome..?"
"Mhm?"
"Wanna go home???"
"Sure."
They walked home.
Nome dropped Aki off at his house then went home.
Aki walked over to her room.
She took her medication.
And she threw out her knife.
"I must not cut myself... I must not hate myself..."
"I can't let him worry about me anymore.
Instead of putting on arm warmers, she put on bandages to think that she's trying to heal her cuts.
So she got a roll of bandages and raveled it around her cuts.
She tried to put on a fake smile, a fake laugh, a fake everything.

Like putting on a mask.