Six Different Kinds of Love

...Cheated on?

That night no one even came into my room. Wasn't surprised. After all the drama that had happened. Damn it. I hope I hadn't done anything to upset the girls.
I know Cara is upset with me, that's for sure.
I mean, she must have been really upset with me if she had the courage to...slap me.
I just feel so bad for the girls.
I wanna make it up to them.
Lighten the mood. Take a break from all this madness.
But how?
How could I even do that?
I sighed and just let myself drift into a deep sleep.
When I woke up, I was really shocked to find all the girls, standing and sitting around my bed. They all had big, bright smiles on their faces; including Cara.

"Wh-ladies-what's going on..?"

I asked, searching my bed for a T-shirt. Damn it Aki why do you never wear a shirt to bed??
Instead I found a hand. It was Cara's. She offered me a T-shirt and smiled at me.

"I'm sorry for slapping you, Akimato. The girls explained everything to me...there must be a lot of pressure and stress on your plate right now. I don't want to make things worse for you."

Aw-Cara...That was so touching...

"Cara, you're amazing."

The top of her cheeks flushed bright pink and she giggled, still smiling. I loved that reaction.

"So Akimato! Considering you must be really stressed all of a sudden, we all came together and came up with a great suggestion!"

Lena said, holding my hand.

"Yeah. Something we all finally agreed on."
Kenzie said, folding her arms.
"We want to go to the beach Akimato. To take a break from all the madness!"

Madness...what madness..?
Hang on...oh-right...the Nightwatchers.
I hate those bastards.
Why? Why would they do such horrible things?
First they steal my ring.
And then they try to kill Bella.
Yes.
They stole your ring.
They took it away from you.
What are you going to do about it?

"Agh!!"

I sat up, gasping for air, sweating like hell. I looked around, it was still night time.
My alarm clock said 1:46am. It was...just a dream?
I was pretty relieved to be honest. That was one hell of a dream.
I wiped my sweaty forehead with my arm and forced myself back to sleep.
When I woke up again it was 1:59am.

"What the hell? What is going on with me today?"

I just could not sleep.
I pulled over the bed covers and put on a simple white shirt and some jeans.
I sighed.

"Guess there's no helping it."

I closed my bedroom door silently and crept into the corridor. Ritsu's door was wide open.
What was she doing in there?
I just shrugged it off and went downstairs. But just as I reached the 3rd step, I heard a loud shuffling noise coming from inside.
Should I go in and check on her?
Better to be safe than sorry.
I stepped into her room cautiously, whisper-calling her name.
There was no reply.
I stepped in completely.

"Ritsu are you ok-"

Ritsu was...in bed with...

"LENA?"

....What on earth...? Why are they...?

"A-Aki it's really not what-"

"Listen Akiamto-w-we..."

My mind felt like shutting down.
Why?
Why!
Why did this...That night when Lena slept with me...
My thoughts were spinning.
They were...doing...things?
I was angry at her, sure...But I was also mad at myself.
Everything is all my fault.
I was the one going round kissing all of them and doing all kinds of shit.
I shouldn've expected something like this to happen.
I know that everything that's happened in this house so far has been beyond messed up.
I'm a little sick of it already to be honest...
But even then...what she said that night was...

"Lena...you said you were in love with me!!"

And I actually believed her.
I slept with her because I thought she loved me.
But clearly I was wrong, what had I done that was so bad?
So bad that she had to...had to do that! I'd...I'd tried to kiss Cara...I know. I know this is all my fault anyway...And yet still I...

"No one was sleeping with you because you were in such a foul mood Akimato! A-and Lena usually sleeps with you but she didn't want to..."

Ritsu looked at the floor, speechless. What am I supposed to think about this?

"She didn't want to what?"

No one said a word.
An irritable rage suppressed inside me. I started to feel light-headed.
I needed some air.
I closed their door on my way out and ran down the stairs.

"Akimato wait!"
It was Cara's voice.
Oh please not now Cara.
Now isn't the time, now really isn't the time!

"Don't follow me!"

"A-Akimato...I'm sorry."

She whispered underneath a tear.
I slammed the door shut, wiping away my own tears.
Everything....Everything was just such a huge mess right now.

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