a heartbreak's tale

chapter six

"I would love it if you would just," Kagura gestured wildly at her room mate's sniper gun, "end my misery. Just shoot me."

Lesley rolled her eyes at her drama queen of a friend. "I know this situation sucks, but look on the bright side! You got Chou."

The mage stared at her friend.

Lesley threw her hands up in surrender. "...who might make the situation even more awkward, because you might have feelings for him too. Right. Sorry, I forgot."

Kagura sighed. She scooted over closer to her friend, wrapping an arm around the latter. "You okay? No offence, but you'd usually be over the moon about me being in this kind of situation. You're a sucker for love triangles - rectangles?" She shrugged. "Anyways, what's up?"

The marksman picked at her long hair mindlessly. "Gusion." She confessed, before rolling over into the embrace of her friend. "He got on the meta list."

"Are you kidding? That's amazing!" Kagura responded in excitement, before noticing how Lesley clearly did not share. "But?" She prompted.

Her friend sighed. "So." She corrected. "So he's been invited to a lot more ranked matches lately and we just haven't been seeing each other a lot lately." She paused. "I miss him."

"Aww." Kagura cooed, nudging her friend teasingly. Lesley ignored her antics, choosing to continue, "I mean, I'm so proud of him for making it! I just-" She sighed.

"Hey, it's fine. I'm sure he misses you too. He'll be asking you out soon, you mark my words." Kagura reassured her. Lesley smiled back appreciatively at her friend.

The moment was almost sweet and pure, until Lesley interrupted it. "So, about that match..."

-

Kagura grimaced. Beside her stood Belerick, Hanabi, Hayabusa and Chou, her teammates for the day. She glanced across to meet Gusion's eyes. The latter shot her a sympathetic look while she managed a small smile back, making a mental note to tell Gusion to talk to her room mate soon. Then, she eyed the rest of Gusion's teams, noting down who her enemies were for the round - namely Johnson, Odette, Terizla and Karrie. She winced at the notable combo of Johnson and Odette just as the announcer called for the heroes to make their way to their respective places.

With heavy steps, she followed behind her team to the Celestial Palace, where a much dreaded match will soon take place.

-

"Welcome to Mobile Legends!" The announcer called out, just as the heroes spawned at their respective places. Kagura could only watch as Hanabi immediately headed for the middle lane - that she usually went for.