Blue eyes

Chapter VIII

It's already past five since I've been standing here, waiting for You-chan and I'm starting to worry. You-chan and I have grown closer to each other, but she is still shy.

"Riko-san?" I snapped out of my thoughts when someone called me. I turn my gaze and ssw Yoshiko-chan and Hanamaru-chan.

I smile, "Hey." I said and they approached me.

"Are you waiting for You-san?" Hanamaru-chan asks and I nod.

"Yes, and it's already been an hour. Have you seen her?" I say.

"I've seen her walking out of the school earlier. I don't where she went." Yoshiko-chan said.

"WHAT?!" I exclaimed as I start to panic.

But where would she go?!

"Calm down Riri, maybe she wasn't feeling well and gone home." Yoshiko-chan said, calming me.
I shake my head.

"No, she wouldn't just leave me." I say and Yoshiko-chan just shrug.

"Well she isn't here, just go home maybe she's in there." Yoshiko-chan says and I nod, and bid my goodbye to them.

I start walking towards home in a hurry.

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As I near home, I saw dad's car so that means he's home early. I walk inside the house and saw dad on the couch watching TV. He turns to look at me.

"Where's You?" He asks.

"What, I thought she's already here?" I look at him confused.

"No, she isn't." Dad says.

"Yoshiko-chan said that she saw her walking out of the school earlier, I don't know where she went dad." I say, as he rubs his temple, worried.

"Well, I guess we'll wait a little longer for her and if she doesn't come back when your mom arrives we'll call the police."

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"Have you called mom?" I say to dad.

It's already 7 pm and still no You-chan. We've also tried calling her phone but it just went to her voicemail.

"I did, but she isn't answering." He said as I stand pacing back and fort.

I stopped when we heard the front door opens. I quickly walks towards it and saw You-chan who has a small smile on her face.

"Where have you been?" I asks and stand in front of her, and look at her worried. She has an awful bruise on her neck.

"Where did you get that?" I ask as I move my hand up to her neck, but she takes a step back to avoid me. The bruise is so bad, it's purple, red and blue.

"It's nothing." She says and walks past me.

"You-chan!" I called but she's already walking upstairs. I want to know where she got them from, but she doesn't answer me. This kind of hurts because I thought she'll be more open up to me since we've been closer towards each other but I guess not.

I walk back in the living room, dad watches me.

"How is she?" He asks.

"I don't know, she doesn't say anything."

"Are you okay?" Dad asks, I look at him, wondering why he asked me that.

"Of course not, she has a bruise again." He smiles.

"I am happy that you care for her, she has been really good when she's around you. It's like everything on her mind just disappear. You are really helping her with being her friend." He says.

"Just so you know she has ups and downs like everyone else, but You has been through hell. So when she is down she is kind of lost, be patient with her Riko." He adds and I smile.

"I am always patient." He snorts and I punch him in the arm.

"Well I'm going to cook dinner, your mom says she can't come home tonight." He said and I nod, the dad steps out on the couch and head towards the kitchen. But then he peeks out and said.

"Oh and the way you scolded You earlier, you two are like a newlywed couple." I feel my cheeks burning up and glare at him.

"DAAAAADD!" I whine and he just laugh.

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After dinner, I told dad that I'll wash the dishes and You-chan insists to help me too. Dad is already asleep since he said that he needs to go to work early tomorrow.

After washing the dishes, You-chan and I starts to walk upstairs towards my room, when we enter my room. I turn to look up at her, and she look at me with her soft blue eyes.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." I apologize but she shakes her head. I study her bruise again.

"I'm sorry You-chan but it looks so awfu-" To my surprise she put her hand over my mouth shutting me up. I look at her with widen eyes and she smiles softly at me.

You-chan moves her hand slowly off me, to make sure I don't say anything. I smile softly at her.

"Are you going to tell me where'd you get that?" I ask because I can't bear to walk around wondering where'd she get that or she had been bullied again.

You-chan smile disappears as she shakes her head, I roll my eyes this girl is so quite, and doesn't talk too much.

"Are you going to show me then?" I wonder. She just stare down at me, but then she gets this crooked tiny smile on her face, making my heart tingle again, and I look down as I can feel my cheeks getting warm, calming myself.

I look up at her again and she has this playful smile on her face that I have never seen before and it makes me wonder what I have gotten myself into.

I shake my head getting out of my thoughts, "Let's go to sleep." I said, she nods, we walk towards my bed, I lay down first then she lies beside me.

She turns around to face me, I brush her hair behind her ear, my touch causes her to move closer to me.

She wraps her arm around me and buries her face on the top of my head as I hug her back and  I buried my face on her chest, she is so soft.

You-chan has been sleeping on my bed for over three weeks now and she has slept all of the nights without any problems.

She looks so much better, and she told me that she feels better as well when I asked her. I am happy that she is my friend and that she wants to be mine, even though I treated her bad at the start.

But I have learned my lesson, there is more to a person that you see on the surface. Sometimes you have to go beneath it and even deeper than that, to drag them out of there.

I yawn and close my eyes, listening to the sound of You-chan's heartbeat and feeling her warm skin on mine.

I gave in to the tiredness, then I feel something soft touch my forehead and I drifted to sleep with You-chan lying next to me.

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A/N: Chun Chun