I Love You, Sara || YTTD Joe x Sara

❀Chapter 5❀

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Sara's POV

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Two Days Later, Monday

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   I swallowed the large lump in my throat, attempting to contain the sobs that threatened to spill out. My eyes were filled with water. Salty water. Tears.  I couldn't help but cry. 

   Tears streamed down my face and landed softly on the bathroom floor below me. I sat on the ground in front of the toilet. Unsanitary, I know, but that's not really my biggest concern at the moment.

   I don't cry all that often. I'm not one of those school girls who bursts into a crying fit whenever their crush walks by. No, I'm not really like that. But sometimes, even someone who tries their best to be strong has to cry. Especially when that someone just bombed a test. And that's not all. Kuro, my cat, died earlier this day. I also saw Joe and Ryoko hugging in the hallway.

   I sniffled. Kuro was so sweet and nice. We didn't even mean to adopt him. I found him outside our house one day and begged my parents to adopt him. He was such a cute little thing. Perfectly soft fur and a lean form. He did get a little pudgy after we adopted him and let him eat and lounge around, but it wasn't too bad.

   I held myself tigther, burying my face into my arms. Today was just going horrible. It was currently my study hall period, so I didn't feel too bad about leaving it. I should be studying though. I failed that test. Failed. I can't even begin to fathom how upset my parents will be. Failed! I failed it!

   As I was figuratively wrapping myself tighter and tighter into my negative thoughts, I heard someone knock on the door to the bathroom. Why was someone... knocking? Why wouldn't they just walk in and take a stall? I was the only one in the bathroom, meaning there were two other open stalls.

   They knocked again. This time a yell accompanied it. "SARA!" I blinked. The voice sounded male, but their voice was kind of muffled because of the wall. 

   I tried to wipe some of the tears off my cheeks. "Yeah?" I called back, dusting off my skirt. I slowly brought myself to my feet. "What do you need?" 

   I heard the voice mumble something unintelligible before speaking in a clearer voice. "It's Joe! I need some help with my homework and I was just gonna wait, but you've been in there sooo long. But if you're pooping or on one of those period things, I get it. I get the first one, not the period. I've never had one of those. But I am a little curious." Joe trailed off into a quieter voice. Despite my sad mood, I couldn't help but chuckle quietly. He cleared his throat. "Anyways! Are you gonna come out soon?"

   "There's no one else in here and I'm not going to the bathroom, Joe. You can come in and talk to me if you want."

   "WHAT?! ME? IN A LADIES BATHROOM? NO WAY!" I could practically hear Joe crossing his arms. "That's way too unmanly! What if there was a girl in there and I saw her naked? That'd be rude of me."

   I shook my head. "There's stalls. If someone was using the toilet, you wouldn't see them." I opened the stall door and walked over to the sinks.

   "Hmph. Either way, why do I need to come in there? Just come out here!" Joe called to me. I rubbed my arm idly. I didn't want to go out in the hallway where someone would see me. My eyes were red from crying, my cheeks were puffy, and my hair was messed up. I didn't look presentable.

   I sighed. "Just come in," I responded, "Please." 

   I heard Joe grumble a bit before finally opening the door. He had a hand covering his eyes though as he blindly walked in. I smiled. He was such a big goof. "Okay, I'm here, what no- Sara?" Joe took his hand off his eyes to look at me. It was pretty obvious that I had been crying. Even a dummy like him would know that.

   "Yeah." I tried to wipe away another leftover tear. "It's me." 

   I opened my mouth to explain why I looked like such a mess, but before I could even utter a word, I found myself in a tight embrace. Joe wrapped his arms around me. "Why are you crying, bro? Was it that dumb teacher again?  I swear, I'll talk some sense into her one day!"

    I laughed. "No, it wasn't her." I felt Joe give a small nod. He squeezed me a little in a comforting way, as if telling me to continue with my explanation, but only if I wanted to. "I failed a big test last period, and my cat died this morning, and I saw- Uhm. I saw something else today that was upsetting to me and, and-" I cut myself off as my voice started to waver. 

   "Hey, hey. It's okay, dude. I fail tests allll the time and I'm still doing okay," Joe said. He pulled us apart from each other, holding my shoulders. He had a soft, sad smile on his face. "And I'm sorry about your cat. I bet they're happy where ever they are now." I nodded. I let myself smile at him.

   "Thanks, Joe." 

   He beamed. "No problem!" Joe held out a thumbs up, putting his other hand on his hip. His happy mood died down for his next words though. "Could I tell ya something too? If you don't mind that is." I nodded again. I didn't fully trust my voice to sound normal. He took a small breath in and out.

   "Me and Ryoko broke up."

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Holy crap, I finally uploaded! I'm so sorry for taking forever. I was on a vacation and then once I was home I had some inflamed ogran pain and then a storm took out the internet in my town. But I'm here now! Sorry again.