Imperfect Romance: One-shot Series

Mending Relationships

Crestfallen.

Betrayed.

Angry.

Foolish.

Those were the words that Ai would use to describe how she had been feeling ever since she found out that Midori was Kuramochi's secret admirer. When everything clicked for her, she felt like she had just been stabbed in her heart and an immense wave of sadness suddenly overcame her. She liked Midori. She cared about Midori. She even trusted Midori like the fool she was.

But it was all a lie.

Midori just used her to get closer to Kuramochi and Ai fell for it. How could have she been so stupid? So blind? Was she really that desperate in need of a girlfriend that she couldn't see the signs? She never thought she was, but it seems like she was wrong. Ai always prided herself for being a good judge of character, which is why she was mad at herself for falling into Midori's trap. She couldn't believe that she was letting her mask slip when she was with Midori. Exposed herself like that when she didn't fully know Midori's intentions.

Ai was also disappointed. She was hoping that Midori was different. That they were having a genuine friendship. It was nice having another friend that was not a guy or in the baseball team. Another friend that understood you and didn't judge you. But that was all a lie as well. She knew better back in junior high.

Girls were trouble.

She knew that she should've never accepted that invitation from Midori in the first place.

'I'm so damn stupid,' Ai thought in despair as she laid down her head on her desk.

"Ai-chan?" she heard Miyuki's voice call out her name.

Ai just looked up without responding.

"Are you alright?" he asked, concern gracing his features.

She nodded. "Yes, I'm fine."

The catcher frowned. "I'm not that convinced."

"I'm fine," she reiterated, this time looking down at her desk.

His frown deepened but he didn't say anything in protest leading Ai to believe that he already dropped the subject.

"I know what it is," Miyuki suddenly declared with a grin.

"What?" Ai asked alarmed, sitting straight in her seat almost immediately.

'Did he know about what happened with Midori? If so, how come?' she dreadfully thought. Ai wasn't ready to tell Miyuki what happened because she felt so dumb and embarrassed to actually say it out loud. She just couldn't tell him.

Miyuki gave her a cocky smirk before bending down to her eye level. "You have your period right? That's why you're not feeling well," he said.