Chained together

Chapter 8

Arinas POV:
When I woke up today, Mirai was already out of the room and I took the time to try and rationalize the previous night.

I dont know what came over me yesterday. At first I was angry that Mirai seemed so worried about nothing, about something that doesn't even affect her. But maybe I was lying to myself. Maybe the real reason I was so frustrated was because of my own unresolved feelings.

I guess that why I kissed her.

The door suddenly opened and Mirai stopped dead in her tracks once she saw me. I looked down, getting out of bed and taking my phone with me, "Good morning.", I mumbled, moving past her and out the door.

When I arrived in the bathroom, my eyes landed on my face in the mirror, looking quite red, with dark circles under my eyes, probably from not sleeping well. Sighing, I got ready for the day and headed downstairs, where Mirai, her mum and I sat down for breakfast.

"So? How was the party yesterday? And please tell me you didn't drink.", Haruko asked, before taking a bite out of her food.

"We didn't mum, don't worry.", Mirai told her, voice monotone.

I chimed in, "It was alot of fun!"

Auntie smiled, "Thats good to hear. When did you come home?"

"I don't know. 11, I think?", Mirai answered, still not looking away from her plate. We continued to eat, chatting idly before picking up the dishes and putting them to wash.

I practically ran back upstairs, before plopping down on my bed. I decided to do some homework and get my mind of things.

It didn't work.

The whole time I spent thinking about my life, my decisions and it was worse when Mirai sat down on her own bed and started to read the 3rd year history book. But nonetheless, I still got quite a bit of work done. Even if it did take hours.

It was now 3pm and I continued to lounge in my bed, on my phone. A ding sounded in the room, as I received a text message, from none other than Sophia, 'Hey. Are you feeling okay?'

She was probably talking about yesterday. About how Mirai and I ran off after our argument. I realized that, it was probably so embarrassing for Sophia and her sister. Mirai shouldn't have made a scene.

'Yeah, I'm okay... Sorry for what we did yesterday.... we ruined your party'

'You didnt dont worry'

'Did you 2 talk???'

That question made my stomach sink. We didn't talk. We argued. And...kissed.

But Sophia didn't need to know that.

'Yeah...'

Sophia didn't text after that. Nor did I. I felt so done with myself and my feelings. I just wanted everything to be okay. Shaking my head, I stood up and turned to Mirai who was still on her bed, laptop on and headphones blasting with sounds from a movie.

The second my eyes landed on her I froze, stuttering out an apology, "I'm sorry for what I said in the car."

Mirai turned to look at me with furrowed brows. The movie she was watching was still playing, somewhat filling the otherwise silence. Her face relaxed, she licked her red lips, "You don't have to apologize."

"I do. Because I know that you're just trying to look out for me. And I'm such a dumbass sometimes and I trust people easily when I really shouldn't. I still don't think that you're right about Blake or Sophia, but-", I rambled, then stopped to breathe.