Zutto

Zutto
Chapter 2
By: Aramoix

Yanagi started looking for his locker while every body looked at him. I hope this stops by the end of the day. He thought in a tiresome way. Finally finding his locker he proceeds to take his shoes off. He reaches his locker but a hand stops the door from opening. “Hello!” A very energetic voice greets him. He looks to the right and sees a girl with a stylish, short haircut, black hair and brown eyes. “Um, I really need to put these in, so if you’d excuse me…?” She ignores his plead. “My name is Yamazaki Ayame, captain of the Kendo, Tennis, softball and Aikido team. What’s your name?” She looks at him with desire and curiosity. He opens the locker despite her hand and puts his shoes in the locker; she steps back since her hand was pushed by the locker door he opened forcefully. “Well, I would really like to know your name. I asked you in a nice way.” She speaks in a slightly angered tone; he puts the shoes in his locker and puts the stipulated shoes on.
“Hello! I asked you your…” He interrupts her as he started walking away. “I don’t have any business with a spoiled girl such as you.” She stays shocked as the “crowd” gets surprised as how the new guy spoke to the second most popular girl in high school. “What?!” She sounds undignified as her eyes demonstrate her indignation. “If I had wanted to know your name I would’ve asked you, don’t you think?” With those words he just left the girl and the nosy crown in awe.
“I can’t believe this place, talk about nosiness.” He walks fixing his neck tie when suddenly he sees a girl distracted and going towards him. The girl was just beautiful; long black hair flowed in the little air of the halls, her hair reached her knees and had a ribbon on the tip of her hair keeping it together yet giving it a little bit of freedom. Her skin was fair and her eyes were in a light brown color.
He grabbed her by her shoulders before bumping to him. “Whoa, look out.” She looks at him with an embarrassment “Sumimasen, I lost my glasses somewhere, I’m currently looking for them; I just didn’t notice you.” He pulls her back gently and notices her glasses hanging from her blazer; he grabbed them while she looked at him as if in a trance. “Are these your glasses?” He asked in a monotone. She smiled. “Yes, these are my glasses. Oh, I’m so embarrassed.” He walked by her. “Don’t be. Yanne.”
“Anno, what is your name? My name is Mizuki.” She asked as she bowed.
“Yanagi.” After answering her question he kept on walking.
“Yanagi…you’ll be mine, I swear I’ll make you mine.” With this thought a sinister smirk came along and she walked away planning her seizing of his heart.

“Room 11-B.” He looked up as he walked by the class rooms until finding his class room. He opened the door and looked inside seeing many boys and girls in it, but to his surprise he saw the beautiful girl that reacted ever so coldly towards him not so long ago. “Well, this is a surprise.” This though came with a full observation of the oblivious girl. He knew that she wasn’t a goddess of beauty, but she was cute. She was about 5’1”, she had a beautiful figure though; her hips were well formed and she had a small waits, her breast were well distributed, about a C cup. Her hair was short only reaching her neck in a bright color of auburn red. He looked at her face and despite her bored expression her grace could be seen. Her eyes were big, her eye lashes were long and the color was the finishing touch to a pair of mystifying eyes, mystifying amber eyes. He had never seen such eyes. On her eye brows a piercing on eyes shines thanks to the sun light coming from the window next to her. Her lips were lightly touched by a rose tone; rosy, full lips.
His eyes captured every little detail, since last night he couldn’t see her clearly and a couple of minutes ago she did the same thing she did the night before; shun him and evade him. “I really don’t blame her, after what happened to her last night, but still; she really is interesting and pretty.” He smiled softly and walked towards the teacher.
In that moment Meki and Yoichi finally arrived. “Kirara!” Her attention was captured by the familiar loud voice of her best friend. “You know, I hear some teachers talking and…” She was interrupted by Yoichi shaking her arm. “It’s true. Look!” He whispered loudly in excitement as he pointed towards the young man speaking to their teacher. Kirara looked at where Yoichi was pointing and saw him. “Oh you gotta be kidding me!” Her two best friends looked at her confused at her remark. “You know him?” Meki asked. “Yeah, because if you don’t then you really have a big problem with men, Kirara.” Kirara blushed lightly. “Of course not, who would want to know a guy like him!” She stood up and loudly defended her self grabbing every ones attention, including his.
He looked at her calmly. She looked around as every body gave her ill looks whispered loud enough for her to hear. Things like “There she goes, that lesbian girl.” “I can’t believe this! Just because she doesn’t like guys it doesn’t mean that every guy is evil!” “Most probably she was just dumped so many times for her ugliness that she hates them!” “Hahaha!” She could her them all while Meki and Yoichi looked at her; she just closed her eyes and as she was about to leave, she heard the familiar, deep voice talk. “I really don’t know what the hell’s wrong in this place but I really hate nosy people like all of you!” She stopped to look at him right in front of the door. “I think people are entitled to lead their lives the way they want it! None of you have the right to judge, none of you are more special than anybody in this class room!” He looked at them with annoyance and then shifted his sight to her. “You shouldn’t run away all the time, face them…be brave.” She looked at him with tears in her eyes as Meki and Yoichi looked at him and then at Kirara. “Who does he think he is!!!” She looked at him one more time and left running.
As she ran she cried in embarrassment “Why am I acting like this?! I never pay attention to them; I never let my self get pushed around. Why did I blush?! Why does he even talk to me anyway?!” She found refuge in the school roof as a gale of cold autumn welcomed her to the lonely space. “I am brave…I live with my self every day, I am still alive…so I am brave….right?” She walked towards the fence dividing the roof from the abyss. “I want to go back home, with my family. I can’t take this anymore.”
“Kirara, are you ok?” Meki’s voice took her attention; Kirara turned around wiping her tears. “Oh, Kirara, we are so sorry.” Yoichi walked towards her and hugged her. “Don’t worry you guys, I’m ok.” Meki walked towards them with a comforting smile and hugged them both. “Then why are you crying, girl?” Meki asked in a muffled voice. “Yeah, Kirara, why?” Kirara kept on crying. “I just hate that guy.”
“They separated to look at her as she spoke.”
“He talked as he knew me. He doesn’t know me!”
“He did say things that applied in the moment Kirara.” Yoichi spoke in very soothing tone. “Kira-Chan, he was defending you and giving you advice.” Meki said with honesty. “He…last night, when I was coming home from Yumi’s, I was intercepted by Ryosuke.” They were shocked. “What?!!!” Meki screamed in outrage. “That ass hole followed you here?!! How?!!” Yoichi was angry at the fact that his best friend was in danger. “Are you ok? I mean, does he know where you live?” Meki asked in concern for her best friend. ”No, well, I don’t know. He was with his two best friends, Hachi and Taro. The thing is that they were going to beat me up and Ryosuke was going to rape me…but then somebody help me…somebody rescued me.” They were surprised by the twist and deep down inside grateful. “Did you thank the person?” Asked Meki strangely calm; Yoichi was also compelled to ask her a question too. “Was it a cop?” Kirara looks down. “No I didn’t thank him and he wasn’t a cop. It was Yanagi.” “WHAT!!!!!” Both of them screamed at the same time.
Meki appeared in front of her suddenly. “Are you insane?!” Yoichi grabbed her by her shoulders and started shaking her. “This is an outrage!” Meki yelled. “Tell me, why, just tell me why you hate him!” Kirara grew angrier and angrier until she exploded and as she screamed “LEAVE ME ALONE!!!” They blew away.
Meki stands up shaking her uniform. “Kira-Chan, he saved you.” Yoichi stood up taking his neck tie off his face. “The natural thing to do is to thank the guy.” Kirara looks at them while a vein popped out on her forehead. “Listen, I have my reasons.” She said gruffly as she headed to the entrance of the stair way. “We know you hate men but not every body is the same.” Meki told her making her stop abruptly. “You have your reasons but at the very least thank him before even labeling him. It’s not fair for the guy, he cared about how you were and saved you with out knowing you.”
“Not fair for the guy or for anyone.” Kirara just kept on walking.

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The day proceeded and Kirara found her self being the target of many stares but her friends were always there to give her comfort. They had only known each other for only two years but they just clicked. Meki was an orphan since the age of six and the man who raised her had died two years ago. She had been living alone in a no bathroom, cheap apartment. She made her life working in a fast food part time and studying. Since she was all alone she had a very extroverted personality making her even a bit eccentric with her weird hair styles and habits for instance speaking English with a weird British accent.
On the other hand Yoichi was thrown out of his house for being gay. His family was a family of doctors and politicians very renown in Kyoto, but they found out by catching him kissing his older brother’s best friend. So the day after he was in the streets and homeless. But Meki had known him ever since Junior High and offered him a place to stay in the mean time. His mother, who didn’t agree with her husband decided to divorce him and accepted her son the way he was moving with him and renouncing to her rich and luxurious life to devote her self to her younger son. Yoichi worked all night in a friend’s pub as a waiter to help his dear mother with the expenses.
They were all misfits of society and each and every one of them found their way towards them and ever since if anyone of them needs someone they are devoted to be there.
“Meki are you going to use my bath room tonight or are you going to Yoichi’s bath again?” Kirara asked in her sour signature tone. “Don’t worry I am going to Yoichi’s tonight.” She said very cheerfully. “Besides, aren’t you going to Yumi’s tonight?” Asked Yoichi as he opened a Hershey’s. “Yeah, I have to talk to her.”
“Are you having probs with her again?” Meki asked as she looked in her book bag for something. “Yeah, I think this is it for me and her.”
“Why? I thought that you were happy and working things out.”
“We can’t work it out any more, she is in to deep in her studies and her new friends and she thinks I’ll always wait for her; ever since she started this year of college she’s been acting all stupid. She’s even been smoking weed; she wasn’t like that. I’ve talked to her, but, she doesn’t listen. So tonight is the night I’ll let her go, of course after I get the money my mom sent me and buy some things for me and my house.”
“I would accompany you but…” Meki sounded sad as she said this. “I would go but tonight I go in early, there’s gonna be a gay pride party and well, I’m needed for preps.” Kirara stops and they stop looking at her. “Guys, I know you have your own lives and probs, I won’t be so selfish as to tell you to put a halt to every thing and come with me.” “But we know how much you hate going out by yourself.” Yoichi sounded preoccupied. “I have to grow up; I’ll need to do things by myself in the future.” He kissed them in the cheek in a casual way. “Go and do your stuff. Have a good day at work and have fun.”
She said as she walked away. “Oh, yeah as if it was fun having to work.” Meki complained. “My job is fun.”
“Sure, you get to meet men in the process, Yoichi. Bye Kira-Chan!”
“Take care Kirara!” Kirara kept on walking away just waving with her left arm good bye.

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Kirara looked at Yumi with a serious face while she undressed with a sensuous smile; Kirara wasn’t even moved. “Yumi, you’re high aren’t you?”
It had only been five minutes since Kirara arrived. She had already done the groceries. She went to her house and took the bags, took a bath, watched TV until 7pm and took the bus to Yumi’s house like she would do if was really tired.
When she arrived a group of college students were leaving her girlfriend’s apartment, when she went in Yumi was laughing at nothing; she just looked at her and looked at her apartment which was a mess.
“Don’t you want me, Kira?” She finished undressing. Yumi was a beautiful girl. She was fairly taller than Kirara standing about 5’3”. Her skin was soft and fair; her dark hair reached her waist and was now covering her breast. Her body was delicate and well endowed, her eyes were beautiful, but given the fact that she was high on marihuana they were red and almost closed. Her lips were thin but with a small and showed a sign of color that seemed to be withering away due to her abuse of alcohol and malnutrition.
Kirara looked at her remembering the old Yumi she used to love and desire all the time, but what she was looking was but the shell of the older woman she once loved. “I’ve tried everything Yumi. I’ve even taken days off from school just to be with you and help you. I’m leaving.” Yumi laughed. “What are you talking about Kira?” Kirara made her way to the door but Yumi reached her and embraced her from behind. “I love you.” Yumi whispered in Kirara’s ear; Kirara could smell alcohol in her breath. “I don’t want you to go.” Kirara turned around and looked at her. “I’ll stay until you’re a little bit better, Yumi.”
“Take me, Kira.” After saying this Yumi pressed her lips against Kirara’s; Kirara didn’t like this, but she was, after all, her girlfriend, so she reluctantly answered Yumi’s kiss.
Yumi grabbed Kirara and guided her to the sofa laying her down while they kissed. As they kissed Kirara opened her eyes and looked at her face. She looked down and saw how she grinded her body against Kirara’s body in an animalistic way. “I don’t know what went wrong with you my sweet Yumi but at least I tried. If you were hooked on something stronger…it would be different.” Kirara broke the kiss. “Yumi can you take a bath first?” Yumi smiled. “Anything for you, baby.” She left giggling and went to the bath room.
Kirara turned the TV on and half an hour later she realized Yumi was still in the shower, she went to check up on her to find her sleeping in the shower. Kirara used all of her strength and took her to her room.
It was already 11PM when Yumi woke up. “Kirara?” Kirara was sitting on the edge of the bed. “I’m here.” Yumi sat down grabbing her head. “My head, what happened?” Kirara told her in a low tone of voice without even looking at her.
“Some friends of yours were here and when I came in they left and you were high and drunk; also horny, the place was a mess. I took the liberty of picking it up and throwing away all the weed I found.” Yumi took her hand of her face and looked at Kirara. “You did what?” Kirara stood up. “This is the last time I’m gonna ask you Yumi; which is more important your stupid friends or me?” Yumi looked at her. “You threw away my weed?” Kirara looked to the side annoyed by the fact that she was ignoring her question. “Yes and your alcohol as well, you need to clean up. I have been trying to help you ever since you started hanging out with those people!”
“You are a kid you’ll never understand the kind of life I live, Kirara!!” Yumi stood up. “Now I’m a kid, four hours ago I was a mature person who you were begging to have!” She said in a cynical tone. “Don’t speak to me like that!”
“I will speak to you the way I want! You know what, fuck you Yumi, I’m sick of your petty stupidity and your stupid friends!! At least I tried!” Kirara left the room while Yumi chased her. “You’re dumping me? After two years you’re dumping me?!” Kirara took her back pack and made her way to the door. “Yes Yumi…”
Yumi looked down. “I should’ve known, you were only using me.” Kirara turned around and looked at her in a mix of exhaustion and annoyance. “What? Me, using you? As far as I’m concerned the one who was always behind me was you, Yumi! You were a sweet person, that’s why I fell in love with you.” Yumi started to cry. “But, Kirara, I love you.” Kirara looked down. “I’m tired Yumi, I’m tired of trying to win you back, I’m tired of struggling against your friends who got you to the state you are now, I hate seeing you like this and what I hate the most is trying to help you and every time I touch the subject you jump on me, attacking me. Last night I made you feel bad because you touched the subject of my past, why? Just because I told you that I was tired of seeing you like this. I can’t fight anymore.” Kirara opened the door and left.
She could hear Yumi’s screams from outside. “I must be brave; I need to do this for your sake and mine.”


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Kirara entered her apartment building. Since she had left in a hurry she didn’t check her mail box. She grabbed the keys for her mail box and just when she was about to reach for her mail she felt a hand cover her mouth and an arm wrap around her waist pulling her away from the mail boxes; she was slammed against the wall. The hand that had been covering her mouth moved to her hair while the one that had been wrapped around her waist appeared in front of her face with a knife. “If you make a sound other than moan while I teach you a lesson Kirara, I will kill you. You only belong to me!” He whispered in her ear with hatred. “Ryosuke!!!!! Tasukete dareka….”

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To be continued.

Glossary

1- Yanne-a male term to saying “see ya” girls say “Mattane”
2- Anno-It’s the equivalent to say “um” or “excuse me” in short
3- Tasukete- help me or help
4- Dareka- Someone or somebody
5- Zutto- Always or forever


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