𝕊𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕨𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝔻𝕠𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕤 [𝐻𝒶𝓃𝒶𝓃𝑒𝓃𝑒] {𝘛𝘉/𝘑𝘚𝘏𝘒}
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 16; ᴍɪxᴜᴘ & ᴍᴇᴇᴛᴜᴘ
Nene POV:
The day she decided to set off back to her old school to visit Hanako was a day she dreaded most.
Her time with Kai was, really, filled with laughter and hugs and smoothies and carnivals and fun. But it was also filled with guilty, guilty thoughts and Hanako kept appearing in Nene's mind. It was, however, quite impossible to think of Hanako while Kai was with her.
Hanako, on the other hand, did not feel much guilt. In his mind, he was really quite angry at Nene; she had left, and apart from that one video call, never contacted him again. The only reason he had not alreay discarded of his phone (the phone he'd gotten for Nene) was because of Renee's morning texts.
Renee was like a replacement of Nene in his mind. She was just the same; sweet and caring, shy but fierce, funny and kind. She, too, loved gardening, and she also enjoyed painting- she often painted Hanako, and he found her art skills much better than Nene's. Renee was also very sweet- she always brought Hanako a homemade bento box every lunch and visited him at the school on weekends.
So when Nene appeared at Hanako's school, wearing a pretty purple dress Kai had gotten her and nervously holding a basket filled with storebought donuts, it was quite a suprise to both of them.
Especially when Nene didn't find Hanako in his bathroom, and instead found him in the vegetable gardens, kissing Renee.
Nene POV:
The basket of donuts that I had so stupidly bought dropped to the ground, scattering everywhere. I stood frozen and stared as the noise made Hanako turn around and spot me.
"Yashiro?" He gasped. "What are you doing here?!"
"I..." I tried to find the words. My throat felt as if it was scratched raw. "I... came to visit you."
The unfamilair girl turned to Hanako. "Who is she?"
My heart jolted as I saw the girl's face. She was so pretty, so much prettier than me; her big blue eyes and tanned skin and long pink hair made her look both exotic and dreamy; worse still, she wore pretty sneakers, which just did more to highlight her INCREDIBLY SKINNY LEGS!!
I cast a resentful look at my own radish legs before snapping at the girl, "I'm Yashiro Nene, and what are you doing exactly with my.... my boyfriend?"
I felt bad as I said this last part. Because truth be told, he wasn't really, anymore, was he? Clearly he'd gotten himself someone new just like me. And really, this was my fault. How could I blame him for this when I was doing the same thing myself?
But I daren't tell him. I must act as if this is a complete betrayal or he will never speak to me again.
And I don't want that.
Hanako POV:
I couldn't stop staring at her.
Her hair was so short now, cropped in a bouncy bob, and her hair was dyed black. I had never thought I would see a short, black-haired Yashiro.
She wore a flattering purple dress and a basket of what looked like donuts were on the floor. She looked both furious and devasted. My heart dropped.
"I'm sorry, Yashiro," I quickly stood up. "I didn't- I just... I didn't mean to. You just, you weren't contacting me and I was worried... I thought...."
"You thought I would go rampaging off with someone else like you?" She snapped, though her eyes looked strangely dull. "Well, you thought wrong. I can't believe you. For this girl, too!" She waved a hand at Renee. "I didn't know you liked... oddballs."
She seethed that last word. And something inside me snapped.
"Don't call her an oddball!" I shouted. "And don't be stupid. You haven't talked to me in months except for that one phone call ages ago. If I didn't know better, I'd say you'd forgotten about me! Even Aoi-chan says she hasn't heard from you. Been enjoying your new life, have you? How's your sister? Forgotten all about your old friends, now?"
Yashiro's eyes filled with tears. "Don't talk to me like that. I didn't forget about you or Aoi or anyone. I was just busy with... stuff."
"I bet." I felt angry, but really I was more wounded. "Look at you. You've changed for the better. With your new trendy look, I'd be suprised if there weren't crowds of boys swarming to date you."
Nene POV:
He was right. He was so, so, right, and I was so, so, scared he would realise he was right.
"I haven't been seeing anyone," I protested weakly. "But clearly you have."
Hanako opened his mouth as if to say more but suddenly closed it, and, giving me a furious look, grabbed the girl's hand and stormed off.
As I watched him go, I felt what was little left of my heart break into millions of pieces that not even Kai could restore.
He was gone, so, so, gone, and it was all my fault. Seeing him again had brought back tides of memories, nostalgia, love that wouldn't go away. Regret boiled up like bile as I dropped to my knees and my tears soaked the dirt.
He doesn't love me anymore.
What a strange thought that I had always known.
A/N: I am, you are, Nene is....
heartbroken <3
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