#ie telling rin not to come up from behind her since she can’t hear the footsteps that would clue someone else in

[kingofanemptyworld]

is oushi meant to come across as sympathetic? like. he’s the love rival, right? so the assumption would be he’s meant to be likable in some way. but my first impression of him is mostly that he’s an ass

[rin412]

Love Ballad (Chapter 2)

~ A Samurai Love Ballad Party Fanfiction ~ ~Warning! Samurais x OC pairings! If you don’t like my pairing, I don’t care. lol~ ~Future AU~ ~Definitely OOC so please prepare yourself to vomit~

Yay, I’m here with new chap~

I hope you all enjoy it up until now huhu ;;

Here’s the links if you want to read the previous ones:

Prologue Chapter 1

Now, enjoy~

…….

“You see, actually I don’t want him to leave so soon…”

“Then why—“

“Because I’m afraid… I will make Myst suffer more…”

Myst… she just said Myst, didn’t she?

“Rin, do you remember? I said that I was stalking Mr. Katakura for someone.”

“O-oh, yeah… I remember…” so she admits that she was stalking.

“It was for Myst…”

“Myst….”

“O-oh, Myst is my friend. Her existence is like… a big sister to me. She’s a third year, and she’s currently in student council.”

“I… think I met her before…”

“You did?”

“N-not exactly met… uhh… I… just happened to saw her with Masamune, that’s all.”

“Ah, I see. So she’s still trying.”

“Huh? Trying?”

“O-oh, sorry. It’s nothing.” again, I see a fake smile from Yukina as she gets up from the bench, “It’s getting late. Let’s go home.”

“Sure…”

That’s the way of telling me not to ask more than this. Well, what can I do now? It’s not like I can force her. Her feelings are currently a mess too.

*a few days later*

It’s Saturday.

Yeah, Saturday…

Lazily, I wake up early in the morning. I open my room’s door, and go to dining room to see….. no one.

Nobody is here. It’s empty. This house… is always empty. No, it’s all right. I still have my family. I have my father and my mother. Though…

Both of them are working. Yeah, even in Saturday, when everyone usually rest.

“They’re busy again….” I mumble to no one in particular. I feel like I can only hear my echo in this big house. Oh well, I’m used to it already, so I think it’s not problem at all.

….

Haha, liar.

You know how you feel more than anyone else.

You know you want them to be at home. You know you want them to spend more times together with you. You know you miss them more than anything else in this world. And yet, you still managed an ugly lie like that? How stupid of you, Rin.

I know they’re doing their best for me, which is why I always hate myself for being such a burden to them. But even if I say that to them, they are going to be angry in return, so in the end I just have to be a good kid while being all alone like this.

Decided to refresh myself, I look up to see the clock, and I realize it’s almost the time for my usual routine.

*1 hour later*

With my heavy steps, I walk into the most familiar place I have ever known.

This calming, yet frustating air around….

The smell of pain, sadness, happiness, and loneliness that get mixed into capsules and syrups…

The sound of heart beat from everyone who’s fighting so hard for their life…

And even the sound of people who falls into the deepest part of darkness, because they finally know the feelings of losing someone important in their life…

Everything… everything in this place….

I hate it. I hate it so much. And yet….

I’m so used to it.

*a few hours later*

Done with my business, now I’m on my way to home. At least that’s what I wanted to do at first, but now…. I don’t feel like going home. Since I know I will be all alone again in the end.

Clutching my bag, I decide to just walk aimlessly. I don’t know where this feet of mine will bring me to, but as long as it’s a calming place, I don’t really mind.

But…. Suddenly…

“So dark.”

“…..?” I turn around, and there’s that rude guy—Ieyasu—right behind my back.

“You look more irritating than usual today.”

“….” I don’t feel like talking to him today. I think I will blame all my frustation if I talk to him right now, so I better just go.

But…

Before I can take a step to run away, he grips my arm, so tightly. As if trying to tell me that I shouldn’t run away from whatever I’m facing on right now.

So cruel.

Look at that harsh expression. Don’t look at me like that when you don’t know anything about me.

“Come with me.” He drags me along with him. Almost forcefully.

“W-where are you taking me to….?”

“Just shut up and follow me.”

“Are you trying to kidnap me…?!”

“Huh?! Like I will do something like that! And you have no worth even if I kidnap you, so there’s nothing to gain. It’s useless!”

“Wha—?!”

This guy is sooo rude!! I hate him!!

I feel like yelling. Yell from the bottom of my heart. But right now… I think I don’t have energy to even do that.

So, I can only let out a sigh.

*then*

He drags me to a nearby river bank. It’s so quiet here. So calming.

I see him walk away and sit down on the grass. I follow him and do the same.

No one between us talk for a while. Only the sound of the flowing water that fills the empty air.

Until…

“Wipe it off.”

“Huh?” I look at him, and he’s only staring back at me.

“Wipe that ugly face of yours.”

“Excuse me, I have always been like this since I was born.”

“That day…”

“Huh?”

“When I first met you in front of the gate… you didn’t have this ugly face.”

“……” w-what’s that… wait, that was a bit bad for my heart…!

“No reaction, huh.”

“I-I can’t do anything about it. I was born this way, I told you…”

“No…”

“O-ow!!” suddenly I feel a sting of pain in my cheek. Yes, he just pinched my cheek. Not to mention, really hard!

“I know you have annoying face, but not this ugly. Now wipe it off!”

“Ow ow ow!! Stop that!! You’re hurting me!!”

“I won’t let you go until you—“

“F-fine fine fine!! No more ugly face!! See? See?!” I try to smile despite the pain that I’m feeling right now.

For a moment, he’s still staring at me. Then slowly he let go of my cheek and somehow… gently poke it in return.

“….I-Ieyasu?”

He smiles. Mostly like a mocking smile. But….

“Yeah. This face is annoying indeed…”

“How rud—“

“But it’s the face that I know…”

“O-oh…”

“….and I like.”

“…..!”

What was that….

Why did he say something like that? What does that mean?

“What are you thinking about?” Ieyasu suddenly snap me out from my thoughts.

“Huh? N-no…. nothing!”

“Don’t get the wrong idea. I like it better because it’s easier to tease you.”

“So you admit that you like to tease me…”

“Why not? Your reaction is interesting. And I like to see people suffering because of me..”

“How evil.”

“I take that as a compliment.”

“What were you even doing in that place, though?” honestly I didn’t think I would meet him at such timing.

“Ah, I was running away.”

“From your driver again?”

“No.. from my father. He’s so annoying and noisy recently.”

“So, you often comes here to calm yourself down?”

“Mn..”

“Did you have a fight with your father?”

“……..”

“Ie…yasu?”

That silence… he’s telling me not to ask more than this, huh. Fine, it’s not like I want to know anything about him anyway. F-for now, yeah…

*later, Monday*

I’m on my way to my class. The same morning as usual. A peaceful one.

Until…

“YUKIMURAAAAAAA!”

“Huh?!” I quickly stop myself from walking for a moment, just to see a… uhh… couple—maybe—run around in the corridor. The girl with purple long hair is chasing after Yukimura with an amazing thirst. Meanwhile Yukimura looks so scared and terrified. I-is he okay though?

GRAB!

“Caught you!!” the girl grins widely while hugging Yukimura from behind—after she forcefully pulled him—.

“K-Kohaku, the class is about to begin! Let me g—whoaaa—!!!! Wait wait wait wait!!! Where are you touching?!” Yukimura blushes furiously when that Kohaku girl is tracing Yukimura’s body up to his chest with her fingertip. U-ugh… what a sight early in the morning…

“Eeeh~? Embarassed now out of all time?”

“I-i-i-it’s school, you know!!! Stop!!”

“Don’t be shy, my boy~ I will make sure to treat you gently~”

“But, Koha—aaaah!!!”

“Wow, you’re screaming~”

“Because you just—aaah!!”

“I like your voice~”

Ah… I… I think I should go to my class soon.

I know Yukimura is popular, but to think there’s a girl that’s bold enough to approach him that way. She’s so brave, I admit that.

“They’re at again, huh…”

“….?” Suddenly hear a voice beside me, I look up to finally see Saizo there. He’s eating dango while watching the scene in front of him with such unreadable expression.

Realized that I’m staring at him, he’s looking down at me while munching his dango, “Mornin’.”

“Huh? O-oh, yeah. Morning.”

“That will take long enough, for sure..”

I look back at Yukimura and Kohaku, “Yukimura is so popular, huh. To think he even attracts that bold girl.”

“Good for him, yes?”

“Aren’t you popular too?”

“Am I now.”

“Wait, you got hundreds of chocolates in Valentine last year! And yet you didn’t realize that you’re popular?!”

“If they want to give me something, I will just accept. That’s all.”

“Ah… I see…” so this is that give and take thing? I feel bad for the girls.

TAP

“Huh?”

“……….”

Suddenly, I see her again in front of me. No, she’s now standing in front of Saizo, to be exact. Looking up at him, almost expressionless. Meanwhile Saizo is only eating his dango in silence and stares back at that girl. That heterochromia girl, Chise.

“……..”

“…….”

Both of them only stare at each other in silence. Until Chise says, “I hate dango.”

“Do you now.”

“You like dango.”

“I do, I guess.”

“……?” I don’t understand these two. Curious, I ask, “Chise, do you want to try Saizo’s dango?”

Sudenly for the first time, Chise shows me an expression. She frowns, and walks away while mumbling, “Don’t be stupid.”

D-did I say something wrong?! Did I just get on her nerve by asking unnecesarry thing?! But, I thought Chise likes Saizo…? Or at least that was what Chiaki said the other day…

Meanwhile, I look over at Saizo, and he’s still munching his dango in silence. He looks like he doesn’t care and just walks inside to his class. But somehow…

Deep inside those eyes…

I see a slightly dark shadow is surrounding him for a minute.

*then*

Finally, I arrive safely on my desk. It’s still early in the morning, and yet I’m so exhausted already.

“Rin, good morning.” Ane just arrived in class too and puts her bag on her table beside me.

“Ah, morning…” I smile to her.

“You look tired. Did something happen?”

“Nothing really.”

“Hmm, I don’t see it that way, though…”

“If something happened to you…” Ryuu who just came into the class suddenly approached me and smile, “…we don’t mind to listen. Right?”

Ane nods in agreement, “Yes! That’s right!”

Ah, these two. I really am glad to have friends like them. In return, I smile brightly, trying to convice them, “I’m fine, seriously! I just happened to see an amazing sight before I got here, so…”

“Amazing sight….?” Ane tilts her head, confuse.

“Ah…” looks like Ryuu understands what I’m talking about, “You mean Kohaku and Yukimura?”

“Oh, so you saw it too?” I look up at Ryuu in surprise.

“They always at it almost everyday, so yeah…” Ryuu chuckles while she’s imagining the sight of Kohaku ‘attacks’ Yukimura.

“I see. Well, who wouldn’t know if they do it in public, right?”

“Right? Sometimes, I kind of envy Kohaku.”

“Huh? You like Yukimura too?”

“No, not that! It’s just… I envy her braveness and straightfroward attitude. Y-you see, that kind of woman is so strong and admirable, don’t you think?”

Ane nods in agreement, “Yes, I agree! I wish I can be more straightforward with my own feelings too if someday I fall in love with someone!”

Ane…. She’s so cute and innocent, seriously.

But Ryuu…

I feel like… she was telling that to her own self. Does she has something in her mind? Not that I can ask right now. Maybe… one day she will open her heart more and trust me enough to tell me about it. For now, I will just spend my time with these two as usual. Enjoy, enjoy!

*then, lunch time*

Ugh… I didn’t get my bread this time….

Maybe I should consider to bring a lunch next time. But it’s such a pain to make it.

Sigh…

“Say say…”

Hm?

“It’s almost Valentine again this year…!”

“Ah, you’re right! Ugh, should I give him chocolate this time?”

“Yes yes! Go confess your feelings!”

I overheard the conversation between two girls in canteen. Now that they mention it, Valentine is only two weeks ahead. And to think I just talked about Valentine with Saizo too this morning. Haha, such a funny reminder.

Though, I don’t think I will give chocolate to anyone in particular. I don’t have someone that I like right now, so I can take it easy, I guess?

I walk off from the canteen. Giving up on my lunch already. Yeah, I guess you know who will get starving soon during the next class.

*then, after school*

I’m on my way to my home. I look around at my surrounding, and I notice that most of the stores are decorated in pink now. I see chocolate sales everywhere. Valentine is really close already, huh.

Not that I will make chocolate anyway. Besides, I don’t know how to make one, so it’s pointless.

GROWL~

Ugh. Okay stomach, I know you didn’t get what you wanted at lunch, so let’s buy one of those chocolates for you.

Feeling hungry, I decided to come into a nearby store to buy snacks.

Once I get into the store, I look around and I see chocolates. Chocolates. And chocolates.

Nice, and here I am trying so hard on my diet.

As I let out a sigh while picking up the most delicious chocolate for myself, I spotted someone that I know very well is currently looking at a recipe book.

It’s Yukina.

What’s she doing here? Could it be she’s going to make a chocolate too?

Curious, I approach her and peek the book she’s holding from her back, “Yukina?”

“WHA—!!!” again, she’s so surprised but once she turns and looks at me, “R-Riiiin! Stop making my heart stop for every time you call out to me!”

“Ahaha, sorry, sorry. You were just so serious, so I was curious. You’re reading a recipe book, right? Are you going to cook something?”

For a moment, Yukina blushes a little, and she averts her gaze from me. Clutching the recipe book tightly in her chest, “Y-yes… I was planning to make a chocolate.”

“Oh?! Are you going to give it to Mr. Katakura?!”

“T-that was… my plan at first… but…”

“But…?”

“After what I said the other day to him, I kind of afraid to face him now.”

“You know, Yukina.”

“Huh?”

“I don’t think Mr. Katakura is such narrow minded person. He’s only in our school for six months, but I can tell he’s a really nice person.”

“How can you tell..?”

“If he’s such a narrow minded person, he wouldn’t say those things with a smile.”

“…..!”

…….

“Even if you hate me….. even if you want me to leave soon…. I can’t leave yet. ”

……..

I smile as I pat Yukina’s shoulder who looks so surprised, “You were running away from him that time, so I guess you didn’t know. But that time, Mr. Katakura smiled and said, ‘To think someone would hate me. Maybe I should apologize to her.’”

“No… no! Mr. Katakura didn’t do anything wrong! I… I was the one at fault….”

“That’s why, go make that chocolate, and tell him how you feel. Properly.”

“Properly….”

“Your feeling is your feeling. What’s the point of trying to protect someone by making your own self suffer? Tell him that you want to apologize and tell him… that you love him so much.”

“C-confession….”

“Yes yes! A confession! I will definitely cheer for you, okay?”

“Rin…” Yukina finally smiles and holds my hand now, “Thank you, I will do my best! Oh, but…. What about Myst….”

“I don’t know what happened between you two, but like I said, it’s pointless if you’re trying to protect Myst’s feeling by making your own self suffer. So, try to let it go at least in Valentine, will you? In the end, no matter how big your feeling towards Mr. Katakura, he’ll be the one who decide to stay or not by your side. Right?”

“You’re right….” Yukina smiles wryly to my opinion, “I always try to protect Myst’s feelings… but I never protect my own properly….”

“And now is the time for you to finally make a move, okay?!”

“Yes! I will do my best!”

Oh, for the first time I finally see Yukina’s genuine smile. Hehe, she’s so cute.

“By the way Rin, what are you doing here?”

“Hm? ….ah! I was going to buy chocolate because I was hungry!”

“I see. Ahaha. I thought you’re going to buy chocolate because you wanted to give it to someone too.”

“No no no. I don’t have someone that I like after all.”

“Giving chocolate in Valentine day doesn’t always have to be a love confession, you know. You can give the chocolates for people you care about such as your friends or families. You know, it’s like a way for you to show them your grattitude.”

Friends… families… grattitude….

Hmm….

Now that I think about it…. Maybe she’s right….

“All right, I will give chocolates to my friends and my families in Valentine day!”

Yukina nods in agreement, “Yes! That’s Valentine spirit!”

We chuckle together, while paying for our own chocolates that we’re going to prepare for the upcoming Valentine day.

*two weeks later*

Finally, it’s Valentine. First, I gave my chocolate to my father and mother this morning before I went to school. They were so happy, even my father had to cried. He’s such a dramatic person, I swear. But it’s worth all the moneys that I spent then.

Yeah, I can only bought them since I don’t know how to make one…

I really am a failure for a woman….

And next, I gave them to Ane and Ryuu. They were happy to take it too. Ane even said she felt a bit manly to received a chocolate from a girl. Haha, she seriously was so cute.

And now, lunch time, I give my other chocolate to Yukina.

“Here Yukina. For you.”

“For me?” Yukina looks surprised, “Thank you! To think I received a chocolate from you. I’m so happy! I feel special! Ahaha.”

“Well, take this as my way of supporting you for today, okay?”

“Ah, I see. Yes! I will do my best!”

Whoa, look at her face. I can tell she’s so nervous.

And that time, as if God is pushing Yukina’s back to move on, Mr. Katakura is passing by the empty corridor where we talk.

“It’s him, Yukina! Go go!” I push Yukina’s back and she finally approaches Mr. Katakura.

“M-Mr. Katakura!” Yukina is definitely nervous, indeed. I hope she’s okay. Trying not to get in the way, I decided to just hide inside a classroom and peeking from between the door.

“Oh, Shiho. What���s wrong?” surprisingly, Mr. Katakura is acting normal. The same as usual.

“T-there’s… something that I want to talk about with you….”

“Sure. What is it? Oh, are you trying to tell me to leave this school again?”

“……..”

“Ah, I was kidding! I’m sorry, I—“

“Actually… I wanted to apologize about that…”

“Shiho…”

“I-it was rude of me, I know…”

“It’s fine. Getting a dislike from a student is usual thing for a teacher, I suppose. Ahaha.”

“But… but I don’t hate you, Mr. Katakura! I-in fact… I…. I….”

“………”

“I love yo—“

“Stop.”

“Huh?”

“I forgive you already, Shiho. So it’s fine. In fact, I think I’m the one who should apologize now.” Mr. Katakura smiles. The most painful smile for Yukina, “That chocolate. I think you better give it to someone more special.”

“Why…. But… Mr. Katakura… you’re—“

“Shiho.” a smile disappeared from Mr. Katakura’s face. He’s looking down at Yukina in such seriousness, “I’m sorry.”

Then, after he said that, he walks away back to teacher’s room.

Meanwhile, Yukina who’s feeling all shock, can only drop the tears from her widened eyes. Her slightly parted lips finally find its way to bite the lower one. Holding back the sound of her cry that echoed in the empty corridor.

To be continued~

P.s: Expect a very slow update. huhu.