AN: Sorry for not updating consistently! I do not own Seikon No Qwaser or any of its characters.

Chapter 11 Mafuyu's Point of View

As Sasha leaves my room, I think about what he said; that it is up to me whether I tell Tomo or not about what happened. I look over at her and see that she is no longer laughing or smiling. Instead, she is looking at the ground. I can tell she is frowning. I call out to her gently, "Tomo, what's wrong?"

Tomo looks up at me then, tears flowing from her eyes. It seems like she isn't able to hold them back. She speaks through her tears, "Mafuyu-chan, what happened? Don't you trust me anymore?"

I feel my eyes well up the instant she asks me that. I didn't realize I was hurting Tomo by not telling her everything that's been going on. How long could she have been suffering in silence for? "Tomo, I'm sorry." I start crying then too, not having realized before that I really missed talking to Tomo about everything.

She walks into my room, leaving her schoolbag at the entrance, and sits next to me on my bed. I hug her then, trying to tell her through my hug how sorry I was and how sorry I am. She hugs me back tightly and I know she's trying to tell me that it's okay because she's still here, waiting for me to open up to her once again.

I pull back and wipe away her tears while reassuring her, "Please, stop crying, Tomo. It'll be okay now. I've missed you, I'm so sorry." After her tears stop, I wipe away my own tears before starting, "Tomo, there's so much I want to tell you, that I have wanted to tell you. It's not just about what happened today, but it's about something that's been going through my mind for a long time now."

"So Sasha didn't really rush home just to ask about dinner huh?" Tomo says quietly while staring at her hands. I shake my head. I quietly begin to tell her about Mikami, "It started with Mikami attempting to assault me at the park several weeks ago, I didn't think it'd escalate from there. Sasha had saved me then, thankfully. However, he started stalking me soon afterwards. At first, I didn't know it was him, I would only get the creepy sensation that I was being watched. But after a while, I got an envelope full of photos of me from every room in the house, including the bathroom and my own room. Sasha saw the photos and insisted I turn them in to the school. I disagreed and burned the photos, hoping it would all end soon. And then, today happened."

I hug myself as I continue the story, "Mikami, somehow managed to sneak into our home without us noticing. He switched out the aspirin for horse tranquilizers. I didn't notice when I took them, and I got really drowsy. He tried taking advantage of me then, and I was ready to give up, especially because of what he was saying. But then I thought…I couldn't give up, so I managed to push him off of me and try to make a break for it, however, I was still drowsy so he caught me again very easily. Before he could do anything worse than put his disgusting mouth on me, Sasha showed up and well, I guess you could say, beat him up real good. Yuuri had sent someone right after Sasha though, so now they're dealing with Mikami."

"Mafuyu-chan," Tomo says my name softly as she slowly wraps her arms around me. She continues as I sob quietly, "Mafuyu-chan, please talk to me whenever you need to. Something like that can be very traumatizing, no matter how bad you think it wasn't. I know you, please don't try to shrug this off or feel the need to act like it wasn't a big deal. I want to be there for you."

I start sobbing harder as she tells me this. I do not deserve Tomo as a friend. I bury my face into her chest as I continue to cry. I felt so ashamed for having kept things from her, but I need to tell her now. I try my best to calm myself down before telling her, "Tomo, I do not deserve to have you as a friend or sister."

Tomo quickly exclaims, "Don't say that! That's not true!" I wipe the last of my tears away as I say quietly, "Maybe you think that now, but there's more I should tell you." Tomo looks at me with a confused look but waits patiently for me to say something.

I let out a small sigh before starting, "I don't know why but I instantly became attracted to Sasha. Ever since I looked into his eyes, I couldn't shake off this feeling in my chest. Of course, I tried to brush it off multiple times but it never seemed to work. And then I started getting jealous…of you."

I look away from Tomo then, ashamed to admit this. "I didn't want to be jealous of you. I didn't want to be jealous at all, it's a horrible feeling. But every time I thought he did something for me, he'd bring you up and I'd realize, he was doing it for you. And you instantly got his shy side to show, but with me, he thinks I'm loud. I was afraid to tell you any of this because I thought you would hate me for feeling the way I do. But now I feel so horrible because I let my feelings for a guy get in the way of our friendship. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you, but that's exactly what I ended up doing. I'm supposed to protect you, not make you cry!"

Tomo embraces me once again as I yell the last part. I'm caught a bit off guard, I expected her to be upset with me. Tomo whispers as she tightens her hug, "Don't be silly, Mafuyu-chan. There is nothing wrong with feeling jealous, it happens to everyone. I do agree it is a horrible feeling but don't ever feel bad for feeling what you do. And maybe I shouldn't say this, but personally, I think that Sasha-kun has feelings for you too. I just have this feeling. And I was hurt that you had shut me out, but you still took care of me during that time. You shouldn't put so much pressure on yourself, Mafuyu-chan. You have to look after yourself as well."

"Tomo, you're such a good friend," I exclaim and we both break out into tears again as we hug each other.

Little did I know that a silver haired tundra brat was listening in to our conversation.

AN: So I thought a Tomo and Mafuyu moment was long overdue in my stories. I always kind of just have Tomo on the side, but I thought a chapter like this would fit into this story well. Hope you liked it, please review.