A/N: This is my first ever fanfic so don't criticize my work too much, I'm sensitive. Please do not give me flames, I'm not ready for any of those. If I ever happen to mispell any words or if my grammar sometimes suck, I only ask for your forgiveness. Please don't kill me if I mess everything up.

Disclaimer: I do not own Super Gals or any of its characters. But I do own this story. I'm just borrowing some of its characters.

Summary: Aya got hurt badly after witnessing Rei confess to Ran and decides to leave. After staying for years in America, she thought that she had already moved on, but sadly she wasn't even halfway over him. Then fate made their paths cross again.

It's Not Over

Chapter One

... Aya ...

It was 5 in the afternoon, the day before Valentine's Day and I was feeling ecstatic over it. I had a date with my boyfriend, Rei Otohata tomorrow and I still couldn't believe it. I had asked him the day before if he would like to come over to my house on the Day of Hearts and he had actually agreed right away. I was planning on introducing him to my parents and maybe finally hearing him say that he loved me. I couldn't get rid of the smile on my face that day. I was just so excited for tomorrow.

Turning my head from side to side, I made sure that it was already safe for me to cross the street. I had just finished shopping for some things needed tomorrow, including my gift to Rei. I entered the back entrance of the park and my, was it deserted there. I wouldn't be too surprised to see it like this, since the back area of the park is surrounded by so much trees that it looks spooky especially during the night. Mind you, it is almost six already. After taking a few steps, the skies began to cry, spilling rain water over the whole place. I hurriedly fumbled through my sling bag, took out my umbrella and opened it.

"Geez, this has got to be my lucky day," I muttered to myself feeling a bit cold because of my damp clothing. "This day couldn't get any worse," I sighed. Just then, my shopping bag tore and all it's contents spilled on to the wet and muddy ground. I was having a hard time picking up all the items that were on the ground. Not to mention I had to pick some up from a puddle of mud. Just great. "This has got to be the luckiest day of my life," sarcasm evident in my voice.

I had to cram all the things up in my other shopping bag. These things were supposed to be durable for carrying the grocery items. "Ugh," I grunted. I was about to pick up the last item which was a canned tuna when my umbrella got blown away behind a flock of trees. Great. Just great. This day couldn't get any... On second thought, it is already worse as it is. I ran towards the nearest shed and placed my things on a bench under it. A lot of water flowed from the tips of my hair as I twisted it. Man was I soaked. My blue shirt and jeans were already sticking to my skin making me feel uncomfortable. My skin was already clammy and my whole body was probably shivering.

Quickly, I took out my phone from my sling bag after it had suddenly vibrated. Someone was calling me, and that someone was my mother. She had told me during the whole phone conversation, to hurry it up and just go home cause she has something for me to do in the house. I closed my phone and tucked it inside my bag. Man was I going to be in trouble if I don't get home fast. I decided to leave my things there under the shed since no one would surely steal my stuff, I was practically the only one in this area.

As I was walking behind the flock of trees in which my umbrella had flown into, I saw my umbrella stuck above a tree on one of its branches. I tried to get it out of there by shaking the tree on its trunk. After a few moments, I stopped and began laughing, realizing that I was only wasting my time by doing such since the tree wasn't moved even a little bit. Then my little moment of laughter was interrupted when I suddenly heard very familiar voices. I couldn't help myself as my legs took me behind a tall tree near the clearing where the two voices had stopped. I was completely and utterly in shock as I got a better view at the owner of the voices. My boyfriend and my best friend. What are they doing here?

"Please, Ran try to understand," he said as he grabbed Ran on the arm, pulling her to him, stopping her from walking any further. What was happening? What does Ran need to understand?

"I already told you Rei, I don't like you beyond friendship," she replied to him angrily while pulling her hand away. I couldn't believe what I was hearing right at this moment. Did Rei tell her?

"I love you Ran. I want you and I want you to want me back, to love me back," he did tell her. I was sure I heard my heart shatter as I listened to what he had told her. I thought you had moved on. I thought it was me whom you finally loved.

"You're not yourself right now Rei. You need to clear things up in your head. It's Aya, my BEST FRIEND whom you love and not me," I had already slumped on to the ground with my trembling hands covering my mouth so as to muffle my sobs. I was crying.

"You need to understand Ran. I am totally myself today and I perfectly know what I am saying," his words are just like knife, stabbing my already hurt heart. I am now trying my best to shut myself up as my sobs became louder.

"If you weren't drunk Rei, then I wouldn't have found you sleeping beside a garbage bin in a dark alley, holding a bottle of beer in your hand." he was drinking? Why would he drink? Ran? "And if you weren't drunk, you wouldn't suddenly embrace me after waking you up from you peaceful slumber and tell me that you love me," he did tell her. He told me he has moved on.

"Cause of I didn't drink, I wouldn't have the courage to actually tell you now that I am madly in love with you," he reasoned out. He made himself a fool just for her. All for her. Never for me.

"You are DRUNK Otohata so please stop this nonsense and just leave me alone. You are disturbing my date with Tatsukichi," she says as she slowly turned around. Please don't follow her anymore Rei.

"I love you Ran not Aya." I'm just hearing things right? This is not happening. "I have never loved Aya and I never will. I only pitied her that's why I stayed with her," What? You just pitied me? No. "I love you Ran and I always will."

"Just shut the fuck up Otohata. I have had enough of you saying these incoherent words," Incoherent? Yes, Rei is drunk. He's just saying incoherent things.

"I am aware of everything Ran. I love you. How could I ever love that useless," Rei? What are you saying? "and pitiful klutz?" Is that really how you see me Rei? Am I really that? My sobs began to get louder and to my fear, they heard me. So I decided to show myself. I could see the shocked look on Ran's face and Rei's blank ones. I really do mean nothing to him.

"Aya, what are you doing here?" Ran's voice trailed off. I could sense sorrow in her voice while she talked to me.

"I was just on my way home Ran," I replied, trying as much as I can not to make my voice shaky.

"Did you hear?" I turned over to look at Rei. He was looking at the ground. Why? Was I that pitiful to look at?

"Sadly," I took a deep breath, thinking of what might possibly happen next. "Yes..." I heard him grunt. Do I also sound pitiful to you?

"Aya, I," I didn't let her continue. I don't want her to apologize. None of this was her fault. It wasn't her fault that she met Rei first before I did. It wasn't her fault that Rei loved her and not me. She didn't do anything wrong.

"You're my best friend too Ran," I flashed her a smile and she smiled back and went to me, wrapped me in her arms. "And I wouldn't give our friendship up for anything," I returned the hug. "You should go now Ran. Remember, you still have a date with Tatsuki, don't you? So hurry up before he gets bored and find another," I tried to joke with her, masking my true feelings. She told me that she was thank you. I was planning on asking her what she was thankful for but she had already ran away and left. She's head over heals already.

I watched her running. She was indeed very fast. As expected of the famous Ran Kotobuki. After she had already disappeared from my vision, I took a glance at Rei's direction. What should I say to him? Looking at him already makes my heart ache. There was a long moment of silence as none of us dared to speak. I wonder what he is thinking right now? Oh right. He's thinking about my best friend. I just stared at him staring at the ground. Before long, he began to walk away. I couldn't just let him leave me like this. I need to know what the status of our relationship's gonna be, so I ran towards him and hugged him from behind. Slowly, he placed his clammy hands on mine and then gripped my hands as if asking me to let go of him. I shake my head, saying no.

"Aya," his voice trailed off. I just tightened my hold on him. Don't do this anymore Rei.

"Please," I'm begging aren't I. Pitiful indeed.

"I don't love you," life seemed to have been sucked from me as I find myself weakened. He breaks free from my embrace and begins walking away.

"I love you," I say but my voice barely seems audible. Louder. My brain tells me. "I love you," it's shaky, I know. Louder. "I love you," he's so far away now. Louder. Louder. Louder. "I love you!!" I pant. I tried my best and that was the loudest voice I could ever muster up. I look up, hoping he had heard me. I look up, hoping he had stopped for me. I look up, hoping he had realized that he loved me. I look up, hoping that he would come back. I looked up, but he continued walking and he was gone.

I fell to my knees with my hands on the ground and my eyes closed. Crying. That was what I was doing. And I guess that is what I was good at.

When I got home, my mom was really mad at me cause it was pretty late not to mention I was soaking wet. I was still crying when I had arrived in my house, but I guess no one noticed my tears. After all, my tears had mixed with the rain, hiding what I was really doing. I waited for his call that night, hoping that he would tell me that he was sorry. Hoping that he would tell me that he was too drunk and had actually said incoherent things. I waited for his call for hours until it the sun's rays warmed my room. It was already morning.

I didn't go to school that day because I had a high fever and maybe because I didn't want anyone to see me looking like this. Looking so pitiful. Ran and Miyu came over to my house later that day. Ran tried to cheer me up while Miyu went out of her way and acted like Ran. They tried acting stupid in front of me, tried doing tricks in front of me, tried almost anything just to cheer me up. Sure I laughed and smiled at them but my heart still remains shattered. I am still hurt.

Miyu had to go ahead of Ran since Yamato had called her telling her that he had been waiting for her for about an hour already. For the first time, Miyu was late for her date with Yamato. She hurriedly left leaving me and Ran and giving us some time to talk.

"Aya," she began. I saw the sorry look on her face so I already anticipated what she was gonna say so I cut her off.

"If you're gonna tell me you're sorry and apologize to me I will really hate you Ran," I tell her.

"But you see," don't start with me Ran.

"None of this is your fault okay," I assured her.

"But I,"

"Zip it," she didn't continue talking and just stared at me with those eyes. I don't need pity. "Don't look at me like that Ran, it'll only hurt me more to see everyone looking at me like that," I smile bitterly.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to," I cut her yet again.

"Didn't I tell you not to apologize?" I crossed my arms in front of me.

"But this is a different crime," she tried reasoning out to me.

"It's okay Ran, really," I placed my hands over hers. Then she just hugs me unexpectedly and I couldn't help but to return it.

"You shouldn't worry too much about it Aya. Rei was just," she says. "Well he was just stupid and you know. DRUNK"

"I know," I tried to pull my lips into a smile.

"You just have to wait Aya. He'll come to you soon," she had already withdrawn from the embrace. She placed her hands on my shoulder and looked my in the eye.

"I know. I'll wait for him," I chuckled. "I've already waited for him for two years, and I'm not just gonna waste all my efforts"

"Now that's the Aya I know. Always full with fighting spirit," she stood up in front of me and formed a fist and just waved it in the air saying that if Rei ever hurts me again, she will surely kick his butt. I only laughed at her remark.

We began chatting again and again, talking about random things like the wrinkle in my blanket. I was happy for a while, forgetting what lies beneath these laughter. I know that when Ran leaves tonight, I would be left alone again, crying for Rei. I began laughing again at one of Ran's antics. She really is a good friend and I am so blessed to have her as such.

"Goodnight Aya and Happy Valentine's Day" she said to me while stopping out my room and waving her hand at me.

"Goodnight Ran and Happy Valentine's Day to you too," I bid her my own goodbye.

"Don't you dare cry tonight Aya, you got that?" she said to me. She had put on a serious look on her face that it makes me wanna laugh seeing her have that expression.

"I won't. What is there to cry for anyway?" I replied jokingly and she laughed.

"That's the spirit Aya. You just wait girl and that bastard will come begging on your doorstep," she gave me a thumbs up before finally leaving me.

I found myself staring at the door she had exited through. I sighed. I'm lying to myself. I said those words earlier to her so as not to make her worry about me so much and also to make myself believe that there is still hope. Although, deep down I feel that there is indeed no hope. There was a painful tug in my heart that made me wanna cry and I just closed my eyes, forcefully pushing myself to sleep. I have decided. I will wait for him.

Ever since the day at the park, I have never actually seen Rei, no phone calls from him either. He must be hiding from me, avoiding me, hurting me. It seems that, whenever I am with Ran and the others, he ain't there and if I ain't there, he is. God I hate this. But still, I won't give up on him. I won't. So I waited for him, indeed I waited for him. I waited for him for hours on the 15th and yet, there was no him. My waiting continued lasting for days, then the days turned to weeks, the weeks turned to months, and months led me to a year.

Today is February 13, the day before Valentine's Day, a year after what had happened at the park, the year after I found out the truth about it all. He will never apologize to me, never say that he was just drunk that day, never say that it was all incoherent things that he had just said that day, and never come begging on my doorstep. I am now crying again. Even though I had promised Ran that I would never cry again, never for him. I just couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

I am crying again. Crying my hearts all for one person. The same person I have been crying for all these years. I am crying for Rei. Is this really my fate? Why is lady fate so cruel to me? Have I done something really terrible in the past for her to punish me this much? I pondered on the thought for a while. I laugh, bitterly. I have done something bad. I have been very selfish. Selfish because even though I knew that Rei loved Ran in the beginning, I still pushed myself to him. Even though. I am worse than a criminal for being like this. I finally opened my eyes to the truth. And now, I'm letting him go because he was never mine in the first place.

Staring out the glass window of the waiting area of the airport, I reminisce all the things that had happen to me the past few years. I cry knowing that I could never go back to it and maybe change it, this pathetic life I live in right now. The words he told me that day keeps on repeating in my head like a broken recorder. My eyes catch sight of a plane taking off the runway. I sigh. Soon I would be on one of those planes, taking off towards an unfamiliar place. There would be no turning back once I am on one of those. This is the right thing to do. I'm doing this for everyone's sake. They all deserve to be happy but probably not me. After all, I have done such a horrible thing to them all, especially Rei. I was just, too selfish.

... Rei ...

I was lying on my bed with my hands on the back of my head, cushioning it. It has been a week after graduation and I felt really bored since there was nothing left to do. I woke up around 5 in the morning, way too early since there were no classes anymore. My alarm clock became useless these past few days since I always wake up an hour earlier before its alarm time. I wanted to go back to sleep but I couldn't do so. I became restless. There was nothing to do. It's just so boring. I looked at the time again. 9 am, it flashed. I had been awake for 4 hours already. I planned on closing my eyes again, expecting to fall back into slumber. As I was slowly drifting off to sleep, my phone rang.

"What do you want?" I hate it when people disturb me from my sleep. I am not much of a morning person indeed.

"It's me, Yuya," whenever my phone is ringing early in the morning, it can only be because of Yuya.

"I know it's you," I was annoyed.

"Rei? Are you still in bed?" give him a million dollars folks, he got the correct answer. Sarcasm. It always comes in handy.

"What do you think?" I should really turn off my phone when I sleep.

"Then get up right now and go to the airport," airport? What happened in the airport? Did something happen to the planes? Was there a hi jack or something? I had so many questions in mind, but I only said one word.

"Tch" it wasn't even a word at all. Man was I sleepy. I yawned.

"Get your friggin' butt out of bed Rei and go to the airport. All of us are heading there right now," Yuya said, his voice sounded like he was in a hurry.

"Shut up. I'm going now, but why do you need me to go to the airport?" I asked him as I sat up on my bed.

"It's her," he began. Yuya already knew I had feelings for her even though I didn't tell him directly. I didn't even tell him indirectly. He tells me that it is just his best friend intuition telling him about it. Just fuck him.

"What about her?" I became serious from this point on.

"She's leaving to God knows where," what? Why? She can't be. She won't leave me, she loves me. "You're the nearest one to the airport, so stop her before she leaves," he said, desperation evident in his voice. I didn't even bid him goodbye, I just hurriedly changed my clothes and ran out of the house. Don't let her leave before I get there.

I rode a taxi to the airport and just ran my way towards the main waiting area. I looked and looked, making my way through the crowd, trying to find the girl. I thought that she had already left, so I decided to just stop my search. As I was walking back, I caught a glimpse of cobalt hair and that immediately caught my attention. Thank God it was her. She was standing near the glass window, looking outside. I was simply in awe at the sight I behold. She was just beautiful. For a moment, we remained like that, her looking out the window and me looking straight at her. After a while, she had noticed my presence and turned to my direction.

Her eyes were wide when she saw me. She definitely didn't expect to see me here. I tried to remain calm and not to look like a fool in front of her. I was thinking of something to say to her but then the announcer announced her flight. She sighed and began walking towards me. When she was at a talking distance to me, I had forgotten all the words I wanted to say to her. She looked at me and I can see the sadness in her eyes. Sadness that I had caused. She smiled at me although I can tell that she wasn't happy at all.

"I guess this is goodbye Otohata," she began, her voice was shaky, that it made my heart hurt a bit more.

"Why?" I asked her. I wanted to ask her a far different question. I wanted to tell her that I love her. But it seems that 'why' was the only word I can manage to utter at that moment.

"I want to forget," her voice trailed off. She had already broken eye contact with me and began looking out the glass window again.

"..." I opened my mouth but no words came out of it. Why? I want to tell her I love her! Please, let me! I practically screamed inside my head that I love her.

"Please tell everybody that I'm really sorry for being a burden," she started off yet again. How I wanted to just envelope her into my arms and tell her what she means to me. But fate wasn't on my side. My body betrayed me as it remained fixed to where I was standing.

"And to you Rei," she looked at me and raised her right hand in front of her. I still didn't move. Why won't my body move? Why won't my body cooperate with me? After a while, maybe she got tired of offering her hand so she just took it back. I'm sorry Aya.

"I'm letting you go," she told me after she had smiled. She began walking away. I didn't even made any effort to stop her. I didn't.

"I thought you would wait," I managed to say, my voice was barely audible, but I guess she must have heard since her footsteps halted.

"Everyone has their limitations and I guess I already reached my full capacity," don't do this Aya. Please stay. "I'm sorry for forcing myself to you, Rei. So... I'll leave," She began walking again. I couldn't stop the tears from flowing so I cried. But I don't think that she saw my tears.

Moments later Yuya and the others arrived there. I could see that they were all disappointed and even mad at me for not stopping Aya, but they didn't tell it to me directly since they saw the tears flowing from my eyes. I felt vulnerable at that very moment. It wasn't like me to cry for something. Me, Rei Otohata, was known to have an icy heart and here I am crying in front of them. I still couldn't stop the tears from flowing. My heart ached. So this was what she felt during that night. The pain is killing me.

Seeing her looking at me with those orbs of hers when she told me that she loved me, I felt a painful tug in my heart but I just ignored it and proceeded on making the biggest mistake I had ever made in my life. I told her that I didn't love her. But I really didn't love her at that time, I think. I was really confused of what I was feeling so I avoided her. It definitely took a while before I realized that I had fallen in love with her. And when I realized this, she was the one who avoided me already. Now, after witnessing her leaving me like that, I feel like shit already. She had left me here, hanging by a thread. Just as I had left her that night. I was finally feeling what she had felt for a long time. It was killing me. I am so sorry Aya. I really am. If only I could turn back time.

To Be Continued...

A/N: That's it for the first chapter. Thank you for reading my story. I really hope that you like it, even a little. I love you all!!