FINAL CHAPTER

"I love her"

It was almost 9 o'clock and I still haven't gone home. I don't feel like going home. I wanted to see Sougo but at the same time I don't want to hurt Otae. Should I just cut the red string connecting them and tie mine to Sougo's pinkie instead? Crazy ideas were running through my head as I was sitting on the bench at the bus stop. I was sitting there for three hours while watching the people come and go. I was looking at their red strings tied in there pinkies. I realized most of them were not together with their destined person but they seemed happy.

I asked myself. Should I really follow what fate dictates to be happy?

I followed it. I rejected the person I like. But why am I still unhappy?

"Hey there little girl. It's already late. Why are you still not home?" A middle aged man approached me.

"I don't feel like going home yet. Anyway, I'm fine. Don't mind me." I shrugged.

"It's okay. Why don't we go somewhere? Come on, I'll treat you." He suddenly grabbed my arm and insisted that I go with him. He reeks of alcohol.

"No!" I said as I pushed him but he was so persistent. Then out of the blue I heard "Get your hands of her you perverted geezer!"

It was Sougo. He came to help me. The man immediately ran away.

"Are you okay?" Sougo asked me with a gentle face.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Isn't it obvious? Everyone is been worriedly looking for you. Your parents, Ginpachi-sensei, Otae..." Sougo said.

"She called and told me you haven't gone home. So she asked me to help search for you." Sougo added.

"So this was all for her? Right. What am I expecting? You wouldn't care about me!" I shouted. I wanted to see him but I just said those crazy words.

"Why are you like this? Ever since this afternoon you've been acting strange. What's your problem?" Sougo said, clearly puzzled by my behaviour.

"You know what my problem is? YOU! It's because I like you! I like you so much that it's hurting me." I shouted. I stared at his face for a moment. He was shocked. Then his expression changed from surprised to bitter.

"Why are you saying that now? If so, then why did you reject me in the first place? Why only now?" Sougo asked me repeatedly.

"I got scared...scared that we won't be happy...scared because I know we're not meant to be. But I regret that now! I regret letting you go. I want you back." Tears rolled down my cheeks as I said those words. I was pleading him. I know what I was doing was unfair to Otae but I can't suppress my feelings any longer. I stared at Sougo while he was obviously thinking of a reply. Then, he finally said it.

"If you said those two years ago, we could've been together already. If you said those when I have just started going out with Otae, I would've definitely chosen you. But it's too late. I can't do it now. Not because I hate you. Not because I don't want to hurt Otae. But because I love her." Sougo looked at me teary-eyed while he was saying those words.

I was too shocked to say anything. Then he started apologizing.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. Sorry but this is it. Sorry china. Thanks for loving me"

Finally, the tears he's been holding in rolled down his cheeks. I just cried.

This was how my first love ended.

EPILOGUE

It was already the middle of a new school year. Seven months have passed. The three of us ended up in the same class. I explained everything that happened between me and Sougo to Otae. At first she was confused but she understood it later on.

The three of us didn't do anymore the things we usually did like eating and going home together. I know that in order for me to forget about Sougo I need to distance myself. Seriously, I haven't gotten over him yet but I know that there will come a time when I can laugh together with them like nothing happened.

If there was one thing I learned from this experience it's not that you should just go with the flow of events. "If it's meant to be then it is" is not really true for all cases. If it's meant to be then it "might happen" if you wished for it to happen. Fight for that thing that makes you happy until the end, before it's too late because you can never turn back time.

"Hey everyone, you have a new classmate. He transferred to this school due to his father's job. Be nice to him" Ginpachi-sensei said. Apparently, he was still our teacher. As he was introducing the transfer student a scary yet handsome guy entered the room.

I was shocked.

"Hey Kagura, why are you so surprised? I know. He looks like a delinquent right? But he's hot!" Otae told me as I stared at the transfer student. But that was not the reason why I was shocked. It was because I saw our red string connected. It's him. It's definitely him.

I continued staring at him. He stared back. Then he introduced himself.

"Yo! I'm Shinsuke Takasugi"

THE END

Author's note: Thank you so much to those people who stayed with me until the end. Yeah the ending was kinda so don't kick me okay? LOL. I'll try my best to write another fic. I'm still thinking If I'm gonna make a sequel but I still hope that you'll still be there to read my stories. Thanks again!