ok well..... sorry... they just seem to get shorter and shorter, but this is coming to and end, and the scenes are getting wilder and wilder and i can't just throw more than one part into a chapter... it just shouldnt be done... so here you are, a short chapter!
She smirked. “Explanation? Isn’t it obvious? I’m not dead. I’m an actress. That’s that.”
“That’s just it! Why aren’t you dead?” he screamed, exasperated and angry.
Immediately he realized he had chosen the wrong words and regretted it.
The smile left her face and her features hardened into an emotionless mask.
“Sorry that I’m not dead. If you would prefer, you can pretend we never met. I’m doing that already.”~Tacticalwolf~
He had a sorry expression on his face as he said, “Miyano, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it that way.”
She sighed. “I know Kudo-kun, but it might have been better if you did. We could put this behind us.”
“But I can’t forget you.”
Shiho gritted her teeth. She decided. It was now or never, he had provided her with the perfect line to confess. She clenched her fists and opened her mouth to speak.
Immediately she was cut off.
Ran groaned and sat up. First she saw Shinichi and smiled, then her eyes landed on Shiho and widened.
Seeing her shocked expression, Shiho said in a light-hearted manner, “Ah, Mouri-san, glad to have you back.”
“M-Miyano-san? Is it really you?”
“In the flesh.”
“B-but we all attended your funeral!”
“The casket was empty. Nobody looked inside right? You had a funeral for a casket.”
She nodded her head.
“Then why did you fake your death?”
Shiho’s face softened, the way it did whenever she was talking about her feelings to another girl. “You know the reason. The same reason I didn’t go with the two of you on your first date.”~Tacticalwolf~
“Y-you mean… even after all this time?”
“Hah, when you’ve fallen as hard as I have it’s hard to pull out.” A bitter smile crept onto her face as she said those words. “Don’t worry,” she continued, “I have no interest in taking away your most prized possession.”
Ran blushed.
Shiho smirked and said, “Oh yes, I’m quite sure Shinichi had wanted to ask you something.”
Shinichi tensed as Ran’s expecting gaze turned back to him. He gulped and stammered, “I was w-wondering what you wanted for dinner.”
Ran’s smile faltered, her expectations having been shot down.
To make it worse, Shinichi grabbed Shiho’s wrist and pulled her away before waiting for Ran’s response.
“What?” Shiho asked, annoyed at his rude behavior towards her and Ran.
“What are you saying?” he seethed.
“I thought you were going to propose.”
He opened his mouth to protest, immediately shutting it since her words were true.
“It’s best if we don’t talk until you’re engaged to Ran. She’s having a hard time because of your actions.”
“But what about you?” As soon as the words escaped, he covered his mouth.
Her eyes narrowed.
“What about me?” she asked slowly, with a poisonous tone, dripping off every syllable.
He licked his dry lips and swallowed, glancing around for a way out. Everyone was staring at them.
“I-I mean…” he trailed off.
“Why does it matter what I think? This has nothing to do with me.”
“Yes it does,” he whispered.
“Oh really? Do explain.”
“Because,” he blushed slightly as he paused, “you like me.”
She snorted at that comment, as if it was absurd.
It hurt Shinichi’s feelings and slightly angered him.
“What makes you think I like you?” she asked mockingly, as if he was crazy.
Now, slightly louder, he said, “I know you like me!”
“So what? Even if I did like you, why should that matter?”
Now, fully angry he shouted, “Why does it matter? Because I love you, damn it! Is it that hard to figure out?!”~Tacticalwolf~
His eyes, Shiho’s eyes, and Ran’s eyes all widened at the sudden confession.
It was dead silent.
All had immediately ceased talking at the outburst.
Ran’s heart practically shattered in two, and Shinichi sunk to the ground, emotionally drained.
His hands gripped at the sand, as if he was trying to find a thread of hope, or a distraction, to remove his words that hung in the air, to help the two girls forget his words, even if only temporarily.
Then the thread magically appeared in his fingers as a red charger pulled into the parking lot.
Yukiko and Yuusaku stepped out of the car and into the dramatic scene, abruptly changing the mood.
“Sorry we’re late Shin-chan! We had a few errands to run,” Yukiko called out loudly.
Finally noticing the tense atmosphere, her smile fell. Apparently something in her plan had gone wrong.
She hoped Shiho and Shinichi would become best friends again and stay in touch. Shinichi had been so down about her death so he hoped to make him happy. She didn’t realize that Shinichi’s feelings had shifted to the strawberry blonde, and that a simple relationship was impossible for them.~Tacticalwolf~
Big miscalculation on her part, and the tense atmosphere conveyed that to her.
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