MidWorld

Chapter 3 [Break-up~]

    Kevin was quite happy of what happened earlier. He was able to meet someone so cute. He hoped she would fall for him, like the rest of the girls. Her face looked like she was new so that would either mean she’s a freshman or a transfer student.
    When he was just a few meters away from home, he saw his mother waiting for him in front of their gate. He wondered why she was there. Maybe something had happened. He ran as fast as he could to hear what his mother has to say.
    “Why did you come home so late?” his mother asked, with a hint of worry in her voice.
    “I, uh, had something to do.” It wasn’t really a lie. “I didn’t notice the time.”
    His mother let him come inside the house. She prepared his ready-made meal, like always, because she had already finished her dinner. It was always either she had eaten earlier or will eat after he arrived home.
    Every time he had his meals, his mother would sit across him from the table. She would always have a little chat with him while he was eating. He didn’t even know what his mom’s motives were, she just do it.
    He would often wonder if his mother ever goes to work. After all, she was the one who manages all the incomes of their company because his father had left them a long time ago. Yet, despite that, he never had loathed his father. Maybe it was because his father sends them money to live, though they were rich.
    "Mom, I saw this really pretty girl at school,” Kevin enthusiastically told his mother as he sat down to eat.
    He was really close with his mother. He never kept a single secret from her. She was like an oral journal for him, if such thing existed.
    “How pretty was she?”
    Even though she was the one who arranged his marriage to someone she hasn’t even personally met, she was quite eager to know who her son had found. There were a lot of things she knew about her son. She even knew that it was rare for him to say that someone is pretty or even beautiful. He didn’t even say that his own girlfriend was beautiful.
    “Well,” he said, somewhat embarrassed. “She had silky jet black hair that reaches up her waist. She was pale like a vampire.”
    Mrs. Light was in a deep thought. ‘Could that person be…No, it can’t be.’  She shrugged the thought off and let her son continue.
    “She was silent the whole time though. I didn’t get to hear her voice. It would really be disappointing if her voice was like of a frog.”
    Until he finished his meal, his mother didn’t say a word. He just excused it. Maybe his mother was just thinking of something. He didn’t want to disturb her. After his meal, he washed the dishes. They may be rich but they live a normal middle-class life. One of the reasons, they didn’t want to attract thieves.
Then, he studied for a bit. He wasn’t really accustomed to studying so he just lied down on his bed while staring at the ceiling. He wondered, ‘Will he ever see her again?’ Maybe but with his very busy schedule starting from class, fans and his girlfriend.
    He sighed and closed his eyes, trying to forget the fact that he was already taken. He didn’t notice that he fell asleep.
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    What will you do? If you will, it might… but if you do not, you will be the one who will suffer…
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    Kevin woke up from a horrible dream. He rubbed his eyes and looked at his wall clock. It was still too early to wake up yet he cannot even force himself to sleep again.
    He decided to get out of his bed and wash his face. He couldn’t remember what he was dreaming of; he just knew it was horrible. Shivers ran down his spine just trying to remember it. What should he do?
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    Aeris couldn’t sleep a wink last night because of the shocking news she heard. There were dark shadows under her eyes which were noticeable if you look at her closely enough. This happened due to lack of sleep.
    Added to her burdens, her grandmother scolded her again… for having those ‘hideous’ purple shadows. She sighed as she sat down in their car. She can’t sleep even in the car.
    “Are you alright, Miss Aeris?” her driver asked.
    She just nodded in reply. She looked out the window of their car and stared out the people of the streets as the car was moving. She envied them; smiling brightly, walking with someone they really like while she was forced to like somebody she didn’t even know.
    ‘Why are they so carefree? I know. It’s because they are not burden with problems that’s why they can smile. They are not troubled like me.’
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    Kevin had totally forgotten what he was dreaming about this morning. He had that silly smile on his face as he was entering the school building. What had happened? Well, I can tell you… but not now.
    Somebody approached him. A girl he always knew even if she was very far; someone who wipes of that smile from his face. That waist-length, blonde hair, sophisticated-like walk, smug smile on that face; he could never forget. It gave chills down his spine. This girl, without a doubt, is his GIRLFRIEND. He gulped and erased that smile and pretended he didn’t see her.
    Unfortunately for him, she saw him and she didn’t look happy. She walked towards him hurriedly but she wasn’t running nor jogging. She had her eyebrow raised and that stern look from her eyes. This is not going to be good.
    “I heard you were walking with ANOTHER GIRL, yesterday,” she said emphasizing those two words.
    “Who told you that?” he said, trying to say that it wasn’t true.
    “Them.”
    She pointed behind her. There were two persons, standing behind her, which he knew too well that they were also scared of this woman. Those faces that looked exactly like the other, there was no other twin he knew around the school.
    He gave in. He would never win if his girlfriend was his enemy, that’s for sure. Her jealousy would always dominate against his innocence. He just gave up.
    “Well…” she said waiting for an explanation from him.
    “I don’t have any explanations,” he closed his eyes after saying this.
    “You’re admitting you’re at fault?”
    There was a hint of disbelief in her voice. After all, I was the first time he accepted his defeat from her. A smile spread across her face. She jumped to hug him.
    “Finally, you understand what I feel for you. I’m so lucky to have you.”
    Why was she so lucky to have him? One, he was the school’s most popular guy. Second, he has the attitude of what most girls would like. And third, she believed he loves her, which he did not tell her that he doesn’t.
    But that was not the reason why he surrendered. He took a deep breath and opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was the girl from yesterday. He froze from where he was standing. Of all the people who would see him, it was her.
    She had that surprised expression on her face. There was no hint of jealousy though. The twins skipped from behind Trixia towards Aeris, escaping from the clutches of the witch.
    Trixia also looked at that direction and her focus was directed to her. She stared at her long that it was almost considered a glare. Then, she held on tightly on Kevin’s shirt like implying ‘He’s mine’.
    Aeris just smiled back from her glare like saying ‘Sure’.

    Kevin, unaware of the silent fight between these girls, tried to peel off his girlfriend away from him but she hold on tightly. He used all his force then just suddenly she herself loosened her grip. When he looked at her she had mixed reactions that he wasn’t able to read. Then she looked at him.
    “I have something to tell you…” Kevin said lowering his head. “I want to break-up with you. I’m sorry.”
    Tears started flowing from her eyes but no words of retort came out from her mouth; that’s a first. This time, he figured out her emotions. She was bewildered.
She blinked then wiped her eyes. She seemed to just notice that she was crying.
    “Why is there water coming out from my eyes?” she said while smiling.
    She was still smiling then but she was pained deep inside. She covered her face and ran out of the building. Nobody came after her. Kevin just stood there. Aeris looked back at them, wondering what happened.
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-fin
[Gomene... Sorry, it took so long because of my laziness, i forgot to turn on the imagination button...heh. Till the next chapter...]

Chapter 2 [Coincidence~]

‘Where should I believe in—- Fate or Chance?’
-Aeris Journal Entry #0002
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    The twins were very much obliged to take the new student around their school. The school bell had already ringed so it was their responsibility to take her.
David and Joshua were skipping down in the hallway in unison as they led Aeris, who was just walking calmly behind. She seemed to be in a deep thought as she followed the twins.
    “Something wrong?” one of the twins asked.
    Aeris did not really know which twin is which so she didn’t bother herself with that thought. But something was really on her mind that day. It was troublesome because she cannot take it off her thoughts.
    She didn’t reply to the twin’s question which made them worry. They looked at each other with furrowed eyebrows. ‘Did we do something bad? Or maybe she’s not feeling well…’
    Those were not the reasons. Aeris was thinking about what her mother told her.
“You will be transferring to the school were the person you are arranged to marry is studying.”
    “Do you feel bad about something?” the other twin interrupted her thoughts.
    “Eh?” she replied, oblivious to the world awhile ago. “N-nothing is bothering me, really.”
    The twins looked at each other again. She was really an obvious liar. ‘But it makes her cute…’ The twins mentally agreed then smiled at each other and continued to guide their new classmate.
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    Kelvin was leaning on their classrooms window pane. He looked down at the students, who were happily going home while he was stuck there, doing his classroom duties.
    He sighed as he thought about what his mother told him that morning; the reason for why he was almost late.
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    “Remember the thing I said about your arranged marriage?” my mother enthusiastically talked to me while I was eating.
    My mother was an energetic girl, to begin with. But whenever the topic reaches up to her husband, she would become silent for a second then change the topic. I myself did not know anything about my father. All I know was that he kept on sending us money as my mother kept on working day and night managing the company.
    “Yes, Mom,” I replied when my mouth wasn’t full. “What about it?”
    My mom clasped both her hands and there was a bright glimmer in her eyes. This could not mean good news to me, I know that. I prepared myself for the worst thing she could say.
    “You must be really lucky, Kevin.”
    “Why is that?”
    My mother stood up from in front of me and patted me in the back. ‘Why did she think I’m lucky?’
    “I heard that this girl that you are marrying is quite unique.” I looked at my mother with confusion. ‘What is she trying to say?’ It sounded like she was consoling me. “I heard she was pretty and smart. She had long…”
    My mother was not able to finish this girl’s features because I suddenly stood up from my seat. I kept on exclaiming inside my head that I was going to be late. So, I hurriedly grabbed my bag and bade my mother goodbye and ran as fast as I can, even though I was still biting the last bit of bread.
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    “Lucky, huh?” he said to himself.
    Somebody just suddenly flung their arms around Kevin’s neck.
    He looked to see who it was. A girl was behind him, smiling sweetly and leaning on his shoulders.
    “Were you thinking how lucky you were because you have me?” this girl suddenly said.
    Kelvin did not answer her question. She was his girlfriend yet he often wondered how they started this relationship. Whenever he thought about it, he never really had special feelings for her.
    “Won’t you answer me?” the girl sulked.
    “Trixia,” he replied without even looking at her. “Go home now. It looks like it’s going to rain.”
    “But, aren’t you going home with me?”
    “I still have something to do.”
    “Fine!”
    Trixia pouted and stomped her feet as she left the room. He was all on his own again. Even though it was a lie to make her leave, he felt a little freedom from what he did.
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    It was getting late and the rain started to fall down. The three freshmen were still at the lobby.
    “It’s getting late, Rain,” the twins said in unison.
    “You go ahead without me,” Aeris replied. “I have my umbrella anyways.”
    The twins just bade her goodbye and then disappeared into the darkness, though it was not really that dark yet. Finally she can spend some time alone by herself.
Somehow, at this time, she felt as if she didn’t want to go home and just stay there by the row of lockers, sitting alone by herself. It was nice to be once in a while being able to think only about her self. She assumed that no one else would be here anymore.
    She knew that at this time her mother was worried and she would be scolded by her grandmother if she stayed any longer. She decided that she had to go home. She opened her locker to get an umbrella but luck was against her today. Sadly for her, there was no umbrella there. She sank back down to the floor and closed her eyes, trying to weave a plan to go home.
    Just then, somebody approached and leaned over her. She noticed that it grew a bit darker so she opened her eyes. Someone’s face was so close next to her. She just blinked once, and then froze.
    That boy stood up straight and helped her get up. He handed her a handkerchief to wipe off the dirt in her skirt.
    “Can’t go home?” the boy asked.
    Aeris nodded. This person seemed to be older than her.
    “Let’s share my umbrella.”
    She nodded once again without saying a word. He seemed honest enough. The boy just laughed at her.
    “You’re cute!”
    She blushed. What’s up with the random comment? She never liked the days when she can’t predict what would happen. She would have the feeling of insecurity.
    They walked together silently. The only thing you could hear was the rain drops falling over their heads. The silence was nearly awkward and to break it, the boy spoke up again.
    “Where do you live anyway?”
    “Just by the right corner of the flower shop.”
    “Really? So that means we are neighbors.”
    “Eh?”
    “My house is just a few meters straight from that shop.”
    “I see”
    When they arrived by that flower shop they spoke of, they separated on their own ways. Aeris can’t help having the feeling of being watched. She walked as fast as she cold to arrive home.
    When she did, her mother was waiting at their door. Aeris was completely drenched because of the rain. Though that boy told her that he would walk her home, she refused it. She could not have anyone know that they were rich.
    “I was so worried,” her mother said as she hugged Aeris.
    “Sorry.”
    “The boy you walk home with…” a stern voice came from behind her.
    It couldn’t be that her grandmother saw them together. She might assume something and make up stories of something she did not do. She looked calm on the outside but she was frantic on the inside.
    But that wasn’t what her grandmother said. There was good news and bad news. Good news was she wasn’t scolded. The bad news was worse than bad.
    “WHAT?!”
    What could be the bad news that made her burst out like that? Was it really that bad that she couldn’t contain her emotions?
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-fin
[Author's Note(AN): "Done in two hours... hah!" -was not lazy today- "It's still short though"]

Chapter 1 ~The Start~

    She sighed once again as she looked at herself in front of the mirror. She tried to smile one more time but no matter how many times she sees it, somehow her smile looked like it was just pretend.
    This girl, standing, looking straight back at her was the one everyone sees as the Aeris they knew; the one they call ‘Miss Perfect’. How could they be fooled by such a simple smile and the good works?
    She just turned away from the mirror and picked up her school bag that was placed on a chair just beside the mirror. She had to hurry to school or else she would be late. It would be bad to leave a bad ‘first impression’ on the teachers if she would be late in her first day in the new school.
    As she hurriedly walked out of her room, she didn’t notice that someone was outside her room. She hurriedly apologized for bumping into that person by bowing then ran. But a stern voice stopped her from going any further.
    “An heiress to a huge business firm should not lower her head. Instead, she should raise her chin up with pride, even when you are apologizing.”
    Much to her dismay, it was her grandmother. She bit her lower lip for a second before she turned around and faced her worst nightmare.
    “I shan’t scold you no more. Now go or you will be late for school.”
    “Thank you.”
    With this said, she immediately left for school, hurriedly.
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    A young boy was running through the long, long pavement road towards the high school building. He was still chewing down the last bit of his breakfast this morning. He gulped down the chewed food.
    “Gaahh!!” he exclaimed. “I’m gonna be late.”
    When he arrived inside, he hurried to the bulletin board to see what class he was. He looked at it clearly to make sure his name was there. ‘Class 2-1’. As soon as he got his class number, he jogged down the hallway towards his classroom.
    Just as he arrived in their room, the teacher followed behind. Their homeroom teacher patted him in the back.
    “Congratulations, Mr. Kelvin Light. You were not late this school year.”
    “Thank you, sir,” he replied without thinking.
    Just the he realized what the teacher just said. His teacher, however, smirked at Kevin’s reply, which was plainly obvious that it was said at the spur of the moment.
The teacher of the first year class, just below them, had just arrived too. At this time, the teacher was introducing their new classmate, who also almost arrived late.
    “Since you all know each other from your elementary years,” started their female teacher. “Then it would be useless to introduce yourselves again.”
    The students of the class agreed with what their teacher just said.
    “You have a new classmate this year.”
    “Hopefully, it’s a guy, right girls?”
    “Yeah,” the girls of the class agreed.
    “Settle down,” their teacher shushed them. “You can come in now.”
    To the displeasure of the female party of the class, a girl came in the room. She had silky straight, jet black hair that reached her waist. Her eyes were colored crimson like blood. To some point she would look like a cruel witch and at the same time, she would look like a pitiable princess.
    “Please introduce yourself.”
    “I am Aeris Rain. Pleasure to meet you all.”
    To everyone, her voice was like a soft melody playing in their ears. To the owner of it, she was just smiling at everybody; the fake smile she had this morning, that very same one.
    “Hey, sit down here next to me,” one boy said.
That boy snickered over his own doing. The teacher was about to react and scold him but the newcomer was able to reply first.
    “Thank you for your kind offer but I would rather not.”
    The boy was shamed with what she said. The other boys of the class laughed at him. The teacher silenced them.
    “Miss Rain, you can take that empty seat by the window.”
    Aeris followed the teacher’s instructions and took her seat silently if that was even possible for her. Every girl in the class looked at her as she took her seat. It was either of jealousy or being awed, as what the feelings in their eyes would say.
    “Welcome to Mizuki Academy, Miss Rain. Remember there are rules that you have to abide.”
    “Yes, ma’am,” she said before she took her seat.
    “Moon, it is your duty to guide her around the school, okay?”
    Somebody from behind Aeris stood up. She turned around to look at her guides. Not only one stood up but two. They were twins. These twins saluted to their teachers.
    “Aye, aye, Captain,” the twins said in unison.
    “Well then cadets, I leave the rest to you.”
    The teacher just left their classroom after that. The twins sat back down. Aeris was reading a book- The Student’s Handbook- while the others were busily talking to one another.
    In the book states that it was a tradition in the school to call each student by their last name, no exception. That explains why everyone kept calling each other by their last name. She would have to get used to it.
    Just then, someone poked her softly on the back. She turned around to see who it was. Obviously, it was one of the twins. They, the twins smiled widely at her and waved their hands.
    “Ne, wouldn’t it be nice to know each other?” the twins asked.
    Aeris would have rejected their offer but it had become her habit to be ‘nice’ to other people. She had no choice but to agree to their suggestion. The twins were delighted of her decision.
    “I am David Moon,” said the one who was sitting directly behind her.
    “And I am Joshua Moon,” the one right next to David followed.
    “I am Aeris Rain. Nice to meet you.”
    Their classmates became silent and looked only at them. Then suddenly most of the girls of the class began to whisper among each other while the guys made jokes that only they could hear. What were they talking about behind her back?
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-fin
[Author's note: "It's kind of short, i really wanted to make it longer but I'm lazy so..." "Ja ne!!"]