"You w h a t now"
I'm kind of shocked, as Shika always seemed more clingy to me, but I never...
"Shika... I... I like you too... but as a friend. You're my deepest friend and I love you to bits, but not romantically. I... I'm so. So. Sorry. I just..."
I can't see very well now... salty tears welling in the creases of my hazel eyes...
"I'm just... I'm so..."
A choked up sob escapes my lips.
"I'm so sorry."
I have to do something... we're just standing across from each other... Shika's crying, her white tears falling without a sound... and I'm standing with my arms tucked into myself, as if that would make me double over, and keep folding in until I was gone.
Shika turns away, and I can hear the sobs grow in her throat. She's choking on her grief, and the plat, plat, plat, of her tears hitting the ground is deafening.
I turn too. Only now do I see all the eyes of teenagers on me.
I can hear them whispering about how "They broke her heart" and why "Would you even like someone so heartless?"
I'm running now, even though I'm not supposed to here. But that doesn't matter now. Why would it? I can hear the slam of my clawed feet hitting the tiles, and I pause shortly to peel of my shoes. Much better traction now. The vibrations of my footsteps are rattling me.
"H-Haru?"
It's Shika. Through the chokes, she sputtered my name. I turn...
She's smiling.
"No... I'm sorry... I- I shouldn't have sprung that on you... But, I just... I love hanging out with you, and I know that you don't want a relationship, and it just made i's way out! Hahhh..."
She's trying to laugh, trying to make it seem like It was a joke, or just an accident.
"Shika." I had to interrupt her nervous laughter. "Shika, I can understand why you said that. I mean, I am so fabulous..." I make a dramatic motion to flip my all-too-short hair. We both giggle a bit. "But I'm not ready for that. Relationships don't sound appealing to me. But... still queer best buds?"I say, holding up my fist.
"The very queerest." She smiles, and we lean closer for a fistbump.
"Let's just try to work this out."
Thank you for writing the storyyyyy! It was super cute, but since I'm an asexual crap, I had to turn down Shika.
This is Haru: (he/they pronouns. Like me!)
