Barefaced

"You're back from being suspended?" You question in an irritated tone. She stares at you for a bit and then she looks down at your neck. 

"Aw... did you fail another suicide attempt?" She gibed pointing at your neck. You furrow your eyebrows touching your neck in confusion.

"Was that supposed to be funny?" You ask.

"Yah- I just love how pathetic a suicidal girl is..." She replies."Stupid slut" she mutters under her breath. You clench your first and furrow your eyebrows.

"What the hell did you call me?" You reply slowly approaching her.

"Yuki... What are you doing here?" Ren interrupts. You slowly look at him with an irritated look on your face.

"You're going to let her talk to me like that?" You ask. Ren sighs and puts down his paint brush. 

"Why are you here Yuki? You didn't even come to school today... yet you're here... So, what is that you want?" Ren asks, looking at you.

"Skipping school... tch... I didn't think the model student would be stooping that low for some gang leader-" Ayame comments.

"What? How did you know about that?" You ask looking at Ayame.

"I told her." Ren replies.

"Why?" You ask, squinting your eyes at Ren.

"Because- It's true... is it not?" Ren answers.

"What the-" You start.

"Ugh. Can you leave?" Ayame grunts. You glare at her and then sigh.

"I came here to talk to you" you say to Ren, ignoring Ayame. Ren stays still and then he turns to look back at his painting.

"No one wants to talk to you..." Ayame says. You slowly look at her and then back at Ren.

"Are we going to talk or are you going to be petty?" You ask. Ren doesn't respond. You sigh starting to walk up to him but Ayame stops you. 

"Leave... He clearly doesn't want to talk to you." She scoffs. You furrow your eyebrows and then you look at Ren. He doesn't look at you. You slowly nod and turn around walking out the art room.

"What a fucking lame..." she snorted, slowly walking back to her seat and continues to draw.

You walk away from the art room feeling way worse than you did before. Ren gets up from off his seat.

"Yuki!" Ren shouts out. You continue to walk down the hall ignoring him and heading to the exit of the school. Ren runs up to you, grabbing your arm, causing you to turn around. You pull your arm away and glare at him. "I'm sorry for acting like that..." He says.

"Yeah... whatever." You say, turning back around and walking out the school. Ren follows behind you and grabs your arm again. You yank your arm away and you look at Ren. "What?" You question. 

"What was it you wanted to talk about?" Ren asks.

"Nothing now." You answer, walking away again.

"Yuki- you came for a reason. So just tell me." Ren says. You stop walking and then you sigh.

"Why are you still friends with her after what she did to me? I thought you were going to cut her off." You ask, turning around to look at Ren.

"Did you sleep with those Toman guys?" He asks completely ignoring your question. You furrow your eyebrows in confusion.

"What? Why are you even asking that?" You ask.

"Nothing... Never mind." Ren sighs turning around.

"No... Why did you ask me that?" You question.

"It just seems like it. You have bruises on your neck, you're never at school, and there's always a different guy coming from the bakery..." Ren replies.

"A different guy? What the hell... Are you stalking me?" You ask.

"Doesn't matter..."

"..." You stare blankly at Ren. He sighs and turns to look at you.

"Did you have sex with Mikey?" Ren asks. 

"Why does it matter?" You ask.

"If you haven't then good, you shouldn't..." Ren comments. You narrow your eyes. You don't know why he's saying that but you want to leave. "Aimi told me you had some sort of relationship with Mikey... And people in the school are finding out about it too." Ren states.

"How the fuck would people be knowing about any of that?" You ask.

"Ayame..." Ren replies.

"And how does Ayame know?" You ask.

"I told her." Ren responds. You clench your fists. You feel even more irritated than you felt just a minute ago.

"Why would you tell her? You know what kind of person she is but you still tell her?... Of course she would go around telling people that... Now everyone's going to view me differently..." You emphasized.

"That's what you wanted... wasn't it?" He says in a petty matter. You squint at him.

"No... its not what I wanted... You're acting like Eli now..." You reply.

"Eli? Don't compare me to that lowlife." Ren huffs. You scoff and shake your head.

"I never even had sex with Mikey... I'm still a virgin..." You grumble. "Now you've got that girl going around spreading another stupid ass rumor about me... and again... it's not even true." You softly sigh. "Didn't it bother you last time? What she said about my mom... What she said about me? Didn't any of it bother you?" You question, looking him in the eyes. He doesn't respond and the look on his face doesn't seem to change... as if he didn't care.

"You don't care... Do you? Of course not... Thinking with your dick just like last time... Always following that bitch around... for what? Pussy?" You fume.

"Are you serious?" He retorted. "Still acting the same like you used to... blaming others like always." He scoffs. "What? It's my fault? Just like last time? You blamed me for your mother's death when I didn't do shit to your mother... Now this is my fault too?" He seethed.

"YES... YOU HAVE THE GIRL GOING AROUND TELLING PEOPLE I'M A SLUT! And I never blamed you for my mother's death. I BLAMED YOU FOR THE SHITTY RUMOR YOU HAD HER SPREAD! The rumor on how I became suicidal. I wasn't even suicidal back then...do you know how badly people treated me because of that...? That was exactly why I became suicidal. And when I tried to attempt, she went around laughing about it creating even more rumors... AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN CARE!" You yell. You feel a sudden sadness. These are Yuki's emotions coming out. You feel your hands and legs shaking.

"That's not my fault... You should have never done it..." Ren states.

"The fuck? Should have never done it? YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER TOLD HER ANYTHING TO BEGIN WITH! You opened your mouth and let her start that rumor... You didn't even try stopping her." You start to tear up.

"Whatever Yuki... Go back to whatever it was you were doing... Stop blaming me for your mishaps in life. That's got nothing to do with me." Ren replies. You stand stiff. Your eyes are so full of tears that you can no longer see clearly. Your chest hurts a lot, and you feel a sharp pain in your throat. You want to cry but you're holding it in.

"You wouldn't care if I had died that day... You never cared... You didn't try to talk to me... you never apologized... You never even tried to check up on me. What did I ever do to you for you to treat me so inhumane... especially after all I have done for you. Do you hate me or something?" You ask. A tear falls from your eye. Ren eyes widen when he notices.

"Yuki... No... I'm sorry-" Ren apologized. He looks like he feels bad, but you didn't care. You shake your head, wiping the tears from your eyes.

"I should have never came to apologize..." You clench your fists and turn around, walking away.

You walk outside for a while sobbing. Your eyes are burning from crying so much. Your nose is stuffy and your sleeves are covered in tears and snot. The sky is dark, and it feels chilly out. You pull out your phone to call Aimi, but she wasn't answering. You try calling Hana, but she wasn't answering either. You sigh and walk towards Aimi's house since her house wasn't that far from where you are. 

Once you get to her house you walk up the steps and knocked on the door. You stand still in front of the door. A boy opens the door.

"Hi... Oh it's you... Yuki- Hi" The boy says. He's Aimi's little brother, Touya. 

"Hi Touya... Is Aimi home?" You ask.

"No- She's spending the night at Hana's. Her and Dad got into a fight a few days ago and Aimi has been avoiding coming home. She came home earlier to grab her stuff and to tell Dad that she was staying at Hana's for the time being... So, she should be at Hana's house right now." Touya says. You slowly nod. He tilts his head to the side a bit.

"Are you okay? Have you been crying?" He asks. You slowly nod.

"I'm okay... Thank you Touya." You say turning around and walking down the steps. He watches you walk away before closing the door. You walk towards Hana's house.

You stand in front of Hana's front door. You ring the doorbell and then step back a bit, waiting for someone to answer.

"COMING!!" A girl yells opening the door. It's Hana's younger sister, Mika. You stare at Mika for a bit and then you sigh. 

"Is Hana home?" You ask.

"Hana?... mmm..." She turns to look behind her and then back at you, shaking her head. "No she's not home..." You look down and nod.

"Well... when you see her, can you tell her I'm sorry...?" You quietly say.

"Sorry for what? What did you do?" She asks.

"Be a horrible friend." You respond. Mika stares at you with a sad look on her face. She then looks behind the door for a bit then back at you. 

"I have to go... I'm sorry Yuki..." Mika apologizes, closing the door. You stand in front of the door a bit before turning around and walking away. 

You walk some more, feeling numb and drained. You never expected a cool experience jumping into one of your favorite mangas would make you feel so shitty. A drop of water hits your head. You slowly look up at the sky. More water droplets fall down on you. You sigh and continue walking as the rain poured on you. 

You slowly walk, soaked and cold. You don't know whether you want to go home or not. You pull out your phone staring at it. You flip it open staring at the contacts in your phone. Now that you realize you don't even have Mikey's contact in your phone. You have none of the Toman members contacts in your phone. You click on Hana's contact and you call her. The phone rings a bit and then goes to voicemail. You sigh and try calling her again, but it goes straight to voicemail. You decide to leave her a message.

"Hello... Hana... It's Yuki. I wanted to talk to you. I'm sorry for being a bad friend... I didn't mean for any of that to happen... I'm sorry if it scared you... I'm sorry for putting you in that situation... can we please-" 

BZZZT-

You pull your phone away from your face to see that your phone has died. You clench onto your phone and you clench your jaw.

"AHHHH- FUCK-" You scream throwing the phone down onto the ground, breaking it. You stare at your broken phone for a bit before realizing that you have broken it. "No..." you blubbered. You pick it up from off the ground and sigh, trying to put it back together. You give up and drop the pieces. You slowly walk away from the broken phone on the ground. You feel extremely cold. Your legs feel numb and your hands are turning blue. You're shivering from the cold and your eyes feel heavy.

ROOARRR...

You stop walking to a light shining in your face. You squint and hover your hand over your face to block the light.

"Yuki..." The voice says. They turn off the motorcycle light, revealing their face. It's Mikey. A drenched Mikey. "How long have you been outside?" He asks. You stare at him with a tired look on your face before looking forwards and walking away. "YUKI!" He yells out causing you to stop. He gets off his bike and walks up to you, turning you around to face him.

"Your lips are blue... How long have you been outside?" He asks again.

"Why does it matter? What do you want?" You ask.

"I've been looking for you since you left... Have you been outside the entire time? You're going to get sick being outside wet like that." He reaches towards your face. You take a step back.

"Why are you acting like you care... Just leave me alone..." You reply, turning to walk away. Mikey grabs your arm and pulls you towards him. 

"I'm not acting..." He says in a stern tone. "I care about everything that's mine." He adds. You stare at him. Your body starts to burn from the cold. "Let's go." He says pulling you towards his motorcycle. You stop walking and pull your arm away. He turns and stares at you.

"I don't want to go with you... Just leave me alone." You respond wearily. Mikey stares at you for a bit with a calm look on his eyes. 

"I'm taking you home... If you stay outside in the cold, you'll get sick." Mikey implies. He gets on his motorcycle and waits for you to get on. You slowly look at him. He has a blank expression on his face, but there's a bit of empathy showing. You slowly nod and get on the bike. "Hold on to me... the seat is slippery... I don't want you falling off." He says. For some reason it felt kind of strange for Mikey to seem like he cares but then again he did care about his friends in the manga. You hold onto him as he pulls off.