*MITSURU FUKUYAMA *
"You probably shouldn't have fallen in love..."
"How dare you?! It must've been so hard for her!"
"Yeah that ain't cool!" Yusari and Maehara began to protest against me... but I know that it's the truth...
"Oh. I'm sorry..." I smiled as I swayed my eyes at her direction...oh...I wasn't sorry for you...
Bitch...
"... So... is it my turn..?" Sayuri asked nonchalantly.
"Yeah... Go ahead." Maehara gave her the permission.
"Well, then. Mitsuru..." She turns toward me, shit, I didn't expect that, but I had the expression as if I was awaiting for it.
She smiled... By looking at her crooked smile...I can tell... There's darkness inside it... damn... She knows... and she thinks it's funny...
"Truth or dare..." I hate you...
"Dare..." I replied after I thought about it very carefully... By doing that...She won't be able to ask me any personal questions...
"Ok... Let me think..." She took her time to come up with a dare...
What the hell is she gonna make me do..?
"Sing!" She exclaimed.
"What?"
"Sing."
Now, she's switching personalities. When she mentioned about the past, to my presence, she felt like a completely different person... Now... She's back... to her 'normal' self...
"Do you think I'm a bad person...?"
No... That's not her usual self. She was acting...! She's been putting on a mask... playing a role... This whole time!
No... I thought... I trust her... but... I keep having doubts...shit...
"SING!!" They all yelled in my face, which interrupted my train of thoughts.
"I can't sing..."
"Don't lie! When we went for karaoke, I taught you a song!" Sayuri says as she's destroying my pissed off mood...
She wants me to sing... infront of everyone! Damn it...
"Well... I don't know it..." Actually... that's a lie... I remember every single word from that song...
It's like I can't erase anything from my mind...
"I'll write the lyrics and you can sing it..." Why..?
If I don't do it, then I can't ask Sayuri about the text...
Soon, Sayuri finishes writing the words, which isn't necessary... oh well...
"I don't want to sing infront of them." I glared at Yusari and Maehara.
"Sit there and face your back towards us." Yusari suggested.
"You better not stare at me... Also, here's a warning... I can't sing." -
"Oh. No!" Maehara closed his ears with his fingers dug inside...
Don't worry... I'm not like Yusari...
I took a brief moment of silence, to catch my breath. Then I started singing...
"How much light is in your heart...?
How dark is the pit of your soul...?
No matter... how far..you jump-"
"Jump..."
JUMP! JUMP!
JUMP! JUMP!
JUMP! JUMP!
"Is that it...?" Yusari added to the silence.
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"How deep you fall.." fall?...
"Light shall be there..." I turn around, she was looking at me... with some kind of darkness...
"Waiting... reuniting... with you...." She sang. "Once more..." we sang that... at the same time.
Why did she write a song like this..? What does it imply...? Will it signify something...?
The more I look into her eyes... The more I can see the mystery of her darkness she's hiding in her eyes.
"Wow! You two make a good duet! Except you, Misturu. Your voice is too monotone..."
"Then it's not a duet, idiot." I said to Maehara.
"I can't believe you actually wrote that! It's so good!" Yusari said full of praise.
"I haven't finished it yet..."
....
I wonder... If I jump... will I see light at the end...?
"You're turn to choose, Misturu." Yusari said.
"I choose Sayuri-"
"You can't do that!" Maehara butted his ass in.
"Huh. Why?"
"Because, she chose you first, and now you have to choose someone else! That's how it works!"
Damn it... so I need to choose either Yusari or Maehara...
I sigh in disappointment..."Maehara... truth or dare..."
"Hmm... let me think... Truth!"
"You weren't thinking at all, were you...? If you did, you could've made it easier. Choose a dare then I could make you dance like a chicken... too bad.." I smiled in amusement.
"Argh!... Shut up!"
"It doesn't even matter anyway, your very existence is a dancing chicken...!"
The girls began laughing, it seems I've charmed the girls and made him look like an idiot... Score! That's what you call 'killing two birds with one stone'
If I cannot do great things... I'll do small things... in a great way.
"Shut up, you moron!" Maehara's face gushed in red.
"If you want to be a smartass, you gotta be smart... otherwise you're just an ass.."
"I said truth! Okay!" Maehara exclaimed desperate out of the embarrassment.
"Fine... Why do you hide your arms so much...?" I asked.
"Jeez! You're prepared for that one!..."
"Wait. You hide your arms?" Yusari asked.
"No!"
"You have to answer it... truthfully..." I glanced down at him... I'm just realising that this game is actually fun...
However... I just want to know if it's for the same reason as mine...
"It's..." He sighs. "Because... I'm too thin..-"
"What?!" What kind of excuse is that?!
"Oh, no! I knew you haven't been eating recently!" Sayuri says cautiously.
"No, no! I'm eating perfectly fine! It's just... no matter what I eat, I don't get any fatter... It's not like I'm malnourished. .." he confessed.
"But I've never seen you eat..." Yusari seemed concerned.
"Are you insecure about your body?!" Sayuri added.
"No! It's just that I might get picked on, for being weak... so, keep it a secret, ok?" Maehara winked at them both.
"Don't worry! You're not the only one!" Yusari said, glancing at me. I didn't realise it but when I looked up, everyone was glancing at me.
"What??" I said in confusion. My fault for not paying attention... I was too busy thinking...
"You're just as weak as he is. Which I'm guessing that you also hide your arms because your thin!" Yusari pointed at me.
"That's stupid..."
"Oh... you think you're strong... Don't make me laugh." She starting to piss me Off!
"Are you insulting me?" I asked strongly.
"Nope... I'm describing you, bitch!"
"Watch your words, girl!... The only thing that's gonna f*ck you better than me is karma...!" I yelled provocatively.
"I dare you!..."
"F*ck it!"
"Calm down, you two! You both are gonna end up as gangsta arn't ya?!" Maehara butted in at the wrong time...
We both glared at him angry and pissed...
"Ooh! Dangerous!~" Sayuri exclaimed amusingly, from behind, like some kind of fangirl.
"Not today! Satan!"
*HASHIBA MAEHARA *
"Yusari! Truth or dare!" I yelled excitedly.
"Dare." She seems confident.
Oh... is that so, tough girl?!
"I dare you to kiss me!"
"Ooooh!~ Are you two?-" Sayuri covered her mouth as her eyes widened at us.
"NOOOO! Move it, perv! Sayuri! Dare me to do anything else!" She begged.
OW! You can't replace me! Oh!... I guess she just did...
"Um... can you dance?..." Sayuri suggested.
"Yes!" I accidentally yelled out.
"No!"
If she danced then, I'll be able to see her move her glorious body!... Perv mode.... ACTIVATED!
"Anything else..." She seemed so desperate.
"I got one..." Misturu suddenly spoke up.
"Yeah... what is it?"
"Earlier, you called me weak like this guy..." Everyone hates me! "I dare you for an arm wrestle, to prove who's stronger."
"O...-" Yusari Suddenly got cut off. "I'll also be betting here too!" He lifted his finger up, as if to silence her from proceeding to speak any further.
"For what?..." Yusari asked carefully for the terms and conditions.
"Dignity... If I win, then I want to play against Sayuri in truth or dare.. but-" Misturu added. I looked over at Sayuri and she startled after her name was called out.
"If I win... Then give me 40 bucks... Fair enough?..." Yusari added her rulings out.
"It's a deal then."
But wait...! Wasn't I supposed to dare her! Damn it!
But as look over to Sayuri, she seems more lost in thought and anxious about this that she's stuck in silence.
*YUSARI AKABANE *
We walked towards the desk, Mitsuru held out his hand for the deal. I shook it hard... I have to win this...!
Our elbows are placed on the desk, I lift my sleeve up and he did the same...but, "Why do you have bandages on your arm?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Because I'm thin and weak... Thank you very much." He gave off a cocky smirk.
We held our hands up, Maehara held them securely in place.
Ok... I can do this...
"Ok... ready?" Maehara announced. I nodded.
However, Mitsuru's head remained low.
"3...2...1!"
We immediately pressed our hands in, and they were shaking. I didn't realise he was this strong, it was at the point that I could see his vein and wrist popping out. His head stayed down.
I felt him falling weak and I used the opportunity to move my hand to his side, just a bit, when suddenly! Misturu looked up with confident, strong eyes, full of determination.
He grabbed his strength through and pushed our interlocked hands to the center.
"Go on, Yusari! You can do it, Misturu!" Why is Sayuri cheering for both of us...? 😒
I was losing my grip and I was falling weak, I couldn't keep my strength in my arm for too long. Misturu smirked at me, he reached into his pocket and in that moment, I knew it was my chance to beat him...!
But! He's too strong! Especially, in this situation! He's busy doing something and I can't take him down!
Bang! He slammed $40 right there, infront of me. I was shocked but at the same time, I knew it was a distraction.
Damn! I need that money! I have to win!.... But, it was too late!...
Bang! He went for it and smashed my hand down.
He won...
"Hey! Didn't you go too hard on her?!" Maehara protested.
"I won, didn't I?" He looked at him, with a glare.
I lost... I lost the money... I was going to use it for my dad's medical fee... My hand began to ache.
"Damn it...! Well, you win! Congrats... Good technique, by the way..." I said, trying to hold my emotions inside.
"Thanks..." he said nonchalantly. "Take it..." he handed me the $40.
"But... I lost... I can't..." I said looking down at the money.
"No, take it... I planned to give it to you anyway..."
"Why?..." That's so generous of him...
"Thank you..."
To be continued...