Chain of Hearts

Lies and Boldness

" The worst thing about being lied to is knowing may the truth weren't worth knowing "

Dacius, Glacius Pacio

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Chain 1

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He was not sure why he felt like that, for the first time in his life, he felt sorrow and anger in full weight, tears began to fall from his eyes, running down his cheeks reaching into the fluffy snow, everything he had heard seemed to be a lie, had to be.

It made no sense, a lovely, warm feeling, like the that he felt for her from begin, to become just a bunch of lies, she didn't act that way, she was calm and affectionate, qualities he had admired since he had known her. He always knew that love was something that became strong over time, after all, there never was love at first sight.

Thoughts on his head had become a storm once more, his body began to feel the fatigue of the race to the park, he felt the cold biting wind against his face, his legs couldn't hold, and he eventually fell to his knees in the snow, but nothing make a difference, he just wanted it all to be a dream that him could just wake up and leave behind.

But it was the truth and nothing would change that, his sobs began to grow stronger, in seconds everything didn't make sense anymore for him, the sadness intensified, more tears began to find their way to the ground, all in his head began to spin uncontrollably.

For more than ten minutes the boy's body had been standing in the same position, he had stopped crying at that time, but the sadness had not left him, his mind had gone from memory to memory, seeking some response to that situation, but nothing really made sense, in seconds it was filled with doubt, that feeling was really real, or from the start it was just another elaborate lie, but his line of thought was broken at the feel of a gentle squeeze on his right shoulder, he directed his confused and sad look toward the person.

Beside him, the person he least expected to meet, Kotegawa the president of the student council, looked at him with a warm smile and a look of understanding, she made a slight movement of head hoping that he would say something, he just adjust his gaze back to the ground, he didn't want to face the situation he was in.

She against any expectation, even of herself, hugged him by the back bringing his face close to his ear, something should make him move, at least to some hot place, it was already noticeable that he was cold, his hands trembled.

"Let's go somewhere with a temperature less freezing, my home is close. We can talk there, if you want." the girl's voice was just a whisper in his right ear, and for a few seconds there was no reaction, he seemed to be in shock yet, she stood up and took a few steps back waiting for the boy's reaction.

Slowly a reaction appeared, only a slight nod that brought the girl a warm feeling to the body, she could finally understand why he was like that, and still help, after all, she had longest realized her feelings towards the boy, there was no doubt the chance of something happening was there, if only for a moment.

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Chain 2

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The walk to house was really quiet, no words were said on both sides, only the eyes of kotegawa were changing of target, sometimes the environment and in others the boy, who in turn kept his head down as he seems to be somewhere else, distant was his attention to the way just by being guided, without questioning why the girl tried to help him, whatever the reason was, it's the least of his problems at the moment.

As they neared the door, they both stopped for a second, it seemed something had bothered the girl, she turned quickly, for a minute something crossed the boy's face, a mixture of fear and resentment, she understood the message quickly and her expression changed completely, returning to the smile of a few moments ago.

She turned her gaze to the front door, and with a slight signal opened the door and entered, letting the boy pass and enter next to her, both took off their shoes near the door, she directed him to the living room and made him sits down.

"Don't worry, I'll prepare something warm for you, take off your jacket and I will dry it for you." She said, moving closer to him and helping him take off the jacket, that was wet from the melting snow, but the warm atmosphere was pleasant even in wet state he was.

He sat on the couch next to the coffee table, his mind kept looping and even with that invitation he didn't feel comfortable, it was all weird. After a few minutes the girl returned with two mugs that smoked with what looked like hot steam, she placed them on the small table and gave a slight nod, with that signal he knew he could drink the content of the mug, taking a small gulp, the sweet and warm taste flowed down his throat, he put the mug on the table.

"What happened ?" the girl asked, taking a sip from her mug, she really knew how to make chocolate very well, she put the mug back to its original place and his gaze focused on somewhere in the environment, he took a deep breath, he didn't want to answer the question, even if it were explicit that it had a need for a response.

"It didn't work ... she and I didn't really match, I am an idiot to think it was going to work ..." he replied vaguely to her, his voice carried a tone of anger attached to it, he directed his gaze to her.

"In the last year I really tried, I tried to understand how this feeling was born ... she was on my side in the past, when there was the problem of the school garden." His gaze returned to watch the environment, it seemed to carry a gigantic emptiness and coldness, the fear of the girl came up for a second.

"At first I thought it was a sudden passion, and it would leave as soon as it had arrived ... but time passed and it become stronger, it was definitely love ... but then ... it happened ..." His eyes flashed with a flare of anger, his right hand closed quickly, hard, he looked back at her, his gaze locked into hers.

"She played with my feelings, she always had ... she had me in her hand, after all who would be suspicious of the pure and honest sairenji? I only found out after she was dating someone else ... and guess what, they are seriously dating more than one year ... before I even confessed my feelings for her ..." his eyes reflected the anger and pain inside his soul, she could not believe what she had heard, after all by appearances, she always seems a calm person.

"How did you find out? Did she say something?" He adjusted his gaze to her, the girl's features looked confused, but the question had already been thrown, and she expected an answer, she took another sip from the chocolate mug.

"I saw them together, she invited me out a few hours ago .. It seems she had planned this all for a long time ... I arrived at the scheduled time and saw them both kissing ... I couldn't stay there. .. " His gaze dropped to the ground, tears fell slowly down his eyes, which burned with hatred and sadness.

"If she had someone else already ... why didn't she say anything? ... why would she play with my hopes and feelings? Would she use me? ... is that the answer?" turned his gaze to the girl in front of him, she had already put the mug in its original place and remained still, as if formulating an answer.

"I don't know ..." she didn't have a proper answer to that, in her mind, the thoughts were completely chaotic and no coherent response formed, it was weird to be that way, before she knew well enough what to say, and now looking at the boy in front of her in that way, nothing seemed to make any sense.

"I think I'd better go ... thank you for the chocolate, it was excellent as promised." He got up without making eye contact with the girl, something prevented him from doing that, and for the second time on that unusual day, the girl took courage and made a bold move, he was completely taken by surprise from the kiss, the taste of chocolate was still there, as well as the heat it had transmitted before.