Sorry for the wait, but I had to go back to work earlier than I expected and I hadn't time to finish this before :P

When Love Hurts 54

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Ishikawa was restless and she didn’t know why. She should be happy, she should be enjoying her victory. Rika found the day before that Yossi and Miki didn’t talk to each other. That could just mean one thing, a big fight, probably a break up. Then, why was she feeling so defeated? What she was expecting? She thought that Yocchan would run to her as if nothing happened? What a silly dream…

Besides, in addition to her worries, her fellow Biyuuden members were acting weird lately, like out of character. Yui, usually happy, always with a smile in her face and something to talk about was now serious and silent. And Erika.., well, they hadn’t been ‘alone’ in a few days but Rika could see clearly that something was going on with the girl. She was happy, too happy for someone like her…

She’d liked to ask her about the reason of that happiness, but suddenly, her train of thoughts was interrupted by the hurricane Hitomi.

Miki was there too, holding the younger’s hand and trying to recover her breath.

“Rika-chan?” said Yossi with a soft and suspicious tone in her voice.

“Yes?”

The older was a little offended by the way that Yossi said her name. She didn’t use to call her by her first name since their break up, at least, not usually, and the way she did it now was like another way to hurt her. But she hadn’t time to process that, when Yossi turned to the girl holding her hand and kissed her in front of the astonished Biyuuden members. The smile on Erika’s face disappeared; Yui’s eyes went wide opened and Ishikawa was too surprised to think straight.

But they weren’t the only ones wondering what was going on. While she was trying to breathe normally again, Yossi’s lips reached hers without warning. At first, she tried to find out what was on her Yocchan’s mind but after a few seconds she didn’t care anymore.

That was what Aya, Maki and Shibata found when they reached the place.

“Eh…by any chance… do you know what’s going on here?” whispered Gocchin to Aya.

“I don’t have idea”

The soloist wasn’t so surprised with that situation ‘cause it happened the same some minutes ago before their run, but that doesn’t mean that she wanted to see it again. The fact of see Miki’s arms around Yossi’s neck, attracting her closer and kissing her deeper within every second.., it made Aya feel sick. Then she turned to Maki, who was looking at the couple with a sad expression on her face and she wondered if that’s how Gocchin always felt, if that’s how she was going to feel from now on.

“That’s enough” said an already pissed off Ishikawa.

“I don’t think so” Miki replied with a satisfied smile before kissing again her girl.

But Yocchan should think otherwise because she left Miki’s lips and, holding her hand again, turned to Ishikawa.

“That was to make you understand once and for all that there’s nothing you can do. I love her and any of your twisted plans are going to work anymore”

“If that’s true, maybe it’s time for…”

“She knows” Yossi cut Ishikawa’s sentence before she could say anything more. Then she turned to her girlfriend and looked at her tenderly caressing her cheek “She knows and understand it. Game over, Rika-chan”

That was something that Rika wasn’t expecting. How dared Yocchan to tell something so personal? It was their secret, something just between the two of them, the only thing that kept them together…

“Why are you so hurt?” asked Yossi with a serious tone “Maybe because I’ve told her before you could use it to hurt her?”

“Ok, maybe you’ve win this time” she said turning to Miki “Enjoy your happiness while you can”

“What do you mean with that?” asked Fujimoto.

Rika-chan didn’t answer at first. She raised her hand to caress Yossi’s cheek, something that made the taller jump back to avoid the contact.

“Soon you’ll find that our little girl isn’t the loyal kind”

“You know that’s not true” said Yoshizawa obviously offended.

“No? Ask Gocchin, then”

“Eh? What’s up with me?” asked a surprised Maki from the corner.

“Oh, come on, I know you two were sleeping together…”

Then everybody turned to look at Maki who was, obviously, the more surprised there. Looking at her face it was evident that she didn’t know what Ishikawa was talking about.

“I’m going to repeat it one last time” said Yossi “I never, ever, touched another girl while I was with you”

“That’s true, Rika” assured Maki.

“And you think I’m so dumb to believe you?”

“Believe what you want” answered the soloist “But you know I hate you, why I should lie to you with that then?”

Ishikawa didn’t say anything. Her mind was too busy trying to analyze all the new information that came so suddenly.

“The funny thing is…” continued Yossi “…that you were the one who betrayed me, and yet you’re trying to act as the victim”

“What?”

“You played the innocent girl, the one who wasn’t ready, when actually Erika and you were making fun of me”

At that point, Shibata looked at Maki. Both knew the truth about that and it was the right time to tell everything. She made a gesture to the younger and Gocchin replied with a nod. She knew what she had to do.

“Yocchan, that’s…”

“That’s not true!” shouted Rika suddenly interrupting Maki “I wanted to be with you! I wanted to give you everything! But you…” tears began to overflow from her eyes “…you had to ruin it all…”

To be continued...

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