Chapter 5: Angel’s Tears!

" There you are! You're late! Where were you all this time?" She exclaimed impatiently.

Angel advanced towards her with an apologetic expression on his face. " Sorry! I was taking care of something. It was nothing much. You don't have to worry about anything. You should worry about yourself instead of me".

This expression! He looks kind of angry even though he's doing his utmost to cover it. He encountered something on his way here. Who could it be that made him so angry? She subconsciously wondered.

" If you say so, I won't insist! Shall we get going now?" She eagerly asked.

" Sure, my princess! After you, your highness!" He said gallantly.

Angelique frowns at his remark. " Stop it, Angel! Stop teasing me! I'm not your princess nor am I, your highness! Seriously, Angel, look at me! I don't look like a princess. I'm not even half of it".

Angel grinned at Angelique's sudden response. " Don't say that! You look like a princess. To be honest, you're even more beautiful than a princess itself".

The atmosphere was tense for a while. Angelique was kind of embarrassed regarding Angel's compliments.

" Stop it! We really should get going now, and stop with your nonsense". She said with a slight grin.

" As you wish, your highness!" They continued walking.

" Angel! What did I tell you?" She disliked the fact that he wasn't listening to her.

" Sorry!"

They exit the school grounds. Angel insisted on escorting Angelique to her house which she couldn't decline. After a while, they finally reached their destination.

" Here we are! Your house is beautiful!" Said Angel as a remark.

" Thanks! I really appreciate what you've done for me so far. Thank you! You've been so kind to me. You helped me when I collapsed. You brought me to the nurse's office and stayed by my side until I woke up. And lastly, you brought me back home. You've done so much for me. I don't even know how to thank you". She said thankfully.

" Stop it already! You're going to make me blush! Besides, you shouldn't thank me. That's only natural. After all, that's what friends do for each other". He blurted it out suddenly.

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" Oups! I forgot! Sorry!" He said apologetically.

" It's alright!" She said with a sad expression.

" What's wrong? Why are you making that sad face?" He questioned Angelique about the matter.

Angelique suddenly took a serious tone. " Listen carefully! I really appreciate all you've done for me, but it has to stop. I really had fun with you, Angel. You made me realize that I wasn't bad after all. You looked after me when I wasn't feeling well. You took great care of me. For all that, Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart".

Why is she saying this so suddenly? What is she trying to say? Angel subconsciously wondered.

" I have a request to ask! You have to forget all that has happened between us. We belong to two different worlds. Promise me! I'm your classmate, nothing more and nothing less!" Angelique's expression was cold like ice.

Angel burst out crying due to Angelique's request. " Why do I have to act as if nothing happened? I refuse. I don't want to. I don't want to forget all that happened between us. It probably meant nothing to you, but for me, it was the happiest moment of my life. How can you be so cruel?"

" Angel!" Angelique was deeply hurt as she saw him in that state. She wanted to comfort him. As she was about to touch him, something unexpected happened.

" Don't touch me!" He ran away crying.

" Angel, wait up! Let me explain! That wasn't what I meant!" She called out to him in vain.

Angelique, you idiot!" He subconsciously thought as he continued to run.

Angel, I'm sorry! I'm truly sorry! I hurt his feelings. Why am I like this? God, why? Answer me! Why?

Today, I harshly hurt someone's feelings. I hurt Angel very harshly. I have to stay away from him or else, I'm going to hurt him even more! She entered her house.

" I'm home!" She closed the door.

" Welcome home, dear! How was your day?" A grinning woman with seemingly semi-long black hair named Ashley Smith Tsukishima, Angelique's mother, showed up in the room.

" Good! By the way, where's dad?" She asked after greeting her mother.

" He's working as usual. Angelique, what's wrong? You seem very pale". She responded to her daughter's question. Seemingly after, she noticed her daughter's anxious state.

Angelique decided to narrate what happened to her at school to her mom. " I collapsed in the gymnasium today. I was tired and my breath was short. That's why I collapsed. A classmate helped me when I fell. He's very kind and gentle. He brought me to the infirmary and took care of me. After that, he brought me back home, but I kinda made him angry. He wanted to be my friend but I declined his request".

She's sad. She must care about that boy a lot, Angelique's mother was pensive.

" What's the boy's name?" Asked her mom.

" Angel! Angel Mukaido! He's the new transfer student". She responded.

Angel Mukaido! What a seemingly good name he has?

" I'll resume the situation to your day when he gets back. As for that boy, you have to stay away from him. You know the situation. You already have someone. He'll come pretty soon to meet with you. You have to take responsibility. He comes from a good family. You know all that, right?" She said.

" Yes, mom! I understand what you mean". She responded with a sad expression.

" Good! Go get changed! Dinner will be ready shortly!".

" Yes, mom!" She goes to her bedroom.

Upon coming to her bedroom, she laid flat on her bed.

Angel, I'm sorry! I'm truly sorry! We have to stop seeing each other. We can't be friends either! She remembered Angel's request.

Hours ago

" I want to repay you for all that you've done for me. Ask for anything! I will do my absolute best to grant your wish".

" Really! I can ask for anything!"

" Yes, anything!"

" Alright! I have a wish I want to be granted".

I couldn't imagine at the time what his wish would have been.

" What is it? What's your wish?"

" I want us to be friends. That's my wish! Can you grant it?" That was the wish he asked me to grant.

" Friends! I'm sorry but, I can't grant that wish. I'm sorry!" My response disappointed him but, what else could I have done. I couldn't grant his request.

" Why not?"

" Please, don't ask! I can't! You may choose another wish and I'll do my very best to grant it. Have no fear and ask me!"

" Well then! Call me by my first name!"

" Your first name!"

" Yes, my first name! Can you make my wish come true?" He was afraid I was going to disappoint him again.

The flashback ended after his wish was granted.

He was so happy back then. I had a lot of fun with him, but now I have to face reality. I'm sorry! I'm truly sorry! From now on, I have to avoid you. Please, forgive me!