It was a rainy day. The sky was covered sa pamamagitan ng dark clouds. The rain didn’t stop and there stood a girl with long brown hair inside the school building.
She was a very pretty girl. Her face was as white as snow and she had long brown hair. She was wearing a highschool uniform.
“Waah!!! It’s pouring so much”, the girl sinabi with amazement, “I should’ve brought my umbrella with me”, she sighed.
The girl was standing in the entrance place of her school. She thought of waiting until the rain would stop but as she was waiting flashback of her third taon in middle school came into her mind.
“The same thing happened before didn’t it?”, She sinabi to herself with a sorrowful voice, “I… met that guy on and araw like this and… we also parted away. This sure brings back memories…”, the girl… she had a sorrowful smile on her face as if she remembered something awful.
And without the girl knowing she started to think about her past.
~flashback~
The rain was pouring all over the city. The sky was covered sa pamamagitan ng dark clouds and there stood the girl wearing her school uniform. She was standing at the entrance gate of her school.
“Oh no!!! It started to rain and I didn’t even bring my umbrella too”, she sinabi to herself.
The girl thought, “hello everyone. My name is Shirayuki Mai. Age 14. I’m in my third taon of middle school. Today sure is a bad luck for me because I forgot to bring my umbrella and the rain doesn’t seem like it has any intension to stop.”, Mai sighed for a moment.
“If it isn’t the class rep”, a guy from the distance said.
“Eh”? Hearing the voice of the boy, Mai turned around to see who it was and for some reason she froze.
“Yo! Class rep!!! Watcha doing”? The boy smiled at Mai.
“Ni-Ni-Nishizono san”? Mai was really nervous. She thought, “NO WAY!!! Why did it have to be Nishizono Hotaru san who was gonna see me like this. He is supposed to be the idol of this school. It is rumoured that he dates someone and breaks up with the girl within a week. I think he is just a flirt. We are classmates and all but I never talk to him or get too close to him. Why him of all people??? “
“Just call me Hotaru”, he sinabi with a laugh.
“O-Okay Hotaru san”, Mai sinabi with a nervous voice.
Hotaru pouted, “I don’t like the ‘san’ “
“Umm Hotaru kun? “ Mai still was nervous.
Hotaru smiled, “so what are u doing still at school?” he looked at her empty hand and said, “ah don’t tell me you’ve forgot to bring your umbrella?”
“Well it appears to be the case” she sighed.
Hotaru started to laugh like crazy, “wasn’t it shown on the weather broadcast that it’s gonna rain today?”
“yeah I know that”, she sighed again.
“Then why didn’t u bring your umbrella? Ah don’t tell me that you don’t believe the weather broadcast?” Hotaru sinabi with a surprised look on his face.
“No, no, no that’s not the case. It’s… It’s just that… I forgot to bring my umbrella” she sinabi with a nervous voice.
“Eh?” Hotaru and Mai looked at each other for some time and then Hotaru started to roll on the floor and laugh, “Ahahahaha…”
“P-Please stop laughing”, Mai’s face was totally red.
“Okay, okay”, he sinabi but still was laughing.
“Even though you sinabi you would stop laughing you are still doing it” Mai pouts.
“Sorry, sorry. But it sure is a surprise. In class you are always so perfect and all so I’ve never imagined you to be the clumsy type” He sinabi still laughing.
“I-I’m not the clumsy type” Mai blushed.
At that time, wind blew Mai’s hair and her face was totally red. When Hotaru looked at her, his eyes widened in surprise as he finally saw Mai’s beauty and cuteness. He immediately turned away.
“A-anyway do you want to share an umbrella with me? I don’t think the rain is gonna stop soon so you shouldn’t waste your time standing here.” Hotaru sinabi still looking the opposite way.
“Eh? Can I? Thanks at”, Mai sinabi cheerfully with a sweet a smile.
“Crap,” Hotaru thought while walking alongside Mai, “I can’t just think she is cute and all. Remember it’s only a bet…”
Both of them were walking for sometime and then Mai stopped.
“Well this is my house. Thanks again for sharing your umbrella with me” Mai sinabi with a sweet smile.
“Ah”, he though, “Now is the perfect time to use my charming skills and make her interested in me”…
Hotaru was thinking for a long time with a weird look on his face. Mai became a little worried and started calling out to him.
“… Ho-ta-ru-kun?” she sinabi many times as she could.
At last Hotaru came back reality and said, “Ah, yeah, what happened?” without any clue that he was spacing out.
Mai sinabi with a confused face, “what do you mean sa pamamagitan ng what happened? I should be the one asking you that. You spaced out for a long time with a weird look on your face so I was really worried.”
“Oh sorry and bye” saying this Hotaru left hurriedly and started thinking, “what am I doing seriously? I’m doing all kinds of stupid stuffs in front of the class rep. If this continues on than I’ll lose the bet.”
Mai at that time, was still standing in front of her house with a confused look, “…bye?” She knew nothing of the bet that Hotaru made with some of his friends.
The susunod morning, Mai was humming a song and preparing her lunch (bento). The morning seemed like a nice araw was awaiting her; that’s what she thought.
After Mai wore her uniform, she was preparing to leave. When Mai opened the door there was an unusual scene in front of her house.
Hotaru was standing in front of her house and looking at the time sa pamamagitan ng his cell phone.
“Now is my chance”, Hotaru thought, “last time I couldn’t make a ilipat but this time I will”, and so he sinabi with a charming smile, “I’ve become interested in u and I want to find out a lot madami about u”.
Mai ignored what Hotaru sinabi and started to walk, “answer me later about your reason. Now we should hurry or we’ll be late.”
“Eh?” Hotaru stood nagyelo with shock. This was the first time for him being ignored sa pamamagitan ng a girl.
As Mai was walking, she smiled a bit and thought, “Hotaru kun sure is weird. But I’m happy. This is the first time someone talked with me so friendly after I entered middle school.”
After walking for a while, both of them finally reached school. The low spirited Hotaru finally turned into his usual self when all the girls started to surround him.
The teacher came and took class. When all the classes were over, it was time to go home. Hotaru accompanied Mai and went tahanan together.
Five days passed like that. Both Mai and Hotaru developed feelings for each other but couldn’t confess their feelings. Hotaru had completely forgotten about the bet he had completely forgotten about the bet he had made with some guys.
On the fifth day, at night, Mai got a sudden phone call from her parents. Her parents wanted her to live with them in America. Mai’s face froze with shock and sadness. Leaving Hapon meant that she won’t be able to see Hotaru anymore. The thought of not seeing him hurt her bad but she knew she had to accept reality.
So the susunod araw she prepared herself to tell Hotaru about the sudden transfer. Like always, Hotaru was standing in front of her house waiting for Mai to come out.
“Morning Mai chan” Hotaru smiled at Mai.
“Um… Morning Hotaru kun… Umm…” Mai was about to tell about the transfer but Hotaru interrupted.
“The weather sure is nice today isn’t it?” he sinabi looking at the sky.
“Geez you say the same thing everyday” Mai pouted.
“haha is that so, well lets get going” Hotaru sinabi and started walking.
“Hey wait Hotaru-kun”, Mai sinabi and ran to keep up with Hotaru.
Both of them walked and thought of different worries.
Mai thought, “I wonder if Hotaru-kun will be sad like me after he will hear that I’m transferring”.
Hotaru thought with a blushing face, “Geez I can’t even face Mai chan properly.
With different worries in their minds, they reached school. When the class was going on, it suddenly started to rain and Mai realised that she didn’t bring her umbrella but she didn’t worry about it too much because she was going to go tahanan with Hotaru.
After class ended, Mai and Hotaru were about to leave. At that time, some guys came to talk with Hotaru.
“Mai chan can u wait a bit”, Hotaru sinabi with a smile.
“Ah yes”, Mai replied.
And so Hotaru went to the classroom with the other guys. Mai was curious about what Hotaru was talking with the other boys so she started to eavesdrop. When she heard what the boys said, she froze in shock and terror. Her eyes became widened.
One of the guys said, “Seriously you won the bet again?”
Another guy said, “You even made that class rep Shirayuki Mai fall for you.”
When she heard this, she ran out of the school. The rain was falling nonstop and Mai stood in the middle of the field with rain soaking her. Tears were coming out non-stop.
~Meanwhile in the classroom~
Hotaru smiled and said, “I didn’t try to make her fall for me because of the bet. It’s because I’m in pag-ibig with her now.”
The two boys were really shocked hearing this. The guy who always played with the girls and never had any feelings for them liked someone? That was something that was hard to believe.
“Well I have to go now, Mai chan is waiting for me” And then Hotaru ran to the corridor where Mai was standing the last time he saw her.
When he went to the corridor, he found it empty. Mai wasn’t there and at that time he saw Mai standing in the middle of the field getting soaked sa pamamagitan ng the rain. Seeing this, Hotaru immediately ran to Mai with his umbrella.
Hotaru used the umbrella to stop the rain from touching Mai, “Mai chan what are u doing here? I told you to wait didn’t I?”
Mai looked at Hotaru with her darkened face, “Stop pretending to be so close to me! It was all for the bet wasn’t it? You didn’t think of me as a friend did you?
“Mai chan how did you…“ Hotaru couldn’t finish what he was about to say.
“I heard it all. You made a bet with those guys didn’t you? You never had any feelings for me all this time.” Mai sinabi with tears falling from her eyes.
“That’s not…” Hotaru was about to say but at that time Mai slapped Hotaru on the face.
“Stop lying”, Mai shouted and ran away.
“Mai chan wait”, Hotaru shouted and tried to stop her but he couldn’t. Mai was running and running so fast as the rain fell on her…
~flashback ends~
It was still raining a lot. And the girl with long black hair, Mai started walking outside without any umbrella. She looked at the sky and thought, “that was the last time I saw him. After that I transferred to America.”
Mai started walking in the middle of the road totally soaked. At that time a boy with an umbrella came and the boy put the umbrella upon him and Mai.
The boy said, “Excuse me, you’ll catch a cold if you walk like that”
“Eh?” Mai thought, “this voice, it sounds familiar”, Mai looked at the boys face and then her eyes became widened with shock, “H-Hotaru kun?”
Seeing Mai’s face, Hotaru became shocked too, “M-Mai chan,” He threw away the umbrella and hugged her, “I’ve searched for you everywhere, I’m so glad that I found you at last.”
“Eh”, Mai struggled to get away from Hotaru, “L-Leave me alone” her eyes became teary, “just leave me alone”
“I won’t” Hotaru sinabi hugging Mai madami tightly, “1 taon nakaraan I didn’t make myself clear, on that rainy araw when I first talked to you it was indeed for the bet.”
“I know that already so let me go”, Mai sinabi still struggling.
“But”, Hotaru sinabi loudly, “as days passed I started to fall in pag-ibig with you madami and more. I pag-ibig YOU!!!”
“Eh”, Mai covered her mouth with her hands and tears started to pour out from her eyes, “You are lying aren’t you?”
“I pag-ibig YOU REALLYYY MUCH!!!” Hotaru sinabi louder than ever, “I’m really sorry for hurting you that time. So please go out with me” .
Mai started to cry and say,” Yes, yes, yes”. Tears didn’t stop. They just poured out nonstop. Those were the tears of happiness.
At that time Hotaru kissed Mai on the lips, “thanks”, he smiled sweetly at Mai.
Mai blushed and smiled back sweetly. Hotaru took Mai’s hand and started walking. As the rain poured on, they walked together hand in hand. And from then on they were together forever.
~THE END~
Quote of love: pag-ibig is mapait and sweet just like chocolate-Sometimes it brings pain and sadness. But sometimes it will also bring happiness. That’s what pag-ibig is~
She was a very pretty girl. Her face was as white as snow and she had long brown hair. She was wearing a highschool uniform.
“Waah!!! It’s pouring so much”, the girl sinabi with amazement, “I should’ve brought my umbrella with me”, she sighed.
The girl was standing in the entrance place of her school. She thought of waiting until the rain would stop but as she was waiting flashback of her third taon in middle school came into her mind.
“The same thing happened before didn’t it?”, She sinabi to herself with a sorrowful voice, “I… met that guy on and araw like this and… we also parted away. This sure brings back memories…”, the girl… she had a sorrowful smile on her face as if she remembered something awful.
And without the girl knowing she started to think about her past.
~flashback~
The rain was pouring all over the city. The sky was covered sa pamamagitan ng dark clouds and there stood the girl wearing her school uniform. She was standing at the entrance gate of her school.
“Oh no!!! It started to rain and I didn’t even bring my umbrella too”, she sinabi to herself.
The girl thought, “hello everyone. My name is Shirayuki Mai. Age 14. I’m in my third taon of middle school. Today sure is a bad luck for me because I forgot to bring my umbrella and the rain doesn’t seem like it has any intension to stop.”, Mai sighed for a moment.
“If it isn’t the class rep”, a guy from the distance said.
“Eh”? Hearing the voice of the boy, Mai turned around to see who it was and for some reason she froze.
“Yo! Class rep!!! Watcha doing”? The boy smiled at Mai.
“Ni-Ni-Nishizono san”? Mai was really nervous. She thought, “NO WAY!!! Why did it have to be Nishizono Hotaru san who was gonna see me like this. He is supposed to be the idol of this school. It is rumoured that he dates someone and breaks up with the girl within a week. I think he is just a flirt. We are classmates and all but I never talk to him or get too close to him. Why him of all people??? “
“Just call me Hotaru”, he sinabi with a laugh.
“O-Okay Hotaru san”, Mai sinabi with a nervous voice.
Hotaru pouted, “I don’t like the ‘san’ “
“Umm Hotaru kun? “ Mai still was nervous.
Hotaru smiled, “so what are u doing still at school?” he looked at her empty hand and said, “ah don’t tell me you’ve forgot to bring your umbrella?”
“Well it appears to be the case” she sighed.
Hotaru started to laugh like crazy, “wasn’t it shown on the weather broadcast that it’s gonna rain today?”
“yeah I know that”, she sighed again.
“Then why didn’t u bring your umbrella? Ah don’t tell me that you don’t believe the weather broadcast?” Hotaru sinabi with a surprised look on his face.
“No, no, no that’s not the case. It’s… It’s just that… I forgot to bring my umbrella” she sinabi with a nervous voice.
“Eh?” Hotaru and Mai looked at each other for some time and then Hotaru started to roll on the floor and laugh, “Ahahahaha…”
“P-Please stop laughing”, Mai’s face was totally red.
“Okay, okay”, he sinabi but still was laughing.
“Even though you sinabi you would stop laughing you are still doing it” Mai pouts.
“Sorry, sorry. But it sure is a surprise. In class you are always so perfect and all so I’ve never imagined you to be the clumsy type” He sinabi still laughing.
“I-I’m not the clumsy type” Mai blushed.
At that time, wind blew Mai’s hair and her face was totally red. When Hotaru looked at her, his eyes widened in surprise as he finally saw Mai’s beauty and cuteness. He immediately turned away.
“A-anyway do you want to share an umbrella with me? I don’t think the rain is gonna stop soon so you shouldn’t waste your time standing here.” Hotaru sinabi still looking the opposite way.
“Eh? Can I? Thanks at”, Mai sinabi cheerfully with a sweet a smile.
“Crap,” Hotaru thought while walking alongside Mai, “I can’t just think she is cute and all. Remember it’s only a bet…”
Both of them were walking for sometime and then Mai stopped.
“Well this is my house. Thanks again for sharing your umbrella with me” Mai sinabi with a sweet smile.
“Ah”, he though, “Now is the perfect time to use my charming skills and make her interested in me”…
Hotaru was thinking for a long time with a weird look on his face. Mai became a little worried and started calling out to him.
“… Ho-ta-ru-kun?” she sinabi many times as she could.
At last Hotaru came back reality and said, “Ah, yeah, what happened?” without any clue that he was spacing out.
Mai sinabi with a confused face, “what do you mean sa pamamagitan ng what happened? I should be the one asking you that. You spaced out for a long time with a weird look on your face so I was really worried.”
“Oh sorry and bye” saying this Hotaru left hurriedly and started thinking, “what am I doing seriously? I’m doing all kinds of stupid stuffs in front of the class rep. If this continues on than I’ll lose the bet.”
Mai at that time, was still standing in front of her house with a confused look, “…bye?” She knew nothing of the bet that Hotaru made with some of his friends.
The susunod morning, Mai was humming a song and preparing her lunch (bento). The morning seemed like a nice araw was awaiting her; that’s what she thought.
After Mai wore her uniform, she was preparing to leave. When Mai opened the door there was an unusual scene in front of her house.
Hotaru was standing in front of her house and looking at the time sa pamamagitan ng his cell phone.
“Now is my chance”, Hotaru thought, “last time I couldn’t make a ilipat but this time I will”, and so he sinabi with a charming smile, “I’ve become interested in u and I want to find out a lot madami about u”.
Mai ignored what Hotaru sinabi and started to walk, “answer me later about your reason. Now we should hurry or we’ll be late.”
“Eh?” Hotaru stood nagyelo with shock. This was the first time for him being ignored sa pamamagitan ng a girl.
As Mai was walking, she smiled a bit and thought, “Hotaru kun sure is weird. But I’m happy. This is the first time someone talked with me so friendly after I entered middle school.”
After walking for a while, both of them finally reached school. The low spirited Hotaru finally turned into his usual self when all the girls started to surround him.
The teacher came and took class. When all the classes were over, it was time to go home. Hotaru accompanied Mai and went tahanan together.
Five days passed like that. Both Mai and Hotaru developed feelings for each other but couldn’t confess their feelings. Hotaru had completely forgotten about the bet he had completely forgotten about the bet he had made with some guys.
On the fifth day, at night, Mai got a sudden phone call from her parents. Her parents wanted her to live with them in America. Mai’s face froze with shock and sadness. Leaving Hapon meant that she won’t be able to see Hotaru anymore. The thought of not seeing him hurt her bad but she knew she had to accept reality.
So the susunod araw she prepared herself to tell Hotaru about the sudden transfer. Like always, Hotaru was standing in front of her house waiting for Mai to come out.
“Morning Mai chan” Hotaru smiled at Mai.
“Um… Morning Hotaru kun… Umm…” Mai was about to tell about the transfer but Hotaru interrupted.
“The weather sure is nice today isn’t it?” he sinabi looking at the sky.
“Geez you say the same thing everyday” Mai pouted.
“haha is that so, well lets get going” Hotaru sinabi and started walking.
“Hey wait Hotaru-kun”, Mai sinabi and ran to keep up with Hotaru.
Both of them walked and thought of different worries.
Mai thought, “I wonder if Hotaru-kun will be sad like me after he will hear that I’m transferring”.
Hotaru thought with a blushing face, “Geez I can’t even face Mai chan properly.
With different worries in their minds, they reached school. When the class was going on, it suddenly started to rain and Mai realised that she didn’t bring her umbrella but she didn’t worry about it too much because she was going to go tahanan with Hotaru.
After class ended, Mai and Hotaru were about to leave. At that time, some guys came to talk with Hotaru.
“Mai chan can u wait a bit”, Hotaru sinabi with a smile.
“Ah yes”, Mai replied.
And so Hotaru went to the classroom with the other guys. Mai was curious about what Hotaru was talking with the other boys so she started to eavesdrop. When she heard what the boys said, she froze in shock and terror. Her eyes became widened.
One of the guys said, “Seriously you won the bet again?”
Another guy said, “You even made that class rep Shirayuki Mai fall for you.”
When she heard this, she ran out of the school. The rain was falling nonstop and Mai stood in the middle of the field with rain soaking her. Tears were coming out non-stop.
~Meanwhile in the classroom~
Hotaru smiled and said, “I didn’t try to make her fall for me because of the bet. It’s because I’m in pag-ibig with her now.”
The two boys were really shocked hearing this. The guy who always played with the girls and never had any feelings for them liked someone? That was something that was hard to believe.
“Well I have to go now, Mai chan is waiting for me” And then Hotaru ran to the corridor where Mai was standing the last time he saw her.
When he went to the corridor, he found it empty. Mai wasn’t there and at that time he saw Mai standing in the middle of the field getting soaked sa pamamagitan ng the rain. Seeing this, Hotaru immediately ran to Mai with his umbrella.
Hotaru used the umbrella to stop the rain from touching Mai, “Mai chan what are u doing here? I told you to wait didn’t I?”
Mai looked at Hotaru with her darkened face, “Stop pretending to be so close to me! It was all for the bet wasn’t it? You didn’t think of me as a friend did you?
“Mai chan how did you…“ Hotaru couldn’t finish what he was about to say.
“I heard it all. You made a bet with those guys didn’t you? You never had any feelings for me all this time.” Mai sinabi with tears falling from her eyes.
“That’s not…” Hotaru was about to say but at that time Mai slapped Hotaru on the face.
“Stop lying”, Mai shouted and ran away.
“Mai chan wait”, Hotaru shouted and tried to stop her but he couldn’t. Mai was running and running so fast as the rain fell on her…
~flashback ends~
It was still raining a lot. And the girl with long black hair, Mai started walking outside without any umbrella. She looked at the sky and thought, “that was the last time I saw him. After that I transferred to America.”
Mai started walking in the middle of the road totally soaked. At that time a boy with an umbrella came and the boy put the umbrella upon him and Mai.
The boy said, “Excuse me, you’ll catch a cold if you walk like that”
“Eh?” Mai thought, “this voice, it sounds familiar”, Mai looked at the boys face and then her eyes became widened with shock, “H-Hotaru kun?”
Seeing Mai’s face, Hotaru became shocked too, “M-Mai chan,” He threw away the umbrella and hugged her, “I’ve searched for you everywhere, I’m so glad that I found you at last.”
“Eh”, Mai struggled to get away from Hotaru, “L-Leave me alone” her eyes became teary, “just leave me alone”
“I won’t” Hotaru sinabi hugging Mai madami tightly, “1 taon nakaraan I didn’t make myself clear, on that rainy araw when I first talked to you it was indeed for the bet.”
“I know that already so let me go”, Mai sinabi still struggling.
“But”, Hotaru sinabi loudly, “as days passed I started to fall in pag-ibig with you madami and more. I pag-ibig YOU!!!”
“Eh”, Mai covered her mouth with her hands and tears started to pour out from her eyes, “You are lying aren’t you?”
“I pag-ibig YOU REALLYYY MUCH!!!” Hotaru sinabi louder than ever, “I’m really sorry for hurting you that time. So please go out with me” .
Mai started to cry and say,” Yes, yes, yes”. Tears didn’t stop. They just poured out nonstop. Those were the tears of happiness.
At that time Hotaru kissed Mai on the lips, “thanks”, he smiled sweetly at Mai.
Mai blushed and smiled back sweetly. Hotaru took Mai’s hand and started walking. As the rain poured on, they walked together hand in hand. And from then on they were together forever.
~THE END~
Quote of love: pag-ibig is mapait and sweet just like chocolate-Sometimes it brings pain and sadness. But sometimes it will also bring happiness. That’s what pag-ibig is~
