Mixed Series: The Life and Times of Gray [6]

"I'm leaving" I greeted as I stepped out our home. I can't wait to arrive at school, I want to see my friends who I know will always comfort me in these times of my life.


As I arrive, a variety of students and batchmates greeted me, I guess they don't dare ask what happened and why I have a bandage on my face. I take a step inside our classroom, lay my bag on the side and take my seat. I thought it would be a quiet start but then I thought to early.


"OHAYO GRAAAAY!" a loud voice came up to me from behind. Iku may be kind of annoying sometimes but I guess I'm kind of happy to see him all lively. "What the hell happened to you face?" he asked.


"Stop poking it" I insisted, "It's nothing I just got into a fight"
"Oooh~ Gray-kun's turnin' into a bad boy now huh? That wouldn't be a great impression on Nami-chan~" Iku teased as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
"Shut up"
"Weeeell~ Speaking of the love your life, here she is~!"
"IKU!" I exclaimed as I hit him with my english literature book
Well he wasn't entirely wrong, oh wait. He wasn't wrong at all. Nami IS the love of my life. We've already made a promise that after graduation we would take up a culinary course in Tokyo. 
"Good morn---" she attempted to greet but then paused as she stared at my injury
"What happened to you?!" she blurted out in such a worried tone
"He got into a fight with some gangstas yesterday" Iku added
"Hey! That's a lie! I didn't! I just...fell down the stairs!" That was so pathetic, I thought.
"What?"
"Nami-chan, don't believe him. He just told me! He got into a fight!"
"With whom?"
"Yeah, with whom, Gray?"
I was kind of hesitant to tell the truth, I didn't want anyone to think that I have a family who uses brawn to solve everything
"My dad" I said softly
"What happened?! Why did you get into a fight with your dad?!" Nami started to worry, her eyes were starting to teary
"There's nothing to worry about, really. It's just a normal fight really"
"A-are you sure?"
"Yes, Nami. I'm sure" I smiled and held her hand
"Aaaw~ I'm jealous. You're all so sweet~"
"Shut up, Iku"


"Oh um... Gray, let's have lunch together okay?  I need to tell you something" 
"Alright" I smiled and watched Nami take her seat
I was kind of curious about what she wanted to tell me...probably a marriage proposal? Nah, that's such a stupid idea. 


The morning class ended and the bell started to ring, it's lunch time and as promised, I would have lunch together with Nami. She immediately grabbed my hand, and we ran to the rooftop.
"Why here? I asked
"Nothing really" she smiled as she faced me. She looked rather worried, as if she was hiding something from me, something she couldn't tell me.
"Um Gray. Next month will be our graduation"
"Yeah, I'm kind of excited to be with you in college"
"About that..." she looked away, her eyes were starting to be tear-filled
"Nami? What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"I can't go with you Gray..."


I can't believe what I was hearing, we made a promise together. We would pursue our dreams together but now...why this?
"Why?" I asked, I was aware that my voice was rather shaky, I wanted to cry as well, that problems have been arriving I don't know if I could handle them anymore
"My father's job demanded for a relocation, he'll be transferred to New York this week, and my mom and I have plans to follow him after graduation and my parents have decided that we would live there" she explained as tears rolled down her face
"W-what...? Th-then, that shouldn't be really a problem right? We can pursue a culinary degree together even though we're miles apart, right?"
"I-I'm sorry...I won't be taking up a culinary course anymore... my father told me to take up a medical course...he wants me to be a doctor, I just can't disobey him" even more tears went rolling down her face. I know that she feels bad as I am, I  felt my heart and soul crush just now. "But...we promised..." I said as I held her hand tightly, "Didn't it mean anything to you?
"It did! It did mean alot to me Gray! but under these circumstances I don't think I will be able to fulfill that promise"
"But..."
"I'm so sorry, Gray! I never intended for things to be like this. I'm so sorry if I hurt you and I don't want to hurt you any longer"
Wait, what does she mean by "any longer"? Is she...
"What do you mean? Are you...breaking up with me?" I asked as my voice started to tremble
She looked down, crying, and nodded. "I-I'm sorry. Not being able to fulfill that promise with you hurts me so much already, I don't want to hurt you anymore! Especially not when we're far apart from each other!"
"Nami! We can always contact each other. It's not impossible! I promise that we would always mail each other!"
"I..I don't want to cling onto promises I know I wouldn't be able to fulfill. I've hurt you once already, I don't think I could take it if I did that again. I love you too much, Gray. I'm doing this because I want you to be happy---"
"How the hell am I going to be happy?! I don't want to be happy alone! I want you to be with me!"
"I-I'm sorry!" she ran out the rooftop with tear-stained face. I don't understand why she would do this to me... my heart's starting to ache. I want to shout all my problems out.


[to be continued]