LOGINAito smiled as he leaned down and planted a kiss on her forehead. "I would never hurt you Aera. Come back to school okay. I'm going to announce to everyone that I was the one in the video. I'm going to clear your name with you by my side. You're not a cheater and you're not a whore.""If you truly didn't do it, why haven't you cleared my name yet then?" she asked, stepping away from him. Crying like that was only a momentary sign of weakness. She needed to do it. To let out her anger and disappointment. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand, taking a few more steps away from him. "You claim you love me, Aito. Why haven't you cleared my name huh? What's stopping you?"Aito faceplamed, knowing that was a huge mistake on his part. He had tried to once or twice but something or someone always interrupted him or distracted him somehow. He didn't know how to explain it to her. He groaned, feeling frustrated. "I'm sorry Aera. I'm sorry. Okay, look, the first thing I'll do tomorrow mo
"Oh God, I'm not telling you to quit Aito." Haruto groaned. "I'm telling you to not commit to this thing for life or you may get hurt. The person who did this blurred you which means she's going to bear the brunt of everything. If you keep involving yourself with her, you're going to ruin your family's reputation. Think about it.""To hell with that." Aito spat. "How can my family's reputation come before her own? Look at what they did to her for fucks sake. How can a girl live that down? If I'm the one, I'll never want to leave the house again. I'll hate me forever and fuck."He groaned, leaning against the wall. "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck! Everything was so perfect. We had a great night and I thought our relationship was going to grow further but this shit has only put us to the very bottom. Fuck I don't even know what to do.""You should stay away from her for now Give her time," Haruto suggested."But how much time? I'm dying here, Haruto." He slid down the wall, and sat on the fl
"So who do you think did it?" Haruto asked Aito. They were in an empty classroom in the deserted building behind their school, discussing what had happened the day before."My major suspect is Toshiro," Aito replied. He was standing by the window, watching the trees and grass below sway with the wind. "He's an asshole and he'll do anything in the name of fun.""But he knows how much you love her," Haruto said. He was sitting on a desk, his legs placed on top of a chair with his laptop on his thighs. "I don't think he'll do that to you."Aito sighed. "Toshiro cannot be trusted. Remember the time he posted pictures of Yua shaving her armpits or the time he posted that video of when Sakura told us her mum uses a vibrator because her dad cannot satisfy her? He's our friend but he doesn't care which one of us gets hurt by his actions."Haruto nodded, recalling how devastated and angry Yua was that day. She was called hairy pits for an entire month. Sakura went ballistic. "So he's the top s
"Baby, listen," he said as she approached him but he never got to continue as Aera landed a hard ear-ringing slap to his cheek.His head whipped to the side with so much force that his neck hurt."Fuck" Toshiro whispered but it was loud for the class was pin-drop silent.Aito understood how she must be feeling. No girl would be rational after such a thing so he was patient. He didn't want to upset her further."How could you?" she asked, staring at Aito, utterly shattered by the betrayal. He had broken her heart. "How could you do such a thing to me? If you were already bored of me, you could have just said so. Why put something like that on the Internet? Did you even think of the way it would ruin my life? What will my parents think when they see it? How will I be seen in the entire school? How will I face people when I go out? Why did you have to ruin my life like this?"Wait what?Aito was stunned. How could she think it was him? How could she come to such a conclusion easily?"How
"Whoa, what's got you smiling like you won a lottery? Something amazing happen last night?" Haruto asked, taking his usual seat beside Aito.They were in the classroom, surrounded by lots of other students making noise.Hearing the words 'last night', Toshiro, whose seat was in front of Aito's turned around immediately. "Dude, did something happen? Did you bang someone?" he asked excitedly, leaning over Aito's desk.Aito's smile widened. He pushed Toshiro's face back, putting on a smug expression. "A true gentleman doesn't kiss and tell.""Oooohhhh" Toshiro and Haruto howled, laughing madly, like it was the funniest thing they had ever heard. Well, coming from Aito, it was. When had he ever slept with a girl and kept it to himself?But Aito didn't care at all. He was too happy to care. He adjusted his school tie, brushed back his platinum-blonde hair and shrugged. "Laugh all you want. My lips are sealed."Haruto chuckled, shaking his head. "Look at you, becoming a real man for Aera."
"We inquired about your relationship with her and a lot of students said bullshit. Like, she cheated on you with someone else, she was a popular whore and she didn't deserve you. Fuck we heard all sorts of shit. You have no idea how much we wanted to kill you back then. We wanted to hurt you in the most brutal ways possible. You were really lucky your parents hid you away. Her death fucked us up, Aito. The worst was Mr Igarashi. That man didn't get the chance to watch his daughter grow up. She was taken away from him when she was a little girl and then she left forever before they could even see each other again. To say he was devastated was an understatement. Life had no meaning for that man anymore. All he wanted was to see you and your parents suffer for what you did.""But I didn't do it" Aito blurted. He couldn't remember but he uttered those words subconsciously. Like he had been in such a situation before and that was what he said. He was shocked at his own behaviour. His head







