Love/Hate - Prologue

"Please Riiko," Why did he speak so softly to me? His deep blue eyes glinting in the light and his pearly white skin simply gleamed with radiance and beauty. Why did he look so handsome. He looked like that in the most awful environments. His personality matched his looks. He was so charming, sweet, caring, loving and.. just amazing. He is the only person not to have doubted me and he accepted me into his life. He made me feel... Special. I just couldn't think of anything to say back to him. He had been so nice to me I can't even believe I was upset with him. He was everything that I needed in my world. A real person to talk to, yet I felt as though I was pushing him away some how. I slowly raised my head, taking my gaze from the concrete beneath my feet, and look him dead in the eyes to see him with tears forming in the corners of his eyes. Had I really upset him that much? I opened my mouth to apologise but no words came. What on earth could I say to reason with him? What had I done? Why was he this close to tears? So close. I must have misunderstood.. I was so stupid. How could I have got so upset with him when he was clearly innocent. I looked back at my feet. I couldn't bare him being upset.
" I love you," My insides burned and my body flipped. Then, all of a sudden, the tears fell from my cheeks to the ground. What was he talking about? He must have thought I was someone else. How could anyone in this world love me, Riiko Harrison, a simple half Japanese, half English bitch? A silly little teen who made mistakes at every turn. A babbling, nervous mess. An idiot who clearly doesn't understand. So why did he say he loved me? His tears had left his eyes but I couldn't even see. They just slowly poured down my face like rivers. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I looked at him, as best as I could with floods of tears pouring down my cheeks, and opened my mouth. He put his finger against my lips to silence me. It was so warm and delicate. "Riiko-san, I mean it. You are perfect in every way. I love your laugh, your smile, your mistakes, your hair, your eyes, your face, I love you. I can't be without you for a second. I feel comfortable around you. You make me laugh. You give me goosebumps. Riiko, I could go on forever saying just how perfect you are. You aren't like a little obsessed teen who is loud and annoying. Even when we sit together in silence, that is saying everything. I hope that you feel the same way. If that isn't love then what is?" A sob escaped from my body and I smiled through my tears at my best friend, my soul mate who had just declared his love for me.
Then, slowly, he leaned forwards and kissed me...