Summary: The meeting isn't the beginning; the parting is not the end… Witness how a simple friendship blooms into love. And prove to yourself that no matter how far your feet go, your heart will take you back to the Cherry Road.
Disclaimer: I own this story and its title, not the characters, not yu-gi-oh, not even the PC I used to upload this!
Hunter K: I wrote this fic for the Valentines… O.O my very first love story ever! Hope you'll like this… I did a major revision from the 1st PPOV to Omniscient POV because emotions are unbiased here and easier to explain too!
Warning: Shounen-ai! RyouxMalik
Naming Convention:
Ryou Hikari no Bakura
Malik Hikari no Malik
The Cherry Road:
where souls meet and part
By Hunter K
Prologue: The Parting
It is late September. The cold dry wind starts to blow the parched leaves off the cherry trees on the lane, layering the gray path in brown and orange tones. A scene of utter melancholy…
Once again the harsh wind blew, sending the cherry branches to sway intensely, just like waving goodbye to their falling leaves. Silvery locks came flirting with the wind but suddenly stopped after the wind had mellowed. The one with silver locks tilted his face a little higher just to see scene similar to that of the trees. A lad of blond hair, bronze skin and mysterious lavender eyes stood atop the old bridge at the edge of road. His hand gestured like the trees' branches and he shouted words of goodbyes, the goodbyes that the trees cannot utter to its leaves.
The lad with long silvery hair akin to his complexion curved his pale-pink lips into a smile. He knew that this time would come and he had tried his best to hide the pain with his sweet smile, but in his chocolate orbs, agony and solitude flowed like a river threatening to pour out. "Take care!" he shouted, but his heart whispered, "don't go", while he waved his hand back and forth in the air. He took a step backward and got ready to take the other way. He knew that when he stay another minute, he can no longer contain himself and beg the other to stay. But before he turned away, he heard the other call his name…
"Ryou!", the lad with violet orbs bellowed. The one addressed as Ryou looked back at him in surprise. The blonde-haired teen raised his tanned hand, palm open and then closed it to a fist, leaving his pinky raised.
Ryou smiled before he did the same, and turned to face his path.
The blond boy stared until the other was gone on the horizon. Perhaps they'll never meet again, and the other didn't know that. All he knew was his friend is leaving. The lad turned his back from the cherry lined road and started to walk slowly. Occasionally he'll turn on his back to have a view of the cherry road, because he knew that he'll miss the place. One lingering look, then he ran his way to the airport where his sister awaits him.
The albino dragged his feet heavily, solitude plastered on his pallid face. Both of his hands stuck on the pocket of his navy coat, hiding it from the cold wind outside. His eyes burying deeply on the cold street cement, as if he was conversing to it, solemnly. He wasn't though. His thoughts cast deeply in the shadows, thinking of how he'll overcome the loss.
He fiddled his fingers with something on the right pocket of his coat. As soon as he realized that he was playing with it, he stopped and took the thing in question out. He opened his right palm to reveal a simple ring of gold. The ring Malik gave him before he left. He took a close look at it, studying the not so familiar inscriptions on the inside. Though he didn't understand, he believed it meant "Friends Forever". That's what his friend said, and he believed it.
He place the ring back to where it belongs and continued to walk, occupying himself by watching the kids on a nearby playground as they played with the falling cherry leaves.
After a minute, he looked away. The scene reminds him of his friend. Once again, he walked with his hands on his pocket, fiddling on the gold ring… Thinking…
… Continuously repeating the phrase in his mind…
… "Is there really such thing as forever?..."
tsuzuku
AN: Sorry if the update was delayed… I was about to upload it when my schedule changed and school started to bitch around nn; And I noticed that the omniscient POV is the best way to write this one so I changed… Chapter one might come next week if school stops bitch'n that is…
To the readers:
Hunter K : Guys, sorry for the tomorrow thing, I'm really sorry... But I'll be updateing Next week, promise!
Jade: Well, I changed it to Omniscient before I read your fic, the 1st POV really bothers me, and it's out of my writing style nn; Next update will be next week... Yay! Valentines!
Koanashi: Yeah short, that's why I tried to extend.
The flickering flame: Sorry for the wait, I'm really busy with my projects. To a writer, the perspective matters MoNn hitsK on the head and mutters: "As if he's a real; writer!"
HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE!