Author: MoiraShipper
Song: Should've said No-Taylor Swift
Resume: Ruki and Ryo restart their relationship after the boy cheated on her. But then, again, the "hero-boy" do something wrong.
Should've Said No
It's strange to think the songs we used to sing
The smiles, the flowers, everything: is gone
Yesterday I found out about you
Even now just looking at you: feels wrong
You say that you'd take it all back, given one chance
It was a moment of weakness and you said yes...
"I'm so angry because of that 'hero-boy'!" Ruki shouted, angry.
Ruki entered in her house, her face red, while kicking her shoes at the door, going to her bedroom, slamming her foot on the floor. Renamon heard her tamer's voice and materialized herself in the bedroom, worried.
"Ruki, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, Renamon. Nothing."
Ruki lied in the bed, shriveled, and when she saw her partner, she quickly wiped a tear from her violet eyes. She was looking at a photo on her table, showing a girl of orange hair and violet eyes and besides her, a boy of brown hair in a tuft, blue eyes and a handsome smile. Ryo
"Ryo… Why, your idiot?" She asked to herself sadly.
Flashback
Ruki and Ryo were together on the motorbike of the 16 years old boy, going to the amusement park that had opened that summer. They were going to celebrate the reattach of their relationship. Ruki smiled to herself, happy for being with the boy again, feeling his smell, nevertheless what had happened. She didn't want to admit, because she liked to look tough in front of people, but she had been in loved with him since the battle against the D-Reaper.
Ryo parked in front of the park and got down the motorbike, taking off the helmet and going to Ruki, to help her to get down. She gave him a smile, taking off the helmet too, letting her orange hair fall on her back. Since they'd been together, her mother, Rumiko, convinced her daughter to let her hair down more often.
Ruki accept the brunette's hand and got down, staying just some inches from him, under the cherry blossoms tree.
"Are you happy?" Ryo asked, smiling.
"Of course Ryo."
He embraced her, while the girl closed the distant between them, in a passionate kiss. When they broke the kiss, both had red lips, and touched their foreheads for some seconds.
"I love you, you know?" He said, smiling.
He was always the first to say these words, but Ruki liked it this way.
"And you know that I love you. Let's go?" She suggested.
They two walked together, holding hands, going to the amusement park, seeing the booths and Ryo bought her a bouquet of red roses, and for Ruki, everything was looking as if she was in a fairy tale, the music they liked was being played…
"Let's dance Ruki."
"What? No Ryo!"
But the boy took her by the hand and gathered with the others teen couples that were dancing, where the band was playing. Ruki didn't enjoy dancing and she was in a skirt her mother had convinced her to use that night. But little by little, she started to enjoy and Ryo was spinning her, while they laughed.
After sometime, they found some of their friends, the Tamers Juri, Takato, Alice, Jenrya, Kazu e Kenta.
"Hey guys!" Jenrya greeted.
"Hi." Ruki replied.
"It's so good to see you two together again, Ruki." Juri said, smiling to her friend.
"Thanks Juri."
"So, since we're all together, why don't we go to the roller-coaster?" Juri suggested.
"That sounds great, Juri." Takato agreed smiling, hugging his girlfriend.
"We'll go." Kazu and Kenta replied together.
"Me too. And you Alice?" Jenrya asked to the blond girl
The blond girl in a black dress smiled, waving her hand to the boy of blue hair.
"Sorry Jen, I'll pass this time." She said with a small smile.
"I'll go, and you Ryo?" Ruki asked.
"Hahahaha, I think I'll pass too." He said, with a smile.
Ruki raised an eyebrow and Kazu and Kenta didn't believe in their hero.
"Are you afraid, hero-boy?" She asked, with a smirk.
"Of course I'm not, pumpkin. But I think I'll stay here with Alice. Go and have fun." The brunette said, waving.
The group went to the roller-coaster and Ruki and Jenrya went together. Ruki, courageous didn't feel afraid and Jenrya was calm. Kazu and Kenta, behind them were screaming all the way.
The worst moment was when the group got down and Ruki saw the same thing that had happened one month ago, just with a different girl. Ryo was too near of Alice, holding a lock of her blond hair and whispering something in her ear, while she was giggling and slapped him lightly on the shoulder. The group stopped looking at them, without knowing what to say, turning to Ruki. Ruki closed her fists.
"How could I be so idiot?" She asked, trembling.
The 'couple' turned to the redhead girl, scared. Ryo tried to touch his girlfriend but she avoided him.
"Ruki…"
"How could you do this, Ryo? After everything that happened between us? And you, Alice, my friend!"
Alice goggled.
"Ruki, it was nothing, nothing!" The blond tried to defend herself.
Ruki shook her head, holding her tears. She wasn't going to cry in front of them, never.
"It's too late to apologize now…"
She turned around and ran to a taxi. Ryo tried to follow her, but Jenrya stopped him.
"Release me Jenrya, I need to talk to her!" He said, nervous.
"Give her some time, it's too soon." Was all he said.
End of the Flashback
You should've said no, you should've gone home
You should've thought twice before you let it all go
You should've know that word, bout what you did with her
Would get back to me...
And I should've been there, in the back of your mind
I shouldn't be asking myself why
You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet...
You should've said no, baby and you might still have me
Ruki looked at the bouquet Ryo had given her and threw it against the wall and then, she did the same with the photo, looking at the broken glass but she didn't care. She opened her closet throwing the jacket he'd lent her once and the birthday's cards and gifts, making a garbage mountain in the corner of her room.
"Ruki, telephone for you!" Rumiko called.
"Who is it, mom?" Ruki shouted.
But her mom disappeared in the hall so Ruki wiped her face and opened the door, walking to the telephone, imagining it may be Juri, wanting to check on her.
"Listen, Juri I-"
"Ruki, listen to me please, don't turn off the phone." Ryo pleaded, desperate.
"HOW DARE YOU TO CALL ME ME AFTER WHAT YOU DIDI?!" The redhead shouted, anguished.
"Ruki, please, nothing happened between Alice and I, really." He tried to explain.
"As nothing happened between you and Megumi, from you class, right?" She asked, sarcastically.
"You know it was HER who kissed me."
"But you let her! It wasn't a moment of weakness, you didn't think of me."
The boy was almost whispering, despaired.
"Ruki, please... I'm sorry, I can kneel if you want."
"I don't care if you apologize on your knee you should've said no and we might be… Might be together now." The last words almost didn't left her lips that were trembling.
"Ruki…" He whispered sad.
"I'll turn off."
She did and little by little, she sat on the floor, supporting her forehead on the phone's table. She loved him so much, but couldn't imagine them two going back again. She started to cry, hugging herself.
You can see that I've been crying
And baby you know all the right things: to say
But do you honestly expect me to believe
We could ever be the same...
You say that the past is the past, you need one chance
It was a moment of weakness and you said yes...
In the next day, Ruki started to lock her hair in a ponytail again, for her mother's disgust.
"Rukiiiii, you look so beautiful with your hair down, and your boyfriend,Ryo, he likes it too."
Ruki closed her eyes and fists, under the table.
"Rumiko, let's change the subject, please." Her grandma suggested.
Ruki opened her eyes and thanked her in silence.
"Ah, ok."
Ruki finished her breakfast and went to the door, putting her shoes. She only dressed the grey skirt because it was the uniform, right now she preferred jeans and shoes.
At school, it was all the same and this time she wished she and Juri could be in the same school. The girls from her class liked to gossip and the last news was that Ruki, the Ice Queen had broken up with Ryo and she had started to use her hair up, again. Ruki didn't mind because they were all futile girls, so she supported her chin on her arms and turned to the window from her class.
"Ruki?" Alice,called low.
Ruki turned her head and saw the blond girl from the other class, looking insecurity. Ruki couldn't believe that Alice had the courage to come and talk to her, after last night, so she rose from the chair.
"Alice, get out.".
"Ruki, listen to me. Nothing happened, we were just talking."
"Ha! So close?"
Alice looked a little ashamed.
"I was telling him how much I liked Jenrya, but I didn't know how to get close to him. Ryo was only cheering me up."
Ruki goggled, seating again in the chair.
"What?"
"It's true, I like Jenrya, Ryo loves you so much, don't lose him, Ruki."
Alice turned and went to her own classroom.
Ruki was trying to believe in what the blond had told her, but there were many doubts. He'd cheated on her sometime ago with his classmate, even if he'd told her that it had been the girl who had kissed him. But he proved her so many times how much he loved her, protecting her, giving her gifts and being with her.
"What should I do?" Ruki asked herself.
She took her mobile phone and called Ryo, but he didn't picked it. It was lunch time so he should be with the others tamers. She called Jenrya, because he wouldn't make any questions.
"Hello? Ruki?" The brunette asked.
"Jenrya, is Ryo there?"
The brunette found odd the question, but didn't say anything.
"No Ruki, he didn't come to school today."
"Ok, thanks."
She turned the phone off, thinking in what she should do. Her mother wouldn't be angry if she skiped classes just this time. She took her bag, feigning a headache to the teacher and left school, going to Ryo's house.
I can't resist... before you go, tell me this
Was it worth it...
Was she worth this...
Ruki reached Ryo's door and knocked, but nobody appeared.
"Ryo, it's me, open the door!" She shouted.
The door remained closed. Ruki kept knocking on it until she gave up, leaning her back on the door, thinking in what she should do, she wanted so much to talk to him, feel his warmth.
Then the door opened and the girl fell into Ryo's arms, who looked surprise, seeing the redhead girl there. The boy was only dressed in old pants and had a towel around his neck, his hair wet.
"Ruki… What are you doing here?"
His blue eyes were staring at the violets and both of them didn't move, feeling the warm, her soft skin and his strong arms. The girl, nervous, rose from his arms and stared at him
"Tell me something, there is nothing between you and Alice, right?" She asked, nervous.
"Of course not, Ruki." He said, serious.
But Ruki still looked a little in doubt
"But Alice is beautiful."
"Yes, she's and that's what I was telling her yesterday, and that she should talk to Jenrya, you know, she likes him."
"So, you think she's beautiful?"
Ryo took a step forward, putting his hands on her hips.
"But you know there'a no girl as beautiful as you to me, Ruki. Inside and outside. I love you."
Ruki gave him a little smile, looking to the other side.
"Even if a like to wear jeans and shoes?"
Ryo laughed, raising her by the hips, leaving her taller than him, to stare at her.
"Even in jeans and shoes Ruki."
"Megumi… She wasn't worth it, right?"
Ryo tranquilized her with a smile. He couldn't believe she could be so confident in battles and so insecurity in love.
"Never. You know I regret about it."
"And Am I worth it?"
Ruki felt her heart beating fast while he was lowered her without release her and kissed her with passion. The kiss was getting deeper and Ryo raised his hand to her back, letting then closer than ever. Their tongues battled and both of them were holding each other, feeling their smell, a mix of lavender and cologne.
When they parted, Ryo stole one more kiss, smiling.
"Yes." Was all he said.
She touched his cheek, lightly, smiling.
"Good… because you're worth it too."