Friends Forever
Chapter 1: And so we talked All Night about the Rest of Our Lives
"So, you're leaving too?" Hiromi let out a small laugh and gave me a nudge.
"Well, for me wasn't it expected?" I turned my head to look at Hiromi; we were sitting on the porch steps of the dojo, it was night time and the Japanese sky was completely starless.
Hiromi snickered. "Mariah?"
"Yes, I guess it's about time; she'll be happy when she finds out I'm permanently back." I finished with a tiniest of smiles.
She just smiled at me in return; I could tell she was honestly happy for me.
"I still don't get why you're leaving, this is your home town." I asked breaking the short lived silence.
"I guess it's time to start on my own, you know," My Japanese friend said looking up at the sky. "About time all of us grew up."
"You're still upset with Kai," I asked, it seemed more of a statement; I knew something had happened between the two of them, I didn't know what though.
"No, not that, it's just that we can't act like kids forever, we can't stay together in this dojo till we're eighty, just blading or goofing around; we have to move on." she explained herself.
"And you're upset," I concluded smirking. I felt bad for her, Kai always screwed u; I wanted to be mad at him, but I wasn't, he wouldn't intentionally do something to hurt Hiromi, that much I knew, and maybe it was better if they went their separate ways even if it hurt her at the moment, she'd be better off without him. I knew I was being unfair, but it was true.
"Ray," her voice sounded whining, "Tokyo has better colleges than Bakuten, that's a priority I have to consider, we all have different priorities."
"Okay, fine," I agreed, mischievous, my voice sounded even to me. "So, want to be out of supervision and party like crazy?"
"Ray!" she protested, "Since when do I do, stuff like that! You've confused me with Ian or Tyson!"
"Hmm, who knows?" My face in the dark night reminded me of the Cheshire Cat. "Maybe one day I'll drop in to check on you."
"Sure, sure," The brunette agreed with a smirk. "You'll find me to be as tight laced, and as Tyson would put it, over bearing, like I am now."
"We'll see," I replied with a grin.
"So, when should I expect a wedding invitation?" she asked in an anxious voice.
"Hey," My voice sounded embarrassed, "Let me go back first, besides Mariah and I have only passed high school."
"I will get invited, won't I?" Hiromi asked in a mock sad voice.
"Of course," I said as earnestly as possible, but I wondered if six or eight years later, I'd remember to invite Hiromi. Of course, I would! My mind protested. She is one of my closest friends. I didn't feel satisfied, I hadn't fail to notice the 'is' in my sentence, Hiromi was one of my closest friend.
Hiromi didn't reply, she put her head on her bear knees; maybe she felt the way I did, not wanting to stay, but still not wanting to leave, probably. I opened his mouth to speak, but immediately closed it, not knowing what to say. He waited for a few moments than ruffled her hair. "You okay?" I asked leaning down to peak at her face.
Hiromi picked up her face. "I'm fine, was just thinking."
"You told Kai yet?" I asked her, even though I was sure she hadn't.
I was right. "No," was her answer, "I'm waiting for the right time."
I let out a small sigh and shook my head, the two were them in this tangled web, with no way out and neither of them wanted to leave.
"Hey," Hiromi said giving me another nudge. "Stop judging me."
I gave Hiromi a look at which she chuckled.
"I'm gonna miss this," Hiromi's lower lip trembled.
"Hils, you and I never sit here together, you do this with Kai." I told her, I knew I sounded like a smart ass.
Hiromi didn't hesitate in confirming it. "Wise ass, you know what I mean!" Indeed I did, I knew she was going to miss all of us, particularly Kai. I knew because I was gonna miss all of them too.
"Ray," Hiromi said hesitantly.
I turned to face her; her face looked troubled, her eyebrows were knitted together and she was biting the side of her lip.
"I really, really like Kai," Her words were a simple statement.
I didn't know how to respond, and especially not according to whatever respond she might have in mind so I stayed quiet.
"I think it is better though that we go our separate ways, easier," She paused and took in a deep breath.
At that moment I realized I was wrong in wishing that Kai and Hiromi would be better off without each other, sure they might be in a twisted sort of relationship, but they cared for each other, I knew that there was no more time left, but I wished that there was some way those two could be happy together.
"Hey look!" Hiromi pointed towards the sky. I looked up and saw that it was a shooting star; it was illuminating the previously dark sky.
"Cliché, but do you wanna make a wish?" Hiromi asked with a grin.
"Sure," I smiled.
I thought a lot before making my wish, trying to choose just the right words. I wish, for a happy ending for Kai and Hiromi. I chuckled at my cliché choice of words, but the wish seemed safe enough, I didn't want who ever was going to grant the wish to take my words out of context. Since I doubt the reliability of a shooting star, and very much have trust in Kai and Hiromi's ability of messing up, I doubt if my wish would come true.
"I wished that we didn't have to leave, that we could all stay together." Hiromi said simply, she was still looking at the firmaments above; I resisted the urge to sweat drop, Hiromi always did state everything she had in mind. I smiled when I thought of the first time when I noticed this habit of hers, back after the world championships when we first met her, when she couldn't see the bit beasts and was mourning about every bad thing she'd done in life, and all the good things to due to which she should be able to see the bit beasts.
I repressed a chuckle, she'd poured out her life story then and their in front of all of us without a thought, and she didn't even know us. I found it poignant that she couldn't tell Kai how she felt, or maybe she was just afraid to, I immediately realized it'd be the latter.
Hiromi had her face on her knees again, but this time it was facing me instead of the ground; she was staring hard at the wooden floor, I was wondering if she thought if it'd catch fire if she glared long enough.
"I just don't want this time to end." Her voice sounded like a whimper, I could tell she wanted to cry.
"On a brighter note," I said, trying to change the topic, "New friends, new people, new places, and new adventures."
"Yeah, yeah, your attempt at cheering me or yourself, or whoever you're trying to cheer is pathetic." Hiromi told me in an annoyed voice.
I just narrowed my eyes at her and shook my head. After a few minutes of silence, Hiromi broke it suddenly.
"Hope you have an awesome life, Ray!" Hiromi said all of a sudden and giving me a one arm hug, and drawing back before I had time to respond and hug her back, she got up from the step. "I'm gonna miss you a lot!" She said in a cheery voice.
I looked up at her and she placed a hand on my shoulder. "Good night," she wished with an earnest smile and then opened the door and walked inside the dojo, leaving the door slightly ajar for me to come in.
I sat there thinking for a while, I was going to miss this non blading, hyper, always enraged, violent girl I had met thanks to Tyson, damn, why'd he have to add another person to my list of people I was gonna desperately miss. I was heading for the future I always wanted; I was going back to my village, would be with my family, Mariah, a whole life ahead of me, and yet I couldn't help be unhappy.
I am unhappy. 31st May our school has it's annual result and party day, and just because we have passed out, we 10th graders are not invited. We called our class teacher she said she'll try taking permission from the principal, we should call her in 2 days; she has been ignoring all of our class' calls, talk about indignation! I fucking miss my school- never thought I'd say that, actually I did, hate it as much as I still do, after ten years I can't help miss every damned thing about that place, and every damned person! Hmph.
This fic is dedicated to MPG School, using only the abbreviations due to safety purposes, so yeah, this fic. is dedicated to my school, and every friend, every teacher, authority figure, every person, I met in that place, and the building itself, the 94 year old damned building that I can't help but miss so much. 3 This one's for MPGS and everyone thing, and everyone in it.
First one shot and 4th publish of the night. :P This will probably not be KaiHil, will have hints of KaiHil, but not as a final pairing, it will under no circumstances by TyHil -.-, other hints will be of RayXMar, MaxXMiriam, KennyXEmily, maybe even TalaXJulia. Not going to mention what the final pairings will be since this will be a long fic.
The chapters will not be in chronological sequence, nor connected with each other; they'll be in respect to the line of the song lyrics which are next; events will not be contradictory, though not in order of timeline.
Thank you to Moonlight Serenity, Aquila Tempestas, Dead-by-n0w and AmirahRO for reviewing my one-shot Road to Acceptance.
Hope everyone liked it. :) Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade.
Please, R and R. =P
No flames, please. xD
00:25 a.m. 29th May, 2012.