14 May 2008

tanx for all the reviews guys... as i've said this is my first time writing a sad story but i tried to keep it as real as i can...

so enjoyz chapter 3...

Trying hard not to hear
But they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears
Try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that the goal
Is to keep me from falling

Love and Betrayal

Chapter 3: Talk

"Echizen, over here!"

Momo called out to his friend as he waved, calling him over. Ryoma sighed and walked grudgingly towards his best friend. He plopped down on the seat opposite Momo and ordered himself a coffee when the waiter came over.

"Say, Echizen, I've heard that you didn't come home again for the past few days," Momo began.

Ryoma rolled his eyes. Was this going to be another one of those lectures about him trying to spend time with family? It's not like he could help it. He had other things on his mind and often forgot to come home.

"What about it?" he asked nonchalantly.

Momo opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted when the waiter came with Ryoma's coffee.

"I just wanted to remind you that you should spend more time with your family. Sakuno and Yuki-chan are lonely without you," Momo started again after the waiter left.

'Here we go again about spending more time with family thing,' Ryoma thought to himself.

"It's not that I don't want to spend time with them. I've just been busy," he replied.

"Don't be stupid Echizen! We all know what you're busy with," Momo hissed.

Ryoma shrugged innocently. "Oh really? Then why are you forcing me to spend time with my family?"

"If you're busy with work, I understand. But this is different! You're having an affair. You're letting Sakuno down," Momo shot back.

"Sakuno didn't seem to have anything to say about it even though she knows," Ryoma replied angrily.

"That's because she's too kind and trusting. She thinks that you'll change which I doubt not. Don't destroy your marriage just for a moment's pleasure." Momo was close to banging the table with his fist.

"How do you know that what I feel is not love? People do change feelings, you know."

"For god's sake, Echizen, what you're feeling is just lust. Love is something you have with Sakuno or have you forgotten?" Momo half-shouted.

Ryoma stood up abruptly. "You know what? I've had it. We don't need strangers butting in our lives. Just mind your own business!"

With that, Ryoma left the restaurant in a huff. Momo calmed himself down.

"As a friend, I can't let you make a mistake you'll regret." He muttered to himself.

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"He's beyond hope, Ann," Momo said as he sat next to his wife on the couch.

Ann leaned on her husband's shoulder. "I know. I thought maybe you could help. Sorry for making you get involved."

Momo kissed her on the cheek. "It's not your fault. I thought I could knock some sense into him. He's bewitched by that woman. He even thinks he's in love with her."

Ann sighed. "I know. But it won't be long till Sakuno give up. She's been putting up with it for a long time. We didn't even know about it till recently."

"I swear that brat will regret it like hell if Sakuno leaves him," Momo muttered angrily.

man, as i was writing this, i kept thinking that ryoma is a big jerk... although i was the one who made him like that...
even the happy-go-lucky momo is mad at him...

please read and review

-Lynn-