Another Heartache On My List?
Chapter 3
A/N: Believe it or not, people getting mugged or robbed when in cemeteries isn't something made up. It keeps happening where I live. Anyways, thank you all for the lovely reviews. They make me feel so eager to keep on writing. Unfortunately, I'm forced to take this slow for the moment due to that lack of a proper vision. I apologize for that. Special thanks to my beta Brokenshardsofmyheart99!
It had been almost two hours after he had met Mariah, and there still wasn't any sign of her friend. Throughout most of the time, he kept hearing her talk about her part time job at a nail salon. From what she had told him, he would have disliked working in one. However, every time he asked her why she had not yet quit she would stare at him and giggle. It was clear that the girl was not as sane as he had made her out to be. Yet, he supposed it never hurt to talk to someone that seemed so carefree. Most times, his mind would alert him that a particular person was becoming bothersome, but not this time. Her ebullient personality had yet to make him sick, but he supposed it was because she was very important at the moment.
After hearing for the tenth time about how much of a jerk her boss was, he just about walked out of the cemetery. To be honest with himself, he had thought of that several times. Yet the thought of walking several miles back to his house seemed to deter him from putting that idea to action. "You're friend is running late," he interrupted her just when she was talking about the kittens her cat had delivered earlier that week.
Mariah's eyebrows bended downwards. "You're right. We've been here quite a long time, huh?" she asked, placing a finger on her lip. To her obvious question, he nodded. "I should call him!" For the first time in his life he felt like hitting a woman. The violent thought forced him to put a distance between them both. As she speed dialed her friend on her pink and glittery mobile, he sat on the sidewalk outside the gates. It seemed that everything was against him today, even the clouds since they had gathered above to form a storm.
With a sigh, he looked over to see what Mariah was doing. From where he sat, he could see her walk around in circles, holding the mobile in her hand. It took about three minutes for he girl to end her talk. She closed hung up and walked over to him, taking a seat next to him. "Well, it's traffic that's keeping him from getting here. He said that it's clearing up, so he should be here soon." He nodded at her and went back to staring at the sky. "It's going to begin raining soon. Do you think it'll be heavy rain?" she asked him, in that same voice that reminded him of a child's.
Shrugging his shoulders, he turned to her. "May I ask who you were here to visit?" That had been the one question that had stuck in his mind for most of the time he had spent with her. Though the girl had seemed jovial at first, the question made her look away from him. Almost like magic, her face turned from a cheerful expression to one that reminded him of why he had never liked death.
"It's no one related to me, not by blood at least," she uttered, eyes on the pavement below them. "There's this one friend I have, you see. He wasn't able to come today, like he usually does every year, so he asked me to come in his place. It's his mother that is here, beyond those gates," she said, eyes getting wetter. It didn't take long for more rain to come, and not just from her eyes. "It's sort of like a tradition he has. I understood how it important it was, so I agreed. He had business in another country, since my other friend couldn't make it. They switched spots… It just goes to show how much he values his friends, you know."
Kai nodded and took his eyes off from the sky and faced her. "It's…" Before he could go on further, a car came their way. The driver was driving fast, too fast since they lost control of that car for a mere moment. Though he was stunned, it seemed that Mariah was not.
"About time!" she shouted at the person inside the car, once he had made a U-turn. The car door opened and a man, not much older then him, stepped out. Like Mariah, he seemed to have a unique fashion sense. From the way his hair was arranged to way his clothes were matched, he could have sworn he and the girl next to him were related. "Lee! This isn't any way to keep your younger sister safe, you know! I could've been raped or kidnapped!"
The newcomer frowned and placed his arms across his chest. "I doubt that. You can take care of yourself, and you know it. So stop acting defenseless!" Kai decided to step in before the two broke into an even bigger argument.
He cleared his throat, getting both of their attentions. "The rain's going to get worse," he said to them, finger pointing to the sky for emphasis. Lee nodded and opened up the other doors to his car for them to get in. Mariah seemed to have gotten back into he cheery mood since she got in before either of them with a giggle. From where he stood, he saw Lee sigh and mutter something he could not here. Seeing that the back door was opened, he took it as an invitation and got in.
With a huge gasp that startled Lee as he began to drive, Mariah shouted, "I forgot!" When her friend turned to look at her, she turned to Kai. "Sorry for being forgetful. Lee, this is Kai Hiwatari! We were both robbed at the cemetery. Isn't that funny?" she asked, but before Lee could answer, she began to talk some more. Both he and Lee exchanged a glance from the mirror above the dashboard. Kai tried to look as polite as possible, trying not to anger the man that had agreed to give him a ride. He had expected a suspicious look on the man's face, but what Kai saw was not that, nor a fanatic stare either. It was hatred in Lee's eyes.
Ignoring the driver's strange glances at him, Kai turned his attention to the window. The sky had turned a deep shade of gray. Rain kept on pouring, even as they neared his home. The single time Lee had spoken at him was when he had to ask direction to get to his home. From the way Mariah kept on singing along with the radio, she was unaware how Lee felt about him. Mariah's singing became incoherent when they reached his neighborhood. The wealthy and the famous lived there, no one else was allowed. Seeing the awe in Mariah's face and the disgust in Lee's somehow made him feel different and isolated.
When they stopped at his house, or rather mansion, he got out, closed the door, and was about to ask how he could repay Lee, when the car sped away. It baffled him, but he decided to let it go. Some people weren't his business, so there was nothing he could do.
Alone in his empty mansion, he wondered if it was worth it. If coming back to this place was such a smart move. Despite his thoughts, he ended up walking up to his bedroom and into his bed. The morning would be hell, he knew. Yet, if just for the night, then he'd pretend that he wasn't there at all.