Chapter 4: Shadows of Happiness
Saturday, March 30th
"...What the fuck are you doing here?" Reiki screamed.
"Calm down now, dear."
"I want an answer!"
"Is saving your life an answer?"
"Saving my life...?" Reiki felt her stomach area where she was stabbed.
She did not look down, even though he knew she did try to act like she knew, despite the question she just murmured. She could feel bandages wrapped around where the wound was. She pressed it, still feeling a bruise or some other kind of pain there.
"...You have said so yourself." Reiki heaved out. "Life is expendable. Even your own. Anyone's life."
"True enough. You yourself have said life is the most precious thing."
"I did! I said what you yourself said!"
"And?"
"Goddammit... How the hell do you know where I live?"
"Identification cards are useful things, my dear girl."
"So you are going through my things now?"
"You are home and that is that."
Wesker vanished and reappeared in front of Reiki. His thumb and index finger on Reiki's chin. There was a cool smirk across his face. Reiki gripped his hand and tore it away from her face, glaring. "Do not EVER do that again... Creeper..."
Reiki backed up away from him. She then asked, "Why would you ever possibly save me?"
"My reasons."
"Is my life of all worth it?"
She noticed the grin going away, she her self was about to smile. "Not at all."
"Then, why?"
"Do you want death?"
"That is not what I am saying!" The girl was getting irritated.
"You have what I want."
"Hmn?"
"Answers you will not give."
"What in the fuck are you talking about...?"
"Why I am here like this. You are the only one who was there, for your information."
"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh...?"
"Are you trying to irritate me?"
Reiki scratched the back of her head in confusion. She stared at Wesker. But, she could already tell his red eyes were had the sense to kill in them at the moment, even behind his glasses. She then said, shrugging, "For you information! I have no idea what you are talking about. I have no idea why you are in that form. It is called amnesia, dumbass. I can't remember anything that has to deal with a year ago. I only know scarce details here and there."
"Amnesia? The answer I want is held by a girl who cannot remember it. Dear, this will be a very long year for you."
"Why is that?"
"I cannot say."
"Jerk."
He was in front of her, close once more.
"Until we see each other again, dear heart."
He vanished. Reiki let out a sigh and walked over to shut the door and lock it. The whole have super abilities, especially speed, thing was getting to Reiki. It irritated her very much. He would be there one moment and then have seemingly vanished the next. She turned around to go take a shower, mumbling, "What a bastard... I may have almost no memory of what exactly happened to him, I don't care, but, I've known him too long and know he is a bastard. Even if I did know, he doesn't deserve those answers..."
She looked at his coat, still hanging on her shoulders. The Third Year smiled and said, "You're games are enjoyable."
Reiki stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel. Her damp hair fell against her back, letting beads of water fall down it.
Ring...
The girl looked over to her phone. The phone kept ringing until Reiki decided to pick it up. She slid it up to her hear and spoke into it, "This is Reiki."
"Yo, Reiki." It was Kio's voice on the other end. "Are you feeling better."
"Yeah." Reiki answered as she wrapped the towel around her hair to dry it.
"Do feel like doing something? I'm kinda bored over here~"
"I have nothing planned. Why do you want to do?"
"I just wanted to walk around the city."
"What time?"
"I can come over now."
"Come to my place and wait outside. I'm almost ready."
"Got it~"
Kio hung up his phone and Reiki put her's down. It was true, she really did not have anything to do for once. She then turned to something else for her attention. The wound on her stomach was barely visible anymore, to her very much surprise.
Normal humans do not heal this fast. I am a normal human!
The wound from the previous night was a very deep wound. It could have possibly killed Reiki, but under the circumstances of what happened, she did not die from it. Wesker must have been as quick as possible to bandage her since the deep red blood poured quickly. Now, there was barely a mark. There was still a fairly visible mark where the knife had stabbed, however, most of what was there had vanished during the healing process.
Dammit Wesker... The girl let out a heave. Next time, I want an answer.
Reiki threw her shirt on. It was a plain, dark blue or navy colored shirt. She put a vest on that was a slightly lighter blue in color. She buttoned the top two buttons and let it's hood just fall on her back. The girl rummaged through one of her drawers and took out a beaded necklace and put it around her neck, letting it sit on top of the necklace she always wore. Shortly after, she placed a few armbands around both of her wrists.
Reiki proceeded onto removing the tower from her head. The brown hair, still a bit damp, rested on her back neatly as she ran her comb through it evenly.
Before she was ready to leave with all of her things stuffed into her pockets, Reiki checked the temperature and time on her cell phone.
Saturday, March 30th – 10:34 AM – 49 Degrees Fahrenheit/9 Degrees Celsius
"I guess it is kind of cold out... Now..." Reiki whipped things around in her closet. "...Damn... Where in the world did my jacket go...?"
Reiki looked around her room as she went through her closet. Almost all of her jackets were either pull-over sweatshirts or heavy winter jackets. The girl sighed.
I have always wondered... How in the hell does Wesker exactly beat the crap out of people without getting anything on him. The hell... Damn. Note to self, find freaking jacket...
There was a sharp knock on Reiki's door. She already could tell it was Kio. Still pretty hesitant but not wanting to freeze as she called it in the weather, she grabbed the black leather jacket and opened the door.
Kio was wearing a pull-over sweatshirt. It was dark blue in color, similar to Reiki's shirt, but had golden yellow linings and patterns on the chest, arms, and back. We had a few bead necklaces around his neck. He was wearing navy blue pants that looked very patchwork. The stitchings were the same golden yellow as the patterns on his sweatshirt and parts that looked like they were stitched on were a dark black in color. He was wearing two belts, one neatly around his waist and another hanging there. There were many chains and metal rings attached to the hanging one.
"Yo." The still boy grinned.
"Where do you wanna walk around?" Reiki locked the door as she walked out.
"I was thinking in the park."
"Let's go then."
The Main Park
Reiki sat down on a bench next to a fountain. She stared into the crystal clear sky blue water. She could see change as the waves rolled along from the water pouring down from the top of the fountain. She was not too sure, but she actually kind of was, that Kio was watching he stare.
"It is so stupid," said Kio.
"What?" Reiki was looking at him now.
"Why wish?" Kio's hands were stuffed deep into his pockets. He was watching some boys play.
"Wish..."
"I hate it. Wishing to someone who isn't there."
Wishing to someone that is not there? That sounds very similar to what someone else I know would say. Boys. Hmph. Reiki thought. She blinked and said, "It gives people hope."
"Hope?"
"For, say, someone who doesn't really have something at all. Wishing to the fountain gives them some kind of hope I guess."
"For those willing to believe something is there. I think it's a waste."
"You sound like him. Stop it."
"Hmph." Kio had a smirk on his face. "Let's go." He stood up from where he was sitting.
Reiki did the same thing, asking, "Where to then?"
"I don't know. Let's just go somewhere. I can't stand people walking by through money."
Reiki and Kio walked down the road. Reiki dug her hands into the pockets of Wesker's jacket. She was not surprised to find nothing in there. With him, there was always the possibility anything kept in a jacket pocket or something could get destroyed in some kind of fight.
Kio looked around him a few moments later. Reiki could tell that she was dealing with the pissed off Kio. She could tell as it was incredibly easy to tell when it came to Kio. He had a red spark in his eyes. She could tell the Red Kio had not taken over completely, he was only trying to show himself in the current Kio.
Most people knew about it already. Kio Takura had multiple personalities. All of them are technically a part of Kio himself as a "whole". The most common and the "actual" Kio was Yellow Kio. This Kio was the "normal" Kio Takura. He is identified by his bright or golden yellow eyes apart from the rest of the Kio's. This Kio is always happy or common as the Happy Kio. He always displayed happiness and sometimes other emotions. This Kio was the biggest dork out of all of the Kio's.
The Kio that Reiki was sensing right now was the Red Kio, or Angry Kio. He is identified by his glaring red eyes that were all too similar to Wesker's eyes. But, they did not have a true sense of evil that Wesker's had in them. Since Kio, obviously, did not have any sense of evil inside of himself. Angry Kio was just a manifestation, another personality, of Kio that Kio never displayed. Something that he kept inside of him and did not decide to show. According to Michiri at one point, said that Kio's mind makes the personality or any of the personalities because he locked them up and this is them trying to show it.
Right now, Red Kio was trying to get his way out, from what Reiki could guess. The look in Kio's eyes supported that guess. His yellow eyes were somewhat dulled and the rims had that blurred red in them.
"What's up?" asked Reiki.
"N-Nothing..." Kio sighed. He turned around and smiled. When he opened his eyes, Reiki could notice that the red look vanished from them. Red Kio backed off. "Let's go there!"
Reiki followed Kio's pointing finger to one of the many store windows. Kio ran over to the window and called for Reiki to come over. The girl dashed over to look.
It was a cake store, of course! Not a cake store in particular, it was a bakery. The front window displayed many different cakes, layered, sponge, chocolate, towering ones. There were also various kinds of breads like crescents, rolls, fresh loaves, ones with stuff like raisins in them. And then there were cupcakes with different frostings and sprinkles to donuts like eclairs, filled, sprinkles, small ones, powdered.
"Come on, Kio!" Reiki grabbed Kio's hand and burst through the door.
"I didn't know you had such a sweet tooth!" Kio sighed with a small smile.
"I love these kinds of things!" Reiki cheered as they looked down the aisles at packaged things.
"Then again~" Kio teased.
The two shared a laugh as Reiki picked up a package of candies. Her eyes seemed to hold a soft glow to them. "He used to buy me these all of the time..."
"Who?" Kio looked at the package.
"I can't remember..."
"What?" Kio had a blank look on his face
"I can't remember his face... His voice... I just remember he used to buy these for me..."
"That's sad..."
"Yeah... Suddenly he vanished and that is where my memories of him stop..."
"Did he die?"
"I don't know..." Reiki's eyes now held sorrow, sadness, the attempts to hold tears. She saw Kio.
"So no name?" Kio's eyes were blue...
Blue Kio, or the Sad Kio personality. This Kio felt and held the sadness that the normal Kio did not express normally. His eyes were completely deep and pale blue. The glow most of the Kio's have in their eyes was not there. This Kio felt sadness and that was that. He was the one in control of Kio's sadness, his sorrow, his sad memories. Though, all of the Kio's technically experienced the same moments because of the same body and them being personalities to the actual Kio Takura.
"No... I wish I knew it... If I did, I'd find him, his grave, information, face, location, whatever it is..."
"Did you love this person?"
"L-Love...?" Reiki blushed. "I... C-Can't remember...! I... I think I did, I don't know though..."
"Is there anyone you know that could be close to this person?"
"I know a lot of nice people! You, Michiri, everyone...!" Her hands were not steady.
"That was not what I meant." Kio put his hand on her shaking ones.
"I k-know what you meant..." Reiki buried herself in Wesker's jacket.
"Well now~" Kio's eyes were yellow once more. "Let's buy something."
Reiki looked at him and nodded. She gave him a smile.
By the time they were finished in the store, both Reiki and Kio were heaving bags.
"You better not eat all of this at once~" Kio teased.
"Of course I won't!" Reiki shouted.
"First one back to your place is the winner!" Kio took off down the street.
"Not fair at all!" Reiki chased after him, lugging the bags in her hands.
The two were in a chase. Both of them had the biggest smiles ever on their faces.
By the time they made it back to Reiki's apartment, the sun was already down and the only light was the millions of lights in the city. Their time at the park and the bakery combined was long enough for the sun to be down, apparently.
Kio let out a heave as he leaned against the wall next to the door to Reiki's apartment, out of breath. He then spoke, in short breaths, "God damn! Y-You... are fast...! B-But! I... made it...!"
Reiki leaned against the wall on the other side of the door, also letting out breaths of air. "Ch-Cheater!"
Kio let out a laugh at the comment. He watched Reiki as she took out her keys and unlocked the door. It opened and she placed the things she carried on the counter. Kio walked into her apartment and did the same thing. He was ready to leave now as he checked his phone.
Saturday, March 30th – 6:49PM
"I'll see you later, Reiki! I gotta get home!"
"See ya!" Reiki nodded.
"Remember! Don't eat all of those!"
"Get out or they're in your face!" Reiki grinned.
"Hah! Later!" Kio took off. Reiki held a genuine smile on her face despite her morning before Kio as she shut the door and relocked it.
The girl plopped onto the couch and let out a sigh. She spoke to herself, "Wesker... You ain't gonna stay out of my life, are you...? Oh well... I can still experience happiness, kindness, togetherness with my friends. Those kinds a things... Even though you do lurk in the shadows. Who gives a crap? I am not going to. Deal with it..." She relaxed with her hands behind her head as she leaned on the armrest with her head. "...Friends with you are stronger than sorrow, stronger than sadness. But... Forgetfulness, memory loss, amnesia, those kinds of things. I wish I could forget you. Oh well... Tch. At least everyone is still beside me, with me..."
A/N: lol now~ I was listening to Just Be Friends on infinite repeat, XD. Reiki getting a bunch of sweets just compares to me because the day this was written was when I went to Chicago and got a bunch of imported candies and stuff (because we went to this Asian import store. 'specially Japanese candies, XD).
