A/N: Welcome back to When The Brothers Cry! Sorry for the long wait guys, I had problems with accessing the Internet, which was annoying, as this chapter has been sitting completed on my laptop for a while. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 10 – Spin The Bottle II
Grasping the top of the bottle firmly, Adam spun it, with the top of it spinning to a stop pointing at Rika. "Well, how about that." Jamie said, making Adam scowl. "Shut it, Jamie." He said, stamping on his brother's foot, before he turned to Rika. "You don't have to if you don't want to, Rika." He said, before Rika smiled, and lunged at him, kissing him full on the lips, but also managing to get her tongue inside his mouth, which caught the boy off guard. After a few seconds, the two of them broke apart, and Rika said, "Well, you're not a half bad kisser, Adam. ~Nippa!~", making Adam smirk. "Not half bad yourself, Furude." He said, as Rika sat back down at her chair. "What the hell was that? A ten year old shouldn't be able to kiss like that." Adam thought to himself in shock, as, unbeknownst to him, Rika was thinking, "Just like old times."
Next up in line to spin was Jamie. When the bottle finally skidded to a stop, it was pointing at Shion. "Well, how 'bout that?" Adam said, mocking Jamie's earlier statement. "Screw you, Adam." He said, before Shion smirked. "Ready for a little Sonozaki action, Robertson?" she asked, causing Jamie to smirk himself, in an attempt to regain some of his lost face. "Please, I'm Scottish. Robertsons are ready for anything!" he said, before Shion lunged at him, and kissed him the exact same way that Rika had kissed Adam, before pulling back. As Shion sat back in her seat, a smug look on her face, Jamie was struggling to form coherent sentences. Raising an eyebrow, Adam waved his hand in front of his brother's face. "You alright, Jamie? If I didn't know any better, I would say you were in love." He asked, before Jamie simply shook his head, snapping himself out of his trance. "Well, that was certainly interesting to watch." Mion said, looking to her sister. "You look like you enjoyed yourself." She pointed out, before Shion shrugged. "Meh, he's cute. Can you blame me?" the younger Sonozaki twin asked, causing Mion to smile.
"Well, I'm next." Mion said, before spinning the bottle. After a few seconds, the bottle came to a halt, the bottle top pointing at Keiichi. As the girl and boy blushed, Adam smirked and leant over to Jamie. "This should be interesting." He whispered, causing his brother to smirk and nod. Looking back to the Club, the two saw Mion was shifting uncomfortably in her seat, her face looking at the floor. "Oh, for the love of…" Keiichi groaned, before shifting closer to her and placing a hand on her chin, using it to lift Mion's head, kissing the girl's lips lightly. Although he only meant to make it a quick kiss, he was caught off guard by Mion quickly regaining her composure and returning the kiss. As they got wrapped up in what they were doing, Adam saw, out of the corner of his eye, Jamie being passed a note by Shion. Unfolding it and smiling, Jamie passed the note to Adam. Looking down, Adam quickly read the note…
"Mion's been wanting this for a while, due to her having a massive crush on Keiichi, and based on what we're seeing, the feeling's mutual."
Smiling, Adam scrunched up the note, before he looked towards the kissing pair, before aiming his throw, and tossing the paper ball, with it arcing through the air, and cleanly landing in the bin on the other side of the room, before he looked back to the Club, who were all smiling at him, before Keiichi and Mion finally broke apart.
"Fucking hell, Mion, you almost suffocated the poor boy!" Adam said, causing Mion to blush, before he looked to Keiichi, who was almost as red as Mion. "You looked like you enjoyed that, Keiichi." Jamie said, before the boy smirked, just as Shion cleared her throat. "Guess I'm up." She said, reaching for the bottle, before spinning it with all of her might. After a few seconds, the bottle came to a stop, with the top of the bottle pointing at Satoko. "Well, this should be fun!" Shion laughed, before Satoko pushed her chair backwards from the table in fear. "You ate pumpkin earlier." She said, glaring at Shion, who smirked. "Maybe, but are you really going to turn down a challenge?" she asked, clearly baiting the girl, who froze. Knowing that Satoko wouldn't allow a simple fear to damage her reputation, Shion simply placed her chin in her hand, and stared at Satoko, who growled, before sighing in exasperation. "Fine!" she said, before she allowed Shion to kiss her quickly. After only a few seconds, Satoko broke away, covering her mouth. "Disgusting." She groaned, causing Shion to chuckle. "Don't lie, you loved it." She said, before lying back in her chair.
"Me next!" Rika said, before spinning the bottle. When it stopped, it was pointing at Hanyuu. "Hauhau…" the purple haired girl whined, before Rika flashed an evil grin, and all but tackled her to the floor, locking lips with her. After a few seconds, they broke apart, with Rika wearing a smug smile, and Hanyuu her face beet red. "Jesus, Rika. Remind me never to piss you off." Adam said, causing the girl to wink at him, before Satoko chuckled. "Well, I'm up!" she said, spinning the bottle, with it coming to a stop on Adam.
"You don't have to kiss me, Satoko. Not unless you want to." Adam said, causing Jamie to chuckle lightly, only for his younger brother to stamp on his foot yet again. "Thanks, Adam, but I've got a reputation to uphold." The yellow-haired girl said quietly, before kissing Adam for a few seconds, pulling back afterwards. "Well, I can see why Rika enjoyed kissing you, Adam." She said, causing the Club to laugh, as Adam blushed. "Well, I aim to please." He said, scratching the back of his neck, before Rena piped up. "Time for Rena to spin!" she squealed, before spinning the bottle. "Who's it gonna be?" she asked, before the bottle stopped on Mion. "Oh! Come here, Mion!" she said, before moving in a blur, tackling the poor girl to the ground, before glomping her. "So kyute!" she squealed, when she finally broke away from the club leader, rubbing her cheek against Mion's. "Alright, I think that's enough." Adam said, clasping the girl round the collar, and planking her down onto her seat. "Sorry." Rena said, when she finally snapped out of her "Kawaii Mode". Nodding, Adam looked to Hanyuu. "Your turn." He said, sitting back down. Nodding, the horned girl spun the bottle, with finally coming to a halt on Adam himself yet again.
"Hauhau…" the girl squeaked, flashing a look towards Rika, who smiled. "Go on." She said, before Hanyuu pushed her chair out, and slowly walked over to Adam. "Ready?" he asked, before the girl nodded, and allowed him to gently kiss her. "How was that?" he asked, before Hanyuu smiled. "It was nice. Thank you, Adam." She said, before bouncing along back to her seat. "She's just as cute as Rika." Adam thought to himself, as he readjusted himself on his seat, before Jamie said, "My brother, the womaniser of the entire Furude clan!" he said, before Adam raised his foot, and went to stamp on his brother's, but he saw Rika smiling, which caused him to lower his foot back down. "I wouldn't complain. Not if it means I get to kiss Adam again." She said bluntly, causing Adam to fall backwards, out of his seat, in shock. "Son of a bitch!" he groaned, clasping his head, before he got back to his feet, and pulled his chair back up with him. "Rika, I don't think you should be saying things like that." He said, causing Rika to smile and shrug. "It's the truth." She said, causing the Club to laugh again.
"Adam, there something you're not telling me?" Jamie asked, before Adam raised his leg and slammed it onto Jamie's foot. As his brother squirmed in pain, Adam looked to Keiichi, who had yet to spin. "You're up, mate." He said, before Keiichi nodded. "Sure." He said, before reaching for the bottle. When it came to a stop, it was pointing at Shion. "Well, I'll be damned. Seems Keiichi's trying to seduce the entire Sonozaki clan!" Adam said, after finally lifting his leg, releasing Jamie's foot. As Jamie massaged his aching foot, Keiichi blushed. "Shut it, Adam. You ready, Shion?" he asked, before Shion smirked. "Always." She said, before lunging, and locking lips with Keiichi. After a few seconds, the two broke apart. "Not bad, Maebara." Shion said, smirking. "Not bad at all."
"So, who's next?" Mion asked, before Adam looked to the watch on his wrist. "Shit." He said, before he cleared his throat. "Sorry, girls. My brother and I need to get going. We got something to do." He said, before looking to Jamie, who passed him his schoolbag. "That's actually a good point. We do need to call it quits here." Mion said, before the Club packed up, and followed the brothers outside.
As he and Jamie went to walk over to the cars, Adam heard Rena say to Keiichi, "I'm sorry, Maebara, but I can't go treasure-hunting tonight. I have to go to the town to do some shopping.", causing him to pipe up. "Well, Rena, if you want, my brother and I are heading down to the town ourselves. If you want, we can give you a lift." He said, before Rena nodded. "Sure! Sounds like fun!" she squealed, before Rika stepped forward. "There's a few things I need to get as well. Could I trouble you for a lift too?" she asked, before Adam looked to Jamie, who shrugged. "Up to you, bro. I've not got a problem with it." The older brother said, before Adam nodded, and looked back to Rika. "Sure. See you two in a bit, then?" he asked, as he wrote down an address on two pages of a notebook, tore them out, and passed them to the 2 girls. "Sure, Adam. See you soon!" Rika said, before she grabbed Hanyuu and Satoko's arms. "Let's get going, you guys!" she said, before they nodded, and all three of them ran towards where they stored their bikes. Unbeknownst to anyone, except Hanyuu, Rika was thinking to herself, "Hah! Yes, I changed the fate of this world! Along with that, I get to spend some time with Adam!"
"Alright, well, come by in an hour or so, and we'll drive you." Adam said, before Rena saluted him. "I'll see you there!" she said, before Adam chuckled, and nodded to his brother. Opening the driver side doors, both of the brothers entered their cars, and a few seconds later, they were tearing out of the courtyard, kicking up a large cloud of dust…
A Couple of Hours later…
At their house, Adam and Jamie were sitting in their living room, hands clasped round two steaming mugs, before they heard the door knock. "About fucking time, eh?" Jamie asked his brother, who chuckled, before he went over to the door, and opened it. Behind it, he saw Rena and Rika, who had changed into more casual outfits; Rena had swapped out her uniform for a sailor's outfit, and Rika had changed into a nice light green dress, which Adam thought looked quite good on her.
"Alright, you two?" he said, before stepping to the side, allowing the two to enter. "Make yourselves at home. Just give us a minute, then we can get going. Sound good?" he asked, before the girls nodded. "Take all the time you need, Adam. We're in no rush." Rena stated, before the brothers downed the rest of their drinks, and entered their rooms, closing the doors behind them, so they could get ready.
As the brothers got ready to head out, Rena and Rika decided to have a look at the various photographs around the room, until they came across a picture of what looked like the two brothers, along with two women, standing in front of 4 cars, the Skyline and Charger among them in the background. "Never heard of this in the last world. Who are they, ex-girlfriends?" Rika thought to herself, before a voice caused them to jump. "The woman in the middle is our mother, Lisa. The smaller girl is our little sister, Libby." Jamie explained, before he walked over, took the photo from Rika, who had picked it up to examine it, and replaced it on the fireplace. "Oh, thank Oyashiro-sama, they're just the rest of their family! So I'd be Adam's first romantic relationship in this world, then, if that's the case?" Rika thought, staring at the picture.
"You sound like you admire them." Rika said, before Adam's voice joined them. "Yeah, we do. After all, our mother taught the both of us how to handle a car." He said, before he closed his bedroom door. "Well, there's that, along with her most important lesson she taught us, Adam." Jamie said, before Adam nodded. "True enough, bro; 'Blood makes you related, but loyalty makes you family.' Also, there's no such thing as friends, only family." He repeated, making Rika smile. "So, that's where they learned that mindset. Huh. I'd love to meet Lisa someday. She sounds like a remarkable woman. I wonder how she'd feel about me & Adam…" the girl thought to herself, making her cheeks flare up in embarrassment, before she heard Rena say, "Well, I think that's a fine pair of lessons to live by! It would explain how you and Jamie are so close!", which caused the brothers to look to each other, and shrug. "You've got a point, Rena, but there's more to it than that. One day, we'll let you know." Jamie said, before he looked to his watch. "We should get going, before it gets too late. You two ready?" he asked, getting nods from the two girls. "Alright, follow us." He said, leading them out of the house, and into the garage, where the two cars were parked.
"So, who's riding with who?" Adam asked, after locking the front door of the house. "I'll ride with Jamie." Rena said, stepping over to the Skyline, before Rika nodded. "And if it's alright with you, I wanna see what the Charger can do, Adam!" she said, turning to her crush, who looked to her. "~Nippa!~" she said, causing Adam to chuckle. "Alright, hop in." he said, opening the passenger side door, before she nodded, and leapt up into the seat, fastening her seatbelt afterwards. Shutting the door, Adam walked over to the driver's side, and slid in, before he picked up his walkie-talkie. "Sure you can keep up, bro?" he asked, before Jamie replied by way of a middle finger and the engine of the Skyline roaring. "Alright…" Adam said, looking to Rika, who smiled…
"Let's ride!"
Slamming on the accelerator, Adam shifted his gearstick, and the Charger tore out of the garage, the Skyline following close behind.
As they sped down the street, Adam saw Rika was smiling. "Enjoying yourself, Rika?" he asked, receiving a nod from the blue-haired girl. "Yes, actually. For some reason, when I'm in this car with you Adam, I feel…nostalgic, for lack of a better term." She replied, causing Adam to smirk. "Yeah, I know what you mean. For some crazy reason, I'm also feeling a sense of déjà vu." He said, making Rika smirk. "Well, if that's the case, shall we see what this car and its driver can really do?" she asked, causing Adam to raise an eyebrow. "You're not scared we're gonna crash if we go any faster?" he asked in surprise, before Rika shrugged. "I haven't decided yet." She stated simply, before a smirk ghosted across Adam's face, just as he shifted the Charger's gearstick into a higher level, causing the car to pick up speed.
In the Skyline…
In the older brother's car, Jamie and Rena had noticed the Charger's increase in speed, causing Jamie to grip the wheel tighter. "He's showing off. What the hell are you doing, Adam?" he asked, causing Rena to look at him in worry. "What's up?" she asked, before Jamie looked to her. "Hold on." He said, before he shifted gears, speeding up as well, eventually catching up to the Charger, just as Adam slammed on the brakes, bringing the car to a stop below some traffic lights. Pulling up beside him, Jamie lowered his window, as Adam did the same. Looking to Rika, Jamie asked, "He did the Stare and Drive, didn't he?", getting a nod from the girl, before he growled. "He got that from me!" he spat, before he drove off. Luckily, he missed the raised eyebrow Adam sent Rika's way, before his little brother drove after him.
Later that evening, in town…
"Alright, now that we've got everything, I'm starving! How about some food?" Jamie asked, before Rena nodded. "How about that place there?" she asked, pointing to a building across the street. Turning round, the brothers read the sign. "Angel Mort. Sounds interesting." Adam said, before he and Jamie followed the girls into the building.
Sitting down at a booth near the window, the group were soon approached by one of the waiters. "What can I get for you all?" an eerily familiar voice asked, causing the brothers to whip their heads round in shock, where they saw Shion standing in front of them, wearing a maid's uniform. "Well, this is certainly a surprise, Shion, seeing you here! Love the uniform, by the way!" Adam said, while flashing a look over to Jamie, who was awestruck by Shion's outfit. "Thank you, Adam!" she said, bowing to him. "Now, what can I get you?" she said, before Adam picked up the menu. "My brother and I will take the fried chicken." He said after a few seconds, before Shion nodded, and wrote down the orders. "And Rena and Rika, I'm presuming the usual?" she asked, getting a nod from the two girls. "Alright, I'll be back in a bit with your orders." She said, before taking her leave.
"Here, let me just get that for you, bro." Adam said, before reaching over the table, and pushing Jamie's jaw back up, as it was hanging open. "You were beginning to drool." He said, before Jamie scowled. "I was not drooling!" he said, before Adam smirked. "Yeah, and I'm not a sarcastic arsehole." He said, before Jamie scoffed. "Alright, you've made your point…prick." He said, muttering the last part under his breath, before he got to his feet. "I actually left something in the Skyline. I'll be back in a minute." He said, before Adam held out an arm to stop him. "Can you actually fetch me my wallet, bro? I left it in the Charger's driver door." He asked, passing his keys to Jamie. "Sure." The older brother replied, taking the keys and leaving the restaurant.
"Hey, Adam, can I ask you something?" Rena asked, the boy in question turning to face her. "Sure. Fire away, Rena." He said, before she nodded. "Why do you and Jamie insult each other so much, but when it comes down to it, you always stick by each other?" she questioned, making Adam chuckle. "Remember what we taught you earlier? The lesson our mum taught us?" he asked, before Rika nodded. "Blood makes you related, but it's loyalty that makes you family, right?" she asked, before Adam nodded. "Correct, Rika. But there's another part to that, like I mentioned. And it's; You never turn your back on family. Even when they do. So, that's how we always give each other a fair amount of stick, but can be the tightest pair of comrades you'll ever see." He explained, making the girls smile, before Shion walked back up with their orders. "Here you are!" she said, placing the meals down, before noticing Jamie's empty seat. "Jamie away to the toilet?" she asked Adam, who shook his head and jerked it towards the window. "Nah, he's outside, getting something from the motors." He stated, causing Shion to look out the window. "You might wanna rethink that statement." She said, causing Adam and his companions to look out the window, where they saw Jamie engaged in what looked like a heated conversation with a trio of bikers.
"Ahh, I'm sure Jamie can handle himself! He's a big boy, after all!" Adam said, before Rika turned to him in anger. "Adam, he's your brother! Also, what happened to never turning your back on family?" she demanded, making Adam roll his eyes. "Alright." He said, before getting out of his seat, and speedwalking out of the restaurant. Crossing the street, he managed to reach the lead biker just as he was about to throw a punch at Jamie, and grabbed his arm, causing the man to look at him. "No one hits my brother." He said, before spinning the man round, and tossing him into the thug's bikes, sending them crashing to the ground, but also knocking the man unconscious. "You'll pay for that!" another of the bikers said, before Jamie said, "Hey! Don't leave me out!", and kicked him backwards, before his friend hurried to help him up. "Which one d'you want?" Adam asked of his brother, to which Jamie replied, "The one on the left." Nodding, Adam cracked his knuckles. "Sounds good. I'm gonna enjoy this…" he said, before they launched themselves at their opponents…
After a brief but brutal scrap, the bikers were struggling to get their rides off their leader, as their injuries kept them in constant pain. "And let it be known, you two; Fuck with my brother again, and I'll make this look like child's play. Got it?" Adam asked, getting a brief nod from them. "Good, now…" he said, before he and Jamie helped them get their leader out from under the bikes, before he regained consciousness. "Piss off!" he finished, causing the three to hop on the bikes and tear off.
Turning to Jamie, Adam saw him keeled over, struggling to catch his breath. "You alright, bro?" he asked in concern, before Jamie waved him off. "Yeah, I'm fine, just a little winded." He replied, making Adam chuckle. "Getting old?" he asked jokingly, but Jamie glared at him. "Not funny." He breathed out, before Adam shrugged. "Meh, worth it. Now, how about we go and get that meal we paid for?" he asked, before Jamie nodded. "Sounds good." He said, before following Adam back inside. Little did they know, Rika had seen the whole fight, and the conversation after, and was thinking…
"A different outcome. The timeline of this world is changed from previously. Could we actually do it…
Could we actually beat fate?"
A/N: And there you go! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, considering how long you had to wait for it. I'll see you all in the next chapter, A Different Path. Madman out!