So, this is the first update of this story of the year! Haha, very soon, I promise, Nagihiko and Rima will be reunited in this new year. I own nothing. Enjoy!
The booming thunder from outside was surprisingly reassuring to Nagihiko. He could hear rain pouring down quickly. However, this bad weather meant that flights were going to delayed, specifically his father's flight. Nagihiko smirked for the first time in two days, as he changed into clothes. Though his body felt like it was still early, the time read ten o'clock. He showered, changed, and then peeked into Baaya's room. Seeing she was awake, Nagihiko knocked on the door.
"Come in." Baaya said. Nagihiko opened the door. "Good morning young master; how are you this morning?"
"I'm alright…" Nagihiko said. "Did you sleep well, Baaya-San?"
"I slept well… This type of weather is really lucky, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it really is… Is my mother still asleep?" He asked.
"She is showering currently, but when she is done, we will go eat breakfast." Baaya said. Nagihiko nodded. He leaned against the wall, and crossed his arms, waiting for his mother. When she was done showering, the three of them went to eat breakfast. They ate their breakfast in silence. There was nothing to say. After finishing his breakfast, Nagihiko went to the hotel's computer. He looked up the flights going to Paris. To his disappointment, his father's flight was only delayed and not cancelled.
"Is the flight cancelled?" Nagihiko's mother asked.
"No…" Nagihiko admitted. "It's only delayed."
"For how long?" Baaya asked.
"Only an hour. They expect the storms to pass quickly." Nagihiko said.
"Is there any flights anywhere else?" Nagihiko's mother asked. "For us, I mean." Nagihiko typed it in. Most of the flights leaving from Paris were cancelled. There were two flights; one going to Australia and one heading to Tokyo, only a few miles from where Nagihiko lives. A small smile spread on Nagihiko's face, seeing that flight.
"Australia doesn't have any dancing studios, so I suppose we are heading home." Nagihiko's mother said. "We don't need your friend's help." They booked the flight. Nagihiko concealed his happiness. Before leaving the hotel, Nagihiko deleted all search history, in case Nagihiko's father knew to come to this hotel. They got a limousine, and put all of their suitcases in. As they started driving, Nagihiko looked out the window. He knew that their flight to Tokyo would be delayed and it would probably take a day or so before he could get back home, but he was still excited. Even though it had only been two days so far, Nagihiko still missed his friends insanely.
"Isn't this amazing?" Kukai and Yaya both exclaimed at the same time. Rima narrowed her eyes at them. They had been obsessing about the video they recorded with Amu, Tadase, Ikuto, and Utau. Rima found it interesting, but she didn't care that much.
"Amazing isn't the right word. Amu and Tadase are both very upset. It's kind of creepy that you two recorded them. Isn't it illegal to record people without their consent?" Rima wondered.
"We didn't expect that to happen!" Yaya protested. "We just saw the four of them, a strange combination."
"Rima. Please do not tell them, especially Utau. I don't want to think what she would do!" Kukai moaned.
"So, you are asking me to lie?" Rima wondered, an eyebrow raised.
"Well, yeah…" Kukai admitted.
"I have told lies before, not quite as badly as…" Rima sighed. "Not that I care in the slightest, but I won't tell them."
"Thanks Rima-Tan; you're the best!" Yaya said, hugging her. Rima sighed.
"Whatever."
"Guys, are you ready to go home?" Yukari called.
"Yes m'am!" Kukai said, grinning.
"M-M'am? You make me sound old!" Yukari complained. "Don't call me that again!"
"Okay Sanjou-San!" Kukai said, grinning. "Let's go home!" Rima and Yaya followed Kukai to the car they were driving home in. Amu seemed eager to sit next to Yaya and Rima, opposed to Ikuto or Tadase. Kukai sat beside Utau. She didn't seem affected by the whole situation, but gave Kukai a little glare.
"How was everyone's little trip?" Yukari asked. "By the way, don't expect any more trips until next summer!" No one said anything for a minute.
"It was so much fun!" Kukai said.
"YEAH!" Yaya agreed. Rima thought that was an over-exaggeration, but she didn't argue. Those two were over-enthusiastic about everything anyway.
"I'm glad you had fun!" Yukari said. "I wish my brother was able to come…"
"Don't worry Yukari; Kairi's fine. Your parents are with him." Nikaidou said. "How come you didn't stay with your parents also?"
"My parents are annoying!" Yukari complained. To herself, Rima thought I know, right? Rima knew it all with annoying parents. She felt Amu's eyes on her, but she ignored Amu. Leaning on her arm, Rima thought about everything, specifically her parents. How was it going to be now, with them getting a divorce? Maybe they would be okay parents separately. Rima wanted them to be together, but she knew it would never happen; especially now, with getting a divorce. The car was silent, the only noise being Kukai and Yaya's chatter and the rain. Suddenly, a thought occurred to Rima.
"Kukai, can I borrow your phone?" Rima asked.
"Huh? Why?" Kukai wondered. Rima could tell he was thinking she would show the video to Amu.
"I want to look something on the internet." Rima said. Kukai nodded, and handed her his iphone. Rima turned it on, and went onto the internet. She looked up the flight Daisuke would be flying to Paris with. It would be boarding in a few minutes.
"What are you looking up?" Kukai asked.
"Nagihiko's father's flight." Rima said. "It's delayed slightly because of the weather."
"That's good! Hey, do you think Nagi found another flight?" Kukai wondered.
"I don't know. Probably." Rima muttered. She didn't care. She didn't care where he was if he wasn't with her. Rima sighed. She handed the phone back to Kukai.
"Guys! We should play a game!" Yaya said, grinning.
"If you the crushes game…" Rima started.
"Nah, we've already done that game enough times! We can play truth or dare!" Yaya said grinning. "No, even better, spin-the-bottle!"
"Yaya, we're in a moving car; we can't play spin-the-bottle." Amu pointed out. It was the first thing she said the whole day to them.
"So? We can change the rules!" Yaya said, grinning.
"Why don't we play a different game, like 20 questions?" Amu suggested.
"Nahhh, that's boring!" Yaya protested. "Truth or dare works! Rima-Tan, truth or dare?" Rima knew she wouldn't be able to get out of the game. So, she went with truth, knowing it was safer. Yaya pondered for a moment, than grinned widely. Rima was frightened she would ask a question about Nagihiko. "Do you like candy?" Rima blinked for a minute.
"…Sure?" Rima muttered. Yaya smiled at her. Rima sighed. "Amu, truth or dare?" Rima asked, not caring about the game.
"Truth…" Amu muttered. Rima could've been mean, but she decided against it.
"Have you ever…embarrassed yourself?" Rima asked, thinking of something quickly.
"Haven't we all?" Amu wondered. "Kukai, truth or dare?"
"DARE!" Kukai said, grinning. Amu had a smirk on her face. Rima knew it must have had something to do with Utau.
"I dare you to kiss Utau." Amu said. Kukai's eyes widened. "Right. Now. That's not too hard, isn't it?" Amu winked, and Rima noticed the heart hairpin.
"Do I have to?" Kukai whined.
"Mhm!" Amu said, grinning.
"Don't get me wrong, I love kissing Utau, but not in front of everyone!" Kukai moaned. Ikuto shot Kukai a glare, and Utau sighed.
"When we stayed at that hotel a few days ago, didn't you kiss her?" Rima recalled. "We were all there."
"Well, that was different…" Kukai muttered.
"How so?" Rima wondered.
"Well, it…gah, fine!" Kukai sighed. He started to lean towards Utau.
"If you dare…" Utau warned, her eyes flashing angrily. Kukai immediately backed up, and apologized quickly. Rima sighed, and looked out the window. Why did her parents have to get a divorce? All of Rima's thoughts turned back to that. Why? Why her? Tears began to form in her eyes. She faced the other direction, hoping no one would notice. To her luck, no one looked her way. She wiped her tears away, and stayed silent the rest of the way home.
They found out that their flight wouldn't leave for a few hours. Nagihiko sat down in his seat, and waited patiently for their flight to board in three or so hours. Beginning to get impatient, Nagihiko decided to take a walk alone. He stood up, and wandered around the gate terminal.
"Fujisaki Nagihiko? What are you doing in Paris?" Nagihiko turned quickly, and his eyes widened. A boy with short brown hair stared at him.
"Logan…Heinlein was it?" Nagihiko recalled. Logan nodded. "Oh…why are you here?"
"I was doing some business." Logan said quickly, a clear lie. "What about you Fujisaki?" How did Logan keep track of Nagihiko's name so easily. He only saw him once, and the only relation was that he was the ex of the girl Nagihiko was currently with. Nagihiko wasn't even sure Logan knew that, since Nagihiko kept a low profile about his relationship with Rima.
"Just some family thing, that's all." Nagihiko said, less obvious about his lie. "Well, I better get back to my mother, see you later."
"Wait." Nagihiko paused, looking at Logan, confused. "This won't be the last time. I can feel it, Fujisaki Nagihiko." Nagihiko looked at him, confused. He started to walk out of the terminal.
"Heinlein-San, the gate that leaves for Tokyo is this way." Nagihiko told him.
"Well, actually, I have a quicker way to go back to Japan. Care to come?" A quicker way to Japan…? Nagihiko wasn't sure he trusted Logan.
"What's your 'quicker way?" Nagihiko asked, slightly suspicious.
"My father invented a super fast helicopter that will take us to Japan in three hours." Logan told him.
"Could we see what the helicopter is?" Nagihiko turned, and saw his mother and Baaya.
"Of course." Logan led them to the helicopter.
"How do you know him?" Nagihiko's mother asked.
"He's… friends with one of my friends." Nagihiko said. It was once true, until Rima dumped him for Nagihiko. They went outside the airport, and saw the helicopter.
"I don't see any problems with this idea. If you know him, then it should be okay." Baaya said. Nagihiko was still skeptical about this, but he went on anyway, trusting his mother and Baaya's judgment. Before boarding the helicopter, they were able to refund the tickets they bought to Tokyo.
"Are you guys ready?" Logan's father asked. Logan told his father yes, and then the helicopter took off. The view outside the window was beautiful. It went fast, making Nagihiko worried to entire trip.
After three hours, the helicopter landed on a safe surface near the airport that's near where Nagihiko lives.
"Thank you so much." Baaya said. Nagihiko and his mother smiled at them, before getting off the helicopter. They walked back to their house.
"That son of a bitch…" Nagihiko's mother hissed, arriving back home, and seeing the mess of the house. "He really did break in…"
"Would you like me to clean up the mess?" Baaya asked politely. Nagihiko's mother nodded. Baaya went right to cleaning up, while Nagihiko went to his room. He was exhausted, so he decided to see his friends tomorrow.
Finally, they arrived back at home. Everyone got out, and went to the Royal Garden, except for Yukari and Nikaidou, before going home.
"Well, that was fun!" Kukai said, grinning. No one said anything, except for Yaya, who giggled.
"You could say that…" Rima muttered. "Well, I better get home. Bye." Rima left, sighing. She didn't want to go home, to two crazy parents who were going to get a divorce tomorrow. She arrived at home, to the usual yelling. "I'm home." Rima muttered, doubting they could hear her. They glanced at her, and went back to yelling. Rima went to her room, and closed the room, sighing.
"It will be better when they break up; don't worry!" Kusu-Kusu tried to reassure. Rima sighed, not believing her.
"Good night Kusu-Kusu." Rima muttered, going to sleep.
This chapter was a little boring. However, it will lead to next chapter, which will probably be the most romantic chapter so far. Also, Logan will be explained later, I promise. I will try to update as soon as possible! Please review and alert!