He knows?! Wait..
I know! He's messing around...
I look around the streets just in case.
"What do you mean?" I giggled.
He just stared at me. He was making a face that said-'please don't lie.'
"Rio... I have something to tell you..." He said.
Yea he does. He really does... And here I thought he only knew Orihara's first name... He has a lot of explaining to do...
"Rio... I understand that you were downtown..."
Oh. He's talking about that dollars meeting...
"May I come in?" He asked.
Oh!
"Yea! Sure!" I opened the front door and went in. Mikado followed me.
My mom was outside in the garden and dad was working... So it's really just us in here...
We went to got sit on my couch.
Him on one side, me on the other.
Lets see... How should I begin? So he knows orihara-San? Well of course he does! Why else would orihara-San talk to him?
"Rio... On that day... When the black rider jumped from that building and slashed people... You were there... Right?"
I griped my skirt. No way on saying no... He has proof... He saw me with his own eyes... But he doesn't have proof of me being part of the dollars.
"Yes... I was there.." I looked at the coffee table.
"Why were you there?" He asked.
"Why were YOU there?" I ask.
He tugged at his book bag.
He didn't want to tell me anything.
"What proof do you have that I know this... Izaya guy..." I said.
"Rio... Listen to me..." Mikado said. "I've put up with a secret by myself... I feel like right now... You know something about me.."
I do... But not everything...
I made it look like I didn't know what he was talking about.
That didn't convince him though.
"Can you keep a secret?" He asked.
I have a few.
"Depends." I said. I mean... If he's a killer then I would definitely-without hesitation- turn him in. Would I?
He searched for help in my eyes. He knows that I know and at the same time... I'm not letting him in.
"Are you part of the dollars?"
Dollars, dollars, dollars!
It's a hot topic but right now... I feel like it's an important one at this moment.
Should I say yes? No?... I HAVE to make up my mind.
"And what if I am?"
Am I being too harsh to an innocent guy?
He looks at the floor.
"Rio... I'm the leader... Of the whole dollars community..."
...
...
Shivers went up my spine. I twitched a little.
No! No no no no!
I stand up. I look at him. My face was soaring with demands.
"What?!" I said. What's going on?!
"I also know that you talk to izaya on a regular basis... I talk to Kanra online... Does that name ring a bell?"
My hands were sweaty. Kanra... What has he been telling him?!
"He said to not tell you about it and I said ok..." He caught himself. "Only because he wanted to tell you himself! And I know it's rude of me to interfere... But I asked him what you have to do with it all and he brushes me off..." He looks at his table. "He knows I'm the leader... He was nice enough to keep the secret but... I never knew you were part of it until izaya kept repeating 'magenta' in all his chats... I asked him who it was. A private message came and said it... It was you..."
Orihara-San... What. Did. You. Do.
He sighs.
"I really didn't want to continue lying to you... I guess since you were confused about everything like what izaya told me then... Then that means I had to tell you... I hope this doesn't ruin..." He looks at me.
A look of disappointment appeared on his face.
I must look white to him. He must be thinking I don't want to be friends any more but the truth is... I thought he was in the dollars... But to be a leader?! A king for a community that huge?!
He stands up.
"Wait..." I said. "Does anri and..."
He shakes his head.
I doubt he even knows about masaomi.
Wait... So what was all that commotion about when orihara-San and the black bike came to see him?
"Can you tell me why you were there?" I asked.
He smiled. It was weak.
"Do you really want to know more?" He asked.
He's got a point... I got what I wanted... Now I have to talk to orihara-San... Again...
I shake my head yes.
A part of me tells me I can become better friends with mikado this way... My own selfish reasons.
"Remember when I told you that I wasn't going to the park...?" He said.
I nod.
"Well... Masaomi knew already... But... I bumped into a girl downtown and she looked like she needed help..." He pulled his back pack closer to his chest. " I later found out that the black rider was chasing her... So I had to save her..."
A girl was running away from the black rider? The black rider doesn't seem so bad to me... On second thought... It went crazy that one day... Still... I believe in it.
"She needed a place to stay... I let her sleep at my house... The next day though... I was being followed by this one girl that had to pay for a new phone because of izaya..."
Orihara-San? What did he do to it?
"And so... Izaya and the black rider came along telling me they had some business with me..." He continued."I just... I didn't know what to do... The black rider was there for the girl and izaya was there to talk to me about the dollars..."
Orihara-San... What is happening?
"So then... The girl was gone... We went down town because there was something I had to do... And that's how I texted everyone from the dollars page..."
I was amazed. To think that I was friends with a leader of anything...
"So... I have a question..." He said. "What's the relationship between you and izaya?"
I looked up real fast.
"We're friends! Like... The kind of... Friends that don't really talk..." I look down... Such a bad lier...
"Friends? So does this mean he pay you to spy?"
My stomach turned. Is this really the innocent guy that I met like three weeks ago? Maybe more?
I look up again.
"Why would you..." I wanted to get mad for accusing me like this... But he's right... I wouldn't trust someone like me either...
His face softens.
"I'm sorry... Did I hurt you...?"he said.
I touched my key with my hand.
"No... It's fine." I stood up. "But trust me... I'm not a spy... I love being with you guys... I really do!"
I meant every word.
He smiles.
"Can you keep this between us?" He asked.
I smile too. I nod.
"Don't worry... I won't tell them about you being in the dollars..." He looks down. "Or that you know izaya."
I look around. I wonder if mikado hates him the way masaomi does.
"Do you not like Orihara-San?" I ask.
He smiles.
"He's a fellow dollar..." He said.
So that's it.
"So is the black rider..." He said.
The black rider?! I wouldn't of thought it would be into this kind of stuff...
Suddenly I got this curiosity sneaking up from behind me.
I turn to mikado as we were heading to the door that leads outside.
"Please tell me you asked for it to remove its helmet...?"
I was waiting.
He looked at the door and that moment... I saw his eyes fill with life... As if someone was doing something they really enjoyed.
"I did..."
.
I held in my excitement.
"It was headless like the legend..." He said. "Celty sturlunson..."
Celty?
"Who is..."
He looked at me again.
"Sorry... I was talking to myself." He smiled.
Mikado... He seems so interesting to me now.
It's wasn't just because it was fun to talk to him... It's because of something more...
"Does masaomi know that you know Orihara-San?" I asked.
He was almost out the door.
"When I told you about izaya smashing the phone... Masaomi was there... So was anri... This was my first meeting with him..." He looked at the floor.
"But I think masaomi knows him more then I do..."
Oh no... I can't tell him about masaomi... He doesn't suspect me to know anything so it's fine... Still... Was I really the only person who knows about masaomi? Not mikado? Was this secret orihara-San told me masaomi might be keeping that horrible? I can't find out... I can't!
Maybe I should... To get this over with... But... I'm afraid that this is all a chain...
Masaomi knows people...
Mikado owns dollars.
I have a relationship with you know who...
And anri...
Anri...
"You ok?" Mikado asked me.
I put my head up.
"Yeah! Everything's fine... Thank you for telling me... I know it took a lot of courage..."
He smiles.
"See ya at school tomorrow!" He said.
He starts to walk out and I close the door.
I put my back to the door and went down. I hugged my legs.
I have a bad feeling that I'm starting to get used to this...