Ryuto
"Lily!" I called out as soon as I spotted her in the crowd. I ran to her and her brother and hugged her. "Thank goodness, I thought I'd never find you."
"I just got here," she said, smiling at me.
"Oh, sorry…"
"I want her home by nine and no later," Basch said, pulling us apart. "Got that?"
I looked at Basch and nodded. "Yes, sir," I said.
Basch glared at me but then he handed Lily some money. "Mom said to give you this to spend," he told her. "I'll see you home at nine. Have fun."
Lily smiled at her brother. "I will," she said.
When Basch left, I took Lily's hand and pulled her towards the ticket stands. "What do you want to do first?" I asked.
"Um, I've never ridden the Ferris wheel before," she said, blushing.
I smiled. "So we'll ride the Ferris wheel, then we can go play some games, and we'll buy something to eat. How does that s—"
"Hey, Ryuto," Francis's voice shouted. "Fancy seeing you here!"
"It's a carnival, Francis," I said, turning around to glare at the French. Behind him were the others, most of them looking bored except for Alfred and Feliciano who were both jumping around, begging the others to go on the rides with them. "Of course you'd see me here."
Gilbert smiled at me. "So where's your sister? Is she not here?" he asked.
"She's with Sadik and her other friends," I said, nodding over to a group that included Hikaru and Sadik. "Now would you please leave us alone? And why do you want to know where she is anyway? What business do you have with her?"
"Oh, Ryuto," Gilbert said. "As an older brother like you, I know how much you care for your sister's wellbeing and like you,"—he leaned in closer to me and whispered in my ear—"I know how much Ludwig and Hikaru care for each other so in exchange for the whereabouts of your sister and her new friend, I will ensure that my younger brother's and your sister's relationship will continue safely. I know you prefer that Hikaru be with someone other than that Turk, and I assure you that Ludwig would never hurt your sister in any way. My brother is absolutely protective over your sister. I know, because I tried insulting her naïve ways and he punched me in the chest. Gave me a bruise, too, but the point is that he really cares for her. Can't you just give them a chance?"
I watched the albino carefully. Everyone at school has told me the same thing over and over again ever since we got back from vacation but for some reason, it sounded better coming from him. It sounded more reassuring in a way. And he was right. I didn't like her being with Sadik. He made me nervous for her whereas I wasn't always worrying about her when she was with Ludwig.
"I'll give him another chance," I muttered.
Gilbert grinned at me. "Great! Now all I have to do is get Sadik away… Antonio, Francis! We have a mission to carry out! We'll see you later, Ryuto!"
"He left," I sighed once Gilbert and the others went away. I looked at Lily who was staring at me. "I'm sorry about that. I didn't plan this at all."
"It's okay," she said. "I really think that Ludwig didn't mean to hurt your sister. I heard Natalia bragging about it the day we got out for vacation…that she kissed Ludwig. She's dating that Lithuanian boy, you know, so I don't think that she really likes Ludwig that way."
"Then why did she kiss him? That's what I want to know."
"I heard she liked you but Hikaru didn't do anything about so Natalia went and kissed Ludwig. Natalia's weird…I've known her since junior high and…"
I stared at Lily. "It still doesn't make any sense," I said, shaking my head.
"But it was really nice of you to give him another chance. They deserve to be together and, you know, happy. They're good for each other."
I remembered my sister's words back in Japan when she told me that Lily and I should stay together. As I realized that Ludwig and Hikaru were good for each other, I hugged Lily. "She said that we should stay together, too," I told her.
Lily looked up at me with wide eyes. "Did…did she really say so?" she stammered.
I nodded. "She did, and I really hope we do."
She blushed. "Me, too."
When we got to the booth, I paid for our tickets and pulled Lily along to the Ferris wheel and rode it. The look on her face was amazing as we got higher and higher into the air and when the wheel stopped us at the top, she shivered and I pulled her closer to me. Then we got off the ride, she tugged me towards a stand and admired a gigantic stuffed sheep.
"Do you really want that?" I asked her, reaching for my wallet.
She nodded as she still stared at it with wide eyes.
I smiled and gave the man behind the stand money. "I'll play for the sheep," I told him.
The man then gave me three darts and told me to hit the target. If I wanted the sheep, he said, I'd have to hit the bull's eye.
"Easy," I said after he moved out of the way. Though I had my doubts about actually hitting the targets since I had horrible aim, I raised my first dart, threw it, and it hit close to the bull's eye but it wasn't close enough.
"Ryuto, you don't have to get it for me," Lily said. "Basch says I shouldn't be playing with stuffed animals anyway."
"I want to get it for you," I said, looking at her. "Besides, I think my sister still has her stuffed teddy from our father and she's older than you." I threw the second dart and winced as it hit the same area.
"I saw her earlier," Lily said quietly. "She wasn't with Sadik, though, but she was earlier."
I choked as I let the third dart fly from my hand. A shout went up from behind me and I stared as the dart vibrated in the bull's eye. "I did it," I whispered and the man handed Lily the sheep. "HA! I did it! Lily, did you see that!"
"I did," she said. "But…what about Hikaru?"
I looked at Lily and hugged her. "Hikaru will be all right. She told me not to worry about her anyway, so tonight it's about you and me, okay?"
Lily nodded and I leaned down. Instead of giving her a kiss on the cheeks, I kissed her lips softly and smiled when I broke away.
A Note from your Author:
Who thinks I suck? *raises hand* I DO! (?・・)σ Stop pointing at me…sheesh. I'm getting slow in writing because it's almost the end of the school year and I'm trying hard not to fail and run myself into the ground and oh, I just wanna get things over with. I didn't even want to take a test in my geometry class and I started my finals for graphic design (it's a week before school ends, mind you) and I'm stressing out. My final grade for graphic design is creating a poster about myself and I have to use all these elements in that design like using the blending mode in a photo, make a picture look 3-D, and all that crap. It's easy doing those stuff but when it comes to making a poster of myself, it isn't. I don't even know what I like. Ha…I don't even know what I like. I mean, I like anime, reading, and crap but somehow I can't put it all together in one good design! It's crap and my teacher wants me to design something for another person I don't even know and I'm trying to get this poster done so I can turn it in and not have to worry about anything ever again until next year.
AND I also got my final review packets for biology, geometry, and history and I'm like…shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. I cannot get this done without my brain turning into a jellyfish—metaphorically speaking that is.
I need to get away…but that's what my tumblr is for…but then again, I start procrastinating on the site and I have to get off an hour later because I'll get even more addicted and yeah…I already am.
OH! So on the other hand, I read this adorable fan-fiction but once I read it, I realized that the author has NOT updated…which really sucks because now I have to wait again. O woe is me…
And on another hand, have I ever mentioned that Ryuto has a bad aim? I do…I almost killed my 7th grade P.E. teacher because of it and I think he still blames me for his torn ankle… Eh, whatever. ヽ(。_°)ノ But yes, Ryuto has a bad aim. He also doesn't like the Bad Touch Trio. He asked someone (Arthur, probably) why Gilbert's, Francis's, and Antonio's group was called the Bad Touch Trio and when he found out why (because…well, they're all perverts to some degree), he never trusted them again. I also asked my friend why they called those three that…she laughed and told me… It was weird…
But thanks for reading and enjoy!
P.S.
I wrote the above on May 15, 2012 and I never updated since then…it's May 20, 2012…so I apologize for the inconvenience…
