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Chapter 51
Out of Reach
3rd person POV
"So, do you know where they're going to be?" Celestine asked Reio.
"Yeah. I just don't know what I'm supposed to say to her."
"Tell her how you feel and that you're not giving up."
"I've already told her all that stuff."
"Then you tell her again."
"I don't know Celestine. She only told me yesterday that…" He trailed off, not really wanting to say it out loud.
"That she didn't want anything to do with you."
"Thanks for reminding me." He said, sarcastically.
"Since it was only yesterday, you shouldn't have forgotten."
"I haven't, but that doesn't mean I like to hear it."
"It is what it is."
"Well, it was only yesterday so maybe I should just give her some time."
"Some time to do what? Miss you?" She laughed. "I hate to tell you big brother, but with the man she has right now, I don't think she's going to be missing you too much. Besides, you should go after what you want and stop waiting around."
"Going after what I want is what mess up our future!"
"Calm down. How do you know?"
"Because our future was bright. It was still there. Then I kissed her and it messed everything up."
"Would you take the kiss back?" She crossed her arms.
He was silent for a minute and touched his lips, remembering the kiss. "No."
"Ok then. It's time to make that future come back. Was she alone?"
"Of course not. He's with her. He's always with her now. Selfish bastard."
"I think you dislike him more than you ever have. You've never called him names before."
"Well, I never really had much against him before. The only thing was that he had Paizley, but now is a different story. He wants to ban her from seeing me. I resent that."
" I guess he's a little threatened by you."
"Should be."
"Because you're going to take his girl, right?"
"She's not his. She belongs to herself, but I intend to get her."
"Ah, well, good enough. Should we go?"
"No. I don't think we should beat them there. I don't want it to seem like we're waiting on them or something."
"So we wait, till when?"
"When I say 'let's go."
Celestine rolled her eyes and picked up a magazine to read while waiting. Reio just sat there, in his own mind, trying to decide exactly what to say or do. He knew he had to handle this the right way or Paizley would become mad at him. He wanted to make it look like they just happened to be eating at the same place. He didn't want her think he was trying to run into her. They did live in the same city, so it was possible to run into each other. The place they were eating was a popular place, so it was very possible to run into people there. He hoped things just didn't get out of hand. He felt Jin could get aggressive over Paizley. He seemed really possessive over her. Only time would tell what would happen. He didn't want to look into the future to see if something bad would happen. He just wanted to do it and he planned on it.
Paizley's POV
Jin and I were lying in the bed after we finished.
"You have freckle right there." I touch the specific spot on lip.
He laughed. "You have one here, here, here…" He pointed them out over my nose.
"I once read that Japanese men didn't like freckles and that the women hate them, so they try all these different things to get rid of them."
"I can't speak for everyone, but I don't mind them. Yours are pretty cute." He ran his finger tip over my nose. "They make you look younger."
"That's good news for you, because you like them young. You pedo." I teased.
He just smiled and kissed me. After he withdrew, I sat up. "Hey, lay back down. Let's go again."
I laughed slightly and got out of bed. "Can't, parents are home." I began to put my pajamas back on quickly.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I heard them drive up. Plus I can sense them. Better get your clothes back on." I walked over to my dresser and got my under garments out. I still had many of those at my parent's house. I swear I had way too many things to wear. Whether it was underclothes or others, I had tons. Shopping was an addiction on mine. "I'm going to shower."
After I got out of the bath and put my underclothes on, I wrapped the towel around me and darted across the hall to my old room. I closed the door behind me and dropped my towel. Jin was lying on the bed, watching TV. When I walked inside the closet to pick out what I wanted to wear, I heard a knock on the door.
"Why is dis door closed?" I heard dad's voice from behind the door.
"I just got out of the shower and I don't intend to get dressed with the door open." I said, walking out of the closet. Jin was now sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Is he in dere with ya?"
I decided there was no point in lying. "Yeah."
"How do I know yer not doing something ya shouldn't be?"
"Trust me."
"Dat's kinda hard, considering whatcha been doing lately."
"Then trust me." Jin spoke up.
"Yeah, not gonna happen. I'd trust her first."
"Just go out in hallway with him." I said in a lowered voice.
"Why? Nothing is going on. This is stupid. Not like I've never saw you naked before. I mean, come on. We're having a baby for crying out loud."
"Either he comes out or I come in." Dad said.
I just pointed to the door, not saying a word. Jin sighed, got up and walked out. I tried to hurry, so Jin could come back in. I knew he and dad were getting a long better these days, but I still was worried what dad might do if alone with him for a while. I quickly picked out a dress, put it on and opened the door. "See, I was in the shower." I pointed to my wet head. "And he wasn't in there with me." I ruffled his hair. "Dry."
"Like I said before, Pai-chan. Ya haven't exactly been honest about things."
"She's already pregnant. What else could happen?" Jin said under his breath.
"What was dat?"
"Uh, nothing." I took Jin by the hand. "I'm going to finish getting ready." I pulled him back inside my room. Luckily, dad didn't follow.
"He didn't say anything about my hair." Jin sat back down on the bed.
"He's like that sometimes. He noticed though. Not much gets by him."
Jin smirked. "We did for a little bit."
"And it caught up with us." I began to do my hair. "So what are we going to do today?" I asked after I was finished with my hair and makeup.
"I was thinking we could go get some lunch first and then my friends invited me to play some soccer with them. If you don't want me to, then we'll do something together."
"No, you can play with them. I don't mind."
"Would you watch me?"
I smiled. "Of course. I've never saw you play. You any good?"
"I like to think so." He laughed. "I played in school, all the way up until I quit."
"I have some homework that I need to finish, so I'll do that while you play."
"Sounds like a plan then."
We thanked my parents for letting us stay and then were own our way. Jin picked out a place to eat that both of us loved. It was very popular, especially amongst celebrities. He warned me that there might be some paparazzi and just to not talk to them if they were. When we got there, low and behold, there were a few people with cameras. They didn't notice us at first, but as we got closer to the place, they started yelling out Jin's name. Both of us had sunglasses on, but it didn't help much. They kept asking us if we were back together. Jin just ignored them. When the wind began to blow, I used my left hand to push my hair behind my ear and that was a mistake. They noticed the ring and immediately asked if we were engaged. I stuck my hand back in the pocket of my dress, but they kept asking if I would show them again. When one of them grabbed my arm to try to pull my hand out, Jin snapped.
He pushed the guy away. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" He yelled. "Don't you ever touch her again unless you want me to take that camera and shove it up your ass!"
The last picture they got before we walked inside was Jin flipping them off.
"Bet that's going to make front page." I said.
"Whatever. They shouldn't have touched you."
"You shouldn't have snapped. Watch your temper. It was ok. I'm ok. You know I can take care of myself."
"Better they see my bad side as opposed to yours. My reputation is already bad. Let's not ruin yours."
I smiled and the hostess took us to our seat.
"I was thinking while I was in the shower and I found a glitch in the idea of me going on tour with you."
"What's that?"
"I'll surely have doctor's appointments during that time. I don't see how that will work from in Japan."
"Can't we just ask Raina to come and get us?"
"What will we tell the doctor? Won't most people know you're in Japan?"
"We'll just say we flew in and we're flying back right after."
I laughed. "That would seem like a bit much and would be expensive."
"But I'm famous, so nothing is too expensive. Celebrities do stuff like that."
"Ok, so we go that covered. Now we just have two problems. One, convincing the parental units. Two, an excuse for the school as to why I'm going."
"Number one is exactly the reason why I want to be married. I don't want to have to ask permission to do things with you. I just wanna go, wanna do it."
"I know, but this is the way it is."
"Isn't there some other way to be able to make decisions for yourself?"
"There's emancipation."
"Do that."
"First, I don't even know how to go about doing it and second, I've heard it wasn't easy to get. I think I would have to prove I'm self sufficient and I'm not. I rely on you now."
"So marriage is the best option?"
"Probably."
"Everything is so hard. Why can't it just be easy?"
"My thoughts exactly."
At that moment I felt a familiar reiatsu and noticed Jin's eyes lock on someone behind me. I didn't have to turn around to see who it was. I already knew it was Reio. His sister was with him. The hostess sat them at the table next to ours. I felt Jin's anger rise and knew this was going to cause a scene.
"What are you doing here?" Jin asked.
"Oh, eating. Isn't that what most people do at placed like this?" Reio answered.
"Don't play innocent. I know you're here because we are, aren't you?"
I looked at Reio. "No." But his emotions gave him away, he was.
I was a little shocked. I didn't expect Reio to be like this. I honestly thought he would honor my wishes. I was very serious and straightforward when we talked. He understood, but some time in between he had changed his mind. "Yes you did."
He looked at me as if to say sorry, but nothing came out.
"We talked about this. Why would you like stalk me? I thought you understood."
"I-I can't stay away from you, Paizley."
Jin stood up. "She doesn't want you in her life anymore."
"No, that's you who don't want me in her life. She didn't decide, you did. You're threatened by me and I'm sorry you feel that way. No, wait, I'm not. I don't care how you feel. I won't stay away from her." He touched my arm. "I love you. I can't be without you." That made Jin angrier. He grabbed Reio and Reio's eyes fogged over. They were a milky white and his reiatsu spiked. He was having a vision. When his eyes cleared up, he let me go and Jin let him go. His feelings were completely different from those before his vision. "Let's go." He started to walk away.
Celestine looked like she had no idea what was going on, but she followed him out.
"Everything ok, Mr. Akashi?" One of the employees asked.
Jin sat back down. "It is now."
"I wonder what he saw." I said after the person left us.
"Probably me kicking his ass." Jin was still a little mad. "He has some nerve."
I didn't say anything else about what happened. I tried to change the topic, so he could calm down. He eventually did and we had a nice lunch. We stopped my his place so he could get changed into some soccer playing clothes and so I could get my books. We met his friends at a park. I had never met them before, but they said Jin talked a lot about me. I sat in the bleachers as they played. The weather was really nice out. That was one thing I like about living in LA. Even at the end of November, it wasn't freezing outside. It wasn't hot either. It was just right.
"I hear you're pregnant." I heard a familiar man's voice say after I had been there a while. I looked to see Spencer walking up.
"You can't believe everything you hear." I went back to my homework.
"Why else would you be kicked off the squad?" He sat beside me.
"And where are you hearing all this?"
"Alexis told me."
"Of course and how does she know?"
"The coach told her. Informed her that she would be captain now because you were no longer on the squad. Alexis asked why and the coach told her you were pregnant."
"What? She's not allowed to say that!"
"So you are then?"
"That's really none of your business."
He laughed slightly. "You know, so many of us tried to get in your pants. You were such a prude. Then you start dating Japanese superstar dude and bam, he gets instant access. That is bullshit. I guess it serves you right to get knocked up though. Hold out for all this time and when you finally do it, you get the worst consequence."
"Go away."
"What happens when the police finds out? Is Jap over there even aware that what he did with you is illegal here?"
"Yes, he knows and the police aren't going to find out."
"It will only be a matter of time. Especially with the paparazzi taking pictures and anonymous sources talking."
"You. It was you. You're the anonymous source that told that magazine who I was and all that other information that they got a hold of."
He just smirked.
"Why? Why would you do that?"
"Revenge."
"For what? Did you forget that you were the one who did me wrong?"
"I was willing to take you back. See if you had changed. I told all my friends that we were going to get back together. I just knew you would jump at the chance of getting back together, but what did you do? When I asked you out, you stood me up. You embarrassed me, made a fool out of me. No one does that."
"So you're going to do what you can to make my life hard?"
"You catch on quickly."
I put my books down beside me and looked him in the eye. "You don't want to mess with me. Trust me."
"Don't try to be intimidating. You definitely don't look the part."
"OI!" I could hear Jin screaming as he ran across the field. Seems they had ended the game and his friends were out of sight.
Spencer stood up. "So that's him? What a pretty boy. Looks like a girl!" He laughed.
"Jealous much?" I asked. Jin was very pretty and he should be jealous.
"Hey man. Nice to meet the guy who got to pop Paizley's cherry. You know a lot of us tried. Congrats. I never thought she'd want to give herself up to someone who looked like a girl. I don't guess she like manly men." Spencer taunted.
"Shut the f**k up!" Jin pushed him.
Spencer half laughed. "Wanna get physical, eh? I should have no problem with you." Spencer punched, but I pulled Jin's arm which made him dodge. Jin came right back at him with a left fist. Jin was left handed, so that was his dominant hand. He nailed him right in jaw. Spencer jumper on him after and the two went rolling on the ground. I waited to see if I actually needed to step in. I didn't want to hurt Jin's ego, though. But I didn't want him to get beat up either. Neither of them had any form when it came to fighting. They just punched, kicked, did whatever they could to get the upper hand. I watched for a little bit. The fight went back and forth, but Spencer eventually got the upper hand. He was bigger than Jin and more used to getting in fights. I didn't peg Jin as one to fight a lot, but then again, he sure did have a temper. So it was possible that he did. I broke it up when Spencer got on top of Jin and started punching him the face left after right. When I pulled him off, he tried to hit me, but I ducked and socked him right in the nose. Blood started to trickled out. He touched it and then looked at his hand.
"I pack quit a punch, huh?" I took a stance. "If you want to fight, then fight me. I guarantee I will kick your butt."
He backed off. "This isn't the last you'll hear from me."
After he left, I checked on Jin who was still lying on the ground. "Are you ok?" I touched his lip. "You're bleeding."
"I'm ok."
"I'm sorry if I bruised your ego by stepping in. I just didn't want you to get hurt."
"Don't worry. I'm glad you did." He laughed a little. "I would have liked to have seen you kick his ass."
I laughed and laid his head in my lap. "Just rest for a few and we'll go."
3rd person POV
Reio thought about the vision he had had the rest of the day. Paizley had texted him a few times asking what he saw, but he never responded. He didn't know what to say to her. He didn't know what he was supposed to do about it either, so he went to see the only person who he knew could have the answers: Raina. She was at the park close to her house, enjoying the weather. She was sitting on a bench doing her favorite past time, reading.
"You know about it, don't you?" Reio asked as he walked up to her.
"Mmm." She replied, not even looking away from her book. She knew exactly what he was talking about.
"You're not going to tell, are you?"
"No. It's destiny."
"Can I sit?" She put her book down and gestured for him to sit. "It's hard knowing things like that, especially when you can't do anything to change them."
"I suppose that's how it is for you. I have the power to do something about it, but it becomes a matter of 'just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.' Some things are supposed to happen."
"And this is one of those things?"
"Yes."
"It's going to be hard on them."
"It will, but they can do it. Life is all about learning. It's about experiences. Things happen to change your life, whether they be good or bad. Sometimes they change you as a person, which can help you out later in life."
Reio sighed. "Knowing this, I think I'll leave them alone for now. But I can't give up on her forever."
"Thank you and I understand."
"You do?"
"It seems love makes you do crazy, impulsive things, but it gives you strength where otherwise you wouldn't have any. If you really love her, then I won't try to make you give up. I appreciate that you are going to give her this time though. It does show how much you care about her and that you realize that she needs him this time."
"You know who her soulmate is, don't you?"
"I know there are two men who love her dearly and she is lucky to have that. May the best one win."
Reio smiled slightly and his phone went off. He took it out of his pocket and looked at it. "It's Paizley. She keeps asking what I saw."
"Tell her if she was meant to know then she would."
"I don't want her to be mad at me though."
"She won't be. She will understand."
"Is she really giving me up for him?"
"Do you really want me to answer that?"
"The answer won't change a thing."
"Yes. But I think he is just being possessive right now, because they just got back together. He feels threatened by you. I mean, you two kissed. Once he realizes that he is more important to her, I think he will tell her he doesn't mind you seeing each other. He'll realize that your friendship is important to her."
"Well, at least I'm important to her in some aspect. That's a start."
"Un."
"You're on his side though, aren't you?"
"He's my friend. Of course I am."
"But it's not hopeless for me, is it?"
"You can see the future. You figure that out yourself. I just know that the love they have isn't one that comes around often. It's a lot stronger than you would think."
"What about my love for her?"
"What does that love even mean if she doesn't return it?" He sighed and Raina's phone went off. She checked it and began to get her things together quickly. "I need to leave. Family emergency."
"What happened? Is it Paizley or the baby?"
"It's my grandpa. He's in the hospital."
