Part Five
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I'm not really sure of the words to say
If only you knew that I feel this way
I wanna give my heart to you
Show me the way that you want me to
~What Will I do~ (CAGNET)
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(The next morning)
"Well Rumiko," Mimi said putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sure he'll come back."
"Thank you," Rumiko said. "I should go now.."
"I'll walk you to the lobby," Yamato said.
Then Mimi watched the two leave the room with a concerned expression
on her face.
"Rumiko," Yamato said.
"Yes?" she said.
"When he gets home, can you call me?," Yamato asked.
"Of course Yamato," Rumiko said. "I know how you must be feeling."
With that, she walked away. Yamato sighed to himself and climbed
back up the stairs, stuffing his hands in his jeans pocket.
Hours later, the phone rang.
Yamato picked up the phone.
"Hello?", Yamato said.
"Ryuichi has come home," Rumiko's voice said unemotionally from the
other line and then hung up.
Yamato stared at the phone in his hand. And hung up the phone.
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(On the rooftop of the apartement building)
"Oh lookie," Mimi said noticing a billboard with the writing 'Don't
Worry, Be Happy!'. "I never noticed that.." Then, she turned
to Yamato who was leaning on the railings, looking down.
"Yamato," she said. "I know you're upset.. So.. Don't
worry, be happy!"
"What do you know?.." he said coldly. She smiled at him.
"Come on Yamato!" she said cheerfully. "This is all your fault!"
"What?! How is it my fault?!" he said annoyed at her comments.
"You wouldn't confess to her!"
"Right.. It's easier said than done.."
"Come on," she said grabbing Yamato's shoulder's to face her.
"Pretend I'm Mari! And the you'll say to her..." Mimi then hugged
Yamato. " 'Mari.. I'm standing over here... Stand beside
me... Be with me..' " Then, she let go of him. He just
raised an eyebrow at her.
"What?! You want me to try that?! Are you nuts?!"
"Come on! Just try it! Come on! Pretend I'm Mari!"
Yamato took a deep breath and grumbled a "fine.." A moment of
silence passed between them. Just when she thought he wasn't gonna
do it, she sighed to herself. Then, he unexpectedly hugged her, and
silence surrounded them for a while.
"I'm standing over here..." he said. "Stand beside me...
Be with me..."
They stayed a couple of seconds in the hug, then he let go.
"How was that?" he asked. Mimi was unable to breathe at the moment.
She had felt so warm and secure for just that one moment. It was
such a wonderful feeling.
Mimi forced a smile on her face. "Great!! Now you just
have to try it on her!!"
They both stayed in silence for a couple of minutes, just watching
the scenery from the railings, but then something caught their eyes.
"Yamato!" Mimi yelled. "That's Mari! She's over there!!
Coming this way!"
Yamato froze until Mimi pulled his arm. "Go on! Go on!!"
Yamato looked in her eyes for a minute, then ran down the stairs.
From the rooftop, Mimi looked down at the two.
"Yamato-senpai," Mari said then reached in her bag. "I was gonna
return this book to you..."
Yamato reached out for the book and looked at her.
"Well," Mari said. "I better be going now... Thanks for
your time." With that she nodded and started to walk away.
"Mari!" Yamato said. The girl stopped and turned around.
Yamato ran up to catch up to her, and then hugged her. He found it
as much as a surprise as she did.
"I'm standing over here..." he began. "Stand beside me...
Be with me..."
A moment of silence as the two stayed that way. Just then, the
girl wrapped her arms around his back.
"Senpai.." she said softly. "I'll stay beside you..."
From the rooftop, Mimi stood there, watching. With an expressionless face, watching the two new couples walk away.
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(On the bridge)
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Yamato said to his new girlfriend at his
side watching the sunset.
"Yeah..." she said with a smile but then frowned.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Nothing.. It's just that..." Mari began. "I find it hard
to understand you sometimes senpai.."
"What?"
"When we talk... You usually seem so cold. I never thought
you'd be able to say the words you said to me..."
"Neither did I..."
"And sometimes, you just seem distant.. Except to Mimi..
Maybe it's because she's your cousin and she's known you longer than I
have..."
Yamato forced a smile on his face. He had lied to her..
The truth is, he just started to know Mimi...
"Mari.." he said to her.
"Yes?..."
"Yesterday.. When Ryuichi walked you home.. nothing happened
right?" Yamato asked her.
"Nothing..." Mari said as she looked back on the scenery as falshbacks
crossed her mind.
---*Flashback*---
(In Mari's apartement)
"Do you want anything to drink?" Mari asked Ryuichi.
"Cofee would be great," he said. Moments later, she comes out
holding a cup of coffee.
She handed it to him and sat down beside him.
"Do you ever think about it?" Ryuichi asked her.
"What?"
"Love..."
"Eh?" she chuckled slightly. "Not really something I dwell on.."
"What is the true meaning of a kiss?"
"What?.." she asked, also shocked because he asked her these kinds
of questions.
"A kiss... Does it have any meaning at all?"
"I don't know..."
"Let's try," Ryuichi said cupping her face then kissed her. Never
before has she felt so warm.
It lasted more than she had expected. Then, they broke apart.
"I better go," Ryuichi said. She nodded as he watched him leave.
---*end of flashback*---
"Mari? Mari?" Yamato said snapping her out of her train of thoughts.
"Gomen... The scenery is just so breathtaking.." she lied.
He smiled then started to look in her eyes.
"Mari..."
"Senpai..."
"Mari.." he said getting closer to her face until their lips was 3
millimetres apart.
"Senpai..."
Then they kissed. But it lasted shorter than they had expected.
"I better go," Mari said.
"I'll walk you home," Yamato said.
She nodded in reply and they both walked together in that cunset.
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(In the apartement)
~DingDong~
The sound of the doorbell shook Mimi out of her train of thoughts as
she watched the sunset.
She sighed and opened the door. It was Ryuichi.
"Ryuichi?"
"Hey Neechan"
"What are you doing here?"
"I need advice.." he sighed as he flopped down on her couch.
"I'm in love with Mari!!"
"What?!" she said. "What happened last night?!"
"Nothing!" he said. "That's just it... Nothing... We only
kissed..."
"And...."
"And I feel this gravitational force pulling me towards her!!
I've never felt this way before!!"
"Oh..." she said. "What about Rumiko?..."
"That's just it!!"
"Exactly!! Stay with Rumiko!! It's better this way!!
Mari deserves someone better than a player like you!!" Mimi said pointing
it out to her little brother.
"Gee... Thanks.." he muttered.
She sighed. "Sorry... I didn't mean that.. It's just
that Yamato's in love with her too and they just got together..."
"What?!!"
"Yeah, they're a couple now..."
Ryuichi abruptly got up and grabbed his jacket. "I gotta go!!"
"Ryuichi!!"
Before she could stop him, he already ran out.
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(Later that night)
"Thanks," Yamato said to Mimi as he took another sip of his wine.
"For what?" she said as she poured herself another glass.
"Because of you," he began with a smile. "We're together now..."
"Oh.." Mimi said with a forced laugh. "I actually thought you
wouldn't have the guts to do it..."
"Yeah.. I thought so too.."
Jus then the phone rang. Yamato got up to pick it up.
"Hello?" Yamato said. "Mari... Yeah... Sure...
I'll be right there..."
After he hung up, Yamato began to put on his jacket.
"Yamato," Mimi said getting up. "Where are you going?"
"Mari said she needed to talk to me. she wanted me to come over."
"Yamato!" Mimi said grabbing his hand. "I have a bad feeling
about this.."
"What are you saying? That I shouldn't go?! Let go of me!"
"Yamato wait!" Mimi said still hanging to his hand that's trying to
break free.
Yamato sighed. "What?!"
"How are you gonna get there?.."
"How else? I don't have a car. I walk.. Take the-"
"I'll drive you there..."
"What?... You don't have a car.."
The two sat in the white corolla.
"So where did you get it?" Yamato asked her.
"It's Miyako's," Mimi said. "Her and her boyfriend are on vacation
for a couple of days, she's letting me use it."
"Ah..." he said as he buckled his seat belt.
A moment of silence passed them until Mimi spoke up.
"Yamato.." Mimi said.
"Yeah?..." Yamato looked at her waiting for the car to start.
"How do you start a car...?"
"Eh.." he said nervously. "You turn the key... and-"
"Oh yeah!!" Mimi laughed as she turned the key and started to drive..
Very badly....
After ten metres of Mimi's reckless driving, Yamato had to speak up.
"Stop!" Yamato said. Mimi hit the brakes. "I'll drive.."
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(In front of Mari's apartement)
"I'll wait out here," Mimi said.
"Don't!" he said. "I'll go home myself."
"What are you talking about Yamato? I said I'll wait here!"
"Mimi, just go!"
Mimi got the look in his eyes and sighed. "Fine!"
Yamato waited for Mimi to drive away and then went up to Mari's apartement.
~DingDong~
The door opened and there she stood.
"Yamato Senpai," she said. "I-"
Before she could say anything else, he pulled her into his arms.
A couple of seconds later, he pulled away.
"Gomen Senpai..." she looked down. "I can't be with you..."
Yamato was speechless.
"I'm in love with someone else..."
"Is it... Ryuichi?"
She said nothing in reply, just avoided his eyes.
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On the lonely road, a white corolla driving at 100 km/h abruptly hit the brakes and turned back.
To Be Continued.....
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A.N.
Aaaaah!! Lookie!!!!! I finished 5 chapters in just a day!!
I'm so proud of myself!!!!! I will probably finish this before my
other "unfinished" fanfics. hehehe...
