Long Vacation 9 Long Vacation
Part Nine
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If I ever broke down
gave you what I felt now
Would you still hang around?

~Deeper and Deeper~ (CAGNET)
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"Hey..." he said as she passed the ball back to him.
"Hi.." she said with a forced smile.
"What's up?"
"He said he loved me..."
"Really?" he said, then chuckled after 5 seconds of silence. "That's great!"
"Yeah.." she chuckled stiffly. "I think I'll be moving out soon..."
"Oh.." he said. "Well... When?..."
"Maybe this week.."
"Oh.."
A moment of silence wrapped around them, then he broke it.
"That's great..." he said forcing a smile.
"Well.." she said grabbing the ball from his hand and shot the ball into the ring. "What's new?!"
"I have a contest coming up soon..."
"Cool!! I wish you luck!!"
"Yeah whatever..." he mumbled getting the rebound.
"What's the prize?"
"Making it into the finals"
"What's that prize?"
"A music scholarship in Boston."
"Oh.."
"Yeah..."

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(At Yamato's piano school)

Yamato pressed his fingers on the ivory keys to end the song. He then sighed to himself.
"Well?" Yamato said looking over to Seta-san. Then, he noticed the dissapointed expression on his face. "What... is wrong with it?"
"The question is Yamato," Seta san said. "What is wrong with you?..."
Yamato chuckled stiffly. "Nothing.."
"Yamato," Seta-san said. "The contest is in two days Yamato. Maybe you should go home."

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(Mimi's last night in the apartement)

"Where could Ryuichi and Miyako be?!" Mimi whined to Yamato. "This is my last day in this apartement!! We're supposed to have a barbercue!"
"Ok," he shrugged. "Well let's get things ready first. Maybe they're late."
They started to set the table and barberque on the rooftop.

(In the lobby)
"Hey, Miyako!" Ryuichi said as he started to walk up the stairs, but then Miyako pulled him back.
"Stop!" she whispered harshly.
"What?!" he whispered back.
"Today is Mimi-senpai and Yamato-senpai's last night together.."
"So?" Ryuichi shrugged.
"Hello?!" Miyako waved her hand over his face. "Haven't you heard the song called Unforgotten love"? It's their song!"
"It is? Who said?"
"I said!" Miyako said, then she started to sing and dance. "~A love that's unforgotten~ Ah! ~ I didn't realize I love you~ Ah! ~ Until you're gone.. ~ Ah!! ~"
"Ah...." Ryuichi said nodding. "Ok... I get it..."

(In the rooftop)

"Yamato," Mimi said. "Maybe we should move the bench over there!"
"No way!"
"Why not?!"
"If it rains-"
"It's not gonna rain!"
"Fine.." he grumbled as he helped her move the bench. "Are you happy now?"
"Much.." she smiled. Just then, a grumble was heard from the sky and rain started to pour heavily.
"See? I told you so!"
"Shut up!" she said.
"Now it's too late to move it back!"
They both headed inside the building.
"You never listen to me..." he shook his head.
"It's already 8:00 pm anyways.. They're over two hours late!" Mimi whined.
They both got in the apartement.

"Yamato," she sighedas she slouched down on the couch. "We shouldn't be fighting..."
"I know..." he said sitting on the floor leaning to the wall.
A moment of silence wrapped around them, but she broke it.
"Oh yeah," she said. "How are things going with your practices? The contest is in two days..."
"Well..." he sighed. "Practice is Practice.... By the way, how are things with you and... what's his name?" he said trying to change the subject.
"Kurashige," she corrected. "It's good so far, for a week relationship."
"Well," he said. "Are you going to marry him?.."
"I don't know..." she smiled. "I guess... If he asks..."
"Oh.." he said. "That's interesting..."
"What?" she said as she noticed the expression on his face.
"Well, I don't know," he shrugged. "You just started to know him.."
"So?... He's not like that!"
"I didn't say he is! I just meant that you shouldn't make quick decisions like that when you barely know the person!"
"Well it's NOT like I barely know him!"
"Ok, maybe you've known him for what? 3 weeks now?! Maybe less? I can't believe you.."
"What?! Because of that?! When you love somebody, time doesn't matter!! All you wanna do is be with them!" Mimi yelled getting up.
"Do you love him?!" he asked also getting up.
"Since when do you care?!!" Mimi yelled as she walked angrily to her room and slammed the door.
"Fine!!" He yelled back to the door. "I don't care!!"
Yamato Ishida huffed to himself reaching for the pack of cigarettes in his pocket.

(In the Morning)

Yamato Ishida woke up and walked out of his room. The place seemed empty. 8:05 am. Mimi would usually already be up at this time. That's when he rushed and opened the door to her room.
Empty. Except for a pack of fireworks on top of the bed. He took a deep breath as he ran his fingers through his hair. He walked out of the room, carrying the fireworks in hand. He set it down and took a piece of cigarette on the table. He couldn't stop cursing himself as he inhaled the bitter scent of the tobacco.

Mimi Tachikawa looked back to the building she just stepped out of 5 minutes ago. She sighed, setting her suitcase down. She kept looking at it for a couple of seconds. Maybe she should've waited until he woke up.. She felt somehow guilty for last night. She glanced at her watch. 8:05 am.
Yamato should be awake by now... But then again, it's sunday.. Everyone sleeps in on sunday. She picked her suitcase back up and started walking again, taking very slow steps. Five seconds later, she stopped and looked back as she set her suitcase down again. She focused on the window. She took a deep breath.
"YAMATOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" she yelled as hard as she can.

"Yamatooooo!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yamato stood up from the couch and froze so he can make sure he heard right.
"Yamatooooo!!!!!!!!!!! Yamatooooo!!!!!!!!!!!"
He rushed to the window and scanned the streets. His eyes quickly found the pink haired woman with a large smile on her face waving her hand.
"Yeaaaaaaaah??!!!" He replied also smiling back.
"Bye Bye!!!!!" she said waving.
"Wait!!" he said. He rushed back and grabbed the fireworks. "You forgot this!!!!!"
"Oh!!! That was supposed to be for the barberque!!! I won't need it anymore!!!! Keep it!!!"
"Ok!!!!"
" Well then, Bye Bye!!!!!! You've been a great brother!!!!" she said waving.
"Bye..." Yamato said with a forced smile just waving a small hand at her.
She quickly blew him a kiss, picked up her suitcase and kept walking cheerfully, but he still watched her walk away... Brother.... That was all... Was this going to be the last time they meet?...

Mimi walked along the sidewalk with an expressionless face. She couldn't explain what she was feeling at the moment. All the mixed emotions jumbled up inside her stomach. She wanted to look back but didn't. She kept walking to reach her destination.

To be continued.....