Long Vacation 12 Long Vacation
Part Twelve
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You are my joy
Nothing will compare
Steal a kiss
I won't mind
I can't resist

~Our Romance~ (CAGNET)
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"Why...." Yamato chocked out after she finished playing. "Why are you doing this to me?..."
"Sorry... Ryuichi let me in... I delayed the Piano movers too.." she looked at the wall she was facing, chuckling stiffly with tears running down her cheeks. "Since you're not going to be able to play the song anymore... I thought I should learn..."
A moment of silent enveloped them.
"When Michael left me... This song was the only thing that could really entertain me... connect with me..." she managed to choke out. "You said you don't believe in miracles.. I, on the other hand, 4 days ago, I didn't know how to read music... or play it either... This is a miracle for me... Yamato. You can't lie and tell me you're willing to give everything up.. You can't... Give up..."
He said nothing but harshly wiped his tears away. She wiped her tears away, placed her fingers on the keys and started to play again. A couple of seconds later, he walked and sat beside her on the piano bench and pushed her hands off.
"You're playing it all wrong," he said as she gets up from the bench and starts watching him play.
As soon as he finished she grabbed her bag and headed towards the door.
"Where are you going?" he said standing up.
"Home.." she chuckled stiffly. "Kurashige wants me to help him with the early shootings."
"Oh..." he said. "Are you guys getting married?.."
"I guess," she smirked as she shrugged her shoulders. "He's been dropping hints just like what Michael did before he proposed.."
"I see... Good luck.." he struggled to say.
"You too..." she said and then opened the door and headed out.
As soon as she left, Yamato sat back down on the bench and started to play the song again.

Mimi Tachikawa walked slowly down the stairs as the music played through the building. She sat down on the last step of the bottom stairs and started to cry, for no apparent reason. Wasn't she supposed to be satisfied he's not quitting? As the song finished another one came up. Her eyes widened. It wasn't any song. It was the wedding march. She stood up emotionlessly and started to walk home.

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(Saturday Night)

Mimi Tachikawa walked along the sidewalk and sighed to herself, straightening out her white shirt that went with her blue jeans. Ok... So this saturday night was not like usual saturday nights. Usually she would go somewhere with Kurashige or something, but he's gone on a bussiness trip. And now... She finds herself wandering around with no particular place to go to, and no one to spend her time with. Who else would she go with? Ryuichi's out with Mari... Miyako's visiting the witch's gingerbread house, and... Actually... The first person that came to her mind was Yamato... Ever since thursday night... She couldn't stop thinking about him. What was this feeling?!! The word 'love' has swept across her mind a couple of times, but she refused to think of it as 'love'.
Hah! She thought to herself. Who is he to me anyways?! He's JUST a friend!! He's not even my boyfriend, so why would I care??!! It's not like I'm in love with him!! And why would I fall in love with him anyways?!! I already found Kurashige who is reliable, kind, handsome, smart, rich, and... And... Her train of thoughts paused for a while. She'll always struggle when it comes to finishing that sentence.
"Too perfect..." she whispered to herself. Where on the other hand... I'm not... She'd often slap herself mentally for being so stupid. Kurashige... Here was a man who was practically kissing the ground she walks on, and here she was blaming herself for not falling in love with him. Wasn't she supposed to be happy she had him?!! And now here she is obsessing over a man who she couldn't even keep one conversation without a disagreement.
Mimi stopped beside a phone booth. She went inside and picked up the phone. She froze for five seconds before dialing Miyako's number. Yeah.. She knows Miyako's probably not home..
~Ring...~ ~Ring...~
"Moshi Moshi!" the other line answered. "You have reached me!! Miyako-chan!! I'm not able to come to the phone right now because I'm picking wild flowers in the evergreen forest!! So if you'd leave your message before the 'Po-chi po-chi Po-chi!', I'd get back to you as soon as possible!! So... Po-chi Po-chi Po-chi!! Po-chi Po-chi Po-chi!!"
"Haah..." Mimi sighed quietly to herself. "Miyako-chan, why are your messages always so weird?.."
"Eh??!!!!" the other line squealed. "Mimi-senpai?!!"
"Eh??..." Mimi sweatdropped.
"Did I convince you as an answering machine?!"
"Er... Maybe...."

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(On the bridge)

"Mimi-senpai," Miyako said as they both leaned their backs on the railings. "Why aren't you with Kurashige-senpai tonight?"
"He's on a bussiness trip..."
"Oh.. I see..." Miyako said. "So why didn't you call Yamato-senpai?"
"What?!" Mimi said stiffly chuckling. "Why would I call him?!"
"Oh..." Miyako said. "I dunno.. You guys get along so well!!"
"Well?! We can't even keep one straight conversation without getting into an argument!"
"Well one side hes to let the other win..."
"Well!" Mimi pointed out. "He can be so stubborn! He'd never admit how wrong he is..."
"And how about you?..."
"Me? I didn't anything wrong!"
"So you're both stubborn!" Miyako yelled into the night air.
"Whatever... He's still impossible to deal with..." Mimi grumbled.
"So what's this fight about anyways?"
"There's no fight," Mimi sighed looking out in the night sky. "It's just that I don't understand how he thinks sometimes... I wish he'd at least give reasons to all his questionable actions..."
"Oh..." Miyako gave a slight smile. "I see..... I see...."
"What?" Mimi raised an eyebrow at her.
"That's not all is it?.."
"What do you mean?"
"Tell me the truth Mimi-senpai..."
"What truth?"
"That you really want to spend this saturday night with Yamato-senpai."
"What?! Ahaha!!" Mimi laughed out loud. "Give me a break!"
"But it's true right?," Miyako gave her a serious look.
"What are you talking about?" Mimi laughed. "If I really did wanted to spend time with him, I would! So why am I here with you if I wanted to see him?!"
"Mimi-senpai," Miyako grabbed Mimi's shoulders to face her straight in the eye. "Look in my eyes and tell me the truth. This is a simple yes or no answer so PLEASE! Just answer with a yes or a no.. Do you want to see Yamato-senpai right now?.."
"Miyako what-" Mimi said stiffly chuckling.
"Just please answer my question."
Mimi looked to the ground for a while still chuckling stiffly and then found herself nodding.
"Yeah.." Mimi said in a small voice still nodding. "Yeah.. For some odd, unexplainable reason.. I do.. I want to see him.. I want to talk to him.. I.. I want to.. I want to.."
Miyako loosened the grip on Mimi's shoulders and smiled at her.

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Mimi Tachikawa stood in front of the apartement building's enterance. She finds herself just frozen there. Trying to find a perfect excuse when he asks her why she came here. But.. She can't come up with one... Just then, she heard what she though was the sound of firecrackers. She looked up to the sky and saw that she was right. Just then something hit her mind. Firecrackers. Could those be.. the ones she left behind?... She rushed in the door and ran up to the rooftop. As soon as she opened the door to the rooftop and saw him, she froze in front of the door.

Yamato turned around from the firecrackers, and unexpectedly saw her standing before him. He stiffly smiled at her, and she did the same. She made her way slowly to him as he started to light up another firecracker and watch it shoot up to the sky. They watched the beauty of the sky for a while before he began to speak up.
"I was bored," he smiled. "And then I remembered about the firecrackers."
Mimi nodded without any reply. 5 seconds of only the sounds of the exploding fireworks.
"Mimi," he said as she looked at him. "What are you doing here?"
"I," she started to say but stopped. She looked at the ground and started to chuckle a bit. "to kiss you Yamato..."
He looked at her, somewhat shocked of what he just heard.
"I came here... to kiss you..." she said as she stopped chuckling.
Still in shock of what he just heard, Yamato started to laugh stiffly, but she still didn't.
"Is that all?" he said. He looked at her with a smile and quickly pecked her unexpectedly on the lips.
After that, he went back to lighting the firecrackers. Mimi froze. She didn't know what to feel. It was all too quick. Too... Unsatisfying...
As the firecracker shot up to the air, Yamato walked back to stand beside her to watch the sky.
Mimi stood still, not moving, looking into space, still confused...
As she slowly looked up, he turned to face her. She found herself staring back at him.
"One more time," he said softly as he grabbed her hand, pulled her body closer to him, and kissed her again. This time he gave her a passionate kiss and this time she was more than welcome to recieve it. He found his other hand wrapping around her waist, and they found themselves in their own euphoria. Never before... Never before... Never before have they felt so complete...
The fireworks shot up from the rooftop of a two storey apartement building, illuminating the sky.

To be continued....

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A.N.
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