Disclaimer: None of the FoR characters belong to me.
Chapter Two
Fear
My legs, leading me on, to where
I know not.
Wander around aimlessly.
And then, in the distance, he spots them.
Purple juxtaposed with brown.
I race after them.
I want to understand…
"Is that you?"
He turns around, to see his beloved staring at him.
What is he doing, breaking out into a run on the streets?
His beloved staring past him.
At the two girls.
Her eyes reveal a flash of pure fear.
"No. It can't be."
Before he can question, she is already unable to answer.
He picks up the collapsed body and returns.
***
He walked into the room to check if she had awakened
And to find some answers.
Who were those girls to cause you such grief?
"No! They'll take you away from me again.
Please.
Don't leave me."
She screamed in her sleep.
At first, he was taken aback by her sudden cry,
But quickly regaining his composure, he stroked her head,
and holding the sleeping girl's hand, tried to soothe her frazzled nerves.
"Don't worry. I won't leave you.
I'll stay here,
by your side."
In her sleep, she shook her head, tears glinting at the corners of her eyes.
"That's what you said the last time. But they took you away.
Away from me.
She took you away."
What is she talking about?
"Who took me away? How?"
"No. I don't want to talk about her; she caused me so much pain. And she hurt you as well."
"How did she hurt me?"
She seemed not to have heard the question.
"She took you away from me.
Please don't leave me.
Please."
Her hand tightened around his.
A stream of tears flowed down her cheek.
His eyes burned with his own. Seeing her like this pained him.
And her next words shocked him to no bounds.
"Please, Tokiya, I need you."
***
She seemed to be in a world of her own.
A world of the past.
*** ***
"Who am I to you? Tell me."
The harshness of his voice shocked her.
"Just what am I to you?"
Silence.
When she found her voice,
"Everything."
"Then tell me the truth. Tell me.
Why…
you called me Tokiya…
Why…
I already know that name…
Why…
I dream of him…
Why…
I dream as him…"
She countered his request with a question.
"Do you really wish to know?
From here on there is no turning back.
Would you forget your quest for the truth?
For my sake.
For me."
"I'm sorry, but I need to know.
Tell me the truth.
I want to understand…"
She sighed painfully.
"I cannot give you the truth.
You would not believe me.
You must find it on your own.
You must discover your own reality."
She paused.
"Til then…
I shall vanish from your reality."
The boy stared at her, confused.
"And when you do…
I will be waiting for you.
When you find the truth,
You will find me waiting…"
"Where?"
"If you find the past,
You will know where."
"I don't understand.
Why must you leave me?
Will you not help me?"
He implored her to stay.
"If you truly desire the truth,
then I must leave you.
If you wish to understand,
then you must understand alone.
And when you find the past,
you will understand why.
Now leave,
before you cannot."
She watched him walk out of the room.
"And do not turn back."
He stopped at the doorway.
"Can you at least tell me something that will aid me.
Anything."
"Bring a bouquet of roses to this venue the day after tomorrow."
She held a piece of paper before him, but remained hidden from him, from his sight.
He took her hand and kissed it gently.
"And before we part, tell me:
Who is Mikagami Tokiya?"
She immediately drew back her hand.
"The love of my life."
Was that a hint of anguish he heard in her voice?
"Then what am I to you?"
He seemed sad to hear her reply.
"The answer you seek lies within your quest."
You must find it alone.
She whispered into his ear from behind.
"Now go."
He left the room.
There was no turning back.
To only the wind she whispered.
"Til we meet again, my love…
At the blue waters…
til then."
And then she was gone.
*** ***
There was a time I feared…
…your memory would take you from me.
But the veil has been burnt…
Now I fear if you do not recall…
…I shall lose you forever.
Author's note: To everyone who has reviewed for me, thank you. And more comments please.
I'm sorry if the story has been confusing,
But perhaps, from the next chapter onwards, you will begin to understand.