Series: Initial D

Disclaimer: Initial D does not belong to me, more's the pity. I'm just using the characters and concept for a little nonprofit fun and will return them to Shigeno Shuichi relatively unharmed. ^_______^

Rating: G (for now)

Warnings: NON-YAOI

Genre: romance

Author's Notes: chapter titles are lyrics to the song , "Don't Stop the Music" by Lou Grant, featured on the Initial D Selection CD.

*** denotes thoughts and/or random stylistic elements. ^^;;

/// denotes flashbacks

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Title: Don't Stop the Music – chapter 2

Move and Dance and Take My Feeling

Author: kokoro

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I remember you.

I remember your smile.

I remember your touch.

I remember the way you made my soul sing.

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It wasn't like I wanted to. I reasoned to myself. But to what I was referring, even I didn't know.

I sat on a bench outside Tokyo University and sighed. The can of coffee in my hand had long since cooled. I watched the sunset with blank, empty eyes. I closed my eyes, hoping to make all these memories and regrets go away. A tap on my shoulder made me jerk to the side, spilling my drink in my lap.

"Nakamura-san?" The gentle-voice of Tanaka Yuji prodded me out of my startlement.

"Tanaka-san!" I gasped. "You frightened me!"

He smiled dazzlingly at me. I was sure I was blushing. Yuji was two years older than me and a med-student at Tokyo University. The first time I had met him, it was raining and his car had stalled. He was so shocked when I pulled over and asked him to pop the hood. He told me he fell in love with me that night, soaked in rain and moonlight. I never knew how to react to his advances. He was timid, so gentlemanly. Unlike………

"Is there something you wanted?" I gently eased out from under his gaze, standing up and throwing the now empty can in the trash.

Yuji handed me a handkerchief. I made a face at him, but snatched the small square of fabric anyways, making half-hearted attempts to wipe myself off.

"Nakam…. Keiko………….."

I cleared my throat uneasily and thrust his hankie back at him.

"Tanaka-san… I'm fine. And actually, I'm late."

I ran off without a backward glance.

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So hard to understand another's heart when yours has been left in another prefecture.

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The ringing of my cell phone interrupted my confused wanderings.

"Moshi moshi?" I answered.

"Keiko-san~!"

I sighed with irritation. I just didn't have the energy to deal with Kenta now. He would try to talk me into driving back to Akagi to help him practice. He didn't know. And if I had anything to say about it, he would never know.

"Kenta! I'm not coming tonight and that's final! If this upcoming race is so important to you, get your precious *Keisuke* to help you out!" I practically spit out his name as if it was distasteful to me.

But it was anything but.

Kenta was silent for a moment.

"Alright, Keiko-san," his dejected voice sounded tinny through my cell.

I hung up.

I was in a terrible mood.

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"What do you think you're doing!?!?!"

"Aniki! I………"

"Do you think this is some kind of game???"

"No! Aniki…"

"Ryousuke-san, please… It's not his fault…"

"Oh, don't think I don't blame *you*, Keiko! The two of you think that this is just a game, don't you? It would never occur to you that someone could get hurt?"

"I…"

"That's enough, Keiko! I don't want to hear it!"

"Aniki! You're not being fair!"

"Keisuke! I don't want you seeing her anymore!"

"Aniki!"

"Let's go, Keisuke!"

"Keisuke?"

"I'm sorry, Keiko… I………I'm sorry……"

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I blinked back tears as the memory resurfaced. How could he have given up everything we shared at a word from Ryousuke's mouth?

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Did he leave?

Or did I let him go?

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I had a sudden urge to go to Akagi.

~* TBC *~

hey everybody! thanx so much for the comments! i'm working real hard to get this fic out, but you know how it is with school and all! T_T but keep encouraging me and maybe i'll make the time, ne? ^O^