Never Too Far From Home
Do I Know You From Somewhere?
DF103 – I'm back…with a major headache…dun ask…anywayz…I'm here with a new chappie…yay…so without further ado…here's Never Too Far From Home – Do I Know You From Somewhere?…
Rika woke up the next morning, having the weird feeling of being out of place. She seemed to have fallen asleep in the chair she was sitting in from the night before. The TV was left on and which was still turned to the news channel.
"…reporters are at the scene now, where the car was believed to have driven off the bridge. We are in contact with reporter, Sherry Tins. Sherry, what's the news so far?" the news anchor announced.
"Well, the rescue workers have found the car that was supposedly driven off the bridge, but none of the people that were in the car were found. Rescue team is still searching. Reports have confirmed that the car did not drive off the bridge, but was hit by another car or truck that made it go off. That's all we have for now. This is Sherry Tins, reporting from Shinjuku bridge," Ms. Tins informed.
Rika then turned the TV off.
'It was probably some teenagers,' Rika thought, as she cleaned up her mess from last night.
KNOCK, KNOCK! There was someone knocking at the door. Rika went and opened the door and saw two men, in suits, carrying suit cases. One man had blue eyes with brown, stuck-up hair. The other man had a tealish colored hair, matching both his mustache and his eye color.
'Are they…Kazu…and Kenta?' Rika thought as she stifled her laugh.
"Hello ma'am. We are here with Shioda & Kitagawa Co. and we came to see if you are interested in buying one of our all-in-one cooker? It cooks rice, bakes, and fries, all at the same time. So are you interested?" Kazu said.
'Kazu and Kenta, both a door-to-door household appliance salesman. Ha, who would've thought?' Rika thought.
"Umm…that's okay. I'm not interested," Rika said, still trying to stifle her laugh. She was about to close the door when Kenta said, "Wait, I've seen you somewhere before."
Rika just stared at him and said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Kenta looked at her and thought for a few seconds before he spoke again.
"I know…" Kenta started, as Rika started to get a little shaky of what he might say next, "you're the girl that won $100,000 off of the Japanese Jeopardy, aren't you?"
Rika stumbled after the last few words, but let out a soft sigh. She obviously wasn't recognized by the two of them, which made her happy.
'Kenta and Kazu. They are still as dim-witted as they were before I left,' Rika thought.
"Sorry, I am not. Good-bye," Rika said, as she closed the door.
'Weirdos. What time is it anyways?' Rika asked herself, glancing at her watch.
"Whoa, it's 10:30, already? Maybe I should get some breakfast and take a look around the city, to get to know it again," Rika said, rushing to the bedroom where she left all her clothes. She took a quick shower, got changed, and left the apartment builing.
Rika walked around the city for a while before walking back towards the bakery. Walking inside, Rika was greeted by the same people that were there yesterday.
"Good morning. How are you on this fine morning," Jeri asked, in her usual 'peachy' voice.
"I'm fine, thank you," Rika answered, grabbing a tray, then looking for something good to eat.
"I'm sorry for asking, but you said you used to live here, right? Then is there a possible chance that we've met before because you look very familiar without your sunglasses on," Takato asked, wearing his confused look.
"Hmm…I'm not sure, maybe. I really don't remember," Rika lied.
"Oh," Jeri said.
"Anyways, can you ring me up?" Rika asked setting the tray of rolls and blueberry bagels on the counter.
"So what are you planning on doing today?" Jeri asked, as she put the breads in a bag.
"650 yen," Takato said.
"Umm…probably just walking around the city," Rika answered, getting the money out and paying Takato.
"Ohh…may I make a suggestion? Go to the park. It's really nice," Jeri said, handing Rika the bag.
"Thanks," Rika said, putting her sunglasses on.
"No, thank you. Come back again," Takato said.
Rika left and once again, tried heading towards the park. She came across her old house and saw a group of people gathered around near the door. Rika walked up to the assembly of people.
"What's going on?" Rika asked one of the people.
"Supermodel, Rumiko Nonaka, is about to leave her house to visit her mother at the hospital," one said.
"Well, if she's on her way to the hospital, then why don't you just let her through?" Rika yelled out, "What if it was an emergency?"
Rika started to chase all the people away. Worried about her mother, she went to see if she was alright, and wanted to know what happened to Seiko.
"Hello, err…Ms. Nonaka," Rika started as she walked up to Rumiko, "how are you?"
"I'm fine thank you," Rumiko said, locking the door to the house, "I'm on my way to see my mother. The doctors called me and said that she had another heart attack."
'Grandma had a heart attack?' Rika thought.
Rumiko, who was too busy fiddling with her keys, looked up at Rika for the first time.
"Oh my goodness," Rumiko said, "you look so much like my daughter."
"Umm…really? Never heard that one before," Rika hesitated, watching Rumiko's reaction through her glasses.
Rumiko took a look at her watch and said, "Oh, dear. I'm late. Nice talking to you," walking off towards the hospital.
Rika continued to walk towards the park, passing by all the people that stared at her.
'Ha…just like old times,' Rika thought, staring back at the people.
Finally, she made it to the park. The trees were swaying in the fall breeze.
"I might have refused to come back, but a small part of me is glad that I did," Rika said, sitting down on the park bench. She started to rummage through her bag of baked goods, and picked out a blueberry bagel. She watched all the people pass by, and all the kids play at the playground near by. She also saw couples walking by, hand in hand.
'I wonder if he's still here. I haven't seen him yet,' Rika thought, thining about a particular person.
DF103 – HAHA…I'll leave it there…LOL…guess who…oh…which reminds me…the three people that keep on 'bugging' Rika…are people you should know from the show…that's all the clues I'm giving you…cause some people that reviewed wanted to know and stuff so…yeah…and this is a definite Ryuki so…just so there are no misconceptions…well…till next chapter…please review…