Never Too Far From Home
When You Came Back To My Lonely Heart
DF103 – …umm…nothing I really have to say about this chapter except…enjoy…oh and reviewer, Sam…hopefully your question is answered in this chapter…now on with Never Too Far From Home – When You Came Back To My Lonely Heart…
Rika spent the rest of her day, roaming around the city, getting to see the new and old side of the place. She had noticed, on her way home, that the old Hypnos building was still there, and she also walked by the photo shoot, where she spent agonizing hours, during her childhood. There were a lot of new clothing shops, where teenage girls went in and out happy because they got the new line of clothes.
As the sun started to set, Rika made her way up the apartment steps, as she took out the keys that the teens gave her.
'Hmm…surprisingly, those three haven't bugged me today,' Rika thought, looking for her room number.
Little did she know, the three teenagers were right behind her the whole time. Earlier, before Rika came back to the apartment, the three of them switched the apartment numbers on the doors. Who's room will Rika get, no one knows…
'Hmm…could've sworn my room was here,' Rika thought, 'oh…there it is.'
Rika tried to unlock the door, when a tall, tan, muscular man with dark chocolate brown, azure eyes came and said, "Umm…do you need help, miss?"
Rika turned around and saw the man, surprised to see the familiar face.
"I believe this is my room," he said, "because of the big dent in the door," pointing to the dent.
"But, my room number is 26," Rika said, pointing to the number on the door.
"Oh, the kids around here always switch the numbers around to confuse everyone," he said, unlocking the door that Rika had tried to open.
"Oh, well how do I go about finding my room?" Rika asked pointing to the other doors, "all the others are switched, too."
"You'll have to wait till tomorrow because I'm pretty sure everyone's asleep already," the man explained, "you can stay over with me, till tomorrow, seeing that you need a place to stay for the night."
"Sure, I guess," Rika said, "I really don't have a choice, do I?"
The man flashed a smile over his face and then it hit Rika.
"Ryo," Rika whispered, staring at him.
"Excuse me, did you just say Ryo?" the man asked, looking into Rika's eyes.
"Umm…sorry, wrong person, I think," Rika said, turning around, making her hair fall out of it's ponytail.
"Rika, is that you?" the man asked, looking at Rika's red-orange colored hair.
At the sound of her name, Rika turned around and looked back at the man, now revealed as Ryo.
"It is you," Ryo said, pulling Rika into an unexpected hug, "all of us thought you were dead. Does everyone else know you're here?"
Rika was happy that Ryo remembered her.
"I've seen everyone around, but I don't think they know it was me," Rika answered, looking back at Ryo.
"Come in. So much has gone on since you were gone," Ryo said, as Rika entered his apartment.
Amazingly, his apartment was spotless. All the dishes were properly put in the cabinets, and not a single piece of clothing was on the floor.
"I guess you still have that "Mr. Perfect" touch," Rika said, looking around some more.
"Yeah, I guess," Ryo said, bringing out some hot cocoa, for the two of them.
Rika sat down and said, "So, what do you do for a living?"
"Since my dad died, I inherited the money and the business he owned. He was an engineer, so now I'm one, too," he answered, setting the mugs on the table.
"Wow, if you're an engineer, then why do you live here, and not like a big house or something?" Rika asked, taking a sip of her cocoa.
"It's better to conserve your money, rather then spend it on something you really don't need, don't you think? It's not like I have a family to take care of or anything, so why not just get a place that suits me," Ryo said, taking a seat across from Rika.
"Good point," Rika said, feeling unusually nice to Ryo.
"So, where have you been for the last, what, seven years?" Ryo asked.
"I've been in the States," Rika answered.
"Wow, you must've been lucky to get in the States," Ryo said.
"Well, I had connections. But it sorta feels good to be back in West Shinjuku," Rika said, giving Ryo, one of her rare smiles.
"Cool, wish I could've gone," Ryo answered.
"So, how are the others? Like I said before, I saw them, but I really didn't get a chance to talk to them," Rika said.
"Well, if you saw them, I guess you know that Kazu and Kenta are door-to-door salesmen, Takato owns the bakery and is dating Jeri, who works at the bakery, Henry works for the new and improved Hypnos, and Alice is traveling the world with her dad. I haven't heard anything about the others," Ryo said.
"That explains why Henry was in that suit, and why Jeri and Takato looked like they were flirting," Rika said, laughing.
They both talked practically the whole night, each telling stories of what happened throughout the years that have passed.
DF103 – If it seems like it's over…it ain't…the mystery is still shrouded upon those three…I would like to thank…so far…the reviewers…thanx guys for the reviews, my fuel to writing…I also want to thank Angel13 for the 'Ryo being a neighbor' idea…and I also want to thank crystal-digiqueen for the description and job idea for Ryo (read her fic Phases…it's good)…please review…and till next chappie…PEACE