Twin Hearts: A Parallel Destiny
Chapter 4: Now What?
"Well, Sei, we better get going," said Rei.
"Yeah, come on, we can all walk home together!" Shiori flashed a smile at Sei.
Sei managed another smile, which was getting harder and harder to do at this point. But he also shook his head. "No, I better make sure she's okay."
"But the paramedic just said..." Shiori began.
Rei gave his brother an odd look. "Come on Shiori, let's go." Rei pulled her by the arm towards the stairs.
Shiori gave Sei a disappointed look, then turned around to face the doorway and leaned against Rei's arm.
Sei waited until he could no longer hear their footsteps before he approached her.
Tomo began to stand up, talking while she did so. "Thank you so much for saving me, I really should be more careful about spacing out like that. You know, I-"
"You don't have to lie to me. I saw what you did."
Tomo stood up straight and looked at him. She tried to give one of her "what-ever-are-you-talking-about" smiles, but it melted right off her face when her eyes met his.
She couldn't bare it, she had to look away. "Well, I best be going. I don't want to get home late and have my parents worry about me. I lost my ride a while ago, so now I have to walk home, and it's a good five miles from here..."
She started walking towards the door, feeling the sweat form on her face from all the tension. She thought she might make it when a hand rested on her shoulder.
She flinched away from it and it moved away. "Why did you do it?"
Her whole body was tense now. And her voice betrayed her as she tried to talk, breaking into a squeak after only a few words. "What do you mean? Coming up to the roof to get some fresh air? It's a bad habit, and then I-"
"I told you, you don't have to lie to me. I saw what you did, and that wasn't it. So...Why?"
She couldn't help it anymore, she laughed and nearly fell over doing so. The tension was getting to her.
Sei got chills, her laugh was so cold.
"Why? Why do you care? No one else does! And trust me, you did me more harm than good saving me back there. Besides, isn't this a little out of your character? Since when did you show concern about anyone other than Rei, and maybe Shiori?"
She looked at him with her sadistic smile, her glistening eyes giving away how she truly felt. She didn't expect the look of shock on his face.
"Of course, you didn't know, did you? No, of course you didn't. No one did. I may be silent, and even ignored, but I have ears, and eyes, and I know what's going on. You probably don't even know who I am, even though I've even been in some of your classes. Then again, no one notices me, and if I didn't space out as much, you wouldn't have either." She glanced at him again, his face hadn't changed.
"I love Rei. I mean, what girl doesn't. But then again, I'm not like most girls. No, I loved him more than anyone else. I've had a crush on him ever since I first met him...Probably because we're exact opposites...Yeah, most likely...Well, my world's been getting bleaker and bleaker lately, and then Shiori left you and started dating Rei." She laughed again. "What a stupid girl. I bet if you two stood next to each other, she couldn't even tell you apart. You're both the same to her, you know. And as long as she has one of you, she doesn't care." She laughed again, and had to bend over a bit so she didn't fall over.
When she looked back at him, she realized that she had hit him a little too deep, because his expression had changed to one of deep sorrow. The same look she saw in the mirror every morning. Her own smile faded and her laughter died as she stood up straight again and kept looking at him.
Then she turned away, and looked towards the stairway. "Well, now that you know, leave me alone." She turned her head around to look over her shoulder. "And if you ever catch me up here again, don't stop me." She turned back towards the door and began to walk across the roof.
"Only if you don't stop me," Sei muttered. He raised a hand to his mouth as he realized what he had just said, because Tomo had whirled around, her eyes wide.
"What?!"
Sei looked to the side, at a patch of roof a few feet away. "Nothing." And this time, he started walking towards the only exit, but she stopped him instead.
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A/N: Now that they both know the other's deepest secret, what will they do now? It seems that life has treated both of them unfairly, and that their fates just might be intertwined after all. [Like it so far, then REVIEW!!! Please?...]
Next chapter:....Chapter 5: Intertwined Fate
Chapter 4: Now What?
"Well, Sei, we better get going," said Rei.
"Yeah, come on, we can all walk home together!" Shiori flashed a smile at Sei.
Sei managed another smile, which was getting harder and harder to do at this point. But he also shook his head. "No, I better make sure she's okay."
"But the paramedic just said..." Shiori began.
Rei gave his brother an odd look. "Come on Shiori, let's go." Rei pulled her by the arm towards the stairs.
Shiori gave Sei a disappointed look, then turned around to face the doorway and leaned against Rei's arm.
Sei waited until he could no longer hear their footsteps before he approached her.
Tomo began to stand up, talking while she did so. "Thank you so much for saving me, I really should be more careful about spacing out like that. You know, I-"
"You don't have to lie to me. I saw what you did."
Tomo stood up straight and looked at him. She tried to give one of her "what-ever-are-you-talking-about" smiles, but it melted right off her face when her eyes met his.
She couldn't bare it, she had to look away. "Well, I best be going. I don't want to get home late and have my parents worry about me. I lost my ride a while ago, so now I have to walk home, and it's a good five miles from here..."
She started walking towards the door, feeling the sweat form on her face from all the tension. She thought she might make it when a hand rested on her shoulder.
She flinched away from it and it moved away. "Why did you do it?"
Her whole body was tense now. And her voice betrayed her as she tried to talk, breaking into a squeak after only a few words. "What do you mean? Coming up to the roof to get some fresh air? It's a bad habit, and then I-"
"I told you, you don't have to lie to me. I saw what you did, and that wasn't it. So...Why?"
She couldn't help it anymore, she laughed and nearly fell over doing so. The tension was getting to her.
Sei got chills, her laugh was so cold.
"Why? Why do you care? No one else does! And trust me, you did me more harm than good saving me back there. Besides, isn't this a little out of your character? Since when did you show concern about anyone other than Rei, and maybe Shiori?"
She looked at him with her sadistic smile, her glistening eyes giving away how she truly felt. She didn't expect the look of shock on his face.
"Of course, you didn't know, did you? No, of course you didn't. No one did. I may be silent, and even ignored, but I have ears, and eyes, and I know what's going on. You probably don't even know who I am, even though I've even been in some of your classes. Then again, no one notices me, and if I didn't space out as much, you wouldn't have either." She glanced at him again, his face hadn't changed.
"I love Rei. I mean, what girl doesn't. But then again, I'm not like most girls. No, I loved him more than anyone else. I've had a crush on him ever since I first met him...Probably because we're exact opposites...Yeah, most likely...Well, my world's been getting bleaker and bleaker lately, and then Shiori left you and started dating Rei." She laughed again. "What a stupid girl. I bet if you two stood next to each other, she couldn't even tell you apart. You're both the same to her, you know. And as long as she has one of you, she doesn't care." She laughed again, and had to bend over a bit so she didn't fall over.
When she looked back at him, she realized that she had hit him a little too deep, because his expression had changed to one of deep sorrow. The same look she saw in the mirror every morning. Her own smile faded and her laughter died as she stood up straight again and kept looking at him.
Then she turned away, and looked towards the stairway. "Well, now that you know, leave me alone." She turned her head around to look over her shoulder. "And if you ever catch me up here again, don't stop me." She turned back towards the door and began to walk across the roof.
"Only if you don't stop me," Sei muttered. He raised a hand to his mouth as he realized what he had just said, because Tomo had whirled around, her eyes wide.
"What?!"
Sei looked to the side, at a patch of roof a few feet away. "Nothing." And this time, he started walking towards the only exit, but she stopped him instead.
***
A/N: Now that they both know the other's deepest secret, what will they do now? It seems that life has treated both of them unfairly, and that their fates just might be intertwined after all. [Like it so far, then REVIEW!!! Please?...]
Next chapter:....Chapter 5: Intertwined Fate