Twin Hearts: A Parallel Destiny
Chapter 5: Intertwined Fate
Tomo felt like her heart was clenched in a fist of ice.
"What did you say?" She couldn't believe her ears. He had said, 'Only if you don't stop me,' hadn't he?...
Sei didn't feel like talking, he shrugged off her hand.
Tomo ran in front of him and blocked the entrance to the stairway. All Sei did was stop walking and stare at her.
"Okay. I told you why I want to die, now you tell me."
"It doesn't matter."
"Yes it does!" she was almost yelling at him.
"Why are you concerned about me, but not about yourself? You wanted me to let you die, but now that I tell you I might want to, everything's completely different."
She didn't know what to say. He had a point.
"Can you at least tell me why you want to die?"
Sei sighed. "I might loose my brother, the one and only person I've truly ever loved and have left, one of the only friends I ever had abandoned me, and my father isn't who I thought he was. Are you happy now?" Sei was almost at the point of tears.
Tomo felt so weak she almost fell out of the doorway. They were so similar it was scary. Her heart had to have skipped a beat. But how could someone feel the same way she did? It didn't seem possible.
"You don't have any other friends?"
Sei looked at the ground. "No."
"What about your mother?"
"Dead."
"Uncles?" She saw him cringe. "Okay...bad question...There has to be some reason you're still alive!!"
"My last hope died, and I feel like I'm drifting away from everything I know."
She wanted to run over to him and hug him, and tell him that everything would be all right, that she would be his friend. It was like they were meant for each other. But nothing came out. She just stood there, frozen.
Sei felt like a completely different person. Normally, he would never tell someone who was almost a stranger something this deep. Even Rei didn't know he felt like this! Then again, today wasn't exactly normal. He sighed. He didn't know who he was anymore.
Tomo took a leap that she never thought she would. She took a deep breath and spat it out in what seemed like one word. "I'llbeyourfriend."
Sei looked up at her, half because he didn't understand her, half because he thought he did and couldn't understand why she would say something like that. "What?"
She sighed and looked him straight in the eyes. "I'll be your friend."
Sei didn't know what to do. He just sort of stood there and blinked at her. This day had officially gone far past normal.
"It'll give you something to live for!" she managed a smile.
Sei managed a smile back. She was blushing, so he assumed she was serious. Why would she say something like that if she wasn't? She didn't seem like the type that would intentionally hurt him, like the bullys he had had to deal with. "K."
She blushed an even deeper shade of red. "Really?"
Sei shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, why not. I've got nothing left to loose. After all, we both almost weren't here right now."
"You mean, you.."
"Were planning to take the big jump too? Yeah..." Sei walked over to Tomo because she had moved over and was no longer blocking the entrance to the staircase.
"By the way," she began. "My name's Shiru. Tomo Shiru," she said with a bow.
"How unusual. I've never met anyone with that name before."
"Yeah. Neither have I." They both laughed a little. "Well, I need to get going. Like I said before, my house is..."
"I know. Five miles away. I'll walk you home."
"But it's out of the way....You don't have to."
He looked into her eyes. "I want to."
She smiled. "K."
"Besides, it'll give us time to talk. Something I think both of us need to do right now."
"Yeah...," she definately agreed.
And to think, that day, they both almost ended their lives, and instead, ended up with each other.
***
A/N: You could almost feel the two connecting as they walked home together, each telling their own stories. But what about tomorrow, when Rei and Shiori would want to know the whole story. What will Sei tell them then?
Next chapter:...Chapter 6: A Tangled Romance
Chapter 5: Intertwined Fate
Tomo felt like her heart was clenched in a fist of ice.
"What did you say?" She couldn't believe her ears. He had said, 'Only if you don't stop me,' hadn't he?...
Sei didn't feel like talking, he shrugged off her hand.
Tomo ran in front of him and blocked the entrance to the stairway. All Sei did was stop walking and stare at her.
"Okay. I told you why I want to die, now you tell me."
"It doesn't matter."
"Yes it does!" she was almost yelling at him.
"Why are you concerned about me, but not about yourself? You wanted me to let you die, but now that I tell you I might want to, everything's completely different."
She didn't know what to say. He had a point.
"Can you at least tell me why you want to die?"
Sei sighed. "I might loose my brother, the one and only person I've truly ever loved and have left, one of the only friends I ever had abandoned me, and my father isn't who I thought he was. Are you happy now?" Sei was almost at the point of tears.
Tomo felt so weak she almost fell out of the doorway. They were so similar it was scary. Her heart had to have skipped a beat. But how could someone feel the same way she did? It didn't seem possible.
"You don't have any other friends?"
Sei looked at the ground. "No."
"What about your mother?"
"Dead."
"Uncles?" She saw him cringe. "Okay...bad question...There has to be some reason you're still alive!!"
"My last hope died, and I feel like I'm drifting away from everything I know."
She wanted to run over to him and hug him, and tell him that everything would be all right, that she would be his friend. It was like they were meant for each other. But nothing came out. She just stood there, frozen.
Sei felt like a completely different person. Normally, he would never tell someone who was almost a stranger something this deep. Even Rei didn't know he felt like this! Then again, today wasn't exactly normal. He sighed. He didn't know who he was anymore.
Tomo took a leap that she never thought she would. She took a deep breath and spat it out in what seemed like one word. "I'llbeyourfriend."
Sei looked up at her, half because he didn't understand her, half because he thought he did and couldn't understand why she would say something like that. "What?"
She sighed and looked him straight in the eyes. "I'll be your friend."
Sei didn't know what to do. He just sort of stood there and blinked at her. This day had officially gone far past normal.
"It'll give you something to live for!" she managed a smile.
Sei managed a smile back. She was blushing, so he assumed she was serious. Why would she say something like that if she wasn't? She didn't seem like the type that would intentionally hurt him, like the bullys he had had to deal with. "K."
She blushed an even deeper shade of red. "Really?"
Sei shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, why not. I've got nothing left to loose. After all, we both almost weren't here right now."
"You mean, you.."
"Were planning to take the big jump too? Yeah..." Sei walked over to Tomo because she had moved over and was no longer blocking the entrance to the staircase.
"By the way," she began. "My name's Shiru. Tomo Shiru," she said with a bow.
"How unusual. I've never met anyone with that name before."
"Yeah. Neither have I." They both laughed a little. "Well, I need to get going. Like I said before, my house is..."
"I know. Five miles away. I'll walk you home."
"But it's out of the way....You don't have to."
He looked into her eyes. "I want to."
She smiled. "K."
"Besides, it'll give us time to talk. Something I think both of us need to do right now."
"Yeah...," she definately agreed.
And to think, that day, they both almost ended their lives, and instead, ended up with each other.
***
A/N: You could almost feel the two connecting as they walked home together, each telling their own stories. But what about tomorrow, when Rei and Shiori would want to know the whole story. What will Sei tell them then?
Next chapter:...Chapter 6: A Tangled Romance