Twin Hearts: A Parallel Destiny
Chapter 11: The Final Heartbreak
Sei looked startled when he noticed Rei in the doorway, but Rei just smiled and said "hi."
Sei looked around Rei with a confused look on his face, Rei returned the look. "What?"
"Where's Shiori?"
Rei sighed. "Still at the amusement park. I left her there. I can't stand her! To think she had the nerve to do something like that! I told her to get out of my face, that I never wanted to see her again. And I kind-of slapped her across the face. I was just so pissed to see her do something like that, I mean, I could even see what was going on between you and Tomo, and then she went and did that anyway! That just really pissed me off."
Tomo looked horrified. "You slapped her?!"
Rei looked a little ashamed. "Yeah, I kind-of lost control for a moment."
Tomo's eyes went blank and she clasped her hands over her mouth. Sei couldn't figure out why she was so worried. Of course, Shiori would be upset, but she'd get over it, right?
Tomo shook her head to clear it briefly, then she looked to Rei. "We have to get back to the amusement park."
Sei looked at his watch, pressing the button to make it glow green. "No time, it's already closed. In fact, it's almost been an hour since it closed."
The look of worry on Tomo's face intensified. Rei was confused. "Why are you so worried about her?! Look what she did! Don't you think she deserved this?!"
Tomo had to look at the patch of the roof between her feet for a moment. She did deserve some type of reprimand for what she did, but this might have been too much.
Tomo brought her head up, shaking it to express her view. "No. Don't you see? Sei realized she was jealous, right?"
Sei nodded his head. Rei hesitantly nodded his, not sure where this was going.
"Well, think about it. If she was upset then because she didn't have one of you, think about how she must feel right now! She lost both!"
Now Sei had adopted her previous expression and Rei looked a bit worried, he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
"Well, shit! What do we do now?" said Rei
"We have to get back to the amusement park," said Tomo, calmly.
"We can't get in now. It's probably looked up for the night! It's not like they're just going to let us in after hours!"
"Who said we were going to be let in?" Sei and Tomo looked at Rei. He was grinning, but it didn't last long. "Come on, I got an idea."
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Less than fifteen minutes later they had managed to arrive at the park by taxi, instead of taking the bus and running half the way, and had managed to climb over the fence that went through the woods that bordered three fourths of the park.
"Rei, how did you know we could get through that way?" said Sei as they ran away from the fence into the main part of the park.
"How else did you think I spent so much time here?"
Sei sighed and slapped his hand against his forehead.
"They were going to expand the park, but they never got around to it, that's why the fence isn't that strong or heavily guarded."
"Wow. You actually use that brain for something other than hitting on girls, Rei? Impressive." And oddly enough, it was Tomo that said it. Rei looked at her and smiled.
"Of course, if I didn't, then it could just rot away. Then what would I do when it came to racing? I'm sure one of the qualifications is having a working brain."
They all smiled and laughed a bit. At least they had managed to lighten the mood a fraction. It had begun to get unbearably heavy.
"Okay," said Tomo, stopping when they reached the center of the park. "Most likely, where would she be?"
Rei named off random rides they want on and parts of the park they had explored. Then it hit him, as he scanned the park, looking at the rides, for some type of clue.
"The Ferris wheel, that's when she started acting really odd," said Rei. "She must've seen something that really got her going."
Tomo and Sei blushed. "Well, then we have to check there first!" said Tomo, grabbing Sei's arm in one hand and Rei's in the other, nearly dragging them there.
Several yards away they slowed down and started scanning the perimeter around the Ferris wheel and the Ferris wheel itself."
Out of the corner of his eye, Rei noticed a shadow lurking about on one of the higher beams of the Ferris wheel.
"Sei, Tomo, I think I see her. She's up there, on one of the higher beams on the Ferris wheel."
Tomo and Sei looked up to see a distorted human shadow lurking about on the heights of the ride.
"Shiori!" Rei called up to her, cupping his hands around his mouth. "Shiori, please come down! I'm sorry for what I did earlier! I was angry and I lost control! Please, if you come back down, ever-"
"No!" yelled Shiori as she grabbed onto one of the smaller beams that was perpendicular to the one she was on. "I've lost everything I cared about and now I have nothing left."Tomo noticed her voice starting to choke up and she could've sworn she heard a sob. She was crying.
Tomo then felt Shiori's eyes upon her and when she felt them leave she realized that she had jumped.
"Shiori!" Rei yelled. They all raced forward, but none of them were soon enough. Beside that, they could barely see her fall in the first place, but when they finally got close enough to the Ferris wheel, they spotted her. There was no way she could've survived. The blood was an ever widening pool spreading out from her head.
For a moment Tomo's vision wavered, and as it went black she could faintly hear the sound of someone throwing up only a few feet away.
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A/N: Our story now draws to a close. With Shiori now out of the picture, what will happen to the new bond between Sei and Tomo, and how will Rei deal with the loss of his more-than-close friend, Shiori. As the ambulance comes to carry Shiori's body away, Tomo can't help but wonder where her life will go because of this.
Next Chapter....Chapter 12: A New Loss, A New Friendship
Chapter 11: The Final Heartbreak
Sei looked startled when he noticed Rei in the doorway, but Rei just smiled and said "hi."
Sei looked around Rei with a confused look on his face, Rei returned the look. "What?"
"Where's Shiori?"
Rei sighed. "Still at the amusement park. I left her there. I can't stand her! To think she had the nerve to do something like that! I told her to get out of my face, that I never wanted to see her again. And I kind-of slapped her across the face. I was just so pissed to see her do something like that, I mean, I could even see what was going on between you and Tomo, and then she went and did that anyway! That just really pissed me off."
Tomo looked horrified. "You slapped her?!"
Rei looked a little ashamed. "Yeah, I kind-of lost control for a moment."
Tomo's eyes went blank and she clasped her hands over her mouth. Sei couldn't figure out why she was so worried. Of course, Shiori would be upset, but she'd get over it, right?
Tomo shook her head to clear it briefly, then she looked to Rei. "We have to get back to the amusement park."
Sei looked at his watch, pressing the button to make it glow green. "No time, it's already closed. In fact, it's almost been an hour since it closed."
The look of worry on Tomo's face intensified. Rei was confused. "Why are you so worried about her?! Look what she did! Don't you think she deserved this?!"
Tomo had to look at the patch of the roof between her feet for a moment. She did deserve some type of reprimand for what she did, but this might have been too much.
Tomo brought her head up, shaking it to express her view. "No. Don't you see? Sei realized she was jealous, right?"
Sei nodded his head. Rei hesitantly nodded his, not sure where this was going.
"Well, think about it. If she was upset then because she didn't have one of you, think about how she must feel right now! She lost both!"
Now Sei had adopted her previous expression and Rei looked a bit worried, he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
"Well, shit! What do we do now?" said Rei
"We have to get back to the amusement park," said Tomo, calmly.
"We can't get in now. It's probably looked up for the night! It's not like they're just going to let us in after hours!"
"Who said we were going to be let in?" Sei and Tomo looked at Rei. He was grinning, but it didn't last long. "Come on, I got an idea."
***
Less than fifteen minutes later they had managed to arrive at the park by taxi, instead of taking the bus and running half the way, and had managed to climb over the fence that went through the woods that bordered three fourths of the park.
"Rei, how did you know we could get through that way?" said Sei as they ran away from the fence into the main part of the park.
"How else did you think I spent so much time here?"
Sei sighed and slapped his hand against his forehead.
"They were going to expand the park, but they never got around to it, that's why the fence isn't that strong or heavily guarded."
"Wow. You actually use that brain for something other than hitting on girls, Rei? Impressive." And oddly enough, it was Tomo that said it. Rei looked at her and smiled.
"Of course, if I didn't, then it could just rot away. Then what would I do when it came to racing? I'm sure one of the qualifications is having a working brain."
They all smiled and laughed a bit. At least they had managed to lighten the mood a fraction. It had begun to get unbearably heavy.
"Okay," said Tomo, stopping when they reached the center of the park. "Most likely, where would she be?"
Rei named off random rides they want on and parts of the park they had explored. Then it hit him, as he scanned the park, looking at the rides, for some type of clue.
"The Ferris wheel, that's when she started acting really odd," said Rei. "She must've seen something that really got her going."
Tomo and Sei blushed. "Well, then we have to check there first!" said Tomo, grabbing Sei's arm in one hand and Rei's in the other, nearly dragging them there.
Several yards away they slowed down and started scanning the perimeter around the Ferris wheel and the Ferris wheel itself."
Out of the corner of his eye, Rei noticed a shadow lurking about on one of the higher beams of the Ferris wheel.
"Sei, Tomo, I think I see her. She's up there, on one of the higher beams on the Ferris wheel."
Tomo and Sei looked up to see a distorted human shadow lurking about on the heights of the ride.
"Shiori!" Rei called up to her, cupping his hands around his mouth. "Shiori, please come down! I'm sorry for what I did earlier! I was angry and I lost control! Please, if you come back down, ever-"
"No!" yelled Shiori as she grabbed onto one of the smaller beams that was perpendicular to the one she was on. "I've lost everything I cared about and now I have nothing left."Tomo noticed her voice starting to choke up and she could've sworn she heard a sob. She was crying.
Tomo then felt Shiori's eyes upon her and when she felt them leave she realized that she had jumped.
"Shiori!" Rei yelled. They all raced forward, but none of them were soon enough. Beside that, they could barely see her fall in the first place, but when they finally got close enough to the Ferris wheel, they spotted her. There was no way she could've survived. The blood was an ever widening pool spreading out from her head.
For a moment Tomo's vision wavered, and as it went black she could faintly hear the sound of someone throwing up only a few feet away.
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A/N: Our story now draws to a close. With Shiori now out of the picture, what will happen to the new bond between Sei and Tomo, and how will Rei deal with the loss of his more-than-close friend, Shiori. As the ambulance comes to carry Shiori's body away, Tomo can't help but wonder where her life will go because of this.
Next Chapter....Chapter 12: A New Loss, A New Friendship