The Road I Can No Longer See
Chapter 4
By: SilverRose82
Tenshi-Chikyuu : I did, thanks for pointing that out. This is why I hate the English language.
Irihi : Rin's a harlot, she does do stuff with other guys. It's how she makes a living.
Airlady : I will, at some point.
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"So what do you think?"
"About what, you or that…… thing."
"Everything."
"What the fucking hell are you talkin about? I don't think, I don't have need for it. Only time I do think is to think about what I have to do. I don't think about you and I don't think about that. I think you're insane, but when's that new."
"You are the cruelest person I know."
"Of course. But I'm one of the only people ya know. Now get out of my sight, I don't wanna look at ya ugly face anymore."
Rin watched in silence as Pish's drunken form slowly made its way down the street, glancing at the pistol she had snatched from him, she rolled her eyes. There was never a day that Pish was not drunk, how he always got a hold of another gun was what annoyed her. Pocketing the thing she started to make her way to the local park, she smirked at the looks she received as she walked down the street. Most were from other women who were dragging their boyfriends, husbands, or sons and daughters away from her. Looking down at the clothes she had dressed herself in, black fish net pants with black short shorts and a green midriff under a black leather bomber jacket, must have been the pants, shrugging to herself she continued on her way, the crowd parting for her like the red sea.
Entering the park, Rin swiftly made her way over to the lake path, no reason to delay what she always did after disarming Pish. Not that she ever did delay her actions with every gun that she had ever taken from Pish, the man was a walking gun shop. Walking down the deserted path, Rin felt relaxed for the first time since she her run in with Duo a week ago. She had not seen him since and Jason and the others had no reports of him being in the area since Jason had first brought him up. Looking around after she had walked half of the path Rin veered off to the left where the brush to the lake was less dense. Mumbling to herself as she pushed sapling branches away from her face, she made it to the lakeshore. Artificial sunlight lit up the small waves of the muddy coloured lake, scanning the shorelines around her and satisfying her knowledge that she was alone she slowly pulled the gun from her pocket.
"You're not going to go and kill yourself now, are you Serena?"
"I don't know who ya talkin bout." Rin told him as she slowly turned around to face the indigo eyed, braided chestnut haired teen behind her. The silver colt pistol poised towards the ground as she looked over at him, her blonde hair whipped around her dangerously as she lifted the pistol towards her head. Looking as though she was about to pull the trigger, she hit the release button right as Duo jumped to wrestle the gun from her grasp. With the full weight of Duo pushing against her Rin toppled to the ground only to land nose to chest to a heavy panting Duo.
"What was that for?" Duo growled when he looked at her, one arm secure around her waist and the other propping him up. Rin stared at him then at the now empty gun in her hands, turning over in his grasp she spotted the water line. She could not, from this position, heave the stupid thing into the lake to be rid of it, only to do the same thing very possibly the next day.
"Well you thought the worst." Rin smirked as she placed the barrel of the gun on his chest, before cocking her head to the side and looking up at him through her bangs. "Bang Bang you're dead."
"Not, funny." Duo muttered as he reached to take the gun from her grasp, Rin reached quickly and pulled herself from his lacking grasp. Jumping to her feet she took a quick step towards the lake before throwing it into the murky water. There was a sounding splash as it landed, creating another rippling effect before others joined the gun in the water as Rin, one by one threw each bullet into the lake as well before throwing the empty magazine into the watery grave as well. "Do you always do that?"
"Hn." Rin grunted before turning to leave, not wanting to remain in Duo's presents. His presence was slowly tearing down her barricades. She could hear Duo sigh in annoyance before following after her, waiting for him outside of the lake brush. Turning to stare at him she rolled her eyes before walking off at a brisk pace.
"Where are we going?" Duo asked as he caught up with Rin, she refused to stop or answer him and kept her pace as she exited the park and turned back onto the street. Suddenly she smirked to herself before starting up at a slow jog, getting a few paces in front of Duo she took off at a dead sprint. Duo running right after her she would not get far, Duo had always been the faster runner of the group, but Rin had not been trained for nothing and with more knowledge of the layout of L2 due to more war damage. She would if anything, be able to outsmart him or get some big burly man to protect her. Protect her, what a laugh, turning into a back alley she pulled herself up an old fire escape and watched in silence as Duo began to stalk through the filth covered cement floor.
"You know, Serena, this place is horrible. Why the hell do you have to be so impossible?" Duo shouted as he looked above him, Rin glared at him for once again using a name that was not hers. Rolling her eyes she crossed her arms and waited for him to climb up the ladder.
"Why do you have to keep calling me a name that is not my own?" Rin shot back once he had made his way through the hole in the floor, she raised an eyebrow when he refused to answer her. Duo mumbled something as he advanced towards her, Rin backed up against the railing trying to keep as much space between Duo and her as possible.
"Why do you keep denying it? I'm not stupid and I'm not naïve. So don't keep playing me for a fool." Duo whispered as he pulled Rin towards him and enveloped her in a hug. One that she was unable to return, long having given up on personal emotions. Shaking her head she began to try and push Duo away from her, but he only pulled her closer determined to get her to respond to him.
"Because I'm not her, I'm Rin and Rin is all I shall ever be." She muttered once she was finally released, looking anywhere but at Duo's face she began to edge her way towards the ladder. Turning to look at Duo before she began her decent she had to close her eyes and look away. "Forget about her, she was just a dream."
"What happened to you?"
"Why don't find out for yourself, your smart, Gundam Pilot." Rin smirked before jumping off the ladder rungs and darting out of the alley. Leaving Duo to his thoughts as he watched her run off this time, next time he caught up with her he would not let her go so easily. But first he had some people to go hunt down and get answers from.
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"God dammit Jason, wake the fuck up and answer your fucking door!" Rin yelled as she pounded on the peeling black painted door that lead to Jason's room. The ever annoying redhead, Toby, stood behind her laughing his head off as Pish tried to stay standing as the pounding reminded him of the one thing he hated the most, a hangover's headache. Jeremy looked between the three of them and promptly flung Rin over his shoulder before turning to leave the hallway to calm the aggravated exotic dancer down. Her screams of protest were heard even two hallways away as Jason, slowly opened his apartment door, peeking his head out the door he looked at Pish and Toby before ushering them and slamming the door shut before bolting it again.
"She's going to kill you, man." Toby laughed as he patted Jason on the back before following Pish to make sure that the drunk did not go and do anything stupid. The only reason he stayed with the group, other than his undying loyalty to those that had become his family, was to look out for Rin and watch the free entertainment that was Pish.
"What's up with her?" Jason asked as he walked out of his kitchen with five bottles of beer, tossing one to each of his friends he settled down, knowing that without a doubt that Rin and Jeremy would find someway to get into his apartment without the use of his front door. None of them were stupid when it came to breaking and entering, well aside from maybe Pish because of his love for alcohol. Toby looked at his black haired companion, all the while trying to exnore Pish's song 'ode to thee beer.'
"Duo's really back, he's been pestering her, she's hightailing it to L1 and wants to know if we want to go with her." Toby told him as he jumped at the sound of something crashing to the floor, an insane crackle that belonged to Rin and Rin alone, Jeremy swearing something in spanish, the shattering of glass, a squeal of delight, and a door slamming open as Rin and a battered and brused Jeremy appeared in the hallway of Jason's apartment.
"What did you break?" Jason asked as he eyed the two in the hallway, Rin's eyes lit up as she rushed back into the room she had appeared from and came forth carrying what looked to have been a glass fish. Glancing at the now halved glass fish that had been a present from an old girlfriend, Jason shook his head as he tossed Rin a beer, of which she caught with easy having dropped the pink and yellow fish. "So you want us to go with you to L1?"
"Yeah, ya don't have ta or anythin but I wanted to tell ya so you didn't worry." Rin told him as she turned to stare at her four friends. Each different in their own ways, but all the same in one way
"Why the hell would we not go with ya!?" Pish yelled as he raised his beer bottle as in toast, spilling the remaining contents of amber liquid on himself. Rin smiled to herself, as she watched Pish cry over his split milk or rather beer and Jason yelling at him for spilling the stuff on his floor.
"So when are we going to L1?" Jeremy asked as he pushed his shoulder length silver hair away from his forehead. Rin looked up at him before turning to look Jason and Pish in the eye, turning back to Jeremy she smiled.
"Went ever the hell we're ready."
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Because of cursing, slang, underage drinking, sex, and prostitution references.
Rating changed from PG-13 to R.
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