Chapter 7

Time apart again

Rei called Harumi and Tatsuya so they could meet at their usual meeting area which was at the high school courtyard, even though Rei is a drop out while his two best friends have already graduated and already in college they still like to sneak in to hang out for old times but they were only missing one more person...Kira even Tatsuya and Harumi noticed that without Rei explaining to them.

"What do you mean you and Kira are officially off!?" Harumi hollered in a very very freaked out voice that startled the two young men next to her "Rumi, baby lower your voice, please," Tatsuya said sounding like a child that was yelled at by it's mother, while Rei felt the same so both the boys held each other in fear of what she might do or say. After the boys calmed Harumi down enough for Rei to explain what actually happened between himself and Kira "so you left her with Kenji?" Tatsuya asked in a calmer less louder voice then his girlfriend, the boys were sitting side by side with their elbows on their knees while Harumi stood up facing them both "what was I suppose to do? force her onto my motorcycle?" Rei said without looking at either of his friends. Harumi scoff at Rei's excuse "why didn't you?" she asked with her arms crossed over her chest Tatsuya was stunned at what she said, "Harumi?" he said trying to silence her.

"I mean you two have been through so much"

"Harumi?"

"And now suddenly you give up all because of some rich-British-pretty boy?"

"Harumi?"

"I mean Rei of all the stupidest things that you have done this one-"

"Harumi shut the Hell up!" Tatsuya finally commanded his girlfriend in his own loud and stern voice which of course he hated being a controlling-commanding boyfriend but he knew that she was going too far with her comments, she was pretty surprised by his command but she did what he said. "I am sorry Harumi but you were going overboard on Rei, besides we haven't figured out why Kira choice Kenji over Rei" Tatsuya said with a very apologetic voice, she made a pouting face at her wise boyfriend, Tatsuya reached out to her hand and she took it as they two understood one another with just a glance at each other's eyes. Rei suddenly felt like a neglected child "hello, can we get back to helping me now?" he said in childish kind of voice, they couple did finally came back to Rei's problem "have you gone back to the apartment?" Harumi asked calmly while sitting on the opposite side of where Tatsuya was sitting on "no, I called mom though she told me that Kira was there but she left with some of her stuff an hour ago" Rei explained with his hands twined into a prayer way "did Kira say where she was going?" Harumi asked again "no only that she would only call her mom to let her know she was fine" Rei added to his explanation. Tatsuya placed a hand on Rei shoulder "maybe she went to stay with your old man and his wife" he suggested, Rei bowed down his head and shocked "no, she didn't like living in a big mansion" he said remembering when they moved in with his parents for a while until Kira convinced his old man to release him from the family business.

"What is all this talk about Kira and Rei being off?" said a he young man that Rei, Tatsuya, and Harumi seemed to recognizes, he was wearing tight jeans with a white button up shirt with the sleeves torn off and his voice was soft and yuppy "uh do we know you?" Harumi asked looking at the man. "Oh you guys can't even recognizes me without all my girlish make-up and get-up" he said then looked at Rei "especially you Rei of all people" he added, Rei blinked his eyes as he realized it was "Violet" in masculine clothes "Violet what happen to you? have you gone straight?" he asked in a stunned voice while pointing at him. Violet scoff at his question "two words: off duty, now answer my question about you and Kira" he asked as he walked to the three straight people "has she left you for Kenji?" he asked bluntly "Violet!" Harumi shouted as she smacked the side of Violet's head. After a few seconds of blending Violet into the discussion of the topic he responded the way Harumi did "GET HER BACK!" he said to Rei's face.

Rei rose to his feet, walked an inch away from his friends with his hands in his back pockets "are you going to at least try and fight to win her back?" Harumi finally asked and not tried to control what cannot be controlled by herself, Rei gave a silent sigh as he answer "what for he has everything that I had given up" he responded. Harumi and Tatsuya remained silent but disappointed "I could talk to her, make her see that she needs you" Harumi offered in a cheerful voice as she walked to Rei's side "needs what Rumi? you want me to convince her to come back to spending her days and nights at home waiting for me to come home in one pieces or wait for a call of an art dealer saying he wants to by her work?" Rei expressed now in a more pissed off voice. Tatsuya walked to Rei's other side "hey man she made the choice to leave home to live with you no matter what the cost was" he said but Rei refused to hear what he said, all he kept seeing was Kira sitting at their apartment by herself watching TV or doing the ususal house cleaning and it drove him to self pity. "So you're giving up on Kira and your engagement?,Man you really have forgotten-" Harumi didn't finish because Rei cut her off very bluntly "I didn't forget anything if it were true I wouldn't have traded my new motorcycle helmet for this" he said as he pulled out a tiny hand bag that was the small enough for a ring. Rei handed the bag to Violet and he opened it to find an engagement ring falling into his hand. "Aw Rei you shouldn't have" Violet said in a teasing and jokingly voice, Rei snatched it out of his hand and shouted "IT'S NOT FOR YOU DUMB ASS!". Violet gave a small friendly but evil laugh while Rei showed Tatsuya and Harumi the ring that was silver with an inscription on the outside of it which read "my light of hope".

Harumi was touched by Rei's romantic ways "it's beautiful, when did you get it?" she asked looking at him with the ring on palm of her hand "the day Kenji was going to take us to his beach house" Rei explained as he took the ring and placed it back into the bag, "we've always talked about getting a ring but I have been too busy to look for one and so was she" he added while he slipped the bag in the pocket of his shirt.

Suddenly Rei's cell phone that was hanging on the back of his jeans rang "Yeah?" Rei answered while his three good friends sat behind him "Rei it's Miya, I know where Kira is" she said on the other line, Rei was surprised but at the same time felt discourage "where is she?" Rei asked in concern but acted like he really didn't care because he had a feeling that she was with Kenji "she is going to stay with Kenji at his beach house" Miya explained. Rei was feeling his heart being squeezed to death "but first she wants to meet up with you" she added. "Why?" he asked as he pushed his hair back with his free hand at the same time sighed to himself "because she wants to talk to you" Miya explained "yeah sure" he said in a arrogant and disbelieving voice. "Rei listen to me, you could still try and talk to her" Miya insisted to him "aw now you too? I already have Tatsuya, Harumi, and Violet in boy's clothes telling me to talk to Kira" Rei explained to his sergeant mother who was all of a sudden silent after Rei mentioned about Violet in boy's clothes "did you say boy's clothes?" she finally asked in a stunned but curious voice. Rei groaned in frustration to everyone focusing on other things other then his problems, he then sighed softly as he responded "oh man! forget it, this doesn't even matter anymore" he said on the phone "Rei she said she won't go anywhere until she sees you first" Miya explained, Rei thought about how he wasn't ready to see Kira but he was curious about what she wanted to say "where does she want me to meet her?" he asked. "She will meet you at the Hikaru restaurant" Miya explain to Rei, he politely hung up his cell phone and explain to his friends about what Kira wanted "you're going to see her?" Harumi asked in a cheerful voice "I might as well hear what she has to say" Rei said in bad way though.




Rei rode to the restaurant that Kira was going to meet him at, on the way there he wondered if he was going to do the right thing for her and probably for him as well because the last time he did he almost slept with an anonymous girl at a party but luckily he wasn't in the mood "ugh don't remind yourself" Rei thought to himself feeling too embarrassed by what happen there. As he pulled into a parking spot he sighted her sitting near the customer window staring at him with her innocent golden eyes looking like they were filled with tears, Rei walked into the restaurant with his old used helmet in his hand with the other he slipped it in the pocket that contend the ring. "Hey" she said as he sat across the table from her "hey" he responded only to be polite, suddenly neither of them spoke only stared at one another until they spoke out at the exact same time "sorry" he said embarrassed "no I am sorry" she said as well she felt embarrassed herself "you first" Kira offered, Rei shocked his head "no you invited me here so you go first" he insisted.

"Uh well Kenji invited me to stay with him at his beach house" Kira started out with her head bowed down looking at her hands that were on her lap, Rei was feeling pissed about that "yeah, that's nice of him" he commented sarcastically but Kira couldn't tell "but I won't go unless you tell me not to" Kira said still looking at her hands. Rei looked at her "you don't need me to tell you what to do" he said in a careless voice, Kira was heartache by how he said it "so you want me to go?" she asked feeling her tears growing in her eyes, Rei sensed her voice trembling and it made his heart sore "I think you should, we could use a break and who knows we might see our lives in a different view" he explained with his hands resting on the table. Kira felt her emotions grow stronger within her, she never liked letting Rei see her cry "okay I'll call you whenever I can, okay?" she said as she rose on her feet, with her hair down she used it to cover her face but Rei heard her trembling voice "yeah sure I'll be standing by" he said in respond to her, as he sensed Kira passing by him he reached into his pocket and gripped onto the ring thinking to himself "you bastard give it to her!". Rei rose up on his feet fast as a bullet "Kira?" he said in a sad and pissed off voice "uh uh" he tried to figure out what to say to her other then what he was really going to say "is the mutt going with you?" he finally asked but then felt like kicking himself in the groin, Kira didn't look at him "yes, Bruce is coming with me" she answered over her shoulder "goodbye" she said as she headed out the door real fast with her purse. Rei felt a tight acute pain in his chest as he watched his beloved leave the restaurant and possibly his life forever "goodbye sweet Kira" he whispered to himself, he stepped outside of the restaurant and watched Kira hope into the black Mercedes that was parked on the corner of the street, he could tell that Kenji was in there "you son of a bitch" he thought to himself "if you hurt her I will kill you I swear on her father's grave, my mother's, and my brother's" he added to his thoughts.

I hope you guys like this one because as painful as it was writing it I thought this was my funniest chapter ever.