Chapter 02- can't stop thinking 'bout you
Ryousuke stared at the girl even longer, just to clarify what he was seeing. The girl, who was buying something at the stall near the vending machine, had long straight black hair. She was wearing black pants and a white spag strap. ' Please turn around' Ryousuke whispered to himself and as though the girl heard him, she turned around and walked opposite the direction he was facing. He got a good look of the girl then a question popped in his head: 'could that be Yuki-chan?'
With this thought in his head and an empty can of coffee sitting abandoned in his hand, he started heading towards his home in Akagi for some shut-eye.
The next morning
Ryousuke awoke the following morning, still pondering on the thoughts he had the previous night. He stood up, stretched a bit and fixed up his bed. He then proceeded to his bathroom for a shower. After which, he dressed up. While doing so, he looked out at his window, the sun hasn't risen yet so he glanced at his watch: 5:02am.
He went down the stairs and got his car keys. He stepped out of his home and in his FC and started his engine. He decided to head to Akagi Mountain and perhaps later on, Akina. 'I can't stop thinking about that girl' Ryousuke thought as drove towards the mountain.
At this very same moment, his younger brother, Keisuke, also woke up. He remembered he had to ask his brother something so he approached his room. He knocked and received no answer. He opened the door and found a deserted room. 'That's weird…' Keisuke thought as he absentmindedly went down to their garage. He noticed that his Aniki's car was missing. 'okay… no wonder…must've gone driving around…' so he left this matter alone and went inside for a shower.
While all this was happening in Akagi, nothing special was happening at Akina, except if you counted the usual morning delivery Takumi Fujiwara does everyday. Though he had his own job at his local moving company, he is still living in his father's tofu shop which doubles as their home and he still does the morning deliveries for his father at the hotel at the base of Akina mountain.
'Well then…I'm off…' Takumi said as he was handed the paper cup filled with water.
'mmm…' his father mumbled.
Takumi sighed as he stepped on the clutch. He shifted to first gear and stepped on the acceleration while slowly releasing the heavy clutch. He then headed for Akina mountain.
later on
Ryousuke was now at Akina's peak. He had just arrived a few minutes ago and decided to rest for a while. His thoughts were still on the girl he saw the previous night. He was drifting downhill when he asked himself 'I really wonder if that was Yuki…' His physical mind was doing the driving while his RIGHT mind (the smart-ass mind) was on the girl. He DID physically notice that a panda trueno was climbing the slopes but his right mind was way TOO distracted. At one split second that their cars met, the White FC missed the panda trueno by 3cm flat. The two cars continued on their way as if nothing happened.