Chapter 16-a simple goodbye?
The following days passed like the morning breeze, for the team were just driving uphill and downhill with occasional teachings from Ryousuke. Before Keisuke knew it, it was already Friday morning.
He awoke and almost screamed for Takumi was staring back at him.
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE, FUJIWARA????" Keisuke shouted at Takumi.
"well…its finally Friday and I have a day off from work so I decided to pass by here after the delivery so, here I am" Takumi said nonchalantly.
"YOU ALMOST SCARED THE PANTS OUT OF ME!!!!" Keisuke shouted again
"uh…sorry, Keisuke" Takumi said innocently.
"ah… its alright. So, its already Friday, huh?"
"yeah"
"my Aniki's not here anymore?" Keisuke said, sitting up.
"as usual" Takumi answered
"I wonder if he knows already" Keisuke said as he stood up and headed to the bathroom for a shower.
Meanwhile, Ryousuke was driving up and down Akina mountain. Thoughts were buzzing through his head.
'Yuki-chan told me yesterday to meet her by Akina lake around 5 o'clock. She said she had something important to tell me' he drifted smoothly down the mountain.
'I wonder what it is?'
later
It was now 2:00pm and the team was waiting for Ryousuke to arrive. Finally, the white FC parked beside the FD and Ryousuke stepped out.
"I have to do something later around 5:00 so practices will end at 4:30pm. There really is no need to stay too late for today. We're just going to recap yesterday's lessons today"
So they did. Driving uphill and downhill was all they did and it passed the time pretty fast. After around 6 rounds of going up and down, it was finally 4:30 and the FC zoomed off.
"I wonder what that 'something to do' is?" Shingo said
"I know" Keisuke said so he explained to the team. After which, Mako spoke up
"oh my gosh! It might break his heart!"
"What're you going to do, Keisuke?" Kenta asked.
"Takumi and I will try to talk him out of it, I mean, talk to him to get her back" Keisuke answered
"good idea! Well, I wish you good luck" Sayuki said
"I sure hope it works, though" Takumi said
Yuki was already by Akina Lake. She was sitting down on the shed, with her luggage.
"I wonder what'll happen now?" she said, as she stood up and paced up and down.
"I have to explain to Ryousuke-san" she said then she ceased of her action. A white FC came into her view.
Ryousuke parked by the shed Yuki was in. He caught site of the bag beside Yuki and muttered to himself 'oh god, please. Don't let the thing I'm thinking of happen now' he stepped out of his car and approached Yuki.
"so, what did you want to tell me?"
"I'm here to ask you, may you escort me to the train station?"
They kept silent throughout the whole trip until they arrived at the train station.
"here's my stop, Ryousuke-san" Yuki said, looking at Ryousuke, who was staring down at the floor.
She reached for his chin and held it up.
"but I won't say goodbye to you, instead, see you soon" and she got his hand and place a piece of paper in it. She then kissed him lightly on the cheek and stepped out of the FC. This left him speechless and in a trance.
After a few moments, He snapped out of his trancelike state and looked outside, to see Yuki disappearing in the mass of people by the entrance. He then looked at the item lodged in his hand.
A piece of paper
He unfurled it and saw a small note. He read out:
Ryousuke-san,
I'm sorry I had to leave like this. My stay at my Aunt and Uncle's now
expired. So I'm heading home now, to Tokyo. Thank you for your friendship.
We'll still remain friends, okay? Just like the old days in college…
Don't worry, I'll still visit you sometime. Maybe then you can introduce
me to your team.
Take care of yourself, Ryousuke-san 'cause I don't want anything
bad to happen to you.
See you!
Yuki
P.S here's my address if you ever want to visit me:
And below was Yuki's address.
Ryousuke stared at the note in his hand. He looked down, as a tear leaked out of his eye. He shook it off and went home to Akagi downheartedly.