A/N: Whee. Quick return. I'll be using anime reference in the first "scene". It's Episode 02 where Risa runs off to go see Dark with the aid of Daisuke.
Notice:
1. Attemptions of Riku/Dai Moments.
2. Very...Long...Morning. VERY. But sweet.
3. School times are not quite organized.
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RELATION & DESTRUCTION
CHAPTER II: RETURN OF THE PAST I - HAYASHI YUMI
BY AMI-CHAN
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"Hai. We have arrived at Grande Station. Please be careful wh......."
The woman's voice was slowly drowned out by the loud bellows of Riku.
"Mou, Risa! You're so vengeful," Riku scolded as she helped the younger sister off the train, "And all I did was threaten to leave you alone at the house for a while. You said you could take care of yourself. You said that on that one night where you ran off to see Dark-baka."
Riku had failed to realize that she was presently helping Risa even as she was speaking of being independent.
Risa pouted, "But that was Dark-san. He's different."
Riku turned her head to the left and scoffed. "I never did manage to understand why you're so infatuated with him."
"And I have yet to hear your reasons why you dislike Dark-san!"
"Dark?" A fairly deep voice intervened the conversation.
The twins turned their heads back to see who wanted to be involved in the argument. Their faces were instantly rid of negativity.
"Niwa-kun!" They both said in unison.
Daisuke blinked, "Er....Nani?"
"Nothing." Risa looked to Riku and giggled.
Riku asked, "Nani?"
The younger sister shook her head and pretended she was giggling over nothing. "Nothing, Ri-ku-san!"
With that, Risa grabbed Riku's hand and took Daisuke's hand.
"Harada-san!" Daisuke flinched at Risa's sudden touch.
Risa stepped back and smiled at her small accomplishment. Daisuke's hand was clasped around Riku's slender hand.
"Call me Aphrodite, Venus. Anything! I'm a matchmaker of love!" Risa then ran off with her bag, with a huge smile. She was indefinitely happy for her sister.
The couple stared as the speck of red and pink shrank in the distance.
Daisuke then realized the warmness against his palm. He looked down and became conscious that his hand was still intertwined with Riku's hand.
"Ah!" He swiftly released his hand away from hers.
Riku jerked her hand away at the same time, her face flushed and inflamed with embarrassment. She turned her head away, hoping to hide away her blushing cheeks.
She jumped when she felt a familiar warmness against her hand. She looked down to see the hands clinging to one each other again.
The two hands were clearly and easily to be distinguished.
Riku's nails were nicely polished and filed, thanks to Risa. There was a glaze from the clear-colored nail-polish Risa had put on to add a more of an attractive feel to the nails. Her nails weren't too long, nor too short.
Daisuke's hand was a bit more firm and had a darker hue of skin. His nails were rather short, but if any longer it'd be a bit odd. Amazingly, they were clean of any dirty dirt and nicely filed. Emiko took such good care of him.
"Ni-Niwa-kun...."
Daisuke gave a weak smile. His cheeks were obviously red.
'While I like the peaceness of my mind without Dark interrupting...Where...is...he...'
Daisuke felt abnormally dizzy, but shook it off.
"I think...we....should get going now...Riku-san.., ne?"
Riku's cheeks grew a deeper red. "Ha-hai....."
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"There's no one here... Why did I have to go early with Riku...?" whined the lonesome Risa.
She clutched her bag, hoping to find some comfort. Unfortunately, the comfort did not rise and the lonely feeling increased.
Risa walked around campus and looked for other students. She paused to tuck in a few strands of hair behind her ear. It was becoming annoying.
"It's so earlllyy!! There has to be SOMEONE here."
As if on cue, she noticed someone sitting on one of the wooden benches that was placed all around the school.
She walked closer to the bench, hoping to get into a easy conversation to pass the time. She didn't mind if it was just a random stranger. She could make friends easily.
She had gotten close enough to recognize who the person was.
"Hiwatari-kun?"
Satoshi looked up from his book. "Harada."
"Hiwatari-kun, why are you here? Not saying I have trouble with it, but..."
Satoshi answered, "I'm always early..."
Risa thought for a moment and it seemed reasonable that he'd be this early. She welcomed herself to his bench and sat next to him, only a few inches away. She set her bag at the end of the bench.
Satoshi's terrifyingly bitter and wintry azure blue eyes found their way back to the text of the book.
Risa wanted someone to talk to, but Satoshi? Satoshi was not one that could just communicate easily.
"Aren't you lonely in the morning? No one's here."
Satoshi didn't seem to be the least peeved from being interrupted by his book. It didn't matter to him, it was his third time reading "Wuthering Heights". He kept his head down and his eyes fixated on the book.
Satoshi simply replied, "It doesn't serve as such a big dilemma to me. Loneliness is not relevant."
"Saehara-kun says you live alone... Is that why?"
"Yes....and no."
"Mmm...."
The stilness of noise came back.
"Don't you have par-" Risa started but was harshly interrupted by Satoshi.
"How do you intend to use this information, Harada?"
"Nani? I...," Risa blinked and frowned, ".....I don't mean to seem so questionable and nosy in your personal life.... I just...I just wanted to know about you. I'm sorry." Risa looked down on the ground, hurt.
Satoshi strangely felt regret for his harsh tone.
"I'm adopted."
Risa looked up to see Satoshi still reading.
"Ado-pted? Then..," She sat up straight, feeling at ease, "Then your adoptive parents..?"
Satoshi corrected her, "Parent. My adoptive father. He doesn't spend much time with me, much less care. Makes no significance to me."
Satoshi lifted the page up when he was suddenly stopped by a warm hand.
Risa smiled, looking at Satoshi.
"Ne...Hiwatari-kun. You don't have to pretend, you know. Surely, it has some impact on you?"
"....No." Satoshi responded coldly and truefully.
Risa continued to hold a sympathetic smile.
"Um....Excuse me....Sorry..." a girl's voice interrupted the moment.
Risa looked up and her auburn eyes froze. "Yu..Yumi?!?"
Yumi smiled, "Risa! Oh my god. It's been years."
"Hai.. Oh, Yum-chan!! I've missed you!!" Risa let loose the weak grip she had on Satoshi's hand and got up to engulf Yumi in a loving hug.
Yumi hugged Risa as well. "I'm so glad you're here, Risa-chan!"
Satoshi closed his book and got up. He abandoned the reunion quietly.
Risa had noticed Satoshi left however and watched him as he left.
"Hiwatari-kun..." she whispered softly in a sad tone.
"Nani, Risa-chan?" Yumi let go of her grasp on Risa.
Risa shook her head and smiled, "Nothing. I'm so happy, Yum-chan! Ne, do you need any help with your schedule?"
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The pen moved elegantly as black ink formed a signature on the paper.
The mother of Yumi whispered her own name, "Hayashi Narumi," as she endorsed the paper with the words.
The peace was interrupted by the vanilla-colored handset phone in the living room. Narumi dropped her pen on the table in surprise. It rolled off the table slowly and made a loud noise as it fell down to the white tiled floors.
She ran in the living room, quickly grabbed the phone and pressed phone after it's second ring.
Narumi breathlessly answered, "Hai...Hayashi residence...."
"Hello. Is this Naru?" A masculine and deep voice came from the other end.
She quickly recognized the voice and kept quiet, keeping her thoughts with her.
'Impossible. It can't be him.'
"I'm taking that as this is Naru herself."
Narumi sharply answered, "Yes. What do you want, Charles-san?"
"How is my precious Yumi doing? Well, I presume."
"She's doing fine, Charles-san. And she is not yours." Narumi stated.
"Nor yours. Remember. Custody."
"I'd like you also to remember what happened on her fourteenth birthday. I have waited fourteen years for this. Fourteen! I've perfected how to deal with it, as my mother did with me. Me, Charles-san. Only me." Narumi's temper was increasing every minute passed.
"That's up to the lawyers, love."
Narumi laughed, "How is England by the way? Lovely as always? Hope you haven't tainted it as you had done with our marriage."
"We are still married. It's not corrupted just yet."
"Oh shush. Soon we won't be married. Be happy, Charles-san. I am. I signed the other half of the divorce documents to officially call the marriage a failure. It's done once I send it. With that, I leave you. Good day, Charles-san."
She slammed the phone down into the phone slot. She clenched her hands into a fist, then released them.
She walked into the kitchen to empty out the trash compacter.
"Yum-chan eats too many snacks." She muttered. The two had just moved in the house of the neighborhood. Yet, Yumi had eaten so many snacks that she had already filled up the trash compactor. It was a wonder how the child could be still so thin.
Narumi continued to mutter as she carried the trash bag to the door. "The nerve of that despicable man. Calling about Yum-chan. Custody! Saying that the marriage had hope! Hah!"
She opened the door.
Her leafy green eyes widened at the tall man in front of her.
The man casually greeted her with a compliment. "Why, Naru. You look absolutely beautiful as always."
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A/N: . I tend to be bias against with Charles, don't I? Heh.
Sorry, I intended to have school start in this chapter, unfortunately it turned out my little "moments" were a bit longer than I wanted. Next chapter, I promise. Really! If not, you all will have a chance to throw me off a cliff where I will be killed by a sharp pole.
Mmm..Grammar and Spelling mistakes. Sorry. I was in a hurry to post this since my sister had to use the computer for her essay. Gomen.
Muchos Love,
AMI-BAKA-CHAN
NEXT:Chapter III: By Blood Or Name - Family