Chapter 3 - Date Time!
Just Call Me Blue - Of Course I want you to review! You're my only reviewer! I just...was trying...to get more reviewers.....
20 minutes later, Mika came out of her room. Hiroto had gone and changed his clothes while waiting. He was now wearing dress pants and a white shirt, with a jacket. Mika had her hair done nice, but not up, she was wearing a simple black dress, long, and a jacket.
"Uh...is it....to much?" She was blushing a lot. She had never worn this dress. Her mom had given it to her, saying 'Wear this when you go on your first actual date, with the guy you like more than anyone else. Make sure he likes you too though Mika. I don't want your heart broken. I'm a scientist, but I know the concept of feelings.'
"No. I'm taking you out of town. This town doesn't seem to have to many nice restaurants. So we're going to Tokyo. It's not far." Hiroto stood up and took her arm. He led her to the door.
Bark! They looked down. Bis had a new sign. 'Have fun! Bye!' They laughed once, at the same time.
"Alright Bis. Watch the house, okay?" Mika pointed a finger at Bis and he nodded. "Good boy." They left.
The two took a bus to a slightly bigger town, then a bus to Tokyo. Then they walked to the restaurant, which wasn't far from the bus stop.
"Wow....it's huge!" Mika exclaimed. The restaurant was not even on the ground! There was an entrance and exit kinda room, then a long elevator. Then, at the top, was a circular building where everyone ate. "The Skyline Feast fits this place well.....it must cost a fortune to come here! Look! 'Reservation Only'" Her face dropped. "You got reservations?"
Hiroto blushed, and nodded.
"It would've been bad if I'd declined huh?" she smirked like she had an evil plan, then took his arm and hurried to the front door.
"Do you have reservations?" the desk man asked. He sounded like he owned the place.
"Yes. Amagiwa." he stated as if he were captain again.
"Amagiwa....yes.....hm....I'm sorry sir. I don't have an Amagiwa." He smirked at Hiroto's face. It was a mix of anger, confusion, and annoyance. "I have an Amagiwa and Seido. Would that happen to be you?"
"Yes. You have a strange sense of humor sir....yea, very on Hiroto." Mika said, laughing nervously and sweat-dropping. She led Hiroto inside.
"His sense of humor is annoying." She stated in the elevator. Hiroto stopped glaring.
"Yes. His register wasn't even paying attention either." he stated, no emotion on his face.
"Oh yea, why don't you need Beatrice anymore?" Mika asked.
"Ah, right. I was told by the council, that my actions in defeating Lord Sneak, and bringing about the end of the Ring problem was proof enough that I wasn't going to hurt anyone unless they truly deserved it." he looked slightly proud. Mika glared. "Of course..." he looked serious. "I told them that I had not ended the ring problem, that it had been you....a white."
"A white? What's that got to do with anything?"
"I said that you had been the person to save mankind and they laughed. Said a white wasn't capable of it. I am convinced that you are a truly amazing person. You are capable of anything. And I-" he stopped, eyes wide at what he had almost said.
"Yea? You what?" Mika asked. He looked at her with slight worry at having to say it, but then the doors opened and they exited.
"Hello sir and lady. Just two? Your table is here." he looked at Hiroto, knew who it was, and simply headed for the table in a corner. "It's about time Amagiwa. You're too up stuck for your own good sometimes." he whispered to Hiroto, switching the up and the stuck. Hiroto glared. "Of course sir. I apologize." and he left.
They ordered food, the man left, and Mika sat staring at the table. Hiroto was watching her head, since he couldn't see her face.
"Hey, Cap- I mean, Hiroto? Do you remember Mario ever talking about something called 'love' to you? Ever?" She asked.
"Love?" he thought. "Yes....once. A while ago. He was very sentimental after his register died. I believe it was she, who introduced Mario to that line of thinking. He said that long ago, humans believed that love could conquer all. It was an emotion that humans felt for one person, and one person only. They could 'love' many people, like friends and family, but only one person actually was truly 'loved' by you, or whomever felt the emotion. This is why we are sad when someone we know dies."
"Yea....Tiki said- well, everyone was telling me that they loved me just before I went to get you 5 months ago. Saying that Mario said it was unpredictable, like me. They said I was so great, that I could pull off even the impossible." Hiroto was still stuck back at the 'Tiki said' part, though he'd heard the rest.
"They're right." he stated plainly. Mika looked up as the food was brought. "Thank You." he said to the man, then began to eat.
They ate silently. Then Hiroto asked something. "What did Tiki say?" Mika nearly choked on her food.
"N-Nothing..." she said when she could breath again. Hiroto knew it wasn't nothing, or she wouldn't have reacted like that. But he finished his meal anyway. When they were done, Hiroto paid, then they entered the elevator to leave.
"Tonight wasn't the best dinner, was it?" Hiroto asked, stoically.
"No....I guess not." Mika looked at the ground. Hiroto looked at her for a minute.
"What did Tiki say?" he asked again. Mika, who was lost in her thoughts, answered him.
"She said, "Gee, must be love...that's sweet, Love." She was talking about me and you. Saying that I love you and you loved me cause I was worried about you and she knew I'd been visiting you everyday in the sick bay." She gasped, realizing what she'd said. She covered her mouth and looked up at Hiroto, who seemed to have stopped breathing. Her hand hid the large blush, so she was lucky.
"You visited me in the sick bay?" What? That's what he was asking about? What about the 'I love you and you loved me' part? Oh well.
"Yea. So?" He had this look on, it said that he was really happy. Happy that Mika had even cared enough to come see him.
"It was you then."
"What was?"
"I kept feeling this warm presence. Everyday. I could faintly hear you when you came to visit." the doors opened and he stopped talking.
They left, and got on the bus. The bus stopped, they boarded another, then arrived in town. It was late, no one was out. He walked her back to her house.
"Finish what you began." Mika said with slight coldness to her voice. Hiroto thought, remembered what he'd been talking about, and continued.
"I could hear you talking. I heard you say that everyone was worried, even you...I heard when you said Mario was dead."
"Beatrice said you asked about it, why? If you heard me, why'd you ask?"
"I didn't want to believe it."
"Oh."
"When you didn't visit me that one day....I thought maybe you had died." he admitted, turning to look away.
"Huh?" she looked at him. He was worried about me....She felt like crying, but held it in. She was not going to be weak.
"I dreamt of when we were little....I remembered the first time we met. You and Ryoko were picking flowers, you asked me to play with you."
"That's why...you said 'I'd be happy to play with you' when you came around for a minute...." Mika hid the sadness from her voice.
"I don't remember saying it aloud....But...I was happy to play with you. You were my first friends." Mika looked down. Hiroto put his arm across her shoulders. It was getting cold. "Mika...please don't make me think you're dead again...."
Mika looked at him, he was looking at the ground. "It....it scared me...to think you were dead." he admitted. She could tell it was taking a lot from him, just to admit these things to her. "I went to the bridge....Beatrice answered each of my questions with 'they are dead.' I was afraid to ask about you. For I thought the answer would be the same."
Mika felt tears in her eyes. The warmth of his shoulder, the kindness of his words...his worry....his care....her sadness...her mom's death....living alone with Bis....losing Sofia, Remmy, and Mario....
"Then she answered my unasked question. She said you were resting in your room. I felt relived. She said you were resting because of 'metal fatigue.' I must have been asking a lot of you. And I'm sorry Mika. I never wanted to be so harsh...Ryoko had asked me to meet you, before she died."
Ryoko....no tears had yet fallen, but they were close.
"I forgot about it....until the day your picture showed up in the applicants list. I asked that you be assigned to my ship, I wanted to meet you. I found myself strangely drawn to you, like we were meant to meet, to save mankind. I saw you, and found you hated me."
Mika was still looking at him, he wasn't looking at her though.
"I had hoped your hatred would die, after spending time on the ship. When it didn't, I was disappointed. But I dealt with it. I listened to a recording from the incident. I questioned whether or not I could have done more to save her....In the end, I decided that I had done all I could, and the guilt I carried started to disappear. But you still hated me, so the sadness stayed. I thought you would die, and next thing I knew, I was sick."
Because he thought I might die? Because of me? When did I forgive him? I can't remember...
"You are a very kind person Mika. I was so cold, and you were angry, but you gave me what I deserved, each time. You punched me, I deserved it. I became more caring, I didn't know why. You helped me Mika, thank you. Mika....About what Mario was saying, what Tiki concluded..." Oh god. "I think....that the feeling Mario spoke of...Has begun to form inside humans once again...I think...It has formed inside of me....I've never felt like this before Mika."
Oh god....He saying he....He loves me? Mika blushed, tears brimming. I never understood love, maybe I did....
"Mika.....I think I.....love you." he finished. Mika couldn't hold it back...
His warmth, care, love, protective feeling, words of kindness, his worry. My sadness, losing Ryoko, Mother, Sofia, Mario, and Remmy. My anger became sorrow, when I forgave him.
The tears came, Mika fells to her knees. Hiroto knelt down, worried, and held her shoulders.
"Mika. Are you alright?" He asked. Mika shook her head and held his shirt. She cried into his chest, not knowing anything except that she was sad and he was there to comfort her. Hiroto didn't know how to react.
"Hiroto....." Mika said as she cried. "Mom's gone! Sofia died! Remmy was murdered and Mario was killed. Ryoko committed suicide!" she kept crying. Hiroto felt so sorry for her. "You almost died too! You almost.....almost...." Mika's vision, blurry as it was, began to fade. She fell backwards onto the ground.
"Mika!" the voice was far away. "Mika hold on! Mika....." so far away..... "Wake up.....Mika...." so.....far.... "Mika....."
Ok, that's the end of Chapter 3. PLEEEAAASSSEEE Review!
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Shut up -lays down and goes to bed-
It's 3:30 in the afternoon!
-asleep