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Chapter 13
Pirika was crying all day as the rain outside continued to pour. Her room was locked and nobody was allowed to get in even her maid that bought her food didn't get in. Pirika haven't eaten all day and didn't sleep all night, the next day she didn't go to school. This made her parents really worried.
"I think we should tell her the truth now." Her father decided.
"But why? She's only suffering a broken heart maybe we could move to another country so that she could forget about Ren Tao and all his friends. I don't want to lose our daughter. " Mrs. Honda insisted.
"I don't want to lose her too… I really loved her like my own… however… she must know the truth. That's all we could do to at least lighten up her burden. She must know who she really is."
"But what if she runs away from us once she knew the truth." Mrs. Honda continued getting worried even more.
"We love her… and if that's what her decision… then so be it. I'd rather see her free and be happy than inside her room and sad. I think Mr. Tao loved our daughter very much… the only problem is he fears that she would know the truth if this goes on."
"You really know your kind." Mrs. Honda said wiping her tears.
"Of course… I could tell by his eyes alone." Mr. Honda smiled.
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Inside Pirika's room she continued to weep in her bed, her pillows wet in tears and her covers all untidy.
"Ren…" she continued to mutter crying her heart out.
Suddenly someone knocked at the door.
"I don't want to go out! I don't want to eat! Leave me alone!" she shouted looking fiercely to the door.
"It's just us honey. Please. Your father and I are getting worried." Her mother said through the door.
"Mother…" she whispered.
"If you want someone to talk to… I'm always here sweety."
"Me too." Mr. Honda added.
Then as if a miracle Pirika stood up in her bed and walked to the door…opening it slowly.
As soon as it opened Mrs. Honda suddenly hugged Pirika tightly as her eyes overflow with tears once more.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you worry." Pirika muttered.
"No… we're sorry. We should've told you the truth from the beginning." Mrs. Honda whispered back.
Pirika then let go for a while and stared at her mother with her puffy eyes.
"What truth?" Pirika can't help to ask.
Then they all sat down in her bed with Mrs. Honda on her right and Mr. Honda on her left. Mrs. Honda was holding Pirika's hands lovingly with her right and caressing her azure hair with her left. Mr. Honda still looked tense, his face seem to say that he doesn't know where to begin all these. Pirika on the other hand was just confused… though she tried to remain calm and forget about Ren just for a while.
"Father, mother… please tell me… what is it that you want to say?" Pirika asked.
"Pirika first of all we want to tell you that we love you very much… like how your brother love you too."
"Brother?" Pirika asked once hearing it, "Father… how can I have a brother? Don't tell me mom's pregnant."
"No Pirika. I'm not and I can never be. Do you know something about Horokeu Usui's sister?" Mrs. Honda asked.
Pirika then rolled her eyes to the ground recalling something.
"So?" Mr. Honda asked.
Pirika nod in reply.
"You do?" Mrs. Honda snapped in shock.
"Yes… in fact I do mother. She died just recently… she is also the one that caused Horohoro to like me. He remembers her in me. But most of all she was the one that… that Ren loved first. My enemy in his heart… and I lost to her… without even knowing her myself." Pirika explained as tears threatened to roll down her eyes once more.
"No my child. You didn't lose to her." Mrs. Honda assured trying to keep her from crying.
"But… but she's the only reason why Ren would leave me. Because he knows that he only loved me because he remembers her again. I lost to woman who I didn't even know… to someone who's already gone." Pirika reasoned out, crying once more.
"Believe me Pirika… you couldn't lose to her." Mr. Honda added.
"Why?"
"Because that woman… is you… you're Horokeu's sister. You're Ren's first love." Mrs. Honda finally said to her starting to prepare herself with the consequences to follow.
Pirika suddenly stood up, her eyes wide… just shocked with this revelation.
"But… how can that be? I can't remember anything."
"That's because you had amnesia from some accident." Mr. Honda answered.
"That accident was also the reason why Horohoro gave you to us. He felt like he can't protect you any more and that he's not worthy as a brother." Mrs. Honda added at once, her eyes pleading to Pirika.
"But even as I was gone. He still… was there… always there to guard me… even Ren. They're always there." Pirika muttered to herself, still in disbelief.
"Do you hate us? My child." Mrs. Honda asked, her eyes flowing with tears.
Pirika then looked at her once more… her eyes twinkling in tears… and slowly her lips curved into a smile… a smile that caused the Hondas to be at ease.
"Of course not," Pirika said, "How can I hate the people who treated me like their own? In fact I should be very grateful for having both of you… and for telling me the truth. You're still my parents right?"
"If you want to." Mr. Honda said smiling.
Pirika then ran up to them being greeted by the couples open arms.
"I love you… father, mother." Pirika whispered while kissing them on the cheeks and hugging them again.
"I have an idea… why don't we adopt Horokeu as well." Mrs. Honda suddenly suggested.
Mr. Honda and Pirika looked at each other and both agreed.
"That sounds great!" Pirika shouted happily.
"Now we can be a big happy family." Mr. Honda added, giving more happiness to the scene.
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After an hour Pirika finally fixed herself, looking at the window as the rain continued to pour down heavily.
"I knew I was never alone. I always thought that I felt so secured whenever I'm with Horo and Ren… now I know… because with them is where my heart is. They didn't leave me alone… and now I shouldn't too." She whispered.
She then laid her head on the window pane, her image reflecting on the glass making her notice the headband she bought from Horohoro. She gently touched them and closed her eyes as her heart felt an unusual yet comforting feeling… unluckily though hard she try to put that feeling into an image… nothing appeared.
"But why did they give me away if they love me that much? I wish I could remember. But how can I remember? Why can't I remember?"
She slowly slid down ending up sitting on the floor with her head tilted to the wall. She then searched something from her pockets and pulled out her cell phone.
"Still no reply… I sent him so many messages for hours… and still no reply. I bet he really doesn't want to talk to me." She whispered.
She then dialed Ren's cell phone number and put the gadget in her ears just hearing the sound of his cell ringing.
She then just gave up staring blankly at the floor.
Her eyes then rolled around her room passing by the flowers Ren gave in her vase… she then remembered something.
"I know!" she snapped as her face started to lighten up.
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Ren was looking at the ceiling staring blankly at it.
"What' happening to you?" Jun asked when she finally got irritated by Ren's moping around.
"Nothing." Ren muttered.
"What do you mean nothing? Yesterday you went back here all wet now you're just staring blankly at the ceiling thinking of her."
"Her?" Ren asked looking at Jun with ire in his eyes.
"Do you think I'm really dumb? I know who you're thinking of. Why do you always run away from your problems? Don't you know Chocolove's calling you walk-out king already?" Jun said angrily.
"What do I care about him? And I don't run away from my problem!" Ren shouted.
"Really…" Jun then took something from her pockets, it was a letter… folded neatly and tied with a small ribbon, "prove it." Jun said challenging her little brother. She then tossed the letter to him, which he caught at once.
"What's this?" Ren asked looking puzzled while unfolding it and reading it with his eyes, "From Pirika?"
"Really!" Jun said quite getting curious.
"Could you please…" Ren said gesturing to the door.
"Okay, okay." Jun said walking out of his room while getting annoyed a bit.
Ren then continued to read further…
Dear Ren,
I know that you don't want to talk to me… but I have a very important thing to tell you… and I don't want to tell it to you here. Please come to the old theatre… you know where you've brought me. I'll be waiting tonight. 8:00 please come… I want to show you what I've been doing… because finally I've finished it.
Please help me remember…
I'll be waiting.
Pirika
"What does she mean when she said that she finished it and help her on remembering? Could it be?" Ren mumbled to himself while his mind wanders on the possibilities.
"So Master Ren? Will you walk away this time?" Bason asked suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
"Courage is shown when you face your fears. I'll not turn back and run away this time. I'll come." Ren said looking pretty determined.
Bason just couldn't help but smile.
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Meanwhile from outside in the midst of the shadows of the trees sat a figure that resembles to Hao.
"Perfect." He smiled.
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Will Pirika finally remember everything? Will Ren really come? What is Hao up to? What do you think? How shall Pirika end this story?
That and more on the next chapter…
Hope you liked this one… actually their date tonight should be included on this chapter however it was too long since it will give way to the ending so I decided to end it with Hao… but I really hoped that you like this.
Thank you for reading it and by the way please review…
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