Chapter Ten - Opened Eyes
Amon sat in his apartment and tried to concentrate on making his coffee. It was now 8:15pm and he had managed to ruin five pots of coffee.
"Why can't I just forget about the whole thing." He though to himself. He poured more coffee grins into the pot and added water. He turned it on and let it make his sixth cup of coffee. He walked into the living room and turned on the TV.
"In the news, the mayor made a speech today saying that he is feeling better and that what ever it was, opened his eyes to the true issues of Tokyo. He had issued a command to create a new playground in central park and he is going to look over the other laws and ruled to see what needs revising. His secretary had this to say..." The male newscaster said as a picture of the mayor's secretary came on.
"Recent events have led the mayor to visit some doctors, but nothing serious was wrong. Just a mid life crisis, which he claims had opened his eyes to the real problems with Tokyo." The lady Said.
"In other news today, the long missing photographer from Snow Blossom Studio, Hiro Kasaki's body was found today at the base of Mt. Fuji." A female newscaster came on the TV.
"He had with him a camera and his family claims he was probably taking pictures. Cause of death is unknown and the family wishes that information not relieved to the public. But his daughter Li Kasaki had this to say..." The TV switch to a picture of the girl Amon met earlier the other day. He stared at her. Something about her reminded him of his mother.
"My father was a man of great talent. After the deaths of his family members, he fell apart. With the help of my aunt, I am creating a international fund to help raise money for research for the illness that took my mother. The fund will be recognized internationally and it will be called the Kagome Kasaki Cure Fund. In memory of my mother, the illness has been named Kagome Kasaki Decease. I thank those who have already begun to pledge their support. Now my aunt has an announcement." Li spoke proudly and with tears in her eyes.
"My name is Hope Kasaki-Yamaote. When my sister Heaven died, I swore to help prevent other models from following in her footsteps and I have done so with a fund called Heaven's Models. It will be a fund raising money to help take care of models who have come to believe they are not perfect and are beginning to feel unwanted. It will consist of a refugee shelter with food, clothes and doctors when needed. I thank you also for those who have begun to pledge. Thank you." Hope bowed, her facial scares just about gone, and walked away.
"That's all on this story. Back to you in the studio Jet." The newscaster said. Amon shut the TV off. It was now 10:30pm.
"Why am I so distracted?" Amon stood up and went into the bathroom and splashed his face with cold water. He looked up into the mirror and saw Robin's face. He jumped back and leaned on the wall. Her face disappeared and replaced by his.
"Why can't I get her off my mind?" Amon walked back into the kitchen and tasted his coffee. This time, there wasn't enough coffee and too much water. He poured this pot out and gave up.
"Screw this I'll go to Harry's and just get a cup." Her grabbed his coat and got into his car.
On his way to Harry's, he took a wrong turn and ended up on Tower Street. He continued to drive until he stopped in front of an apartment building.
"This is not like me." Amon said as he shut down and got out.
"But, I can't get her off my mind. I'm so distracted and this isn't good. not for me. Not for a hunter." Her entered the building and headed up the stairs. He stopped at her door and raised his hand to knock. He hesitated, but then proceeded.
Amon knocked on the door and waited as he heard soft footsteps walk across the floor over to the door. After a few clicks the door opened to revile Robin. She was dressed for lounging, her long auburn hair was down, she was wearing pink oversized lounge pants and a small white tank top and she was barefoot. Behind her, the TV was on some sappy old black and white love movie. A bowl of popcorn was next to a cup of water on the coffee table in front of the sofa, which had an extremely large black throw blanket tossed messily on the back of it. A box of Kleenex sat next to the bowl with a few used tissues tossed about in front of the TV. Her eyes did a quick side move to the clock on the table next to the door and then looked back at Amon, she was a little surprised to see him at her door at 11:53pm.
"Hello." She said calmly.
"Hello." He replied. He showed no emotion on his face at all. She figured he was here to reprimand her for something she did, and he just now remembered. That black trench coat and black outfit made her feel like she was being interrogated. She stood with her arms by her side. Amon just stood in the hall, his black hair falling over his face, arm's loosely by his side, eyes straight ahead looking directly at Robin. Robin just looked at him, and he began to speak.
"I couldn't figure out for the life of me why I was traveling and digging up dirt everywhere to attempt to return you normal. Then tonight, after everything was back to normal. I figured I could move on, forget. After everything I found wasn't what I was really looking for. I was looking for something more important then photographs, memories. I was looking for something that was in plain sight. Then I relised, It was you..."Amon began, his face slowly softening.
Tears started to fall down Robin's cheeks.
"I was getting clues. But the biggest clue, was right under my nose and I didn't see it. I was missing something. I was missing you. Robin...I love you. And I only wish I had..." Amon continued but was interrupted by Robin.
"Shut up. Just shut up..." Robin looked into his eyes, which, for the first time, she saw signs of emotion in his deep black orbs, which were no longer black, they seemed to have a hit of green in them. She took a step closer to him.
"Amon... you had me at hello. You had me at... hello." Robin smiled and started to wrap her arm's around his neck. Amon took one step and wrapped his arms around Robin's slim form and their lips locked and tears rolled down Robin's cheek. She wrapped her arms around his neck and she felt herself lift off the floor slightly as they embraced. She felt like she was melting into him. Everything she ever wanted had come true, and perfect timing too.
"Happy birthday to me." She thought to herself as she and Amon entered her apartment, the clock on the table flashing 12:01am.
A/N- Well? Please R&R.
