Lake Saikoubi

Rei was having the urge to grab Ryota's throat. "Do you have any idea what you're saying?" he asked with a frown on his face. "It's true, it happened right there," Ryota said while pointing at the shores of the lake. "You like to talk about a lot of shitty things," Rei said looking at the expression on Ryota's face that looked like he was in bliss."What could I do, it's not like we are blood related," Ryota said without showing any sign of embarrassment."Why didn't your mother do something about your dad?" he asked. "She was a weak stupid old fool, which is probably the reason she killed herself," Ryota explained Rei wanted to try and not believe anything that came out of his mouth, but he since he could relate to his mother committing suicide Rei sat back quietly to listen to Ryota's story.

"I was 12 years old when my mother killed herself, since dad had connections he arranged for my mother's death to be of cancer then four years later he met Miya. I haven't met neither Miya or Kira until a month later he arranged a family meeting at this park. We waited for them at the picnic table for lunch. Dad threatened to send me to an all boys prep school if I mentioned to Miya and Kira about what he did to me, so I kept my mouth shut. When they arrived I slowly turned my head to see the most beautiful 13 year old girl I have ever seen. After we ate I asked Miya and my dad if I could take Kira to the lake for a walk, we walked side by side quietly at first but then we began to talk about our deceased parents and about becoming friends, brother and sister. When we got to the lake I suggested to her that we go swimming, Kira was a bit shy about swimming without a bathing suit in front of a guy but I told her that I would lend her my shirt but I figured out that it was her first time swimming. I made a promise to her as her new brother that I would never let her drown, I gained her trust and confidences. As we jumped off the edge of the boating dock I suddenly noticed Kira's eyes were closed, so I gave her hand a tiny squeeze and I got her to open her eyes. She saw me smiling at her. I wanted to tell her 'See? I told you I wouldn't let you drown.'We dived down to the bottom of the water which was only 8 ft below, we saw some koi fishes scattering around their nests at the bottom, she slipped out of my grasp to get a closer look at the eggs. Kira was so caught up by the excitement that she wanted to go back down again. I was about to remind her to take a deep breath before going under again but she was already under water. I dived down to look for her but she was out of my sight, I emerged so that I could called out her name. When I got no answer I began to wait for her to emerge but after 5 sec have passed I became more terrified just waiting for her. I dived back below again for another look around. I wasn't making any progress until I saw Kira waving her arms frantically at me with her leg tangled to some weeds and twigs. I tried to untangle her but it wasn't enough, I signaled to her that I would get my pocket knife from my pants. Kira became frighten she grabbed my arm and shook her head. I assured her that I would return like my promise of not letting her drown, I took one look at her before I swam up to the surface."

"I swam to the shore then ran to the pile of clothes, I searched frantically for that damn knife. When got back in the lake I found Kira not struggling, her eyes were closed, her head was titled up and her hands were floating over her. I thought to myself, 'Oh, Christ!' as I started to slice on the weeds and twigs so hard that I scraped my hand with the knife. I thought about what her mother, my dad and finally what I would do if Kira didn't make it...got her lose. I finally got her on the shores, I tried to feel for a pulse on her neck."

"I turned her over face down and started to pump her from her back. Water wasn't coming out and she wasn't breathing, I rolled her onto her back for mouth to mouth resuscitation. I kept urging her to wake up while I blew into her mouth... No, I wasn't urging, I was shouting for her to wake up but neither one woke her up. I pumped her and blew into her mouth until she finally coughed out the water in her throat. I held her in my arms while she was coughing her guts out, we laid there for a while holding each other. I withdrew from her face and gazed into her eyes while stroking her cheek. I touched her lips only to breath life into her but I was now tempted to touch her lips with mine. She only stared at me the way I stared at her almost like she was tempted like I was, I drew her face right to mine and our lips met. Our kiss didn't last very long because my dad and Miya found us in that situation. My dad was pretty pissed off at the sight of it more than Miya was, dad yelled me and called me a 'faggot' as he jerked me by my hair."

Rei had been quiet and patient enough to listen to Ryota's story. "Then your dad sent you to an all boys school in Germany?" he asked. "Yep, he explained to Miya and Kira that it was what I wanted," Ryota explained as he pushed his hair back. "After they got married I got a postcard from Kira telling me that she had a wonderful time as the maid of honor and that was the last thing I heard from her," Ryota explained as he rose from his seat to the lake shores. "Then I received news from my dad's friend telling me that he was badly assaulted by Kira," Ryota said as he slipped off his shoes and dipped them into the lake. "I was so impressed but I also realized that my dad DID do something to Kira," Ryota added as he bent over to pick up a pebble in the lake. "That son of a bitch hurt my sister," he said as he tossed the pebble on to the lake. "I can tell you the truth: I was glad that Kira fought back" Ryota said while standing and staring out at the shining lake.

Rei stared at Ryota for a moment until, "Oh, and Rei, aren't you forgetting someone?" Ryota said. Rei suddenly realized how long he had been away from the clinic where he left Kira. "Oh shit!" he said out loud as he got off from the bench. "I guess that would be a 'yes'" Ryota said as he walked out of the lake. "Tell Kira I love her!" Ryota said over his shoulder while Rei dashed out of the park.