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Separated Wings
Chapter 15
Human Beings Are Very Complicated Creatures…
Written by Itchan
From the previous chapter…
As soon as Daisuke and Merissa stepped out, Riles entered Nana's room, to find Nana sleeping on the bed, a frown still visible on her face. Riles used his right index finger to push Nana's chin up. He stared at it and sat down on a chair nearby which Daisuke had placed. He sighed and stared at Nana's hand. He picked it up and held it carefully in between his own two hands. He stared at Nana and looked at her fingers. She kissed her index finger.
"I'm sorry…" Riles whispered.
Chapter 15…
"They are late…" Merissa sighed.
"I'm sure their cased isn't settled yet, that's why," Daisuke tried to cheer Merissa up.
"Yeah, maybe…" Merissa said, sighing sadly again.
The whole night, her thoughts were directed to his first kiss from yours truly, Riles. It had been lingering in her mind all night and she was kinda sad that she had to brush her teeth which means, washing her mouth. She wanted to thank Riles but he didn't show up.
"Come on. We can't get late because of them," Daisuke started walking to school.
"Yeah…" Merissa followed Daisuke obediently.
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The door opened and Merissa saw a silver shorthaired woman standing by the door. Merissa made a guess that she was in her late teens.
"Oh, Daisuke," the woman said.
"We came to see Riles," Daisuke said.
"Oh, he's in Nana's room. The whole day in fact," the woman replied.
"Thanks, Morphine," Daisuke said and dragged Merissa into Nana's room.
'Is that… Riles's sister? Or mother probably?' Merissa thought.
Daisuke opened the door to Nana's room slowly, releasing an unavoidable creak. Daisuke peeped inside and smiled,
"It's safe," Daisuke whispered to Merissa and gestured her to enter.
Merissa stepped into the room behind Daisuke. She saw Riles and smiled a bit but the scene she saw next was picture perfect. The light that entered through the translucent curtains illuminated the room lightly, concentrating on only some parts, leaving the rest, dark. The white bed blended nicely with the setting and on it was two sleeping figures, Riles on the chair and on the bed, Nana, their hands holding each other's hands.
"Daisuke…" Merissa started but was shushed by Daisuke. She gestured her to go out.
Once outside, both of them sighed loudly and breathed in slowly. They looked at each other and smiled.
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"AH! There you are!" Caitlin yelled at the sight of Daisuke and Merissa. The older girl walked at them hastily.
"What?" Merissa asked rudely.
"I wanted to go to Riles house to give him his homework. I'm scared to go alone after what happened so err… maybe you can escort me?" Caitlin asked hesitantly.
"We just got back from there," Daisuke said.
"Really! You could have waited for me!" Caitlin grumbled, taking a seat beside Merissa.
"You are in a different year then us. Besides, we don't even know where to wait for you," Merissa explained.
"Atleast TRY to wait for me. I might have spotted you. I mean… with hair like that," Caitlin pointed at Daisuke," I'm sure it will be a little easy to find you. Anyway, will you escort me?" Caitlin grabbed a small fork and poked at Merissa's cake.
"Watch it. Cake is MINE," Merissa brought the cake elsewhere.
"Stingy," Caitlin remarked.
"I don't mind going back but the last time we went, he was asleep. And that's a few minutes ago," Daisuke said.
"Who cares? A little kick here, a little kick there. I'm sure he'll come back from slumber land," Caitlin made an attack for Daisuke's cake and she got a chunk of it with ease.
"What kind of person are you? Aren't you gonna consider how grumpy he would be if you did that?" Merissa asked.
"Shut up. How would you know whether he'll get angry or what so ever? Unless…" Caitlin eyed Merissa suspiciously.
"Wh-what?" Merissa asked, blushing lightly.
"Ahahahaha A girl like you can never win a heart of a boy like him. Right, Daisuke?" Caitlin laughed evilly.
"Eh?" Daisuke asked, confused.
"No-NOTHING!" Merissa slammed her hands on the table and stood up. "You wanted to go to Riles's house right? Come on!" Merissa headed for the exit.
"Ah! Wait!" Daisuke quickly finished his cake.
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Ding Dong…
Through the whole way to Riles's apartment, Caitlin and Daisuke went into a deep conversation about Japan. Daisuke happily explained all the details and told about the beautiful scenery one would enjoy once they got there. Especially in places like Kyoto. Caitlin took them all in with enthusiasm and responded to every single sentence. Merissa on the other hand, tried to hide her uncomfortable ness of Caitlin's reasoning but every time she glanced at Caitlin, she couldn't help thinking on how right Caitlin's assumption was.
"Who is- Ah, Daisuke? What are you doing here… again?" Morphine asked. She looked around and stared at Merissa and to Caitlin. "More visitors?" Morphine frowned.
"Gomen, one of them wanted to hand some homework to Riles," Daisuke nodded at Caitlin. Caintlin smiled politely at Morphine.
"Come in," Morphine opened the door bigger and made way for them to enter.
The threesome entered slowly. He's in the same room but I'm not sure whether he's awake or still asleep. I WAS asleep though," Morphine said and lead her way into another room.
Daisuke gestured the other two girls to move forward and he grasped his hand onto the handle of the door. With a slight force, he pushed the handle down and the door creaked open. The image was same. The only difference was that Riles was up.
"Riles! You're awake!" Merissa exclaimed happily.
Riles's head turned slowly and he stared at them for a while before he reacted.
"Daisuke?" He muttered softly.
"Riles, you're-" Daisuke started but got cut short.
"Riles! You're awake!" Caitlin appeared happily.
"Geh! What are YOU doing here?" Riles exclaimed.
"What do you mean by that? How can you talk to someone who brought your homework after a long journey like that?" Caitlin grumbled, walking closer to Riles.
"Riles, this idiot wanted to give you your homework so we escorted her here," Merissa followed behind.
Daisuke frowned. "Wouldn't it be better if we go outside? I mean… she's sleeping in here," Daisuke pointed out.
All of them looked at the sleeping figure on the bed. Riles frowned and gestured the others outside. Once outside, all of them slumped down onto some couches. Caitlin and Merissa shared one couch while Daisuke took the 2-seater and Riles took the single-seater.
"So where's my homework," Riles reached out for his home works.
"Wait a sec," Caitlin opened her bag and searched. Her hand popped out together with a bundle of papers. She handed them to Riles who accepted it calmly.
"Hmm… That's all?" Riles looked up after examining all the papers.
"Yep!" Caitlin replied.
Riles yawned and laid back.
"What do I do now?" Riles mumbled.
"Huh?" all the other three said in unison.
"What do you think she will do when she wakes up? Hit me? Leave? Who knows what?" Riles grumbled loudly.
Silence enveloped the room. Everyone was silent and everyone thought of something to say.
"She might leave… I'm not sure myself," Daisuke said, breaking the silence.
"But… She's helping me in something… secret…" Riles muttered.
"EH? For what?" Merissa asked suspiciously.
"Something. It's not good for you to know," Riles said.
"I want to…" Merissa said.
"It's confidential," Riles said seriously, making Merissa stop asking questions.
"Anyone wants tea?" Morphine appeared from the kitchen.
"Can you even make tea?" Riles asked, turning back to glare at Morphine.
"I've watch Nana did it a few times. I think I'm confident," Morphine smiled enthusiastically.
"I have a feeling you'll mix up the sugar and salt," Riles stood up and walked to the kitchen leaving the three behind.
The three people looked at each other blankly.
"By the way he said how confidential it was, do you think Nana is his mistress or something?" Caitlin made a hypothesis.
"WHAT!" Merissa yelled surprisingly.
Something dropped from the kitchen and Riles's head popped out from the kitchen door. "Is there something wrong?" Riles asked quickly.
"Sorry. I accidentally screamed…" Merissa apologized
"You scared me," Riles said and went back into the kitchen, grumbling.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN MISSTRESS?" Merissa tried not to say it out loud.
"Ano…" Daisuke interrupted, "What's a mistress?"
Merissa and Caitlin stared at Daisuke in disbelief.
"Well, since you're Japanese, it's not surprising that you do not know what it means. IT kinda means…" Merissa stood and went to Daisuke. She cupped her hands over her mouth and went near Daisuke's ears. "It means she's kinda like a prostitute to Riles…" Merissa whispered, stuttering abit.
"Eehhhhh!" Daisuke said, surprised.
"Well, you don't need to pay for her though. And you must NOT be married to her," Nana said.
"I-I'm pretty sure Nana isn't Riles's Mis-Misstress…" Daisuke said hesitantly, knowing the truth.
"But what else could be a secret?" Caitlin asked.
"Maybe-" Daisuke thought of a lie but was saved.
"Here's tea! Fresh and hot!" Riles exclaimed, carefully holding a tray filled with cups and a teapot.
"Lemme help you," Merissa stood and helped Riles.
"Thanks," Riles said, lowering the tray to the table with the help of Merissa.
"What were you guys talking about? With all the ehh's and what's?" Riles asked, pouring tea into each cup.
"Nothing really," Caitlin answered.
"Y-Yeah…" Merissa said, "Lemme do it," Merissa grabbed hold of the teapot.
"Thanks," Riles handed the teapot to her.
"NO problem, I'm used to it," Merissa said happily.
"Umm… I'll go check on Nana for awhile," Riles said, pointing to the door that leads into Nana's room.
"Okay," Daisuke and Caitlin nodded.
Riles walked slowly into Nana's room. He opened the door and entered softly, making sure that he closed the door quietly. With slow steps, he moved to the side of Nana's bed and stared down at her. He brushed a hair that looked as if it was disturbing her slumber.
Riles sighed. "Will you forgive me?" Riles asked softly. The answer he was hoping was still kept inside the unmoving mouth. He stared, as if waiting for the girl to get up and say 'yes' but he lost hope. He sighed again. He lowered his head hesitantly. He wasn't sure what he was doing but a part of him felt that he was doing something right. Something he should have done a long time ago. As their lips got closer, his heartbeat got faster. He himself could hear the raging pump of it. Blood rushed to his cheeks and soon, their lips joined.
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(A/N: This part is a lil boring. You may skip)
"Nana…" a voice called out. "Nana… Wake up. Shiro wants to play with you," a voice called out.
"Huh? Mother?" Nana opened her eyes. She sat up drowsily and looked around. "I'm… home?" Nana looked around to find herself in her room… or not… The things were re-arranged. Neat and new, and most of the things were familiar. A memory of the past. Nana looked at her hands. They were small.
"What's happening here?" She looked around, confused.
"Nana! Go play with your cat outside! It's disturbing me!" the voice called out again, now, impatiently.
"Cat? Shiro? Oh yeah… I had a cat…" Nana reminded herself.
"Nana!" the voice called out again, more loudly.
"YES! I'm coming!" Nana got up, to find herself falling out of the bed. She clambered up. "Ahh… The bed was bigger then when I had a smaller body…" Nana sighed.
She rushed downstairs to see a white cat staring back at her, ready to play.
"Shiro! I missed you so much!" Nana picked up the cat which mewed with joy.
"Haha!" Nana laughed happily. "I know! Let's go to the garden!" Nana carried the cat outside.
Once outside, she set the cat free. The cat jumped off and circled Nana's leg. Nana picked the cat up again.
"Come on," Nana said, bringing the cat to the porch where she sat on a swing. She sat the cat inher lap and scratched it beneath it's chin.
"Shiro… what a funny name. If I'm not wrong, I remember it's the dog in Shin Chan right?" Nana whispered to her cat.
The cat suddenly jerked up and it jumped off of Nana.
"Wait a minute! Where are you going?" Nana stood up and chased after the cat, which went pass the gate and into the road. Unfortunately, a car was passing in full speed and the cat didn't have time to evade.
Nana jumped over the gate and landed on the street. She swiftly ran to the cat but was too late. The only thing that welcomed her was the grueling sight of blood and bundled up intestines.
Nana fell to her knees slowly, while tears dripped down her cheeks. She called out Shiro's name numerously but there was no answer from for the limp unmoving body. The owner of the car who had stopped and stepped out of the car looked down at the cat, scratching his head followed by the action of bending down his head to examine the body. He noticed Nana who was paralyzed in fear.
"Oi, kid. Is this your cat?" He asked rudely, waiting for an answer. No answer. The man kicked the cat to the side of the road and walked towards Nana. "Hey, kid, you're alright?" The man asked again. He grumbled. "I'm in a rush here so I have no time to tolerate you. You wanna be this way, fine" The man said and walked to his car. The door of the car slammed closed with the driver safely inside. The engine roared and rumbled. The car drove off.
It's alright…
Nana jerked her head up. "Wh-Who's there? Shiro?" Nana looked around. She stood up hastily and looked around her surrounding. It was silent and all things were stationary. No bird in the sky, no susurrus, all was silent. She saw a shadow. They stood silently for a moment but soon, the shadow bent down and hugged her little body.
You're not alone…
Come back…
Nana…
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I feel so warm…
What's this funny feeling?
My mouth… feels weird…
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Riles slowly parted his lips away from Nana's. He noticed the big startled eyes belonging to Nana. He was starteled and he was in search of words.
"Na..na?" Riles stuttered, warm blood rushing into his face.
"Riles…?" Nana sat up, "Did you do what I think you did?" Nana asked, bringing her right index finger to her lips, blushing lightly.
"It was… It was…" Riles was searching his whole dictionary of words inside his brains to find a suitable logical excuse. None.
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FINALLY!
FINISHED!
This chapter… Just to make THIS chapter, I squeezed my brain out in the middle
of studying for History. Inspiration can happen anytime eh? As for this
chapter, the part with the shiro was a filler… nothing else to put and just to
make fun of a friend XD. You know who you are.
As for the kissing part… It's kinda like DNAngel a bit when I thought about it.
When Riku confessed when Daisuke was sleeping in the infirmary. RIGHT? Oh well…
THIS CHAPTER IS CRAPPY!
Hehe… finally got that out of me…
REVIEWS
Guider of Darkness Hehe. THANKS! Lol, happy that you like it better in London. Who knows, maybe they will really end up in London. Conclusion is set in my mind, just need to type the middle part. So just need to wait for updates kay! As for your comments bout the characters… Riles (Muahahaha Of course he is) Caitlin (LOL. Why? Her obsessive ness towards Yaoi?) Merissa (lol. She's just a filler character. A change from all the girls that are running after Daisuke) Nana ( Hey! Where's she! Hehe)
Sharingan I AGREE! There's a mistake in the last sentence! Well, not exactly last sentence… more about near the end. But heh, I'm not sure how to correct it. Help me X3! And urh.. forgiven!