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Death and Rebirth 12- Cheer up. Old memories.
Rye sighed for the 12th time today. He is now having a problem, not really a big problem compare to the case that he is on but it's still a problem and the problem is… his partner has been in a dull mode for the past few days.
Now what should I do to get him out from that depression?... (sigh)
Suddenly, a hand taps his shoulder and Rye looked up and saw Hiro.
"Ah… Hiro-san. Am I needed there?" Rye asked.
"No, now is break time. I was just here to check on you. You looked like you are having some problem here." Hiro said in his casual tone.
"Well… It's nothing much…. Nee.. Hiro-san, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure if it's something that I can answer." Hiro shrugged.
"Okay… It's actually a situation that my friend is having. Let say, you have a friend and he is somewhat a cheerful guy. Suddenly, he met back his ex-lover. He still has feelings for that guy but he and that guy can't be together for some reason. Since then he is in a depression mood. You get what I mean?" Rye asked and Hiro nodded slightly.
"Good, now here's the question. How would I as a friend cheer him back again?"
Hiro raised an eyebrow, "A 'him'? You mean it's a guy?" Rye nodded.
"Oh… I see. Well….. hmm… Let see… You can cheer him back by bringing him to do something happy or you can try do something to solve the problem between him and his lover."
"But they can't be together anymore…" Rye muttered softly.
"Huh? Pardon me."
"Umm? Nothing much." Rye stuttered. Hiro raised an eyebrow.
"Really, nothing." Rye was trying to get a topic to divert Hiro's attention when he saw K-san waving his hand as a gesture to call Hiro back to work.
"Uh…. Hiro-san, K-san is calling you back."
Hiro then looked behind and saw K-san calling him with a gun near his hips as the sign of 'if you don't get you ass back here and work now, I'll fire you without a second thoughts.' Hiro gulped. He smiled at Rye and then he returned back to his work.
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Hiro stared out at the lake that fully mirrored the moon that cast high above. He had just been on a date with Ayaka and when it's around 11.00 P.M., Hiro decided to send her home before he gets into Ayaka's dad hate list. Now alone and sitting down by the beautiful lake, away from the crowds, Hiro took off his disguise to be more comfortable.
Every time Hiro is alone; he began to think about Shuichi and some how he would smile at himself for no apparent reason. Suddenly he thought of his discussion with Rye this afternoon.
Hmm… Why does the person that Rye talked about closely resemble Shuichi?
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Rye was walking slowly in the busy crowds of Tokyo. Before he leave for work, Rye offered that he would buy the groceries after he finishes work today. He was thinking hard about how to cheer Shuichi up.
Now what should I do… Hiro-san said about bringing him to do something that he likes… Hmm… What does he likes? …………… I know!
"It's singing!" Rye exclaimed loudly causing all the people around him to look at him. He blushed slightly and continued his journey to the convenience store.
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Staring at the ceiling in the dark, Shuichi was lying down on his bed in a trance. He was still thinking about what had happened a few days ago.
(sigh) Maybe I should just let everything go and concentrate on this case. This is lagging… I want to go back soon… I don't want to see Yuki again. It's too painful to see him…
Growl
Hmmm? What time is it? (looked at his watch) What? It's already 9.00 P.M. No wonder I feel so hungry.
Shuichi stood up and left his room. He went to the dining table and sat on it.
"Hmm…. Where's Rye? He hasn't come home yet? What is he trying to do? Kill his partner with hungriness?" Shuichi whined as he lay his head on the table.
The door clicked opened after a while and Rye came in with two big bags of groceries. Unable to hold on any longer, he quickly went over to dining table to dump the bags.
Rye wiped his sweat, "Phew…. That was heavy." He looked around looking for Shuichi.
"Now… Where is Shuichi?" Suddenly Rye noticed that there is a hand under his bags of groceries.
"Huh?... Oh Shit! Shuichi!" Rye quickly pulled the bags away from Shuichi.
"Hey… Shuichi. Are you alright?" Rye asked frantically.
"I guess so….." Shuichi answered with stars on his head.
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After half an hour, Rye came out from the kitchen with two plates and placed it on the table, one for him and one for Shuichi. He took off this pale blue apron before he sat down and join Shuichi. Shuichi was eating quietly through the meal with Rye stealing a glace of him every 2 minutes.
"…….."
Rye looked at Shuichi again but when Shuichi stared at him, he quickly looked away and continued with his food. Frowning, Shuichi then continued to eat.
Two minutes had past and Rye stole another glance at Shuichi.
"……..Argghhhh! I can't stand it already! What is wrong, Rye?"
Rye looked up at Shuichi and gave him an uncomfortable smile, "Umm…. Nothing."
"Then why are you looking at me like this?"
"Because.. You looked angry." Rye answered him with the same smile plastered on his face.
"Oh.. I did? Well… When someONE came back and actually didn't saw that I'm actually sitting at the dining table, not only that, that person even dumps two heavy bags of groceries on your head. I wonder how you feel." Shuichi said sarcastically as he continued down his food.
"I told you I'm sorry! I didn't mean too… But it was heavy!" Rye said as he tried to defend himself.
"Now you know it's heavy… I wonder who asked me to carry those bags of groceries home alone the other say….."
"Gulp… I'm really sorry, Shu-chan. I'll go with you nest time." Rye lowered his head and clasped his hand together.
Rye was waiting for a reply from but all he heard was nothing but silence.
"Shu..?" Rye called out again. He looked up and to face Shuichi but Shuichi has lowered his face down a bit. His purple bangs covered his eyes.
":Shu? Are you okay? I've already said I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Rye apologized again.
Suddenly a giggle could be heard from Shuichi and this had shocked Rye.
"Shu…"
"I tricked you! I did it!" Shuichi laugh out loud.
"What..? You've tricked me?" Rye said in disbelief.
"How dare you! And I was worrying about you a minute ago." Rye shouted at Shuichi.
"That's all your fault." Shuichi showed his tongue at Rye.
"Oh, really? I wonder who's fault is that to be clinging to me and crying all night." Rye said sarcastically but then he regretted it when he saw Shuichi facial expression. Shuichi looked sad, very sad.
"Uh.. I don't really mean anything by that, you know.." Rye stuttered.
Shuichi stare down at his feet for a while and then he looked up, "Yeah, I know that. So, don't worry about me too much. I'll be okay after a while."
"But, Shu…"
"I'm really okay." Shuichi cut Rye.
Rye sighed and then he smiled, "Well… If you say so but at least, let me do something that will make me feel better."
"Huh? What?" Shuichi looked at Rye with a confused look.
"Can you follow me?" Rye said.
"Umm… Sure. But where?" asked Shuichi.
"To a place and it's secret." Rye said as he gave Shuichi an innocence smile.
Shuichi stared at Rye as he pouted cutely, "Mou…. Rye!" Rye gave him a sheepish smile grabbed his coat before walking towards the door.
Just as he reach the door, Rye turned back and winked at Shuichi, "Hurry up, Shu-chan and also, get some disguise on. It would be better."
Shuichi raised an eyebrow at Rye sentence, "What? What do you mean by that? Why must I wear some disguise?"
"Well, that is because it's ….. a se-cret." With that Rye opened the door and walked out from the apartment.
"Wha….? Rye! Wait up."
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After taking a half an hour ride in a cab, Shuichi is now standing in front of the tall building of N-G production. He tilted his cap up a bit to get a better look to see if he is actually at the wrong place or not.
"What do you mean by this, Rye? Why are we here? Is it to investigate the case?" Shuichi slammed Rye with questions just as he turned to look at Rye.
"Well…. You'll know what I mean and the reason we are here later. As for the last question…. Nope, we are not here to investigate the case." Rye said with his arm folded.
"Then?"
"I said you'll know later. Now follow me."
Rye walks off and headed towards the security booth. When the security saw him, he came out from the booth. Rye greeted and smiled at the friendly looking middle-aged security.
"Good evening, sir. Is there any business here in this late at night?" The security asked. Rye then took out his ID and showed it to the security.
"Oh.. You are an employee of this company but I'm sorry. We are not permitted to allow anyone in at night due to the case that had been happening these past few weeks. I'm sorry,son." The security said with a friendly tone.
"Oh.. But I left my folder in there and it was need for tomorrow's Beloved's recording. There is something I need to do in it." Rye said with a fake worried look.
"Well…. That is tough." The security commented.
"How about this way? I enter the building with my friend. With this way, you don't have to worry much about me." Rye pointed at Shuichi who was staring at him with his eyes covered by the shadows of his cap. The security turned and looked at Shuichi.
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Shuichi was watching for a long time as Rye was trying to buy his way into the building. He gulped a bit when he saw the security turned and looked at him.
What is taking him so long? And why is that security staring me? Gosh.. How I hope I can get away from this place.
Suddenly, Rye turned looked at Shuichi. He waved his hand as a signal for Shuichi to come over. Shuichi then walked over towards Rye.
When Shuichi reached Rye, Rye turned and looked at the security. "Gee.. Thanks, mister. I owe you one."
The security smiled at him and said, "Anything but please be fast. I don't want to get into trouble. If Tohma-san found out about this, I'm in deep shit."
"Okay.. Let's go." Rye walked into the building with Shuichi following him from behind.
"Is this really okay, Rye?" Shuichi when they go into the elevator.
"Yeah, don't worry too much about it." Ding! "Okay, we are here." Rye got out from the elevator, followed by Shuichi. Shuichi looked around for a while and the realization hit him. He knows this place.
"It's the recording room level…." Shuichi muttered softly but is audible for Rye to hear in this quite building.
"Yes, you are right. You hit the jackpot." Rye said with his a " . " and a thumbs up.
Shuichi looked down and stared at the floor, "Why?"
The smile on Rye face was gone and is replaced with a sadder smile.
"Because I know you missed music very much. I just hoped to cheer you up with something you like. That's some advice Hiro-san suggested."
"Hiro did?" Shuichi said with a cracked voice with his tears on hold. He began to think about his best friend who is always there to support him and give him whatever help he needed.
"Thanks, Rye." Shuichi said as he smiled and looked up at him.
"No problem, partner. Now let's do this quickly." Rye leaded Shuichi into Beloved's recording room. He then went to the audio system and began to work on it. Shuichi just stand there staring at the room. This room began to bring up his memories when he was still alive and was still in Bad Luck. He used to record his songs, happy or sad ones, in this room.
"All set. What song do you want, Shu?" Rye asked. Shuichi did not reply him straight away. Instead, Shuichi looked up at the ceiling with his eyes closed and a contented face. Rye kept quiet while waiting for Shuichi. Finally, Shuichi opened his eyes and looked down with his eyes staring at Rye's.
"I want to sing… Glaring Dreams…" Shuichi said softly.
"Glaring Dreams? Wait up. I'll check the system for that song." Rye turned back to the system and began to type. After 2 minutes, he turned back at Shuichi and smiled at him.
"Found it. Now you may go in and pour your emotions out."
Shuichi smiled back at Rye, "Thanks."
"You are welcome. Say, don't you want to get that cap off?"
"Nah, it's okay. If someone just come in and it'll be dangerous." With that Shuichi walks into the room. He put on the headphone and gave Rye thumbs up. Rye nodded at winked at him. Slowly, the song began to play and Shuichi could feel his tears are on the edge but he controlled it and he sang the first line of the song. As the song goes, Shuichi began to let himself out more. This even amazed Rye as this was the first time he had ever heard Shuichi sang properly.
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Just right outside, unknown to the two in the recording room, there was two people watching them.
Ryuichi left his bunny in the recording room, so he decided to get it back, When he came up to the door, he was curious as why there is still lights on when there is no one in the building. Ryuichi then heard a song. His quickly went towards the room and his mouth gaped in surprised. He couldn't see the boy's face as the cap was shielding it but he just have a strong feelings that this guy is actually Shuichi. Ryuichi did not know what to do; he then turned around and ran off.
Rensuka saw him running off as he was observing them from the shadows. He stared at Shuichi who was still singing in the recording room. His mouth was twisted with a smirked.
"Things should get started now…"
-End Of Death and Rebirth Chapter 12:Cheer up. Old memories.-
Hey ya… It's me, Ryen. I'm really sorry for updating this late. You know, I was really busy with the exams. Curse the SPM for it! Anyway, I hope that this chapter was not too boring I hope so! And I also hope that you are not getting bored with my story! Well… That's all for my babble. Phew… This was a long chapter. Till the next chapter. Don't forget to leave me reviews. I'll be happier if there is a lot but as long as there is reviews, I'm contented. See ya!