I Forgot To Tell You
Chapter 11
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"You wanna sit that?" Ryoma asked, pointing to the ride, Splash Mountain. Only a small bit of the ride was actually visible to the public, the bit where the passengers were sent flying down a waterfall like slope, the part where your stomach felt like it was about to fly out your mouth. Ryoma thought that this ride was pretty tame, he'd expect Sakuno to be willing, at the very most, refuse to ride it. It was wild, but tame. Something a girl-
"NO LET'S SIT THAT!" Sakuno pointed to another ride, Big Thunder Moutain.
-like Sakuno would… ride?
Big Thunder Mountain was wilder, it send you in spirals up and down, bringing you closely parallel to the ground, a ride that would send you screaming (no, not Ryoma, of course. Ryoma never screams.) and having tonnes of fun.
"You wanna sit that? It seems kind of wild for you…" Ryoma said. Sakuno pouted, visibly upset by that comment. "Oh come on, it's not even that scary, and besides, are you scared?" Sakuno chided.
"I'm not scared, I'm wondering if you'll be scared. I don't want you clinging to me like a crying monkey."
"Hai! I won't, I promise!" Sakuno said, smiling brightly. How could Ryoma refuse that lovely face? Together, they joined the queue for Big Thunder Mountain.
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Behind them, three figures slowly crept and stood at least 5 people behind the couple in the queue. Distinctively squatting to avoid being seen, they moved discreetly. They would get to be taking the same ride as the couple, but not sitting directly behind them. Nevertheless, they had a somewhat clear view of the couple. As their turn was about to come, Eiji suddenly piped up.
"Mou… I don't think we should go."
Fuji and Momo shot him a confusing look. Then Fuji grinned evilly. Eiji's eyes widened.
"It's not that I'm scared! It's just.. their privacy."
"That doesn't make sense, Eiji-senpai! You're the one who wanted to come first!"
"Saa… you're scared, Eiji?"
"I'm NOT!" But he knew he had been seen through. Too late to back out now.
Momo and Fuji clambered into one car, leaving Eiji alone.
"What! I have to ride alone!"
"Sorry, Eiji, you weren't quick enough!"
"And keep your volume down, we don't want them to hear us!"
Ahead, Ryoma and Sakuno sat in their car, talking about random things, waiting for the ride to start.
"Excuse me, sir, would you like to get in?" the attendant asked Eiji.
"uh… Hai! Gomen, gomen!" Eiji nervously got into the car himself. Gripping the metal bar till his knuckles became white, he hissed to Momo and Fuji.
"I can't believe I'm sitting here alone! You KNOW I'm scared, and yet you're making me do—,"
The car lurched forward a tiny bit in preparation for the ride. Eiji, of course, mistook this.
"AHHHHHHHHH! WE'RE GONNA DIEEEEEEE!" he screamed.
"Eiji! Shut up! The ride hasn't even started!"
"Eh?" Eiji opened one of his eyes. The people in the queue were looking at him as if he was an alien. "Oh." He smiled, happy again. And then, the car lurched forward again and zoomed off. This time, Eiji was certain he would end up dead. Zooming down, he felt himself being dragged onward, uphill at a slower pace. Still, he refused to open his eyes, hands gripping the bar with fear.
"I WILL KILL YOU FUJI! AND MOMO, YOU ARE DEAD! I HATE THIS RIDE, I HATE ALL OF YOU!"
The chain of cars hit the tip of the slope, and began to descend downward at high speed.
"I HATE THIS CAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he started his screamfest again. In front, Fuji and Momo just enjoyed the ride, lifting their hands in the air and laughing like crazy, letting the wind blow their hair in every direction.
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"AHHHHHHHHHH! WE'RE GONNA DIEEEEEEEE!"
Ryoma glanced backward. Immediately he felt dread. Sakuno was about to turn when he said, "Uh. Um. You could… um.."
He didn't want her to know that those three good-as-dead senpais were there.
"What, Ryoma?"
"You could… I meant that… uh…" he quickly searched his brain for something to say. Sakuno cast him a look of utter confusion.
"You could cling to me like a crying monkey if you want." He finally said, and he meant it. Sakuno flashed a beautiful smile, but before she could respond, the ride took off, rocketing the couple into the artificial mountain. Along the way, Sakuno enjoyed herself, but there were times when she simply had to cling onto Ryoma, and Ryoma didn't mind. She wasn't crying, in fact, she was screaming, but she still clung onto him at certain parts. Ryoma himself was enjoying the ride, but even more enjoying the fact that he was beside the most beautiful girl in the world. To him, at least. However, the sadistic side of him was wondering how he'd repay those three nosy senpais of his.
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"Thanks, Ryoma. I had a great time." Sakuno said.
"I did too." Ryoma answered, looking into her large, brown eyes.
"I guess we'd better… go back to our rooms now." She said, looking at the ground.
"I guess so. Goodnight, Sakuno. I'll be in touch." He smiled, then turned the other direction. Sakuno watched his retreating back, then ran up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. Ryoma spun around and his eyes widened in surprise and Sakuno gently kissed him on the cheek.
She blushed a deep red. "Thank you, Ryoma-kun. Goodnight!" she said, before turning and walking the other direction. After she'd disappeared from sight, Ryoma continued his journey to his own hotel room. He felt the blood rushing to his cheeks. Wait, Ryoma? Blushing? He shaked his head vigorously. Never. Echizen Ryoma never blushed. Shutting the door behind him, he was about to fall down on his bed when he heard the doorbell. Without even guessing, he knew who it was. Checking his watch, it was only 11pm at night. He opened the door unenthusiastically.
"Ochibi!"
"Saa… Ohaiyo, Echizen."
"Maa, maa, Echizen's quite the ladies man!"
Ryoma began to push the door shut. Momo's hand shot out and blocked him.
"Echizen! Be polite and hospitable, ne?" and the three uninvited guests walked into his deluxe suite. Echizen knew that he wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight.
"We saw the kiss, nya!" Eiji jumped onto the bed and started jumping.
"Saa… it wasn't really something, but it was a good start, I suppose."
"Why are you here?" Ryoma asked, settling into his chair.
"To help you with your dilemma of course!"
"I don't have a dilemma."
"Yes you do. Where're you going to bring her for your next date?" Momo asked.
"I can't worry about that yet, I've got a competition tomorrow!"
"Really? What?"
"Uh… the… BNP Paribas Masters I think."
"Piece of cake! THIS," Momo said, slamming his fist into his open palm, "is the real challenge."
"Okay, but I don't want to fall asleep during my match, so at least let me get some sleep."
Sleep. And suddenly, it hit him like a hard brick wall. The dream he had had the previous night. The one that had him so confused. The one he had forgotten while with Sakuno. The one he remembered now. A look of dread suddenly flashed in his eyes, and Fuji was able to see through him. Knowing that he was the only one who knew about the dream, Fuji said casually, "I'll be out on the balcony. It's got a lovely view." And he disappeared. Ryoma comprehended and said, also very casually, "the view? Oh my, I've never seen it. I'll go check it out."
"We'll all go, nya!" Eiji shouted.
"No! You guys… stay here…"
"Why?" Momo eyed him curiously.
"In case… in case… in case, Sakuno calls!" Ryoma said, praising himself for his stroke of brilliance.
"Oh! Don't worry, Ochibi! We'll stay alert, nya! Won't we, Momo!"
"Yes, but don't blame us if she gets some very bad impressions of you by tomorrow." Momo snickered. "I'd get her then!" he said, happily. Ryoma looked at him.
"Mada mada dane."
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Shutting the sliding door behind him, he took his place beside Fuji, arms leaning on the cool, metal railing, staring out into the nightsky. The sky was full of stars, the vast landscape of Florida spread out before them. He would have been able to appreciate it, if only he didn't have this burden upon his shoulders.
"What do you think it means?" he asked.
"Tell me the dream again." His fair-haired companion urged him.
"Well, it was after three years of being together. She wanted to break up, she said she didn't love me anymore."
"No hint of the reason why?"
"None."
"Well, Echizen, I can make it hard for you and say that that is a sign, that maybe your relationship with Sakuno in the future could be in trouble. Maybe it's her problem, maybe it's yours. Maybe… maybe you weren't made for each other. I can't say that this dream means something."
Ryoma felt his heart sink, sink to the lowest of the low.
"But-,"
Ryoma looked up, gazing into those cerulean blue eyes with anticipation.
"You two look good together, and you seem to fit together just right." Fuji smiled, a genuine smile. "Don't worry about it yeah? You have three years to enjoy. This dream could just be a random thing. Holds no meaning. Come on, let's go in before Sakuno really calls."
Ryoma chuckled, decided to forget about the matter and went back into the room. There, he found Momo and Eiji sitting on the floor, cross-legged, staring at the cell phone placed between them intently. They watched, and they watched, and they watched. Suddenly, the phone vibrated, Eiji grabbed it first, leapt into the air, shot a finger at Momo and shouted, "I WIN, NYA!"
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