Chapter 2: Week 2
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{Rui's Point of View }
-Monday-
[September 30th, 2005]
(Richardson High School)
I stared at Silvia in shock for a few more moments before going back to my seat in worry. I knew I should have talked to her on the weekend... wait... no... she said she always forgets her friends. Does that mean no matter what, she'll forget? There has to be something I can do... after all... I was able to become her friend once, I can do it again! Wait... but then every week I'd have to introduce myself and ask again. She'll even forget about what we've done or talked about... that sucks. What if she says or asks the same things repeatedly, that would be... annoying. I can't abandon her after the fun I had with her last week... she has no friends... we're both outcasts...
Mr. Takanashi stood up, "Everyone quiet down. Recently, someone hacked the vending machine for free soda, the school is offering a reward to those who turn in the one responsible. If any of you know who it is, please let one of the faculty or staff know."
I thought to myself, 'How could someone be hacking the vending machines?'
I kept looked at Silvia, wondering what she was thinking of me now. I bet I scared her since I approached her so casually... what if she yells at me to leave her alone during lunch? Ugh... well... I guess we'll see what happens.
-Lunch on Monday-
(Roof)
I took a deep breath before opening the door to the roof. Silvia sat where she always sat, eating her lunch when I walk out. She froze, almost getting into a defensive stance. I took a step back, raising my hands up to let her know I'm not there to hurt her.
I said to her nervously, "I'm sorry for coming up here... but can I eat with you?"
Silvia glared at me for a moment before softening her gaze and muttering, "If you want to..."
I sat near her like I used to last week, "You know... I used to sit with you like this last week?"
Silvia almost choked on her juice, "Y-You did!?"
I was about to take a bite out of my sandwich, "Uh huh."
I looked towards her, seeing her face is closer with a blush as she was on her hands and knees, looking at me in wonder, "Is that why I couldn't remember most of my lunches last week?"
I nodded slowly, "I guess you were telling the truth... you really can't remember."
Silvia looked so sad, "I'm sorry... I didn't want to forget you."
I ate my sandwich, "I know..."
Silvia sighed, "This is why I chose not to make any friends... all I'll do is harm them..."
I turned my head towards her, "Hey, I'll think of something, don't worry about it."
Silvia looked at me with a blush, "You will?"
I smiled kindly at her, "We're friends, right?"
Silvia looked so happy, nodding her head, "Yes! I... um... what's your name ?"
I sighed a bit, "My name is Rui."
That's how she and I became friends for another week... it's a lot easier than it was last week... but can I really do this every week?
-Tuesday-
(Richardson High School-Vending Machines)
I didn't have a drink for lunch, so I told Silvia I'd be late. On my way to the vending machines, I bumped into Jay again.
He staggered back, "Oops, sorry about that. Oh, hey, what's up dude?"
I shrugged, "Made a new friend with a girl. I've been trying to think of a way to help her."
Jay put money into a vending machine, "Oh, so you made a new friend?"
I looked aside sadly, "For a week..."
Jay didn't hear me as his soda can dropped, "What's that?"
I shook my head, "Never mind, how's your classes?"
Jay looked worried, "I've been... getting by. I freaking hate writing down notes or essays. I wish I could just remember everything without having to write."
I nearly jumped, "Oh my arceus... that's it!"
Jay looked completely lost, "What..?"
I put money in the money, "Nothing Jay. I just got a great idea that might work thanks to you."
Jay placed a hand on my shoulder, "Is this another prank?"
I froze for a moment, "...no."
Jay let go, "Good. I don't want you dragging us down."
I clenched my fist, hearing Jay leave the area before punching the vending machine. I really wish I could take that prank back... or to forget about it period. In the end, everyone else would remember it, so what would it matter?
(Roof)
I went to the bookstore our school has in order to buy a light green covered diary. My heart began to race as I started to realize this could be seen as more than just a gift. What if she hates me, thinking I was trying to trick her?
No... I can't think like that, I have to give her this empty diary, it'll help her, "Silvia?" I called out, walking into the open.
She looked happy to see me, her food untouched, "Rui! I thought it'd be nice to not eat until you got here. What's that?"
I smiled at her, "A gift to you, something that could fix all your problems."
Silvia chimed excitedly, "What is it!?"
I pulled out the light green diary and handed it to her with a blush, "It's a diary, with it, you can write down everything you want to remember about your friends."
Silvia looked at it, rubbing her hands on the smooth cover, "I never... thought of that... thank you... Thank you!"
I looked aside bashfully, "It's nothing..."
Silvia quickly pulled out a pencil, "I'll write my first entry right now!"
I watched her, "Right now?"
Silvia nodded, "Yeah. Actually... why did you get me this?"
I sat at my spot, "I guess I'm being a bit selfish since I want us to be friends."
Silvia giggled as she read what she wrote aloud, "Today, Rui gave me a diary to write down my memories of friends I'll forget. Rui is pretty creepy and selfish..."
My jaw dropped, 'Seriously!? She wrote that?'
Silvia smiled warmly, "But he's really kind for getting me this. He cares about me because he's my friend."
I felt my face warm up from hearing that. It only got worse when she looked at me and giggled, commenting on my red appearance. I felt happy to know I helped her.
Silvia pulled out a piece of paper, "You want to go to the new cafe with me?"
I looked aside, "Sure... but we actually went there together last week."
Silvia looked a bit disappointed, "Oh... but we can still go... right?"
I smiled at her, patting her back to reassure her, "Yes."
Silvia looked at the paper, "Won't you be bored?"
I laughed a bit, "It's a cafe, we just go there to hang out and I loved what they served there. It'll let us hang out and get to know each other again."
Silvia looked at her diary and started writing, "I went to the cafe with Rui when he and I first became friends, despite that, he is willing to go with me again." she stopped speaking, smiling as she wrote more before closing it and getting up, "Ready to go?"
I stood up, stretching a bit before standing beside her, "Sure."
Silvia looked away, "Can we... go back to the room separately?"
I looked at her puzzled, "Why? We're friends."
Silvia looked down sadly, "Everyone talks badly about me... I don't want them to bad mouth you..."
I looked at the town, stepping towards the protective fencing, "They already do that. The prank was more of a message telling them to screw off. In the end, I pushed my friends away when the consequences came knocking at my door."
Silvia sighed, "Please..."
I looked at her, "Sure. It'll be like we never met. You go first, I'll head down second."
I listened as Silvia walked away and opened the door, "Thank you. We'll meet at the subway near the school."
I waved without looking, "You got it."
When she left, I stood there for a couple minutes until I heard the door open and looked to see Derek come towards me, "Rui? What are you doing up here?"
I shrugged, "Just hanging out."
Derek looked at the door, "I walked by some gardevoir, she looked as lifeless as an empty bag of chips. You say something to her?"
I shook my head no, "She was just up her for a moment, I don't know why she came. She never said a word to me."
Derek scratched his chin, disbelief written on his face, "Uh huh... then why are you so red?"
I felt my face, "I'm red? I thought I was blue."
Derek laughed a bit, "Don't be a smartass."
I shrugged again, smiling, "I didn't know an ass could be smart, maybe mine will start doing my homework since it's full of shit. Either way, I got to go back to class. See ya Derek."
Derek stepped aside, chuckling a bit, "Alright you bastard, get out of here."
I shook my head, still smiling, feeling as if our friendship healed a bit. I regret that prank now... If I never did it... the four of us would be hanging out like we used to... Instead, I forced a wedge in and cracked that bond we all worked hard to form. I haven't seen Anthony at all lately... I hope the guy is alright.
-After School-
I waited for Silvia at the subway, leaning against a support. I looked around at all the other people, seeing how rare it is to see pokemon with humans. Not even as friends, which alarms me. There were a few, and one couple, but other than that, they were in groups of their own kind. It gave me a bad impression, even though I shouldn't have been thinking about it, but I started noticing the unspoken segregation. Do pokemon and humans like each other? I never thought about that before... I always hung out with my three friends. In my village, we were friends with all the kids there, whether or not they're pokemon or human didn't matter to us.
Silvia came into view, waving at me, "Rui!"
I walked over to her, ignoring those thoughts again, "Hey."
Silvia took out the flier, "Okay, let's go to the cafe... again."
I chuckled a bit, "Yeah!"
Silvia and I wandered around until I took the lead since I knew where the cafe is. I couldn't help but feel bad for Silvia... yeah, I wanted to be her friend, but when I think about it, it must be terrifying for her to know she'll forget all of this. I'm really happy I gave her that diary, it really seems to give our friendship hope...
Silvia pulled on my sweater, "Are you okay? You looked deep in thought."
I answered her swiftly, "I'm just happy we can be friends from now on."
Silvia looked down sadly, but had a small smile, "Yeah, maybe I'll keep forgetting... but with that diary... I feel as though it gives me a reason to try. You... you gave me hope."
Silvia looked at me, our eyes locked for a moment as we both blushed a bit. I could see it in her eyes... even though it seemed like such a small thing... I gave her... hope. All this time... she must have felt defeated... given up on the thought of ever having friends again, that's obviously why she gave up on it. Maybe I should try to find out more...
The cafe is open, and we were able to sit down to order some drinks. Looking around, I could see those familiar stares, making me feel uncomfortable until I noticed Silvia is completely oblivious to it. She is focused on me, staring at me with a... cute twinkle in her eye. I hadn't noticed, but I was smiling at her.
A waitress walked over to us, "Hello!"
I looked at her, seeing she's a human girl... actually, I think she goes to our school. I think she's a senior, so that explains her part time job here. Then again, last week they didn't have waitresses, so they must have been hiring. I could use a part time job... the extra money would help a bit.
The waitress girl giggled, "Am I too beautiful?"
I snapped back to reality, "Huh?"
I looked at Silvia to see a sad look, "Why were you staring at her Rui?"
I blushed, "I wasn't staring! I was lost in thought because I thought it would have been smart of me to apply here."
Silvia looked aside, "Yeah right..."
The waitress scratched her chin nervously, "Uh... sorry, I didn't mean to step between such a cute couple."
Silvia sat up straight, "We're just friends!"
I looked at our waitress, "Can we just get our menus?"
Our waitress bowed a bit, "I'll be right back, my name is Mitchell, I'm your server today."
I watched her leave before turning my attention back to Silvia. She looked upset, but kept herself in check as she looked at the different assortment of drinks. Was she bothered by me staring at her, or am I overthinking this?
I decided to ask, "Hey, can I ask you something?"
Silvia looked at me over the top of her menu, "No, I won't pay for this."
I shot up, "That's not what I was going to ask you moocher!"
Silvia giggled a bit, "Then what is it?"
I put the menu down and took a deep breath, "What... what exactly can you remember about the accident that happened?"
Silvia gripped the edges of her menu tighter, "Does it... matter?"
I looked aside, "It could... I just want to help..."
Silvia put the menu down as well, sighing, "If my parents and a wide assortment of doctors couldn't help me... what makes you think you can?"
I looked at her without a second's hesitation, "Because I'm your friend."
Silvia eyes lightened up for a moment before looking aside with a blush, "Don't be silly."
I chuckled a bit, "I'll try not to, but seriously, at least tell me."
Silvia looked at the table, keeping her head down with a neutral look plastered on her face, "I remember running into a street crying. I heard a car horn and looked at the front license plate just before it hit me. I was lucky to survive... well... I used some of my powers to block some of the damage, but I hurt my head a bit. When I woke up, the world was hazy and there were bandages wrapped around my head. My mother was there and she looked so relieved to see I was awake. I knew who she was, even my dad was there but had to leave for work shortly after. My mother was asked to go to the front desk by a nurse and came back with a lot of kids that were my friends. I studied all of them and looked into my memory but all I could say was, 'Um... who are they?' and they all looked so... sad. The day I woke up was a Monday and I was hit by the car on Sunday. My mother told me I have anterograde amnesia, which seems to explain a lot when I looked it up. I just... don't know what happened that could have caused me to cry."
I bit my thumbnail lightly in thought, 'So she has anterograde amnesia? What is that? I'll have to look it up when I can... but if she was crying, then that meant something terrible must have happened involving her friends. I didn't live here for very long, so I have no idea who her old friends were.'
Silvia giggled, "You look lost in thought, it must be about me, hopefully it's about how cute I look."
I blushed a bit, "What?"
Silvia waved it off, "I'm just teasing, besides, we only just met, you can't care that much about me. Also... I rather we focus on our friendship than what happened to me in the past, after all, you're my first friend... well, the first I want to remember this badly."
I smiled a bit, "With your memory, how would you remember ever wanting another person to be your friend as badly?"
Silvia shook her head, "I wouldn't, so me saying that was a waste, huh?"
I pointed at her pocketbook, "Not when you can write it down."
Silvia pulled out her diary, writing into it, "You're far too kind."
That statement caught me off-guard, "What do you mean?"
Silvia put her diary away, "You've only know me for a week, yet you're being this kind to me. That amount of time is far too short for this to be genuine... but with you, I can tell it is. You're far too honest."
I pulled out my wallet to check if I had the money to pay, "Maybe I am..."
Silvia then asked, "There's a rumor about you and a prank, what's that about?"
I gripped my wallet tighter for a moment before feigning a smile, "It's nothing."
Silvia tapped the table, "Don't lie to me."
I looked at the table in disappointment, "I'm sorry..."
Silvia asked again, "So what's the prank about?"
I thought back to it and said, "Me and my friends... no... I, decided to pull a prank on the faculty at the school. It originally was going to be on one teacher but my anger got the better of me. It was meant to be harmless revenge, something to help me feel like I evened the score. The bastard teacher told everyone that I was trying to sneak into the lady's restrooms around the school. It was actually him, and I caught him going into one, so he turned it around on me. Him being a teacher, they believed him and I was sent to a month of detention because they had to believe a perverted piece of shit... As for the prank, we gave a plate of brownies to the teachers and gave them some intense diarrhea. They didn't appreciate that, and because my friends wanted to help me... they got in trouble as well. Mr. Takanashi wasn't directly affected by our prank, but he's one of that bastard's friends, I can tell he's eager to get me kicked out, even if he hides it so well."
Silvia frowned, "He doesn't seem like he's hiding anything."
Before I could answer, Mitchell came back, "You two know what you'll be getting?"
I looked at the the menu, "I'd like the graham hot chocolate please."
She wrote it down swiftly, "Whipped cream?"
I asked, "Is it free?" she nodded quickly, "Yes."
Mitchell looked at Silvia, "What about you?"
Silvia looked at the menu, "Um... Cheri Milkshake."
I shot up, "They have that!?"
Silvia nodded, pointing at it, "See?"
I looked at Mitchell, "Make that two and I'd still like my graham hot chocolate."
Mitchell smiled, finishing up what we wanted before taking our menus and walking away. The rest of our stay involved us talking about normal things instead of school, her amnesia, or my prank. I enjoyed spending time with her... she's a really awesome person outside of school. Hopefully she'll start making more friends so I'm not the only one she can talk to.
{Silvia's Point of View}
-Thursday Night-
(Silvia's Home)
Rui ate lunch with me again today, but we haven't hung out since Tuesday. I'm not sad about it, i'm very happy to know I have someone like him in my life. My mother has been worried about me every day since the accident; all I'd do is come home and go to my room to study. I never smiled, I just put on my blank expression, even when my father is around, despite never seeing him because he works out of region right now. Now when I come home, I'm smiling a lot much to my mother's relief.
"I'm home!"
My mother is washing the dishes, "Silvia! How was school?"
I walked by her, smiling, "It was great! I ate lunch with my friend."
She dried her hands, "When will you let me meet him?"
I blushed a bit, "He's just a friend mom!"
She grinned at me, "With that reaction, you give your mother the chills."
I knew my mother was teasing me, so I continued walking, "You're so mean to me..."
My mother laughed, "Don't be like that Silvia!"
I giggled to myself, walking up to my room since my house has two floors. When I walked in, I put my pocketbook down on my desk and laid on my back. I stared at my ceiling while hugging my diary, thinking about my friend. I want to do everything I can to remember him, but how? He gave me the diary to write about my friends... how can I get myself to read it every Monday?
I sat up on my bed quickly, 'That's it! More reading!'
I sat at my desk, moving my pocketbook aside to make a poster that says, "Rui is a friend! Read the diary on your desk." I then put tape on the corners and put it on my door so I'll see it every morning in case I forget. I stared at the poster before laying my cheek on it, smiling with a blush. I have a friend.
{Rui's Point of View}
-Friday-
(Richardson High School-Vending Machine)
Silvia and I ate lunch together every day so far, and today is no different. I just needed a drink, like always and Anthony ended up being at the vending machine. I didn't know what I should say to him, whether to joke, or just greet him.
I decided to greet him, "Hey Anthony."
He looked at me, "Oh... it's you. The bathroom peeper."
I looked aside angrily, "I didn't do that! I'm so sick of everyone saying that!"
Anthony stared at the vending machines, "Jay believes you still and so does Derek... even I do deep down, but you messed up Rui. If you just gave up on revenge, we'd all be in the same class."
I shook my head, "That wasn't going to happen the moment I caught him walking into the women's restroom. I couldn't just not say anything! That makes me just as responsible!"
Anthony looked aside angrily, "Tsk... whatever... I'm going back to class with Derek's soda."
I grabbed Anthony's shoulder, "If there's something wrong with you guys... you'd tell me right?"
Anthony looked a bit shocked, but quickly looked forward, "I've got nothing to say."
My grip on his shoulder tightened, "Anthony, you're not like this... tell me what happened."
Anthony shook his head, "I'm sorry Rui... "
Anthony forced himself out of my grasp and walked away, leaving me there to get my drink and head up to the roof in order to see Silvia. She sat there, waiting for me with two containers of food, is she really hungry today?
I said, "Hi." As I approached her.
She smiled at me, handing me one of the containers, "I brought you lunch!"
I blushed a bit, "You did? I bring my own lunch though..."
Silvia scratched her chin nervously, "I just figured it'd be boring to have the same thing everyday right?"
I opened the container and saw it was mashed potatoes with meatloaf, "This is what you had the first time I ate lunch with you."
Silvia smiled, "I bet it was tasty!"
I blushed a bit, "You gave me a tiny bit of meatloaf and it's the best lunch I've tasted in a long time."
Silvia nudged a little closer, "My mom made extra so I took it for you..."
I started eating, "Thank you... do you want half of my sandwich?"
Silvia smiled, "Of course!"
I ripped the sandwich I brought in half and gave it to her, "How's that?"
Silvia ate it first, smirking, "I've had better."
I laughed a bit, "I figured."
Silvia suddenly paused, "It's Friday..."
I stopped eating, pausing as well, "Yeah... it is..."
Silvia looked at the clouds, "Be honest... are you scared about Monday?"
I answered her honestly, "I used to be... but now you have your diary... and I'm positive you'll still want to be my friend."
Silvia looked reassured, eating again, "Thank you Rui... Thank you for being my friend... I will never forget you again..."
We continued eating in silence, but it felt like we didn't even have to speak. I just... felt happy to know she's my friend and... I'm important to her. I now she hasn't said it, but I can tell from how she talks to me or reacts. With the distance between me and my friends, it made me so happy to have her... and I'll do what I can to keep her as my friend.
(That's the end of this chapter, I hope it was better than the first. As time goes on, we'll see how the story develops as these two inevitably get closer and closer, despite the resets. As always, please review, favorite, or follow to support the story! ^_^)
