"That's impossible." Rima whispered to herself. She made her way closer to Nagihiko. "You've got to remember me!" Nagihiko could see the several emotions, leaving her and different feelings entering her. But what he witnessed the most was pain, and frustration.
"We've known each other for many years! I'm your fiancé!" She brought a hand against chest, gesturing toward herself.
She held her head tightly in her hand and began thinking, "Please this can't be happening. It's just one thing after another..."
Nagihiko's voice sounded empty and not the same as before, "I understand you must feel hurt about this, and I wish I knew what was going on and what to believe. I'm sorry."
Rima was surprised, that he apologized and didn't understand why he was apologizing. "If anything, I should be apologizing, if I hadn't asked him to get me cupcakes, he wouldn't have been in an accident." She felt a new batch of tears forming, but turned away from Nagihiko so he wouldn't see.
"Don't put the blame on yourself." His voice startled her; it was as though he read her mind. Even if his memory is at a loss, he still had the same personality. Rima roughly wiped, her eyes with the back of her hand, and turned around to face him, giving him a fake smile of reassurance.
The self centered, Hitomi was strolling down the hall, like she was a runway model. She whipped out her small mirror observing her face, and moving the mirror in different positions, to try and find the right angle. A few younger guys, walked by making kissing faces at her, she delicately waved, added a wink, and topped it off with a sly grin. The guys began laughing, and she smiled in satisfaction.
She was getting tons of compliments, ever since she put layers of make up to hide her swollen face. She hated it, it was furiously, hot in the hospital, and she didn't want her make up to run off. She grabbed a small brush from the slot of the mini compact mirror, and with a few strokes over her face she approved of herself. "Gorgeous." She shut the compact mirror and passed a room. Loud voices caught her attention.
"He's suffering from amnesia. We don't know how long it will be until he regains his memory maybe weeks, months, and even years. And that's if he regains his memory."
Hitomi stopped in her tracks, and watched an older doctor talking to a younger lady.
"Oh, my poor baby! Isn't there anyway you can give him medicine, surgery, anything?" She clutched a wrinkled tissue in her hand.
The doctor exhaled deeply, "No I'm sorry. All we can really do is hope for the best."
"You call yourself doctors?" The doctor was taken aback from the sudden outburst. She shook her head and lowered her voice, asking the doctor a few questions.
Hitomi grew bored when she couldn't hear the conversation anymore. Being the nosey girl she is, she poked her head in the room right behind the two, and what caught her eye made her smirk. Rima was talking to Nagihiko but had a displeasing look on her face. And in Hitomi's opinion Rima looked like a disaster, like she's worn out.
Hitomi continued watching as Rima was pleading, "Please? There's got to be something!"
"I don't know... I'm not sure what a memory is anymore or if it's just a thought." Nagihiko answered truthfully.
Rima's shoulders tensed as she began to walk out of the room. "I'll give you time..."
As she walked out Hitomi began giggling and that made her stop, and Rima's face immediately switched to annoyance as she saw the girl she was hoping she'd never see. All the signs of irritation were there, her arms were crossed across her chest, and she shifted her weight to on her right leg.
Hitomi smiled widely, "I'm sorry..." She went to put a hand on Rima's shoulder but Rima slapped it off. "I'm truly am sorry...sorry I'm going to have Nagihiko in the end."
Rima glared, "I'm not in the mood. Go find some other guy to steal."
Hitomi laughed again.
"Why should I even bother? I have such a great advantage now."
"Look, you better stay away, this is ridiculous." Rima couldn't stand this any longer. Hitomi had to disappear from existence.
Hitomi flipped her hair behind her shoulder, before speaking aggressively, "I told you not to mess with me and you obviously didn't listen."
Rima held up a fist,
"If you punch me that would be a bad start for you and Nagi. He'll think you're a bad girl."
Rima let out a groan. Hitomi was right for once and Rima put unclenched her hands as she dropped them back to her side.
"Rima Hun, is this girl bothering you?" Hanako intruded on the two. Hanako's eyes were filled with concern, as she watched Rima's mouth open, but
Hitomi beat her to it, "No, me and Rima are friends." Hitomi held out a hand, as Hanako glanced for Rima's approval but Rima looked away. Hanako just cautiously reached for Hitomi's hand.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Fujisaki, Hanako." Hitomi quickly raised her hand up, "Wait, I love giving out hugs when I first meet people!"
"That's for sure." Rima said to herself.
Hitomi wrapped her arms around Hanako. Hanako patted her back, signaling for Hitomi to break the hug.
Hitomi began thinking aloud."Fujisaki...Fujisaki...as in Fujisaki Nagihiko? Are you his sister?" Rima quirked an eyebrow, 'She's slick...'
Hanako giggled, "I'm his mother."
Hitomi gasped, "I would of never of guessed. You look so young." Which was definitely true Hanako looked young for her age. She still had random men flirt with her. But most of the time she would gently let them down.
Hitomi leaned to whisper in Rima's ear, "Since I have a big chance with Nagihiko I might as well become close friends with his mom."
Rima's temperature was rising; she would do anything to make Hitomi go away.
Hitomi put on her fake act,
"I'm sorry about Nagihiko I heard about what happened...don't worry I'll help get his memory back."
"You're just going to confuse him." Rima mumbled under her breath.
Hitomi grinned once more, "I'll see you two later, and I have to check up on my brother." Hitomi gave a wave and walked off, as a few more guys whistled, but she ignored them this time round.
Hanako sighed, "She seems nice?" Rima shook her head and noticed Amu walking down the hall. The pink haired girl took a glimpse at Hitomi and secretly flipped her off.
Amu waited until she was just a few feet away, to begin talking.
"Sorry I took so long the elevator got stuck and then I stopped by the kitchen to pick up some food." Amu handed the two trays to Hanako, but both girls caught Amu shaking. Rima and Hanako shot a questioning look.
"The elevator is haunted!" Amu shouted petrified. Being alarmed Amu felt like something was following her, and kept looking behind her, "I swear I saw a ghost."
Rima rolled her eyes, and Amu nervously laughed, "But seriously I just saw a demon pass by, Hitomi-"
The blonde responded, "I know, I'll tell you later." Amu respected what was said and decided not to bring it up until Rima did. She changed the subject and asked,
"How's Nagihiko?" Rima and Hanako both glanced at each other, deciding who should give the news. But the both sputtered at the same time, "He lost his memory."
Rima and Amu left the hospital, and left Hanako with Nagihiko. Rima thought it was the best idea. Nagihiko would probably remember his own mother first because he's been with her since the beginning. They both entered the fast food restaurant Yaya worked at, and wanted to surprise her.
"Yaya!" The younger girl, was balancing three scolding hot trays, she slightly turned her head and saw Amu waving. She almost lost balance and quickly leaned over to one side, squinted an eye and keeping the other closed.
"You guys! I'll be back." Yaya kept her attention on the food and began walking in a straight line like she was on a tight rope. Up ahead there was a bump in the carpet. No one noticed it, either that or no one bothered to alert her about it. Her shoe grazed the carpet, as it hit the lump tripping over it, but ran into the table which kept her from falling. She lost the grasp of the plates, and everyone watched in horror as the plates were falling. The dishes slammed against the hard surface table, with not even the slightest crack in the plates. She earned a little applause, and told the customers to enjoy their meal.
"See what you did?" Rima scrunched her noise, and made a face at Amu. Amu laughed weakly, "Its fine, at least the food and plates survived." Amu began searching through her phone, as they walked to their given table and sat down.
Yaya dashed back to her friends,
"What's going on?" She pulled up a chair and sat on it. She acted like the whole plate incident didn't even occur. Amu was about to ask, but Yaya already answered the question, "I drop a plate like once a day, it wouldn't of surprised me if I dropped those plates."
Rima and Amu were surprised that Yaya even had her job. "Anyway, why aren't you guys at the hospital?"
Amu waved her hands around, "Let's talk about that later!" Amu checked her phone again, as Rima saw for the second time.
"You keep checking your phone." Rima pointed out. Amu's face turned a few shades of red, "What? No I don't!" Yaya became interested fast; she went to reach for Amu's phone "Let me see!" Amu put her phone back into her pocket. "No!"
Yaya childishly giggled and wondered, "Then why are you so over protective of it?"
Rima was impatient with this and added, "Spit it out already."
Amu blushed again, "It's just Ikuto sent me this text and I keep reading over it." Yaya snapped back onto her feet, "I'll get drinks and check on my tables real fast."
"Is it a cute text?" Honestly, Rima was already jealous; she missed cute texts from Nagihiko.
Amu blushed, "N-no of course not!" Rima rolled her eyes, "That's a yes." Rima sighed, and watched Amu as she kept smiling to herself and blushing.
After a few minutes, Yaya came back and set three lemonades onto the table. Yaya was the first to dive into hers, and slurp almost half in a second. She took out the little green umbrella hanging on the side of the glass and stuck it into her hair.
Rima just came right and said it. She didn't want to hold it in anymore.
"Nagihiko lost his memory." The frustrated look on her face came back. Yaya screeched, "No!" She choked on her drink, and began coughing.
The noise around them lowered as attention was drawn to them. Yaya nervously laughed, and all three girls slowly sunk down in their chairs until everyone went back to stuffing their faces in food.
"Honestly, I'm scared to go back to see him." Rima confessed she began stirring the lemonade with the straw.
Yaya asked, "Why?"
Rima held in her tears, feeling her throat lock, "I'm scared to face reality. I have to start all over. It's like starting again at day one. I don't want to start over not after we've gotten so far. What if he never remembers me?"
Amu, bit her lip and sighed inwardly, Rima repeated softly this time, "What if he never remembers me…"
Rima winced as her head started hurting, "What if this time, he falls for Hitomi…"
"Don't say that!" Yaya said stern fully. The redhead leaned in closer to table, "Don't have such a depressing attitude towards this! If you keep thinking negative thoughts nothing good is going to come from it!" Amu and Rima were surprised at Yaya's choice of words. But, Amu used this time to step in too, "Yaya's right, just keep thinking positive. Don't let Hitomi get in the way. Find a way to get around her."
Yaya was acting out of character, like she was maturing. It really made Rima think more about the situation at a different perspective. "And don't keep talking like you're in this alone, we are all here to help!" Yaya added.
Rima searched for the best smile she could.
"Yaya! Stop goofing around and get back to work!" All three girls jumped, at a deep voice that was rough like leather. It was the manager, who had thick grey eyebrows, and was slightly bald. Yaya panicked, "I'll be back," and she ran to the back where the kitchen was.
The table began rattling; Amu was the first to notice Rima's cell phone vibrating.
Rima snatched her phone, not even bothering to look at who was calling her and just flipped it open, "Hello?"
"Hello Rima." It was a sweet and mellow voice that made Rima relax, she looked around her and saw Amu staring right at her. Rima lowered her voice not wanting Amu to know who she was talking to.
"Oh, Tadase…"
"How are you?" Rima responded so fast without even thinking, "Good, you?" She yelled at herself inwardly for lying. "Liar! Liar! Liar!"
"Your voice sounds sad, are you sure nothing is wrong?" Tadase sounded really concerned and Rima felt bad to lie, but she didn't want to worry anyone else. She fought with herself, if she should hide or reveal her feelings.
"Remember, I said I'll be here for you."
"Just say it!"
"Actually, I've not been doing so well. My fiancé' got into accident, and now he has amnesia…he can't remember anyone!"
The more Rima told people about Nagihiko's amnesia the more it made her feel sick in the stomach. She didn't like that phrase slipping out of her mouth. But as she heard Tadase's voice, she felt relieved and calm.
There was crackling in the background before Tadase responded. "Rima, I'm sorry. This is terrible. How's his condition?"
"His condition is fine, he just lost blood, but he's seems okay physically." Rima's voice was a lot more quiet then she realized. Amu grew nosey, and carefully tried to not make any noises so she could try and listen in.
"Rima, I don't know what to say. I wish I could say something that sounds more meaningful than sorry." That was another word she was tired of hearing, Sorry. She found no meaning in the word sorry; it was just a word people say when they have nothing to say. Hearing the word from Tadase made her think differently about it.
"It's okay, I believe you. I know you're sorry." Amu leaned her ear against the other side of the phone, but Rima shifted her position, and switched her phone to her other ear. Amu made a frown, but Rima ignored it.
"Will we still be able to go out and eat Sunday?" Rima gasped she completely forgot about it, "I'll let you know."
"It will make you feel better. You need to be happy." Rima nodded, "You're right."
"I'll call you back tomorrow, just let me know." Rima could picture Tadase smiling right about now,
"Okay," Suddenly Yaya swooped down from behind, and snatched Rima's phone and pressed the end button.
Rima blew up, "Why'd you do that, you little brat!" Yaya playfully stuck her tongue, out and placed a basket of pork buns. "You were talking to Tadase, huh?"
Rima raised an eyebrow, "So what?" Yaya stuffed a dumpling in her mouth and as the sizzling dumpling hit her tongue, she spit it back out, Amu finished her sentence, "You shouldn't be hanging around him, especially if you had feelings for him in the past."
Rima rolled her eyes, "I'm not going to like him again! That's the whole reason why it's called the past!"
"Still, it's not a good idea!" Yaya blew on the dumpling this time, before stuffing it back into her mouth.
"Don't tell me what to do! If only Utau were, here she'd be on my side."
Yaya and Amu just glanced at one another and shrugged before responding in chorus, "Exactly, because it's Utau."
Yaya finished gobbling her dumpling and decided to bring it back up, and asked "What are we going to do, to make Nagihiko remember?"
Amu smiled, "Nagihiko's mom is already showing the embarrassing graduation pictures." Yaya exploded with laughter, "The one where we can your face when you're about to sneeze?" Amu's face just explained it all.
After Yaya's laughter died she screamed, "I got it!" Yaya leaned closer into the table, her voice was almost a whisper, "Have Nagihiko try your awful cooking, that will clear things up." Yaya started nudging Rima with her elbow. "Right, right?"
Rima glared, "Yaya, let's be serious here."
Yaya pouted, "You're no fun! I was only trying to lighten up the atmosphere." Amu started laughing, "It's lighten up the mood." Yaya playfully bonked herself in the head from her mistake. This wasn't amusing Rima at all, she just stayed with the solid expression.
"Hey Rima, what about Nagihiko's free scholarship, to play basketball in America?" Rima thought about it for a second, "I'm going to have to let them know about this situation. Even though Nagi was already putting it on hold for me, for a year."
"That's what you can do! Play basketball with Nagihiko! Maybe that will jog his memory!" Yaya pitched in.
"Yes!" Rima immediately got up from the table and squeezed Yaya into a hug, "Thank you!" Then she faced Amu and hugged her too before heading out the door.
The blonde arrived back in the hospital; she slowly walked in the room feeling a sense of hatred. She glanced around the room, and saw Hitomi sitting on the edge of Nagihiko's bed, and saw Hanako sitting right next to Nagihiko, flipping through a photo album, and pointing at pictures.
Hitomi was the first to realize Rima entered the room. "Oh, I didn't know you and Nagi dated for so long." A hint of disappointment was caught in her voice
Rima responded with a proud expression on her face, "Since the beginning of high school."
Hanako looked up from the photo album, and grinned while waving, "Rima honey, I'm glad your back." Rima partially returned the smile, and sat by Hanako. She was going to stay as far away from Hitomi.
Hanako, talked directly to Rima, "Nagihiko will be getting out the hospital as soon, as he gets his rest." Rima didn't say anything in response, and just wanted him to get out of the hospital as soon as possible. The sooner he gets out, the quicker she can help him gain his memory, and kick out Hitomi from their lives again.
"Rima," After hearing him call her name since the incident she felt warm chills wrap around her shoulders and down like a blanket. It was a feeling she always had when he spoke. "You're so beautiful in this picture."
Rima had a weird feeling she couldn't put into words, this was definitely a good start, and it made her day. She was smiling and she didn't even know it. She noticed he was talking about the prom picture, and she nervously responded, "Thanks, I only straighten my hair on special occasions." Why was she nervous? She didn't even know. She was talking to him fine before, when she was asking him questions.
"I guess it is like the beginning. Getting all nervous again…" She thought to herself.
Rima was too absorbed into the moment she didn't realize Hitomi was grimacing and glowering.
A/N: Hey everyone! :D
How was April Fools? O: I got fooled into eating expired chocolate! xD
And I'm sorry for the short chapter it feels rushed, I haven't been feeling good, so I made it short. :l But I guess you could say it's to get ready for the next chapter! The next chapter will be awesome and a lot longer, so no worries! 8D Yaaay!
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