"Nagihiko, can we go out tonight?"
Rima watched as Nagihiko swiftly grabbed a cup and filled it with orange juice. With what Hitomi had said earlier, there were a lot of thoughts that ran through his mind. He wanted to ask Rima about it, but didn't know whether or not he should.
"Alright. "

"Alright? Was it just me or did that not sound like a 100% alright?"

Rima tried to smile, "Just you and me though..." She saw Nagihiko face away from her to put the cart of orange juice back into the fridge. It frustrated her that she couldn't read what he was thinking or see his face expressions.
"It's a place where we had our first date." Rima added. She decided to use Tadase's advice.
Nagihiko turned back around, "Let's go."

Rima smiled and got up, "I'll be back." She dashed into the bedroom and walked into the closest. It felt like a forest for her trying to search through what jacket to wear.
A lavender one caught her eye as it was folded on the top shelf; she stood on her tip toes and jumped up to get it. She stretched her arm out to reach for it. Once she got a grip on the soft material she roughly yanked on it, as it flew down along with papers. She groaned and lazily crouched down. She picked up the jacket from the ground and put it on. She looked at the papers scattered across the floor and realized they weren't important and stacked them up and placed them back onto the shelf. She continued to walk out, but, heard a crinkling noise and stopped. She looked down as she felt something bend under her foot. She bent down to see a cream colored envelope that had Nagi handwritten in big letters. The ink was smeared and it was slightly torn on the edge.

She grazed her fingers over the envelope, and then opened it. She peeked her eyes inside before reaching her hand in it. What slid out was a sheet of lined paper that was folded up. As she unfolded it, she became more anxious to what it said. She observed the paper up and down to see her signature at the bottom. She scanned over the letter carefully and blushed deeply. She realized it was a letter she wrote to Nagihiko when she first admitted she loved him. She was surprised Nagihiko kept it all this time. It made her feel special and fuzzy inside. She folded it back up and inserted the envelope in her pocket. She left the room in an instant, "I'm ready." She called down the hall.
Nagihiko nodded and put the empty glass in the sink.
Rima remembered she would tell Tadase what happened. She texted him,
"He said yes!"
Within a few moments of walking out the door she received a message back.
"Good luck. :)"

"There it is." Rima pointed across the street, and Nagihiko made a surprised expression.
"I know it's tiny, but wait for it." Nagihiko nodded, and they both crossed the street and made it to the entrance. Nagihiko opened the door for Rima; she thanked him and stepped inside.

A young man greeted them at the door, "Good evening. Two in your party?" Rima nodded, as the man grabbed two menus. "Right this way please," He began walking, but Rima poked his back, "Wait can we sit at the patio?"
The guy said, "Of course," and led them through the restaurant.

The restaurant was dimmed. There was a candle lit upon every table. The tables were covered with white lacey table cloth but from the luminous light it made the shades of white look peach. The interior was classical. With old antique set paintings across the walls.

They made it around the back through glass doors. The chill of the night hit them both. It wasn't too cold just the perfect temperature. They were the only two outside out of the three other tables.
As they sat down the host said, "Your server will be with you in just a moment." Rima thanked him and picked up the menu that he'd handed to her before he went back inside. Rima smiled, "This was our first date, out here." She checked out the menu, "We would always stare up at the stars."
Nagihiko looked up and saw the crescent moon shining brightly, having a honey glow to it. The stars were outnumbered, and scattered across the dark sky. You couldn't focus your eye on one specific star; your eyes would get dizzy. He had to agree though, the scenery was amazing.
Nagihiko looked back down and saw Rima concentrating on her menu. He noticed there were paper lanterns hung up around the patio, each filled with a different colored light. The light from the lanterns made Rima's facial features stand out.

Rima is such a beautiful young woman. He couldn't understand how an innocent girl could do such mischievous stuff like Hitomi had told him.
His thoughts were soon distracted from music that filled his ears around him.
"Where's that music coming from?" Nagihiko asked.
Rima took her gaze off of her menu to look at him, "There's this guy who plays music across the street every night."
Nagihiko smiled, "It's beautiful."
They heard the doors, open and were greeted by a younger man. He had dark green colored hair and glasses. "Kairi!" Rima got up from the table and gave him a quick hug. She pulled away and sat back down.
"Hey, you two haven't been here in awhile. I'm sorry my sister and I couldn't make it to the party, we were slammed."
"That's okay." Rima smiled, and turned to look at Nagihiko's confused face. "You and Kairi are good friends. His sister owns this place with her husband, Nikaido. We use to eat here all the time and get free food."
Kairi adjusted his glasses, and said, "Now that you mention it, dinner is on us."
"Are you sure? It's not that expensive…" Rima tried to protest. Kairi inserted the pen and notepad back into his pocket and nodded, "Don't worry, I'll be back with drinks."

Before he headed back into the door he offered a handshake to Nagihiko, "It's nice to meet you again." Nagihiko gave a quick nod and shook his hand. Kairi quickly went back inside.
Rima turned her attention back to Nagihiko.
"So you can ask me anything you want." Rima encouraged. Nagihiko thought about for a few moments. There were many questions that ran through his mind, but decided to ask the ones that have been on his mind the most.

"How long were we engaged for, before I got in the accident?"
Rima relaxed in her chair and leaned back, "About two weeks."
Nagihiko nodded, "How long did we date before that?"
Rima pondered and bit her lip, "A long time. Since the beginning of high school."
"Oh wow," Nagihiko was amazed by her answer.
"Where was our first kiss?" Rima was surprised. She didn't think he'd ask that question. "My backyard. You dropped me off home and it just happened. But we were caught by my mom and she was angry."
"That's not good." Nagihiko laughed and Rima joined in. "You didn't walk me all the way home for a month."
Rima was happy, but was slowly starting to feel down too, and didn't know why.
Nagihiko's curiosity was growing, "When did we start talking to each other?"
Rima thought about it again and practically jumped off her seat when she remembered, "Well I was introduced to you by Amu, and you always tried to talk to me, but I ignored you. Then one day I came to school crying because my parents were fighting. You began talking to me, and I finally started talking to you. Only because you were being annoying." Nagihiko gave a cunning grin.

Then it hit Rima, she was the one who always forgot birthdays and special dates, she changed the subject.
"Before I forget..."
Rima was thumbing the envelope she found earlier. She didn't know whether to show it to him or not. It could spark a memory, but she was a little shy about it. She shrugged, and pulled it out of her pocket.

"Here, I think you should read this." Rima handed the envelope across the table as Nagihiko grabbed it. She continued, "It's actually a letter I wrote to you when I first admitted I love you. I was too shy to say it in words. Anyways, I just wanted to show you how much feelings we had for each other." Nagihiko smiled, and he slowly pulled the tab open, but Rima quickly put her hand on his, "You don't have to read it now…just whenever you want to." Rima smiled, and took her hand away when Kairi came back setting the drinks down onto the table.

"Sorry for the intrusion, what would you two like to eat?"
Rima lightly shrugged, from the talking she forgot to finish looking at the menu. She glanced at Nagihiko for a response but he simply said to Kairi, "Whatever you recommend."
Kairi happily sighed, "Thanks, you two are making my job easy." He grabbed the menus, and went back into the doors.

Nagihiko and Rima stared at each other for a few moments until Nagihiko popped another question.
"When did we first fall in love with one another?"
Rima was taken off guard; she was overly sensitive with this topic, "I'm not sure about you. But I fell in love with you before I wrote that letter. I think it was when I was in my room, and my parents were fighting once again. And you walked all the way over to my house and snuck into my bedroom at 3 in the morning just to make sure I was alright." That night was very emotional for Rima and it slightly made her want to cry.
"I'm sorry you have a lot of problems with your parents." Nagihiko frowned.
"Whatever, you were there with me so it's okay." Rima reassured him.
Nagihiko's eyes were filled with the kindness he always had which made her feel a little better. She tried to push away the sadness that wanted to come out again.

She decided to ask him a question instead, "What did you and Hitomi do yesterday?" It's been bugging her all day. What if Hitomi made up a lie? Or Nagihiko actually had fun with her?
"You know those photo booths?"
That perked Rima up, "Yes, we use to do those all the time!"
Nagihiko continued, "That's what we did. Hitomi said she'll show you the pictures sometime."
"Really?" Rima tried to act happy, but it wasn't working. She just wanted to shout at him for even hanging with Hitomi. But like Tadase said it isn't Nagihiko's fault. He doesn't know he's hanging with a bad person.
"She's been a good friend, and it was fun."
"Friend...huh." Rima didn't like the sound of it at all. It made her angry.

"Here you two are," Rima was left hanging and shook her head, and watched as a steamy hot plate of food appeared before her with a side dessert of a cupcake ice-cream dish. Once it caught Rima's eye she thought about the night Nagihiko got into the accident. If she didn't ask him to get cupcakes they wouldn't be here in this situation. It panged her heart and she had to leave for a few minutes.
"I'll b-be back...I need to use the restroom."

Rima stood up and left the patio to walk into the bathroom and head into one of the stalls. She quickly looked under the stalls, for any feet. She spotted a pair of feet, and stood up against the wall until they flushed the toilet, and exited the stall. The lady smiled at Rima and walked past her to wash then dry her hands.

As soon as Rima heard the swing of the door, she walked into the last stall. She locked the door, and set her jacket on the floor, then sat on it. She took a few breaths. She wanted to call someone, but who? She knew if she called Utau, she'd probably just yell at her and tell her to toughen up. She thought about Amu, but she gave the weirdest advice. Yaya, she would probably cry too which wouldn't help. Kukai wasn't the type to talk about these things to, and she didn't want to bring Hanako into this. Then she figured out the next person on her list and she called Tadase. The tears were already forming in her eyes. She couldn't handle this stress.

"Rima, how's the dinner date going?" Tadase sounded encouraging, as Rima bit her lip, to keep from any sobs escaping.
"It's going g-great, of course it is, why wouldn't it?" Even Rima knew her voice didn't sound too convincing. Tadase took a deep breath, "What happened?"
Rima whispered, already being paranoid her echoes were loud enough.

"I can't take this…it's just so emotional. It's all like an up and down roller coaster." She held in a big sob and took a shaky breath, "Why can't I do this?" She gripped her cell phone tighter, and roughly wiped her tears with the back of her sleeve, "I feel like a little girl all over again. I'm not strong by myself."
"You're not by yourself."

Rima knew if she squeezed her phone any tighter it could possibly snap in half, "Then why does it feel like it?"
"I've been stronger with someone else. Nagihiko was always by my side. At a time like this, I'd obviously be talking to him and he'd be comforting me; giving me advice, but I can't now can I?" She let the sobs out, "Why did this have to happen?" She kept letting the tears spill, as she heard the bathroom door open, and feet walking around, she held in her sobs and sniffles, as she heard the water running for a few seconds and heard them leave in a flash.

There was a silence, and Rima let the tears fall again. She wouldn't be surprised if Tadase didn't say anything. At a time like this most people would just say "sorry" or "it's going to be okay." She didn't really care, as long as someone was on the other line.

"Rima," She listened carefully, "I truly believe things happen for a reason. No one knows why it's happening or what could have caused this."
"I think you've leaned on Nagihiko for so long, that you lost your self confidence. You need to learn to be strong again, without him this time. You have to become strong on your own."
Rima breathed in and responded, "I'm trying to be strong for him, but it's not working."

"Don't you want to be with him the rest of your life?" Tadase asked with serious in his voice.
Rima nodded, "Of course I do."
"Sometimes things you want the most take awhile." Tadase spoke sternly.

Rima just nodded, understanding what she had to do, but a part of her was still stressed, "I can't go back. I don't want to cry in front of him."
"Go back out there. Yes, it's hard to talk about the past, but the more you talk about it, the more chance he'll remember. Don't worry; I know he's going to get his memory back.
Rima half smiled, at least someone believed in her. Tadase said,
"Remember, when we were younger you didn't let anyone get in your way."

"It feels like I'm losing though, Hitomi and Nagihiko are already good friends. I can tell by the way he talks too."

"Losing? It sounds like it's a game. It's not a game; Hitomi is the one treating it that way. You should take it more maturely. Maybe if you show her you don't care about her presence she'll give up."
"You think so..." Rima mumbled. She took a few moments to calm herself down again.

Rima fully smiled, "Thank you for talking to me. This is why I like you so much; you always know what to say. Not just that, you make me feel better."
Tadase chuckled on the end, "You're welcome."
"I'll go back out there now. I'll talk to you later."
"Alright, try to enjoy yourself, or am I going to get another call before the night ends?" He joked. Rima smiled sheepishly,
"No, I think I'll be alright for now."

As soon as Rima got up to use the bathroom, Nagihiko pulled out the envelope Rima had given him. He opened the tab and let the sheet of paper slip out. The paper was in perfect condition, it only had creases from being folded. He checked the date on the top and it was from some years ago.
He began reading it and smiled at the emotioncons that Rima put into the letter.

Nagihiko,
Hi. I can't say this in words obviously. =.= It's too embarrassing and knowing you, you'll probably tease me about it. :P
So...I've been having these weird feelings lately. I've never felt this way about anyone before. I always feel comfortable around you and I can truly be myself. I don't need to hide anything. When someone calls your name I get shy, and automatically think of you. I feel excited when you're by my side. Just talking to you makes my day. Knowing you are a part of my life now, I find it easy to wake up in the morning and go to school. As long as I know I get to start the day talking to you, I know everything is going to be okay. When night comes I never want it to end because knowing the day is over means I have to say goodbye to you. But I don't want you to leave just yet because when you're far away from me I start feeling lonely all over again. xP
I start to miss you, and can't sleep right, so thanks a lot. :P
That's not the worst part; this is the part that makes me feel all sick. But a good sick, if that's possible. Like, when you're sick and you stay home from school. Wait, I think everyone hates being sick overall...anyways I'm distracting myself because I'm too nervous to even write it on paper. Truth is, I think, no, I know I love you. :)
I love you. There we go. Happy now? You win. :l I love you so much it feels like you'll never know how much I really do. I feel ten times better that I can now return the words back to you. "I love you too."
-Rima
P.S.: You better not show this to anyone! It was already embarrassing enough to put it on paper!

After reading it Nagihiko felt his heart twisting. He felt bad that he can't remember anything. He knew it was hurting Rima, and it hurt him too. He looked at the doors and saw Rima coming back out, he quickly folded the paper back into the envelope before she noticed.
"Sorry I took so long, the bathroom was crowded." She lied.
Nagihiko smiled at her,
"I'm just glad you came back."

A/N: Finally after a long week of being distracted I pulled a few strings and got this chapter done! I'm excited to write the next one, it's going to be fun!

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