Becca: OMG! You actually got reviews for this?
Holli: Yes. I did. This encouraged me to upload the next chapter.
10 years later…..
Akemi's POV
"Ry! Have you seen my coursework anywhere?" I shouted, running down the stairs as I searched franticly for my coursework. "My paper is due in today!" I searched harder and harder, agitated by my 'Dad's' lack of response. I took one last look under the coffee table, then walked into the kitchen.
"Ry?" I asked my adoptive father as he sat at the kitchen table, his eyes vacant. "Are you in there?" Still no response. I sighed. Time to change my tactics.
"I'm pregnant." I said, gently. No response.
"FIRE!" I screeched. Nothing.
"Zombie killer rapist from hell!" I shook him, worried about his lack of response. My missing coursework didn't help my mood. Suddenly he froze, and stared up at me.
"What did you say?" He asked his voice soft, as usual, but slightly strained.
"Um, Zombie killer rapist. From hell." I muttered, slightly embarrassed. I may have lived with him for nine years, but I was still embarrassed sometimes about my random outbursts.
"Ry!" I said, quickly changing the subject. "It happened again! You've got to stop scaring me like this!" He had been 'Drifting Off' (as I liked too call it) for the past month now, and it was happening more and more often.
"I'm fine." He said, trying to brush it off yet again. Well, it wasn't going to work this time. I gave him a 'Yeah-right-why-would-I-believe-that' look and said:
"We are talking about this as soon as I get back from my classes today," I said, in a stern tone.
He shook his head, fiddling with his fluffy, white hair.
"Seriously, I'm fi-"
"You're not fooling me. We will talk when I get back," I said, brushing my ginger hair back behind my ears. "Now, have you seen my-"
"Coursework?" He grinned, finishing my sentence for me as he handed me my folder. He gave me an amused look when he saw my dumbfounded expression. "It was where you left it last night, on the table."
I blushed, embarrassed at my own stupidity. "Ooops!" I said grinning back. "Well, I'd better go, I don't want to be-" I glanced at my watch. "Shit! I'm late! Bye Ry! Love you!" I said pecking him on the cheek as I ran too the door, grabbing my roller-skates on the way out.
I ran all the way down the stairs. 'Shit. I can't believe I'm going too be late. Again.' I thought, as I put on my roller-skates. I whizzed along the road, going faster than the speed of light (or so I liked too think…).
"Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Akemi!" I sang to myself, getting louder and louder as I went faster and faster, when suddenly….
There was a loud... CRASH!
"Urgghhh….." groaned someone underneath me. Someone that I recognized extremely well from the photos that Ryou had stashed away, and that I had sneaked a peak at.
"Oh my god!" I said, as I sat up from my awkward position. "You're……."
Becca: Oh a cliffy!
Akemi: Who IS it?
Holli: Review and maybe I'll post the next chapter……Only then will you find out who it is.
Becca: And it is NOT the obvious, ok? FYI, Akemi means bright beauty in Japanese. Just thought I'd give you that tidbit of info.
Holli: Review, please!