Yes I know in the Movies Morimoto's in high school, but in the he's not.
"Hey Morimoto, Leave the poor girl alone."
I breathed a sigh of relief as Morimoto's attention wasn't on me anymore. I turned to see another Asian man, he had kinda long black hair he was tall, and I had to admit good looking.
I used this distraction to move out of Morimoto's grasp and take a step to the side.
"What do you want Han, Jealous?" he asked back.
"No man, but it doesn't look like she likes you that much." He said looking at the space I had put between us.
Morimoto took a step towards the person named Han.
"Why don't you just turn around and walk away huh. This doesn't concern you." He said in a calm voice.
"Leave her alone, Morimoto. Go find another girl to play with." He said and after a long tense stare off Morimoto walked away.
But as he went he looked to me "C'you later." and he walked away.
I shivered, what a creep.
Han was already turning and walking away,
"Thank you!" I called. He turned around
"Well come on kid, Twink's probably worrying about you" he motioned to follow. We walked through the crowd he walked straight ahead not sparing me a glance but expecting me to follow, but the crowds were busy and I was no expert at weaving through them like he was, he stopped and waited for me to catch up.
"It's Rio right" he said looking down at me "Whats a sweet innocent little girl like you, doing at the races anyway."
"Trust me it wasn't my idea." I mumbled back.
He was about to say something back but I hear Twinkie come running up to me.
"Rio, Rio. You alright? Damn man, stay away from that guy he bad news. In with the yakuza ya know?" he told me. Omg, the yakuza as in the Japanese mafia. Yep definitely staying very very far away from that creep.
Han left us and was now leaning against the car with a girl on each arm.
I was interrupted from my observations with a loud commotion. Twinkie grabbed my arm
"A race is about to start." He starts pulling me to the commotion. I politely shake of his grasp and follow him .
Two very expensive looking cars are lined up, a girl in a very short skirt and very high heels steps in between them.
"Ready, Seto, Go!" the cars zoom forward then literally drifted around the corner and continued up the car park. Okay I understand the term 'drifting ' now.
"Wow." I said.
Once they were out of sight everyone went quickly to the elevators. In the rush I was once again lost Twinkie in the crowd, I sighed and slowly made my way towards the elevators. I watched everyone else go up.
"Rio." I looked to see Han, "Come on."
We were the last to make it into the elevator. It was just the two of us.
"How are you liking the races" Han asked.
"Um.. It's alright. I guess." I said
"You don't know anything about cars do you?" he smiled.
"Nope, absolutely nothing." I smiled back.
Once the elevator doors opened he walked away, as I saw Twinkie and I ran to catch up with him. We watched the winners do a victory lap.
But all I could think about was Han, the strange, good looking man who helped me.
The next two weeks were uneventful, I sat with Neela, Twinkie, Sean, Earl and Reiko. Neela was turning into a good friend. I hadn't gone to anymore races, but I had spent all of my spare time hanging out with all of them.
But today they all left early something to do with fixing up a car for the races tonight I don't know.
So after school finished I walked to the train station alone. I walked enjoying the silence when I heard the smooth purr of an engine beside.
"Need A ride?" Morimoto asked as he wound down the window.
"uh..no fine." I said quietly.
"Come on. I don't bite." He said cheekily. "Unless you ask me too"
"No I'm fine thank you." I said more firmly this time.
"I like it when they play hard to get" He said.
I kept on walking as he kept driving beside me. Just a little longer to the train station. When I saw it in the distance I slowly picked up into a little jog not looking at Morimoto by then time I made it to the train station entry he did some fancy spin, turned around and drove away.
He's creepy, the way he looks at me just freaks me out. I've seen that look before, it was dangerous. This time I won't make the same mistake twice.
As I on the train I got an email from Neela,
Gotten home OK?
I replied
Yeah, I'm on the train but I'm nearly there. Thanks and have fun at the races.
I'm not sure why I didn't tell her about Morimoto maybe because I don't really know what to make of it myself, I guess I'll just tell her tomorrow.
When I finally arrived home, it was empty no surprise there. My father was a business man, always busy always away. I know he loved me, but my whole life he had always been out of the picture. Seeing him only a month in a year, if I was lucky.
The house was eerily silent, I guess I was still paranoid after seeing Morimoto today.
I turned on the TV watching some cheesy Japanese game show and went to open a packet of chips.
My phone on the coffee table buzzed.
1 New Email.
Riri,
Hows japan? Are you doing ok? Are you lonely? So boring without you.
A lot people have been asking me where you went,
I didn't tell them, like you asked.
Your friends miss you Ri, they care for you and want to support you.
Forgive them?
B.
I read the message angrily and threw the phone onto the floor. Forgive them? Why should I?
Never again would I be a door mat for them, they tricked me, they didn't believe me, they hurt me. I would never forgive them ever.
Angry tears spilled out my eyes, this isn't fair. Why does everything have to change?
I bent down and picked my phone up.
Sorry B, I can't
They don't deserve my forgiveness.
I just need time to forget, that's why I left remember?
Don't worry so much, I'm fine.
Xoxo Riri.
Forget, that's all I need to Forget.
I can do it.