I'm so sorry, Rima.
Sometimes I feel like everybody's got a problem
Sometimes I feel like nobody wants to solve them
I know that people say we're never going to make it
But I know we're going to get through this.
~ Take My Hand - Simple Plan
Note: Two days after Rima goes back to Nagihiko's.
He picked up the phone, dialling his ex-wife's number.
"Hello?" She said into the phone, not knowing who it was.
"It's me," The man stated.
"Oh, you. What do you want?"
"It's about Rima. I haven't seen her in what... Uh, over a week I think."
"And you only cared to tell me now?!" She exclaimed, slamming something onto a table or such.
"Hotaru, calm down! It's because I've been out in town lately."
"Shouldn't you often be in town, buying alcohol like the bastard that you are?" Hotaru snarled, relieving what she had went through with him in her mind.
"Hotaru, just calm down. I think I know where she is."
December 30
Rima climbed into Nagihiko's room, managing to not hurt herself. In fact, she was even getting used to climbing into his room. 'Oh God, what is happening to me? Getting used to climbing into Fujisaki's room?' She thought, getting a tad annoyed with her inner self. She fixed her shirt, as the sleeves had rolled up a tiny bit.
Nagihiko then entered the room, seeing Rima sat on the bed, fiddling with her hair. "Hey,"
"Hullo." She replied, switching to rub her cheeks to get some warmth back into them. Her, Nagihiko, Kukai and his brothers had just finished up a snowball fight, with most of them trying to defeat Kaidou and Rima.
"So, everyone is getting together for a New Year's party tomorrow night, are we going?" Nagihiko asked, sitting on the bed next to her. Rima shrugged, contemplating the idea.
"May as well," She started. "Not like we're going to be doing much tomorrow anyway, I'd assume?"
"Probably not." Nagihiko checked the time, 2:57. The two had been outside for nearly three hours. "So, do you want to do anything?"
"Just warm up. Hot chocolate and cards?" She inquired, looking at him. Nagi smiled and nodded, telling her that he'd be right back.
Rima laid back on the bed, rubbing her arms. As she hadn't got a coat, she was wearing an old spring coat of Nagi's, and it wasn't the warmest thing. A though then occurred to her. What were they going to do after school started again? After Baaya got back? Once, preferably if, her father came looking for her? Rima was going to be found out eventually and she was going to be dragging everyone done with her.
Hotaru picked up the phone, dialling the police department. "Hello, Seiyo district police, what seems to be the problem?" A distinctly male voice asked.
"Hello, I was just wanting to inform you of something."
"Go right ahead."
"My ex-husband had been given full custody of our daughter, and he's just phoned me saying that she's been missing for about a week. I nor my ex-husband know where she is, and to be honest, I'm very worried. I'd like to file a missing persons report."
"Okay, we'll need your daughters name, age, approximate weight and height, and where she was last seen."
"Her name is Mashiro Rima, she's fifteen. She weighs about 100 pounds, and 5'1''. She was last seen at her school, Seiyo Academy."
Nagihiko returned with the hot chocolate and cards within ten minutes, and walked into his and Rima's room to see Rima rolled up in the ball shape that she's recently been returning to. "What's wrong?" Nagihiko asked, placing the hot chocolate and cards down before sitting down beside her.
"I've just realised something. If we get caught, I'm going to be taking everyone down with me. You, Kukai, all of his brothers, everyone. I'm not prepared for that to happen, you know?" Rima quaked, looking up at Nagihiko with a few tears threatening to fall.
"Rima, you know what?" Nagihiko started, looking at Rima. "We knew before we decided this, that we were going to just take it in one day at a time. Even if we got caught, we were going to try our best to make it work out. Our main goal is to make sure that you don't get back to living with your father. Me and Kukai and Kukai's brother's knew what we were getting into, and we still know what could happen. There's no need to worry right now, we're nowhere near getting caught." He finished, wrapping his arms around the petite girl whose tears were now flowing freely.
"B-but it could still happen. We could still get caught." Rima stuttered, pushing her fringe out of her eyes.
"But the fact is that if it does happen, and it's not like I doubt it will, it won't be for awhile, I absolutely promise." He stated softly, hugging her tightly.
Hotaru walked up to the door, lifting her hand to knock. Rapping on the door three times, she stepped back from the door before the homeowner swung the door open, gripping a half-empty beer bottle.
"Who is it?" He slurred, looking around and not noticing Hotaru standing there.
"It's me, Takeshi." Hotaru said clearly, waving her hand a bit.
"Oh, you." Takeshi started with disgust evident in his voice.
"Yeah, me. And I've come to tell you that I've filed a missing persons report for Rima."
"What do you mean, you've filed a report?!" Takeshi bellowed, making Hotaru flinch. "I thought I made it obvious not to!"
"Takeshi, you never told me not to. That was all I needed to tell you, have a good day." Hotaru promptly turned on her heel, walking briskly back to her car.
"So, do you want your hot chocolate now Rima?" Nagihiko asked her, wiping away the last few of the blonde's tears.
"Is it cold?" She mumbled, and Nagihiko tested it. He told her it was. "Can you heat it up?"
"Sure." Nagi walked out into the kitchen, where his mother was just making dinner. "Hello Mother." He said formally, walking towards the microwave.
"Hello, Nagihiko. I'm making stir fry for dinner just so you know." Ayameko (Googled some Japanese names, 'Ayameko' means child of the iris. Nagi's mom shall now be known as this name in Broken.) said, adding some spices to the meal.
"Okay, Mother." Nagihiko leaned against the counter, waiting for the hot chocolate to be heated. He was eager to leave the kitchen, as his mother made him feel terribly awkward.
Nagi then heard the intercom; it appeared that someone was here to visit. He walked over to the thing and opened the gate. A few minutes passed, and then a loud band rung throughout the manor. Ayameko glided to the door, shocked at who was there.
The Seiyo Department Police.
"Hello Madam, we're here to ask you a few questions." They proclaimed. "Can we come in?"
"Of course," Ayameko said, showing them towards the formal living room, where srs bsnss went down.
Nagihiko started to breathe heavily. What were the police here for? And then it dawned on him. Rima.
There was almost nothing worse than Rima being found by his mother, aside from of course, the police. He hadn't presumed that the police would even hear of this, let alone come to his house. Dashing to his room, he quickly told Rima that the police were here and to stay quiet, maybe hide under the bed.
Walking back to the kitchen, he tried to keep a calm façade on. He found that it wasn't as simple as Rima and Amu ever acted like. He took the hot chocolate out of the microwave, and drank some. Even though Rima wanted it, she could have some later. Hopefully, since you never know, what with the police here.
"Nagihiko! Could you come to the living room please?" Ayameko called out. Nagi gulped, put the hot chocolate down on the counter, half empty; and walked into the formal living room.
"Hello sir." Nagi said, bowing slightly. The police officers both nodded, acknowledging him.
"Hello, you must be Fujisaki Nagihiko. We just want to ask you a few questions. Any problem with that?" Nagihiko shook his head, allowing the officers to continue. "Alright, first: do you know a girl named Mashiro Rima?"
"Yes, she's in my class at school. Why are you asking about her?" Nagihiko put a stumped look on his face.
"We've gotten a missing person report about her today. Now, when was the last time you saw Mashiro?"
"Uh, I think it was the day after school ended for break." Nagihiko lied smoothly. "Anything else you need to know?"
"Yes, is there any other significant details you'd like to tell us?"
"No, I don't think. Except her hair is really long, which makes no sense because she's quite short."
"All right, thank you for your time. But before we leave, Ayameko told us that Rima stayed at your house one night. Why?"
"Her parents were out of town, and she didn't have anywhere else to stay, so I allowed her to stay here for that night."
"Is that all? Would you mind if we searched?" The police asked. 'What if they find her? They probably will, but you can't really say no to the police!'
"Of course not. Look as long as you need." Ayameko said. The police asked Nagi to show them to his room, where he led them to slowly hoping that Rima was hiding well. Barging into the room, Rima was shaking in the closet. She figured that they would be around, but not this soon. Holding her breathe, she was praying that she wouldn't be found even though it was inevitable.
Suddenly, the closet door opened, the police officers standing there with Nagihiko behind them.
"I'm so sorry Rima."
I'M SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING SINCE OCTOBER I'M SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO SORRY
I'll start working on chapter eleven right now I promise!