The Fifth

Ricko's POV

Today is Hikaru's day to forget about me entirely. I asked Hikaru to go before Kaoru because I don't know if he could stay quiet about me from Kaoru until he got his memory erased. I sit awkwardly while we wait for Hatori to be ready and Hikaru looks upset and angry. I don't blame him at all, I'm suppressing tears even though I must've been through this ten times already.

"I'm sorry Hikaru." I sigh and don't meet his eyes at all.

'I probably would be angry too, and I know how hot-headed he is so that probably doesn't help at all with this situation we're in so ooooooooooh!'

I don't realize that I've been clutching my head this whole time I've been thinking and the said boy that I'm thinking about is staring at me in worry.

"Are you okay?" He asks and leans in closer to me.

I make a choking noise in my throat and close my eyes. "What do you think? I've been through this already four times and now you're the fifth one! I'm surprised that I've held up my sanity this long!"

"You're sane? I didn't think so when I saw you when I got here." I glare at him and show him my middle finger. He laughs, "See! You're sane! And you still have that blaze of fire in you!"

I frown, "That's not the way I want it shown to me that I am! You're an ass! Blaze of fire?"

His expression turns angry, "No I'm not! You're an ass!"

I huff and cross my arms. "So this is how you want to say goodbye?"

"No, I just don't know what to say." Hikaru sighs and runs his fingers through his hair.

"Me neither. But I have one thing I know I want to say: I'll never forget you and try to lighten up a bit when it comes to difficult things and Haruhi. I've seen how you get very jealous of her when it comes to her making other friends or her when she sees her old friends again after a while. Please try to be a lot more considerable when it comes to these things please." I smile.

Hikaru frowns but speaks not in an angry tone but in a soft one, "Fine, I'll try for you. If I remember that anyway. Please don't forget about me Ricko, even though I won't remember you, I want to to remember me."

I smile weakly and nod as Hatori enters the room. "I could never forget you, Hikaru."

"It's time." Hatori says solemnly and puts a hand on Hikaru's shoulder. He doesn't take his eyes off me and stands up. I stand up with him.

"Alright," I take HIkaru's hand in my own. "Goodbye Hikaru, it would be nice you see you in the future but that should not happen for your own wellbeing." I smile weakly through my hot tears running down my cheeks.

"Goodbye." He mutters and Hatori leads him into the next room where the others were each days before.

I sink down into my chair and stare blankly at my hands with my scorching tears dripping down onto them. It's not long when I see the white flash and I know Hikaru's gone from my life.

'Now it's just Kaoru and Tamaki. These next two days probably won't have any happiness at all.' I sigh sadly in my head.

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I know it's been long since I've updated, and I think I will be starting to be able to now because I finally got a laptop! *dances around happily* I just don't know if I can take it to my mom's yet. For now I might be only able to update on weekends and mondays and fridays.

~Emie14