Change Chapter 8
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The Night Before...
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It was a weird feeling for Ryosuke, someone is poking his cheeks trying to wake him up.
"Shimada-san, could you stop that"
"Who's Shimada-san?" a familiar voice said to him.
He immediately opens his eye and saw his sister -- his little sister. His yes furrowed but he played along.
"Onii-chan, hurry up and come here!" Ryosuke saw his little sister again as she was smiling and waiting for him. "Don't sleep again!"
"Alright, alright" he said with a smile as he sits up. "Your too pushy as always"
"But you love me still," his sister said.
"Yeah, yeah" Ryouske said and acted like he didn't care.
They were walking down their living room, and then he saw his parents watching a drama flick in the television.
"Good morning sleepy head" his mother told him with a smile. "How was your nap?"
"Pleasant," Ryosuke answered and head straight to the kitchen. "Hey Haruka! Did you eat all my strawberries?"
"Mommy and Daddy ate it not me," Haruka said but she was hiding behind her mom now.
"Mom, that's my strawberries!" Ryosuke complained and pouted.
"She's your sister, be more considerate," his mother said to him. "I'll buy you some when I go to the market" with that Ryosuke smiled his best to his mother. They all sat on the couch as they watch something in television.
Happily together.
But then everything started to fall to pieces, the house that once have a harmonious family have changed.
"Didn't I told you to not fight anymore?" his mother told him. "You are not like this before"
"That was before," Ryosuke answered his mother. "But you always wanted a weak son don't you so that you can control them like puppets"
"How dare you?!" his mother hit him to the face then.
It was the darkest times in that house. Ryosuke never bond with his family anymore and he was always bruised or hurt whenever he got home.
Everything went dark after that. Ryosuke cannot even see a thing, and then he heard a voice.
"Murderer!" a guy screamed at him. "You killed them!"
"I didn't kill them!" he heard his voice.
"Blame it to others but you’re the one who killed them." the guy said but he was coughing really hard. "Murderer"
"I am not a murderer! You killed them not me!" his voice said once again.
Ryosuke look around but he still can't see anything he just heard voices and the guy always telling him he was a murderer. After a few minutes it became clearer, and he saw it, the blood in his hand and his shirt.
"I told you, you’re a murderer," he heard the guy said.
Ryosuke covered his ears then shut his eyes preventing the guy and the whispers to get through him. Then suddenly a hand reaches up to him and caressed his face.
"I'll protect you no matter what" the person said.
At that moment he catches the person's hand and opened his eyes.
He sits up still holding that person's hand.
"A dream," he explained as he sweat and pant hard. "What are you doing here, Umika?"
"I was worried," Umika said as she wipes away the sweat in ryosuke's forehead. "Are you alright?"
"I am now," Ryosuke said and put umika's hand on his cheeks once again. "Your here, I',m okay"
"Yes, I'm here Ryosuke" she assured him. "You don't need to be alone anymore"
Ryosuke look at her and smiled at her gently. Umika then approached him, he already know what she's going to do so he raised his hands over his head.
Umika laughed then as she realized he already surrendered to her. She then took off Ryosuke's shirt and then she paused for a minute.
"What?" Ryosuke asked as he knew she was waiting for something.
"That one needs to be off," Umika pointed at his pajama pants with a smile on her face.
"I can take care of that," Ryosuke pouted then.
"Okay," Umika said and then she left.
After a few minutes she came back with a new shirt and a pajama pants in her hands.
Ryosuke then stood up and undressed himself. He put on the new clothes Umika just picked out for him then.
"I should go back now since you’re already okay," Umika said but then Ryosuke held her hand tightly.
"Sleep with me," ryosuke said as he pulls Umika to the bed with her. "I don't want to be alone"
then there was a knock on the door. ryosuke look and shimada-san was there.
"Good evening Kawashima-sama," Shimada-san said to her.
"Good evening Shimada-san," Umika said with a smile.
"Did he say to check on me tonight?" Ryosuke asked.
"You're father is very worried about you," Shimada-san answered. “‘It’s tomorrow so he's probably suffering, check on him and stay by his side' is what the master said to me"
"I'm fine now," Ryosuke said and hugged Umika. "She's here, I'm okay"
'I will protect you no matter what' he remembered those words, the words Umika said to him on their first meeting.
"That's good sir," Shimada-san said.
"Shimada-san could you get some night clothes for her, she'll be sleeping with me today," Ryosuke said. "It's okay with you right."
"Yes, I'll stay" Umika said.
After a few minutes Umika changed clothes and is wearing a cute pajama.
"Let's go to sleep Umi" Ryosuke said as he waited for Umika to go to the bed.
"Alright," Umika said as she lay her head on Ryosuke's chest.
"Do you have a schedule tomorrow?" he asked her. Umika just nodded. "I see."
"It's worst tonight isn't it?" Umika finally said as she look up to Ryosuke. "Your dreams, it's always worst when their-
"I always see the life I had before what happened," Ryosuke said. “I always see how I crushed the smiles in their faces"
"You punish yourself too much" Umika said.
"Yes, maybe it's a punishment from god," he said then. "Or a punishment I made to myself, never letting me forget the day I killed them"
"You are not a murderer ryo-chan," umika said. "You’re a gentle person"
Ryosuke look away, Umika's words was so pure.
If it was the truth he would have belive it very easily.
"Anyway, I'll tell Shimada-san to ready a car tomorrow," Ryosuke tried to avoid the topic.
"It's okay my manager will pick me up tomorrow," Umika replied sleepily. "Ryosuke,"
"Hmm?" Ryosuke said as he knows Umika is dead tired already.
"Don't go there alone tomorrow," umika said and yawned.
Ryosuke didn't reply he just let umika go to sleep.
When he woke up, Umika was already preparing to leave.
"Morning," he said to her. "Leaving already?"
"Yup, my manager is already waiting outside," Umika said. "Ryosuke,"
"Hmm?" Ryosuke still look sleepy then.
"It's going to be okay," Umika approached him and hugged him tightly. "No one blames you so don't blame yourself."
"Sometimes I really want to believe what you always say to me," Ryosuke hugged her back.
"But my past will not let it happen. Especially when Mirai--"
"Mirai?" Umika then asked. "What’s wrong? Did she contacted you from the US?"
"No," Ryosuke said, he forgot that Umika haven't known yet that Mirai is back. "My past won't leave, whenever I see or remembers her, my dreams always got worse."
"You won't see her again. I promise to protect you no matter what so if she would be back I will make sure she will never have contact with you again," Umika said firmly. "That's how much I love you"
"I'm always the one receiving your love you’re making me greedy," Ryosuke said. He then whispered on her ears, "But it’s okay to love another guy Umika"
"I love you and my dad," Umika said pouting as this topic was opened again. "Dad's a guy"
"A guy apart from us," Ryosuke pushed the topic through. "Someone who would to take you away from me. That kind of guy"
"Am I a burden to you?" umika asked as her tears started to form.
"No! of course not!" Ryosuke said. "You’re the reason why I am still here, why I'm still me. You’re my life Umika but I don't want to be a burden to you for the rest for your life."
"I don't mind," Umika said and hugged him again.
"I'll be here forever and you can't make me leave. Even if Mirai comes back and you choose her I will never leave."
"I won't choose her, never," Ryosuke said.
"Yamada-sama," shimada-san voice said. "Umika-sama's manager has come to pick her up; I already gave her Umika-sama's things that are needed in the shoot."
"Alright," Ryosuke said and released Umika from his hug. "Sorry for all the things I said, I always think like this whenever this day comes"
"It's okay but in exchange," Umika said then spread her arms. “Carry me."
"You're such a princess," Ryosuke then smiled for the first time in that day. "Only just at the main door okay?"
"Okay," Umika said and then Ryosuke carried her like a princess as they went out the room.
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A/N: First of all, I'm sorry for not posting. I am currently in my first semster in Law School so I am still adjusting and trying to survive. So please do understand. But I will post as much as I can, right after my finals.
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