Fan Fiction

Beautiful Lies

by BlueBird

Chapter 3

Tired Erika threw her bag on a chair and went straight into the bathroom. It took her less than five minutes get ready for bed even though she wished it was much shorter. She had come home from a really tiring lateshift. Every now and then she noticed that being a doctor was much harder than she thought.
Now she was satisfied with lying in her bed and falling asleep slowly. It didnt take long.
In a dream that night she was walking through the streets, looking at shop windows, when she saw him. Reflected in one of the windows was Ryo. He was stadning behind her looking exactly like he did when he was 16. She was so shocked at seeing him again so suddenly, that she didnt realize his disappearance soon enough. She tried to follow him, but quickly she lost sight of him and again, he was gone. When she was about to break down crying on the street she woke up.
A small tear was running down her face, leaving a trace from her eyes to her ear. She sat up slowly and ran a hand through her hair. It had been a long time since she dreamed about him.
The first time after about 7 years and now she realized how much she missed him. She thought back to the old days in high school, when the three of them were still inseparable . She realized how much she regretted that she never told him how much she loved him. Back then she was sure that they still had a lot of time. But then he suddenly vanished. Withut a trace of where he went.
She layed back again and closed her eyes. His 16 year old face, so clear in her memory, appeared in front of her eyes again. Where was he? Was he well? Why did he leave? Was it fair towards Shota to miss her first love so much? She slowly fell asleep with a lot of questions on her mind.

The next evening Erika was standing in front of the Photostudio Yamapi worked at, waiting for him to finish his work. Since she could leave her duty early today she decided to pick up Yamapi and Hiroki and eat dinner with them. She closed her eyes, still tired from her work, and enjoyed the light breeze playing with her hair. She seemed calm on the outside, but her thoughts centered on Ryo again.
„Erika? Why are you here? Came to pick me up?“ asked a voice she recognized as Yamapi's and she opened her eyes.
„Yes“ she said smiling and took a look behind him. Hiroki was nowhere to be seen.
„Where is Hiroki?“ she asked then.
„He went home already.“ he answered shortly.
„Are you hungry? Lets go eat something!“ she said enthusiastically to keep her mind distracted.
„Oh, alright. How about some Ramen?“ he suggested and Erika agreed easily.
They went to their favourite street ramen shop, since they wanted to enjoy the nice spring weather. They had ordered their Ramen and spoke little for a long time. Erika kept thinking about Ryo.
„Something wrong?“ Yamapi finally asked when her staring into space started to get annoying.
„Huh?“ she asked confused but then she realized what he was talking about. „Oh, no...everything allright“ she said and they stayed silent for a while again. She debated with herself whether to tell him or not. In the end she decided to talk to him about it.
„Actually...I've been thinking about Ryo. You know, yesterday night i dreamed about him...“she said unsure about his reaction. She looked at him and saw a calm face, but in his eyes she saw sadness and anger. „I'm constantly asking myself questions like where is he now, what is he doing or is he well? And i cant seem to concentrate on our cnversation. I'm really sorry...“ she said trailing off again as she saw a change in his facial expression.
„You dont have to be sorry. Its allright. Of course you miss him. You were so in love with him.“ he said with a gentle look on his face, but the other emotions that popped up with Ryos name stayed in his eyes.
Erika blushed a bit, but stayed silent, much to Yamapi's delight, since he was deep in thoughts, stroking the scar on his arm with his thumb.

It's been a week before his disappearance when he started acting strange. He rarely talked to them, was absorbed in his thoughts and later stopped coming to school. Erika and Yamapi were really worried about him, but they weren't able to get him to talk to them.
When it had been the fourth day of his absence in school they decided to visit him. When they reached his home it was vacant. Surprised they stood in front of the house and tried calling his cellphone, but they still couldn't reach him. He wouldn't leave without telling them anything would he? They were sure he wouldn`t, but it already looked like he did.
Yamapi went home to ask his father, who was a police officer, for help and Erika kept on trying to contact him. Yamapis parents knew nothing about the reason for the disappearance and that even though they were good friends of the Nishikido's. But they promised Yamapi to find something out.
A day later they told him that they found out where he moved to. Instead of telling him they decided to travel there directly and talk to them about their problems.
They were sitting in the car on their way to the airport when it happened. A car passed the traffic light even though it showed red and the two cars collided hard frontal. His mother died in an instant and his father later in the hospital. He himself, survived with severe injuries. One of them was on his right arm, leaving a thin scar.

„Do you think he is alright?“ Erika asked worried, even though Yamapi couldn't possibly know the answer.
„He's a fighter. So he should be alright“ he said smiling at her calming.
They finished their dishes in silence and afterwards payed. When they were walking home, Erika suddenly stopped.
„What's wrong?“ Yamapi asked and looked at her. She was staring at something straight ahead and he followed her gaze. When he spotted at what she was looking his face fell. It was Ryo. Without a doubt it was Ryo talking to a slightly younger girl while smiling gently at her.
„Its him isnt it?“ she said quietly and Yamapi just nodded unable to say anything. He had always imagined what he would do if he saw him ever again. Killing him, hugging him, punching him... everything had been in his imagination. But just stading there and doing nothing? Too shocked to move?

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Thanks a lot for the comments. I decided to take Ishihara Satomi afterall, since she fitted the role better. And I like her a lot at the moment since i'm watching Voice ^^
I replaced Erika with her in the poster already.
Still a short chapter, but i hope you dont mind that much. ^^
Or do you prefer long chapters and long waits?
Well i hope you like this chapter and as always please state your opinion. ;)