"...Yeah, I'm fine. How about you?"
Hiou grinned as he talked on the phone. He looked so happy when he heard his reply. He even laughed. They talked for a while, before suddenly, his face turned solemn.
"Yeah, okay. I understand. U-huh. Hey, Hime..." he stopped. Then, making a forced smile, he changed the topic.
"Nah, it's nothing. Sorry for bothering you. Let's talk again, bye." He sighed when the phone call ended. Looking at his phone, he murmured softly;
"I miss you..."
***
*How many times
Have I longed to hear you voice
Answer me on the telephone?
But you still feel so far away
***
He leaned on the windowsill, looking at the night sky filled with stars. "Ah~ I feel so hot..." He complained as he flapped his shirt. It was summer. As sweats began to fall from his head, he wiped it and stared at the starry sky again. "I'm sweating so much..." He clutched his shirt, near his chest. "Summer in Japan is so hot! ...I wonder if it was as hot in England..." He sighed. His heart throbbed. The wound from having to part with her still remained in his heart, even after 2 years passed. "This is unbearable..."
***
Always
My heart splits into two
When you're miles away from me
The distance is something I can't take
***
Feeling tired, he rolled over to his bed. Covering his head with his hand, he sighed. Then he gasped. He immediately went to his study desk and grabbed something on top of the desk. "I forgot about this..." He smiled warmly as he stroked the small pendant in his hand. It was the only present he ever got from his *'Hime'. Like a madman, he would stare at the pendant every night before he went to sleep, hoping to dream about her or the memories they had together.
He held the pendant tightly and kissed it good night. "Sweet dreams, Hime." he whispered, as if he was praying.
***
Only love I'm in
Our meeting was destiny
Don't you believe in fate?
The miracles that ties us together should be
Forever, it's something impossible to forget.
Two of us
Crossing over the night sky
Make a wish on the star that the two of us could
Reunite in our dreams.
Callin' you
How far will I fly
Until I can hold you inside my arms again?
Secretly, that's my tormenting yearning.
***
He still remembered when she left. It was spring. The cherry blossoms have bloomed, and the petals were falling, like a dancing flower around them. Hiou thought it was very much like when they first met. Except, this time, he wasn't alone. The girl he have been chasing all the time, was walking side by side with him, amazed at the beautiful scenery around them. He felt blissful when she smiled at him, but something she said afterward made his whole world froze. "...You're kidding, right?" Unfortunately, the sad smile on her face said everything.
Hiou woke with a start. He was sweating profusely, and his breathing was heavy. Putting a hand through his light chestnuts hair, he groaned. "Damn, of all dreams about her... Why always the bad one?" He sighed as he got up from his bed. Well, he should be thankful. Bad as it was, he can still meet her in his dreams. He smiled dreamily for a while, happy, but then he fell into a slump again. "Ah... I want to see you so much..." He laid on the bed again, covering his face with both his palms. Underneath, he was blushing heavily.
***
Can this be?
How long can this last?
The night full of tears that won't ever end?
I will keep counting the days that passed.
Wanting to see you
This feelings remains still unchanged
It's the most fervent wish within me
Want you to think of me sometimes, too.
***
It was a few days after he called her. Feeling bored and undoubtedly hot in his room, he decided to loiter around the neighborhood. He smiled as he looked at the scenery around him. The weather was clear, people were walking around him, chattering and laughing happily. He was in such a good mood he decided to visit that 'place'; the place where he first and always met her. Her old high school. It was a crime to trespass on the school ground, but he always did it in the past that the guards couldn't mind it anymore.
He chuckled when he passed one of the guards he mentioned. The old man was quite surprised, but then, he raised an eyebrow at him. "What're ya doin' here, boy? Your girl graduated two years ago," Then, gasping, he said something that almost made Hiou laugh. "...Don't tell me, ya got yer eyes on one of'a gals here? Damnit! Another three years of you again!" He huffed, walking away angrily past him. He waved good bye at the old guard, and trying to stifle his laugh. He'd just clear the misunderstandings when he's leaving later.
"...Hiou-kun?" The soft voice made him stop.
***
I'm in love, right now
This world was a very dark place until you changed it
It all seems like a lie
Our fascinating times
When there was only dazzling light shining on us...
***
Hiou blinked. He was surprised, no, shocked to see her right in front of him. He thought it was an illusion, and began to rub his eyes. He wondered if he was tired? Because he knew his lover would never be in Japan right now. "Hiou-kun, I'm real!" She was half-shouting at him when he realized that she was right beside him. "Eh... Eh? Hime, I thought you're in England...? Why are you here..." His mind twirled. Yes, he was happy, but on top of that, he was confused. Why would she be here?
Folding her arms, she huffed. "Why? Isn't it obvious?" She glared at him. "Usually you would talk to me for hours, and won't stop saying cheesy things like 'I miss you,' or 'I love you,' or something like that. But that day, the one who listen the most was you, and when you talk, you stopped halfway!" Hiou blinked. Was he always like that? He couldn't believe it. But what he couldn't believe more was the fact that she came back just because of him. "Hime, are you possibly..." The young woman blushed. "...I'm worried, idiot."
***
Two of us
Crossing over the night sky
Make a wish on the star that the two of us could
Reunite in our dreams.
***
Hiou felt this day was the brightest day ever. His heart tingled with excitement, but... "But what are you doing here? If you're worried about me, shouldn't you look for me at my apartment?" She gave him a smile that still can make his heart throb when he saw it. "Well, I want to reminisce my nostalgia first before I go and meet you. After all, isn't this the place we first met?" She looked at him. Hiou blushed. It have been two years, so he wasn't surprised that she had became more beautiful than before.
***
Callin' you
From where I am, right here, right now,
If I think of that day hard enough, you'll see it too!
From inside my heart,
The deepest memories
***
"Hmm? Your face is red, Hiou-kun. Is it the weather? I remembered you said you can't stand heat very much," She smiled. Hiou took a glance at her, before nodding. "...Yeah, it's the weather. Summer in Japan is so hot!" He complained, before he too, smiled with her. She just gave a soft laugh, before she tugged his shirt and dragged him back to the school gate. "Let's go and grab some ice-cream. You're treating, okay?" She took a cute glance at him. His heart almost melted. "Yes, my princess."
As they walked toward the gate, she tugged his shirt closer. "By the way, Hiou-kun." She looked at him, and asked; "What do you really want to say at that time?" He just smiled, and wrapped his arm about her shoulders. "I missed you, Hime." He whispered to her ear. What he got immediately after that was a punch on the stomach by the blushing woman. Leaving him with his suffering, she walked a few steps forward before she stopped and turned to look at him. "Well, I... missed you... too..." And quickly left him alone, embarrassed. Hiou blinked, trying to process the thing happening in front of him, before he laughed.
Easily catching up on her pace, he grabbed her arm and kissed her cheek. "I love you, Hime," He whispered.
***
Two of us...
** End **
* BGM - Two of Us by Taniyama Kishou
* Hime - meaning princess in Japanese.
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