Well, I usually update daily, but since this is the last week of final exams, I'll disappear until the friday... and probably someone will want to kill me for that, after reading this chapter But at least this chapter is longer than the others...
So here it is:
CHAPTER 21
“What’s up, Jun?”
“Nothing new. What are you doing? And moreover, what are you going to do?” She asks sceptically.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do yet… I don’t know what to tell her… And right now I’m going out with Gaki.”
“With Gaki?!” She yells.
“Yeah, but why do you have to yell?!” I ask annoyed one more time.
“I don’t know…” She says and starts giggling. “Are you going to tell her about your plan?”
“Yes, well…”
“You know that she’s going to say to you that you shouldn’t go, right?” She cuts me off.
“Yeah, I know… But I want to say this to her, she said to me that I can trust in her.” I say with my most sincere voice.
“I know… I mean, that I know that you can trust in her. But don’t let her change your mind! I’ve passed a bad time trying to make you realise that you have to get Eri back…” She says starting to panic.
“Ya, I know. But don’t worry… I won’t listen to her if she tells me to not do it.” I reply.
“Phew, it’s relieving to hear that… But remember what you have just said, huh?”
“Yeah, yeah, don’t worry.” I sigh. “How many times do I have to repeat it, Jun?”
“Don’t know. Hey, by the way, where’s Gaki? You’re not talking about this with me in front of her, right?” She asks.
“Of course not! She has gone for a moment, she had a call.” I reply.
“Eh? A call? And why she had to go outside to talk?” Good point…
“I don’t know. It seemed important…”
“Important like Kamei-san?” Another good point…
“What do you mean? I didn’t even think of that.” I answer.
“Maybe it was Eri…” Perhaps…
“Nah, I don’t think so. I called her earlier.”
“Ehhh?! You called her?! When was that?!” She yells surprised.
“Before you called the first time today…” I answer.
“And why didn’t you tell me?!” Good question…
“Bah, she didn’t answer, so I don’t see big deal.”
“I see… But it’s weird, she always run to answer her calls… and runs even more if you’re who is calling.” Yeah, indeed…
“Yeah, that’s what I thought. But I guess she was busy… Or maybe she didn’t want to talk with me…” I say sadly.
“Oh, come on, don’t be like that. I’m sure that if she couldn’t answer, it’s probably something huge… But well, why are we always changing the subject? Whatever, I’ve been thinking about your mother.” She says.
“Oh, and what do you think I should do?”
“I think you should say the truth…” Interesting…
“I’ve been thinking in that too… and I guess that it’s the best that I can do…”
“Yes… I think your mother won’t stop you. After all, she’s your mother, she won’t do anything that can hurt you.” I guess that it’s true.
“True… Well, for now I’ll think about how I’m going to tell Gaki… I guess that this is my chance to tell her…” I hear a murmur in the background…
“Ok, I feel more relaxed now…” Another murmur… I think it’s Lin again. “I have to go, I‘ll call you later to see if you have fixed it. See you!”
“Bye…”
Bah, I guess that there’s nothing to talk with Gaki. I’ll say to her I’m going to Korea, she’ll say that I can’t, we’ll argue… And we’ll have to see what happens next…
I can’t wait to talk with Eri…
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Where the hell is she?! She said that she was going outside for a moment and at least half an hour has passed! And my mother hasn’t come back yet…
I’m starting to get impatient… I want to say to them what I’m going to do…
Whatever, I’m going to search for her.
I stand up, take my boots and open the door. But once I step one foot outside of the apartment, I see Gaki leading her head on the corridor’s wall… I can just see her back, so I approach to her…
She’s sobbing and muttering something. Oh my god, she’s crying so hard… The floor is totally soaked from her tears… But why is she crying?
I approach to her a little more… She doesn’t notice me, but I can hear clearly what she’s muttering…
“Eri… N-no…”
I stay there paralyzed.
Has she just say “Eri”? W-what this means? What has happened?
“Why…” Why what? I’m starting to panic…
“Risa, what…”
She turns around and quickly wipes away her tears.
“Reina…”
“What has happened?” I ask… I’m scared, this is something related to Eri…
“…” She keeps in silence…
“Risa…”
“…”
I look at her, what if something has happened to her? I’m tired of all the secrets that they’ve got…
I observe her… She doesn’t even dare to look at me… Why they just can’t stop hiding things to me? Something huge has happened… and she doesn’t tell me… This is the last thing I expected from Risa since she told me that I could trust in her…
I start to cry too… I cannot believe they’re doing this to me… again…
“You know what? I’m tired of your stupid secrets. Goodbye.” I say, leading towards the door. “And you know? I was going to go to Korea, to be with Eri, but I’m stating to regret it…”
“Reina… You can’t go to Korea…” She says…
“I knew you were going to say that!” I yell, slamming the door and leaving her outside.
“Reina! Listen!” She yells knocking the door. She seems to be less affected, but it’s obvious that she’s hiding something since her voice is trembling.
“What?!”
“Yes, I wouldn’t let you go to Korea. I would never let you do such a stupid thing! But…” She starts to cry again.
“But what?!” I yell from the other side of the door.
“But… But maybe I’d let you in other situation… Now there’s no way you can go…”
“And why’s that?!” I ask sceptically.
“…” No response…
“Risa! If you want to say something just say it! I’m listening!” I yell at the top of my lungs. “But of course you won’t say anything! I don’t know even how many times we’ve got this conversation… And you never say a single thing!”
“…” No response…
“See… That’s the only thing you do, keep in silent, though you know perfectly how much this affects me…” I say starting to sob again.
“…” No response…
“You won’t answer to me, will you? That’s it… I’m leaving…” She said I can trust in her… I guess that I can’t…
“No! Reina, wait!” She yells desperately. “I know that we’ve been hiding things to you but…”
“But?!” I yell. “Is there always a “but” with you two?! Why do you use that word as an excuse?!”
“I don’t know… I know this hasn’t got an excuse…” She makes a long pause… “It’s just… We’ve been hiding things… a lot of things, and I admit it… And we did that to protect you…” Eh?
“To protect me? From what?” I ask suggestive.
“That call…” So JunJun was right…
“From who was it? From Eri?”
“No, it wasn’t from Eri…” So…
“And if it wasn’t from Eri… Why are you talking about that call?” I ask losing my patience.
“…” I thought she was ready to talk right now…
“Risa...”
“It was from the hospital…”
“…” Now I’m the one who is silent.
I feel my tears starting to fall again… Has something really happened to her?
I open the door abruptly, to face Risa…
“It’s Eri… She’s dead.”