Fated Meeting - Umi x Rui - Oneshot
Title: Fated Meeting
Author: paranoiascreams
Chapters: oneshot
Genre: light angst, romance, au
Pairing: Umi x Rui
Rating: PG - 13
Warning: unbeta'd
Disclaimer: I don't own them. Neither will you. Story is mine, no questions asked.
Summary: There was a hint of hesitation in his words, i guess he was trying not to bring that night up too, I didnt want to hear it either but it's true. I never showed my face to him ever again, I was an emotional train wreck at that time and unintentionally, what i feared came true and i made it happen.
Comments: Written for 50stories , #038 Separation.
The snow has stopped falling and people are swarming as they go in and out stores for some last minute christmas shopping.
I am just on my way home from work.
"Ah, sorry." I hurriedly helped the person i accidentally hit as i walk home pick up the shopping bags he was carrying. "I'm sorry, i didnt see you there." I smiled, but my face immediately changed from inviting and apologetic to shock.
"Umi?"
Of all people to see in a pool of businessmen, mothers, students, lovers, here he is in the middle of Tokyo, with a dozen of shopping bags, just like the rest of them.
"Rui? Wow. It's been a long time." I stood up, helping him too as he struggles to do so, i handed him the bags i picked up and smiled again.
"Sorry to have bumped into you Umi. I was on my way home. You're right, it's been a long time." I scratched my head, a bit embarrassed that we had to encounter each other again like this.
"Well, I'll see you soon." I bowed and took another step forward when i heard him call my name. I turned around to see him smiling, "Let's grab coffee for old time's sake."
I never had the guts to say no to him even before, so i walked back to him, and gave him a nod, making him lead the way, helping him carry some of his shopping bags too.
How long has it been when i saw him last? I couldnt tell, as i stopped counting the days.
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"I love you Umi."
But he just stood there in front of me. I was half hoping he was gonna say he feels the same way too, i even waited a long time before i even confessed to him, I made sure i did so on the night after our graduation before we separate for college.
We've been friends since we were in middle school, and as fate would have it, we were always in the same class, up til high school. We were inseparable, almost everyone thought we were already dating, but we werent. We were just the best of friends.
I sighed, my lips were quivering, fear started to creep on my whole body, a big lump is starting to form in my throat, he still wasnt saying anything, i dunno if him being silent was because he was overwhelmed with what i said, or he was speechless due to my sudden confession.
"Rui... I... dont feel the same for you. I'm sorry." He looked down on his feet, i did so too. I couldnt look at him straight in the eyes anymore. I felt my heart break almost instantly at that moment. I heard his footsteps approach me, and then i felt his arms hug me tight, i started crying.
"Rui... Let's stay as the best of friends, we're better off like that."
"I... I was hoping you'd say otherwise. I am scared that maybe when we get to college, we wont be able to see each other again, i took this chance Umi..."
"We are the best of friends. We will see each other again."
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"Here we are." Umi opens the door and chose an empty table on the far back of the coffee shop, I took my seat and set up the shopping bags on an empty chair beside me, he does so with the remaining shopping bags on his hands, "Do you still order the same coffee?" he asked, I nodded my head and smiled and after a short moment he walked to the counter to order our cups of coffee.
I looked around the coffee shop, it hasnt changed so much like i thought it would be, we were here almost everyday when we cram up for exams, when we just want to laze around, when we're bored, when we're troubled. This coffee shop has witnessed almost every memories me and Umi used to share. And here we are back again, maybe if these walls could talk or move, they'd hug us and tell us they have missed us so.
"Here you go. Careful, it's hot." He smiled, i did too. Staring at him now with better lighting, I'd say he has grown older, it really doesnt show on his face, but on his eyes.
Thank you was all I could say.
"How have you been?" He asked, lighting up a cigarette, and then carefully stirs up his coffee to let the heat simmer down.
"Fine, i guess. How long has it been?"
"Hmmmn... five years? After our high school graduation... I... never saw you again." There was a hint of hesitation in his words, i guess he was trying not to bring that night up too, I didnt want to hear it either but it's true. I never showed my face to him ever again, I was an emotional train wreck at that time and unintentionally, what i feared came true and i made it happen.
I smiled, I shrugged the thoughts of that night, we're older and better now, it would be best to just catch up with the present than look back in the past. "I busied myself, with college and new friends. Oh, and im swamped with work now too. How about you?"
"Same as you, I guess."
And then there was silence, it feels weird that when we were younger, we'd have tons to talk about, even if we were together everyday, and now that we have a lot to catch up on, there was nothing to say, rather, we're not even sure where to start. It's like we're back to being strangers and we have to reintroduce ourselves to each other again.
"I'm sorry about that night..." I heard him say, almost in a whispered manner. He wasnt looking at me, but to his coffee.
"Oh... That night? Forget about it, it's been so long."
"I.. I'm sorry i wasnt brave and honest enough that night."
"Why do you keep apologizing? I told you, forget about it."
"I love you too."
"What...?"
"I... I was scared that things will change alot when we become an item, i didnt want to complicate the friendship we shared. I looked too far ahead in the future that i saw us breaking up and that we'd fight alot and then we'd be just disappointed to lose the years we've been friends because we took a huge leap of becoming a couple."
"So... let me get this straight... you loved me all along...?"
"Yes, all along. And upto now, I still do..."
I felt heavy inside, almost all the same emotions i felt years ago came rushing back up, but this time, I didnt cry when i felt his presence on mine, he held my hand tight, he was smiling and i did too.
"Too bad, eh?" He continued.
"Yeah... too bad." I pulled my hand back and placed it on the side of my coffee cup to warm me up. I heard my phone ring, I picked it up, it's my boyfriend Tomo on the other line.
He turned away as I spoke to Tomo, he was looking for me, and was asking me what I want for dinner tonight. I gave him an answer and immediately dropped the line. "Sorry about that..."
"Your boyfriend?" He asked, i nodded. "I just moved in with him, we've been dating for quite a while now."
"I see. I'm glad you're happy."
"Are you dating?" I asked.
"Yes. Oh, he's here now." I saw him waved to someone, and saw his boyfriend walked up to our table. He was smiling and sat down beside Umi.
"Rui, meet Yuh. We've been living together for two years now."
"Hello Yuh, nice to meet you." He looks like a nice person, and the look on Umi's eyes arent lying when he looked at Yuh when he sat down beside him, he loves this man genuinely too.
It's not a crime to love two person equally at the same time, i guess. I do love Umi still, but not to a point that we can be together...
"Do you want to order anything?" Umi asks Yuh, who just shook his head. "I dont want to ruin our dinner, i prepared something."
"We should all go now, Tomo's waiting home with our dinner too." I smiled and stood up. Yuh takes half of the shopping bags Umi was carrying on one hand, his other hand locking itself to Umi's free hand.
I walked behind them up to the door leading outside of the coffee shop, the snow has started falling again, Yuh helps Umi put on the hood of his jacket, he does the same to Yuh.
"Oh, Rui, where are you headed? We're just a block away from here, how will you get home?" Umi asked, with Yuh looking at me too, I gave an assuring smile, "Dont worry about me. I can take it from here."
"Ok... Well, bye. Maybe we'd bump into each other again too." He said goodbye, Yuh bowed and they both turned their backs on me, walking close, hand in hand.
I felt relieved somehow, that even if I was rejected before, even if I knew it too late, I guess, i was happy i was secretly loved by the person i wanted so much to spend the rest of my life with then, i felt a small regret though that we may never be able to really spend that time together ever. I didnt even get the time to ask for his number.
But maybe fate will play its part again. Maybe one day we'd see each other again, and maybe by that time we can be together.
Then maybe not. Maybe fate has already played its part to finish its business, that maybe... fate wanted me to still know that Umi loved me too. And that it's time to really move on, as we no longer have anything holding us back to not really take that huge step forward into the future.
I smiled and checked my watch. I have to go now or Tomo will hate me if I turn his dinner cold.
I walked away from the cafe, I took a quick glance, as if saying goodbye to the place and walked away, this may also be the last time I enter that cafe with Umi, that this encounter may be the last time we etched our presence in the confines of its walls, yet, maybe soon, both of us would be making our memories inside that cafe again.
Separately.
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Author's note: This is my first story for 50stories and i have claimed umi x rui as a pair, i hope i got the challenge right. I really love how this turned out. I felt happy and sad, and i hope i do get the emotions across to you guys too~
Comments are love!
Author: paranoiascreams
Chapters: oneshot
Genre: light angst, romance, au
Pairing: Umi x Rui
Rating: PG - 13
Warning: unbeta'd
Disclaimer: I don't own them. Neither will you. Story is mine, no questions asked.
Summary: There was a hint of hesitation in his words, i guess he was trying not to bring that night up too, I didnt want to hear it either but it's true. I never showed my face to him ever again, I was an emotional train wreck at that time and unintentionally, what i feared came true and i made it happen.
Comments: Written for 50stories , #038 Separation.
The snow has stopped falling and people are swarming as they go in and out stores for some last minute christmas shopping.
I am just on my way home from work.
"Ah, sorry." I hurriedly helped the person i accidentally hit as i walk home pick up the shopping bags he was carrying. "I'm sorry, i didnt see you there." I smiled, but my face immediately changed from inviting and apologetic to shock.
"Umi?"
Of all people to see in a pool of businessmen, mothers, students, lovers, here he is in the middle of Tokyo, with a dozen of shopping bags, just like the rest of them.
"Rui? Wow. It's been a long time." I stood up, helping him too as he struggles to do so, i handed him the bags i picked up and smiled again.
"Sorry to have bumped into you Umi. I was on my way home. You're right, it's been a long time." I scratched my head, a bit embarrassed that we had to encounter each other again like this.
"Well, I'll see you soon." I bowed and took another step forward when i heard him call my name. I turned around to see him smiling, "Let's grab coffee for old time's sake."
I never had the guts to say no to him even before, so i walked back to him, and gave him a nod, making him lead the way, helping him carry some of his shopping bags too.
How long has it been when i saw him last? I couldnt tell, as i stopped counting the days.
-----
"I love you Umi."
But he just stood there in front of me. I was half hoping he was gonna say he feels the same way too, i even waited a long time before i even confessed to him, I made sure i did so on the night after our graduation before we separate for college.
We've been friends since we were in middle school, and as fate would have it, we were always in the same class, up til high school. We were inseparable, almost everyone thought we were already dating, but we werent. We were just the best of friends.
I sighed, my lips were quivering, fear started to creep on my whole body, a big lump is starting to form in my throat, he still wasnt saying anything, i dunno if him being silent was because he was overwhelmed with what i said, or he was speechless due to my sudden confession.
"Rui... I... dont feel the same for you. I'm sorry." He looked down on his feet, i did so too. I couldnt look at him straight in the eyes anymore. I felt my heart break almost instantly at that moment. I heard his footsteps approach me, and then i felt his arms hug me tight, i started crying.
"Rui... Let's stay as the best of friends, we're better off like that."
"I... I was hoping you'd say otherwise. I am scared that maybe when we get to college, we wont be able to see each other again, i took this chance Umi..."
"We are the best of friends. We will see each other again."
-----
"Here we are." Umi opens the door and chose an empty table on the far back of the coffee shop, I took my seat and set up the shopping bags on an empty chair beside me, he does so with the remaining shopping bags on his hands, "Do you still order the same coffee?" he asked, I nodded my head and smiled and after a short moment he walked to the counter to order our cups of coffee.
I looked around the coffee shop, it hasnt changed so much like i thought it would be, we were here almost everyday when we cram up for exams, when we just want to laze around, when we're bored, when we're troubled. This coffee shop has witnessed almost every memories me and Umi used to share. And here we are back again, maybe if these walls could talk or move, they'd hug us and tell us they have missed us so.
"Here you go. Careful, it's hot." He smiled, i did too. Staring at him now with better lighting, I'd say he has grown older, it really doesnt show on his face, but on his eyes.
Thank you was all I could say.
"How have you been?" He asked, lighting up a cigarette, and then carefully stirs up his coffee to let the heat simmer down.
"Fine, i guess. How long has it been?"
"Hmmmn... five years? After our high school graduation... I... never saw you again." There was a hint of hesitation in his words, i guess he was trying not to bring that night up too, I didnt want to hear it either but it's true. I never showed my face to him ever again, I was an emotional train wreck at that time and unintentionally, what i feared came true and i made it happen.
I smiled, I shrugged the thoughts of that night, we're older and better now, it would be best to just catch up with the present than look back in the past. "I busied myself, with college and new friends. Oh, and im swamped with work now too. How about you?"
"Same as you, I guess."
And then there was silence, it feels weird that when we were younger, we'd have tons to talk about, even if we were together everyday, and now that we have a lot to catch up on, there was nothing to say, rather, we're not even sure where to start. It's like we're back to being strangers and we have to reintroduce ourselves to each other again.
"I'm sorry about that night..." I heard him say, almost in a whispered manner. He wasnt looking at me, but to his coffee.
"Oh... That night? Forget about it, it's been so long."
"I.. I'm sorry i wasnt brave and honest enough that night."
"Why do you keep apologizing? I told you, forget about it."
"I love you too."
"What...?"
"I... I was scared that things will change alot when we become an item, i didnt want to complicate the friendship we shared. I looked too far ahead in the future that i saw us breaking up and that we'd fight alot and then we'd be just disappointed to lose the years we've been friends because we took a huge leap of becoming a couple."
"So... let me get this straight... you loved me all along...?"
"Yes, all along. And upto now, I still do..."
I felt heavy inside, almost all the same emotions i felt years ago came rushing back up, but this time, I didnt cry when i felt his presence on mine, he held my hand tight, he was smiling and i did too.
"Too bad, eh?" He continued.
"Yeah... too bad." I pulled my hand back and placed it on the side of my coffee cup to warm me up. I heard my phone ring, I picked it up, it's my boyfriend Tomo on the other line.
He turned away as I spoke to Tomo, he was looking for me, and was asking me what I want for dinner tonight. I gave him an answer and immediately dropped the line. "Sorry about that..."
"Your boyfriend?" He asked, i nodded. "I just moved in with him, we've been dating for quite a while now."
"I see. I'm glad you're happy."
"Are you dating?" I asked.
"Yes. Oh, he's here now." I saw him waved to someone, and saw his boyfriend walked up to our table. He was smiling and sat down beside Umi.
"Rui, meet Yuh. We've been living together for two years now."
"Hello Yuh, nice to meet you." He looks like a nice person, and the look on Umi's eyes arent lying when he looked at Yuh when he sat down beside him, he loves this man genuinely too.
It's not a crime to love two person equally at the same time, i guess. I do love Umi still, but not to a point that we can be together...
"Do you want to order anything?" Umi asks Yuh, who just shook his head. "I dont want to ruin our dinner, i prepared something."
"We should all go now, Tomo's waiting home with our dinner too." I smiled and stood up. Yuh takes half of the shopping bags Umi was carrying on one hand, his other hand locking itself to Umi's free hand.
I walked behind them up to the door leading outside of the coffee shop, the snow has started falling again, Yuh helps Umi put on the hood of his jacket, he does the same to Yuh.
"Oh, Rui, where are you headed? We're just a block away from here, how will you get home?" Umi asked, with Yuh looking at me too, I gave an assuring smile, "Dont worry about me. I can take it from here."
"Ok... Well, bye. Maybe we'd bump into each other again too." He said goodbye, Yuh bowed and they both turned their backs on me, walking close, hand in hand.
I felt relieved somehow, that even if I was rejected before, even if I knew it too late, I guess, i was happy i was secretly loved by the person i wanted so much to spend the rest of my life with then, i felt a small regret though that we may never be able to really spend that time together ever. I didnt even get the time to ask for his number.
But maybe fate will play its part again. Maybe one day we'd see each other again, and maybe by that time we can be together.
Then maybe not. Maybe fate has already played its part to finish its business, that maybe... fate wanted me to still know that Umi loved me too. And that it's time to really move on, as we no longer have anything holding us back to not really take that huge step forward into the future.
I smiled and checked my watch. I have to go now or Tomo will hate me if I turn his dinner cold.
I walked away from the cafe, I took a quick glance, as if saying goodbye to the place and walked away, this may also be the last time I enter that cafe with Umi, that this encounter may be the last time we etched our presence in the confines of its walls, yet, maybe soon, both of us would be making our memories inside that cafe again.
Separately.
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Author's note: This is my first story for 50stories and i have claimed umi x rui as a pair, i hope i got the challenge right. I really love how this turned out. I felt happy and sad, and i hope i do get the emotions across to you guys too~
Comments are love!