PART 22: SUMMONS
by  Kaede and Sensuha

:: ::  mean actions 
{ }   means thoughts

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Setting: Taya and Sayoko's apartment

Taya: ::looking through her mail:: ... Oh, how terrible...
Sayoko: ::opens the door:: Tadaima!
Taya: (Here's a Christmas card for you, Sayoko. And one for me... and another 
for me.. and...)
Sayoko: ::opens it:: Naosu! How nice..!
Taya: ::opens up some of hers, and a normal-looking letter:: ....
Sayoko: ::looks up, notices Taya going mildly pale:: ...Daijoubu?
Taya: he died...
Sayoko: ::blinks, pales:: ...Who?
Taya: My first boyfriend.. the one I ::blush::.. well...
Sayoko: Aaah. Say no more.
Taya: He's dead.. ::sits::
Sayoko: .... ::puts a hand on her shoudler:: I'm...sorry.
Taya: I can't believe it..
Sayoko: ::nods:: ....
Taya: ::unfolds more of the letter with shaking hands:: ... O.o
Sayoko: ::questioning look:: ..?
Taya: He... left me... money... ::shows her::
Sayoko: ::reads:: Wow......
Taya: ::blinking::
Sayoko: ::glances at the name/addy/etc:: America...?
Taya: ::nods::
Sayoko: .....
Taya: He was an exchange student for a year when I was a junior ^.^; ::in 
English:: "That's why I take English now".
Sayoko: Aah. Did he stay with you...? ::blinks, slowly translating:: ...Aa.
Taya: ^.^; He stayed at someone else's house, but he visited a lot.
Sayoko: ::nods:: Did you keep in touch after he left?
Taya: A little... we broke up before he left, and we wrote letters once in a 
while... heeh, he was my hatsukoi.. ^^;;
Sayoko: Kawaii...
Taya: Heh.
Sayoko: So.. ::almost doesn't ask:: ...How'd he die?
Taya: Looks like he got sick... 6.6;;
Sayoko: Sick...how? ::notices her look:: ...
Taya: Cancer or something.
Sayoko: ::nods:: ...
Taya: ... i should have talked to him more..
Sayoko: .....
Taya: ::sighs::
Sayoko: ::gives her a hug:: It's okay....
Taya: I guess the best thing to do is... go to America.
Sayoko: ::wide eyes:: Pardon?
Taya: That way I can make peace with him (and I've got the money now ::waves the 
paper::)
Sayoko: ::nods:: ...I understand. (.....-.-...)
Taya: .. D'you want to come too?
Sayoko: Me?
Taya: ::nodnod::
Sayoko: …Are you sure? Really?
Taya: ::nods:: You're my friend.. my only friend.
Sayoko: (Aya and Youji...) ...I'd be honored, really.
Taya: (They.. don't... really.. count... that way...) ^.^
Sayoko: (...Oh.) ::smiles::
Taya: ^.^ And we can probably take the guys too... we'll have to buy swimsuits!!
Sayoko: ....Okay, you lost me there.
Taya: ::points:: "Ha-wa-ii".
Sayoko: Aa, sou ne.
Taya:  ^.^
Sayoko: Sounds nice.
Taya: Un!
Sayoko:  ...You okay? About this?
Taya: Un.
Sayoko: Okay....
Taya: ::yawn::
Sayoko: Get some sleep; you look tired. We can make plans in the morning.
Taya: Arigatou... ::pads off to bed::
Sayoko: ::nods, plops down on the coach, just staring at the wall::

Setting: Later, in the Weiss apartment building

Taya: So, whaddaya say, Aya-kun? How do you feel about Hawaii?
Aya: ::a bit taken aback by the whole thing:: ....All right.
Taya: ^.^! (You're not upset because it's partially because of an oldboyfriend..?)
Aya: (...No.  I understand what it's like to lose someone..)
Taya: ::smiles softly:: arigatou.
Aya: ::nods, cautiously hugs her::
Taya: ::hugs him back::
Aya: ::smiles…just a little::
Taya: ::kisses his cheek::
Aya: ::kisses her cheek::
Taya: ::rests her head on his shoulder::
Aya: ::just…holds her::

Later...

Taya: So Hawaii sound okay to you, Youji?
Youji: ::thinking of all the scantily clad women there are on beaches:: Yes.
Taya: ...(Clean thoughts don't kill, you know.)
Youji: (Eh.) When do you plan to leave?
Taya: Three days.
Youji: ::blinks:: That's soon.
Taya: ::shrug::
Youji: I'm there. ^.~
Taya: o.o;
Youji: Nanda?
Taya: Nothing. (I just don't like that look.)
Youji: (::does it again:: ^.~)
Taya: o.o;
Youji: Call me if anything changes, ne?
Taya: Uh-huh.
Youji: Ja!

Still later...

Taya: Omi, you're coming to Hawaii or I'll shove you in my suitcase.
Omi: o.o?
Taya: ^.^ No choice.
Omi: ....hai?
Taya: Alright. ^.^ {I'll leave asking Ken to Sayoko.}
Sayoko: ::sitting at home, reading... a physics book:: ....
Taya: ... {What the hell, while I'm here...} ::knocks on Ken's door::
Ken: ::opens:: Haai?
Taya: ^.^ Come to Hawaii or die.
Ken: o.o ...Anou.... naze?
Taya: Because.
Ken: ....When?
Taya: Three days.
Ken: ::wide eyes:: ...Soon.
Taya: ::looks him straight in the eye:: It's for an ex-boyfriend's funeral.
Ken: ::falls silent:: Aah. ::solemnly:: I'll come.

(owari part twenty two)