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title: Invincible.
pairing: Ryousuke x Takumi
rating: pg-13 (we hope for now)
description: Ryousuke suddenly appears at Takumi ‘s house to ask him a favor, but is there something underlying his request? (Note: Shounen-ai)
Disclaimer – The Initial D series was created by Shigeno-sensei. <3
Invincible.
By Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 19 – Savor.
There are times I forget reason and drive like the crazy fool at home.
Compared to him, probably I’m too soft on you, aren’t I?
I didn’t feel so guilt about pushing the Impreza anymore. Patting the top of it, I sighed at getting there on time.
As my shoulders relaxed, the weariness of everything and no sleep was starting to take its toll on my body. I walked towards the sidewalk, over to the entrance of the park.
Under one of the lamp posts, Mika was cutely standing at our rendezvous spot, swaying from side to side with her hands behind her. Biting her lip as I watched her head point at the opposite direction, my heart skipped a beat.
A gentle breeze blew through and she pushed her hair behind her ear, giggling to herself.
Everything in my mind erased into a blank slate.
“Takumi!” Mika began to walk but ended up running towards me so I stood solid in my place.
In between the beams of light, I could see she’d gotten thinner though her skin had a touch of bronze. In a lavender sleeveless shirt and white shorts that covered only half of her thighs, she looked even sexier than before to me. Her light blue and white running shoes were a nice plus. To me though, nothing was better than her big smile when she jumped into my arms.
I grinned back and smelled her lightly damp hair, carrying half of her body in the air. She pressed her cheek onto mine as I hugged her even closer to me.
My eyelids shut as she hung off the ground.
“I missed you.” Her arms tightened around me.
“Me too.”
If only we could remain this way…
I don’t want to let go of you yet.
The next second, I thought about how Ryousuke had carried me. Why he held me in the air as if to show me off to the world. There was no one else on that beach that night to witness it though.
Unlike this, no one would ever know.
I don’t understand why it has to be so different. Am I weird that I just don’t see what makes one more acceptable than the other?
When I beat him, I knew absolutely nothing about him, but I had to stop him before he drove off. And wasn’t it love at first sight right before she lifted her hand to slap me?
“Congratulations on the tournament.” I gently put her down back on the sidewalk, but she still left her hands on my shoulders. “Did you really get third place?”
Mika nodded her head happily. “It feels so surreal.”
“Doesn’t it? No matter how many battles I’ve done, it always just feels like ‘I barely made it. I survived this time.’ Is that how it is for you?”
“Yeah…” She took her hands away from my shoulders and held my hand.
Together we walked through the park entrance along with the crowd who had just gotten down from a bus making special rounds for today’s event. Step by slow step, we followed the dark path. Occasionally small lamps on each side would guide the way to get to the river.
“I used to wonder why. Why did I have to get serious? It was just a game that my dad taught me. ‘Can you get the ball there faster than me?’ he’d taunt and I totally fell for it.
“When I was nine, I yelled and refused to play for a few days. But even then I knew, it had already became a part of my routine. Not only that, it was a part of me. So when I think about what it used to mean and how it turned out is unbelievable.”
Mika turned to pinch my cheeks softly and even in the near darkness, she shined. Many couples walked around us.
“It’s like one day, I’m going to wake up and find out it didn’t happen. But after the tournament, I did and read it in the morning paper. It was all real.”
It’s as if you already know.
I found myself pushing her hair behind her ears and nodding. “I know exactly how that feels.”
Before he left, he met me on Akina, showing up unexpectedly as always. It was the same spot he came to tell me to join his brother’s team. Only this time, he was sitting in front and on the hood of the FD.
“I just wanted to say ‘see you later’.”
I nodded my head.
“Thanks for doing Project D.”
“You don’t have to say-“
“Yes. Yes, I do.” He folded his hands and shyly looked away. “My brother is really happy right now. You don’t know what this means to me.”
The tough guy’s voice cracked. “I’ve never seen him like this in my whole life. So that’s why I’m here, Takumi.”
“You’re welcome, Keisuke-san.” I punched him on the arm as I sat next to him. “And here I thought you came here to kick my ass because isn’t this where you said you’d do it?”
Laughing, he waved his hand. “Stupid. That’s gonna happen on the track.”
“You wish,” I retorted back.
“Aniki was right.” He turned his head to look at me again with his eyebrows raised. “You are dangerous. Must be an extension of the ‘Fujiwara Zone’.”
“Huh? What’s that supposed to mean?”
He flicked my forehead.
“Ow!”
Underneath it all, without the punkish scowls, I saw a kid smiling at me.
I stood there long after he left with the taste of disappointment in my mouth.
Keisuke, I knew you’d come to say something to me, but Ryousuke? I knew it was done when we said goodbye after that race.
Is this really it?
There was no point in wishing for more.
Just behind one row of people, we were able to see the pond. Standing there, there were gasps of delight from the crowd. Little kids pointed at the glowing lights flickering everywhere.
After mom passed away, my dad tried to take me out of the house. He brought me to the river at the base of Mount Tanigawa.
I hadn’t seen fireflies since then.
Looking at Mika’s face, it made me forget the sadness. Before us was just pure magic, a warmth that I wanted to embrace us.
Her fingers interlocked with mine.
The fireflies floated up from the leaves and around the trees. In a way, they reminded me of yellow tail lights, going from place to place. That’s probably how we appeared in a distance when we raced.
Reflecting dots on the pond, I couldn’t believe how beautiful everything was.
She began to wipe tears away from her face. “I’m really glad I came here with you.”
One flicker, two, and then a dozen and more…
The fireflies fluttered around, circling lines of lights reaching towards the sky.
“I don’t live that far from here. Why didn’t I come before?” She sniffed. “This is the first time I ever saw them.”
I don’t know why, but I pulled her away and in the darkness, I tried to get away from the crowd. We went behind some trees and hid. As she leaned on the tree, trying to look at the pond off in the distance, I kissed her. She looked surprised, but she nodded her head.
We continued to kiss even as the mosquitoes were biting into my skin.
The tiny lights flew and captured little moments of magic until they would die out.
You mean so much to me. No other girl in this world has ever been this understanding and patient as you have been with me.
Her back pressed against the tree as she put her arms around my neck. I held onto her waist, kissing her with everything my words always failed to say.
I’m such an idiot. Because I’m so painfully shy, I never told or showed you how much I cared about you.
When we stopped kissing, I hugged her.
“Takumi…”
I closed my eyes again to savor the time we had left.
Your kisses shouldn’t be compared. I am not supposed to, but I have to face the truth behind everything:
The reason I put my life on the line...
every time I raced down the mountains, the person who is waiting for me…
is the one my whole being hungers for…
I’m a wreck without Ryousuke.
“I want to stay like this for a little longer, Mika.”
“All right.”
I rested my head on her shoulder as we held onto one another while watching the fireflies dance around us.
*/*/*/*/*/00000
We were lucky that her curfew had been pushed back to eleven because of the firefly festival, so we spent some time in a small coffee shop I had found.
It was small and intimate, but I knew she would like it. We sat there by the window eating cake from porcelain cups and plates.
Mika took a bite from her crème brulee and her eyes sparkled, very pleased at the taste. “It’s so different from here, Takumi.”
“Of course it would be.”
She gave a spoonful of her dessert and shook her head. “Yeah, but even people crossing the street try to strike up a conversation with you. I really liked it. You know if you did that here, everyone would look at you weird.”
“Somehow, I’m not surprised. You’re really friendly.”
Swallowing hard, she blinked her eyes. “Th-thanks.”
I pressed down on the cheesecake with my small fork.
“They do expect you to speak English, but on the most part, I felt like I could be myself over there. For a few days, I was more relaxed there than I’ve ever felt in my whole life even though we spoke different languages.” She took another bite. “There, both men and women enjoyed my golf. I was treated like a girl though I did this sport. I mean here, if you’re better than a guy, they pretty much ignore you.
“That’s why when I was there, I thought about how I was really happy to meet you, Takumi. Even though I slapped you and everything, you still treated me well. And you weren’t being a pervert trying to get close to me or anything, just a regular guy asking me out.”
She reached out her hand to put it over mine. “I really appreciate that.”
The truth is while you were thinking that in America…
Your boyfriend in Japan was being a jerk, Mika.
I almost stopped eating all together.
The whispers around us were becoming a little louder as a few people recognized Mika. They came over to ask for autographs and I sat there not really knowing what to do but eat.
If it was us, there would be no problems. People would support us personally and publicly.
She nodded and happily signed, nodding at me as an apology, but I could see what her victory was unfolding into.
It was only a matter of time before I’d have to compete with everyone. I knew it when Itsuki and my sempai showed me the magazines with you in them.
This was what was going to take you far away from me. Or popularity would again disturb the life I’d already gotten used to with both of you in it.
Why do I keep on comparing anyway?
You are always giving me compliments, but you’re the one who made me change my mind about dating all together. I’ve really become more confident as a guy because of you.
While Natsuki was persistent, she waited for me to somewhat catch up. I could forgive her because really tried to change herself for me. Not to win me as a guy, but my respect as a person. And she did, that’s why I loved her. But we couldn’t keep up with each other. She wanted to try everything. I just wanted to try things I found interesting because I knew I’d be interested in them for a long time. It would be hard to change my mind once I started something.
Even though Ryousuke has seen Natsuki’s influence, your sweetness and everyone’s aggression that I passed along the way, he is still patiently waiting.
Setting up everything for me to break my own barriers.
I finished my cheesecake when the last fan had gotten their signature.
“Takumi, is something wrong? Are you mad? I’m really sorry people keep on interrupting us. I should stop them, but I don’t want to be rude either.” She looked distressed. “All of this is so sudden that I don’t know how I should react, but if it’s in the wrong way, then that will be just as bad. I expected it, but I was naïve about how quickly I’d have to deal with the publicity and promotion once I went overseas.”
“I don’t mind it at all. I really understand.”
She sighed in relief and then looked at her watch. “Oh, it’s almost my curfew so we’d better go, but here I talked about America and didn’t get to ask you what happened while I was gone.”
“We can talk about that on the way to your house.”
I paid for the bill and soon, we were trying to beat the clock.
“I finished packing so I don’t have to worry about moving next week.”
“That’s good.” She put her hand over my thigh. “It’s coming too soon.”
“Yes.” I held onto the gear shift to make a turn. “But there’s something else.”
“What happened?”
“I’m going to do one last race.”
“Why? I don’t understand. I thought Project D ended when you finished in Kanagawa.”
“I thought so too.”
“So that’s why you were distracted.”
“I was?”
“It’s like the time you called your teammate right before your race there.” She took her hand away and looked at her lap. “You usually don’t show when you’re worried so that’s why I remembered that time. It has something to do with your leader, doesn’t it?”
Before I could answer, she shook her head. “No, don’t answer that yet. Tell me tomorrow.”
Her eyes told me, “Please give me today, Takumi.”
I stopped a few blocks from her house. Right after I turned off the engine, she kissed me on the lips. Then, she took out a heart-shaped rock from her pocket. “I found this on the beach there. I thought it was perfect for us.”
She put it into both of my hands and squeezed them.
“Good night.”
Before I could speak, she opened the door and walked to her house, never glancing back at me as she usually did.
I hit my head on the top of the steering wheel.
With his parents’ status and her growing fame, no matter how much I’m trying, I feel like I’m going to lose both of you anyway.
Angry at myself, all I could do was yell inside the closed windows. “WHY?!”
Time has run out.
Tsuzuku…/To be continued…
--
Author’s note: Wow, I can’t believe we are at chapter 19 and have finally come to Mika.
In the back of her mind, I always thought Mika knew that there was something more with Project D, reflected through Takumi’s actions. That was one thing that stuck with me since fifth stage, episode 10.
I guess he can’t avoid it anymore…it still hurts to write it because I love Takumi a lot…
Love,
Yui
8/13/2016 12:20 AM – Los Angeles
8/13/2016 4:20 PM - Tokyo
title: Invincible.
pairing: Ryousuke x Takumi
rating: pg-13 (we hope for now)
description: Ryousuke suddenly appears at Takumi ‘s house to ask him a favor, but is there something underlying his request? (Note: Shounen-ai)
Disclaimer – The Initial D series was created by Shigeno-sensei. <3
Invincible.
By Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 19 – Savor.
There are times I forget reason and drive like the crazy fool at home.
Compared to him, probably I’m too soft on you, aren’t I?
I didn’t feel so guilt about pushing the Impreza anymore. Patting the top of it, I sighed at getting there on time.
As my shoulders relaxed, the weariness of everything and no sleep was starting to take its toll on my body. I walked towards the sidewalk, over to the entrance of the park.
Under one of the lamp posts, Mika was cutely standing at our rendezvous spot, swaying from side to side with her hands behind her. Biting her lip as I watched her head point at the opposite direction, my heart skipped a beat.
A gentle breeze blew through and she pushed her hair behind her ear, giggling to herself.
Everything in my mind erased into a blank slate.
“Takumi!” Mika began to walk but ended up running towards me so I stood solid in my place.
In between the beams of light, I could see she’d gotten thinner though her skin had a touch of bronze. In a lavender sleeveless shirt and white shorts that covered only half of her thighs, she looked even sexier than before to me. Her light blue and white running shoes were a nice plus. To me though, nothing was better than her big smile when she jumped into my arms.
I grinned back and smelled her lightly damp hair, carrying half of her body in the air. She pressed her cheek onto mine as I hugged her even closer to me.
My eyelids shut as she hung off the ground.
“I missed you.” Her arms tightened around me.
“Me too.”
If only we could remain this way…
I don’t want to let go of you yet.
The next second, I thought about how Ryousuke had carried me. Why he held me in the air as if to show me off to the world. There was no one else on that beach that night to witness it though.
Unlike this, no one would ever know.
I don’t understand why it has to be so different. Am I weird that I just don’t see what makes one more acceptable than the other?
When I beat him, I knew absolutely nothing about him, but I had to stop him before he drove off. And wasn’t it love at first sight right before she lifted her hand to slap me?
“Congratulations on the tournament.” I gently put her down back on the sidewalk, but she still left her hands on my shoulders. “Did you really get third place?”
Mika nodded her head happily. “It feels so surreal.”
“Doesn’t it? No matter how many battles I’ve done, it always just feels like ‘I barely made it. I survived this time.’ Is that how it is for you?”
“Yeah…” She took her hands away from my shoulders and held my hand.
Together we walked through the park entrance along with the crowd who had just gotten down from a bus making special rounds for today’s event. Step by slow step, we followed the dark path. Occasionally small lamps on each side would guide the way to get to the river.
“I used to wonder why. Why did I have to get serious? It was just a game that my dad taught me. ‘Can you get the ball there faster than me?’ he’d taunt and I totally fell for it.
“When I was nine, I yelled and refused to play for a few days. But even then I knew, it had already became a part of my routine. Not only that, it was a part of me. So when I think about what it used to mean and how it turned out is unbelievable.”
Mika turned to pinch my cheeks softly and even in the near darkness, she shined. Many couples walked around us.
“It’s like one day, I’m going to wake up and find out it didn’t happen. But after the tournament, I did and read it in the morning paper. It was all real.”
It’s as if you already know.
I found myself pushing her hair behind her ears and nodding. “I know exactly how that feels.”
Before he left, he met me on Akina, showing up unexpectedly as always. It was the same spot he came to tell me to join his brother’s team. Only this time, he was sitting in front and on the hood of the FD.
“I just wanted to say ‘see you later’.”
I nodded my head.
“Thanks for doing Project D.”
“You don’t have to say-“
“Yes. Yes, I do.” He folded his hands and shyly looked away. “My brother is really happy right now. You don’t know what this means to me.”
The tough guy’s voice cracked. “I’ve never seen him like this in my whole life. So that’s why I’m here, Takumi.”
“You’re welcome, Keisuke-san.” I punched him on the arm as I sat next to him. “And here I thought you came here to kick my ass because isn’t this where you said you’d do it?”
Laughing, he waved his hand. “Stupid. That’s gonna happen on the track.”
“You wish,” I retorted back.
“Aniki was right.” He turned his head to look at me again with his eyebrows raised. “You are dangerous. Must be an extension of the ‘Fujiwara Zone’.”
“Huh? What’s that supposed to mean?”
He flicked my forehead.
“Ow!”
Underneath it all, without the punkish scowls, I saw a kid smiling at me.
I stood there long after he left with the taste of disappointment in my mouth.
Keisuke, I knew you’d come to say something to me, but Ryousuke? I knew it was done when we said goodbye after that race.
Is this really it?
There was no point in wishing for more.
Just behind one row of people, we were able to see the pond. Standing there, there were gasps of delight from the crowd. Little kids pointed at the glowing lights flickering everywhere.
After mom passed away, my dad tried to take me out of the house. He brought me to the river at the base of Mount Tanigawa.
I hadn’t seen fireflies since then.
Looking at Mika’s face, it made me forget the sadness. Before us was just pure magic, a warmth that I wanted to embrace us.
Her fingers interlocked with mine.
The fireflies floated up from the leaves and around the trees. In a way, they reminded me of yellow tail lights, going from place to place. That’s probably how we appeared in a distance when we raced.
Reflecting dots on the pond, I couldn’t believe how beautiful everything was.
She began to wipe tears away from her face. “I’m really glad I came here with you.”
One flicker, two, and then a dozen and more…
The fireflies fluttered around, circling lines of lights reaching towards the sky.
“I don’t live that far from here. Why didn’t I come before?” She sniffed. “This is the first time I ever saw them.”
I don’t know why, but I pulled her away and in the darkness, I tried to get away from the crowd. We went behind some trees and hid. As she leaned on the tree, trying to look at the pond off in the distance, I kissed her. She looked surprised, but she nodded her head.
We continued to kiss even as the mosquitoes were biting into my skin.
The tiny lights flew and captured little moments of magic until they would die out.
You mean so much to me. No other girl in this world has ever been this understanding and patient as you have been with me.
Her back pressed against the tree as she put her arms around my neck. I held onto her waist, kissing her with everything my words always failed to say.
I’m such an idiot. Because I’m so painfully shy, I never told or showed you how much I cared about you.
When we stopped kissing, I hugged her.
“Takumi…”
I closed my eyes again to savor the time we had left.
Your kisses shouldn’t be compared. I am not supposed to, but I have to face the truth behind everything:
The reason I put my life on the line...
every time I raced down the mountains, the person who is waiting for me…
is the one my whole being hungers for…
I’m a wreck without Ryousuke.
“I want to stay like this for a little longer, Mika.”
“All right.”
I rested my head on her shoulder as we held onto one another while watching the fireflies dance around us.
*/*/*/*/*/00000
We were lucky that her curfew had been pushed back to eleven because of the firefly festival, so we spent some time in a small coffee shop I had found.
It was small and intimate, but I knew she would like it. We sat there by the window eating cake from porcelain cups and plates.
Mika took a bite from her crème brulee and her eyes sparkled, very pleased at the taste. “It’s so different from here, Takumi.”
“Of course it would be.”
She gave a spoonful of her dessert and shook her head. “Yeah, but even people crossing the street try to strike up a conversation with you. I really liked it. You know if you did that here, everyone would look at you weird.”
“Somehow, I’m not surprised. You’re really friendly.”
Swallowing hard, she blinked her eyes. “Th-thanks.”
I pressed down on the cheesecake with my small fork.
“They do expect you to speak English, but on the most part, I felt like I could be myself over there. For a few days, I was more relaxed there than I’ve ever felt in my whole life even though we spoke different languages.” She took another bite. “There, both men and women enjoyed my golf. I was treated like a girl though I did this sport. I mean here, if you’re better than a guy, they pretty much ignore you.
“That’s why when I was there, I thought about how I was really happy to meet you, Takumi. Even though I slapped you and everything, you still treated me well. And you weren’t being a pervert trying to get close to me or anything, just a regular guy asking me out.”
She reached out her hand to put it over mine. “I really appreciate that.”
The truth is while you were thinking that in America…
Your boyfriend in Japan was being a jerk, Mika.
I almost stopped eating all together.
The whispers around us were becoming a little louder as a few people recognized Mika. They came over to ask for autographs and I sat there not really knowing what to do but eat.
If it was us, there would be no problems. People would support us personally and publicly.
She nodded and happily signed, nodding at me as an apology, but I could see what her victory was unfolding into.
It was only a matter of time before I’d have to compete with everyone. I knew it when Itsuki and my sempai showed me the magazines with you in them.
This was what was going to take you far away from me. Or popularity would again disturb the life I’d already gotten used to with both of you in it.
Why do I keep on comparing anyway?
You are always giving me compliments, but you’re the one who made me change my mind about dating all together. I’ve really become more confident as a guy because of you.
While Natsuki was persistent, she waited for me to somewhat catch up. I could forgive her because really tried to change herself for me. Not to win me as a guy, but my respect as a person. And she did, that’s why I loved her. But we couldn’t keep up with each other. She wanted to try everything. I just wanted to try things I found interesting because I knew I’d be interested in them for a long time. It would be hard to change my mind once I started something.
Even though Ryousuke has seen Natsuki’s influence, your sweetness and everyone’s aggression that I passed along the way, he is still patiently waiting.
Setting up everything for me to break my own barriers.
I finished my cheesecake when the last fan had gotten their signature.
“Takumi, is something wrong? Are you mad? I’m really sorry people keep on interrupting us. I should stop them, but I don’t want to be rude either.” She looked distressed. “All of this is so sudden that I don’t know how I should react, but if it’s in the wrong way, then that will be just as bad. I expected it, but I was naïve about how quickly I’d have to deal with the publicity and promotion once I went overseas.”
“I don’t mind it at all. I really understand.”
She sighed in relief and then looked at her watch. “Oh, it’s almost my curfew so we’d better go, but here I talked about America and didn’t get to ask you what happened while I was gone.”
“We can talk about that on the way to your house.”
I paid for the bill and soon, we were trying to beat the clock.
“I finished packing so I don’t have to worry about moving next week.”
“That’s good.” She put her hand over my thigh. “It’s coming too soon.”
“Yes.” I held onto the gear shift to make a turn. “But there’s something else.”
“What happened?”
“I’m going to do one last race.”
“Why? I don’t understand. I thought Project D ended when you finished in Kanagawa.”
“I thought so too.”
“So that’s why you were distracted.”
“I was?”
“It’s like the time you called your teammate right before your race there.” She took her hand away and looked at her lap. “You usually don’t show when you’re worried so that’s why I remembered that time. It has something to do with your leader, doesn’t it?”
Before I could answer, she shook her head. “No, don’t answer that yet. Tell me tomorrow.”
Her eyes told me, “Please give me today, Takumi.”
I stopped a few blocks from her house. Right after I turned off the engine, she kissed me on the lips. Then, she took out a heart-shaped rock from her pocket. “I found this on the beach there. I thought it was perfect for us.”
She put it into both of my hands and squeezed them.
“Good night.”
Before I could speak, she opened the door and walked to her house, never glancing back at me as she usually did.
I hit my head on the top of the steering wheel.
With his parents’ status and her growing fame, no matter how much I’m trying, I feel like I’m going to lose both of you anyway.
Angry at myself, all I could do was yell inside the closed windows. “WHY?!”
Time has run out.
Tsuzuku…/To be continued…
--
Author’s note: Wow, I can’t believe we are at chapter 19 and have finally come to Mika.
In the back of her mind, I always thought Mika knew that there was something more with Project D, reflected through Takumi’s actions. That was one thing that stuck with me since fifth stage, episode 10.
I guess he can’t avoid it anymore…it still hurts to write it because I love Takumi a lot…
Love,
Yui
8/13/2016 12:20 AM – Los Angeles
8/13/2016 4:20 PM - Tokyo
