Beyond What I See

A friendship bond through snail mail exchange becomes a story of a forbidden love. When one seeks for an answer, that's when another one reveals. Rui X Tsukushi

Chapter Two

She walked towards her room's door. She is currently living with her fiancee though she insisted to have a room for herself. She stopped by there when she saw a white envelope placed under her doorstep.

Ahh, it arrived!

She joyfully thought as she grabbed it. How come she had forgotten that it was the first day of the month? She really cursed the fact that they have to make a lot of efforts just to maintain their friendship even right now, the world they are walking into is full of possibilities in terms of making life easier. They have to endure this just because of the idiocy of her fiancee and his bestfriend -- If they weren't any of his close ties, they might have already kicked him to back to his Saturn planet.

She read it, smiling as she felt the every word Rui made sense. She managed to read the last line, her smile disappearing, her heart's happiness being overpowered with confusion, she was dumbfounded.

She rethink over his postscript, reread it countless times. But, no matter how hard she tried to uncover what he really meant, it was how it is written. She couldn't change that fact. She couldn't change his heart.

Her thoughts disappeared as she heard soft knocks from her door. It had opened before she could say her signal. Tsukasa had arrived -- she didn't know how to react. He hadn't been home for five straight days, leaving her in the huge mansion she had no idea where is what. For some reason, seeing him makes her feel not happy but frustrated rather.

"I'm back." He smiled at her as he walked slowly to her direction as she was sitting at the end of her bed. He sat beside her, gave her a very tight hug and kissed her neck. "I want to make it up to you somehow." he said with his breathy voice as he swept off the strap of her sleep wear, kissing her flesh deeply.

She didn't know how to react on this. Normally, even they had shared the passion seldomly because of his busy schedule and her claims not to do so, she'd feel the heat coming through her veins and she welcomes it as she responds to his initiated moves but now as he glides his tongue in her mouth, she didn't feel like doing it with him since she had troubles in her heart.

She moaned, he heard it but he felt that this moan was different from what he hears usually from her. Instead, the moan he hears right now is the moan of not wanting the moment. She moaned again as she withdrew herself from him. He was puzzled. "Why?"

"This is not the way how to make up your absence. This is not what I need, Tsukasa." She said as she regained herself and straightened her back.

"But, this is what I need, Tsukushi." His voice was astonished, his brows were twitched. "I haven't seen you in five days. I need you right now, Tsukushi. I can't help it. I have needs as a man too, you know."

"This is not what you need. This is just what you want." she replied flatly as she stood up, wore her robe and got out of her room, leaving him shocked.

I am sorry, Tsukasa. I'm so confused right now.

On the other part of the world, miles away from Tsukushi, Rui was playing a sad piece using his violin. As he strummed the wrong string, he paused, he sighed and just decided to set aside his instrument.

"Sir, everything's ready." her maid reported and left at once.

He asked himself if this was the rightest thing to do. He knew very much how her world is so devoted to revolve around him. He knew that very much and it was so hard for him to accept that he can never have it. But, this time, he knew she needed him. There's no point of turning away from her.

"Wait for me." He said as he took his leave from his room.

One day had passed and they haven't made up yet about yesterday's commotion. She used the time to think alone. He never came in her room. Her boredom had reached the limit so she decided to spend time and have a drive, a thing which reminds her of Rui and no one.

On her way, she passed by her favorite coffee shop and she decided to stop by. She ordered her favorite frappuccino and sat at her favorite spot. "As usual, it's delicious!" She beamed as if she was talking to the cup and sipped for some more.

"I knew you'd be here."

"Huh?"

She turned her face to the direction her hearing instincts told her so. She was stunned. She was seeing no one but Hanazawa Rui himself. "Yo!"

"Rui!" She forgot everything as she saw his face. All she felt after one glance was pure happiness, the happiness she seemed to found only with him. "I am so happy."

He gave her a friendly hug, at least. She casually responded to it even the thoughts of his letter kept coming to her head but as she felt that her bodies had intertwined,

What if you're really the one I really wanted to hug for life?

Writer's Note:

Sorry if this is a short chapter but I will make it up to you. Thank you for the reviewers. It made me surprised because I already got six reviews just by the pilot chapter. Thanks again, I hope you will continue to read.