Endless Rain | By : Kimigurl Category: J-Rock/J-Pop & K-Pop > S.K.I.N. Views: 1690 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I do not know the members of S.K.I.N or Dir en Grey. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. |
AN: This part was mainly to set up a ‘Pata’ angle. I kind of rambled through the rest of it as you’ll understand.
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Chapter 13
Found and Reason
The ringing phone echoed and screamed off of the walls, a groan let out as the large bed in the center of the room began to move. Through the large mound of blankets and pillows a thing arm stretched out onto the nearest lamp stand, it picked up the phone lying there before retreating into the blankets again.
He licked his lips before answering the phone “Mush, Mushi?”
“Heath-san?”
“Pata-chan? Doushta-no?”
“Nothing, I need something.”
“What?”
“Yoshiki’ s number.”
The mound of blankets moved before revealing a very tired bassist. “Why?” he asked groggily.
“....”
Heath let out a small chuckle “Oh I get it,” he smiled “I don’t have it...”
“What? Why not?”
“He never sent me his new one. He changed it a few years ago and...”
Pata let out a heavy sigh. “Sorry” Heath apologized “Toshi didn’t have it?”
“I haven’t called Toshi.”
Heath’s eyebrows furrowed “Why not? Out of us he’d be the one with it.”
“I didn’t want to bother him.”
“...but you don’t mind bothering me.”
“...”
Heath chuckled again “Call Toshi, and come over tomorrow. I’m having a party.”
“Sounds good, I feel like getting drunk.”
“Later.”
“Sayonara.”
*click*
It was a number that Pata hadn’t dialled in almost 10 years. It was almost nostalgic to press the familiar buttons on the phone. Like another number that he remembered dialing. He shook his head. Suddenly a ‘click’ sounded before a soft voice overcame the phone “Mushi, Mushi?”
“Ohayo Gozaimas...Toshi-san.”
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“3 Prairie fire’s please!” Minami called.
A strange look overcame Miyavi’s face “Prairie fire?” he asked.
She winked at him “You’re going to love it! Oh! And three cokes as well.”
“Anything else?”
“Three tequila shots.”
“Coming right up.”
She walked away while the girls continued their conversations with one another. Minami turned to Gackt “You seem a little angry about Dir en Grey joining us.”
Gackt took a drink of his wine before turning with a nod “Not really anger, so much as nerves” he replied “Kyo and I don’t really get along.”
She tilted her head in confusion “Honto?” she asked “Why not?”
Gackt shrugged “It’s just one of those-“
“Guy things” Minami finished for him “You don’t like each other because of some preconceived notion your public image gave one another. But you not that stuck up Gackt, and I doubt Kyo’s that mean...”
Gackt stared at her for awhile “Actually” he said as he turned to his drink “I kind of am...”
Minami smirked “No” she argued “You just think you are, but if you were as snobby as you let on then you never would’ve ended up with Annette or been our friend. You’re a kind and gentle person. The only problem with you is that you’ve allowed yourself to believe that you are what you make yourself out to be.”
Gackt smiled at her.
Suddenly a small shot glass with a rusty red substance was laid in front of him. “Three Prarie Fires” said the waitress “three tequila shots, and three cokes. There you go guys.”
As she walked off Sugizo lifted his shot glass “To the next two months together.”
“And hopefully longer” Angel added.
“Kappai!” Miyavi shouted.
The six of them lifted their glasses before drinking the shots quickly and slamming their empty glasses on the table.
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Yoshiki and Kaiora sat in silence, Kaiora was fingering the wallet between her hands, and Yoshiki was staring down at the ground. “I’m sorry” he told her.
She shook her head “I...I just...” she took a deep breath as she felt her eyes begin to water “Yoshiki” she whispered, “I’m the one...who should apologize.”
Yoshiki turned to look up at her, she look so defeated. So tired. He’d gotten used to this look, and each time he saw it; it pained him. However he didn’t interrupt.
“Jo talked about you taking advantage of me, and me being to weak and to numb to understand what was going on...but...”
Yoshiki straightened and stared at her in confusion, she shook her head “I was so desperate to make that numb feeling go away” she whispered “I was the one...who took advantage of you...Yoshiki. I’ve been almost dead for the past 4 months. And when I met you, and heard you...your music, your touch, it...it filled that part of me that had so much emptiness. I couldn’t, I couldn’t help myself. And I ended up causing so much trouble for you, and I’m sorry for that. I understand, if you don’t want to be with me anymore. I know I’m scary, and I know I’m needy. The reason I joined this tour was to get better, not get in a relationship. So if you want. I was hoping we’d still at least spend some time together...as friends...”
Yoshiki let out a chuckle.
Her head snapped up and she stared at him as he laughed a bitter laugh. “What is it?” she asked in confusion.
He stood up continuing to chuckle, he walked slowly towards the two-way mirror before turning and walking back to his seat, but before he got there he turned and sat closer to Kaiora. He then leaned over and embraced her, his arms wrapped around her frail body, and he rested his head on her shoulder. She sat in stunned silence with his arms around her, she then relaxed and lifted her arms to mimic the embrace “We are a strange couple” he whispered “Joined by our pain but separated by it as well. We’ve both lost so much in our lives, I’m sorry I abandoned you.”
She shook her head.
He released her briefly before turning and resting his forehead against hers “I don’t think I can be friends with you Kaiora” he whispered before letting a light kiss float along her lips “I don’t have that kind of will power anymore.”
She allowed him to play with her lips lightly before whispering “We’ve been so inconsiderate to one another this week, I’m sorry.”
He smiled against her lips “Then let’s give it another try.”
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(Author’s note: DIE from Ra:IN not Dir en Grey)
Tokyo...
“Where do you think you’re going?”
He turned to see DIE standing there with a hoodie over his face and a cigarette protruding from his mouth. He sighed “I’m going to America” he said “I know we have a show next week and I'm sorry, but I've discussed it with management and there will be a replacement for the show.”
“Is this so important you have to go straight to America to talk to Yoshiki?”
Pata placed his guitar in the trunk, “I realized after I talked to Toshi, that this is a face-to-face thing, not to mention how sensitive Yoshiki is on this subject.”
“Are you sure he should know?”
Pata stopped and played with his keys, “I’ve been thinking about this for awhile now” he said “And I do think Yoshiki has a right to know. He’ll defiantly want to see... He always visits with his parents...I mean...”
DIE sighed and nodded his head and blew smoke from his nose “I understand” he said “I’ll tell the others, I’m not saying they’ll be happy or anything though...but. It is your life.”
Pata nodded “Look DIE...this is something that has to do with X. And no one else, it’s something that as individual members including Taiji we still haven’t fully delt with. I mean, Yoshiki ran to LA so that he wouldn’t have to deal with it. But the information I have...it could really help us, even help Yoshiki and Toshi.”
“That’s deep man” DIE smirked as he spit his bud on the ground “I know what your talking about even if i don’t have an idea what your talking about. But you may want to ease it in there, after all...when was the last time you saw and spoke to Yoshiki? 10 years ago?”
Pata smirked “That’s one of those great things about Yoshiki” he said “He’s all business, all the time. You could walk up to him after 50 years, and continue on like you never parted.”
He then waved to his bandmate before getting into his car and driving off. DIE stood there for awhile before smirking and pulling out another cigarette and lighting it “Glad my life isn’t full of drama” he said to himself “that’s why I don’t watch soaps...all I have to do is follow that guy around. In any case, I wish you luck Pata-chan.”
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The next day...
Miyavi pulled his hat further down his forehead, and pushed his glasses further up his red eyes. He turned to Sugizo “How much of last night do you remember?” he asked.
Sugizo groaned as Miyavi’s voice echoed in his ears “I think the last think I remember was when that guy started hitting on you.”
Miyavi tried to calculate the time this happened, but came up blank “I’m to tired to think.”
Gackt turned “That was around Midnight” he told them “After that you two and Minami didn’t last that long.”
“The girls can really hold their liquor can’t they?” Sugizo grinned weakly.
Gackt smirked “Well considering they only drank a quarter of what you two including Minami did...I would say it’s more like they can hold themselves back.”
“And what about you?” Miyavi turned with accusation in his eyes “Why don’t you ever get that drunk?”
“I have a high tolerance for alcohol...”
“And water.”
Miyavi turned with confusion at Angel. “huh?”
Angel slid her arm around the guitarist. “Gackt likes to water down his drinks...”
Gackt turned and gave her a hard look “What?” he demanded.
“Relax...I think it’s a great way to get information.”
Gackt’s stare turned into a glare. Annette walked up “I told you that in confidence!” she yelled.
Minami rolled her eyes, “yeah” she said “Angel put Annette on her stomach, then pulled her hair and kneeded her back until she told Angel everything that happened.”
Miyavi, Sugizo, and Gackt turned to Angel with shocked looks. Angel feigned innocence as she peered back at them “What?”
Jo suddenly strode up next two the group, Sugizo noted the smile on her face. “What?” he asked.
She winked and shook her head in the opposite direction “Yoshiki and Kaiora are gone” she replied.
Annette, Angel, and Minami all turned with surprise on their faced “What?” the three demanded in unison.
“Kaiora’s gone?”
“Where did she go?”
“Did she leave a note?”
“Did she tell you where she was going?”
“Of course she didn’t! She just said that Kaiora’s gone!”
“They’re in LA, relax” Jo told them.
“What?” Annette, Minami and Angel all turned once again.
Jo held up a note before clearing her throat to read it. “My friends,” she started “I’m sorry for leaving so abruptly, and for not saying farewell. I hope you’ll forgive me. Yoshiki and I are going ahead to LA early. Please don’t worry, I’m in capable hands. I’ll see you all when you get there, have fun! – Kaiora.”
Miyavi’s eyebrows wriggled “Alone huh?” he smirked.
Minami turned and glared at her boyfriend “Neither Yoshiki, nor Kaiora are in any shape to be doing anything like you think!” she practically yelled at him, her face then paled slightly “What about PR?” she asked.
“We’ll have to ask Ronin about that” Sugizo replied.
The six friends decided to let it be until they got to LA.
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The next day...LA...
The warmth of the blankets around her made the light shining from the blinds more irritating, sleep begged to be answered as she groaned against waking up. She reached down to pull the blanket over her face when she realised it was an arm she was tugging at. A shy smile creeped onto her face, and she rolled around and cuddled into the warm body behind her, the arms wrapped around her and she felt his breath tickle the top of her head “Yoshiki” she moaned “Make the sun go away.”
To her surprise Yoshiki’s arm released her momentarily, his body then rolled away from her and she heard a drawer open, before a bit of rustling, then she heard a click and his body and arms returned to embrace her. Her confusion lifted when the room began to get dark, she looked over her shoulder to see blackout shades rolling down the windows. She let out a chuckle before she returned to her former position. “Now that’s a god-like power” she mumbled.
“Only for you” came his reply.
She smiled and allowed herself to fall back into a deep sleep.
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The house she remembered, it was her grandmothers, a small cottage with a stone walls. The path was huge cement feet with rich green grass growing between them, and on either side were lilies and lilac bushes, a strange combination, she pushed open the black iron fence and stepped on the feet leading up to the house as she’d done when she was a child. She walked further and further towards the house, peering into the large window on the right side of the house, she saw Yoshiki and another man sitting at a table who was turned away from her. All she saw was his long brown hair.
Yoshiki seemed excited about their conversation.
She walked up the steps leading to the front door. Before she realised, she had nothing to give them. She’d forgotten! She’d forgotten her gifts.
“There’s a rose garden over here” she turned to see two men standing on the other side of the lilac bush.
She walked down the path and saw the beautiful array of colors there. “Which one do you want?” hide asked her.
“The yellow one” she replied.
Corrin leaned down and picked a yellow rose, he then handed it to her. But when she grabbed it, it withered in her hands, “That must be the wrong one” he smiled “You can’t have that one anymore.”
“The pink one” she told him.
hide smiled and leaned down to pick a pink rose. He handed it to her, but when she took it, it withered once again. “That must be the wrong one” he told her “He can’t have that one anymore.”
Corrin leaned down “Here” he said, he then stood up and presented a blue rose “This is your favourite!”
“Good choice!” hide leaned down as well and stood up with a red rose “This is his favourite!”
She reached out and took both roses, and smiled when neither withered in her hands. Both hide and Corrin smiled, but their smiles faded “Oh no” hide said.
She looked down at her hands and saw the blue and red blossoms melting in her hands and dripping down her fingers like blood.
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AN: I’ll try to get another one out soon but I’m not making any promises. Later! Review and you shall receive!
Pata's my second fave member of XJAPAN after Yoshiki...I just love to watch him play.
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