Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ You Raise Me Up ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

Okay; so I finally did it and have posted a story here.... Haha; So please read and review....

 

 

 

 

You Raise Me Up

by Jarield Lunel de Mourcerf

 

“Do you still remember? That Night...

You and me, under the desolate sky.

You look at me with those eyes;

Those eyes of endless streams, ever enchanting.

My guard was down and was lost to it;

What comes after, is for me to realize;

That I was bewitched by you, and that the spell can't be broken.”

 

Prologue

 

 

Ryotaro Hikari has been silent for the past minutes. He has been still, unable to move. His posture has been fixed; so as his gaze. His movements are restrained, captured into the depths of his emotions; unto his core. He enters a dimension wherein the melody, harmony, rhythm and timbre is drowning him upside down. If it's the sound of which lingers into the space, mystifying the mood; or is it the reality of figure of beauty beside him, giving of expressions in tranquility- if it's the time, the place or the circumstances; Ryotaro can't figure out why for the millionth time he is on the same position. That for the millionth time, he found himself looking at her like... Like he is fleeting into the heaven's where angels light his being. Shining upon the moment of truth and chastity.

While he is still on the verge of his stillness; time elapsed unconsciously and the song finally came to its last note. But even with that initial end, Ryotaro has never reached the surface; but its the mere signal for him...

“It's unusual.” Ryo stated while his head is down

“What's unusual?” the girl beside him asked tilting her head to face Ryo.

“It's unusual that you are not singing. You wanted to sing right?”

“The song is too beautiful” the other uttered with softness paired with a mild curve on her lips.

“Exactly, something you have to sing.” Ryo faced her with connotative stare but he was rather answered with a silent chuckle.

“I might ruined it. You see, the song is a duet. Wouldn't it be better if I sing it with someone?” This statement brought Ryotaro's eyebrows into a frown. She noticed Ryo's reaction readily which may had cause her to explain more.

“The song won't work if it will be sung without the instrumentals. Both of them have to be present for the spell of the song to work. On how can happy words from the human voice are able to blend with a sad melody produced by the keys of the piano. How can someone say something happy when he sounds sad. I couldn't sing it that way if I'm alone.”

“So you only need a piano accompanist.” Ryotaro retorted as he stands up, bending his neck left and right as if to stretch. “Comon' Let's hit those notes.”

“Aren't you listening on what I'm telling you? I don't want to sing it, especially if you will accompany me.”

“Huh? Why are you so picky anyway. It's as if you wanted to sing it and you don't at the same time.” Ryotaro's tone has been a combination of whining and concern.

“You get it don't you?” The answer struck Ryou for a moment; but within the next second his senses are all in concentration to the fair maiden, “It's a song about two opposite emotions. And right now, I'm still oblivious on how will I harmonize them. I don't know how it feels like being happy and sad at the same time.” she ended.

Ryotaro knows what she meant, music is not only about hitting the right notes. It's about more than that; to tell a story, to express, to interpret. But whatever you got to say; it has to be true. And to say something you don't fully understand is the same as lying. It's the same thing with emotions.

“So you are looking for the right moment then?” Ryou asked.

“Maybe...” she pauses “but at the same time; I'm still uncertain how will I take it if that time comes. How will I feel then? How can I smile in joy and cry in sorrow at the same exact moment?.. For me, it's hard to imagine; and yet, I'm afraid of its existence.” She answered him looking confused; her innocence gracing down to him.

They are silent for a moment. Ryotaro yet again sit on the sofa beside her. He peeked at the girl beside him and saw her with an unreadable expression. Well, feeling a little uneasy with the atmosphere; Ryotaro took her gaze away from the lady. Somehow, he feels obligated about the awkward silence. And he knows, if someone has to break it. It must be him. So he tried; but his tongue failed him. Couple minutes had passed unti Ryou finally start another conversation.

“You know what, you really don't have to concern yourself about these things... But if ever you reached that bottom” Ryotaro pause for a moment. Then he look directly to the other's eyes. And with that, he made an oath to her. “I promise to be there with you. I'll accompany you... to sing that duet.” Ryotaro sees directly to the girl's face which still remains stoic and haunting. With enough time to make a reaction; one has to close her eyes and tale a sigh...

“Shut up Ryou with your stupid broken promises..”

“What's with you? Don't you believe in me. When I said I'll be there, I'll be there.” Ryotaro said the words confidently, even accompanied with a boast smile.

“Are you sure?” she asked and look at Ryou as if looking for assurance

“Trust me.” he answered back immediately

“Fine, fine, I believe in you. But you should always remember that you can't run away until you fulfilled it.” the girl replied in retreat securing Ryou's words. Without expecting a reply, she makes herself busy with her ipod. Probably looking for another song to listen to.

“How could I, this time I won't...” Ryotaro uttered the words softly to his self while looking at the beauty like its the most delicate thing in the world.

 

The the arms of the clock had finished a turn. The serenity that was fleeting in those minutes is undeniable. But just how all typical days pass by; it won't last. Why? Simply it ain't fun....

 

“Will you freaking stop what you are doing, it is very irritating” Ryotaro complained about his companion who is crawling on the floor. Now what kind of trouble will she bring this time?

“Have you seen a pear?” is what Ryotaro heard from the girl who is still under the table

“Huh?”

“A pear! A yellowish-whitish pear. As far as I remember I placed it on this table. Now its gone like that. Maybe it rolled somewhere I don't know.”

Ryotaro has become irritated with the actions of her companion. Well, she just keep crawling under the table and even dodge Ryou's legs to find her precious pear. It's more irritating because Ryotaro is reading of which he is demanding a peaceful environment.

“Will you hold it?” Ryou blurted showing discomfort in his tone.

“I am trying to look for my pear.” the other defensed rather calmly and sounded sad at the same time; as she stood and face Ryou.
“Yes, about that. Ahmm...” Ryotaro really can't finish his statement. Those searching and curious eyes looking at him are not helping at all. He tries his best not to look at his companion. Well he's obviously nervous. His gestures show, scratching his cheek with his pointer finger;

“ I ate it.” he then confessed. Which he regrets big time. Even without looking; he could feel the dark aura that is rapping from the girl.

“You ate my pear! How dare you ate someone's food without permission!”
“I was thinking of giving you a half but you were busy looking at those sketches. I don't want to bother you.” He answered looking guilty.
“A half? So you were thinking of giving me a half? You gluttonous pear-eater!” the girl growled to him.

Oh!!! She just did not call him gluttonous? Although; he admit that it is his fault. But being called such from someone like her; it's absurd!!

“Whaa-aaat?” Ryo's central nervous system had an immediate reaction; now he is also set on fire. “Who are you calling gluttonous when you were the one who ate all the chocolate cookies last week. I was sparing that for midnight snack but the next thing I knew was my cookie jar was empty.” He's totally on fire! Ring the alarm!!!

“That is still not enough reason to eat my poor pear. And for your information I baked those cookies! You deserve punishment.” So it appears that the other person is not pleased on Ryotaro fighting back. So, she fired back this time, not only through words but rather on a physical level. In a flash, she grabs Ryotaro's messy hair and pull it sideways.

“Awww..Aww..” Ryotaro then grabs the woman's hand and takes it away from his hair. The action is then followed by sudden abrupt as he stands up to face the girl. “ What was that for?” he questioned demandingly.

“A mild punishment for your sinful act” She answered with pride; as if justice has come to her side.

“You call that mild? If you really are hungry go find something in the kitchen”

“Of course I am starving, I only ate apples this morning and it was a lifetime ago since breakfast!”

“I told you to get something in the kitchen. I believe there were slices of pizza I order last night in the fridge.” This time, Ryotaro gathered all his composure that he said the sentence as if he is worried.

“I beg your pardon...” the other blurted looking rather surprise. Taking few deep breathes, she is able to calm her self down and arrogantly continue her statement “I'm sorry. I don't have anything to deal with your left overs. And besides, I don't feel eating a pizza. What my stomach needs is a pear! Go buy me one.”

“Who in the right mind would go out for a single pear? Wait a minute, an apple for breakfast and a pear for lunch? Since when did you become a fruitarian anyway?” Ryotaro answered lazily, scratching the back of his head.

“You got a problem with that? Why don't you stand up, walk over the door and buy me a pear!” She ordered with more demand.

“No way!! If you don't want pizza, I have apples and bananas there. And those are not leftovers. I bought them this morning.” and he rejected her instantly, without even thinking about it.

“I don't want those, how many times I have to tell you I want my pear.”

“For your information, there is no pear in the nearest fruit stand. Even I go out. I can not still provide you one.”

“How do you know that?” her answer is uttered fast and it's clear that she is loosing all her patience.

“I bought those apples, duh?” he answered with a smirk

“Liar...”

“If you don't want to eat. I'm sorry, there is nothing I could do bout it. ” After stating his final statement; he slouches his body on the sofa again. He spreads his arms to his most relaxing position. He basically tilts his head back but on the corner of his eye, he still finds ways to observe the girl with him. There he sees an expression which amuses him much 'She looks really pissed' he thought. In his mind, the scenery just could make him chuckle anytime. But it was yielded before he could even start a laugh; those glares are on their way again. He played the part for a while but in just a nick of time, he look away. The other started walking grumpily to one of the rooms and slam the door with all her might. When Ryo is pretty sure that the cost is clear, he stands up and look to the direction of the door that was just slammed. He stared at it and then started laughing...

 

Couple of minutes later...

“Hey! What were you taking so long there. Even how much you sulk, your pear is not coming back.”

“How troublesome.” Ryotaro enters the bedroom but find no person inside it. So he search the other room in the house.

“Ihhh” Ryotaro is terribly shocked on what he's seeing in front of his eyes. He simply sees that girl in his kitchen sitting in carefree consuming a banana innocently?

'Did she just did what I think she had done?'

“Well hello Ryou. You want some bananas?” whoah... What a very splendid welcome to Ryou..

Furthermore; aside from the banana she currently eating, there are also apple peels; a half filled bottle of mango juice in the table. Not to mention an empty pizza box.

'100% positive, she had done it; and she is not finished yet. She's such a pain.'

After realizing his current situation. Ryotaro take the phone and started dialing.

“Hello, This is Ryotaro.”

“No, not the usual this time. The other usual.”

“Yes that usual.” He's very well aware that another person has been observing him and so...

“You have no idea how hard it is too take good care of a Guinea pig. They need more nourishment than I expected.” Ryotaro added volume in his voice. His plan is rather effective. For the so called 'guinea pig' has been surprised. Seeing a reaction from her companion, Ryo is very much satisfied on his drawback.

“No! they just eat almost anything. You can feed them apples or bananas, but what they love the most are pears. A yellowish whitish pear...” he emphasizes on the last word; his last statement didn't help at all. The girl was shocked a while ago but now she's in the middle of controlling herself. As if raising her right eyebrow a way to control it. And Ryotaro sees it all; just like a while ago, he finds it amusing.

“Well, I'll just wait for my pizza.” He ended his phone conversation cheerfully.

 

“Hey Ryou!”

Turning his head to face the other, he then gave her an answer looking innocently bur rather sarcastic. “Hmmn.. Is there anything you need?” he said in sarcacism.

“In case you forgot, you still owe me a pear!” She blurted out smiling deviantly. She already finished eating the banana; she swings the yellow banana peel looking devilishly. And they proceed into a glare contest. Well, not technically a contest. The girl look at Ryotaro with such fire like she is ready for battle as Ryou return it with a lazy stare. The staring did not last long as Ryotaro retreated, he turned his face back, jerk his body backwards, started walking and exited his way out of the kitchen.

Of course she is in outrage, she is ignored. Like she is some kind of wind or something. And she hated it! She was prepared; she's ready to give all of her. But she thought wrong, she thought real wrong...

She follows Ryou in the living room grumpily and pissed at the same time. Aside from walking, she also do the talking “Hey Mister, do you really think you can escape from...” just before she could finish her statement, a some sort of a round object is jolting its way into her. Good for her that her reflexes does not fail her and that she was able to catch it without even knowing what is it.

“what did you....” she said in a whisper upon realizing what really is in her hands; which halted her to finish her sentence.

There she sees, dwelt in her hands; the yellowish-whitish fruit. A pear just came out of nowhere and was just thrown in her in an instant. A pear of which she wish for; assumed not to be granted. But the pear is there. Impossible but true. The girl stared at the fuit in enigma.

“There's nothing to be dazed about, it's just a common pear.” when she hears the voice of a certain man, her blood begins to boil but also came to cool down immediately. For when she look up; although she sees a mocking face, she could perceive that there's something in his eyes that tell her otherwise. Furthermore; she new that who brought the fruit is him.

“I just remembered that there is another fruit stand around the alley.” why did he mention that earlier?

But instead of being angry about it; her heart melted looking at the man in front of him looking like a fool of himself. Looks like he overdid it again. Oh how weak of her to be moved easily with pears. How weak of her to be moved from the simplest thing he does..... for her...

“and..... I'm sorry that I ate your pear.” Ryou said looking uncomfortably. He really is expecting some response from the other person but all he got is an stoic face reaction a little smile and her eyes. Her diamond eyes which is more sparkling with the almost tears that just won't be shed. Although their quarrels are really tiring; but those silence moments are more uncomfortable to him.

“The vendor said that they are fresh...” He blurted another sentence. He really is struggling to make the situation less awkward and grab one pear from the paper bag. But before he could take a bite of it; a hand out of nowhere take the pear from his hands.

“That's gross! It's not washed yet! And why did you buy so many anyway?!” Looks like the situation is back to normal. The girl then grab the rest of the pear and make her way in the kitchen. Ryotaro shrug the situation and curse in the corner of his mouth.

“Hey Ryou!” the girl called out... So she has not left the room yet, technically about to leave. Like standing in the doorway.

“What now?..”

He look up to see the other person; and by then he gazed upon an angelic smile drawn on her face.

“Thank you...” she said softly which also made him smile. Not the sadist smile, nor the smile of a victor, or a smile over something seeing hilarious. Rather is genuine, a smile of security and fulfillment.

“Yeah...” he answered subconsciously..

And he witness it all, how her smile turn wider; a smile so carefree and innocent. He see her brush her hands on her long hair behind her ear. He sees her raise her shoulder as it touches the side of her chin and the endearment it sends him; and how she left the room with that life she left behind. He has seen it again; and would still not fail to amaze him. He has seen it again; and is still can't figure out how deep can he fall.

When he is left alone in the room; Ryotaro sits on the couch and close his eyes as he sculpts another serene smile. 'Another typical day' he thought. Another one of those ordinary, common day, very monotonous, and yet... very special. Ryo wonders since when did his days have started to become typical. And yet, he wishes that those typical days will last longer, forever...

 

 

 

Author's note: So that is for the prologue . I just don't feel like telling the girl's name yet... But of course you'll know more about her pretty soon. Now, what do you think about it?