Chapter 6: One Must Give
It was getting late that evening…
Hideki and Chi was about to leave.
But…
Ban had no intention of leaving.
"Will you give me ten minutes buddy? I want to talk to Chi."
Hideki had no idea why ask such a favor but then he nodded.
Ban did not talk.
Chi only stared at him.
Hideki gave them a puzzled look.
"Hora! I need to talk to Chi alone."
Ban eyed Hideki who gave in and left the two of them with suspicious look.
Taking his time, Ban breathed in then out.
He did it again… then again… and again…
"Mister Ban…" Chi started.
"Correction. It's Ban."
"Okay Ban. Is your head still painful?"
"Uh, iie. Thanks for the concern."
Chi kept silent after that. He stood there quietly in front of Ban.
Ban walked gently forward…
He grabbed Chi by the hand…
"Douka, I can't harbor this feeling anymore." Ban told Chi with an accompanying outburst of emotion.
As Ban held Chi desperately mad, Chi stared at him.
BLANK!
"What is a feeling, Ban?" Chi asked him.
Ban was startled by the question yet he decided to extend his patience.
"Ban, what is a feeling?" she repeated.
"You do not know what a feeling is?" Ban look at her with bewilderment.
She shook her head.
Ban closed his eyes… then he slightly opened them…
"Okay then, I'll teach you."
Ban stared at Chi who returned his stare with deadpan eyes… she showed an unresponsive face…
As Ban held her with his arms, she remained at a standstill.
"Hug me, Chi." Ban commanded. Chi did as she was told.
Ban held her tightly. He kissed her forehead.
"Chi, I'll teach you the feeling called love." Ban finally said.
With that, he kissed her madly from her forehead down to her nose…
He licked her cheeks… he plunged into her lips…
Strangely and miraculously, there's a bit of expression emerging upon Chi's gorgeous face. Her eyes were gaining life…
Her expression was weak yet as Ban kissed her incessantly, her emotion deepened.
There's a mark of a feeling in her once impassive face.
As minutes passed…
As every second lasted…
Slowly… Chi learned passion.
As a show of her overflowing enthusiasm, she kissed Ban frantically in return.
She held him tightly… and then…
There's loud roaring from the heavens. Lightning was drawn across the evening sky. The sky mourned and then drops of its tears fell.
GENTLY at first…
Then…
HARSHLY!
Even with the strong noise created by the rain, there's one sound… unremitting sound… constantly competing with it… the sound of Ban and Chi's lips playing each other's.
They HUGGED each other TIGHTLY…
They KISSED one another FERVENTLY…
There was PASSION…
And later on…
There was LOVE…
And for the two of them, that's no other than TRUE LOVE.
The ten minutes that Ban had asked for had passed…
Hideki came to get Chi…
He was FLABBERGASTED…
In his return was the most painful scene he had witnessed his entire lifetime.
Is this real?
Am I dreaming?
Ban and Chi scarcely noticed Hideki standing behind. Under the callous droplets of rain, Hideki felt once again CRUELLY BEATEN during the war.
He moved aback numbly…
He felt his knees weaken…
He felt his body suddenly too tired… very much exhausted.
In his head, memories of Chi were playing followed by the string of events of the evening…
Chi betrayed me!
She loves this stranger!
Chi isn't for me!
We can never be…
That's the TRUTH!
The truth!
The truth!
The truth!
Hideki could no longer carry the negative thoughts lingering in his mind.
He fell down to his knees…
DEFEATED!
I already lost the battle and yet I'm still losing the war.
Hideki was down to his knees helplessly as he watched Ban and Chi do their thing…
MAKING LOVE!
OWARI
If you like some more, wait for its Part II, "Love: A Mystery to Unveil"!