To Infinity and Beyond - Reki Kyan - 1215 fanfiction

Episode 14

I skating home slowly, holding onto the extra food my brother gave me to give to our parents. I paused when the silence got too annoying, and stopped on my board for a moment to get out my phone and my headphones. When I turned on my phone and unlocked it, it opened to the song on youtube I'd been showing Langa.

Nevermind by Suga... I hummed, maybe I should have shown him something more recent and popular? Well, he said he liked it.

I paused, looking at the translation of the lyrics.

'When you feel like your going to crash, go faster.'

I rose a brow. Why did he pause it there?

Shrugging, I put in the headphones and pressed play, letting whatever came on first be what I'd listen to. Now that Reki told me what he liked, I felt inclined to start listening to all of his favorite songs too.

Kicking off and riding back down the road, I thought about what his favorite movie might be, his favorite color... I already knew his favorite thing was skateboarding.

I smiled as I thought about him, and all the smiles he'd given me, and all the smiles I'd watched him give other people. He was a light of some sort, for me, for Langa, and maybe even for Miya. He was scared shitless of Langa getting hurt like him right now, and I know that right after two weeks is up he'll be back on his board skating around like nothing happened. I wonder how his mom reacted to him getting so hurt...

Actually, now that I think about it, there's still a lot I don't really know about Reki. Maybe I could push to spend some more private time with him.

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After Langa's beef with Adam, and an incredible dodge to 'love hug' that left everyone speechless, the police showed up and cut everyone off. Frankly, it's probably a good thing they did. Adam didn't seem to be fazed negatively by Langa dodging him, in fact, he just looked more excited. I figured he would have pulled some other ridiculous move to hurt Langa, or he'd just make sure to win against him.

When the police came, my brother asked me if I'd be alright before he took off, indirectly offering for me to come with him. But I shook my head and grabbed Miya's hand instead, as he yelled after Reki who went to drive off to get Langa, both without a license and with an injured arm.

We made it into Shadow's car and he took off without looking back, trusting Reki would take care of Langa. I sat in the back seat by myself that time, just looking out the window at the darkness of the sky, that wasn't really all that dark at all. It never looked black, more like some kind of indigo or extremely dark purple.

Eventually, something in my mind told me to get out and find Reki.

"Hey, Shadow, let me out here."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. I'll be alright."

He pulled over and I hoped out. I pulled up my hair and put on my cap, then my hood. I took one last look at the two and gave a small smile,

"Thanks for the ride. See ya!"

As I rode past the beach, I took notice of the corner of a motorcycle poking out behind the stairs. I figured they must have broke here for a bit, but it'd be hard to miss a boy with bright messy hair and a foreigner sitting around. I kicked off the ground and kept at it, trying to think like Reki would. I don't know if they would have gone home... Reki always gets hungry after skating at night. He really would eat anything, but-

There he is!

I skidded on my board, pressing down on the back so the top flew up, I grabbed it and walked back over to the Ramen place where I saw his bright messy hair and the obvious bandages, all along with his blue shoes and chain on his waist.