NOTE!!! – Skip this chapter if you're triggered with divorce and affairs
The court proceedings went fine with the complete papers and the two former married couple are officially divorced. Akiko and Ryuichi had actually been living separately and they have made their separation official. Akiko wasn't sure how it happened but she found out about Ryuichi's "other person" before he told her.
The two exited the courthouse and went back to their separate places. Their daughter knew about this too but she doesn't want to talk about it. In the meantime, David Sylvian had been separated from Ingrid longer than the two. Neither of them saw each other but they kept contact once in a while and Sylvian sometimes visits his daughters too.
New York is busy as ever, almost like Tokyo. Ryuichi and Akiko along with their daughter had actually been living in New York for quite some time. "Mom... can I see dad again?" Akiko sadly smiled and answered, "Sure, honey. You can still visit dad.". "Why doesn't dad love you anymore?" Akiko couldn't answer her daughter's question but reassured her that both of them still love her.
Akiko then went out to do her errands and along the way she bumped into David Sylvian. "Akiko! What a surprise meeting you here.". "I didn't expect to see you too, David." Both of them were subtly surprised. "I'm sorry for what happened between the two of you." Sylvian shared his condolences. "Thank you, David." Akiko still has her sad smile. "I guess we're now experienced in this." She tried to crack a joke.
"Well, he's much more experienced than us." Sylvian threw back the joke. "But I know that neither of you want to see each other in this situation." He apologized and Akiko softly giggled. Seems that it cheered her up a little. "Thanks for the laugh, David." She thanked Sylvian. "I'm just helping a fellow widower." He softly smiled.
Since that day, Sylvian gradually visited Akiko to accompany her and her daughter really appreciated his visits. She said that it makes Akiko happy. One day, Sylvian invited Akiko to have lunch together and they went out. She know it's a friendly gesture but it's nice. "Thanks for inviting me, David. It's really nice of you." Akiko smiled. "I'm glad that you're feeling better." Sylvian gladly answered back.
The two of them walked around the area to spend the day then Akiko spotted a familiar figure in a distance. "Who are you looking at?" asked Sylvian, noticing Akiko staring at someone. She didn't answer and pulled Sylvian to the direction. "Oh, Ryuichi. What of the odds meeting you here." Sylvian tried to lighten up the mood when they met Ryuichi with his girlfriend.
Akiko was definitely furious to see her former husband with someone else. The woman greeted Akiko in an awkward smile but that was a mistake. "Akiko... I think we should leave—-". "You're with Sylvian now?" asked Ryuichi in a half mocking tone. "Yes." Akiko then circled her hands around Sylvian's arm, "I'm with David now and he's much better than you." And mocked back.
Ryuichi took a second look at the two and said, "Fine." That was not the answer she expected. "You can have him. He always have a knack for orients anyway." He shrugged it off and left with his girlfriend. Her anger turned to disappointment and Sylvian accompanied her back, "Come on. Let's get you home."
The two arrived back at Akiko's place and her daughter was still out. "Thank you for today, David." She thanked Sylvian in a sad tone. "If I knew this would happen, I wouldn't have asked you. I'm really sorry." He apologized. "No, it's not your fault. I'm glad that you accompanied me." Her tone slightly changed to a thankful tone with a sad smile.
"It's just bad luck that we bumped into him." Sylvian decided to agree with the excuse. "Then, I'll be on my way now. Call me if you need anything.". "I will." Akiko nodded and Sylvian left.
A.N : I'm back! It's kinda different but Yano is still count as a member of YMO and as usual, college and life and I'm also writing the Escapism book so yeah, it took most of my time. I had an idea to write this when I was discussing with my friend and I'm not spoiling who the other woman is. You guys can look it up yourself and if anyone's associated to the people mentioned in this chapter, please don't sue me...
Hope you guys enjoy the chapter and I'll see you in the next one! RD out!! Boi!!!
