Lost and Found

Stranger

Well...isn't this strange?
Shinya is overly excited because he can't wait to meet Kaoru's crush. Die is wondering what she looks like. Toshiya is thinking about the fact that her name makes her sound like she's good in bed. Kaoru's love drunk, and I'm bored out of my mind.
"Does she know who we are?" Shinya questioned Kaoru. I watched as he perked up. "Yeah. She even has our albums, but she's never been to a live". I raised an eyebrow at this.
"So...she isn't some crazy fan girl that just wants a chance to get close to us?" Everyone looked surprised when I spoke, since I hadn't the whole day.
"No way. She just likes our music a lot. She didn't even realize it was me when we met. Plus, I think our manager wouldn't pick some crazy person for our tour photographer". Kaoru finished.
"And her work is beautiful!" Toshiya exclaimed. "You've seen it?!" Kaoru got a little too hyper. "Yep".
"I don't see the big deal, Kyo. Our hairdresser listens to us". Die said.

"Yeah, but, this is all so sudden. You found her in the fucking supermarket!" I couldn't help myself from shouting,
"Chill, Kyo. It's not like she planned it and said 'Hey! I really want to be Dir en grey's photographer! Hire me!'" Toshiya exclaimed. I sighed, annoyed. I was about to answer when Die jumped in and said, "Let's just drop it", while walking into the kitchen.

I got up from my chair and followed Die into the kitchen. When I walked in, Die was bent down looking through the fridge. He turned around with a water bottle in his hand. My face still had a scowl on it. "What's up with you, Kyo?" Die questioned, sitting down. "What do you mean?"

I was confused to know why he was asking me this.
"Because. You're really being an ass. Usually you don't care about tour stuff". He inquired, taking a sip of his water. "Why do you care?" I grunted. Die slowly rolled his eyes.
"Because your whole mood is ruining everyone else's".
I didn't want to answer Die. I decided that I would just stay quiet until he left the kitchen. He sipped his water again and walked towards the doorframe placing his hand on it, turning to look at me again, "Well, whatever it is...I hope that you at least tell someone, or just forget about it. Try not to ruin this for Kaoru, he's really happy. I've never seen him like this since him and Chiyo broke up".
My back was towards him the entire time, and he spoke out yet again before leaving the kitchen.
"Oh, and whether you like it or not. We are ALL going to meet Mineko. So be on your best behavior. We all know how you get".

"Tch. Does he think he's my Mother now!? What's up with the whole 'Be on your best behavior' shit!?" I mumbled to myself.

Even though Die was a good friend of mine, he really pissed me off. Everyone pissed me off...my mind was beginning to wander. Before I know it, a picture of her pops up into my mind.

Just like always.

She pissed me off, too. It pissed me off that 12 years have passed, and I think of her every day. It pisses me off because I know that she's not here, and she never will be. But, what really pisses me off is that I can't move on.
I bet she has though. But, I don't want to believe that. I still have an image of that 15-year-old girl in my mind; I bet that she is so beautiful now. Probably stunning, everything about her was.

She had a certain aura: a special one. A way of doing things that were unique. She was everything to me.
I hate to think it, but she still is.
"Kyo!" I jumped .

"I've been calling your name like four times!" Toshiya yelled. "Huh? Oh, Sorry" I leaned back on the chair that I was sitting on. "What's up?" I questioned Toshiya. He slightly shook his head. "We just got a call from our manager. He said that we'd be meeting Mineko at a local restaurant around 6:30 P.M. So, maybe you should get ready now?"
While Toshiya said that he pointed at the clock, which read 4:45 P.M. I nodded my head. "Hmm. Thanks. I'll go home and get ready. Are we going to the restaurant separately?" I said while standing up and crossing my arms.
Toshiya nodded. 'Yeah. And don't be late Kyo. Kaoru has the address to the restaurant, so go and ask him". Toshiya gave me a cheesy grin and left the kitchen.

I really wasn't in the mood to ask Kaoru for the address. Not only did I not want to go to the restaurant, but also I didn't want to talk to Kaoru right now...admittedly, I was a bit embarrassed for how I acted earlier.

I sucked it up and opened my mouth to talk. "Umm...Kaoru? Toshiya said to ask you for the address to the restaurant". Kaoru looked over at me with a slight smile on his face. "Uh. Yeah, hold on". I watched Kaoru as he took his phone out of his pocket and walked over to me. "It's pretty close to where you live, so you might get there first. The name of it is called, "ChiChira". Kaoru gave me the address. I nodded my head, then made my way out of the building. It was pretty cold outside.

"I hope I'm not the first one there". I whispered to myself while fishing for my keys in my pocket. Unfortunately for me, the studio was about an hour away from my house.

The ride to my house was relatively quiet, and there was little to no traffic. By the time I got home it was 5:25 P.M.

I quickly got out of my car, and walked up to the front door. Opening it up, I kicked my shoes off, and made my way upstairs to my room. Turning on my shower, I began to get undressed and dumped my clothes in the laundry basket.

When I got inside the shower it was nice and hot...just the way I liked it. I slowly rinsed my body off, scrubbing myself with soap.
Once I finished, I glanced at my clock, it was only 6:00 P.M. I shrugged my shoulders...I have more than enough time.

I got dressed in a pair of dark black ripped jeans, and a dark forest green button-up shirt.

Before I left, I quickly checked myself in the mirror, and walked downstairs slipping on some black sneakers, and grabbing my coat. Again, the ride back to the restaurant was pretty quiet and smooth. No traffic.

Kaoru wasn't lying when he said that he restaurant was close to where I live because when I got there it was exactly 6:15 P.M.

"I hope at least someone is there". When I was finished parking my car, I got out and opened up the door to the restaurant we all would be eating at. I looked around and didn't see anyone familiar so I made my way to go and sit in the waiting area, where some people were waiting to get their tables. Just as I was about to sit down I felt myself bump against something.

Well, more like someone.

"I-I'm so sorry". The person was frantically bowing.
Gosh. People these days. Don't even watch where they're going.

"Yeah". I nodded my head towards the person. She had long hair so I couldn't really see her. She finally looked up at me and when she did I felt strange.