3***Seeing Beyond #3:PAIN***
(On the way home)
Saimi:...(having a joyful expression on her face)...you know what?...even if so much has happened today, I'm glad i spent my day being with you...
Saido:...(slightly blushed)...I-i'm glad you feel that way...thanks
Saimi:hehehe...anytime...
Saido:No...I mean it...(he stops walking)...thank you very much
Saimi:(her expression changes from shocked to flattered)...Saido, it was an honor to have met you. I'm very glad you feel the same...
(They start to walk together again)
Saimi:(looking up & notices the sky)...oh! look! It's so beautiful!...the blue sky...
Saido:(looks up)...the blue...sky...(He suddenly faints & falls)
Saimi:Ah! S-saido!...what's wrong?! Saido?
(she turns him gently & folds up saido's shirt)
Saido:-ugh-...
Saimi:Saido...(she holds saido's tatoo) ouch!...what?...it's...it's burning...w-what is this?...
Carlos:Saimi!
Saimi:C-carlos?...how?
Carlos:I thought you were a little late...so i got worried...what happened?
Saimi:...nevermind, let's hurry...we have to take him home...
Carlos:Let's take him home...(carries saido & enters the car)
Saimi:(holding on to saido)...Thank You carlos...you were always there for me...
Carlos:Anytime Saimi...it's an honor to be with you...
Saimi:Thank you...
Carlos:Well, we have to hurry...
***
(later, they get back home & saido is quickly layed in bed)
Carlos:I'll get some water to cool down his fever...(leaves)
Saimi:Saido...
(as she brushes his hair with her fingers, saido gently opens his eyes)
Saido:Saimi...
Saimi:Saido!...you ok?...what happened?...hm?
Saido:(takes her hand)...you know...what's going on...right?...saimi...
Saimi:what? -ouch- hey! what-what are you doing?...it hurts!...
Saido:(Removing her gloves)...saimi...
Saimi:(!)...(her hand is revealed bearing a tatoo of a white rose)...stop!...
Saido:...Saimi...why didn't you tell me?
Saimi:...L-let go! grah!(pulling her hand away & pushing saido away)...what is wrong with you?!...(!)
Saido:(leaning against the wall)...Wrong?...what's wrong?...hmpf...(looking up to saimi)...I'm what's wrong!...All my life i was treated as trash! people treated me as if i was...as if i was...
Saimi:...not...human?...
Saido:(in shock)...saimi...you-
Saimi:yes...just because i am what you see in present, doesn't mean i was always who i am now...people change...i was once like you...YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?!
Saido:...I'm...I'm sorry...
Saimi:no...it's my fault...i pushed you...pushed you to change...pushed you to know yourself!...but instead, my secret is revealed...& i have been fooled...i thought you understood!
Saido:no!...Saimi!...i didn't- ugh...
Saimi:Saido!(she tries i help, yet he resists)...saido...i'm sorry...i didn't mean it...
Saido:I'm so stupid...to have burden you...you worked for your freedom...i will work for mine...(he slowly stands in pain)
Saimi:Saido!...
Saido:pls...forgive me... ...i will leave now...
Saimi:Saido...no...don't go...saido...
(as she watches saido leaving in pain, she starts to cry & her tatoo starts to light up as her tears fall)
Carlos:(listening from behind the door)...saimi...
***
(the festival is over, day has passed. The cold, rainy night begins for saido...)
Saido:(breathing heavily with his vision blurred)...hf hf hf...-cough- -cough-...hf hf hf...
Woman:oh! sir! do you need any help?...
Saido:I need no assistance from people like you...
Woman:but sir! it's raining! you might catch your death out there! won't you at least take an umbrella?
Saido:catch my deeath?...i seek death...i've been wanting to die for a long time...
Woman:...oh dear...(leaves him be)
Saido:(thinking to himself)...yeah, go on! run away! it's what all you people are good at...hf hf hf...
Voice:Saido...Saido...
Saido:grrr! what is wrong with me?! why is there always a voice in my head?!
Voice:don't do it...pls...don't waste your life...
Saido:Leave me alone!
Bully#3:(has just stolen from someone) huh?! who? who's there?! (shocked in seeing saido approaching him, stabs saido)
Saido:(!)-ugh- ...
Bully#3:wah! no! leave me alone! monster!(runs away)
Saido:...Sa-i-mi...
(his blood spills all over the floor as he stays on the ground & starts to lose consiousness when...)
Voice:Saido! Saido!...
Saido:you again...-cough-...stop...echoing...in...my...head...-cough-...
Voice:Saido! Saido!
Saido...you're so...annoying...(blacks out)
***To Be Continued***
~ well, well, well, still have a long way to go! Phew! don't worry! I'll try to do things quickly!...till then, Don't forget your reviews, keep in touch! loving you people always! "Saimi"...Saido...Aishiteru!