I decided to be by your side all the way and nothing would ever change my mind about that... ~ Florence Joyce
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Failure would usually come after a series of successes. But this only happens if one would actually allow it to conquer. Well, people couldn't really predict when would failure come.
In Yayoi's case, the failure that she wasn't able to overcome was about her unsaid feelings to her admired Kiryu Daigo. But then, if she had to calculate it, it was already there---the outcome, that is.
From the start, she knew she was bound to lose.
That was just some of the thoughts running in her mind while looking out to the ocean at the moment. She decided to stay there for a while to think things through, especially now that Daigo had survived from the explosion in space after their battle with Deboss. If one would ask her, it was indeed a miracle. Nevertheless, she would expect nothing less from a man whom she'd known to have an overflowing bravery, and the person who made her realize every potential she had as a scientist and as a Kyoryuger.
"A young lady like you shouldn't be alone in this place."
That familiar voice made her stop from her musings and turned to the direction where it came from. Yayoi frowned upon seeing Ian smiling at her as he approached to her position.
"Ian-san? I thought you were with the others for the party."
"And leave a pretty lady like you to be all alone here? You know me better than that, Yayoi-chan."
Despite the confident smile she saw on Ian's face, Yayoi could feel that something was off about it.
"The party's on hold for now, since King needed to rest first," Ian continued. This time, with a serious expression on his face. "We want him fully recovered if we're expecting a wonderful party to celebrate his return."
She nodded as a sign that she understood what he meant. Besides, Ian had a point. With a sigh, she faced the ocean once again and just stared at the waves tossing. She could've smiled at the peaceful feeling it was giving her.
But at the moment, that wasn't even the case at all.
"Are you still depressed about the choice that King made?" Ian asked, disrupting the silence she was trying to enjoy once again.
She decided not to face him, since she knew her expression would already give way to the answer he needed. But soon after, she talked.
"I won't deny that. But the least I can do for them right now is to respect it. Besides, I think they make a really good couple. Daigo-san and Amy-san, that is..."
"But that doesn't hide the fact that you're still hurt by that."
This time, Yayoi faced Ian almost glaring at him but decided against it by the last minute. "If you could already see it, then stop pointing it out, will you?"
She wasn't surprised when she saw Ian soon stand in front of her, blocking her view of the sea. But she frowned when he placed his hands on her shoulders. What was this guy up to now?
"Just to let you know, I don't have any bad intentions with the way I've been pointing things out to you, okay? But I think it's for the best that you stop thinking about these things for now."
Yayoi just sighed and shook her head. How in the world could Ian say those words to her easily? It wasn't going to be easy, in case he wasn't aware of that.
"Besides," Ian continued. "It's not like King isn't going to be close to you and hang out with you anymore now that he's with Amy-chan. You're one of the people who supported the Zyuden Sentai until the end, right? And you're also a part of it. Both of you still have reasons to remain close and be friends."
She was about to say something in reply to that despite the ache that she felt in her heart when Ian said the word "friend". But the gunman beat her to it with a surprising declaration from him.
"Alright! I've decided," he said as soon as he removed his hands from her shoulders. "How about I stay with you, and not just today?"
Those words only made Yayoi frown even more. "Ian-san, if this is another of your ways to pick up girls, then don't include me in your---"
"I don't say this usually to the girls I dated even before." This time, Ian's voice was serious that made her speechless. "I'll stay with you whatever happens. And no matter what you or other people say about it, I won't ever going to leave your side. How's that?"
Okay... What in the world was going on? Why would Ian say those words to her, anyway?
It didn't take long before Ian smiled and ruffled her hair a bit, which was something new if one would ask her. But then, it was undeniable that those words had struck something in her heart for some reason she couldn't define at the moment.
Moments later, he coaxed her to leave the place since staying there would only make her think of even more things enough to depress her. Since she knew he had a point---again, she smiled before nodding.
For now, she wasn't sure if she would heed Ian's words about staying by her side. But if he would really do that, she wondered about the things that could possibly happen.
But then again, that won't even happen anytime soon. Right?
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