Chapter 44：Disconnected [2]

Takeshi chuckles disappointed then turns his laptop off without even closing the browser of cutting the connection. He throws his back to the sofa and puts both of his hands behind his head. Again, today he has not received email from Xiao Ping. His heart is filled with worry. He remembers when Xiao Ping was absent for a day and turned out she had an accident. It is more than a week now. Where is she ? What has happened? Is she alright ? Those questions just pops out of his brain.

Hey, why are you in such a worry ?! A sound from his thought exclaims. Right ... why is my heart being so worry ? another voice asks. Maybe what Miyu's said is right.. maybe you are in love, the first voice says mocking. Takeshi blinks. "Fall in love ?" Takeshi asks to himself. Takeshi shakes his head then stands and walks to his bed room.

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"Takeshi, tomorrow we will take vocal for the soundtrack, right? Hey.. Takeshi !!" a woman exclaims while waving her hand in front of Takeshi's eye, surprises him.

"Okay then... see you tomorrow," the woman then walks to leave him alone.

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A monitor screen shows an inbox of an email. The inbox is full with emails of one sender only, but there is no new email. Takeshi closes the laptop and pushes it roughly away to the middle of the table. He then stands off of the sofa, but he does not know why he stands for. Finally Takeshi can only rumples his hair while closing his eyes, filling his lungs full with the air of his apartment which suddenly felt so dense.

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"Cut !!" the director shouts. A disappointed sighs are heard from crews because they become tired to have the scene is retaken over and over. "Takeshi, be more focus !" the director annoyedly shouts.

"Sorry," Takeshi says as he bends his body. A crew gives him the script so he can memorize it again. Ichiba Sato, his opponent, chuckles in upset.

"He can't even handle those simple dialogs," Ichiba grumbles sarcastic. Takeshi turns to him in anger, but he does not say a word since he realizes it was his fault. Today he has hard time to have a concentration.

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"Are you mad at me because of the necklace ? I've found it already. Please don't be angry with me again. Please reply to me. I miss you"

Takeshi clicks the Send buttons then puts his laptop on his night stand. He pulls the top drawer and takes the black rubber necklaces out of it. He twirls its pendant in front of his sad face.

Meanwhile thousand miles a way, Xiao Ping is standing in front of the poster on her bed room wall. Her hand is touching Takeshi's face on the poster, trailing his forehead, cheek, chin, and stops at Takeshi's smiling lips. "Takeshi, I miss you," she whispers in gloom.

Takeshi's hand holds the necklace tight, put it on his temple and closes his eyes. He is trying to eliminate a painful feeling that suddenly bursts out from his heart.

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The song's intro is heard by Takeshi's ears trough a headset. He turns to Miyu. They are going to take a duet for a soundtrack of their movie. Miyu thinly smiles at him then turns to the control room that is restricted by a soundproof glass. Their voice director gives a signal and Miyu starts to sing her part, followed by Takeshi. They then sing together. The recording stops when Miyu suddenly chokes. She drinks then breathes for a while. "Okay, we start from the beginning," the voice director says via the headset.

Takeshi and Miyu sing the refrain together heartily. The beautiful song is about immortal love. Miyu's lips keep on smiling while her sight gently gazes at Takeshi who looks at her with the same way. Everyones in the control room are also enjoying their song. But suddenly they are disturbed when the door is harshly opened from outside.

"Hey! Can't you see the light outside is on ?" the voice director roars turning upset to the man who stands in the middle of the door frame. He, none other than Ryu Yamamura, gives the director no care. Instead, he stares through the limiting glass to Miyu who is also surprised to see him. Ryu then aggressively walks in to the recording room. "Hey.. you are not allowed to break in !" the voice director forbids and tries to catch Ryu, but he is too late.

Seeing Ryu's anger face, unconsciously Miyu squeezes Takeshi's left arm. Ryu who sees that getting even angrier. He streaks a punch on Takeshi's right eye, making the man staggered backward in surprise.

"Ryu !!" Miyu shouts in anger. She steps forward trying to obstructs her lover. But Ryu is already blind with rage. He pushes Miyu down and flies a fist on to Takeshi. But this time Takeshi is ready and defenses with his left arm then punches Ryu's jaw with his other hand. Takeshi hits with all off his strength until his body goes forward and falls on Ryu's body. Then both are wrestling on the blue carpeted floor.