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A Rivalry Revealed Novel #1	By : kurahieiritrJIO Category: +G to L > Initial D Views: 2435 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-A Rivalry Revealed Novel #1
- 2-Riv 2
- 3-Riv 3
- 4-Riv 4
- 5-Riv 5
- 6-Riv 6
- 7-Riv 7
- 8-Riv 8
- 9-Riv 9
- 10-Riv 10
- 11-Riv 11
- 12-Riv 12
- 13-Riv 13
- 14-Riv 14
- 15-Riv 15
- 16-Riv 16
- 17-Riv 17
- 18-Riv 18
- 19-Riv 19
- 20-Riv 20
- 21-Riv 21
- 22-Riv 22
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CHAPTER 17

The shop sign apologized for a temporary closure. It annoyed Takumi as always. Mondays were always the heaviest scheduled day for the moving company. Coming home from work to find that he had to reopen the tofu shop depressed the amber haired nineteen-year-old. Peeling off the temporarily closed sign, he slid the grate back so people knew they were open again. Takumi heard the phone ringing as he walked through the family store front. He scooped the receiver off the hook and put it to his ear in a fluid motion.

"Fujiwara Tofu Shop."

"Moshi moshi. Is Takumi Fujiwara in, please?"

"This is he."

"How are you, Takumi kun? It's Mogi."

"Mogi? Where are you?"

"In Tokyo. I had the afternoon off from my job. I wanted to call, and see how you are doing."

Takumi's mind raced as he leaned against the shop wall, and rubbed his sore temple. "I'm fine."

"I found the Project D web site. I followed the weekend races. I saw last weekend was postponed. Nani kind of car trouble did your team have?"

"I was in a minor accident."

"Oh Kami sama, Takumi kun, are you all right?" Mogi's volume increased dramatically. Takumi winced, and held the phone away from his ear.

"I'm fine, Mogi. I just scraped a corner. I only damaged a blinker light, and scratched the paint. Calm down."

"Takumi kun, be careful, yoroshiku? I don't want you to get hurt. Winning isn't everything. As long as your safe, that's all that matters."

"Mogi, don't start that again. Don't go there, kudasai."

"Takumi kun, have you decided to forgive me for nani happened yet? I told you that I said goodbye to Papa. The night you were called and told I was with him was his attempt to ask me to rethink my choice. I told him iie, and nothing happened."

"I don't understand naze you wanted to date me when you had him. Even though you said you love me at the lake, this whole mess just seems so strange." Takumi ran a hand through his hair. He wanted answers to far more than Mogi's betrayal.

"Well, I was obligated to Papa, Takumi kun. I know you don't understand. But, I felt I had to do those things even if I lost something very important in the process."

"Make me understand, Mogi. You said you were obligated when you told me you broke up with him. But, I can't imagine nani could possibly make you sell your body that way."

"He saved my okāsan's life, Takumi kun."

"Nani?" Takumi slid to the floor with his eyes wide as he stared at the curtain between the shop, and main house.

"I never mentioned it, but in our first year, okāsan was dying. The person who had the money, and contacts to save her was the man in the Benz that you saw me with that evening. Papa got her the surgery she had to have, and saved my family from financial ruin."

"Your 'Kāsan almost died, Mogi? Naze didn't you tell me anything?"

"I didn't want to be a burden." Mogi's voice was soft as it drifted down the phone line.

"Naze did you take things so far, Natsuki?"

"I thought that nani I did was ok because Papa was good to my family. He helped otosān get a new job when he was laid off, and even helped with the money we needed for some of our other bills. I felt like I had to repay him somehow. Papa liked me, so I agreed to see him. He was really a very good person in many ways, Takumi kun."

"Then, naze did you leave him when he did so much for your family?" Takumi asked with an edge in his voice.

"Because I love you, not Papa. I know you can't forgive me, but I wish I knew how to make you understand that I never meant to hurt you, Takumi kun."

"You should have explained things before I found out through a third party's anonymous tip call, Mogi. It really screwed up my head. It's hard to trust you after everything I believed is real proves to be a lie."

"Gomen na, Takumi kun. I guess calling again was a mistake."

Fujiwara heard the pain in the young woman's voice. It made him feel horrible fro taking a biting tone with her. Natsuki was coming clean it seemed and he was being rude. "That's not it. Gomen nasai, Natsuki. I do care about you, but I can't stop thinking about nani happened. I worry that if things get bad while you're in Tokyo, someone else in a Benz will show up, and make life easy for you again. That, and I have some other things on my mind right now."

"I swear I won't subsidy date ever again, Takumi kun. I'll prove it."

"You say that, Mogi, but it's hard to believe you right now. At least now I have some clue as to nani made you do it. That helps me understand things. I hope it makes it easier for me to deal with my doubts. Still, this hasn't been easy for me to sort out."

"I don't want to lose you. I really want to make this work because I can't think of anyone but you, Takumi kun. I do love you, even though I blew it so badly." A beep interrupted the conversation. "My phone card's up. I have to go for now. I'll call you later if that's okay with you?"

"Okay, Mogi. Take care of yourself, yoroshiku?"

"I will, if you will."

"Sure. Ja na."

Takumi stood up and placed the receiver on its hook and wandered into his home. He stayed downstairs because Oyaji was out. He helped two customers while he awaited his father's return from wherever Bunta had gotten off to.

Bunta returned an hour after Takumi reopened the store with a muttered comment about counsel meetings held at bad hours. Takumi fled to his room with an excuse that he needed to take a nap. His mind wouldn't let him sleep so Takumi pondered what he had learned from his first love.

'I had no idea that Mogi's okāsan almost died. A strong sense of obligation was Mogi's explanation of her affair the last time. Mogi said she knew she had lost nani was most important by doing such a thing too. I thought she meant the money had obligated her, and that was her main regret. Now, I know that her choice was about far more than accepting money.'

'Her okāsan's life was the thing that obligated Natsuki to sleeping with her salary man. If she felt she had to do nani she did because of her okāsan, then how could Natsuki ever look at her 'Kāsan without feeling shamed? Mogi sold her body to satisfy a debt her family owed. That explains naze she kept seeing him when she started dating me. That would never have happened if Mogi's Okāsan was anything like Itsuke's. Benika san would not allow that kind of situation to happen. She would have made sure that any musume she had would always stay respectable.'

Takumi had promised Keisuke that he wouldn't drive as many hours. Despite his current uneasiness with the older racer's crush on him, Takumi felt compelled to keep his word. Oyaji enforced the new schedule also. He did morning deliveries Mondays through Thursdays. He did night training every other night. Takumi decided he was not going to practice because he was too upset to drive safely even though he could practice if he wished this evening. It was a good thing he was staying home the amber haired teen decided as he tossed on his bed while Mogi's confession spun through his mind.

'My situation with Keisuke san is kind of similar to Mogi with her Benz man. Takahashi Ryosuke san is paying for my car's parts to keep me on his team. I put half, or more, of each paycheck into my car's upkeep to make sure I get in enough practice time. If I come up with a tight budget, I could make consistent payments on everything I owe him. Still it isn't nearly enough for all the modifications, adjustments, and tires that I've already gone through. All the upgrades Ryosuke san has decided on are way outside of my pay scale.'

'Does this mean I'm obligated to the brother of a man who's in love with me? I was clueless about how Keisuke san feels, but I'm not sure stupidity is an excuse. Nani if Keisuke san decides to use Project D as leverage to push me into seeing him? I mean, Mogi never said the Benz man did that, but, . . . it's possible. Her 'Kāsan's health trapped Mogi into sleeping with her salary man, and I'm facing a possibility of getting trapped because of hachi roku's parts if I'm not careful.'

'Am I any different from Mogi? Mogi sold her body to a man who saved her Okāsan's life. Did the man in the Benz love her like Kenta said Keisuke san loves me? Was that naze he spent so much money on Mogi, and her family? Could Keisuke's love for me be the reason Ryosuke san spends so much money on modifying my hachi roku? Is everything really about my staying competitive on Project D's roster? Did Ryosuke san start teaching me all this stuff about racing because he knows about Keisuke san's feelings?'

He felt a sudden dry sense of anger as he followed the track his mind spun.

'I don't want to get trapped in a situation like Mogi got herself into. I'll repay the rotary brothers for everything they've done for me. I'm going to be more damned careful. I've got to be sure that I take care of that debt with every paycheck. Still, right now I don't know how much I owe for the latest repair costs, much less the overall debt owed. Neither Takahashi brother has given me a copy of the accident's bills. Nani if Keisuke san tries to avoid letting me pay for the repairs to the FD? Having his suicidal maneuver hanging over my head long term sucks!'

'From everything Kenta said, Keisuke san could have died because of how he stopped hachi roku from going through the damaged guardrail, and into the canyon below. I didn't realize that Keisuke's stunt was so dangerous until I thought about nani he had to do to make it work. He damaged his FD just to protect me. Keisuke san couldn't know that he would pull the technique off safely. Any mistakes and he would have gone over the side, even if hachi roku stopped in time. Keisuke san saved my life while putting his on the line. Isn't that similar to the Benz man's actions that saved Mogi's okāsan? iie! It's different because Keisuke risked his life, while the Benz man used contacts and money instead of risking anything!'

Takumi rolled over and punched his pillow, bile rising in his throat. More questions arose than answers as he tussled with his turmoil. The harder Takumi tried to understand Mogi's betrayal, the more he saw vague similarities to his own uncomfortable situation. It made his previous words seem vicious when he compared things to the only experience in his life that could give him insight into Mogi's actions.

'How can I condemn Mogi's behavior after this past weekend? I'm not mad at Keisuke san because he feels this way about me. I should have thought about naze Keisuke san showed up so often, and pushed me in the directions he has before now. Damn it! I resent how naive I am! I have nobody to blame except myself for this mess I'm in right now.'

'I respect Keisuke, and Ryosuke san both. They're both great street racers. Ryosuke san may not even know about how his brother feels. If he doesn't know, then nani will he think when he finds out? Will Ryosuke san hate me? If Keisuke gets hurt, Ryosuke san won't be happy with me. Kenta said he might interfere to protect Keisuke. That would be bad news for me. I don't want Ryosuke san to hate me over a situation that I can't control.'

'It was Keisuke san's choice to use his FD that way to make sure I was safe. How can I make any of this right considering everything I've discovered? I know Kenta's right that I scared Keisuke san very badly. He could have been the one at the bottom of that canyon in pieces. He was lucky to have survived too. He stayed with me after the accident without a complaint. Kind of hard to ignore the blatant proof that he might honestly love me.'

'How do I honestly feel about this? Keisuke's so intense that I find myself in awe of him, and I do honestly respect him. But, he's another man and love's not supposed to be like this. At least that's everything I've been taught. I've seen how hateful the school was over the gay couple my freshman year in high school. I didn't agree that they were sick, so naze am I having such a problem with Keisuke being attached to me?

Damn, I don't want to hurt Keisuke san's feelings because he's one friend that I don't want to lose. He's changed how I look at the world and gave me a dream to reach for when he asked me to go pro with him. I planned on taking the first full time job I could get after graduating. That was as far as I ever dared to look at things.

Keisuke san has changed all of that. It wasn't Ryosuke san's offer, but Keisuke san's focus that pushed me into joining Project D. I may have raced Ryosuke san a second time, but that's because he's the one who offered to teach me. If I think about it, Keisuke san has always been the one who's made the obvious difference in my life. If he was an onna I'd probably be jumping for joy over this situation. Keisuke san does have a lot of traits that I admire most. I'm always inspired to keep moving forward, and trying harder to be the best when I'm around Keisuke san. It seems like he kind of infects me with his faith in my talent somehow.'

'Still, I don't want to become a pawn because of the money Keisuke's family has spent on my car. I'll have to work off that debt or I'll never be able to feel comfortable now that I know. I won't take an easy route like Mogi did. There's not a chance that I'll agree to become a male mistress to satisfy a debt. Besides, I don't think a male mistress could do anything other than give hand jobs. Then again, I'm obviously way too naive about a lot of things. Until my confusion with this is settled, I need to make sure I start paying on my debt to Ryosuke san. Everything should become clearer once I make sure I can face Keisuke san without having that hanging over my head.'

Takumi felt better for having come to a decision. He would do whatever he could to repair the situation as time progressed. Drifting into a troubled sleep, images of Mogi and Keisuke chased each other through Takumi's dreams. Their faces robbed Takumi of any kind of restful peace.
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