Sacrifice Of Love
This is the sequel to the One Shot 'Under The Sakura Tree'.
Summary: The guys find out about Hiromi and Kai and accept it, but a party ends in disaster when Hiromi does something which could end her relationship with Kai. Can she make things right before he finds out?
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade. I only own this idea and Hitomi who is my OC.
Chapter One: Sugar Blamed Laughter
Hiromi dived onto her bed whilst squealing with joy. She had a boyfriend. Not just any boyfriend, butthe boyfriend; Kai Hiwatari. The lad girls constantly drooled over. Hiromi never thought that she'd be Kai's girlfriend. There was many girls in which Kai could choose from, but Hiromi's options were a different story. Most of the lads she knew were down right rude, arrogant and didn't know how to be kind to anyone of the female gender. Hiromi sighed with content as she drifted off into a deep sleep, thinking about herself and Kai.
"Hiromi! Breakfast!"
"Coming, mother!" Hiromi yawned as she lazily climbed out of bed and placed her feet into the pink slippers that were sat by her bed. She disdainfully made her way out of her bedroom and along the hallway until she was descending the stairs. Why did I get woken up so early on a Sunday? She moaned mentally as she looked at the clock hanging in the ground floor hallway. It was 6:00 in the morning and she wanted to sleep. She felt deprived of peace in her house. One minute her mother turned the surround sound volume up when her favourite song played on Magic, then it's her father's turn to annoy her when the Olympics are on and the people representing Japan had won medals. Her only time to relax and feel tranquil was when she was walking to Takao's dojo, because even at his home there's not a moments silence.
"Ohayou Hiromi." Her mother smiled as Hiromi entered the kitchen.
"Ohayou." Hiromi yawned as she took a seat at the breakfast table. She looked at the cooker to see bacon sitting in a frying pan behind some fried eggs which Hiromi's mother removed from the frying pan. She placed them on a plate and repeated this with the bacon.
"So, are you doing anything interesting today?" Her mother asked while placing the plate of food in front of her tired daughter.
"Well I was planning on heading to Takao's like I usually do." Hiromi answered as she stood up to get a knife and fork. "Why?"
"Well your aunt's spending the week here and she arrives in Japan this evening, so will you be home by three so we can get things ready for her arrival?" Her mother asked whilst turning to the frying pans that sat on the cooker.
"Mother do I have to?" Hiromi whined as she collapsed on to her chair.
"Oh, please Hiromi. You usually love to see aunt Kumiko." Her mother stated.
"But I visit Hitomi at half three!" Hiromi protested. Her mother glared at her, making Hiromi let out an exasperated sigh. "Will Nin and San be coming?"
"No not this time. They're attending an American boarding school so luckily, we won't be seeing them for a while."
Hiromi smiled with content. She was glad to hear that the Takashi Twins weren't bothering her like they did last year. During their previous visit, they had to share Hiromi's room and found her diary. Hiromi was stuck with them one day, so she thought it would be okay if they met the G-Revolution team. That ended with disaster. They started on Kyouju because of his appearance. They did that all morning until it came to lunchtime and they saw Takao's eating habits. They were teasing him non-stop until Max told them that they were out of order. Nin began to question why Max's hair was so blonde and San noticed that it looked like it was dyed. Max give that one away when he stuttered whilst denying it. Rei came to his friend's aid by saying that it doesn't matter if men dye their hair or not, causing Nin to start on him by saying he needed a haircut A. S. A. P. Rei almost punched her for commenting on his hair until Kai stated that she wasn't worth it. San made a big deal out of that but didn't get far when Kai acted hypocritically and punched her in her nose. The Takashi Twins ran as fast as a hungry cheetah out of the dojo and to Hiromi's home to blame her for the broken nose after they had spilled some of Hiromi's secrets. Hiromi apologized over 100 times to the lads about that and they just laughed it off and continued the day like that didn't happen.
"Well I'm off out to buy groceries." Hiromi's mother began. "If you need me I have my mobile phone and please be back by three."
"I will mother." Hiromi smiled as she stood up to hug her mother. "Bye."
"Bye sweetheart." She kissed her daughter on the cheek and headed for the front door.
"Grocery shopping?" Hiromi walked over to the sink and began to wash her empty plate. "At this hour? I never knew stores were open at this time. Unless she's going to the market. They're always set up at this time in the morning." She placed her plate onto the draining board and headed upstairs.
Hiromi left the house at 6:45 so she could make her way to Kyouju's. The sun was rising and had turned the sky into a warm orangey colour that contrasted with the light blue and the almost black. Hiromi hummed a melody as she was eager to see her new boyfriend. She felt like she had been away from him for so long, even though they hadn't been together through the nocturnal hours. She sighed, knowing that it was a little pathetic to be so eager to see a guy that see saw daily. She was also eager to tell the guys that Hitomi had stirred whilst in the coma and was probably awake at that moment.
Kyouju sat up in his bed feeling dizzy. His nose was blocked so he could only breathe through his mouth and he felt unusually warm. He got out of his bed and trudged over to his mirror to see that his nose was all red and his cheeks were burning. He suddenly felt cold, causing him to grab his night robe and fling it around him. He moaned as he sat on his bed and wondered what to do? He couldn't go to Takao's like this. What if he spread it to everyone? Then they would be angry at him. He sighed with defeat as he lay back down on his bed.
"Manabu! Hiromi's here! I'm sending her up!" Kyouju's mother shouted as footsteps could be heard ascending the steep stairs. Kyouju buried his face into his pillow as Hiromi knocked on his door.
"Come in." Kyouju weakly replied to the knocking. He heard his door slowly creak open.
"Ohayou Kyouju!" Hiromi greeted as she closed the door. "Why aren't you dressed? You're usually ready at this time in the morning! Come on and get a move on!"
"Hiromi, please don't shout so loud!" Kyouju pleaded into his pillow as Hiromi's voice got louder.
"Are you okay?" Hiromi asked concerned as she walked closer to her friend who looked like he was burning. "You don't look so good."
"I-I'm fine, Hiromi." Kyouju muffled into his pillow.
"Do you have a temperature?" Hiromi asked. "Sit up a minute."
Kyouju did as he was told and sat up to meet Hiromi's worried face. "I'm fine, Hiromi." Kyouju stated before coughing.
Hiromi placed her hand on his forehead. She shook her head. "Don't lie to me, Kyouju. You have a cold. You're not going anywhere today. You're staying in bed. I'll tell your mother that you're sick so you don't have to." Hiromi walked over to the door. "Oh and good news: Hitomi stirred in her coma last night. She should wake up soon."
"Really?" Kyouju asked excitedly before coughing once more. "That's great!"
"Well I'll see you tomorrow, Kyouju!" Hiromi smiled as she closed his front door and went downstairs. "Um Saien-San, Manabu-kun has a cold."
"Oh the poor thing." Kyouju's mother gasped. "He did look pale last night. Oh he'd better stay in bed today."
"Ok, well sayonara." Hiromi left the shop and continued her journey to Takao's dojo alone. Usually, at this part of her journey, she would be asking Kyouju about how the guys are improving and what not, but instead, it was a silent walk something she longed for this morning, but wanted to talk to Kyouju. He was one of her best friends after all.
After what seemed like a long time, Hiromi finally made it to Takao's dojo to see the guys eating their breakfast.
"Ohayou." Hiromi greeted.
"Hey Hiromi." Rei replied before taking a bite out of his breakfast.
"Where's Kyouju?" Max asked, looking around Hiromi.
"Oh he's got the flu, so he's not coming over." Hiromi answered looking down at her feet. "Oh, guess what?" She looked up, causing everyone to look back at her. "I went to the hospital last night and Hitomi stirred in her coma, meaning that she could be awake this very minute!"
"Really?" Everyone except for Kai and Daichi gasped. Kai just flinched at her name and because Daichi didn't know her, he acted like he couldn't care less and continued to eat his pancakes which Rei had made.
"That is good news." Takao added whilst chewing his food. "Maybe we should go and see her later."
"Yeah, I mean, we haven't seen her since last month, when we last visited." Max stated.
"Who's Hitomi?" Daichi asked after swallowing the last of his pancakes.
"Kai's ex girlfriend." Max answered, looking nervously at Kai who shot an intimidating glare in return.
"She tried to kill herself because Kai finished her." Takao added, gulping down his orange juice.
"And have you visited her while she's been at the hospital?" Daichi asked Kai.
"Yes." Kai answered coldly.
"When was the last time you visited her?"
"Last month." Takao answered incorrectly for him.
"It was last night, actually." Kai corrected, taking a sip of his orange juice.
"So did you see her move?" Rei asked.
Kai simply shook his head.
"It was because of him that she moved." Hilary said, gaining everyone's attention. "You see he left when I placed that card everyone signed on top of her night stand. I said his name and she twitched."
"So Kai brought his ex back to life." Takao laughed.
"You make it sound like it was a corny romance film." Max chuckled before finishing off his pancakes. Takao leaned over the table and cupped his hand around Max's ear.
"I think Kai's life is a corny romance." Takao whispered, causing Max to laugh hysterically.
"What's so funny, Max?" Rei asked, picking up everyone's empty plates.
Max looked at Takao who gave him a look as if to say 'don't say it out loud or Kai'll kill me.'
"Um nothing. I think I put a bit too much sugar on my pancakes." Max lied, though everyone believed it, well almost everyone.
"So Takao's whispering in your ear triggered your 'sugar blamed laughter'?" Kai wasn't buying Max's comment. He knew Takao had said something about him, but decided that it was too early in the morning for someone to be heading to the hospital. And a trip to the hospital would mean that he had no excuse not to visit Hitomi.
"Must've been." Max calmly answered, even though he was slightly tense about Kai's questioning look. Rei broke the tension by sliding the plates into the sink, causing a loud noise to echo around the room.
"So are you guys ready for training?" Hiromi asked, changing the subject.
"There's no point without Kyouju to tell us if we've improved or not." Takao replied, hoping that he could get the team a day off from training.
"Good point, Takao." Rei commented whilst cleaning the dishes like he was the house maid of the Kinomiya household.
"So, if we do get this day off from training, we could visit Kyouju at his home and then visit Hitomi later on to see if she's okay." Max suggested. Kai once again flinched at his ex's name. Hiromi looked at her new boyfriend and sighed. What did this action mean? Did he hate Hitomi so much? Or was it the complete opposite? Hiromi zoned out a little whilst remembering her plans for the evening.
"And if we go to the hospital I can see Hitomi earlier than usual since my aunt's coming over tonight and I've got to help my mother set up for their arrival." Everyone's faces turned upside down. Just mentioning her aunt brought back a bad memory of that fateful day when Hiromi was stuck with the Takashi Twins for the day and they started on everyone. "Oh don't worry, the Terrible Twosome won't be here. They're in an American boarding school." Everyone sighed with relief.
"Who're the Terrible Twosome?" Daichi asked, oblivious to the subject of the conversation.
"Hiromi's twin cousins." Takao shuddered.
"Twin bitches." Rei dubbed them. No one could stand them, not even Hiromi and her mother. It was hard to believe that they were known as the most popular girls back in Boston where they lived.
"Well let's head off to Kyouju's." Max interrupted. He didn't want to continue the conversation about Hiromi's cousins and neither did anyone else.
"Okay." Takao stood up and ran to the door, followed by Max, Rei and Daichi. Kai slowly got up and Hiromi slowly approached him.
"You coming to the hospital with me later?" Hiromi asked. Kai nodded. "And you're gonna stay there if she's awake?" Kai hesitated, but nodded nonetheless. Hiromi smiled and wrapped her arms around Kai's neck and planted a kiss on his lips.
"I wonder if Kyouju's illness is contagious?" Max wondered as he walked onto the street.
"Max. It's the flu. Of course it's contagious." Rei laughed at Max's idiocy.
"Oh hold on you guys. I'd better let Grandpa know that we're going out. He'll get worried if I don't." Takao turned around and headed inside the dojo. Max and Rei slowly followed him, leaving Daichi on his own on the pavement.
"Hey wait for me!" Daichi shouted, catching up with Max and Rei.
Takao passed the kitchen and peered through the doorway to see Kai and Hiromi embracing one another with a romantic kiss. Takao couldn't help but laugh at his two friends, who then noticed his presence.
"Hey guys, get in here quick!" Takao shouted, not taking his eyes of the two lovers who had immediately separated from one another. Hiromi's cheeks were turning red out of slight embarrassment, while Kai just looked like his usual self, not bothered that he was caught kissing his girlfriend.
"What?" Max's voice was heard as three different footsteps came closer to the kitchen.
"What's wrong Takao?" Rei asked as they made it to the kitchen.
"Looks like Hiromi and Kai were secretly dating." Takao smirked, not taking his eyes off Hiromi.
"You serious?" Max gasped as his eyes trailed off Takao and onto a flustered looking Hiromi.
"You called us in for that?" Rei sighed.
"Well I'm sorry if I thought that it was funny." Takao huffed, folding his arms.
"Well I think it's sweet that Kai and Hiromi are together." Rei stated as Hiromi's cheeks turned more red.
"So, how long has this been going on you guys?" Max asked casually.
"Since last night." Hiromi replied looking down, hiding her rosy cheeks.
Well that's the end of chapter one. How was it? How can i improve? Please feel free to review (Even if it is critical; they'll help me improve it)
Chapter Two should be up shortly. i wonder how long it will take me to write it? Anyway the next one should be more interesting. Should it be longer, shorter or is the length fine as it is?
Anyways, until then my readers (If i have any XD)