Friends II
Standard disclamation applied to this story.
This is the sequel of "Friends", a NON-YAOI HanaRu story continuation. The story is about the reaction of Sakuragi to Rukawa's life and how he try to help Rukawa. Would Rukawa finally open up?
Thanks for reviews on the last story "Friends". Some or most reviewers said that the story should not be ended too brief...so, here I try to make a sequel.
** This is not a happy chapter. I warned.**
Chapter 1
After our first dinner with Rukawa, we insisted to take him house.
He refused at first but gave up to our stubbornness.
He lived in a lively 2-storey house with a small garden. The garden was quite well planted with some flowers.
*I didn't think that he would plant!* I thought.
The colour of the house might be white or beige or light brown. I wouldn't get it due to the dark.
"Your mummy doesn't at home?" I asked because there was no light inside.
He seemed surprised but shrugged.
He fished out the key and opened the door. We followed him going inside. He switched the light on...
Everything seemed stop. We all froze at the foyer.
I was shocked! I never thought that red would be such a horror colour.
"AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Rukawa screamed loudly.
This was the first time I heard him so loudly.
I looked at him. His face contained full of fear and horror.
Shuddering heavily, Rukawa wouldn't stand by himself. He kneed down on the floor which had full of glass.
"Rukawa!" We shouted.
But he didn't reply.
We helped Rukawa to stand up. Glass cut his knees badly but he didn't feel it.
We supported him by holding his arm. He just weakly stood up by our support.
"Rukawa?" I gently patted him.
No response, he seemed losing all his senses.
But he was eyeing the front...
He was eyeing the figure lied on the floor...
He was eyeing his mother with blood covered her body.
There was blood on the sofa, on the wall, on the floor.
"Get him out of here, I call the police. Don't touch the body!" Yohei shouted and went to call the Police and the ambulance.
We took Rukawa out of his house.
He didn't struggle.
I looked at him.
His face was terribly pale like transparency. His lip was in purple colour. His eyes were...dead.
"Rukawa, sit here." I said.
Still no response.
I pushed him to sit on the facade, He sat on then by my pressure. I just like controlling a doll.
A minute before, he started to chat a little with us. He seemed more alive. But now...
//Flashback//
When we went out of the park, we went to the nearby noodle shop as Yohei thought that it would be warmer for us to eat noodle after an hour freezing in the park.
Rukawa was still quiet when we chatted at the noodle shop.
"Hey, how come you eat such a little thing?" I asked.
He ordered only a regular bowl of Koyto Noodle. Even Yohei would be full not until finished 2 regular bowls.
"I'm fine." He replied coldly.
"No wonder how slim you are." I teased.
We chatted a little in between while Rukawa only "um..." or nodded.
"Can you say other word?" I said annoyingly.
"such as..." He replied finally.
"So, what's happened to you?" I asked.
He stared at me and I looked straight at him.
"My mummy's back." He said.
"So?"
"..." He stopped then continued, "I don't know what to say."
"But you are not happy." Yohei said.
He looked at Yohei and nodded.
"No, I am not."
"But why?" I asked.
"..." He seemed a bit confused.
We waited for him to continue.
"She..." He said, "She is a bit fearful..."
Then he stopped.
"Why your arm hurt?" I started again.
"She threw the vase toward me," He said, "which hit the wall and broke. But a sharp piece cut my arm."
"Why?" I asked, "What did you do?"
He shook.
"She is angry with her husband." He said, "She had a quarrel with him. He left her then. And she went back from the State."
"..."
"..."
"She might settle soon." I said finally although I knew he didn't tell me the whole story, this was already a good start.
"I hope so." He nodded.
I felt that he was not easy with this topic, so I hoped to change one. I looked at Yohei. He got my meaning.
"Rukawa, did you suppress all players in National Youth team?" Yohei asked.
"No." He replied.
"What?" Takamiya shouted, "I just think there is no one can defend you."
"Of course there are." He replied.
"Then, Hana..." Takamiya turned to me.
"What?" I asked uncertainly.
"Your basketball life would not been so smooth." he added.
"What?" I shouted.
"Even Rukawa found someone who can defend him, then how can you go to such high standard?" He mocked.
They all laughed except Rukawa just looking at us amazingly.
"I am the basketball Tensai." I shouted.
"Do'aho." It was of course by Rukawa.
"Teme Kitsune." I shouted.
"Do'aho" another echo sound.
"Teme..." I shouted and held Rukawa's collar but then I recognised that it was from Yohei and the guys. I turned to them.
"Do'aho." They spoke in monotone, pretending Rukawa's voice.
I just want to give them a head-butt, but we were surprised that Rukawa giggled to our childish behaviour.
//End of Flashback//
I looked at Rukawa. He seemed locked into a dark world.
"Why would this happened?" I whispered.
We both looked against each other and at Rukawa.
About 10 minutes, the Police and the ambulance came.
The Police asked us some questions while Rukawa still sat there without any response.
"She'd possibly cut herself and caused a lot of blood lost." The police said.
While the police asked Rukawa to treat his knees, some people carried Rukawa's mother body out.
"No!" Rukawa suddenly shouted and ran toward the ambulance.
"Rukawa." We shouted and followed.
"No!" He shouted, "Put her down. You are hurting her."
"Calm down, boy." The man said, "We will do our best to save her."
"No!" He kept on shouting, "Put her down."
"Rukawa." We pulled him back.
"No!" He struggled, "Give me back my mummy."
We kept pulling Rukawa while he kept rushing toward his mummy.
When his mummy finally put on the ambulance and the door was going to close.
"No!" Rukawa struggled out of our hold and pouched the already closed ambulance door.
"Rukawa!" We tried to calm him down.
The police pulled him back.
"He is not in good condition to company his mummy." They said.
"No!" Rukawa kept on screaming, "Give me back my mummy."
"We will accompany him together." I said trying calm Rukawa down.
The police nodded, "Go into the car then, there will have someone to give his knee first aid."
While we tried to carry Rukawa to the car, Rukawa kept struggling.
"No!" he screamed, "Give me back my mummy!"
Yohei pulled Rukawa to face him and... clapped hard on his face.
Rukawa stood still then.
"Calm down." Yohei shouted directly to Rukawa.
Rukawa looked at Yohei and ...
Fainted.
"Rukawa." I exclaimed and just held him on time.
ยก@
--End of Chapter 1--
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Although this is a sad chapter, I still hope you like it.
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