Hello readers! This is the sequel to my story, Complications of High School. The first chapter is more of an intro, kinda sketchy. But please enjoy and review!
Leonardo Pov
It's been three weeks since the incident. The past three weeks have been very rough and very, very, very busy. Karai has been out of the hospital for ten days now; meaning that she was there for four days. Karai had been begging to get out so she could go home, and it killed me to see her in such pain and misery. It was bad enough that we had lost our child, but her having multiple surgeries on top of that..it was tough. But we got through it, together, and we were both so excited when she was let out of the hospital. I don't know why, but I thought that things would be okay. I thought that me and Karai would've been able to spend more time together, considering that she was no longer pregnant and we weren't in school anymore. I guess that I assumed that we would be closer, that we'd talk to each other more and that she'd allow me to hold her closer at night. But like I said, I don't know why I thought that, because I was most certainly wrong.
The second we were in the car, me taking her Karai home and away from the hospital, Karai went mute. I tried to talk to her, ask her what she wanted to do when we got home, but she didn't acknowledge me. She just sat there in the passenger seat, knees pressed up against her chest, hugging them tightly as she looked out the window. At first, I thought that she was just a little shaken from what happened with her father. The incident had startled the whole family. An ambulance arrived shortly after Karai had fallen asleep in my arms after the Shredder had left. I thought that she had died in my arms, I was so scared. I remember watching an emergency team drive away with the love of my life alone and wounded in the back. They wouldn't allow me to come with them, they said that they would call me when she had woken up and after procedures were done.
My family (Raph, Mona, Mikey, Donnie, April, and my Father) had come as soon as they could. They got backed up in traffic, so Karai had already been whisked away in the ambulance by the time they all arrived. Raphael, being the overprotective brother that he is, insisted that I came stay with them for the night and sleep in the guest bedroom. I was a bit reluctant, but I was far too tired to argue.
When we arrived at the penthouse that was home to my brothers and father, I went straight to the shower. I turned the water to full heat, eager to clean myself of negative thoughts haunting me already. I changed into a pair of pajamas that Raphael had offered me, and I slept in the guest bedroom closest to Raphael's room. Mona and April both left to go home shortly after I arrived, and everyone pretty much went to bed. It was really late, and everyone seemed a little traumatized from the events that had occurred in just one measly night. Everything was fine one minute, but then the next, it had seemed that the world had split in two.
I couldn't sleep, though. I was too scared. I mean, I've been through some pretty shitty stuff in my life. What, with the Kraang and Shredder and the Purple Dragons and hundreds of other mutants. But that night...that compared to nothing else in my life. I was so scared, so devastated, I just wanted to end all of the pain. I almost wanted to kill myself.
Obviously, I didn't. I had told myself that I had to be here for Karai and Sakura, no matter what happened tonight. I had to be the tough guy I was trained to be.
Anyway, Karai didn't talk to me at all for that first day she was back home. She just sat on a chair that I brought out for her onto the balcony. I made her iced tea and I picked up some noodles and dumplings from Murakami-san's noodle shop. Karai and I ate in silence on the balcony, watching the sunset.
I recall looking over at Karai, studying her features. She didn't have her makeup on, they washed it off at the hospital. She still hand a band around her wrist that she was given to wear while at the hospital. I make mental note to cut it off her later, no point in keeping things that only remind you of bad memories, right? "How was your food?" I asked after Karai had finished eating. Once again, she didn't respond. She just sorta stared out into the sky aimlessly. I frowned. It pained me to see Karai like this. So quiet...so distant...
The doctors had warned me that she was going to seem...different. Ya, that was the word they used. Different. I was informed that woman are more emotional, causing them to be far more effected by the loss of a child. The doctor instructed that I be kinder than usual, more gentle and affectionate to Karai. I was told that woman who suffered from a miscarriage would sometimes just burst into tears randomly, but I didn't think Karai would do that. Sure, I knew she'd be very, very, very upset, but crying wasn't really her thing. Karai doesn't like looking vulnerable and weak; and that's what she thought crying was.
I took Karai's empty boxes of food from her and put them in the garbage in the kitchen along with mine. I refilled both of our cups with iced tea and walked back out on to the balcony. I handed Karai her drink and pulled my chair over right next to hers. I put my drink on a small table sitting next to my chair and I reached over, grabbing Karai's hand and squeezing it softly. I can hear Karai heave a sigh of what sounds like relief. She then looks over and me and gives me a very small, sad smile. "You okay?" I ask in concern.
"Are you brothers pests?" I chuckle. Good way to answer. "Yes, yes they are. Now, is there anything I can do to make you feel any better?" I go back to being serious. I want Karai to get better, I wanted the mischievous and strong Karai, not the hurt and sad one.
Karai is silent for a second before answering. She looks out into the distance, as if the words are written out there. "Can we go lay down in bed?" She asks in a peaceful whisper.
I smile at the suggestion. "Of course, Karai. I think that'd be a great idea." I gave Karai my hand and helped her up. I followed her into the house, carrying our drinks with me. I set the half empty glasses on the counter and guided Karai into our bedroom, holding her hand as I walked. I could sense a smile on Karai's face, which brought one to mine.
I closed our bedroom door and sat next to Karai on the edge of the bed. "Did you want to take a quick shower or bath? I could get a movie set up for us to watch while you do that." I offer. Karai nods, grabbing a pair of pajamas before walking to the bathroom.
I had sat there for at least 20 minutes, hoping that she was okay in there. 'Shut up, you idiot, she's perfectly fine!', I had told myself. Sure enough, she walks out of the bathroom with her hair in a bun, wearing a tank top a pair of shorts. "Find a movie?" She asks.
"The only good one I found was mortdecai, and even that looks stupid. Let's face it, Karai, we watch too many movies." I said in a joking manner. Karai smirked at me and came to sit next to me on the bed. She took the remote out of my hand and turned off the tv. "Well, then, why don't we just...talk?"
"Sure. I like that idea." I press a kiss to Karai's lips, and she kisses back. Ah, this how things are supposed to be. With me kissing her and her kissing back. "I've missed you so much." I whisper after we pull apart.
Karai giggles at my words. "You came to visit me every day you dork!"
"I know, but I only got to talk to you. Not kiss you." Karai smiles at me and I brush a piece of hair out of her face, placing it gently behind her ear. "Why were you so quiet earlier?" I should not have asked that. If I knew what the outcome would be I wouldn't have said that.
"I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"Why you wouldn't have saved her. Why you chose me over her. Why you didn't keep your promise..." What? What is she talking about?
"Karai, I didn't have a choice over who lived and who didn't. By the time you got to the hospital, Sakura was already...gone. There wasn't a way to save her." Karai glares at me. She sits up and walks out of the room. "You're a liar! You could've done something, but you didn't. You just sat around doing who knows what!" Karai shouts from the kitchen. I rolled my eyes and followed her out there.
We fought all night. She sentenced me to the couch, and I didn't deny. But around three a.m., I woke up to hear Karai screaming in fear from my bedroom. I leapt off of the couch and darted into my room as fast as I could. Karai was screaming, but only from a dream. A nightmare, actually.
Me and Karai fight nearly every night, and she always has a nightmare about the incident, which makes me hold her closer to me.
Not even a week after Karai arrived home, she demanded that we leave. She claimed that she couldn't stay here, that it was too dangerous.
"We need to leave. It isn't safe here." Karai had said one night over dinner. I had been looking out into the sky, confused as to why she was saying this. We had made a habit of eating outside on the balcony.
"What? Karai, we're perfectly fine right where we are." I said in an assuring tone.
"No, I can't spend another night here. Leo, we have to leave." Her voice was pleading and her eyes were full of desperation.
"And where do you suppose that we go? Neither of us have jobs. And there's no way Donnie is just gonna buy is an apartment. There's nowhere for us to go but here."
"We could stay with your family." Karai suggested.
The next day we left to my family's apartment. My father offered us Michelangelo's room, and Mikey moved in with Raphael. Karai stayed at the house, talking to Mona and April while me and my brothers left to get mine and Karai's belongings.
We moved in and me and Karai didn't fight as much. Sure, we argued, but not full blown yelling and shouting. We put our apartment up for rent and left.
During the day I work at the dojo and help out around the house. But Karai sits on the rooftop during the day. My father and Donatello made a small garden up there and there is a porch swing up there as well. Karai often brings a book up there to read quietly until dusk. Sometimes her and Michelangelo will plant, and other days she'll just sit up there, soaking up the sun.
Karai has been very quiet, especially around family. She never wants to leave my side, which I enjoy a lot. But it hurts when I look her in the eyes and see nothing but a Amber pool of pain and misery. I miss her so much. Sure, she's here, but at the same time it's like she isn't here. I just wish that we could be closer.
My precious angel is crumbling, and I can't do anything about it. Hopefully her light returns, cause I hate all of this darkness.
Short first chapter, I understand. But this was more of an intro. The next chapter will be more official and awesome. I hope you enjoyed the start to Weakest Hour, please review and have a nice weekend!
-RaphSai03