Disclaimer: I do not own Nana or any of these Characters.
Chapter One
~A little Pain~
It has been ten years since that fateful festival. The actions of that day changed the rest of their lives more than they realized at the time. What will change now that Takumi has shown his true self to his daughter…? (Satsuki is 10 years old)
~Nana's POV~ (hachi)
I lay next to this monster every night sleeplessly. I lie on my side facing away from him and cry silently this night. It took hours to console my daughter Satsuki… How could I even begin to explain to her why her own father is a violent man? I saw the hatred in her eyes, we have to get out of here.
~Shin's POV~
"Wake up Nobu! Let's go out! Don't be such and old man! You are only 30 come on!" I poked at him and shook him a bit. He groaned "I have work to do on the house tomorrow…" he protested. I pulled his covers off of him "You can skip a day! You have been rebuilding that thing for like forever!" He is getting too set in his ways, he is too young to be tied down to the meaningless remodeling of some old house he inherited from his family. He got up finally and began to get ready "Fine whatever, but this time don't ditch me with some thoughtless drunk 23 year old!" he threatened. I laughed pretty hard "sorry about that" I winked. We had been living together for a few years now in a large apartment. We didn't get to talk to Nana and Yasu very much anymore, but if they got the band back together I could definitely convince Nobu to jump right back in where we left off!
~Nana's POV~ (not hachi)
I sat at the table looking out the window I hadn't been there in so long… "This brings back memories doesn't it Yasu?" I smiled then drew from my cigarette. He nodded and looked around "No one has lived here since… that is a bit strange…" he rand his finger over the dusty table. I nodded and looked around I wonder if we should just forget about this place… "Perhaps Shin and Nobu would want to live here instead? It is quite a bit larger than their place" Yasu noted. I looked at the back of the front door "I have a feeling it would bring back too many painful memories for Nobu." Yasu nodded "I had forgotten how important this place was to him." I wished Hachiko was there so badly it hurt. "It feels pretty empty in here, even after all this time… I wonder how she is." I looked down where the glasses had broken so long ago. "Satsuki sure is beautiful now… She was recently photographed with her father." I felt my fists tighten then I felt myself going to a dark place "He ruined everything you know…" I growled. Yasu nodded "I understand what you mean, but that is in the past now."
~The next morning~
~Nana's POV~ (Hachi)
When I woke up after only a few hours of sleep, he was gone and Satsuki was in bed next to me, cuddling my arm. I looked down at her sleeping face and was overcome with guilt. I ran my fingers through her hair and caressed her face until she woke up gently. I avoided the bruise on her eye carefully. She looked up at me "good morning mom" it seemed she forced a smile. She had cried herself to sleep the night before no doubt. I was unsure how she woke up to come into my room once Takumi was gone. I held her close and closed my eyes then whispered, "How do you feel about getting out of here?" She tightened her arms around me in embrace "Please mom…" was all she said. That's when I knew.
~Nana's POC~ (not Hachi)
I didn't tell anyone about it but I decided to rent our old apartment every month. After all of our concerts and albums, there was obviously plenty of money for this. I can't explain why but I am so attached to that place, I hate the idea of anyone living there besides one of us. I spent all day the day I started renting it cleaning every inch of that place. It was filthy! I wished Hachi were around to help, she was always more domestic than me. Haha. I had a thought once I got home to Ren sleeping already; I was going to call Nobu and Shin and have a little party but then I was pulled away to bed by Ren. .
~Nobu's POV~
"ACHU!" I sneezed then rubbed my nose. I woke up face down in the bathroom with a heavy hang over. Shin poked his head in the door "Waffles?" I hurled before he could finish the word completely and he laughed. "Awe is the old man hung over?!" he teased loudly. "Sh!" I urged as I held my head "I feel like garbage…" He smirked "So what do you want me to do with her?" my eyes widened and he opened the door wide enough for me to see a naked girl in my bed. I covered my face with one hand "You bastard what you make me drink last night?" I scowled. He laughed quietly, "What DIDN'T I make you drink last night?" he stuck his tongue out. I stood up "easy now, don't barf again" he teased as I pushed him out and closed the door to take my boxers off and shower. I overheard Shin wake the girl up as I started the shower "Sorry about last night, I was so drunk, but so were you… you should go…" haha liar. "W-wait did you have blue hair last night? I don't remember anything…" I took a long shower trying to ease my hangover as I stood under the hot water. My hand was against the shower wall and my eyes were closed as I leaned. I was startled when out of nowhere Nana's face popped into my head. (Hachi)
I shook the thought from my head not wanting to make myself sad once again. I turned the shower off and got out I wrapped a towel around my waist and peeked out to make sure there were no more women in our apartment. I got dressed in a long sleeve black shirt and dark blue relax-fit jeans. I sat at the table feeling down, despite my best efforts. "What? A missed call from Nana?" Shin looked at his phone then quickly at me with a wince "not Hachi…" I looked out the window "I knew that, why would she call? Anyway, did she leave a voicemail?"
~Nana's POV~ (Hachi)
I had managed to successfully pack three medium sized duffle bags for Satsuki and I and hide them away in the trunk of my car under the mat where the spare tire had still not been replaced. If we were going to leave, there was no way it was going to be peacefully… Satsuki was such a good actress at her age, she lied to her father and acted as if he had never struck her in such a way. I was impressed but in pain every time he was around her. When he had gone to work that day I searched through a small hidden box of my old things and found my old pink cell phone. I called and had it reactivated under my maiden name and scrolled through the contacts. Who do I call? I don't deserve to talk to any of them… I decided to send a mail to Nana, it took a long time for me to word it carefully.
"Nana… I need to talk to you about something. I know
Everyone is probably still upset with me for losing
Contact with you all. I need your help, please forgive
Me for neglecting you.
3 Hachiko"
It took all of my courage to send that mail…
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