Mizu: ...Got an interesting new idea...
Konton: Yeah... interesting... I'm just a proof reader on this one.
Mizu: ...you are lazy.
Konton: And proud of it.
Chapter one
"No, you scoop the soup away from you!" He says slapping my hand away.
"Why?!" I cry in outburst. I don't really get all this to eat nicely you have to do it like this. My friend Fuyuki is really good at ancient customs and whatnot... I never understood him. He is teaching me to act more feminine and in return I have been teaching him to fight. I would have just paid for the meals but he said the lady should never pay for the meal unless they were in a steady relationship.
"Because that way if the soup splashes out of the bowl it splashes on the table and not on you... You did it five times this month alone." He says with a sigh, He is way better at me than everything. He even learned martial arts faster than I am learning etiquette. "Close your mouth when you chew!"
"Sorry, I forgot to do that." I say giving him a smile.
"Make sure to do a quick sweep to clean of your teeth if you are going to smile, I can see some food stuck in front of your teeth." He says and I quickly clean it off and smile again. "Good, smiling really suits you."
"I know, mom always said the only thing I am good at is smiling." I respond still smiling.
"She isn't complementing you..." He mutters under his breath. He gives me a smile but I detect something behind it. "I will give you that."
"You know, since you treat me to such nice meals I will never find the meals he treats me to as appetizing." I say, I am not kidding when he said we will be eating out I thought it was at simple eat out restaurants but right now we are eating high class.
"That's if you catch his eye..." Fuyuki mutters.
"Are you implying that you have catch a guys eyes to make him pay for high class meals?" I ask.
"That's usually how it works tsukiko," He says finishing off his food. "But I'm such a nice guy I will do it for no real reason but to help you."
"Yeah, you are the best." I say smiling at him as he gets up and helps me up pushing my chair in. He looks at his watch and I can see the fact he is late for something come over his face. He quickly covers it up though.
"Let me walk you home." He says flashing me a charming smile.
"It's fine I can go back alone, besides aren't you late for something?"
"No, it's nothing big. Your safety is more important, I can just face the consequences." He waves off the problem.
"You have already given me enough time, please just go to whatever you have to go to." I say and he just nods his head.
I walk out the building saying goodbye to Fuyuki. The walk is uneventful as I expected, I can see my house not too far in the distance. Fuyuki worries too much... suddenly I hear a truck honk and I turn to see the lights stare back at me.
I don't think I would ever know if I could have gotten out of the way if I hadn't blanked out because at the moment my mind wasn't working.
"Tsukiko!" I hear somebody yell and feel something push me from behind, a loud thump follows soon after. I slowly turn my head, fear knots itself in my abdomen.
I turn and I scream at the sight of Fuyuki's body lying limply on the ground. I slowly crawl over to him and start shaking his body.
"I told you to go wherever you had to go!" I scream at him while I continue to shake his body, slowly he opens his eyes.
"I told you... that your... safety is more... important..." He says smiling at me. He sounds and looks horrible, I start crying even harder mutter or yelling at him... I can't tell because I am a mess too. I shakingly take out my phone and dial 119 and get house.
I don't know how much time passes but eventually somebody comes and starts asking me what happened, I don't respond, I don't even know how to respond. Soon an ambulance comes and I hop on with Fuyuki. I hear somebody on board say that everything is fine, I am just in shock. After this passes it will get better.
They separate me and Fuyuki but I start having a breakdown... I mean to the point that as soon as they were done saving him they brought me to his side and tried to tell me what was wrong.
I calmed down once I was next to him but I can't hear what is wrong with him... it is a long list but I think the only thing that stands out to me is the fact that he is in a coma.
After a few hours his family comes in. He was an only child but I haven't met his parents before. He rarely talked about them and I haven't been to his house before.
"What is she doing in here?" His dad asks.
"She had a mental breakdown when we separated them... worse than she is now." The doctor said, "We figured she might respond to his or her own parents."
"When are her parents coming in?" His mother asks.
"We don't know, we didn't get a response on their home phone." The doctor said.
"They aren't coming..." I mutter. Everybody looks at me because this is the first time I have said anything since the accident.
"Can you tell us what happened?" His dad asks and I shake my head. "I figured... we will take her to our house, here is our address. In case her parents come here."
"What's her name?" His mother asks.
"Her name is-" The doctor answers but he is cut off by Fuyuki's dad.
"Tsukiko Uesagi." Fuyuki's dad cuts off the doctor with a curt answer. "I'm Atsushi Otomo, this is my wife Azumi."
"It is a pleasure to meet you... please take care of me." I say getting up and giving them a courteous bow.
"My, what a nice young lady." Azumi says, she then pulls me into a hug and starts rubbing my back. I don't know what comes over me but I start crying.
"Thank for taking care of her doctor." Atsushi says and then begins walking out the door.
Mizu: ...Well we won't be seeing her for a little bit...
Konton: Will she die?
Mizu: Well she is dead in the mind...
Konton: The mind isn't good enough, I'm talking spirit.
Mizu: ... Her spirit has been crushed.
Konton: I'll take that.