Strangely, just like in fairy tales, they actually found a small house, or a shed. There was no one in there, but Agon had to break down the door in order for them to get in. there was no electricity, since the house looked like it was abandoned in the Meiji era. But there was a fireplace and even some wood. Agon and Hiruma watched Mamori's housewife instinct kick in and she even managed to make a fire by using flint stone. That woman would survive anywhere.
Suddenly Hiruma fell on his knees for the third time. Only this time it didn't last as long. After a little while, Hiruma simply passed out.
"Hiruma-kun." Mamori almost shrieked. "Can you hear me? Wake up." But he didn't. Not really knowing what to do, she took his head in her lap. And then she waited. The new occupier of the role of the bystander, Agon felt pretty uncomfortable. So in order to not catch a cold or start to freeze, he took of his shirt and shoes and put them close to the fire to dry. Not that he froze yet. It was still pretty warm outside, but wearing wet clothes was simply uncomfortable.
"We should look for some sheets or something." Mamori suddenly said. "Our clothes need to dry, and we have no spare." She smiled and gently removed Hiruma's head from her lap, and started to search around the small house. And she actually found some, Agon had only followed her. Though pretty dusty and worn, they were still usable, some on had been here, maybe not so long ago. She returned to the room where Hiruma was, and saw that he had opened his eyes.
"Hiruma-kun, you're awake." She said. He looked in her direction, but his eyes didn't focus.
"I can't see." He in a voice filled with shock. Mamori sat down besides him and waved her hand across his eyes. He just kept staring.
"No way. How come?" she said.
"My shoulder, see if there is something there. The left one." She pulled his shirt away and looked. There were four small dots, like a snake bite.
"There is something that looks a snake bite, I'm not sure." She said.
"Fuck, well that explains the additional pain I felt, when I fell in to the lake." He said.
"So what should we do? I mean it's around eleven now. Should we stay here, or go and find Agon-san's car?" Mamori looked at the two guys.
"Let's stay." Hiruma said. "At least for a while."
"Alright." Mamori nodded.
"Aah? You've become even more pathetic, trash." Agon said. "Fine, I'll wait." Then he muttered something, Mamori couldn't hear, but apparently Hiruma did.
"Yes, you do, fucking dreads." He grinned wickedly. They started to bicker again, though not as intense as usual.
"Why don't we get some sleep, or at least some rest." Mamori said in an attempt to stop them. And they did. Agon sat down at the other end of the room, and Hiruma sat down where he was.
"Agon-san." Mamori threw him one of the sheets she had found. "Hiruma-kun." She said hesitantly. She then laid one of the sheets over him.
"What the hell are you doing, fucking manager?" He asked surprised. "I might be blinded, but I can still fucking move." She blushed. Of course he could. But why had she done it then? She heard Agon snort. Or was he snoring? She looked at him. He was already asleep! As she lay down, she suddenly felt very tired. Even though she hadn't swum as much as Hiruma, it was still tiresome. And before she knew, she was a sleep.
When he woke up, it was completely dark. Whether it was night, or he was still blind he couldn't figure out. After a while he still couldn't see anything. If it were night, his eyes should have gotten used to the dark by now. How frustrating. What if he couldn't get his eyesight back? He stood up and used the wall to guide him to the door. The air outside was nice and cold, luckily his clothes were now dry, so he didn't get cold. He walked a bit. It annoyed him that he couldn't go very far. He wasn't used to be helpless. Not knowing what to do, Hiruma sat down leaning against what felt like a pretty big tree. Hopefully it was.
"Hiruma-kun." The words soared through the silence and almost scared the living daylight out of him.
"Mamori?" he asked without realizing he had used her first name.
"Yes, it's me. I'm sorry if I scared you." She said in a strange voice. "I was just worried where you were going. You know, if you got lost or something."
"Che, I'm not a fucking child, you know." He said. She smiled at his stubbornness.
"I know. But you are blinded right now." She said "And it would easy for you to get lost or hurt. And what if those pain attacks came again?" He didn't answer. "It is ok to ask for help once in a while, you know."
"If I can do stuff on my own, why not do it?" He muttered.
"Because no one can do everything. Like, even though your legs work, you can't move as freely as when you could see." She sighed. He didn't answer. "I'm not Agon, I wouldn't dream of making fun of you if you asked for help. Instead, I would be delighted to be able to help you." She blushed. "To support you in a different way then as the team manager." She muttered the last. She peeked at him. Had he heard? It didn't seem so. Shoot.
"What am I leaning up against?" Hiruma suddenly asked.
"Um… I think it's an oak tree." She stammered. Then they sat in silence for a while. It was getting cold now. She shivered and her teeth clattered for a while.
"Is it really that cold?" He asked. She hugged her knees to try and make the shivering stop.
"A little." She smiled. Much to her surprise, he moved his arm and placed it around her shoulders.
"I'm not sure if this helps." He said in a low voice, almost a murmur. She smiled.
"It does." She whispered and leaned against him. She felt him twitch, but he didn't shake her of or anything.
"Is dark out here?" Hiruma asked after a while.
"Not really. Dawn will be starting soon. You know, it's still summer." She said.
"Ok, just wondering." They sat in silence again. Then Hiruma stood up.
"Ok then, will you help me back to that fucking shed?" He grinned and held out his right hand. She took it, smiling.
"Of course." She said and let him back to the house.
A loud cracking sound woke Hiruma and Mamori up. Mamori looked around shocked and Hiruma had rolled on his feet.
"What the fuck was that?" he asked shocked. She looked over at Agon. He had apparently kicked a large hole in the wall he was sleeping against. Good grief he hadn't slept over here. And amazingly enough, even though the hole was pretty large and the sound it had made was very loud, Agon was still sleeping.
"It seems that Agon-san has kicked a hole in the wall." She said still surprised. Cursing Hiruma sat down again. A creaking stopped his flow of curses. He looked around, even though it was pretty useless.
"What was that?" Mamori whispered. Another creaking and a loud crash could be heard outside.
"Wake up the fucking dreads, this fucking shed is falling apart." Hiruma stood up again. Mamori crawled over to the sleeping genius and shook him, to wake him up.
"Agon-san, wake up. The house is falling apart." She shook him harder, since he wouldn't react.
"What the hell…" he mumbled and even tried to go back to sleep. How sound could a person sleep?! A beam fell down behind her, and finally Agon woke up completely.
"Christ, what's going on?" he stood up and looked at the big hole in the wall behind him.
"You kicked a hole in the wall, and now the house is falling apart. Get out of here." She pushed him towards the door. Then she turned around, grabbed Hiruma's hand and led him out side. Luckily the house didn't break down before they got out.
"Nice job, fucking dreads." Hiruma said, but kept looking forward, since he had no idea where Agon stood.
"Aah?" he looked pretty confused. "It's not my fault that, that shed was so damn weak."
"No one can control their actions in their sleep." Mamori said, before the demon and the genius could start bickering again. "Now let's find the car, so we can get back home." She placed Hiruma's hand on her shoulder and started to walk.
"What's this, trash? Gotten so low, that you need help walking?" Agon said, when Hiruma didn't object to Mamori's action. Hiruma didn't answer. The constant silences were starting to annoy Agon. Why didn't the girl talk, like the girls he used to hang out with? So annoying. He increased his walking speed. The faster he got home, the better.
"Ah, where are you going, Agon-san?" Mamori asked as Agon stomped past them.
"Where do you think? To the car." He said annoyed. Gullible girl, he thought. What makes you think I won't just ditch you here? But he didn't. Though they annoyed him and got in his way, he still felt a bit indebted to them. They had after all helped out of the lake. But why, of all people in the world, did it have to be those trashes? Especially the blonde one. He had to find a way to silence him.
Mamori looked at Hiruma. Good thing he couldn't see right now. She had been glancing at him every so often, the past few minutes. His eyes were never focused, they kept moving all the time. What was distracting him?
"Are you alright?" she asked.
"Yes." His eyes were now focused somewhere above her shoulder in an attempt to look her in the eyes. "Why do you ask?" She shrugged.
"Well, your eyes keep focusing on different things. All the time."
"Really?" he asked. "Must be the sounds. I'm still not used to this." He waved his hand in front of his eyes.
"How did it come to this?" Mamori sighed.
"That fucking dreads wanted to be team captain…" Hiruma suddenly stopped. Then he grinned victoriously.
"What is it, Hiruma-kun?" Mamori asked. That grin made her worry for some poor soul.
"You'll see." He said, then held out his hand, to search for her. She took it, and they presumed their walk.
Agon looked extremely impatient, when they reached the car.
"Took you long enough." He said. "Yo trash, come with me. The manager can wait here." He started to walk a bit away.
"I don't mind." Hiruma hadn't move. "But I somehow can't see where the fuck you are." Agon grinded his teeth, then walked back, grabbed Hiruma's shirt and started to drag him along. Hiruma had some trouble keeping up with the genius' fast paced walk, in his current blindness.
"Have I told you what happens, if you tell anyone about…?" Agon said when they had stopped. He didn't want to say the entire sentence. The trash might be blind, but Agon would still be able to see the smile on the trashes face, if he actually admitted his "weakness".
"About what?" Hiruma grinned. Was he obsessed in taunting others? Agon clenched his fist and grinded his teeth. He had done a lot of that lately. "Give up on the captain position, and your phobia remains away from my blackmailing material." Hiruma quickly added after hearing Agon's grinding. Did he have to say phobia? But it was a fair deal. He wasn't an American football fanatic like the trash. He could certainly live without it.
"OK. You've got yourself a deal." Agon said. "But I won't hesitate to crush you if it gets out." He started to walk towards the car again.
"Hey." Hiruma said. Agon had "forgotten" him again. Nothing happened. "At least tell me which way the fucking car is." Agon chuckles ominously.
"Straight ahead." He finally said. Slowly, Hiruma started to walk. There was a chance that Agon said the wrong direction. He listened for footsteps. It sounded as though Agon was walking in the same direction. He increased the speed of his walk; only to fall over a big crack in the road. He really fell face down. How embarrassing. He heard Agon laugh triumphant. He got up and started to walk again, with Agon's laughter ringing in his ears.
"What's so funny, Agon-san." Mamori's voice sounded. Great, get worse. "Hiruma-kun, what happened?" Oh, it just did.
"Nothing, I just tripped." He said.
"But you are bleeding." Her voice was filled with worry. "Err, do you want me to…?" she said carefully.
"Whatever, let's just get back to that fucking car." He said. He could still hear Agon chuckle.
"Could you drive straight to the hospital, Agon-san?" Mamori asked politely, while cleaning of the blood the trash had gotten, when he fell. A priceless moment.
"Aah, whatever." He shrugged.
