A few hours later, I woke up to a crash. Thinking it was my father running into something in a drunken rampage, I ran down to help. Oddly enough, I couldn't find him in the living room, or the kitchen. I saw a blue light coming from the computer room, and Tominari sprawled out in front of the door. I grabbed a glass of water and walked over to him.
The light was dim, so I flicked on the over head to get a better view of the mess.
My heart stopped. Both Tominari and my dad had their M2D's connected. Holding back a scream, I pulled both of their M2D's off. I check Tominari's pulse first and, after making sure it was normal, a sign my dad said to check for just in case, went over to my dad. Nothing.
"Dad!" I cried.
I ran past Tominari's sleeping form and reached the phone. I dialed 911 and told them what had happened. They said that they would be there in a few minutes, so I ran back in. As I ran over to my dad, Tominari grabbed my ankle. My head connected with the desk, obviously cutting it open, then crashed to the ground.
"Katie?" Tominari asked weakly.
"What?!" I hissed.
Tominari's eyes seemed to focus as the sirens drew closer.
"You take care of my dad." I told him as I ran into the bathroom.
I couldn't bear to see my dad in a coma! It couldn't be happening.
The medics ran past. A few minutes later they came back through, carrying my father on a gurney. I caught a small glimpse of him. In those scant seconds, I whispered "I love you." Then they were past me and out the door.
Tominari stumbled over to me a few minutes later as I struggled to clean the wound out.
"Let me help." He said.
I nodded dumbly as the tears fought to overpower me. He washed his hands off then grabbed the hydrogen peroxide. I focused on not crying in front of this man, and that's all. It didn't work though.
I managed to make it out to the living room before I dropped to my knees and began to sob. I felt Tominari's arms go around me as he lifted me to the couch.
"It's your fault, isn't it?" I whispered after awhile.
Instantly I wished I hadn't said anything, for Tominari's face fell.
"Yeah... I asked him if we could play for awhile."
I nodded weakly.
"You speak good Japanese." He told me.
I knew he was trying to distract me, so I went along with it.
"Dad taught me..." I said quietly.
"Hm...How come I haven't seen you around before?"
I sighed bitterly. "I've lived with my mom since I was ten, since she took custody completely away from my dad. Then, about a week ago, her skater boyfriend popped the question on her, and she dumped me with my dad."
Tominari sat there for a moment. "I'm sorry." He whispered.
I shook my head. "No need for apologies." I said quickly.
"It's not right though."
"I know it isn't but it's what happened." I said bitterly.
I sighed and stood up. "You staying here tonight or going?"
"Staying. I'd rather not go home to Kanazawa at three in the morning."
"Okay." I nodded and ran up to my room, grabbed a spare blanket and pillow and handed it to him.
"Thank you." He bowed his head.
"You're welcome." I walked back upstairs and layed down, but couldn't bring myself to sleep. So instead I crept back downstairs and walked into the computer room. I picked up my fathers M2D, righted the chair Tominari had been sitting in and created a character in 'the World.'
