Once again, I don't own PoT coz Takeshi Konomi-sensei owns it. I only own this fanfic & the OC.


Chapter 2: Secret


Kenya was in front of the hospital where Mikuni was admitted. He went inside, to the reception desk. "Excuse me" he asked the nurse who was filing the papers in order. "What can I do for you?" she asked curtly. "In what room is Hiraki Mikuni admitted in?" he replied. "Hiraki-san is admitted in Room 117, but I think she's in the rooftop around this time." she said, continuing to file the documents. Kenya bowed slightly & went straight to the elevator. He pushed button & the elevator's door opened. When he was inside, he pushed the button with the number 4.

As the elevator was going to the 4th floor, he kept thinking how come the nurse told him where she is. More importantly, it looks like the nurse knew who Mikuni was. Ding. The elevator doors opened widely & Kenya stepped outside. He looked around & walked towards the direction of the stairs. He climbed the stairs & when he opened the door leading to the rooftop, a slight breeze was felt.

There, Mikuni was standing in front of the fence. Kenya walked carefully towards her. She looked back, only to find him. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "I came to visit you" he said dryly. "It's not that I wanted to, I was forced to" he added. She looked into Kenya's eyes & looked back in the direction she was looking at before.

"I know that you're lying; you actually wanted to visit me" she said dryly. Kenya was surprised. She knew that he was lying to her in the first place by just looking at him in the eyes. "Well, yeah... Sorry" he apologized. "You are the same as any other person" she muttered. "Eh?" he asked, dumbfounded.

"Nothing. Anyway, I think it's wise for you to return to school now" she flustered as she was looking back to the direction she was looking at before. "Ah, Shiraishi-buchou said that I can take the day off" he replied as he looked at the bluish-orange sky. Silence was felt as a gentle breeze blew lightly. "Are your parents going to visit you?" he asked sheepishly. Hiraki's hand twitched for a mere second & just froze there, chewing on her lips. Kenya wondered why she didn't reply. He sighed & asked her again, "Can you hear me? I said are your parents going to visit you?" She turned around, facing Kenya with a smile on her face. "Visit?" she asked. "Those bastards left me in the first place" she looked coldly at Kenya & the smile on her face turned into a frown.

"W-what are you talking about?" he asked, surprised by her answer on her parents. She sighed & smiled thinly to her partner. "I'll tell you everything about it under one condition" she said threateningly. Kenya gave her an amused look & asked, "What condition would that be?" "You keep everything you hear after this conversation a secret" she said dryly. He was even more surprised on her condition. "If you couldn't oblige in this, I'm afraid that I would let you fail in World History & ruin your reputation on the whole school" she continued. "W-wait a minute" he stuttered. "I don't mind that I fail in World History coz I can study hard if I want to" he said. He walked in front of her & stared into her velvet purple eyes. "But the fact that you would ruin my reputation is getting far across the line" he said sharply.

She smirked, looking intensely back at his eyes. "I can ruin it since I help the broadcasting committee & the fact that I'm the Student Council's Vice President, there's no way that I can be threatened back by you" His eyes widened for a few seconds & sighed. "I give up, I agree that I'll keep my mouth shut about everything I'll be hearing today henceforth" he backed away & sat at the near-by bench. She walked towards the bench & sat besides Kenya. "Thank you" she said without remorse felt by her threat just then & smiled thinly.

'I think that I'm going to regret that I wanted to hear this after all...' he thought to himself. "My mother abandoned me to one of my relatives. She was nowhere to be found when I was adopted by my relatives" she said as she was staring at the fleeting clouds. "But my relatives treated me as the black sheep of the family since my mother abandoned me without any consent of remorse" she continued, tightening her grip.

"So you live with your relatives?" he asked sheepishly. "I live alone since 4th grade of elementary" she sighed & released her grip. Her hand was almost red. "If you live alone, who pays for your hospital bills?" he remorsed. "I work part-time in a near-by bookstore during the weekends & in the convenience store during the weekdays" she said, constantly tapping her right feet to the ground. "Though its not enough, the orphanage offered me a free health insurance to this hospital so I don't have to worry of paying the hospital bills" she continued. "So now you know everything, I hope you keep your-" She was interrupted by Kenya. "Yeah, I know, keep it a secret" he said as he stood up & went to the door.

"Oh, & Miyama-sensei said that you should go to the faculty tomorrow to have your special quiz since you're absent for today's quiz." She didn't reply & he went back downstairs. She stood up once again & looked at the changing sky once more.


Okay, I've FINALLY finished editing this. Honestly, I've rewritten the prologue since I haven't described Hi'ki-chan. I refrain of thinking her as an angst emo, though I think you might agree with me (brick'd) Okay, so I dislike emo but it's just me since I have a fetish of writing a tradgic-like background to the character (Yes, this is true. If you could just read my original work, "Memories of you" then you could agree with me).

But it's more hard to write sappy moments since it's torture for me D The very thing I have in common in a certain PoT character I'm not going to mention xD. Anyways, please review, constructive critism or not. :D