So, I'm working on the last chapter of Quarentine, but I got writers block. Decided this could use an update instead! Plus, quite a few people have become interested in this.
I actually looked up Kari and Tai's parents names on Google if they're wrong, eat Google not me. Also, the italics are Tai's SENT text messages, and then bold italics are Tai's RECEIVED messages. RRE! (Read, review, enjoy!)
PS: Sorry for the delay on this. I was really sick and ended up in the hospital for a few days.
Taichi, Friday
Takeru clings to the older boys neck, and refuses to be put down. So the older blonde carries him. Kai leads everyone inside in time for my parents to join us. Since really, it's only my family meeting Yamato, it's not too hard to get introductions out of the way.
"Yamato, this is the Yagami's, Susumu, Yuuko, Hikari, and Taichi. Yagami's, this is-"
"Yama!" Takeru cuts Kai off.
"Yamato." Kai finishes. The older blonde gives us a hesitant smile.
"Hi," he says. His voice is soft. He sounds nervous. He should be. I still want to punch him in the face.
"Let's go sit down?" My dad suggests. To which everyone agrees. Takeru leaps out of Yamato's arms, and grabs his wrist, yanking the older boy forward. Yamato stumbles, catches himself, and allows the younger boy to lead him to what I assume is his favorite chair in the living room. I'm right. Yamato has been pinned under the younger blonde. Not that he seems to upset. We all sit down. I know what's going to happen, and so does Yamato, apparently, because he tries to shrink into the chair behind him. He nearly succeeds, too, since his clothes are so big on him.
"So, Yamato. How do you know Takeru..?" My mother starts. Takeru's mouth opens, but Yamato's hand covers it.
"We're brothers." He says. Although this question didn't actually need to be asked, or answered, she trying to break the ice.
"Are you coming camping with us?" Kari asks.
"Well...If that's okay, yeah..I guess." He doesn't seem to sure, and he shoots his parents a glance. They smile. He looks away in disgust, and I burst out laughing. Maybe he's not so bad, after all.
"Of course it's okay," My mom says, giving me a glare. I try to stop laughing, really I do. But it takes awhile. The blonde just keeps his blue eyes off me.
"Kai," he says, suddenly, interrupting the adults talking.
"Hmm?" Kai says, glancing at him.
"Maybe it's not a good idea." He mutters.
"Why not? I thought you want to spend time with Takeru."
"I do. But I refuse to wear the same outfit for three days with out washing it.."
"What happened to your clothes?" Kai asks, not bothering to hide the annoyance in his voice.
"My..'brother' decided to cut them up." He says with half a shrug. Kai frowns.
"Don't worry about it, we'll buy some clothes for him." My mom says, and my dad nods in agreement. I'm getting bored, so I pull my phone out.
Guess what? I text my friends, Sora, Daisuke, and Ken. The only one to answer is Dai, though.
What's up?
T.K's big brother is here. His name's Yamato.
Ah, the mysterious Yama has been discovered then?
Yep! He's coming camping with us.
Is he pretty? I have to think about the question. I look up at the blonde, and find that he is, indeed very pretty.
Yes, he is. I text back, but my phone rings before it's finished sending. It's Daisuke.
"What could you possibly want?" I snap into the phone, surprising my parents. I get up and leave the room.
"There's a big party happening up at the same camping place you're going to! Mandy's going to be there, she's single. Her and Ryan broke up over some boy named Yamato." Daisuke chatters away happily, but I just can't believe Yamato had been with Mandy. Everyone knows Mandy. Everyone wants to be with Mandy. I don't know why, it's just the goal of every high school boy in Obedia. I finish my conversation with Daisuke, which is a lot of "No"s, and "I have to go"s. When I head back to find my family, they've moved outside, the older blonde is clutching a scrap book to his chest, and arguing with Kai over..something. I can't hear them, since they're by his truck. My parents and the Ishida's are arguing over who Yamato is going to be riding with. They settle on switching him half way through.
"How does that even make sense?" I ask my father, once we're in the mini-van. Yamato is dragged over my Takeru. He looks relieved when he finds out he's sitting with us.
"No idea, son." my dad says with half a shrug. With that, everyone gets in the mini-van, and we head to the campsite. With a pit stop, of course, to pick up more food, and buy the blonde something else to wear besides what he's got on. He changes immediately after my parents buy them for him, and ends up with pants that show his frame, but aren't skinny jeans, and a green t-shirt, with a black zip up sweater. The sleeves are pulled up to just below his elbow, showing off a simple black banded bracelet. I almost stare too long. I think he notices. After that, it's straight to the camp site. Kari tries to ask Yamato a bunch of personal questions(Where were you? How old are you? Why were you gone for so long? You know you're pretty, right?), but he manages to avoid them all in a not too obvious it hurts her feelings way. He's good at it.
"We never gave Yamato to his parents." I say, as the camp site sign comes into view.
"He didn't want to." My mother answers. The blonde doesn't even react, like we never even spoke. As we get closer, I notice two girls. They start waving. Mimi and Mandy. I look over to the blonde.
"Do you know Mandy?" I ask him.
"Uhm..Maybe?" he answers. Which really, isn't an answer, but I guess there's probably more then one Mandy in the world. My parents stop to talk to the girls.
"Hey, Mimi." My mom greets.
"Mr and Mrs. Yagami! It's nice to see you. Daisuke told me you were coming, so we thought we'd meet you here to see if we can steal Tai for awhile."
"Once we unpack I don't see why not. Hop in, we'll drive you to the campsite." My mom returns. The girls climb in, and take up the last two seats. Mandy sits in front of Yamato.
"Hi, Takeru!" She says to the younger blonde.
"Hi, Baby.." He looks away from her, and Yamato completely ignores her. I push it away as the girls start talking. The girls help us unpack and set up tents. It's starting to get dark by the time we're done.
"Do you want to come, too, Yamato?" Mimi asks, looking at the blonde, whose...watching a bug with Kari and Takeru.
"Not really." He says, without looking up.
"It'll be fun." I say.
"Go have your fun then." He returns. Mandy walks over to him, and grabs his hand.
"I shall return your brother later." She promises Takeru before dragging the blonde away. He doesn't fight her, so no one says anything. I say goodbye to my parents, and follow Mandy, Yamato, and Mimi. We walk for nearly ten minutes in silence. Then I can feel the music.
"That's loud." Yamato voices my thoughts.
"Yea, it's a party." Mandy answers him.
"How do you guys know each other?" Mimi asks.
"Foster care." Yamato says.
"I stole his virginity." Mandy says. the blonde glares at her.
"You mean you raped me." He says.
"I did not."
"Cause an eleven year totally wants to have sex with a fourteen year old."
"You loved it." She counters
"Yea," he agrees, which defeats the purpose of his argument. When we reach the party, I am immediately swept into the crowd, away from Yamato, which worries me briefly, but I let it go. If he knows Mandy, I guess he's okay. I drink, and I dance, and I flirt, although, if I'm honest the only person I'd have sex with here is Mandy, who, I've noticed has set her eyes on Yamato. She keeps herself attached to him all night, which sucks because I don't get a chance at her, or him. I'd like to talk to him. I'm starting to like him. I'm not entirely sure when it happens, but the blonde vanishes. Mandy doesn't. I walk over to the slightly older girl, who flashes me a smile.
"Hey, Taichi." She greets.
"Uhm, hey. Do you know where Yamato went?" I ask. She shrugs and points off to the bushes.
"He's having fun." She says simply. I wait with her, and watch the blonde resurface a few minutes later. The girls he's with can hardly walk, but he simply straightens his clothes out, before noticing us and coming over.
"Wow, Yamato." Mandy comments on the girl stumbling away.
"You told me to fuck her, so I fucked her.." He says softly. The look she gives him an annoyed look.
"You didn't have to do it so well." She mutters.
"Kay, I'm leaving. You do not control me." He snaps, before stomping off. I follow immediately, because the reason I had been looking for the blonde was so that we could go back.
Yamato, Saturday
I wake up with a headache. I remember being freezing before falling asleep, but I can assure you I'm warm now. It probably has something to do with the two bodies I'm squished between. One being my younger brother. The other being Taichi Yagami. His arm is draped across my chest in a non-possessive way, it's just to keep my warm. I shift a little bit to make myself more comfortable on the ground, and am extremely grateful to the two other boys that are around me. I stare up at the top of the tent, and listen to the birds. It's not exactly light out yet, but it's coming. Sometime after the sun rises, Takeru stirs, and sits up. I close my eyes, because I'm just not ready to deal with anyone, yet. Even my little brother. He leans down against my chest and nuzzles it before climbing out of the tent.
"Good morning, Takeru." Mrs. Yagami greets the boy. So someone is up.
"Hey, T.K!" Natsuko says, way too cheerfully.
"Uhm...Hi." My brother answers not entirely sure how to react. Everything falls silent again, and I just lay there. Then I remember that I skipped out on my meds last night. With a groan I slide out from under Taichi's arm, and pull the stupid little pill bottles outta my bag. There's three in total, one for anxiety, one for depression, and one to help me deal with anger. I shake out the pills, and but the bottles away. Just before I unzip the tent, I grab my scrap book, too. Hikari and I leave our tents at the same time.
"Morning!" Hikari greets everyone. The adults all simply return her "Morning," and T.K runs up to her and hugs her. I give her a small wave. I head over to the cooler, and grab some water. I take my pills all at the same time, then sit at the picnic table in the middle of the campsite. T.K jumps up beside me and wraps his arms around me. I return his hug with one arm.
"Hi, Yama!"
"Hello." I say softly. T.K nuzzles me again before jumping down and running over to play with Hikari. It gives me inspiration. I flip my book open, and begin drawing the younger kids. Nothing fancy, just a quick sketch. Just as I'm adding the finished details, a voice scares me, and I jump.
"Holy crap. That's awesome." Taichi says from behind me. I spin around and give him a weak glare of scaring me.
"Sorry." He says with a grin.
"What's awesome?" T.K asks, looking at us. All eyes are on me. It makes me want to run and hide.
"Your brother drew you and Kari!" Taichi says.
"Really!? I wanna see!" T.K shouts. I flip the book, and lift it, so my brother and Taichi's sister can look.
"Whoa.." Hikari says quietly. I put my book back down, and I feel Taichi's fingers at my throat. He moves my shirt up, and I realize he must be covering a mark left on my neck probably from Babydoll. Taichi sits beside me.
"Can I look?" He asks. I know he's indicating my book. If it was any of my others, I'd say no. But this one is new, and there's nothing meant to be hidden in it, so I slide it over to him. He flips through the seven or eight pages that are filled in silence. I'm used to compliments on my sketches. That, and my musical ability, which, now that I think about it, is one thing I can actually thank my parents for. I had been eight when they put me in foster care, Takeru just barely born. They had given us up, because they "Couldn't keep us." They were young. Or something. The courts took us away, and our lives went to hell. However, before Takeru was born, before they started fighting, they had showered me. Well, I think my grandparents had. Anything I had wanted, I had gotten. Guitar and piano lessons included in that list. Once my foster 'father' had found that out, he'd make me perform, so I only got better.
"These are amazing." Taichi says before giving me back my book. I shrug absently.
"I guess. Thanks." I have to add the last part. Although I do get compliments on my sketches, I don't normally acknowledge them, but I'm not stupid. I know I have to be friends with Taichi and Hikari in order to continue seeing my brother. Speaking of brothers, Takeru jumps up next to me, with a little red box of cereal with a bird on it.
"Try this, Yama!" he says, putting one of the circular things to my lips. I take it from him, and it hurts my tooth. My hand shoots up to cup my cheek. T.K's eyes go wide, and I swear tears jump to them.
"I'm okay." I promise him.
"But I hurt you!" He whines.
"No, you're food hurt me. I have a cavity." I tell him. He pouts at me.
"They're yummy though." I smile at him. A real smile, not the stupid fake one everyone else gets. He smiles back, although it's not as happy as it should be. Taichi's mom pounces on me, almost. She asks me a million times if I'm okay, which I have to reassure I am. Clearly my parents don't know how to be parents, because they don't even ask what's wrong. I skip breakfast, 'because of my tooth', but really it's because I'm not hungry. Taichi eats like a pig. It almost actually makes me sick. How one person could put that much food in his system is beyond me.
"Yama." Takeru's voice breaks through my thoughts.
"Hmm?" I answer my younger brother.
"Kari and I want to go swimming. She says there's a beach, will you come with us?" I don't know why he's asking, because I'm sure he knows as well as I do that I'm only here for him.
"I'm not going in the water. It's too cold." T.K pokes my stomach.
"You needta put some meat on you. Then you won't be cold all the time." Taichi bursts out laughing at my side, and even I giggle.
"I do, do I?"
"Mhm! So, you're gonna come, right?" I nod my head at my brother.
"We can all go," Mrs. Yagami says. She's overly peppy. It actually kinda annoys me. She's a nice lady and all, but..she's just too happy.
Within half an hour, T.K, Kari, and Taichi and the adults are dressed and ready to go. I bring my book, since by the looks of it I will be sitting alone. Not that I care. I'm glad Takeru's family is good to him. I'm happy they're being good to me, for now. But will they still let me see my brother when they find out I killed someone? I doubt it. That's what Kai and I had been arguing about yesterday. He wanted to tell them. I begged him to wait until after the camping trip, so I could at least spend these three days with Takeru before I never got to see him again. Well, it would only be ten years, once he's an adult no one can stop him, but two years was way more then enough. How would I handle ten? The thought of tomorrow fucking terrifies me. What am I going to do if they tell me I can't see T.K again?