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Sorry that this chapter took so long..
School just started and I've been very busy with homework and the like. This year is my final year in Secondary level, and the pressure for us to do well is seriously intense. What makes it worse is that my mother doesn't believe I can get to the Junior College of my choice and it's really disheartening to know that my own mother doesn't believe that I can do it. I've been demoralized and down the past few days, and the fact that my father is in hospital doesn't help any either.
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Chapter 7: Red Handed
"WHAT?" shouted Kyo angrily. "You mean he ran out of school when there was a thunderstorm? IS HE INSANE?" The group was on the way home when Momiji decided talk about the events that happened that day.
"He's going to be in a lot of trouble on Monday," Yuki stated, shaking his head in exasperation.
"Well, I'm sure Hatsuharu-san had a reason why he had to urgently run out of class like that," Tohru reasoned.
"We can ask him," Yuki said, sweatdropping at the sight of Haru's school shoes messily thrown on the porch of their house. As they entered, they received another shock.
"HARU!" Kyo fumed angrily, glaring at the puddles of water left on the floor. He then stormed upstairs to find said boy, the rest of the group following after him. He slammed open every door and searched for the boy but to no avail.
Finally, he reached his own room, and he entered the room hastily to find his sister sleeping soundly on his bed, wearing only one of his very own T-shirts that were too big on her, and also his cousin clad only in boxers, hair wet and a towel around his neck. Haru was bent over the sleeping girl, face an inch or two away from hers.
Kyo's jaw dropped. The rest of the group peered over his shoulders, and froze at the sight.
"Ah. Okaeri (Welcome home)," he called in his monotone voice, like it didn't faze him at all at being caught in an awkward situation.
"W-W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU BAKA!" Kyo shouted, still frozen in his place.
Haru blinked once. "I was about to kiss her." Tohru then turned beet red, out of embarrassment, while Kyo turned beet red in anger.
"DON'T KID ME!" he yelled, running forward, fist ready for the punch. Haru didn't react fast enough, and his cheek was slowly turning swollen at the impact of the punch. When he turned his head back, his face seemed to take on a more sinister expression, his eyes had an insane gleam in them, and he scowled. Black Haru was out.
"Why, are you jealous about my success at taking your sister? She was so good in..." Black Haru sneered, smirking cockily at the older boy.
"STOP TALKING BULLSHIT!" Kyo snarled fiercely, not allowing the younger boy to complete his sentence, and threw his fist out once again at the dual hued boy. This time, he caught the fist in time, and he twisted Kyo's hand into a weird position. The orange haired boy then used his leg to knee Haru hard in his gut, causing said boy to release his hold on his hand. Too caught up in their fight, they failed to notice the sleeping figure stirring from on the bed.
"It's a surprise how she managed to sleep through the shouting from before," Yuki sweatdropped, watching said girl sit up and blink sleepily at the fighting boys in front of her. By then, Momiji had lost interest in the ongoing scene in front of him and had dragged Tohru away to go play.
"What's going on?" she asked, and the two boys turned to look at her. Black Haru let out a smirk, before stalking to her. He bent down to her level and leaned in to steal her lips when he was stopped abruptly by someone pulling them apart. He turned around to glare at what he assumed was Kyo, but he was met with annoyed violet eyes.
"That's enough playing, Haru," he scolded, a stress mark appearing on his temple.
Black Haru smirked. "Yuki, I didn't know you wanted one too," he said, leaning forward to said boy. Yuki then punched the side of the boy's head, and Haru fell forward.
Kyo walked to the bed and sat beside the girl, holding her shoulders. "Did Haru did anything to you, Kairi?"
"Eh? No he didn't. He just comforted me, that's all." He sighed in relief, before looking at her, confused.
"Why would you need comforting?"
"That's none of your business, Kyo," said Haru, as he sat up from his position on the floor.
Kyo had a growing stress mark on his forehead. "Of course it's my business! You and my sister were alone in the house and you both are barely wearing anything!"
Kairi sweatdropped at her overprotective brother. "Onii-chan, I am wearing clothes." With that, she pulled up the long shirt to show a pair of shorts. "And Ha-chan was wet from running home in the rain, so he went to take a bath while I was sleeping. His clothes are drying downstairs and he has nothing to wear.."
"Tadaima (I'm home)!" sang Shigure as he popped his head into the room. "Oh my! What an indecent scene I'm walking into. Kyo-kun, Yuki-kun, don't interrupt the two lovers! Ohohoho young love!" And within a matter of seconds, he was sporting two bumps on his head from said cat and mouse.
An exasperated Yuki stormed into his room, opening his closet door and throwing out a pair of slacks and a plain white T-shirt at Hatsuharu who caught said items effortlessly.
"Honestly Haru, running out of school during class? Are you out of your mind?" Yuki ranted angrily. "I can't believe you actually did that. You're going to be in tons of trouble back at school on Monday." Haru just shrugged his shoulders, face still as stoic as it usually was. A stress mark fell on Yuki's temple as he glared at his nonchalant cousin.
"I can't leave her alone at home," he replied after awhile, locking eyes with Yuki. "She's been alone for 10 years already. I.. Just can't leave her alone."
Yuki's eyes softened. "I know what you mean, Haru.. I feel the same way too.." he mumbled softly. "I don't know what happened to her.. But she's become so.."
"Quiet?" Haru supplied.
Yuki's eyes darted from side to side, looking for a word to describe the blonde. "More like withdrawn. And she used to be so open about everything.."
Haru's eyes hardened. "That Akito.. He must've done something to hurt her and traumatize her," he growled angrily, signs of Black Haru quickly showing. "I'll kill him."
Yuki put a hand on his younger cousin's shoulder and shook his head, as if to calm him. It did little to stop the gradually growing anger of Haru.
The door creaked open, and the person that they were talking about poked her head in to see an angry Haru glaring at the floor and Yuki trying to calm him down. She slid into the room without a sound, moving in front of Haru and lifting his head up slightly so that her murky eyes were locked with his clear grey ones.
"Ha-chan? Why are you so angry?"
His hardened grey eyes widened, before they softened at the blonde. Haru shook his head to dispel the anger that had clouded his mind. "No reason," he replied, as he grabbed her retreating hand and held it to his face, closing his eyes and leaning into her soft hands. Apparently, White Haru was back in control.
Yuki's face was a pure look of surprise. He knew that she was special to the cow, but..
Did she just calm Black Haru, and did White Haru actually remember that he was Black?
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(Author's Note : Chapter edited!)
