Broken

Oh poof…I can't believe I've misspelled 'Tsuzuki' all along

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On a totally unrelated note

Yey summer+xmas vacations!

::dance::

Oh and

I'm sorry Bekkii for being such a filthy liar!

..and hope you won't be mad at me for calling you Bekkii

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::insert disclaimer here::


Apparently, Hisoka decided he'd take a bath as well

He was still in the shower when a woman entered the apartment.

She looked around, probably looking for my partner

"He's taking a shower", I sighed

The brunette nodded, leaving whatever thing she was carrying next to her shoes and hurrying to the kitchen

She soon came back with a steaming mug and a muffin

Suddenly I had forgotten my anger and despair

The relief didn't last long, only the two bites the muffin lasted

"What happened to my sister?"

"I'm sure Kurosaki-kun has explained something to you…has he?"

"Barely"

The female sitting next to me had straight brown hair and no ears, as would have been expected by any of my classmates

I chose not to believe in their gossip…it was just sick. But I have to admit that the circumstances surrounding my friend's ear loss were intriguing. We lived in a town where small events such as a man giving flowers to the daughter of his neighbor were big news.

"What's your name"

"You can call me Minako" she nodded

I nodded

We stood in relative silence for a while until she decided 'Kurosaki-kun' was talking way too long in the bath tub and proceeded to bang on the bathroom's door

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"What did you do to him" her face suddenly appeared in front of mine, staring coldly

"I… what?"

"What did you do to my baby?"

"Hisoka? I suppose I got angry at him for not telling me what was going on, that's all!"

The woman was still staring

She tilted her head a bit to the side before giving up: she wasn't getting any more information

"Minako.."

"Hmm?" she dropped onto the red velvet couch where my partner had been sitting. She was rubbing her temples

"What are you to Hisoka?"

"I'm his guardian" after a few more seconds of temple-rubbing cheerful Minako was back "Would you like more tea?"

I glanced at my left, where the now cold mug lay untouched. "No thanks"

"I've never seen him so sad"

"Hn?"

"Kurosaki-kun"

"Oh"

"Seriously… his eyes were all swollen and… he has not cried since that night two years ago-"

"OI! You better not be talking about me!" a completely dressed Hisoka yelled, his voice muffled by the thick scarf he was wearing around his neck

He walked past us, reaching for the gloves that his guardian had discarded over the kitchen table

"Where do you live, again, Asato-kun?"

Minako reached inside her pocket and handed him a piece of paper

"Oh… okay" Hisoka pulled the hood of his jacket over his head

"Wait... Kurosaki-kun… are you going out?... it's snowing" Minako stood from her couch

My friend nodded

"You're crazy of what?!"

Hisoka shook his head

"Maybe we'll find more clues about the whereabouts of Asato-kun's sister if we visit his home"

"I'm going with you" She quickly buttoned up her jacket and was about to rip one of the scarves from the coat hook next to the door when Hisoka spoke

"I'd rather you stay here with him and wait for any phone calls…"

"You can't go out! It's like… snowing. You'll catch a cold or something"

Hisoka shook his head "It'll make me feel better"

"At least take the earmuffs!" Minako waved them in front of his face

He nodded

And then was gone

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Minako kept pacing back and forth

It had been an hour since Hisoka had left

I had turned on the TV and was mindlessly zapping through the channels

She played with her hands as she babbled "My poor baby, making his way through the snow, lost in this cold abyss, he might get taken away or something by those evil people in the streets. I can picture him, being almost blown away by the strong blizzards that-"

"We should go look for him"

Minako nodded

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The panorama she had described was almost accurate

The only thing that was missing were the chilly blizzards

We got into the first bus we saw.

Minako had been mad at me about 'how I had changed Hisoka' and how 'he had never disobeyed her requests before' and how 'I had made him feel terrible'

I had just met this woman and she was already lecturing me

But I had to admit some of her complaints were true…at least one

I had definitely hurt him

And I didn't know what to do about it

I felt really bad because it was not what I had intended to do…I had just been angry

And Minako was right, Hisoka might be physically hurt… or something

I'd have to apologize later

"Kurosaki-kun!"

The woman rushed to the first row of seats and proceeded to shake mercilessly some poor sleeping person

The wheat blond hair was unmistakable


First relatively long chappy in a while

Yey

The next chappy should be up by Monday…methinks... hopefully I'll have the opportunity to write some fluff... fluff is good for yer heath...

Thank you for reading

-Vivi