Sorry for the wait my lovelies. I got addicted to my new fanfic Bloodstained Night so I got sidetracked. I also discovered Psycho-Pass and I'm now addicted. Here is the new chapter, enjoy!
Chapter 7
"Hey Tetsu have you seen Kise?" I ask with impatience. Seriously all weekend he has not messaged me and he still has not replied to my text.
"No I haven't Aomine-kun."
Of course he hasn't, no one has, not even Murasakibara… Okay he never knows anything, it's a miracle he remembers to wash himself, or does he? Oh what the hell that's not what's important right now. God damn it Kise just reply my fucking message already. I thought we were cool, that we had work things out so why are you avoiding me like I have the plague?
"Dai-chan! What's got you in such a bad mood?" Honestly Satsuki can't you read on my face? Only Kise can get me in this type of a bad mood that I am right now.
"Tell me where Kise is so I can give him a pounding!" I blurt out almost regretting saying it as Satsuki slaps me in the back of the head. "Outch what was that for Satsuki!"
"Stop bullying Ki-chan! He was busy all weekend so whatever you have to say to him you can tell him when he gets here for practice!" She yells at me with her face becoming red, nice Satsuki, just nice… You didn't have to hit me geez.
"Then explain why he still has not replied to my texts huh?!" Yeah care to explain that Satsuki the all mighty analyst.
"Ki-chan broke his phone Saturday, it's gone for repairs. God Dai-chan stop jumping to conclusions over nothing and instead go practice!"
You'd think she's my mother or something. Alright I might have over reacted a little about Kise not replying to my messages, okay okay I over reacted. With everything that's been going on lately with Akashi meddling in my things I just can't help it to jump to the worst case scenario. Kise's voice quickly caught my ear as he entered the gym with Midorima, he wore a red t-shirt and black shorts I must say he looks good today and for a change of pace he actually has that grin on his face.
"Alright enough vacation, time to train!" The coach's voice suddenly echoed in the large gym, great I won't have the time to talk to Kise right now and like usual the coach makes us train like we are soldiers, not giving us the slightest bit of rest. We might have had the weekend off but we sure are paying for it today, I wanted a lazy Monday today…
Squats push ups, sprints… How pointless, Kise sure is pushing himself harder than usual today. Not sure if it's just my imagination but he seems to be keeping a fair distance from me. Usually he'd train closer to me to get a small conversation while we would train and I'd have to tell him to shut up and tell him to concentrate on what he was doing. So Satsuki do you still think I was over-reacting earlier? I give a quick glance towards Kise, then back to her and she just shrugs with a confused expression on her face.
I'm not sure what it is today though but he looks fine as hell, maybe it's because he's been having a gloomy aura lately and it's really the first time I've seen him with a genuine smile on his face. Yeah he's working up a sweat but he's got more color in his face than usual, damn has Kise always been like this? Why am I just noticing now?
God how much time has passed? My shirt is soaked with sweat; this is a pure sign to stop… Someone should make the coach run with us, he'd probably change his fucking mind about pushing us so hard and besides it's not like all this training will do anything special. The only one who can beat me is me, no matter how much I train I will only keep getting better but at the point I am right now, even if I don't train no one will be able to beat me anyway so why bother?
"That will be enough for today." The coach's voice takes me out of my thoughts. It was about time we got off the hook.
I trail the gym, Kise already went to the locker room without even coming to say hello. Somehow it just does not feel like him, normally he clings to me like a small puppy and I have to forcefully push him away to get some space. I make my way to the locker room and there he is putting his sweat drench shirt in his bag and taking out a clean black shirt with a wide neckline. I know that's how it is supposed to fit but if you ask me, the shirt just looks too big on Kise, the sleeves go to his knuckles and the neckline just looks like someone decided to play tug a war with it and got it stretched out but still only Kise can pull it off.
"Oi Kise!" I say as I place my arm over his shoulder slightly pulling him closer to me. Damn he smells good today I just want to smack his ass, got to control myself there but his scent is just not helping to keep the animal inside me under control. "You're not avoiding me are you?" I ask,trying to sound suspicious of my insecurities right now, I feel like things have not been fixed and I'm actually losing him.
"Aominecchi of course not." He answers with that smile he's had during practice. "I just have a lot on my mind at the moment, just needed some time to myself."
"I tried reaching you all weekend; Satsuki told me your phone broke." I tell him as I release my hold of him, taking off my wet shirt.
"Sorry about that Aominecchi. I had a funny mishap with my phone!" He says as he tries to control his laughter. "We were bored Saturday night so we decided to experiment in the kitchen and ended up making a big mess and my phone got soaked."
"We?" I ask curiously as I put on a white t-shirt and reach out for my jacket.
"Akashicchi. We were at his place Saturday and ended up staying overnight because of the storm." Damn that fucking bastard, so that's why Kise refused to go on a one-on-one, Akashi you little fucker you're still trying to play your little fucking games with Kise.
"The hell Kise, since when are you chummy with Akashi?" No seriously Kise, ever since I've known you, you never showed that much interest in Akashi and all of a sudden you're his BFF.
"Does it matter Aominecchi? I can do whatever I want to do, Akashicchi invited me to go horseback riding and I wanted to go so I did." He says with a sour tone as he put on his jacket and closed his locker and picking up his bag.
I slam my locker shut, quickly reaching out for his arm before he could walk away pulling him towards the lockers slamming Kise onto them. "The hell are you trying to prove Kise! I apologized to you, what more do you want from me?"
"Let go of me!" He shouts back at me as he tries to push me away. With my other hand I hold onto his wrists pushing them to his chest, tightening my grip as he tries to struggle to free himself; I really don't get what his problem is, the look he is giving me, his eyes are becoming teary but there is something different by the way he is looking at me right now. Whatever he's trying to pull is not going to work; every time I try to talk to him he just wants to run away. You aren't going to run away this time; you're going to listen for once.
"Mine-chin let go of Ki-chin."
Argh- Is it really that hard to not meddle in my things? "This isn't your business Murasakibara so piss off."
"Aomine go blow off your steam on an inanimate object instead of your teammate." Damn the coach and he looks pissed, shit. I quickly release my grip of Kise's wrist, he quickly picks up his bag and off he goes in a run not looking back as he exist the locker room. "My office now Aomine." The coach demands as he leaves. Fucking great, I give a glare to Murasakibara as he exits the locker room with Midorima; they just could not mind their fucking business.
My wrists are throbbing; I pull up my sleeve to find red marks in the form of fingers… Aominecchi's fingers that were digging into my skin… What did I do? I just said that I went to Akashicchi; I have the right to do what I want and hang out with whoever I want. I had fun with Akashicchi this weekend, it was the most fun I had in a long time, I was actually happy for once until Aominecchi attacked me for absolutely no reason.
I look back at my wrists, they look like they've gotten a little bigger and a bluish tint is starting to mix with the red marks.
"Ki-chan your step-dad just arrived, lucky you! You won't have to take the bus." Momoicchi says with her usual enthusiastic ways but I can't find a smile to give her but a nod to acknowledge what she said.
"Is everything alright?" She asks as her eyes go to my wrists giving me a horrified look as she takes my right hand to inspect my wrist and then the other. "Ki-chan what happened?"
"It's nothing, don't worry Momoicchi." I try to reassure her the best I can but I can tell she sees right through my lie. Just admit it Ri, you are a terrible liar…
"It's Dai-chan isn't it?" I don't answer her; I just pull my hands away lower my sleeves and walk away. I just don't understand Aominecchi anymore. I now regret even telling him where I was this weekend, if I hadn't told him he would not have gotten mad. Akashicchi did tell me that I should be careful with Aominecchi that he would hurt me but I guess I was just too naïve to believe that he would change. He's just like father, he'll never change.
I exit the school to find Takashi sitting in his truck reading something. I rub my throbbing wrists again hoping that the pain and the marks will magically go away. I'm going to be in so much trouble when mom sees the marks; I won't be able to hide them for long. Should I just tell Takashi right now or wait to be at home? I don't want Aominecchi to get in trouble, he was just angry although I don't know why.
I quickly get in the truck as Takashi puts away his phone and starts the truck.
"So how was practice?" He asks and I force a smile and simply tell him that it was fine as we drive off. "You seem more worn out than usual, everything alright?" I hate the question even more in this situation when I just want to scream my brains out. If I tell Takashi what happened he'll tell mom and she'll stop me from playing basketball.
"Ryouta what's going on?" He asks again, giving me quick look of the corner of his eyes at the same time keeping his eyes on the road.
"Nothing…" I don't want to get into this right now, not right now… How do you tell someone the person you have feelings for is another guy and he just so happened to have attacked you in the locker room and I'm just confused while everything around me is just spinning out of control?
"Ryouta if there's something bothering you can tell me. You know that right?"
"Yeah…"
The rest of the drive was pretty quiet; a few times here and there Takashi tried to get a conversation running. He always tries to be this friendly person with me; I know it's all an act to gain my trust. That's what they all do and once they get it they stab me right in the back, they step on me and crush me into small little pieces. They all abandoned me, they all tossed me aside like I'm nothing, Takashi won't be any different, and it's just a matter of time before mom kicks him to the curb or he packs up and leaves like father did.
Takashi enters the driveway as I unbuckle the safety belt and get out once the truck came to a halt. I look at the almost complete basketball court, it's awesome but just another way Takashi is trying to bribe me. I enter the house, my mom quick to welcome me home like usual with her bright smile.
"How was school sweetie?" She asks.
"It was fine." I answer with my best fake smile I could do.
"That's good sweetie, dinner will be ready soon."
"I'm not feeling well, can I be excused?" Partly was true, my head has a light throbbing but I also just want to be alone. I'm not hungry at all either, just suddenly tired.
"Okay sweetie."
Mom gives me a kiss on the cheek before going back to the kitchen as I go up the stairs and straight to my room closing the door. I drop my bag on the floor and just drop myself on my bed as I search my pocket when it hits me; my phone is out for repairs. I'm so used checking my messages that it's become a habit.
A knock on my door makes me sit as my door opens, popping in my mom with a glass of water and some pain killer for my headache. I take it and thank her before she leaves me to go back to her cooking. I place my glass on my night table and go to my desk turning my laptop on. I might as well go check if I've got any emails or something, I can't wait to get my phone back. I prefer texting over using social networks.
Facebook is a carnival, I've got so many friend request it is almost scary. There's a girl who's been sending me request after request and each time I decline her request but she does not seem to get the message. I even wrote on my profile I only accept friends and family on my social network but I still have the ninety-nine friend request daily. Thank god that ninety-nine is the max limit of request one person can get in a day because it would be really scary otherwise. Sis says that I should just block all those requests; it's starting not to be a bad idea.
Hugh?- Akashicchi is online and sent me a message.
"Is everything alright? Are you okay? Shintarou told me what happened between you and Daiki."
He must have been worried about me; come to think of it I just dashed off without saying anything. I did not even say bye to Akashicchi before I left and without my phone he could not text me either, now I just feel terrible.
I pull up my sleeves; they are now a shade of blue mixed with some purple and reddish hues and they are definitely swollen. Maybe I shouldn't have tried to fight off Aominecchi; I caused him to use more force so in a sense it's my fault that this happened.
"I'm fine, my wrists are a little swollen and bruised but other than that I'm fine." I reply back. A few seconds after I sent my reply, I saw that Akashicchi had seen it and was already typing something. With the new system Facebook as done, it now tells you if the other has seen the message or not. It's a fun feature, you know if someone is actually ignoring you or not so you don't waste your time pointlessly waiting for the never coming reply.
"Mind if I come see you Ryouta?" He replies, I never typed yes so quickly before and I found myself smiling at the thought of Akashicchi coming over.
"I'll be there in about fifteen minutes." Akashicchi replies, logging off not long after and I do the same closing my laptop and leaping back onto my bed when my bedroom opens followed by a knock. Seriously? Why knock when I already know you opened the door Takashi.
"Dinner is ready come down." Is he ordering me or something? I already told mom that I was not feeling well. "Let's go." He adds with a serious tone.
He's just standing there holding the door open like he's afraid that it will magically close by itself as he motions with his other arm to go downstairs. This is really bothersome, at this rate they'll know. I was hoping to skip my way out of dinner and avoid them altogether. Maybe my wrists would look less bad tomorrow.
"Let's go Ryouta; you aren't skipping a meal, downstairs now." What is his problem all of a sudden? It's not the first time I skipped a meal when I was not feeling well so why all of a sudden care about it.
What is eating him? He just reached for my arm and brought me up to my feet and points back downstairs. "Go." He must have lost his marbles or something. I don't even try to argue with him, it's probably a lost cause anyway, I'm just glad he did not grab my wrists because they are killing me right now as it is. I go downstairs followed by Takashi and go straight to the dining room where mom was already sitting waiting for us.
"How are you feeling sweetie?" She asks, placing a bowl of rice in front of me.
"Just not really hungry…" Was all I said as I stared at my bowl. Seriously I'm not hungry, I feel like the moment I'll eat it will come back up with full force.
"Just eat what you can sweetie. It's worse for your body if you don't eat at all. Takashi and I are concern about your health. You've been ill quite a lot recently; we think you have been pushing yourself too hard." Yeah I can see his concern like pulling me off my bed and forcing me to come downstairs to force feed me. I know it's him who obliged me to come downstairs and not you mom.
"I'm fine." I tell her giving her a smile as I try to eat but it's just bleh. It taste good though but I just don't have any appetite at all.
"There's something going on Ryouta, you have not been yourself lately and we want answers." Takashi's tone is direct as he stares at me, like he is trying to peer through me for the information.
"It's nothing, just leave me alone." I'm trying to keep calm while my frustration just keeps building up within me.
"Sweetie don't shut us out like that. We know you best; we know when something is bothering you. If there is something going on, please tell us so we can help you." Her voice was soft but I could not look at her, my eyes fixed on my bowl when I feel her hand touch mine and my reflex quickly was to pull my hands away bringing them between my knees leaving a confused expression on mom's face and I know that I just messed up, it's over stupid Ri, god you're so stupid why did you do that?
Takashi gets up and walks up to me and raises my arm and lifts my sleeve up revealing my swollen and bruised wrist and quickly does the same with the other revealing the same followed by placing his hands on my shoulders like he thinks I'm going to get up and walk away… Well maybe he's right, I just want to disappear and pretend this is all just a dream and none of this as happened.
"Is someone hurting you? Who? How did this happen?" My mom quickly asks as she comes to me to inspect my bruises.
"Just a confrontation mom. I took care of it; it's not that bad anyway." I answer and really it's the truth. It's going to heal in a day or two anyway.
"By the bruising and the swelling, you clearly have some damaged ligaments. It's going to take a week or two to heal if not more." Takashi states as he messes up my hair and goes back to his chair to resume eating. No seriously you had to mess up my hair?
"You'll stay home tomorrow to get a head start to properly heal. You won't be doing any writing tomorrow with those wrists if they continue to swell like that." It's not really what I had in mind but in a way she's right I'm already having trouble moving my wrists as it is.
"Akashicchi said he was coming over for a bit." I tell mom, trying to hold my chops stick but gave up. Good thing I'm not hungry anyway.
"That's alright, dear. Go get some rest sweetie."
I'm not going to argue with that. I get up and go back upstairs and straight to my bedroom. I don't bother closing the door, Akashicchi should arrived at any minute anyway. I leap on my bed and just lie down; the sound of fabric getting punctured caught my attention followed by purring. Little Daisy is getting used to climbing up my bed by clawing the blankets, she's so cute.
*Ding! Dong!*
That must be Akashicchi, like always he's exactly on time or should I say on queue would be more precise. Takashi's voice catches my attention as he's the one who welcomed Akashicchi in. Seriously what is his deal today, usually mom is the one who always greets people at the door and all of a sudden he's invading in everything. I can hear him talk to Akashicchi but I can't make out exactly what he's saying, god Takashi just butt out of my affairs already, it's starting to get really annoying.
I hear Akashicchi's footsteps coming up the stairs and not too long after he pops in closing the door behind him and joins me on the bed, sitting next to me as he takes my hands to look at my wrists for a minute and back to me.
"It won't happen again Ryouta that I promise you." He tells me as he pulls me closer for a hug.
"What did Takashi tell you? He's been on my case since I arrived from practice." I ask.
"He asked me about the incident that happened today. I told him that I was not there per say but I assure him that it would not happen again. Don't worry Ryouta I did not tell him more." He answers with a gentle voice as he plays with my hair.
"Thank you Akashicchi for not telling but he's so annoying. Like what's the deal with him all of a sudden anyway?"
"Since you do not have a real father figure, you would not know Ryouta." Was his simple reply causing me to look at Akashicchi in confusion.
"I have a father and it sure is not Takashi." I blurt out and I'm not even sorry either. He's not my father and he never will be, I'm not his flesh and blood but someone else's, I'm just someone else's trash that got left behind.
"Takashi is doing what a father should do. He is doing what he can to protect you Ryouta and keep you safe, I can tell that he loves you and cares for you very much." I just want to laugh at what Akashicchi just said but I refrain myself from doing so out of respect but seriously, why would he even love someone else's kid?
"Love me? He'll leave just like the others have done before him and just like my father. He won't-"
"May I ask you a question Ryouta?"
I look at Akashicchi's heterochromia eyes staring back at me as I nod. Is it crazy that I just want to kiss him right now?
"Who is the person that comes watch your every games?"
"Errr… Takashi"
"And who is the one that spontaneously picks you up at school?"
"… Takashi…"
"Who showed you how to build a rabbit house?"
"Takashi…"
"And who solved the problem you were having with a student in your P.E class?"
"… Takashi"
"Who was the one that slapped you in the face?"
"… My… father…"
"Exactly my point. I could go on asking what Takashi does for you on a daily basis but that would take all night. Point is, he would never hurt you but your father would so stop building up that wall to protect yourself from him. He wants you to let him in, allow Takashi that and you will see how much happier you will be. Just give him a chance and I promise you, he won't leave like the others; he won't hurt you like the last man your mom was with. Takashi is here to stay; he won't be going anywhere just like I won't be going anywhere." He cups my face with his hands and kisses my forehead. He's right but the fear still remains deep down inside me. The image in my mind when my father stroked me for the first time when my mom had to be out of the country for a week and Takashi went with her and I was stuck with him.
Sorry Aokise fandom I just could not resist XD
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