A/N: I´m sorry for having taken ages with this, inspiration didn´t come at all T.T I wanted to also mention that the other story will be made into comic (the mirror one) following another path, it´ll be explained differently and the chapters will be different… the mirror story will be based from another version I´ll be doing in Spanish, the Spanish written story will then be translated to English when I draw it. Why have I decided this? The mirror story by far needs to start over again so that valuable things that I haven´t shown are explained and so people will understand it with more ease.
Also that many things that haven´t come to mind then will be added in this version… I apologize seriously for this but I´ll make sure it´s worth taking a look at the comic n_n
Chapter 7: An Ugly End part 1
A day passed after Brick´s and Butch´s adventure into the circus dimension, it was obvious the awkwardness between Kai and Ressee which started just after a certain incident … why was this? Well, Mikie, Ressee´s sister took revenge on Butch who threatened her that time after Misaki had died. Butch was affected by Kai´s madness growing but still, it didn´t change the fact that Butch had done something wrong and that leaded to Mikie demanding a kiss between Butch and Brick, thing that was fulfilled only because I kicked Butch forward… yeah, I got severely pummeled after that, but it´s a memory neither I or Haru will ever forget and that was worth every second of it.
Haru had been feeling kind of ill that morning, but it wasn´t his muscles or any other thing, it was an issue he couldn´t place. Since that was probably an emotional thing I opted to visit Ressee where signs of uneasiness were everywhere, those two couldn´t stare at each other, they were avoiding all kinds of interaction as if what had happened was a big deal… was their male pride so big? I was sure Brick and Butch had already moved past it… well, maybe not Butch since he is kind of a drama queen in this stuff but still…
Without paying much attention to them or well, doing as if I didn´t care I sat with Misaki on the living room, Mikie was apparently doing breakfast with Ressee´s mom and since they didn't want anyone coming in uninvited they sent me straight here… Kai approached us and took a seat aside of Misaki whereas Ressee sat on the other side, he greeted me and seemed eager to make conversation but once their eyes met the awkwardness started once more. Brick wasn´t making a big deal out of this, right?
"Guys, stop it! It´s annoying being between you two when you are behaving this way!" I said to them, there wasn´t any response for a while, I could only hear Misaki chuckle nervously… seems he was aware these two weren´t in "good" terms… and I don´t know how to put it since they aren´t in bad terms either.
"Ah! I forgot I had to go get milk! I´ll be right back!" said Ressee as he hurriedly left the house, Kai stared a bit surprised at the action the other took and just sighed probably fed up of this.
"Kai… what the hell is going on?" I asked him, Kai looked away probably not wanting to speak because of Misaki being there, not that Misaki didn´t get it though. Misaki looked curiously at the two and smiled troubled.
"Don´t worry, brother, I know you kissed Ressee so there´s no need to hold back with me here" he said, Kai darted to stare at Misaki quickly when he heard him mention the kiss, he was shocked at his brother knowing, who had told him?! Well, not like it was so hard to figure out, it was obvious it had been Mikie.
"W-what? Misaki! It´s not what you think! The kiss didn´t even-" said Kai interrupted by Misaki.
"Brother, I saw the picture Ressee´s sister took, you don´t have to make excuses" said Misaki "I´m completely fine with it"
"Huh? What? You are fine with what…?" asked Kai kind of scared, Misaki released a giggle and looked happily at Kai.
"I´m okay of you being a fag" said Misaki cheerfully, we stared shocked at his use of words… he probably said that because I told him that "fag" meant two boys liking each other.
"Misaki, what the…" said Kai looking at Misaki in disbelief, his brother caught on quickly as he realized what he had said.
"Ah! True, that´s a word used to insult… is there a term that means the same but it´s not offensive?" asked Misaki to me.
"Yeah, that´s "Gay" or "Homo" I said, Kai looked sarcastically at me like scolding me for telling his brother but well, he was asking and had the right to know.
"I see…" said Misaki as he then turned to see Kai "I don´t mind you are gay as long as you are happy, brother"
"But Misaki, what are you saying… it wasn´t that much of a deal" said Kai "The only reason why we are this awkward around each other , in my case… it´s because every time I stare at Ressee, Butch starts reminding me of the day before and how awful that incident was and starts being really annoying and I hear cackling in my head… you have no idea what I´m going through right now" said Kai as he sighed.
"Really? Well, maybe if Butch is out we could solve this" I said, it was likely that having a chat with Butch would really help.
"You think? Well, yeah… I guess you can try talking to Butch since if he keeps it up I´ll have to stop coming for a while, that until Butch stops bringing up the subject" said Kai as he then changed with Butch, who was apparently staring at his right hand and… talking to it.
"Can you seriously believe-?!" said Butch as he then stared at us "Oh… the hell?!"
"Butch, what were you doing talking to the stone on your hand…?" I said as I arched a brow incredibly confused, Butch looked speechless for a moment, he was probably trying to make up an excuse.
"Eh… and it concerns you, why…?" said Butch as he frowned at me, Misaki grinned cheerfully at the sight of Butch and immediately hugged him.
"Butch! Good morning!" he said as Butch passed an arm around him and patted his back like saying ´´there´´ ´´there´´.
"Hey there, Misaki, did you sleep well?" said Butch as I kept staring suspiciously at him, he turned to see me and bared his teeth.
"It concerns me because I don´t find you speaking to stones like that" I said, Butch rolled his eyes and then glared at me.
"Well, why don´t you go after Ressee or something? Go annoy someone else" said Butch, why was he getting so defensive just because I asked him that?
"Anyway, Butch, what´s up with you? Kai is having a hard time dealing with Ressee in the same room just because you kept talking about the same stuff!" I said as Butch raised an eyebrow confused.
"What? Now it seems everything is my fault, I don´t have anything to do for his awkward feelings towards the kiss given to Ressee" said Butch "If anything I´d say he liked it but stop saying it´s my fault!"
"Butch…" I murmured looking at him incredulously; it was that much of a problem accepting he had to do with Kai´s behavior right now? "Just stop being a drama queen or I´m going to think you actually liked kissing Brick"
"What?! You fucking bastard don´t joke around!" Butch said though I just chuckled amused at his anger, he really thought he could do anything to me now that I was bigger than he was?
"Heh, now what? Are you trying to threaten me? You are smaller than I am hahaha" I said while pulling down an eye lid and showing my tongue… though suddenly I felt dizzy and found Butch to be of the same height "Huh? You grew… wait! Am I small again?"
"Oh, yes you are… do you know what that means?" Butch said as he cracked his knuckles, he was undoubtedly angry for my taunting seconds ago…
"Butch! Don´t be so violent! Don´t hit Boomer!" said Misaki, Butch snarled at hearing him probably thinking ´´oh shit, now because Misaki is here I can´t do crap´´, just before Butch could do anything I changed with Haru and so Butch stopped trying to hit me.
"Right, what a coward, changing with Haru just so I don´t hit you" said Butch "Dude, it´s not like I can´t move past it, there´s something here that won´t let me in peace with that… a really annoying laughter"
"An annoying laughter?" asked Haru, I was also wondering that… Kai mentioned it before but what did that mean?
"Not like it´s anything to worry about but it won´t stop and it´s driving me crazy and Kai is suffering because of it as well" said Butch, as he said this, Ressee came back carrying some bags with milk.
"Hello there! Hasn´t mom said anything yet? I´m sure that breakfast should be…" said Ressee as he stared at Butch "Hey there Butch, how are you?"
"Huh?" we murmured really puzzled, Ressee was speaking to Butch like nothing had happened? I thought he found it awkward to even stare at him…
"I´m fine, thanks…" said Butch as he inspected Ressee carefully, he was probably wondering the same as us.
"Boys! Come to the kitchen!" said Mikie as she stepped out and yelled, she then went back to the kitchen.
"Well, seems Boomer is back being a kid… Haru, how do you feel?" asked Ressee amused at seeing us in our child versions.
"I´m okay though I´m wondering how come your mom didn´t say anything at us being little…" said Haru a little worried.
"That´s because Mikie used one of her powers to make mom not question the change" said Ressee "I´m still confused on how she has that kind of power but it came in handy, don´t you think?"
"Well yes…" said Haru as we then saw how Butch ran to the kitchen looking hungry though he came back to take Misaki with him. "Say, Ressee… weren´t you being awkward towards Butch? Not like I´m saying it´s bad you are okay now"
"Ah? Awkward towards Butch…? Haha of course not, Brick has already moved past what happened yesterday" said Ressee making us wonder why was he acting weird then…
"Then, are you bothered by it?" asked Haru to him, he slowly nodded.
"Well, of course I am! My sister keeps embarrassing me with these things… I´m bothered that I keep being manipulated by Mikie" said Ressee "When I look at Kai I just get reminded how my sister gets away with anything"
"Boys! Breakfast is going to get cold if you don´t hurry!" yelled Mikie from the kitchen. As soon as we heard that, we dropped the subject and went into the kitchen right away.
There was a plate consisting of scrambled eggs with ham and beans on a side and for drink was a glass of milk, I looked around wondering if they had any chocolate powder and found a small bottle in the center of the table, Butch was already eating along with Misaki, soon enough we joined in and so the four were sitting and eating breakfast.
"So… Ressee, remember that time when I ate the bunny shaped chocolates?" said Mikie as she sat on Ressee´s side and started eating, their mom turned to see us and told us about there being all the ingredients for pancakes if we wanted some she also mentioned she had to go to work so we had to cook them… after explaining that, she walked away, it was kind of odd to be talking to her in our child forms… I don´t know, it was weird that she just didn´t question the change even when I know about Mikie´s power.
"Yes, I remember that" said Ressee as Butch and I kept silently eating, Mikie chuckled at his response and continued explaining…
"Well, I figured out something really important, something that would actually benefit Brick and his brothers" at the mention of this, Haru and Butch placed their attention on Mikie, even Ressee was a bit curious about this.
"Really? And what would that be?" asked Ressee, Misaki stared at her and slowly started to laugh "Misaki? What´s the matter?"
"Haha, sorry… it´s just that I already understood where she is going with this" said Misaki, Mikie looked at him and motioned him to keep silence; Misaki slowly nodded but still chuckled lowly.
"Well, I told you at that time I would talk about it if you fulfilled what I asked you to" said Mikie, Ressee was unfazed by this and was still eating calmly.
"Oh really? And what was that?" at the mention of this Mikie smirked evilly. What was she about to say?
"You promised you´d make out with Kai" at this, Butch spitted his milk and Ressee started to choke, Haru only stood there speechless… well, we were going to enjoy another show of Brick and Butch embarrassing themselves, although… wait, it was Kai and Ressee this time.
"M-Mikie!" exclaimed Ressee once he stopped choking with the food "What´s your problem?! Why do you want us to kiss?!"
"You are wrong brother, not kiss, make out" said Mikie,Misaki´s laughter grew in intensity and I could notice a pair of little horns popping out from his head… that was new alright.
"Mikie, you know that what you are asking your brother to do is incredibly disgusting and weird, don´t you?" said Butch as calm as he could afford though Mikie just shook her head in denial.
"You find it disgusting, I find it incredibly hot and sexy…" said Mikie as he held her hands together and looked in a daze… we couldn´t do anything but stare shocked at her reaction… how old was she again?
"Mikie, why don´t you act your age? Why do you want me to be kissing other guys?! You should be at least trying to make me kiss girls or something like that!" said Ressee; it was true it was a little more normal for her to do that…
"Mikie, come on… why do you want them to do that?" asked Haru trying to get a better answer from her.
"Well guys, just like you all go crazy for girls making out with each other, I, as a girl like boys making out with each other, that´s all" said Mikie "There´s no need for thinking"
"What? Girls making out?" said Haru, I could notice Butch was also giving it a thought "Uhmm…" Haru just flushed in response, he probably did like that or something… in my case I don´t know… I´ve never thought about that, honestly.
"Well, she does have a point" said Butch "That sounds interesting"
"Butch?" said Haru while arching a brow mildly confused, Butch found what interesting…?
"I meant the girls making out part, not the guys thing" said Butch "Even though I understand what she is trying to say… I´m completely against Kai and Ressee kissing"
"Yeah since that involves kissing Brick" I said, Butch stared at me with a ´duh´ expression and went back to eat.
"Anyway, Mikie, you can´t ask me for that, that´s just-" said Ressee as he was interrupted by Mikie.
"You´ll have to fulfill that today or I´m going to do something you´ll regret" said Mikie. Wow, this girl could threaten so well when she felt like it…
"What? Mikie don´t be unrea-"
"I want it to last at least one minute" said Mikie shocking everyone.
"What?! You girl want to traumatize us or what?!" as Butch yelled this he suddenly punched himself.
"Butch, you alright…?" all of us stared at him a bit uneasy, he just rolled his eyes in response.
"Ahh… what? We are trying to reason with the girl here" said Butch.
"Right…" said Ressee "Mikie, don´t expect me to do that cause I won´t"
"Fine, I won´t tell you the information but I will still do that which you´ll regret"
"…Well, she doesn´t seem to be joking about this" said Misaki.
"Because she is not" said Ressee "I´m not into boys! I don´t want to kiss Kai!"
"Well, you know your way of getting information out of me… and be sure to do it in front of me, sillies" said Mikie as she stood with her empty plate and placed it in the sink "Oh, be sure to call me when the pan cakes are done!"
We watched her leave the kitchen in pure satisfaction, Misaki was still laughing while we were in shock.
"Oh well…" said Haru as he kept eating, Ressee grabbed his head frustrated while Butch ate visibly irritated.
"Yeah… Haru doesn´t worry because he is not the one being manipulated by his younger sister…" said Ressee.
"Well, see it this way… it could have been worse" said Haru.
"You are starting to sound like Boomer you know" said Butch.
"Really? Oh, I´m sorry…" said Haru as he used the fork to move the beans around in a circle.
"Haru, are you alright?" asked Ressee "You look a little down"
"Do I? well, I woke up feeling a bit odd, it shouldn´t be anything serious" said Haru. I was a bit surprised of Ressee realizing Haru had something.
"You know, now that I´m in Townsville I feel better in general" said Haru.
"Hmm?" murmured Butch as he looked sideways at Haru while still eating.
"It´s fun coming to your house, Ressee" said Haru, Ressee looked a bit worried at him for what he was saying.
"What are you saying, Haru, this is not just my house, this house belongs to you two as well" said Ressee.
"Now that I think so… I haven´t been that chatty, I´m sorry for that" said Haru.
"Man, you sound like you are giving a speech before leaving" said Butch.
"Is that so, I wonder…" said Haru as a murmur.
"Haru, you are a good listener too, that´s a nice trait you know" said Ressee.
"Kai…" said Haru making Butch switch with him "I…"
"Yeah?"
"I´m really sorry for the mean things I told you before, I´m no one to be saying anything to you, I can´t judge you, so I´m sorry…" said Haru. He was still concerned because of what happened that time in the hospital?
"Haru, don´t worry about that, I´m not mad you know… everything is looking better for us, Misaki was discharged from the hospital; that was my priority" said Kai "We all make mistakes so you should know that your apology is enough, don´t feel bad about it"
"I see, thanks for that…" said Haru "I didn´t want this to go unsaid"
-Haru? Are you not telling me anything I should know?- I said to Haru.
-Maybe- said Haru- Today´s weather prediction foretells heavy rain from the afternoon until tomorrow at midnight… that sure is a long lasting rain.
-Ah? You could predict the weather?- I asked him, wow, seems I found more things about him as days pass…
-Yes, for some years I have been able to…- said Haru.
-That´s nice!- I said. I wonder if I will really rain like he said.
"Don´t worry about it, Haru, why don´t we make some pancakes? That´ll cheer you up for sure" said Ressee as he stood and placed his plate in the sink, he then looked for the ingredients to make the pancakes.
"Yeah, I guess that´d help" said Haru. I wonder what is really bugging him, I´m sure he is trying to avoid the subject but I must make him talk soon…
"It sure will!" said Kai as he took Haru´s empty plate along with his to the sink and started to wash them, Misaki looked happily at the scene.
"Ah! Kai, I can wash them…" said Haru interrupted by Kai who shook his head and kept washing them "Oh… then, what can I help with?"
"Hmm let´s see… what about making my brother some company?" said Kai "Hope that´s not a problem for you"
"Oh…" murmured Haru as he turned to see Misaki who was smiling happily at him. "Misaki, where is your headband?"
"The necklace and the headband are on the table aside of where I slept" said Misaki "Hehe I really liked those two things"
"I see… I´m glad you liked them" Haru said "How are you feeling? Does anything hurt?"
"Nope! Not since the chemical X" said Misaki, thing that made Kai look our way a bit puzzled… oh well, seems we are going to get into trouble…
"Chemical X? what?" asked Kai, he arched a brow and looked at us expectantly.
"Uhmm well, that´s… I…" Haru murmured a bit nervous, Ressee turned to see us a bit curious himself.
"What does the chemical X has to do with Misaki?" asked Ressee though he suddenly went silent, yeah, he probably realized what he had asked and recalled the time where Misaki was in older form. "Oh…"
"What do you mean with ´´oh´´? Do you know something I don´t?" said Kai as he stared at Ressee, Ressee remained silent to then shake his head in denial.
"Nope, no clue what he is saying" said Ressee, Kai stared incredulously at him and then placed his attention on Haru.
"Well, Ressee is a bad a liar apparently… but well, Haru, you better not lie to me about important matters okay? It´s better just to come out with it before I figure it out" said Kai "You don´t want to see me angry" he cracked his knuckles and smirked menacingly making Haru even more nervous…
"Brother, don´t make Haru nervous…" said Misaki to Kai while pouting "It´s not like he did anything wrong"
"Don´t worry dude, as long as you haven´t done anything to Misaki everything is okay" said Kai as he finished washing, I noticed he had used lemon on the plates before washing… what was it for?
"Ah… uhmm… I…" murmured Haru while gulping, Kai smiled at him waiting for the answer, though it was clear hell would break lose if we weren´t careful.
-Haru, just be honest… try to be honest- I said, Haru nodded at this and decided to speak. Ressee had gone back to mind his pancake making as we were speaking…
"Yeah?" said Kai.
"The day Misaki was having a heart attack… we attempted to do CPR, however, that did not work… Misaki wasn´t responding" said Haru. Awkwardness filled the entire room as Kai tensed on hearing about that day and Ressee probably felt guilty for not being there… the four of us stayed silent for a few seconds before Misaki spoke.
"Is it odd I feel awkward for hearing about my own near death experience?" said Misaki. Kai turned to see him and slowly shook his head, it was pretty normal to feel uneasy for hearing about that.
"We then stop briefly feeling awful for not being able to bring Misaki back…" said Haru "At that moment, Boomer reached for a syringe and a small bottle containing a black liquid which was the chemical x"
"No…" murmured Kai as he widened his eyes in complete horror, yeah, we were going to be in problems…
"And he injected Misaki with it until the bottle was empty-" said Haru as Kai approached him and lifted him from his t-shirt then slamming him against the wall.
"You did what?!" he yelled at us, he looked furious and upset "You dared inject Misaki with that dangerous substance?! What the hell is wrong with you?! What if he had become a monster?! What if he is in process of becoming a monster right now?!"
"Kai! Calm down!" yelled Ressee as he stepped away from the stove and approached us; because of his height and strength he resorted to hug Kai in attempt to pull him back but Kai wasn´t giving in.
"You want me to calm down?! What the hell?! He used my brother as a guinea pig and you want me to calm down?!" Kai yelled enraged, Ressee could only hold on to him and try his best to avoid him going mad.
"Kai! That already happened! There´s no use wondering the ´´what ifs´´ !" said Ressee "Misaki is here today because Boomer dared to do that, Misaki´s health is improving because of the chemical X!"
"How can I know that it is helping him? What if it´s destroying his body? What if it´s corrupting him?" said Kai as he tried to calm down by hearing Ressee´s words, he was trembling still angry though.
"If that was the case then Misaki wouldn´t be here alive… think about it, would such substance really had saved his life if it was that bad?" said Ressee, Kai calmed down and looked away.
"I guess not…" murmured Kai as I then heard a snapshot, did someone take a photo? Guess these three are unaware of that.
"Yeah, so why don´t we-"as Ressee said this, Kai swung his fist against Haru really harshly thing that scared Misaki.
"Kai! Don´t be an idiot! Don´t hit Haru!" yelled Misaki still surprised of what happened before him. I could feel his fist… and it wasn´t just Kai, Butch´s intent was really noticeable as well.
"There" said Kai as he let out a sigh "I needed to do that to be at peace" Haru placed his hand on his cheek and oddly sighed as well.
"I understand, I feel a bit better as well too" said Haru, Kai and Ressee stared at him a bit puzzled, Misaki looked curios about what he was about to say… and yeah, I too wanted to know.
"You feel better?" asked Misaki.
"I indeed didn´t stop Boomer, he really believed it would work… but I could have never forgiven myself if you had worsened or died because of it, I was concerned along with Boomer at that time since we thought we had killed you for having done that. I wanted to punch myself that day and that other time when I said unnecessary things, more than an apology… I needed something like this to let it go" said Haru, Kai chuckled after listening to this.
"Haha, I see your point" said Kai "Guys do feel better after having an exchange of fists, want another one?"
"Eh… no, I´ll pass" after this, Ressee giggled as well as Misaki.
"Well, guys, the pancakes are done if you feel like eating some" said Ressee, he had gone back to the frying pan to pour more of the mixture in; as I noticed the pancakes on a side of it, Ressee took them and placed them on the table.
"Hey thanks!" said Kai as he took a seat, Ressee nodded happily and so we heard another snapshot as we took a sit ourselves.
"Huh?" Kai and Ressee stared at the source of it… which was apparently Mikie who was smirking evilly at them.
"Well… well… this is nice, keep giving me pictures like these, boys!" she said cheerfully, Ressee and Kai watched her take a plate and sit with us.
"What? Mikie, you only took a photo of me placing the pancakes on the table" said Ressee. Was his sister serious? Well, she is not really that into jokes of this kind…
"What are you saying? It looks like you made the pancakes just for your boyfriend" said Mikie then releasing a giggle, even Misaki chuckled at this.
"Mikie… in any case, why did you choose to pair us? Haru should do just fine for that" said Kai surprising us.
"Hey!" exclaimed Haru a bit irritated about that, what did Kai imply?
"Oh Kai… you fit perfectly… but yeah, I won´t say you are wrong about Haru, my brother can be paired with any of the two" said Mikie. Ressee looked embarrassed but chose to ignore his sister and start eating.
"Misaki… stop laughing, it´s not funny" said Kai, Misaki continued laughing without minding what Kai was saying.
"Kai, don´t be ashamed, I told you that I´m okay with whatever you choose… it´s just you loving another person, that´s all" said Misaki. Mikie squealed at that and grabbed his hands.
"Do you really think so?! You are such a pure soul!" said Mikie happily. Misaki kept smiling at her; he was indeed patient with these things… "If only you were older…"
"Huh?" murmured Misaki unaware of Mikie´s thoughts.
"I wish you were older so I could pair you with someone here" said Mikie. Misaki blushed probably feeling awkward after being told that, Kai interfered with what was saying Mikie right away.
"Yeah, right… whoever feels like doing something weird to Misaki will have to face my wrath" said Kai as he looked around threateningly, well, with this it was clear Kai was a bit overprotective.
"Kai, don´t exaggerate, no one here is going to-"Haru said interrupted by Kai.
"Will have to face my wrath, get it?" said Kai. Haru chuckled uneasy and then focused on the pancakes.
"Well in that case I guess it could be incest too…" said Mikie to herself though she said that loud enough for us to hear, Kai stared at her speechless.
"Ressee, I feel like my brain just died… say something to your sister" said Kai, he clearly had no idea what else to say, he looked alarmed at Misaki… yeah, he would have covered his ears if he could.
"Mikie, what´s incest?" asked Misaki, the three around the table freaked out at Misaki asking that, Kai looked like he was about to have a heart attack whereas Mikie looked pleased for being asked that.
"Misaki, that´s nothing important, don´t worry" said Kai "Mikie, say a word and I´ll-"
"Is having an affair with a member of the family, in your case… Kai" said Mikie, Misaki raised an eyebrow at that, he probably didn´t understand.
"Affair…? Again that word, I have no idea what it means" said Misaki really confused.
"Mikie! If you don´t let it go I´m going to ground you!" said Ressee as he frowned "I have no idea what things you´ve been watching but there´s no reason for you to say unnecessary things"
"Alright, though, Misaki will come to my side soon enough… you´ll see" said Mikie as she then kept silence and continued eating.
"But I still want to know what incest is…" murmured Misaki as he pouted "But since I know you won´t tell me I´ll just drop the subject"
"Thank you, Misaki, you are a good kid" said Kai with a pleased grin. Just when everything seemed to go right… little horns popped from his head and so he smirked evilly at Kai.
But I´ll make sure you regret it, dear brother" said Misaki making Kai stare in awe at his younger brother…
"What? Misaki, what are you saying… and those horns are?" said Kai then completely misunderstanding the situation "You! I knew it! My brother is possessed!" he was starting to get angry when Misaki kept talking just that this time the horns were gone.
"Ah! Brother, don´t get mad… it´s an inoffensive side effect, I have powers as well" said Misaki, Kai seemed to calm down again and instead looked puzzled at his brother.
"You have powers…? I would chuckle but I did see the pair of horns…" said Kai, Misaki nodded happily.
"Yeah, although I can´t control it well… but still, there´s nothing to worry for" said Misaki "Oh! This also means that I can learn to walk now"
"Misaki… you are able to do so…?" Kai murmured really surprised.
"I can, yes, my frail body is recovering because of what Boomer did" said Misaki "Now that I´m out of the hospital and not fearing any infection from the environment… I can totally learn how to walk again, brother!"
"Misaki…" murmured Kai as he started then to sob lightly, we looked a bit worried at him but it was alright, he was probably just overwhelmed by emotion and could only express his happiness through the tears…
"Ah! Kai! Why are you crying…?" asked Misaki looking surprised, he looked at Kai trying to figure out what was happening to him.
"Misaki… I… I´m so happy" said Kai as he sniffed and sobbed "I haven´t been so happy in all these years, thank you for telling me this" he kept sobbing there in his place as he hid his face under his bangs… Kai couldn´t repress his feelings now that his younger brother who was supposed not to stand ever again was allowed another opportunity at it.
"Kai…" murmured Haru, Kai cleared the tears from his eyes and then looked at Haru with a honest smile.
"Now that I already punched you, I feel so grateful to you I need to repay it somehow" said Kai, Haru was a bit surprised, he wasn´t expecting that…
"Ah? There´s nothing to thank, really…" said Haru, Kai grinned and shook his head.
"Hehe, that´s how things should be Kai" said Misaki, Mikie giggled though she didn´t say anything.
"So, boys! Enjoy your breakfast!" said Mikie as she left her plate in the sink and skipped out of the kitchen.
Just after breakfast, we went to watch a movie to Ressee´s living room, there Kai changed to his older form when he was tending to Misaki´s needs and just after changing, he hugged the life out of Misaki, he really had wanted to hold him like that and Misaki seemed really content about it; Misaki has always loved Kai´s hugs. It was really nice, it was enjoyable. Everyone was laughing time to time to what happened on the movie, that until Haru suddenly spoke to me in private.
-Boomer, I need to tell you something, it´s been troubling ever since a few days ago and just today it has started to bother me- said Haru- I was a bit hesitant about sharing it with you but I do feel like listening to your opinion on the matter after all.
-Huh? Is it something so serious? I suppose you won´t feel like telling me about it here, right…?- I said.
-Exactly… can we go take a walk around the park? I believe I can open up there- said Haru. I agreed and decided to leave.
"Hey guys, I just remember I forgot to lock the flower shop… I´ll be right back" said Haru as a lie, we weren´t that stupid to leave it open but well, it was a reasonable excuse.
"Huh? Well, you hurry then" said Kai "But really, Haru, that´s really risky"
"Yeah, someone could be stealing something right now…" murmured Ressee. Haru used that comment to dash to the door and act as if he was really upset.
"I´ll be going then!" said Haru as he then left the house. The excuse he had used was simple and would give us some time to talk about things… I just wonder what is on his mind.
It took a while, Haru and I were silent on our way to the park and as soon as he spotted a free bench, he went there and sat. The sky was slowly changing to that of gray clouds, it was likely it would rain sooner or later… seems Haru does have a knack for this things.
-So? Haru, what did you want to talk about?- I started. Haru sighed in a really sad way.
-Remember the day you entered me? That day was the start of everything, the new way of life I got was interesting, it wasn´t the same boring routine of going to the hospital for checkups or surgeries… it wasn´t my lonely time at the store anymore. Everything started changing for the better and all of that I understood when you shared your ability to see with me. I was overwhelmed by happiness.
-Yeah…? That´s good I guess- I said without understanding what he was trying to say.
-My health also improved gradually and with us speaking every day the weight of my frail state started to lift from your shoulders, I didn´t go to the hospital that often either… I started to feel like someone capable to enjoy life for what it was, I begun to feel I was strong deep inside… even if you were the one fighting, I could feel your strength and resonate with it… being able to feel that strength temporally makes wonders to a person, I feel you have changed me and I do wonder if I have changed you in anyway- said Haru as the sky started to rumble announcing it was close for rain to start.
-Yes, I do feel you have changed me Haru, it has been really nice to chat with you, it´s great to have some company and support you know- I said to him- I´ve always appreciated your trust in me, I´m grateful for you believing I´m strong, I like to be told I´m strong when sometimes I feel weak.
-I see… I´m happy to know that…- said Haru- my behavior is gradually changing because of your influence and because of that I´m happy too, I have always felt alienated from society but meeting you has blessed me with friends, it truly is a blessing, Boomer, I want you to be aware of that.
-Huh?- I suddenly felt something was wrong for what he had said last- Haru…?
-Remember the times Him mentioned how when you guys were complete he would come look for you?- asked Haru. That question made me grimace, thing that made him chuckle.
-Yeah… I do remember such times… what about them?
-I got thinking… sorry for not having shared all this with you before but… I didn´t want you to know until the time was right, forgive my selfishness- said Haru. He sounded deeply remorseful; this was odd since he had not done anything wrong.
-Haru, what are you trying to say?- I was having a hard time guessing where this conversation was going.
-Boomer, you see how since you are in me… my life has changed? How my behavior keeps being influenced and modified because of you?- said Haru. I slowly nodded. – Notice the way we change as well? It´s not a superhero stereotype transformation, it´s our physical bodies changing in appearance, our voice changing too.
-Yes… I do know about all that, what about it?
-The reason why we seem to bond more and more as time passes… it´s not just a thing explained by friendship, it´s not that kind of bond- said Haru as he released a sigh- it was painful for me to come to this conclusion and to be honest I am scared but I do not wish to hurt you either.
-What…? Haru, what do you mean it´s not that kind of bond?- I asked really puzzled.
-Boomer, our bonding isn´t happening in a normal way… the reason you can empathize with me, the reason we can understand each other so well as days pass, it´s solely because…- Haru stopped for some seconds, it felt like those seconds would completely change me in some way- We are literally bonding, we are fusing together into one.
-Haru… are you serious?- I asked in disbelief, I was shocked beyond words but I was still confused and skeptical to what he was saying… a fusion?
-But it is not a normal fusion, Boomer- said Haru- if my theory is right… all this time, we´ve been gradually giving you three our bodies… so to speak… we are disassociating from our bodies so we can leave you three with them.
-What?!- I exclaimed now fully aware of what he was saying… he was trying to say he was going to die so I could own his body!- That can´t happen, Haru! I don´t want to snatch away your body! My body is somewhere, if we could just find it then you wouldn´t have to leave at all!
-Boomer, I´m trying to be serious here… the reason why I did not think your option was possible is for the way you guys appeared… you were only a dark mass, you were lacking a body and what you guys did was to chose a vessel where to finish forming, that´s the most logical thing- said Haru. He wanted me to believe that?!
-Why didn´t you consult this with me before?! Why did you come up with this freaking conclusion?! You are insane! I´m not going to steal your body away! That´s the only thing I don´t feel like doing! I´m not a murderer!- I said as I started to cry in anger, why was Haru so confident about this?! This has to be wrong!
-You are not murdering anyone, Boomer, if this does that happen… be aware that I do not think of you like that- said Haru- you have made my life enjoyable for a while and that I´m really grateful for, that time was best than a life time with my old routine; I´m scared of dying but I also do not regret anything- said Haru- I have no idea how will I desert our body but I just…-
-Stop! Stop this bullshit! You are not dying! You won´t die! Don´t give me your dying speech dammit!- I said really frustrated- How are you even so sure you´ll die soon?! Why is this ´´the right time´´ ?! why?!
-Remember I told you earlier my ability to predict the weather…? I can actually guess the weather for three days in a row- said Haru puzzling me, what does that had anything to do with what I asked?- Well, I wasn´t able to predict what the weather would be like after the rain, I know it will cease tomorrow at night but I don´t know the weather after that… that must mean I´ll die possibly today-
-Shut up! Shut up! Don´t say nonsense! Not just because you can´t predict the weather does that mean you´ll die you fucking moron!- I yelled enraged, tears were still falling, I didn´t want to believe him, it had to be a lie.
-Boomer, I just want you to know… that no matter what you think about the whole thing, it was indeed a blessing and will always remain that way.
-Haru… you are saying nonsense, let´s go back and discuss this with the guys, they´ll tell you this is just you going nuts- I said. Why does he keep telling me this? I won´t believe this! I can´t!
-Boomer, do you really want your brothers to worry like you are doing?- asked Haru.
-Haru, even if I don´t want them to… they´ll have to know sooner or later- I said.
-Haha, I guess you are right- said Haru as he stood up, he was probably heading back to Ressee´s house.
-Aren´t you going to say anything to them?- I said a bit frustrated.
-I already did, I said goodbye at breakfast- said Haru.
-I knew there was something odd with that speech!- I said accusatorily. Haru giggled and just started to chuckle, why was he laughing in a moment like this? He had to have gone nuts!
-Oh, you think? Well I- said Haru interrupted suddenly by something covering his mouth, I looked around and found Him was standing just behind him. What Haru was trying to tell me… was it related to Him…?
"Well, well, I found you" said Him in a singing voice "You´ll be coming with me" as he said this, Haru widened his eyes, I could feel the panic overwhelming Haru… that panic was desperation, he probably new death was near and so I could feel the same.
Before Him took us away I could manage to see rain has started to fall, the ground gradually became darker as the drops came in contact with it… the only thing on my mind then was ´´Just as Haru said´´, just after that, Him disappeared with us leaving pink fog behind.
(FOR THOSE THAT SKIPPED THE AUTHOR NOTE AT THE BEGINNING, THIS IS IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ IT U.U)
A/N: I wanted to also mention that the other story will be made into comic (the mirror one) following another path, it´ll be explained differently and the chapters will be different… the mirror story will be based from another version I´ll be doing in Spanish, the Spanish written story will then be translated to English when I draw it. Why have I decided this? The mirror story by far needs to start over again so that valuable things that I haven´t shown are explained and so people will understand it with more ease.
Also that many things that haven´t come to mind then will be added in this version… I apologize seriously for this but I´ll make sure it´s worth taking a look at the comic n_n
Needless to say, I won´t stop updating the chapters of PPGR: Regressions, so those that have been reading will understand with more ease the new version of this story. I will remove unnecessary things from the other version too, if you have any doubts feel free to PM me, I´ll be happy to answer your questions (:
