Chapter 10: So You Think You Can Tell Heaven From Hell?

When Akihiko woke up, he found that he was asleep in his own bed. He rubbed his head which ached with pain, and then trotted to the bathroom. He really was hoping that everything that had happened was just all a dream, in fact it really did feel like a dream. He doesn't remember much of what happened with Misaki, but he felt like it was not just any ordinary car accident.

*beep* *beep*

"Yes?" He answered the number with the hospitals ID name on his screen, hoping to hear some very good news.

"Usami-sama? I have to tell you that Misaki Takahashi has awoken from his coma but he-"

"I am on my way!" Akihiko interrupted him and hung up, rushing to get ready and leave.

Within 5 minutes he had made his way to the car speeding to the hospital.

Soon very, very soon I will see him. He clutched the steering wheel and pushed forward, forgetting that he was hungry.

Whatever, I dealt with it this long, I can hold off a little longer.

When he entered Misaki's room, he expected to see him laying down or something, but not stretching.

"Oy, you shouldn't move around so much yet." He chided, grabbing a hold of Misaki's arm as he staggered to his side.

"Huh, oh sorry..." Misaki's voice trailed off. He pulled his arm away gently and felt his way to lay on the bed.

"Misaki!" Takahiro ran to his brothers side with a pained expression.

"Mr. Takahashi-san suffered severe head trauma, he is fine but-" Nowaki began with some explanation but was cut off by the out of character Takahiro.

"Doctor, what do you but?! Is there something wrong with him?" Takahiro's voice sounded almost more scared than intimidating.

"When Misaki woke up, he wasn't able to recall anything within the last 11 years. Right now he currently believes he is 8 years old again..." Usami Akihiko could no longer bear with the thought that Misaki had forgotten him already. He knew something would happen, he had been warned, but he did not hope for him to forget he ever loved him.

"Usagi~" Misaki's voiced whispered in his sleep, it was low, very very soft, but it was all that he needed to know that Misaki loved him still.

"Takahiro, can we talk outside?" Akihiko wanted answers now, answers that were never answered before and he needed to know what happened to him.

"Sure."

They both walked outside and stood by the doorway, often stealing glances at the young boy asleep without a care in the world at the moment.

"What exactly happened before? With Misaki." Akihiko bluntly asked Takahiro.

"Well," He took a deep breath and gestured for Akihiko to sit next to him.

"When he was 8, before the car accident that killed our parents, Misaki was in one. The therapists said that due to the trauma of loosing already 3 people who meant the world to him after our parents died, he repressed memories of painful, yet happy moments before they died. She said that subconsciously it was a mechanism to prevent pain and depression, but most of all it was a way to forget about the things that would ultimately hurt him worse than death itself."

"Three people?" Akihiko only knew that his parents, and he knew of no one else in Misaki's life before, so right now he felt very out of the loop.

"Yes, out mom and dad, and...", his voice quavered," and his twin sister."

The Day Before~

"Um, sir, what exactly do you think is the relationship between your son and my brother?" Takahiro walked with Usami-chichi to the car.

The older man stopped in his tracks and smiled an unnerving smile that sent chills throughout Takahiro's body.

"Well, to me it seems as if the two have a very strong and mutual relationship." He chose his words with care, trying to hint the obvious.

"I am sure you must have found it unusual for Akihiko to cling and depend on someone other than himself, and to want to continue living with him, a boy or mere 19 years of age, obviously you must have known." Usami-chichi added when Takahiro would not respond.

"I..I suspected that there may have been a type of bromance or something, but I didn't think that they would... Do you think they love each other a lot?" Takahiro was not sure if he should be upset, but at the same time he felt relieved that it was Usami Akihiko because he knew his friend was not the type to mess around with someone like that. He was loyal and very caring too.

Usami-chichi sighed and told the driver to drive to a nearby coffee shop. When they sat down, Takahiro ordered a cappuccino while the other ordered some Earl Grey Tea.

"I am not sure how your brother feels about my son, but I will tell you that I have never seen Akihiko throw a tantrum or smile over someone else like he does with your brother. It seems as if your brother was meant to be with my son, but what they want is not easy. Prejudice and a lot of tribulations will be ahead of them. For right now, I approve of them, but I can tell you this," He took a sip of his tea, stood up and whispered in Takahiro's ear real low and menacing.

"Not everyone I know is ok with them. It would be best for you to watch over them and their surroundings. The people whom you thought to be the farthest away, are in fact, the closest ones."

So? What do you thiiiink?

Misaki: ...

Usagi: Why? *death glare*

Me: Ummm, heheh?*innocent smile*

Usagi: Bastard!

Me: Hey I could have made him blind! *doges the thrown robots* Please read and review!

Usagi: Don't. You'll waste your time.

Misaki:... I want icecream!~

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