The Last Prayer
Here is chapter 10
I do not own Skip Beat! just plot and Kouki Hizuri!
Enjoy!
After yesterday night event which revealed to the whole world his true identity.
There was a uproar.
All day the reception had been getting calls from people who wished to interview the boy. The poor office people had to work overtime to keep up with the constantly ringing. If some didn't get in contact with the office they would instead attempt to contact Yashiro knowing he had some way to contact the boy. If that didn't work they would come to LME themselves or hang around in hopes of catching a glimpse of the boy.
To the world the reveal that Kouki was not only related to the Hizuri family but exactly the youngest of the family...
Let's just say the press had a free day.
Rumours were flying about to were the boy came from and his past, some even attempted to track down were he's being hiding for the past 10 years but they were blocked at ever road they came across and not one single person could uncover the mystery that was Kouki Hizuri.
So since they couldn't do that. They wrote lies and passed it off as the truth and the public eat it up like hot cakes until Lory found out about what they were doing and was in the process of suing them for every penny they had.
Lory may have got the newspapers and tabloids but he could do nothing about the thousands of people positing on the internet that claim to know the boy or have seen the boy and were writing lies about the family itself.
Lory just know the uproar would calm down eventually and this incident would be covered up by a even bigger story but the problem was how long would he have to wait and how much damage will be done?
Speaking of Lory Takarada. He was currently staring dumbly at his flat screen T.V not wanting to be believe what he just heard and witness. His mind shutting down from the shock.
Having know that the boy was related to Kuon. You would have to be blind not to see the resemblance between the two. He expected the boy to maybe be a distant relative or a cousin from Kuu or Juliena side not actually be Koun LITTLE BROTHER!
His mind was reeling as he asked the question that plagued millions before him.
How?
How was there another Hizuri?
Both Kuu and Juliena had so much confusion on their faces when they read the DNA result that he know couldn't be faked.
Meaning Kouki was born without Kuu or Juliena knowledge. It shouldn't have be possible considering Kouki should have to born from Juliena. There was no way that she wouldn't know if her own child went missing and they would have least been some medical records of the child being born.
So that brings up the question. How was Kouki born without the knowledge of both parents. He had never seen Juliena pregnant after Koun was born so that begs to the question as to How and Why?
He know that Kuu and Juliena would have been overjoyed to learn that they had another child and would see it as another chance at parenthood. The boy would have been smothered in nothing but love. He would have been very different person then what the boy was today.
He wouldn't delude himself into thinking that there wasn't something seriously wrong with the boy. Having just watched the boy switch between two personality like it was second nature to him. Flinch whenever someone touched him like he expected the touch to turn into a punch. Have a conversation with himself and shut down his emotions so quickly before speaking in such a tone that was so cold.
It shouldn't have belonged to the son of his friend.
It was just plain wrong.
He felt like crying when the boy asked if they would accept him into the family. It was understandable that anyone would have been worried about it but the way it came across made him realise that the boy expect to be rejected like there was no hope of joining the family and was just asked for the sake of it.
What troubled him deeply was that the boy existence was kept from not only his own father but also himself also! The boy had somehow slipped through his radar unnoticed for 10 years.
10 years!
Ashamed to think that they boy would have stayed that way for the rest of his life if Yashiro hadn't somehow wondered into the wrong side of town.
This meant that somehow, somewhere someone had kept the boy a secret. Someone had been there when the boy was born and hid him. That same someone was the one who dumped that boy on the streets which made him what he is today.
He got up from his couch with determination. He had held off his urge for so long and know it was now or never.
It was time to look into the boy past and track down that person.
10. Spending time with parents.
No! Kouki crossed his arms stubbornly.
You're going to the one who wakes up. If you like it or not! Koun snapped back. It won't be fair for our parents if I was the one to wake up. You ran away last time so now you have to face them. Alone!
Through the unconscious state they were in. They had been fighting for hours on who was the one to wake up. Kouki had repeatedly refused to confront his parents knowing he didn't have the courage to look them in the eye.
I said no! Kouki turned around, back facing Koun.
You know what! You're a coward! Where's the boy I saw when he took off the mask? Where is the boy who didn't give a dam about what people expected of him and just been himself? Your nothing but a Coward! That's what you are KOUKI HIZURI! A COWARD! Koun turned his back on his little brother and floated away.
Kouki was left to float in silence. Koun words kept on ringing in his mind.
That's what you are Kouki Hizuri! A coward.
His hands scrunched up into a fist. I am not a coward...
What the hell am I doing? I shouldn't be hiding from the only people that have accepted me and actual want to be a part of my life!
He hated to admitted it but he was being a coward and was acting so unlike himself. Making up his mind that he would be the one to wake up he took a finally glance to the direction of Koun before he began to disappear.
He didn't see Koun small smile.
#Scene Change#
He woke up with a groan and his eyes snapped open to the harsh light that greeted him. It took mere seconds to get used to it and in those few seconds he became aware of a couple of things.
One, the sound of a women humming a soft melody.
Two, he was laying on his back on someone lap.
Three, his hair was being played with.
He felt unusual warm and his eyes shifted to get a better look at who's lap he was resting on.
As if feeling eyes on here, Juliena looked down and met striking green eyes staring at her. She smiled. "It seems like someone is finally awake"
Kouki eyes widened before he quickly sat up with inhuman speed. He tried to look as apologetic as he could and turned to a amused Juliena. "I am so sorry you must have carried me all the way here..." trailing off noticing that they weren't in his home. "Umm... where are we?" he asked, surveying what clearly was a hotel room and a very upscale one at that.
Juliena touched him and he forced his body not to tense at the contact. It was clear that she was touching him to reassure herself that he was really real and was not her imagination. Once she seemed convinced she smiled. "Well since you passed out in my arms so suddenly. We tried to wake you up but with no success so we tried to send you home but for some reason you wouldn't let go of me so we decided to take you back to the hotel since you seemed so attached." loving how his cheeks were turning a interesting shade of pink as he tried to hid his embarrassment.
Kouki on the other hand couldn't believed that he had somehow became attached to her in his unconscious state. "Well sorry for the trouble...um" not sure what to call her.
Juliena beamed "Just call me Kaa-san" her smile dropped seeing how uncomfortable he shifted at the word and the brief flash of anger that crossed his blank face. She know instantly that the word was a taboo to say. "Or call me Juliena if you like". Sighing inwardly that her recent dream of him calling her Kaa-san was going to be just a dream until he felt comfortable enough to call her that.
Kouki looked down and noticed he still had the suit he was kidnapped in. "May I leave now so I can change out of this suit?" He asked politely. Juliena just gave him a gesture to say not to worry. "It's fine. We just happened to have some clothes in your size that you can change into." she lied smoothly. The truth was that they had gone shopping in the excitement of experiencing Parenthood once again.
Kouki just looked at her blank, at that moment she hated that she couldn't read her own son thoughts when it suited her. Kouki on the other hand had caught onto the lie very easily. You can't lie to a person who made a habit out of reading people by their body language so he easily caught the well place lie.
Just go with it. He heard Nii call from in his mind.
He shrugged. "Can you direct me to where I can change, please?" staying extremely polite. Juliena hid her disappointment that he was addressing her in such a formal manner. She told herself that he probably didn't know how to act around her since not too long ago he just found out that she was his mother.
"The room on the left. I'll get you some clothes so you can change" She said heading to the closet to judge the clothes they brought with a critical eye.
Her son had to look good.
Through the slightly opened door he watched her examine the clothing like she was performing surgery before she finally picked a combination. She carried some clothes to him and he took them before closing the door.
It was at that time, he heard the sound of the hotel door being opened and the sound of heavier footsteps.
"Honey. I'm home!" he then heard the sound of kissing.
Just like how they do it on T.V He thought, having recently got a T.V and experienced the wonders of having one. Easily recognised Kuu voice and it being to cheerful for someone like him who just woke up.
Just get dressed. The Volume of your thoughts is making me go death in here! Nii complained.
#Scene Change#
Heavy footsteps showed Kuu was moving around.
"So where is my son?" Kuu asked, looking around the place. Just like the old days were he would come home to a loving wife and son. Juliena pointed to the door Kouki was currently changing.
"he's in there. Trying on the clothes we brought" She whispered and as soon as the words came out of her mouth the door unlocked in the room and their eyes looked onto the figure that was slowly coming, almost shyly.
It seemed like Years had gone by before Kouki was fully in the room and both his parents ranked their eyes over him. He stood in designer white crossed shirt with black designer jacket and black designer jeans. He thought he looked Kinda badass.
Kuu turned to look Juliena with a silent question.
Why?!
It was clear this was not what his versioned his own son to be wearing and was slowly poisoning his ideal image. His ideal image was to have his son looking as cute as possible.
Juliena gave him a smile. "Come on now, we both know that if he wore something like what Kuon whore at his age. It wouldn't suit him at all. He a completely different person so he needs a completely different style"
Kouki was shocked that his mother already had him pinned so well that it was quite scary to be able to choose clothes for him so naturally.
Well she was always like that with me. He heard from Nii. It's like she's has a sixth sense or something.
Kuu gave on unhappy glance before he accepted what his son was wearing admitting he looked good. "Why don't you join us for dinner, Kouki?" clearly wanting to call him 'son' but felt it would be rushing things too quickly.
Kouki blinked owlishly, not getting it. "Why?"
Kuu turned to Juliena not sure what to say. Luckily Juliena came to her husband rescue. "Since you're a new addition to our family. We wanted to have a family dinner were you can get to know us better and the same. I already called Koun over for lunch he agreed." Pressing her hands together. "Please stay!"
Kuu looked really hopeful.
Kouki just stared, he really did not know what to say. He had never been to a family dinner.
DO IT! I Will not let my Younger self suffer Our Mother cooking! Nii howled in his mind and he wanted to sweat drop.
Well the decision was made for him..
And Cut!
I am finally finished this chapter. Started at 3 pm ended at 7:36 pm. My brain hurts. The beginning was emotional, check. Kouki gets some alone time with his real mother, check. Kuu ideal picture of Kouki shattered, check. Now next chapter, will be a nice family dinner. It will be awkward. It will be funny and it will be emotional and there is a amazing cliff hanger at the end!
Am I going to tell what it is?
No.
You have to read the next chapter to find out.