NOTE:~ Ello everybody! Yes, another chapter! And another chapter that will open up Sayuki's past a little more =D. This one's gunna be good. Enjoy guys!
Find Love? Ya Right!
Chapter 10: An Unwanted Reunion
Sayuki placed some more of her clothes into a box, letting out a soft sigh. This was finally happening. The day she went to get her things from her parents house and now it all would finally come to an end. She would no longer have to deal with them or their torture. No more getting hit or yelled at for pointless things. No more bruises or unwanted scars. She didn't know why, but she had this sickening feeling deep in the pit of her stomach. She was unsure of why it was there. Why did she feel this way? She had no answer to that question.
"Hey Sayuki, which box does this go in?", questioned the twins as they lifted up an old picture. She gasped slightly, quickly snatching it away from them. "Where did you find this?", she asked in confusion. "In your closet", Hikaru began. "It was buried under a bunch of stuff on the top shelf", Kaoru finished. Sayuki looked at the photo, almost glaring at it before grabbing the nearby trash bag and throwing it inside, "I don't need it", she stated before going back to gathering other things around the room. The twins looked at her for a moment and then at each other. That was weird.
"Are we almost done here?", asked Kyoya. He wasn't really doing anything, mainly just directing and telling people where to put the boxes and bags once they were full. "Almost", replied Sayuki. "OH MY DEAR SWEET DAUGHTER!", exclaimed Tamaki, wrapping his arms around Sayuki, "YOU HAVE TO COME LIVE WITH ME! I CAN'T STAND TO SEE YOU STAY ON THE STREETS OR IN A COMMONERS APARTMENT!". "Get off me...", she murmured in an unamused way, not her usual tone either. This was serious. Tamaki quickly retracted and backed away from Sayuki. She had been acting weird the entire time they had been there and no one understood why. Maybe it was because they were in the house she grew up in and she had a lot of bad memories here. Or maybe it was something else. "Mori, can you grab another box for me?", she asked the tall quiet man. He nodded in response and headed out of the room to get another box to fill. "You have so much old stuff, Sayu-chan", Honey stated, opening an old looking box he had found in the back of her closet. "Ah! Don't look in there!", she jumped on the box now, coving it so no one could see what was inside. "What's wrong Sayu-chan?", Honey asked in confusion. "N-Nothing! Just...leave this box in the closet! I don't need it!", she stated, quickly getting up and closing the box, pushing it towards the closet only to have the twins block her path. "Come on, let us see inside!", the said in unison. "N-No way!", she replied, glaring at them as her cheeks tinted slightly. "She's saying no Honey", the twins said as they looked towards Honey. Sayuki knew she would regret this but she slowly looked back to see Honey's cute little face looking at her in a pleading way. "Please Sayu-chan...?", he asked in the cutest way possible.
"So this is what's inside", Hikaru suddenly commented. Sayuki jumped at this and quickly looked back as she saw the twins had the box open and had pulled out some of the items from inside of it. "H-HEY! I said don't look!", she exclaimed. The twins pulled out an old looking doll now and looked at it oddly. "P-Put that back!", she commented. The twins got devilish grins now as they looked at Syauki. "You want the doll back?", Kaoru asked. "Then come and get it back", commented Hikaru as they backed away and began teasing Sayuki by throwing the doll back and fourth. While this was occurring, Honey got a good look inside the box. "Hey Sayu-chan, who's this...?", Honey asked as he lifted up a picture of a little boy. Sayuki froze, now looking back at Honey. "H-He's no one..!", she replied, quickly snatching the doll from the twins and running over to the box, throwing it inside and snatching the picture, tossing it inside as well before closing it back up. "This box has no meaning so it's staying here. You got that...?", she questioned, looking around the room, well more like glaring around the room. Everyone just nodded slowly. Something was definitely up with Sayuki today.
The group had finally finished cleaning out Sayuki's things and were now heading out of the house. This would be the last time Sayuki would ever be there. Her parents hadn't been home when they came. They were away on business but had given permission to allow her and the Host Club to come and clean out her things. As they left through the front door, her parents were just getting home. As Sayuki passed them, they didn't even so much as glance at her. She stopped, looking back as she watched the two enter the house. They didn't look at her, they didn't see her. She no longer existed to them now. She turned away and placed the box into the moving truck before climbing into the limo with the others and driving away from the place she would never have to see again.
The drive was surprisingly quiet as they drove. No one spoke, but they could tell Sayuki had something on her mind. To break the silence, Honey smiled and spoke, "Sayu-chan, if you want you can come stay with me? At least until you want to find your own place. My house has plenty of room so you wouldn't be in the way at all". Everyone looked at Honey and then at Sayuki, awaiting to hear her answer. It took her a moment to comprehend what Honey had asked and she gave him a slight smile, "Alright...But I'm not going to be staying for long. Just until I find my own place, promise". Honey nodded, not really liking that she would be leaving but maybe he could change her mind once she saw that she was no burden while she lived at his house.
They arrived at Honey's place and moved the boxes to what was going to be Sayuki's temporary room. "Thanks for the help guys...", Sayuki finally said after everything was in her new room. "Anything for my dear daughter!", exclaimed Tamaki, "Daddy is always here to help!!". They all headed downstairs to get something to eat for lunch since they hadn't really eaten today. As the group headed into the dinning room there was a knock at the door. Everyone looked over and watched as a maid went over and answered the door. "Hello miss, I am looking for Sayuki Yatsuma. I was told she was staying here, uhm...I'm her older brother", a males voice came from the door. Everyone froze. "Older...brother...?", Honey asked in confusion, everyone now looking at Sayuki. "We thought you were an only child?", the twins said. Sayuki looked at them and then back at the door, quickly walking over to it as the maid retreated away. She glared at the brown haired male that now stood there. "Get lost!", she exclaimed, slamming the door in his face before turning and heading upstairs and back to her room. She was not in a good mood.
When Sayuki was gone, Honey opened the door back up to find the male still standing there. "Uhm..hi...I guess Sayuki doesn't want to see me..", he murmured, rubbing the back of his head. They all looked at him and silently said "No, what gave you that idea?". Honey invited him in and they all now sat in the living room. "So she isn't an only child...You didn't even know this, Kyoya!", Tamaki said in surprise. Kyoya grunted as he pushed his glasses back into place. "He couldn't have known", interrupted the male, "Forgive me. I should introduce myself. My name is Ketsuki Yatsuma". He bowed his head slightly, looking at his lap now. "What do you mean by 'He wouldn't have known', Ketsu-chan?", Honey asked, tilting his head slightly. "Well...I had a dispute with my family when I was younger, it was quite a long time ago and they disowned me back then and erased any trace linking me to them so that is how no one would have known. They will probably do the same thing to Sayuki now too...All I wanted to do was see and talk to her. I feel horrible...", Ketsuki placed his head in his hands. "I'm confused, why is she mad at you in the first place?", Tamaki asked. "I broke my promise and I abandoned her with those fools that call themselves parents...", Ketsuki replied, "Because of this, she wanted to erase all trace of me and hid everything that reminded her of me. She probably burned every picture and everything I gave her...". "Then this explains this picture", the twins chimed in as they pulled out the picture that had been in the old frame earlier, the one Sayuki threw in the garbage. It was a family picture of both their parents, Ketsuki when he was about 13 and Sayuki when she was about 7. Ketsuki reached out and took the picture, examining it. Within the picture him and Sayuki look so happy as they held each other, kind of away from their parents. Sayuki was clutching a doll as well, the very doll the twins had found in the box earlier.
"I was supposed to protect her but our parents...they pushed me too far and I couldn't stand to live there any longer. I packed all my things and when I was ready to live, I had promised Sayuki I would come back and save her from them and I would take care of her...", Ketsuki faded off. "What happened...? Why didn't you come back...?", Tamaki asked. "I tried. Our parents threatened me, warned me to stay away from Sayuki. I couldn't do anything to take her away from them. Everything I tried would fail and before I knew it, I couldn't even go near her without going to jail for it...", Ketsuki replied. "You didn't try hard enough", Sayuki's voice suddenly entered the room. Everyone looked over, especially Ketsuki as they saw her standing in the door way. "You did not try! If you really were my 'brother', if you really cared and wanted to save me so bad then you would've done anything to get me out of that hell hole! You have no idea what they put me through! You have no right to come back now and try and clear things up. You have no right to say you tried when you were just a coward and ran away on your own! So get out of here and don't come back because I have no brother, I have no family. You got that?! Disappear and go back to your happy little life you've been living these past 9 years!", and with that, Syauki once again retreated upstairs.
"It wasn't like that...", he whispered, "I did try...". "Not to be rude, but I think Sayuki is right. You didn't try as hard as you could have and for that she suffered in the end. But she is wrong about not having a family anymore. We're her family", Tamaki stated, his gaze now back on Ketsuki, "Maybe if you truly want to make amens for what has happened in the past then you'll have to find a way to gain her trust again. Right now she's dealing with a lot and having you return is putting even more strain on her. She's in a lot of pain". "I know..", Ketsuki finally said after a moment of silence, "But I can't give her back those 9 years. I can't take away her pain. I can't heal her...". "You're thinking negatively", Kyoya began, "It's not about giving her back those 9 years. It's about healing those wounds and starting fresh. She is angry because you abandoned her and she doesn't want that to happen again and that is why she is thrashing out like this. You have to prove that you won't leave or abandon her again like you did back then. She's had a hard life, you have to understand that, but now is the time to make it better. Go and talk to her. You never know what might happen". Everyone looked at Kyoya, all thinking the same there 'Are you sure about this?'.
Ketsuki now stood outside of the room Sayuki was staying in. His gaze shifted down the hall to the Host Club members who waved at him, motioning for him to knock on the door. His gaze shifted back to the door as he gulped. He slowly raised his hand and knocked. "Go Away!", Sayuki's voice called from within. "Uhm...Sayuki..can we talk, please? This is really needed. Just give me 5 minutes and if you still hate me after that I will leave for good. I won't bother you anymore", Ketsuki waited at the door, hoping it would open. When it did, he looked down at his sister. He finally could see she had grown up quite well, despite the whole parents thing. "Fine, Five minutes but that's it", she murmured, stepping from the door and leaving it open for him to come in. He smiled, looking down the hall and seeing Tamaki giving him a thumbs up. He returned it before entering the room and closing the door behind him.
"Ok, let me start by saying I truly am sorry for what happened. I really did try, you don't know how hard. But there are laws against a 13 year old taking custody and care of a 7 year old. I tried to defy the law, even tried to see you but every time I went to your school or even near the house I was always removed from the property and at some points I was taken to jail. I always thought about you and about my promise but up until I heard you were 'kidnaped' and all that bull, I knew you were leaving home. I knew I could come and finally face you and see you again. I really want you to know how sorry I am but...I also know that words are not enough. I have no idea how to make it up to you so...", Ketsuki paused and Sayuki watched in surprise as he got down on his hands and knees, "Please accept my apology. I will never break another promise again! I will not abandon you! I want to be part of your life, I really truly want to get to know you again and your friends too! I want you to know what I have become! I want to be a good older brother now!". Silence fell over the room now, Sayuki just standing there speechless as she stared down at her older brother as he begged for her forgiveness. Was this really happening? Was he being sincere? What if he did it again, abandoned her? But the only promise he has broken to her was that he would come back to her. Every other promise he had kept when they were younger. When she cried, he make it go away. When she was hurt, he'd heal the wounds. When she just needed a friend, he was there.
"How long did you try...?", she asked now, her gaze never leaving her brother. He stayed on his hands and knees, his head still bowed low. "Until about 2 years ago...", he replied, "I knew I couldn't get to you so instead I made arrangements to at least know how you were doing. With your teachers, of course. Our parents would never speak to me, ever. But it still hurt knowing my promise was not fulfilled...". 'He...gave up 2 years ago...only 2 years? He tried for that long...7 long years to see me and take me away. It must have been hard to even let it slip away that he couldn't be aloud to see me again. Knowing I hated him, knowing he couldn't accomplish his promise. Just hearing news from teachers. Maybe...he really means his apology...', Sayuki thought. It was silent for a few minutes before she fell to her knees in front of her brother, now noticing he was crying. A grown man crying. She slowly reached out and brought him up into a sitting position before hugging him.
"I was alone...", she whispered, tears now coming to her eyes. "I know...", Ketsuki whispered back, "But you're not alone anymore, right? You have those wonderful friends of yours. Tamaki, Kyoya, Honey, Mori, and those twins, Hikaru and Kaoru. You have great friends now, they even said they were your new family when I spoke with them downstairs. I'm glad they were able to do what I couldn't. Save you...". "They might have saved me...but they couldn't fill the position of my older brother...", she whispered back, tightening her grip now as she laid her head on his shoulder. Ketsuki smiled at this, happy to hear that. "I know it will be a while before we're as close as we were back then...but do you want to give it a shot?", Ketsuki questioned. "We can try...", she replied, smiling slightly before finally releasing him from the hug, now wiping away her tears with the sleeve of her shirt. "Good, hey. You and your friends are on Spring Break, right?", he asked. "Hm...", Sayuki thought back now, they hadn't been in school for a few weeks now so she was trying to remember what the schedule was, "Oh ya...We do have it this week". "Well then, I would love to invite you and your friends for an all expense paid get away to my cottage. It's even better then mom and dads. And maybe we could actually get you to start swimming now. So what do ya say?", Ketsuki asked. The door suddenly opened and all the host club fell in, "We would love to!", Tamaki answered the question, "It would give us some time to finally relax from all of this drama that has occurred recently". Sayuki nodded in agreement, "That would be really nice, thank you Ketsuki". "Alright, we can leave whenever you want, it's about 6 hours away from here and it's...", Ketsuki pulled up the sleeve of his shirt to check the time, "12:30 so if you all pack now we could go up today. We'd leave around 2 and get there at about...8 tonight". "Of course we'll leave today!! EVERYONE GO PACK!", Tamaki ordered, "AND WE'LL ALL MEET BACK HERE AT HONEY'S HOUSE!". With that, Tamaki ran out like a maniac running a marathon. The others reluctantly followed after him. A 6 hour drive with him, fun.
END:~ And there ya go!! =D Wow, Sayu-chan has an older brother. Who knew~? =P I hope you guys liked this chapter and the next one should be fun too =D Please review!