So yeah, I didn't update as promised, sorry:(
But here's Chapter 13!
Still don't own Inazuma Eleven!
Chapter 13- Reminiscence
Haruko looked out of the window of the dingy warehouse where he was supposed to meet someone... important. The window looked very grimy & a bit damp due to the rain, but back then, he didn't always look out on windows as displeasing as this. For example, that hospital room window...
(Flashback...)
I looked at the girl at the bed, talking to Natsuna. It was hard to believe that this was once a little ball of energy, running around like there was no tomorrow. How delicate she looked with all those tubes attached to her tiny body...
Why DID I do that to them? All I wanted was for Fuyuna to realize how important pageants were to me. But, no! She had to side with Natsuna!
No matter, she always was a mommy's girl.
I thought I was alone in that hallway, until a voice shocked me out of my reverie.
"You may have fooled them, but do you really think you'd fool me?" I turned around to see June, Natsuna's older brother. "I know what really happened, Haruko. Don't try to hide it."
"Do you? Do you really?" I replied, "I want you to know that it happened because of a reason-"
"You dare call that a reason, Haruko?" June interjected. "You nearly killed them because you were desperate for money! Why can't you just tell them the truth?"
"Because I can't! I can't tell them the truth. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever!" I burst out. "If Natsuna ever found out..."
"You'd be in the streets by now, Haruko." A feminine voice said. I looked to see Natsuna by the door. "Fuyuna's reading a book, & I didn't want to interfere, so I went out... to hear this."
Natsuna looked hurt, as she said, "You never told me you were short on cash, Haruko. You never told me a lot of things." I was about to interject, "Haruko, if you'd only told me, I would've understood. I could've helped you. But, you see, this is too much."
I was about to talk, when Natsuna said, "The reason why Fuyuna didn't want to go to that pageant was because she didn't feel well, okay? It wasn't because of me, or Valentine, or June." I looked shocked, "I didn't think... I never-"
"That's right, you never knew. Fuyuna just told you she didn't want to join that one pageant because she didn't feel well, but she wanted to go right after she felt like herself again."
I looked guiltily at the window. She did look a little pale. I was shocked again, when Natsuna said, "You know what? I can't take this anymore! You never tell me anything, & I'm sick of finding out from others, okay?"
"Natsuna-"
"This is the last straw, Haruko. I'm filing for divorce!"