The Darker Side of Me
Chapter 10
"What have you crazy kids been up to?" Kouji asked, watching Takuya and Zoe enter the room.
"Nothing much. How's the spraying going?" Takuya asked.
Kouichi sighed. "J.P. went through an entire can. He's looking for another one right now."
Zoe wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Yeah, I see what you mean," she said.
"Well, the rain looks like it's letting up a bit," Tommy chimed in. He was still looking out the window.
"About friggen time," Takuya grumbled. "If we're here for much longer, I feel like I'm gonna go nuts."
"Join the club." Kouji rested his arms behind his head, then noticed Zoe's bandaged hand. "What happened to you?"
"Umm....I had a small accident." She looked down, ashamed.
Kouji decided to drop the subject. "So, should we rip the tape off his mouth for now?"
Takuya considered it for a moment, then nodded. "Sure, why not?"
Kouichi was the closest to Kingston, so he yanked it off forcefully.
"OW! Dammit, stop fucking doing that!" Kingston complained. "And if you were decent people, then you would untie me and at least let me clean myself up."
"Never claimed to be decent people," Takuya retorted.
"I can tell," Kingston spat out. "You're just a group of nobodys. No one cares about you because you're nothing but worthless scum. And you always will be."
Takuya pulled his pistol out of his jeans and smacked the man upside the head with it. "Say something again. I dare ya." He clicked the safety off.
"You won't shoot me. You're too weak. Too stupid." Kingston had a cruel smile on his thin lips.
Takuya's chocolate eyes darkened a shade. He pressed the barrel into the side of Kingston's head. "Really. If you want to find out, then be my guest. It's your call."
The blond man swallowed nervously and broke out into a sweat. "You're bluffing."
"Am I?" His finger pressed down slightly on the trigger. "Just a little further and your head blows off."
"Get away from me, you psycho!" Kingston writhed in his seat.
Just then Takuya pulled the triggered, causing Kingston to scream. Everyone in the room jumped, their eyes wide. A moment later, they realized that the bastard's head was still perfectly intact.
"What the fuck?!" Kingston asked, his body shaking violently.
Takuya smirked. "Forgot to tell you that the gun's not loaded. That was just a blank."
"You bastard!" Kingston glared at him, his cerulean eyes sending daggers.
"Yeah, that was fun." Takuya chuckled, then put a new magazine into the gun, loading it for real this time. "Next time you won't be so lucky."
A moment later J.P. walked into the room with a can of aerosol and plate of mozzerella sticks. "Uhhh........did I miss something?"
"Takuya pretended to shoot the asshole in the head," Kouji replied.
"Oh, what else is new?" J.P. plopped down onto one of the couches. He continued to spray the room once again while cramming a few sticks into his mouth.
Takuya fanned the air. "Ease up a bit on the spray. The smell of air freshener can be just as bad as piss after awhile if you overdo it."
Kouichi raised an eyebrow. "I think I'd rather deal with the air freshener than the piss."
"Yeah, but I kinda see what he's getting at," Tommy added. "Overbearing flower scents can make you nauseous in a matter of seconds."
"So can piss!" J.P. exclaimed.
Zoe watched them as they argued. They fought over the stupidest things sometimes. However, it must have been nice to have good friends like that, no matter how many times they bickered.
"I'll be right back. I'm gonna go get something to eat," Zoe said.
"I'll go with you. If I try to eat off of J.P.'s plate, he'll bite my hand off," Takuya quipped.
"No, I won't!" J.P. crammed three more mozzerella sticks into his mouth.
Takuya only shook his head and began to make his way to the kitchen, Zoe following close behind.
Kouichi looked over to his brother and frowned. "What are you doing?"
Kouji was wiping Kingston's face clean with a damp rag. "I feel like drawing and I need a fresh slate."
"Knock it off! I'm not a fucking easel!" Kingston was trying to jerk his head away.
"You are now." Kouji pulled out a blue marker and began to doodle.
"Stop it, you stupid bastard!"
"Call me stupid again and see what happens," Kouji said, a bored expression on his face.
His twin smirked. "Kouji, you do realize that the marker you're holding is permanant, right?"
Kouji looked at it. "So it is. Oh, well." He continued to draw once again.
"PERMANANT?! STOP IT!"
"Let me know when you're done," J.P. said, finishing his plate. "Maybe I'll draw an ass on his face."
"You'll pay for this!" Kingston continued his pathetic attempt to get away.
In the kitchen
Zoe watched as Takuya rummaged through the fridge. "So, any idea what you want to eat?"
"To be honest with you, I'm not even hungry. I'm still uncomfortable to be in the same room as him," she responded, her head cast down.
"Zoe, you need to eat something. You're already undernourished as is, so just please, eat something." He looked at her pleadingly.
She relented. "Okay. Whatever you want to eat, I'll have."
Takuya settled for a package of fried chicken, along with a bag of french fries. "Damn, this guy lives off of frozen stuff."
Zoe shrugged. "He probably can't cook."
"Hell, he doesn't even seem intelligent enough to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Takuya popped the chicken into the microwave.
Zoe grabbed two cans of coke out of the fridge and handed one to Takuya.
"Thanks," he said, taking a long gulp.
The blond nodded, then began to look through the cabinets.
"What are you looking for?"
"Aspirin or something. My head is throbbing like hell." Zoe found a bottle, then swallowed two pills.
Ten minutes later, the food was ready. Takuya ate ravenously, scarfing down an entire plate in less than a minute.
"Sorry," he said, smiling sheepishly. "Guess I'm hungrier than I thought."
"Hey, get your fill. You made enough for ten people, so you might as well pig out."
Takuya got another plate. "Hey, you said that you would try to eat something. So eat."
Zoe slowly ate the chicken, her stomach churning. It wasn't so much that it was the actual food that was upsetting her stomach, but more so the aspect of it. A moment later, she put her piece of chicken down.
"I can't eat. I know that it won't stay down." Zoe rubbed her head. "I'm really not feeling good. Maybe I should go lay down for a half hour or something."
Takuya looked concern, but didn't object. "Okay, but call me if you need anything."
Zoe gave him a weak smile. "I will." With that, she hurried off.
The brunette sighed, eating his food. He hoped that she would be okay. In fact, he prayed.
okay, im done with this chapter. this story is longer than i anticipated that it would be. but i'm not gonna rush to get it done or anything. i want to put my effort into it, even if it takes another ten chapters (it won't, but i'm just saying......) anyway, r and r ^_^