Chapter 10: Help
"Why do you need to get a letter to president san?"
Sho seemed to hesitate. He sighed and rubbed his forehead before he spoke again.
"Actually… The answer is inside. You can read it." He seemed distraught "Besides, I want you to know too. I trust you."
His sad tone made her heart clench. Stop that! She didn't have the time to worry about Shoutaro!
"So… Am I giving the letter to the extravagant man or the chestnut flash over there?" Hasegawa was waving the letter in front of her and she grabbed it.
"I'll take care of it." She looked at the blank envelope. She was tempted to read it. "What does it say anyway? If you want me to know, can't you just tell me?"
"You won't believe me if I do." He said morosely "Lory needs to see this because he knows my handwriting."
"I know your handwriting." She crooked an eyebrow.
"Yes. I guess that'll work too."
She looked back at the letter. What was he being so mysterious about, all of a sudden? Who cares. She decided, as she slid the letter carefully inside her bag. She felt something against her leg, and sat down to pet the black cat.
"How are you today Kuro kun?" she smiled to the cat who brushed his nose on her hand.
"I'll be going then." Sho said "Thank you for your help Kyouko. I'm sorry about…" he looked down "everything."
"Whatever." She rolled her eyes. He gave her one last look and walked away.
Hate, hate, hate! She reminded herself. For some reason, it made her really sad to see him like that. Stupid Sho!
"Hey," Hasegawa's voice called out to her "your tall friend, I didn't see him yesterday."
"Tsuruga san?" she jumped.
"He usually gets me a bento on Tuesdays… is he ok?"
"Hum…" she caressed Kuro forlornly "I don't know about that."
The cat suddenly moved back and gave a small meow.
At the same time a loud screeching tire sound was heard. She hardly saw what happened when she got up. The crowd was gathering around a crosswalk.
...oooOOOooo...
"I'm really sorry Mogami Kun. I know you have… something with Fuwa san." Lory tried to comfort the girl in his office.
"That's not it…" she was obviously in shock "President san… He was trying to tell me something, and I just blew him off!"
"You're not responsible for what happened, Mogami kun." This conversation was bringing back long forgotten memories.
"I just…"
"I understand how you must be feeling. I knew a young man who went through a similar experience, years ago." He sighed "Believe me… You can't allow this to devour you. I'm sure Fuwa san will be ok."
She nodded silently and seemed to remember something. She opened her bag and searched inside. Lory watched as she took out a small envelope and stared at it.
"What is it?" he inquired.
"It's for you." She looked at him with a blank expression "Sho gave it to me. To give to you."
"Fuwa san did?" he got up, intrigued. Why a letter from Fuwa Sho? "Did he say why?"
Kyouko shook her head.
"Something about… his handwriting… He said I could read it but…"
"Did you?"
She shook her head again and handed him the letter.
"I'm scared to look at it." She said in a small voice. "For some reason… I have a bad feeling and…"
Lory opened the envelope and looked inside. There was just one page with a few lines of manuscript writing.
"And?" he prompted.
Kyouko's distress was written all over her face when she looked back up.
"He was just so nice." A tear rolled down her cheek.
Lory went back to his desk and read the letter. Wha… He looked at Kyouko and read it again. Oh my god. This was definitely Kuon's handwriting. But then… This was terrible.
"What does it say?"
He folded the paper and put it back inside the envelope.
"I'm sorry Mogami kun." He couldn't tell her that the man that was in the hospital right now was really the one she loved! "I can't… I don't think it's a good idea to-"
"He said he wanted me to know too." She growled.
I bet he did.
"And know, you will." He assured her "There is just one person I need to talk to first."
Author's note: Yes. I did that. I'm mad at myself. I guess a car accident is something every Skip Beat! fanfic author has to do at one point, heh. I never thought I'd write something so dramatic! I tried to avoid it, but it happened anyway. I did warn you things would get worse… and there's more to come. Ah, somebody stops me please before I kill all of them (I'm joking now, nobody is dying, don't worry).
Thank you for reading and for everything else!