Back again with chapter 11! Back to Matt's point of view, and touching moment with Matt and Tai. Reviews are wonderful.
Yamato
I'll admit I haven't been the nicest person to Taichi Yagami, but I couldn't help myself. I'll also admit, the boy is probably the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen. Does that make me wrong? I don't know, but being right has never been very high on my to-be list. When he approaches me on Thursday morning, I am sober. I'm no longer mad at the affection. As long as it doesn't escalate into anything else. I do a lot worse with both males, and females to get what I want.
"Yamato?"
"Hi, Tai." I am toneless, but I chose to go with the name he prefers. He seems to realise he's forgiven, but he still wants to hear it.
"I'm really sorry."
"I over reacted. Bad relationship." I mutter. Not the truth, but not a lie, either.
"Oh.." Taichi studies me. I don't know what he's looking for, but his eyes tell me it's not there. Is he disappointed? No. He seems pleased. He opens his mouth, and the bell rings. He closes it. A question that's not meant for interruptions. Oh boy. The day ticks by. It seems to take forever. Tai thankfully is not given a chance to talk to me alone. And finally, gym. Last class of the day. I'm shaking uncontrollably. I need to get something into me. Soon. Tai's coming towards me, could be fatal for him.
"Hey, Yamato?"
"Leave me alone." I snap at the brunette, who flinches away. Coach splits us into teams. I am left alone. He throws the soccer ball for the two teams to play.
"Come here, Yamato." My heart nearly stops, but I follow. I do manage to catch Taichi's eyes, and he sees the fear in them. I notice how he chances his position, so he can be as close to the coach's office as he can be without anyone noticing. The door shuts behind us. My body tightens.
"You're Andrew's boy, aren't you?" I say nothing, my eyes stay down. He makes a grab at me. My body instantly reacts, and I shut down. I'm gone. My body connects with something. A chair? His hands trail my body. He seems pleased. Taichi's voice flows through the door.
"I'm open!" The ball bounces against the other side of the curtained window, and I snap out of it. I shove the man away from me and leap for the door. I get out, and hear him shout things at me in English from behind. I crash into Tai, and spin him around to protect me. I stay hidden behind him.
"Yamato?" Confusion in his voice. Confused eyes.
"He's a rapist." I spit. He glares at me from the door. Students move away from him.
"What?"
"He tried to take my clothes off." Because Tai believes me, so do the other students. I will never judge the power of the brunette soccer star again.
"Stop your lying, Yamato!" Coach moves towards us, and I back up, dragging Tai with me. I was aware of the girl that bolted out the door as soon as I had made it to Taichi. It was the red head we had bumped into that one day. Sora. She was in a different class, same time as us. Sora came back, the principal with her.
"What's going on here?"
"Nothing, ma'am." Coach tried. Tai's soccer team was taking none of that, though.
"He tried to rape Yamato." The principal's eyes widened.
"Is this true, Yamato?" I bite my lip.
"Yea.." I say from around Taichi's body. This is bad. Very bad. Oh no. I'm starting to panic. My heart pounds against my chest, and it's hard to get air.
"Matt?" Tai.
"I'm fine," I choke. The principal lets us leave early, and takes the man from my nightmares away. Taichi comes home with me. I really don't want company right now, but it's safer. Natsuko and Hiroaki are home today. When I walk in the door, I'm attacked with questions and a jumping dog.
"Why're you home?"
"You're okay, right?'
"Are you skipping?"
"Arf!"
"Ahg! I'm fine, no I'm not skipping, Baby, get down!" Tai laughs from behind me. I had ignored the first question completely, no one noticed. Baby sat wagging her tail at me. I walk away from her, and she stays put. Stupid dog. Takeru leaps into the room.
"HI!"
"Hello!" Taichi returns his greeting. I don't. Takeru's so used to my ignoring him when he's overly happy, he doesn't say anything. Chooses to pounce on me instead. I'm not expecting it, and we almost go down, but I grab onto the counter and keep us supported. The rooms silent.
"Are you a ninja?" Taichi says eventually.
"Yes, Tai. I went to Ninja school." I tell him, knocking Takeru off me. I ignore Natsuko and Hiroaki. They are not my parents, legally, yet. At least, not to my knowledge. And there's no reason I should act like they are. Hiroaku ignores me, as well. Natsuko keeps her eyes on me. I venture to my room and return, leash in hand. I grab Tai and drag him out the door, Baby in tow. I don't really need the leash. There's one day until the end of the month. Vincent will be here tomorrow, and I might stay, I might move. Who knows? Who cares? I don't. It's been happening like, every other month of my whole life. We avoid the area we went last night time, neither of us wanting to relive the night I started my week silent treatment on Taichi Yagami. When we got home, Natsuko greeted us. I noticed the dejected look on Takeru's face immediately. So did Tai.
"Your mom called, Tai. She asked if you could stay the night. Apparently your sister's in the hospital with a bad fever." Tai's face fell, just for a minute. Then he lit up.
"She'll be okay." Takeru looked at him, then looked back down.
"He's sleeping in your room, Yamato." Takeru muttered. I shrugged.
"Okay." Tai looked like he was going to pounce on me. I liked Kari, but I was still not concerned about the fate of the fourteen year old. However, if Tai sleeping in my room with make the smaller blonde less miserably, so be it. Tai followed me to my room.
"Guess I'm sleeping on the floor?"
"I don't even share a bed with a girl, why would I let a boy sleep in my bed?" I realise that I've just opened myself to the typical 'Why, what happened?' rant that most people go on. Taichi doesn't even seem to notice.
"Oh, okay." Tai and I search the closet directly across from my bedroom door. We take five sheets, two blankets and four pillows.
"We should make a fort with all this. And you can sleep on the floor with me." Tai says. I hear it in his voice. The need to not want to be alone all night.
"Why would I do that? I have a bed."
"Yea, right..."
"Besides, Baby's a beast and she'll roll all over you." The pain that shot across his eyes almost killed me. Stupid, stupid, beautiful boy he is. I mentally attack myself. What am I thinking? Girls aren't even beautiful to me. Yet this boy, that I find annoying as hell, is beautiful? There really is something wrong with me. To make up being cranky with him while he's worried about his sister, I make him his fort. I sit with him on the floor. He's tucked under his blankets, staring at the top of our make-shift tent.
"Do you like it here?" He asks quietly. I think about the question for a long time. Maybe this boy does deserves some answers. But maybe...Tai feels different. I know he won't hurt me. I flop down beside the brunette to see what he's stareing at. I see nothing. Just sheet.
"It's okay."
"Where was your favorite."
"Italy was the prettiest."
"I didn't ask for the prettiest." Of course. Make it now that he notices my evasiveness. I tilt my head slightly to look at the brunette, who is openly starring at me. I look back up and think more. I've never thought about it. Never needed to. But I know it's here. Not only because of Baby, but because of Takeru. And of course, the stupid tanned skinned boy beside me. Not that I'd ever tell him that, but..
"Here, I guess. I've never had to think about it."
"Hmm." Tai says. I almost missed it, and then he shifts, very slowly. Hoping I won't notice. His head touches my shoulder. I don't move away, although it's my first instinct. After a minute, I almost like the feeling of him being close to me, and not wanting anything but to be close to me. He doesn't want sex, he doesn't want to hit me. In fact, it's almost comforting to know there's someone that doesn't want to use me. It takes a few more minutes, but his breathing changes as he falls asleep beside me.