Chapter 11: Reunion

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"It's been much too long...", He says finally speaking. My face pales at how similar our voices are,"Rittie."

My eyes are the size of two moons as I look at the face totally identical to mine. "Nii-san...", Is all I can say in my state of shock.

~Page Break~

"Nii-san...", I stand there frozen. Nii-san only smiles at me,"Surprised much?" He giggles. I snap out of my daze but I can't speak despite all the questions crowding my head. All I feel is the burning in my heart, whether it's from happiness or loneliness I don't know. I see him hold out his arms,I blink dumbly. "Well, come on. Aren't you going to give your big brother a hug?" After hearing that I couldn't take it anymore, a river of tears ran down my cheeks as I practically jumped into his embrace. I cry into his shoulder, I feel his warm loving hands stroke my hair and rub my back.

I missed this so much. I feel something warm and wet fall on my neck,"Nii-san, are you crying?"

"Yeah."

Heh. He's always been honest like that.

We sit at a river side. A long silence falls between us until I finally speak,"Where have you been all this time?"

He doesn't look up,"Do you hate me?" I look at him shocked.

"No! Of course not! I thought you hated me?"

He looks up confused,"Why?"

"Well, you just disappeared without an explanation."

He smiles,"Rittie. Did you even hear me that night?"

"Huh?"

"I said 'I love you, otouto. Be good and take care of yourself'. Why would I say that if I hated you?"

I sigh. He's right. Still..,"Then why did you leave? Because you wanted to escape?"

He looks down, "No. Well, I definitely didn't want to spend my whole life in that hell hole but if I had planned to run away I would have taken you with me."

"Then why?"

"To protect you.", He says sadly. My face just screams confusion. He sighs,"Mom and Dad wanted me out of the picture. They said I distracted you from accomplishing your goals. I refused, I threatened to do something to them if they dared separated us. But then...they threatened your life. If I had stuck around they would have killed the both of us. I didn't care what happened to me, but if my Rittie was gone because of me I wouldn't be able to live with myself. So I agreed, allowed one more day with you before I left for America.", Tears flood his face," I'm sorry, Rittie. I'm so sorry. It's my fault."

I hug him. How could they? Even though I know it'll upset him I ask,"Why'd you return then?"

He sniffles,"I could feel you suffering. I could hear your thoughts before you went to sleep, I could feel your heart hurting. I just couldn't take it anymore, I had to see you and let you know I was alive."

That explains the voices in my head. I take his hand, he blushes. I chuckle,"Come on. Let's get out of this weather before we get sick."

I take him to my apartment and we lay on the couch, embracing. Oh, how I missed this.

~The Next Day~

We walk into Marukawa. Nii-san apparently got a job in shojo and was supposed to be starting today. I laugh at that as we walk into the emerald department. The looks on our co-workers faces are priceless.

I smile, "Everyone this is my older brother, Reita Onodera. He'll be working here for now on."

Nii-san bows,"Nice to meet you, I'm Reita Onodera. Please be gentle." They greet back, still shocked.

They day was filled with havoc. Nii-san had quickly made friends with Kisa and Mino. They all had one thing in common, they were mischievous and adored gossip. Nii-san was able to befriend Hatori as well, at a few moments I actually saw him smile. Takano seemed to take a liking to Nii-san but kept up his poker face.

~On The Way Home~

"So, Reita.", Takano began,"How was America?"

Nii-san smiled,"Pretty chaotic if you ask me."

We made our way to our apartments. We parted at our doors. Nii-san bowed,"Good Night, Takano-san. Have a good sleep."

Takano smiled genuinely,"Good Night."

~In Ritsu and Reita's Apartment~

I yawned, setting off to bed. Nii-san is sitting at the side of the bed with a laptop.

"Aren't you tired, Nii-san?"

He smiles up at me,"I'll go to bed soon. I'm just looking over some stuff for work. Get some rest, Rittie."

I obey getting under the covers. "Good Night." I say

"Good Night."

~Page Break~

Once I was sure Rittie was asleep I turned back to my laptop. I start going through their info and photos again,"Hatori Yoshiyuki, Kisa Shouta, Mino Kanade...", I say as I scroll through everything my eyes wide and voice deep,"No, screw them. The one I really need to watch...", I go to one last picture that shows a man with black hair and brown eyes,"Is you, Takano Masamune."

Alright, that concludes our eleventh chapter. Ja!~