Another update completed! Yey! I was wondering, why I got only a few reviews in the last/previous chapter. Anyway, I am happy to announce that I got over a hundred reviews for this story!
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Page 11: Fractured
Horohoro slouched on the couch as he switched channels with the remote; unfortunately for him, the only channels that worked are the local ones. "Pirika! T.V's broken!"
Pirika peeked in the living room from the kitchen, "So? What do you want me to do about it? Can't you see I'm cooking? Why don't you go up to the roof and fix the satellite dish?"
"Why me?" Horohoro complained.
"…because we are the only two people who are living in this house!" Pirika answered. "If I wasn't busy, then I'd help you fix it!"
Horohoro lazily stood up and exited the house, but not before grabbing a banana from the fruit bowl. He climbed up the roof using the ladder they had in the backyard. Horohoro looked at the satellite dish; he threw away the banana peel and started adjusting the dish. It seems to be okay, so why wasn't the T.V. working?
Tamao was on her way to Pirika and Horohoro's house, and then he suddenly spotted him on top of the roof, "Hi Horohoro, what are you doing up there?"
Horohoro waved back to Tamao, "Hi Tamao, I'm just fixing the satellite dish; cable's not working!" He slowly stood up and tried to get to the ladder in order to get down. Unfortunately for Horohoro, he forgot to throw his trash properly; so he accidentally stepped on the banana peel, causing him to slip and fall down on the slanted roof. He slid down the roof, and when he looked down, there was no more roof.
"AAAHHHH!" Horohoro yelled at the top of his lungs as he plummeted towards the ground. Tamao tried to catch him, but she was too far away; and by the time she got to where Horohoro was, he already fell.
"Horohoro…" a vein popped out on Pirika's forehead. "Honestly…sometimes you can be so stupid…"
Faust came in the room, "You're lucky you fell on a bush…if not you would have been in a more serious condition. You just broke your neck, right arm, and left foot…so you can leave the hospital after a week has passed."
"Okay…" Horohoro answered. His broken body parts were wrapped around in casts, and he was on a white bed; beside him were his friends who came to visit him.
"How exactly did you end up falling on the roof anyway Horo?" Yoh asked; he and Anna brought oranges for him.
"I slipped on a banana peel!" Horohoro's face steamed up. "Stop making fun of the way I ended up in the hospital!"
"I don't know Horohoro…" Ren said. "The way you ended up in the hospital sounds kinda stupid…"
"Hey! I said it was an accident!" Horohoro yelled. "Didn't you guys come here to cheer me up, and not to make me feel stupid and miserable?"
"You're probably right…" Manta thought. "But we're just worried that it might happen again…"
Tamao tried to speak up, "I…I think I'm the one to blame for his accident…If I had run faster, then I would have caught him, and none of this would have happened."
"Don't be silly Tamao…" Anna snapped. "It was his fault that he fell off the roof because he claimed that the cable didn't work. He probably just forgot to pay the cable bill…"
Pirika eyed Horohoro, "You did pay the cable bill, right?"
By the looks on Horohoro, they could all tell that he forgot to pay; great, just what he needed…another way to make it seem as if he was stupid.
Pirika slapped her forehead, "Next time Horo, leave the bills to me. You got me worried back there when you fell off the roof. Next time you go on top of the roof to fix the satellite dish, promise me you'll wear safety gears…"
"Yeah I promise…" Horohoro said.
"We have to go now Pirika…" Anna said. "The boys have not finished their chores yet, and Yoh hasn't finished his training yet…"
All the boys groaned as Yoh was dragged forcefully by Anna going out the door; the rest of the boys followed. Pirika and Tamao were left in the room with Horohoro, "Hey Tamao, aren't you going with them?"
"I'm free for the whole day" Tamao answered; but right before she was about to speak again, Horohoro's stomach grumbled loudly.
"Horohoro, are you hungry?" Pirika asked, and then his brother nodded to her. "Great…just wait right here, I'll get you food from the canteen. Do not, I repeat, do not touch the orange. That is mine!"
Pirika left the room and closed the door. Yoh and Anna brought him eight oranges; but now there is only one orange. Anyway, Horohoro and Tamao were left alone. They didn't talk that much yet, and their eyes wandered around the hospital room.
"Hey Horohoro, I'm sorry…" Tamao said remorsefully. "I should have run faster and caught you so that you wouldn't have been injured that much…"
Horohoro looked at Tamao's sad face, so he decided to smile to cheer her up, "Don't worry Tamao, it's not your fault, you weren't the one who slipped stupidly on a banana peel and fell of the roof! Hahahahaha! You should be thankful that you didn't catch me, because if you did, you would have probably gotten injured too!"
Tamao had blushed, her face was colored with a light shade of pink and looked away, "Umm, thanks Horohoro…"
Horohoro looked at her puzzled, "Huh? For what? I didn't do anything…"
"You cheered me up; I felt really bad because of what happened to you, but now if feel much better!"
"No problem Tamao; I mean, look at the bright side, people will be serving me food, no chores, no nagging…it might not be so bad being fractured."
"I guess you can look at it that way…"
"…and I have you guys to thank for making me feel better. Being alone with Kororo in the hospital has helped me cheer up; but when you guys came along, I became happier, even if you guys were teasing me on how stupid my accident was, at least it lifted my spirits."
"Really?"
"Yup! Right now, talking and being here with you makes me happy!"
"I…I didn't know that…"
"Yes. Didn't you realize that this is the only time we talked a lot about stuff?"
"Yeah, even if we see each other almost everyday, we don't talk that much…"
"Well, we're alone, and we can talk about anything as much as we want. While Pirika gets my food, why don't you and I talk just for fun? Get to know each other?"
Tamao smiled at the cheerful ainu, "Oh by the way, I also brought you an apple from a store I passed by awhile ago, you want me to peel it for you while we talk?"
"Sure! I'm starving!" Horohoro was happy at the moment, even though he was fractured; it felt good being with a friend and get to know her better.
Horohoro's leg, arm, and neck were not the only things that were fractured. The barrier between Tamao and Horohoro had been permanently fractured as they got to know each other better in the hospital. That day, the two of them learned that not all fractures were bad.
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"Who said nothing good could ever come out when someone was fractured?" Pirika was proud of his brother as he looked at the picture of Horohoro and Tamao happily talking to each other.
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Another chapter done! And this time, it's a HoroTamao fic. This fic is the beginning of Tamao and Horohoro's relationship, as friends first; but their relationships will progress. In case you guys are wondering, this fic is set before "Truth or Dare."
How did I get the idea of this fic? Well I ate a banana, and well, that's it! Weird huh? Please read and review guys! Read my other fics too! Read Spirit Unity and Arcessitor! You'll like them!
Guess what? My school has just started, but I will still try to update all of my stories. Hopefully, my school life and MMORPG life won't stop me from updating my fics!
