Chapter 25
(A.N: Alright guys, it's been three weeks, and three days – holy shit – since I last updated! -facepalms- I fail. I'm sorry it's been taking me so long you guys...I wish I had an epic excuse, but I really don't...I just sort of...Got writer's block...-sweatdrop- So I worked on other things...I've posted the beginnings of a new Code Geass fanfic...As I had no KuroFai inspiration going on – until recently. I actually had to work on this on and off over the course of the three weeks, and three days – because I just wasn't feeling it as strongly...So I only worked on it when the feeling was strong. Sorry it took so long! I had to re-watch a clip from "A Walk To Remember," just to get the feeling back...And of course, it made me cry...Damn movie. ANYWAYS...On with the fanfic! TT means time passing, or scene changes...You guys know the drill! SLIGHT HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE SPOILER...It's REALLY small though...R&R? I love you guys for it!)
Answering Reviews:
sathreal:
The last sentence was meant to be Kamui's perspective. Fai abandoned him, leaving him alone with Fuuma...So Kamui was going to plot Fai's demise. It was meant to be a joke.
RemaSofiRuin:
...I feel like a bad person now. Sadface. I hope you forgive me for the angst?
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The rest of September was spent on working Fuuma and Kamui back together. They weren't dating again – not yet...But they were trying to get themselves back into that old rhythm. Kamui was trying to forgive himself, and Fuuma was being patient, and kind – as usual.
By October, they were hanging out more and more – which pleased the rest of the gang. But they still hadn't gotten back together.
When Halloween rolled around...Everyone was in for a surprise...
"So we're all going to go together this year?" Sakura questioned, lying herself down in the grass – resting her head on Syaoran's stomach. The brunette was sprawled out in the grass as well, so he looked down to her, and brushed his fingers through her hair.
"Looks like it," Fuuma agreed, grinning.
"What are you guys going as?" Subaru questioned – leaning in to Seishiro's hold.
The group began their discussions, but Sakura was looking away from the group. Her gaze was focused on the blonde – who was approaching a motorcycle.
There was another male sitting on said motorcycle already, and he handed the blonde a helmet – which Fai took, and hooked onto his messenger bag. He motioned to his group of friends and motioned that he wanted a few minutes.
There was a nod, and the blonde headed for the group.
Sakura watched him as he approached. Stared at how easily he came towards them.
"...Hey guys..."
"...Fai?" The caramel haired girl was still staring.
"Fai-san!" Watanuki greeted, happy to see him.
Kamui leaned back and looked up to the blonde.
"What're you doing over here?" That was Sakura again.
"Well...I came here to see my friends...And...I'm tired of all of this...I mean, I can't ignore the entire group simply because of something that was clearly between Kurogane and I. And I really don't want to fight with anyone, either...So...I came to see if Kurogane would be alright with...With being my friend? I mean...I miss everyone. I feel like some outcast."
The previously mentioned raven shrugged indifferently.
"Should I take that as a yes then?"
Kurogane nodded slightly, then went back to listening to the group – his eyes closed.
"So are you coming with us?" Watanuki questioned, as the blonde sat down next to Kamui.
"Going where?" Fai was clearly confused.
"Well, here on planet Earth – it's Halloween," Sakura spoke up again, closing her eyes as well.
"And we're all going out trick-or-treating," Fuuma added, closing his eyes.
Fai stared at him,
"Everyone is closing their eyes after answering me...Is there some sort of trend starting?"
"No, I just wanted to fit in."
The group laughed, and Fai let out a small, 'ow.'
A male that was slightly taller than the blonde was himself – sat down behind him, leaning on him,
"We~ need to go~"
"I know, I know. Jeeze, I leave you alone for three minutes, and you get antsy."
"I'm not antsy. But a certain someone is going to panic if we take much longer...Because he knows we're using my bike...And he knows that the school isn't that far away..."
"I know...I'm sorry. I didn't think about that."
"...Raiko?" Sakura's voice questioned, and the addressed male came out from behind Fai – plopping down next to him instead.
"Who else would I be? Jeeze Sakura, you're all grown up...And, is that Syaoran? God, last time I saw you two..." He trailed, and shook his head, in complete disbelief. He set his attention on the group,
"Hello friends of Fai...Sorry for not introducing myself sooner! I'm Raiko – a childhood friend."
Kurogane looked from Raiko, to Fai, to Sakura. The caramel haired girl mouthed: I'll explain it later.
Raiko's cell phone started playing his ringtone, and he pulled his phone out of his pocket, flipping it open,
"Hey...Yeah, I'm with him...No, we haven't left yet...No, there's no problems...No...No I promise...He was just talking to some of his friends...Mm-hm..." Raiko made a gun out of his fingers and aimed it at Sakura. He grinned as her eyes grew in realization.
"Uh-huh...Yeah...No babe, we'll be on our way back soon...No, I promise, there's no trouble...No, don't get into the car...Put that away...Because, if you come here with that, you'll cause a scene...Babe...Just, stay in the apartment...Yeah, we'll be back soon...Okay...I love you too..." He closed the phone, tucking it into his pocket,
"We need to get going. Now."
"Wait, you two are going to ride off together on the back of that...What is it? A UTE Hire?" Kurogane narrowed his eyes as the two males got to their feet. The red eyed male was already on his own feet.
"Actually, it's a blue FJR1300...The 2010 model..." Raiko answered.
Fai bit his lip, trying not to laugh.
"What?" The shorter raven blinked, confused.
"You're so matter-of-fact sometimes..." The blonde unhooked his helmet,
"I'll see you guys later. The bike king and I have to get going before his boyfriend decides to hunt us down."
"Hey, he was dead serious!" Raiko announced, hitting Fai lightly in the arm with his own helmet.
"So you two are going home on a motorcycle?" Kurogane questioned again.
"...Yeah. It's how I got to school today...And Raiko is a safe driver. He's been driving this thing for years..."
"It doesn't matter how long he's been driving it – that doesn't make it safe."
"Fai, we have to go. He won't hold on much longer before he-," Raiko was cut off by his ringtone,
"Shit."
The rest of the gang had gotten to their feet, as Raiko answered his cell phone for the second time in a row. He argued with the person as he and Fai walked towards the motorcycle, and hung up before he tugged on his helmet, and got on the bike.
"Remember how I told you about the wrong crowd that Fai was involved with?" Sakura questioned, not taking her eyes off the males on the motorcycle – as Raiko kicked up the kickstand and checked for traffic.
"Raiko's one of the people from that crowd...He's the level-headed one..." She continued into the silence, and seconds later, the motorcycle roared to life, out on to the open street.
As the two disappeared from sight, Kurogane had to ask the question that was bothering him,
"If he's so level-headed, then why do you sound so worried?"
Sakura turned to face him, and made a gun out of her fingers, as Raiko had done earlier. She aimed her finger gun at Kurogane.
When the raven merely stared in confusion, she lowered her hand again,
"His boyfriend is a gunman."
TT
They were gathered in Kurogane's living room.
The whole gang – minus Chi, Hideki, Tomoyo, and Fai. And everyone was dressed up. Watanuki, Doumeki, Syaoran, and Sakura were all re-using their costumes from the previous year. Watanuki was still a ghost buster, Doumeki was still Frankenstein, Syaoran was still a knight, and Sakura was still a Princess.
Fuuma, Kamui, Seishiro, and Subaru were using Kurogane and Fai's previous idea of vampire and prey. Fuuma and Seishiro were prey for their respective partners. It was a couple costume idea, but Kamui and Fuuma were still, 'just friends.'
Shogo showed up, dressed a prisoner. And, of course, his girlfriend showed up in a female cop outfit...Dressed completely in black. Leggings, the short dress that buttoned up in the front, the radio on one of her hips, the police hat, the fingerless gloves, the boots that came up almost to her knees, and the baton she was carrying. The only things that contrasted this, were the silver handcuffs on her opposite hip, and her badge – which she wore right over her heart.
"Oh, you can arrest me any time you want..." Shogo murmured. Primera rolled her eyes, but smiled nonetheless, and tapped him lightly with the baton,
"You're such a pervert."
Kurogane rolled his eyes at the couple. He was dressed as a ninja, and he wouldn't dare tell a soul that the sword he was carrying – was real. It had belonged to his Father...
He didn't allow his thoughts to go there.
Cat Woman came rushing up the front porch steps, knocked, and then stepped into the house.
Everyone stared.
She was dressed in black leather. She had long gloves that stretched to her elbows, and a top that wasn't much of a top at all...It was more like a bra with an 'x,' design beneath it. And of course, she had the leather pants with the rips along the fronts. She couldn't wear the mask, because she had too much hair, so she wore the cat ears instead. In her hands she carried a belt, which attached to a long cat tail.
"...I forgot I was wearing my costume! What do you guys think?"
"...Tomoyo?" The whole room was staring.
"Of course it's me!"
"...You are not going out in that," Kurogane announced, glaring.
"But I've already come over in this!"
"I don't care. You're not going out like that!" He was on his feet now. He was serious about this, and he wouldn't stand down.
"You're not my Father, Kurogane! And you're not that much older than I am! It's not like I'm going out completely alone, either! I'll be with the group!" Normally Tomoyo didn't get so upset...But it was Halloween, and she felt like her cousin was overreacting.
"I don't care if you're going out there with an entire army. You're not going out like that!"
"But why not? It's not up to you!"
"Because I'm supposed to watch over you!"
"You're my cousin, and you're not much older than I am! Half a year! It's not that much of a difference! Why do you have to act like this?"
Their bickering continued as he stepped into the house quietly. He took off his shoes, and stepped away from the door slightly. He set his messenger bag down, and watched in silence.
Tomoyo set her tail belt down on the table, and took her cat ears off as well. When she'd put them down, she turned defiant eyes on her cousin,
"You're being ridiculous! It's Halloween, Kurogane! I have as much right to dress up as anyone else here does!"
"And I'm saying that you're not going out like that!"
Frustrated, Tomoyo turned herself around, and went back out the door. The raven stepped forwards – as if to follow her, but Sakura told him to stay.
It was then that he noticed the brunette, with the emerald green eyes – standing inside of his house,
"What the hell are you doing in here? Why do people just let themselves in like this is some goddamn par-"
"—Relax, Kurogane," the male answered, pulling off his brunette locks, to reveal a head of blonde hair,
"It's just me."
"...Fai?" Kurogane looked stressed and confused.
"I'm wearing coloured contacts...And this is just a wig..." The blonde chucked the previously mentioned wig on to a table,
"I'll go talk to Tomoyo."
TT
She was fine when she walked. She didn't feel cold when she walked.
But she wasn't walking now.
She was sitting on the porch, staring at nothing, and letting the defiance in her eyes shine through clearly. She was not a child, and she would not be treated as such.
Warmth draped over her shoulders, and Fai plopped down to the right of her.
"Did my cousin send you out here to try and talk some sense into me?"
"Kurogane didn't ask me to do anything. I came out here on my own." He'd given her the cloak of his outfit, and was now sitting in a long sleeved black shirt, matching pants, and a red and yellow tie.
Tomoyo didn't answer, but she did sigh and wrap herself up in the cloak. It was warm, and it smelled of the blonde...He had a nice scent.
"You smell good," Tomoyo noted, giggling slightly.
The blonde male quirked a brow,
"...Thanks?"
She continued to laugh when she saw his expression, and he smiled in return. They stayed that way until her laughter died down...Then his smile turned sad, and he set his gaze on the moon,
"So...What's really bothering you?"
She didn't speak, but she looked to the moon as well.
Silence enveloped them.
"Tomoyo-chan?" He turned his attention to her...Only to find tears rolling down her cheeks. They glistened in the moonlight, and his heart ached. He wanted to help her in any way that he could...
"Tomoyo-chan...What's wrong?"
She blinked, and it sent more tears cascading down her cheeks,
"I feel...I feel so ridiculous...For crying...Because I know what you'll say...When I tell you what's wrong..." She smiled sadly, keeping her eyes on the moon.
"...Tomoyo-chan...I-"
"—He's changing, Fai...And not for the better..." She didn't turn to face him, but he did look away. He knew who she was referring to. How could he not?
Clearly she meant Kurogane.
"It would be selfish of me...To ask for you to fix things...I know that...But would it also be selfish of me to ask...To ask you to talk to him? To really talk to him?"
The blonde hesitated slightly, before sighing,
"That's not selfish at all, Tomoyo-chan..." He leaned back, lying himself down on the front porch. She surprised him by lying down beside him – resting her head on his chest.
He draped an arm around her, feeling guilty for causing her pain.
TT
When they returned to the inside of the house, Tomoyo handed Fai his cloak, which he tugged on. Then he grabbed his wig, and his messenger bag, and headed into the bathroom.
Tomoyo and Kurogane barely looked at one another as she pulled on her cat ears and attached the tail belt to her waist.
When the blonde returned – wig back in place – he had finished up his costume. He was wearing glasses that had the lenses knocked out, there was a marking across his forehead, and he was carrying something in his hand...
Sakura took one look at him, and burst into a fit of giggles. Tomoyo whipped out her digital camera, and started shooting a video,
"Mr. Potter! Mr. Potter! What do you have to say in response to the allegations that you were with Cho Chang last night?"
Fai lifted his wand, and held it up as a microphone,
"Well Cat Woman...I would like to respond to these allegations straightforwardly!"
By now, the others were laughing, and watching as Fai kept a straight face.
"And what do you have to say in response to these allegations?" Tomoyo questioned, clearly enjoying this.
"My response to these allegations is as follows; I was not with Cho Chang last night...Or any other night for that matter...Why you ask? Well, because she's a woman!"
"Hold on Mr. Potter! If you're denying Cho Chang because she's a woman...Then what about the allegations that you had an affair with Hermione Granger? And what about the rumours that are spreading, that you kissed Ginny Weasley?" Tomoyo tried to keep her voice steady, as their friends laughed all around them...
"Well there are a couple of reasons behind why I would not be with either of these women. Hermione is not only a woman...But she's my best friends girlfriend! That's just wrong. And as for Ginny Weasley...I didn't kiss her! She kissed me! And I could never be with her – because everyone knows that gingers don't have souls."
Tomoyo's hand shook slightly as she tried to regain control of her laughter,
"So who...Who are you dating then?"
Fai barely hesitated. He cleared his throat,
"I need to come clean. I feel like now is the time to do so." The laughter subsided a bit – as everyone felt like this was a serious moment.
"I've been hiding it all along...And I feel like now is as good a time as any to tell everyone the truth." There was a short pause, as Fai managed to – somehow – keep himself under control. He inhaled deeply, then sighed,
"I'm...I'm dating Draco Malfoy!"
His friends erupted in laughter, and Fai walked past Tomoyo – holding up a hand, to block the camera,
"No more questions!" He left the house, and Tomoyo turned her camera around to face herself instead – the door was in clear visibility behind her.
"Mr. Potter is gay, apparently!"
"No shit!" Fai called, poking his head back inside.
Tomoyo ended the video, and collapsed to her knees – laughing. Sakura was leaning against one of the walls – also laughing. Both girls were nearly in tears...
When they finally managed to regain some of their composure, Tomoyo got back to her feet, and started up a new video.
Only to have Fai poke his head back in the door, with a call of,
"Are you homo's coming, or not?"
It was going to be a long night.
TT
He was trying to figure it out.
After they had returned to the house, the blonde had changed out of his costume, and back into regular clothing. And then Fai had asked for him to take a walk around the block with him, but they were already hitting the homestretch...He could see his house at the end of this road, and they were a quarter of the way there...
And the blonde wasn't speaking.
"Ooi," maybe he could get him to start talking...
"...What have they told you...?" Fai felt stupid for asking...But he really needed to know.
"...What have they told me? About what?" The raven quirked a brow, confused.
The blonde stared, bewildered. He'd just opened the most dangerous of doors...And now there would be no chance of closing it...
"...Nothing. It's not important." The lie was weak. He tried not to focus on it.
"Liar...Tell me the truth." Kurogane had stopped walking, and now Fai stopped too. He swallowed down his fears, and turned to face the raven – his eyes already betraying him by slowly filling themselves up with tears...
"...I'm sick..."
"Do you want me to drive you home, or-?"
"—No...No...Kurogane, I mean...I mean I'm sick." The blonde stressed the word, hoping that the raven would understand what it was that he was trying to say.
"Well, have you been taking your medication?" The red eyed male looked so concerned...
Oh God how he missed him. But he couldn't give in to that side of himself...He needed to tell the raven the truth.
"...I...I've stopped responding to treatments...The pills...They don't do anything for me anymore..." Fai inhaled deeply, and sighed on his exhale.
Kurogane's eyes grew,
"How long have you...?" He trailed off, unsure of how he wanted to finish the sentence. He wasn't even sure that he wanted to know the answer.
"That day...At the cottage...When Kamui flipped out and broke some dishes..."
"But you said-!"
"—I lied!" Fai met his gaze,
"I lied...I didn't want to tell anyone...I didn't want my friends to treat me any differently..."
"Including me?" The raven was feeling it...The shock of the news...That familiar sorrow creeping up on his soul...Creeping into the very depths of his heart...
"Especially you!" Fai announced,
"You were always worrying about me...Even though you knew that I was dying! You didn't want me to risk myself in anything – not in cliff jumping, or anything else...And you know that you would have been even stricter if you'd known the truth!" The blonde tried to blink back tears, but some managed to escape him. They burned slow trails down his cheeks.
Kurogane ran a hand through his hair, pulling at the strands tightly. He didn't know what to do...Didn't know what to say...
Fai swallowed hard, speaking past the lump in his throat,
"You know, I was getting along with everything fine...I accepted my fate, I was ready to die...And then you happened!" He wiped at his eyes viciously,
"I was born to die, Kurogane...It's been my curse from the start...And it'll be my curse until the very end..." He met the males gaze briefly, before he took off running – unable to watch the raven looking so distraught.
He never should have opened his mouth. Never should have mentioned it. Even as his friends stepped out of the house, he hopped into his car, pulled out of the driveway, and slammed down on the gas. His car ripped to life, sped away from the people who cared too damn much...Away from the love, the affection...
He was heading back to the silence, and the inescapable emptiness of his own apartment.
TT
He slammed his apartment door behind himself – locking it. He threw down his messenger bag, kicked off his shoes, and peeled off his sweater.
He could see his arms – hideous arms...Blue and purple marks scattered along both of them...Bruises from his Father...
He was so tired of this madness...So tired of pretending to be alright, as his world slipped through the cracks between his fingers.
He went to his kitchen, and tore through the drawers – carelessly dumping contents onto the floor. He needed to find his release...He needed to be set free from the madness...
When he found what he was looking for, he retreated to his bed, and sat down. He found his picture – one of the ones that his Father had taken from the house – and looked down to it as he held the object in his hand. It would be his release.
He would be free.
He'd written his letters. He'd done it weeks ago. And he'd written the location of these letters, on the back of the picture that he was staring at now. He'd been a coward about completing the final task...But now he was going to finish it. He was going to finish the final piece of this rush of madness.
Setting the picture on his pillow – out of the way of the mess that he was about to create – he swallowed down his fears...
...And drew the knife across the flesh of his arm.
TT
They'd ridden over on Raiko's motorcycle.
He'd tried calling the blonde three times already – to no avail. And now, they were outside of his door, knocking.
"Fai? Hey, can you hear me? You home?" He knocked a little harder,
"Hey, Fai? You're home, right? I saw your car downstairs..." He tried opening the door, only to find it locked. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his infamous lock-pick kit. It was his talent. Level-headed though he was, he was also prepared to bend the rules to fit his needs...
He worked his magic, waiting for that telltale click. When he heard it, he stuffed the kit back into his pocket, and turned the handle – pushing the door open.
"...Oh shit...Fai!" He rushed into the apartment – not bothering with removing his shoes,
"Fai! Hey! Hey! Speak to me...Say something!" He kneeled beside the male – who was sprawled out on the bed – a knife on the floor...
"Shooter! Call for an ambulance! Fai! Fai! Can you hear me?"
The blonde groaned, semi-conscious.
"...He's not dead...He's not dead...Phone...Where's his...?" He found it on the bedside table, and shakily went through his contact list. He remembered the name. He was looking for it now in the list...But it wasn't there.
Sakura's was though, so he called her instead.
TT
Her phone went off, and she sighed, picking it up. She checked the name, rolled her eyes, and answered it,
"What the hell were you thinking?" She paused, confused, as she listened to the voice speaking to her from the other end,
"...Raiko? Wha...Why are you calling me from Fai's cell phone? Where are you?" She listened to the panicked voice on the other end, in silence.
"...Why do you need to speak to Kurogane?" She cast a worried glance towards the raven haired male. As she listened, she walked towards the red eyed male, and – when Raiko had finished speaking – she handed him the cell phone. The raven stared at it for a moment, before putting it up to his ear,
"What?" He listened in silence, before answering once again,
"And that would be?"
After receiving his answer, he was met with a dial tone. He stared at Sakura's cell phone blankly for a moment, before rounding everyone up, and heading out.
They had somewhere to be.
TT
When she answered, sounding mad, he knew that Fai had done something to piss her off...
"Sakura? Sakura is that you?"
She sounded confused as she answered. She recognized his voice, but she couldn't figure out why he was calling from the blondes cell phone.
"I...I'm in his apartment...Shooter's with me...Sakura, I-I need to talk to Kurogane..."
When she questioned him on his request, he swallowed hard, trying to maintain his control,
"There's no time to explain that...I need to speak to Kurogane, now..."
When a gruff voice answered him moments later, he tried to keep his voice steady,
"...Kurogane? This is Raiko...I...I'm with Fai right now, in his apartment...But the location of that place currently doesn't matter...What you need to know is where it is that you need to go..."
When the male questioned him on his words, he answered in a manner that he knew would be understood immediately,
"The hospital. We'll meet you there."
TT
They were directed into the waiting room, when they arrived at the hospital. Raiko approached them immediately – looking unstable,
"Sorry...I couldn't find your name on his list, so I called Sakura...I was in a panic, and..." He trailed, sighed,
"Fai's in the hospital...Shoo-" He paused, cleared his throat – realizing that he shouldn't use the nickname in a hospital,
"—My boyfriend and I went to Fai's apartment, to check on him...He wasn't answering his phone...So...We got there, and..." Raiko shifted, tugged at his hair,
"...His arms...He tried to...To..." He couldn't say it. Not with one of his best friends lying in a hospital bed. Not with the thought that they could've been too late...
"...He tried to kill himself," an eerily angelic voice finished the statement, as an arm curled around Raiko's waist.
Sakura stared at him, remembering his face. He'd changed a bit since she'd last seen him...But she knew that one thing remained the same.
He was carrying a weapon.
He nodded to her. It was slight, an acknowledgement. Though she wasn't sure if he was acknowledging the fact that he knew her...Or the fact that he was indeed armed.
Chi and Sakura had to sit down – as did Kamui. The others stood – leaving the rest of the chairs open to people who may actually need them. Fuuma kneeled beside Kamui – holding his hands.
When a Nurse came down and told them that the blonde was stable, and would be fine...That he just needed to rest...The tension in the air shattered.
Chi buried her face in her hands, relieved, and Sakura sighed, wiping away her tears.
TT
It was the middle of the night, but he didn't care. He was here to settle this mess, and settle it he would – in the only way that he knew how.
With his fists.
He kept his hand over the peephole – blocking the view of the person standing on the other side of the door. He listened to the reluctant sigh, the grumbling, the locks clicking...
When the door opened slightly, the blonde on the other side, seemed to clue in to who he was, and tried to shut the door again.
But he wasn't having any of that.
He stuck his foot in the door, and used brute force to shove it open wider, pushing his way in. Even when the blonde yelled at him to get out, he only chuckled darkly...Before sending a foot into the males stomach – causing him to double over.
He hit the floor, coughing and groaning. While the blonde was down, the raven flicked on the lights, before approaching him.
"...You...You're trespassing! I'll...I'll call...The police!"
"I'm so afraid," the raven muttered dryly, glaring. He sent another kick into the males gut – causing him to call out in pain.
"What's wrong? Does that hurt?" He kneeled next to the blonde, gripping his chin,
"Yeah, I look familiar, don't I? Seen me before? In this, maybe?" He held up the picture. The picture he'd taken from the house...
A tan hand gripped the pale males neck, tightly...Squeezing...
"Give me one good reason, behind why I shouldn't kill your ass here and now."
The blonde gasped, trying to get his air back.
"Well go ahead then, give me a reason...Make it good. Oh, and don't bother with prison sentences – I couldn't care less about all of that."
When the raven didn't get an answer, he looked to the males expression, then pulled out a small mirror – one that had clearly been broken off of a make-up kit.
He owed Primera for that.
He held the mirror out, allowing the blonde to see his reflection. The big, blue eyes were widened in fear...
"Looks familiar, doesn't it? Want to know why?" Here the male pulled a couple of pictures from his pocket. He held up the first one, and the blonde looked away.
The raven lifted him up off the floor slightly, before slamming him back down – liking the satisfactory thudding noise.
"You'll look where I tell you to look!" He held out the picture,
"That's why the fear looks familiar. You've seen it on him. You see it in his eyes whenever you come around!" He dropped the picture, pocketed the mirror. Then he set his attention back on the blonde, released his neck...
He got back to his feet, sending another good kick to the males gut. When the blonde cried out in pain, the raven narrowed his eyes at him,
"Hurts, doesn't it? Hurts to be out of control...Terrified...Attacked...All because someone hates you...And I'll tell you something; he doesn't even know that I'm here."
The blonde cast startled blue eyes on the raven.
"Want to know why he's completely unaware of me coming here?" He stepped down on the blondes arm, grinding it into the floor – listening to the satisfying cries of pain,
"Because he's unconscious. He was miserable, alone, depressed...And he tried to kill himself. He was going to let himself bleed to death. We have you to thank for that. He knew that he was dying...That every single day, he was lucky to be breathing...But he was happy with us. With me. And then you showed up, and ruined that happiness." He applied more pressure to the males arm – listening to his screams.
"He looks a lot like you, you know...It's easy for me to hurt you...But I could never hurt him. But I guess you'd never understand that, would you? Because you can attack him ruthlessly...And you still have the nerve to smile at him." He freed the males arm from beneath his foot, but only long enough to position it on the opposite arm.
As he screamed, the raven landed him a good punch in the jaw,
"Shut-up!" He ground down on the males arm, harder,
"...What would your wife think of you? If she knew you were still abusing her baby...Her youngest child...Something tells me that she didn't realize it...Didn't know that it was you...Thought it was bullies, for a long time...Was too sick to do anything to help by the time she did realize it...How pitiful..."
The raven finally let him go, landing him one last kick to the stomach,
"Fun fact for you, Taijo; something I learned. When you have twins, and one winds up gay? There's a seventy percent chance that they'll both be gay..." The raven chuckled darkly, heading back out the door,
"Guess what your other son never told you?"
He left him hanging, knowing that it had been more than enough of a message.
As the door closed behind him, Taijo rolled onto his side, and spat out some blood. He didn't have the energy to pick himself up off of the floor. He fought off the darkness for a while...But eventually he couldn't hold it back any longer.
He fell into an uneasy sleep as his haunting memories plagued his mind.
TT
(A.N: Alright, because I have a lot to say, I'm going to separate what I want to say, by categorizing it all:
Harry Potter:
I went to Detroit recently – had to cross the border to get there – and I went to Hot Topic. Bought myself the Horcrux ring! YAY! I was wearing it as I typed out some of the chapter – starting at the Halloween bit. I finally got to see Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1 tonight! WOO! It was EPIC. Can't wait for the final part...Though I think I'll cry...I grew up watching the Harry Potter movies...I was 10 when the first one came out...I'm 19 now, and still love the movies. In fact, when I was in the theatres tonight...The Harry Potter theme started playing, and I got this huge grin on my face...I am SUCH a nerd...
PLEASE NO SPOILERS IN YOUR COMMENTS.
Also, when it comes down to what Fai was saying about the girls...I'd like to make this perfectly clear...I NEVER pair him with any girls from the movies...
If he were to be with ANY of the girls from Hogwarts...I'd pair him with Luna Lovegood. Why? Well, because Hermione is with Ron, I hate Cho Chang – don't ask me why – and the whole Ginny thing creeps me out! I mean, he seems to see Ron as a brother, right? Mrs. Weasley treats him as a son...And then he treats the Weasley's like they're his family...So why is he making out with GINNY? So I'd put him with Luna Lovegood, if he had to be with a girl...She's cute, she's hilarious, and she understand him. And she doesn't seem sisterly.
But of course, because I'm a fangirl, and I like slasher pairings...I like Harry with Draco. They're gorgeous and complicated together and I love it. I blame one of my friends...It's all her fault.
Seriousness:
I know that Fai is an extremely depressing character...His life is sad, and he decides to hurt himself...I would like to make it clear – in case anyone is wondering – I'm not depressed, and I don't cut...Never have, never will. I'd also like to reassure you all...If you guys ever need someone to talk to...I'll listen. PM me, if you need to. Alright?
Fanfic Question:
Do you guys feel better now that Fai's Father – Taijo – finally got his ass kicked by Kurogane? I sure hope so.
Song choices for this chapter:
I Dare You To Move ; Switchfoot.
Hero ; Skillet.
I'm done rambling now! R&R? I appreciate it!)