Chapter 26
Aya managed to wriggle his right wrist free of the bonds, but he didn't make a move to escape, not with Schuldig and Yohji in the room.
The two of them were arguing furiously, with Schuldig telling Yohji that they needed to give Aya a day off from the constant mind probing. He was trying to tell Yohji that he could accidentally turn him into a vegetable, and Yohji was snapping at him that he was just being an asshole.
"Aya, what do you say about a day off?" Yohji asked, his eyes worried.
"Don't give him the choice, he doesn't know what's good for him, and even the things that he knows are bad he doesn't give a shit about," Schuldig grouched.
"I couldn't care less if gay bar here decides to brain surf again," Aya chuckled.
"You could end up comatose, you do understand that, right?" Yohji asked, sitting on the bed beside him and stroking the hair out of his eyes.
"And I repeat, I couldn't care less," Aya felt something tug at his mind at the mention of being comatose. What was it?
"Well, that was interesting. I felt something in your mind shift." Schuldig grinned.
"I suppose I can delve in one more time before giving him the rest of the day off." Schuldig clasped his hands together and stretched them, like it was going to take physical exertion to go in.
Aya felt the second that Schuldig pressed for memories. He opened himself, hoping to make it easier to find what he was looking for. He was intrigued about the idea of getting these memories back. Anything had to be better than simply existing, right?
He calmly sat back and let Schuldig work on him. Schuldig's mind was repeating the word 'comatose' in his head, looking for whatever memory it was that had linked up with him using that one word.
Something suddenly pierced his memories. A girl, around sixteen years old, laying in a coma with machines attached to her to monitor her vitals.
"What do we have here?" Schuldig's voice was full of a grin, Aya could feel that easily.
His eyes widened suddenly as he saw himself and this girl running home, only to find their parents dead, strewn out across the floor. He saw the timer, and screamed at the girl…his sister, to run.
The girl did as he told her and ran for the door, but he wasn't quick enough to get out of the blast completely. He was trapped under wooden planks, watching helplessly as she was struck by a car.
"Aya!" He screamed, his heart beating a mile a minute as he watched her hit the ground.
"Got it!" Schuldig was laughing.
Aya panted for his breath, looking around him. He was back in the room with Yohji and Schuldig.
"How do you feel now, smartass!" Schuldig laughed.
"Where is she? What happened to her?" Aya demanded, reaching over and untying his other wrist. Yohji wasn't moving to stop him as he untied his ankles.
"You could've tried to escape at any time!" Yohji was looking at him strangely.
"Of course I could've! What do you take me for!" Aya growled, sliding off the bed. It felt so good to stretch his aching muscles.
"You afraid of me yet?" Schuldig asked, coming toward him.
Aya caught Schuldig's hand when the man reached out to touch him.
"Keep your paws to yourself." Aya hissed. He didn't want Schuldig to touch him! The man was like a plague! He didn't want to be around him for another second!
"Can I see them?" Aya asked, looking at Yohji with pleading eyes.
"Who?"
"Our girls! Who else would I want to see so much that I'd ask!" Aya snapped. Yohji could be so thick sometimes!
"Yeah, they've been asking for you, especially Reina. She gets frustrated with me because I won't teach her how to fight. She wants you because she likes to train with you. I can take Kana out to look at flowers and butterflies, but Reina just gets pissed off sometimes."
Yohji linked their fingers together and led him down the hall. He would never admit how much he liked that small gesture of affection.
"Thank you for standing by me, Yohji," Aya said. He owed Yohji that much at least. He could see different events enfolding behind his eyes, see his life as it was, and how it had turned out.
Right now he wished that asshole doctor were still alive so he could tear him limb from limb for what he had done to him!
But Yohji had done that for him. In one way it was a relief, in another way it pissed him off to be denied his revenge.
It felt like eons since he'd had any real emotions, and now he wondered how he'd lived the past week without them.
What bothered him the most was that he'd looked at his two girls and had seen strangers. He must've hurt them horribly with his ignorance.
The second he got to the bottom of the stairs all he heard was two little voices scream 'Mommy!'
His tiny redheaded girls raced toward him and wrapped their little arms around his legs.
"Play with me Mommy!" Reina cried, looking up at him with expectant eyes.
Aya knelt down and wrapped his arms around the girls, feeling the tears sting at his eyes. How had he gone without these two beautiful creatures for a whole week?
And then there was Yohji. He was sure he'd hurt the man by not recognizing him, and what little recollection he'd had he'd thought was false. He'd been cruel to his lover.
"Glad to have you back, Aya!" Ken shouted. It was strange how they knew him well enough to know that he'd regained his memories without him saying a word.
"Now the fun really begins!" Schuldig laughed. Aya shuddered. He didn't want Schuldig anywhere near him and his family!
"Now that I have you back, I'll be seeing you. Every time you close your eyes you'll…"
"Get out!" Aya snarled, glaring at him.
"Now now, no need to get pissy, I did help you find yourself again after all!"
"Get out or I'm going to kill you or at least kill the child that grows inside you." Aya warned. And he meant it, too.
"Kill mine and I'll kill yours, just keep that in mind," Schuldig warned as he walked to the door.
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