Dangerous Love

Day Twenty-Six: Rain

The rain fell hard, coming down in blankets and staining everything. It was as if the weather knew about the terrible news Kasamatsu had just broke to his family. He was at least glad he got it over with because prolonging it would not only hurt his mother but him, as well.

After he told his mother about her husband, Aiko took comfort in her children before she decided she wanted to be alone. Naoki was left to sleep in his crib, so Kasamatsu took Kazuki and Yuuta to his room. Yuuta had dried tears caked on his cheeks and swollen, red eyes. Kazuki looked indifferent, although Kasamatsu knew he was hurting on the inside.

Kasamatsu sat down on his bed, holding Yuuta close to his chest. "It's okay, Yuu..." He whispered. Despite it not really being okay since his four-year old brother just found out that his dad is dead. The child stopped crying long ago, having exhausted all his tears. Instead, he just cuddled close to Kasamatsu's chest, sniffling every so often.

"Is daddy in heaven?" Yuuta asked quietly after a couple minutes.

Kasamatsu glanced down at Yuuta, "Yeah, dad is in heaven." The teenager smiled, ruffling Yuuta's hair. The child returned his smile and hopped off of Kasamatsu's lap. He turned around, eyeing his older brother. "Yuki-nii, is mommy going to be okay?"

"Of course," Kasamatsu scoffed. "Mom is strong; just like you, Naoki, Kazu, and me." The noirette grinned. He stood up and patted Kazuki's shoulder, which the younger teen responded with slapping his hand away. Kasamatsu narrowed his eyes and pinched his younger brother's cheek, pulling on it slightly. "I know it's painful, Kazuki... But you don't need to act like an asshole who doesn't feel anything.

Yuuta giggled. "Yuki-nii said a bad word!" He teased.

Kazuki cracked a smile at that. "Whatever." He huffed out. The teen stood up and shoved his hands in his pockets. "So who're those guys that were with you?"

"Well... Dad hired Aomine to 'protect me', I guess. He also gave me this USB drive which is why you guys were taken hostage... Then this whole thing happened and I thought Luca was with the bad guys but as it turned out he was also working with Dad." Kasamatsu explained, realizing that a lot had happened during the past month or so.

"The other guys work with Aomine, though." The steel-blue eyed teen said, standing up. He brushed the wrinkles from his shirt and looked in between his brothers.

"One of those bastards kept mentioning something about a USB... But I didn't know what he was talking about." Kazuki mumbled, looking deep in thought. "There must be something really important on it if they need it that badly."

"I knew we were related." Kasamatsu teased as he lightly bumped Kazuki's shoulder. The younger teen rolled his eyes. "But yeah, I'm not sure exactly sure what's on it. I'm thinking it has information about that bastard's mafia family or whatever, though. We don't need to worry yet because Luca has it."

"Won't they come for it, though?" Kazuki questioned.

Kasamatsu nodded slowly, "Yeah. But I'm sure Luca and Aomine will think of something." He smiled.

"So are they, like, staying with us?" Kazuki asked, eyebrow raised. "Also, I don't like that Aomine-guy..." The fourteen-year old admitted, huffing in annoyance. He crossed his arms, giving Kasamatsu a narrow-eyed stare. "Something must have happened..."

"What?" Kasamatsu blurted, his cheeks slightly tinted. "Nothing happened." He objected, turning away from his younger brother.

"Yeah. 'Cause your actions totally say 'nothing happened'." Kazuki scoffed. "Just don't be all weird while I'm around."

"I'm not going to be 'weird', whatever that means." Kasamatsu glared at Kazuki, tempted to pull his brother's cheek once more.

The four-year old with storm-cloud blue eyes stared in between his two older brothers. "I don't get what you're talking about but stop fighting!" Yuuta puffed his cheeks out, his tiny hands balled up into fists. "Besides, I like Yuki-nii's friends! They're cool!"

Kasamatsu chuckled.

xXx

A few hours later, Aiko knocked softly on her oldest son's door. She came in, seeing that Kasamatsu was reading a book with Yuuta while Kazuki was playing around on a laptop. "Hey," She said softly, greeting her children.

All three focused on her and soon enough Yuuta was bouncing off of Kasamatsu's lap and hugging her legs. "Mommy!" Yuuta beamed up at her. Aiko smiled and ran her fingers through Yuuta's dark locks.

"Kagami-kun said he made food for everyone, so if you're hungry, feel free to come downstairs." Aiko told the three. She looked down at Yuuta, "Are you hungry?" Aiko asked.

Yuuta nodded animatedly. "Yeah!" He chirped. "The food they gave us over there was gross!" The four-year old complained, sticking his tongue out for good measure. He blew a raspberry and held Aiko's hand. "Let's go!" Yuuta said, pulling their mother with him.

Kasamatsu got up and gave Kazuki a look. "Don't bother saying you aren't hungry because I know you are, Kazu. And if you aren't going to come peacefully then I will drag you by the ear." The eighteen-year old gave Kazuki a sweet smile.

"Right..." Kazuki stood up, not wanting his ear to be pulled off. He followed their mother downstairs with Kasamatsu trailing behind them.

The family entered the dining room where a whole bunch of food was set on the long dining table. "Wow!" Yuuta ran up, looking at all the food excitedly. Kagami smiled and looked at Aiko, "I hope no one is allergic to anything..."

"Nothing food related, at least." Aiko said. She took a seat, staring at the spread. "This must have taken a while, Kagami-kun. Thank you for cooking." The woman gave the two-toned red head a smile.

"I- It's no trouble. It's the least I could do." Kagami said as he scratched his cheek.

They were soon joined by Luca, Aomine and the others.

Kasamatsu glanced at Aomine who was talking to Kuroko. The light blue haired man nodded and turned to them once he was seated. "If it's not too much trouble, Aomine-kun and Luca-san will be staying here until the cavalieri di guerra is dealt with accordingly. We won't be here as much but we will still help with anything we can." Kuroko offered.

"Thank you..." Aiko replied. "You have all already done so much." The woman mused. She looked at everyone, "I want to thank you properly for taking care of my Yukio, as well as helping us get away from those bad men. Even for this beautiful house... So, thank you."

"You're welcome." Akashi gave the woman a smile. "However there is no need to thank us, it's what we do." The red and golden eyed man said pleasantly. He shifted in his seat and turned his eyes to Kagami. "Now why don't we eat?"

I kinda suspish you, Akashi... I dunno why. Maybe it's just cuz he's Akashi. lol

~WinterAssassin~