CHAPTER 29: They bring nothing but trouble pt. 1
DISCLAIMER: BIC does not own Bleach…
Kaiser went to the bathroom to open the envelope and found a smaller black envelope inside it. He opened it and found a card.
["Be her boyfriend or let her die."] It was written in what he thought was ordinary red paint but when he tried to take a closer look, he realized that it was real blood. After reading its contents he didn't know why his body started shaking. He suddenly remembered that Miyuki was alone in the room so he quickly went out when he heard the door close. Jenny and Kyousuke were sitting beside Miyuki and the guy in white was checking her temperature.
"She'll be awake any minute now." says the nurse. He approached Kaiser and whispered "I think it is chloroform. Do you want me to perform some tests?" Kaiser had trouble trusting the guy but the way he tended to Miyuki's wound somehow lessened his doubts. They went outside of the room to talk.
"Where did it come from?" Kaiser asked as softly as he could.
"Maybe from the clothes or from anything she touched inside the room." He answered.
"I'll try to ask her if she remembers anything." Kaiser said.
"Okay. I'll go around and look for residues and ask the staff. By the way, we already requested for tighter security. Talk to you later." He replied and turned his back on Kaiser.
"Thanks." Kaiser whispered before going back to the room. He was greeted by Miyuki's weak smile when he entered the room. "I forgot to ask for his name again."
"Hey! Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yes, just a little sleepy. What happened?" She replied and looked at them with confusion written all over her face. Kaiser just looked at Jenny as if telling her to explain it to Miyuki.
"Well, after filming your scene with Kai, he rushed in and said that you're unconscious and the wound on your wrist was bleeding." Jenny explained.
"Did something unusual happen to you when you were inside the room?" Kaiser inquired.
"I don't think so." She replied. Kaiser would've taken her answer if she didn't look so uneasy.
"Do you mind telling me what happened before I entered the room?" he asked trying to squeeze any information that he could use.
"I was flipping the pages when I heard the doorbell ring so I held the book close to me and looked for the blade I was supposed to use to cut myself. Then I pretended to fall on the floor." Miyuki stated.
"I see. Excuse me for awhile. I have to go upstairs." He said trying not to show his emotions to the people around him. He was clenching his fist on his way up to the room that they used in filming almost an hour ago. He started his own investigation by looking for the book that Miyuki was supposed to be holding before she lost consciousness. He found it on the table and it was covered with paper. "If Miyuki was holding this when she lost consciousness, then it should be on the floor. The staff wouldn't carelessly take it away after the filming because it might damage the continuity. Could it be that someone entered the room before I did?"he thought to himself as he examined the book, he brought it closer to his nose and he smelled something sweet. He was about to see check the other papers when he heard a knock on the door. He decided to open it since he already found the evidence he was looking for. It was the nurse.
"Did you find anything interesting?" he asked.
"I just confirmed that it was chloroform. It's on the book and maybe on the other stuff too." Kaiser replied and passed the book to him so he can clear his doubts.
"It is Chloroform." He assured. "Do you want me to report this to Mr. Rose?" he inquired.
"No thanks. But I would like to take that book to a lab for further inspection." Kaiser replied.
"Alright, do as you please. Maybe I should inspect this room further. I doubt that the book is the only object here that has it." He stated.
"Thanks. You've been helping me since I came back with Miyuki but I haven't asked for your name yet."
"Seinosuke Yamada. Former…"
"Former what?" Kaiser asked.
"Forget it. Let's just say that the task I was given was to watch over everyone and make sure you guys are in perfect condition while filming." He answered.
"Thank you for helping us." Kaiser said.
"Don't mention it. I'm simply doing what I was asked to do." Seinosuke replied and started to check the things in the room. Kaiser decided to go outside. He passed by Yumichika on his way to the living room.
"Kai, Jenny is looking for you." He stated.
"Okay. Thanks." He replied and went to the living room to look for his manager. He found her talking to Kyousuke near the window.
"Someone has been calling you since you left the room. Miyuki has your phone since she volunteered to look for you." Jenny said when he asked her why she was looking for him. He got a little worried since he already figured out who might be calling him.
"Where did she go?" he asked, trying to push the negative thoughts to the back of his mind.
"Upstairs." Jenny replied. He didn't waste any second to reply, instead he went to look for Miyuki as fast as he could. He came across her on the hallway.
"I've been looking for you. Your phone has been ringing almost non-stop." She said.
"Did you answer any of the calls?" he inquired. Miyuki lightly shook her head and handed the phone to him. As soon as he had it in his hand it started to ring again. He took the call immediately. Miyuki sat by the stairs to give him privacy.
"What do you want?" He asked with a tint of annoyance in his voice.
["Relax dude, we have ample time to talk ya know."] Replied the man from the other line.
"Stop messing around and tell me exactly what you want. I don't have time to play with you." He hissed.
["Ya know what we want. If ya wanna drop by, feel free ta do so. Ya know that yer always welcome here."] The guy said and hung up. Kaiser placed the phone in his pocket and walked over to Miyuki. He looked at her and noticed that she has her earphones on. He heard her singing softly so he decided to listen to her for awhile before tapping her shoulder. She removed her earphones and turned off her music player.
"Did something happen?" she asked, her voice full of curiosity.
"No. Someone's just trying to mess around with me." He lied. They remained silent for a moment until he remembered that he has something to ask her.
"Miyuki, this might sound a little stupid but, did you intentionally cut yourself?" He was hesitant but he knew he had to ask Miyuki in order for him to find out who did it.
"Nope. I think I accidentally cut myself when I pretended to fall on the floor. When I was leaning back on the wall I thought I heard your voice but I wasn't sure if it was you because my vision got blurry and I couldn't see who was there beside me. When I woke up, I found myself in a bedroom with KyoNy staring at me." Miyuki explained.
"KyoNy? You mean Kyousuke and Jenny?" He confirmed. Miyuki just nodded with a grin.
"How are you feeling? Does it hurt?" Kaiser asked and looked at Miyuki's bandaged wrist.
"I'm okay. In fact, I already talked to the director and he told me that we will continue the filming until sunset." Miyuki answered cheerfully.
"That's good to hear." He replied with a smile. "Do you want to go downstairs and get some snacks?"
Miyuki just nodded eagerly and they went to the kitchen together. Kaiser saw the director and told Miyuki to go ahead. He asked the director if he can borrow the book that Miyuki used, the latter was hesitant to lend it to him because it might change something in the book but after hearing Kaiser's purpose he finally agreed and strictly instructed him to be very careful in handling the book. He quickly went to the room to get the book and carefully placed it in his bag before going back to the kitchen to check if Miyuki was still there. He found her sitting at the bar and eating a cup of ice cream.
"Want some?" Miyuki asked and raised the cup towards him. "I can get one for you."
"I'll just get one for myself." He replied. Miyuki went to the staff to ask for cup while Miyuki disposed the empty one. The staff gave her another cup with a different flavor and smiled at her.
"Thanks." She beamed. They sat at the bar and talked about random stuff. Kaiser asked Miyuki to move closer to him, he used his right hand to cover the side of left ear and whispered "I think he likes you." Miyuki gave him a questioning look, he motioned for her to look behind and saw the guy who gave them their ice cream. His partner just snickered and playfully smacked his arm.
"What are you talking about? He just gave me a cup of ice cream." Miyuki giggled.
"Oh the way he looks at you…" He replied but he stopped halfway when he heard some footsteps.
"Kai, Miyu may I take a picture?" asked one of the photographers. The two held out their ice cream cups toward the camera and smiled. "Thanks, lovebirds." He beamed, before walking away as fast as he could so the two would not be able to protest.
They were quietly eating their ice cream when they saw their manager walking to them with her boyfriend. "Hi Kyony!" They said in unison. The couple just looked at each other curiously before facing the two.
"What did you just call us?" Jenny asked.
"Kyony!" Miyuki giggled.
"Because saying 'Hi Kyousuke and Jenny' would be too long for greeting, right?" Kaiser added. Miyuki nodded eagerly and they continued to eat their ice cream.
"Whatever, lovebirds! By the way, the director is asking everyone to meet at the garden for the final instructions." Jenny replied. The two stood up and walked to the garden with their manager and Kyousuke.
"Jeez. How many times do we have to tell you that we're not love birds?" Kaiser protested.
"Then, where did the 'we' come from?" Jenny teased and winked at him.
The director waited for the production staff to be complete before putting down his can of juice. He gave the final instructions and clarified everything that has to be done for that day, he also talked about the possible extension of their filming day because he and the script writer came up with a better hospital scene but it can be avoided if Kaiser and the others will be able to do it well so they wouldn't have to change the script. Everyone was given one hour to eat their lunch and prepare for the pictorial.
Miyuki and Kaiser suggested that they eat under the shade of the trees at the front yard, Jenny and Kyousuke told them to go ahead while they get the food and a blanket where they can sit on. The teens decided to discuss about their story while waiting. All of them ate quietly while enjoying the cool breeze.
("Should I tell him the truth now?")Miyuki asked herself as she quickly glanced at Kaiser. ("He has been a good friend, a pillar of support when I needed one. He deserves to know the truth, but what will happen after that? What if he can't accept it? Will it be the same? I don't want to ruin our friendship.")She was eating slowly as she tried to make up her mind on what she should do. Unknown to her, Kaiser is also about to lose his mind as he searched for answers to his problems.
(" If I will not do what they want, they'll hurt my friends, just like what they did to Miyuki this morning, but if I do that I would end up hurting Miyuki. What will I do now? It's not even win-lose, situation, I'd lose no matter what I choose. I have to think of something before they could do their next move. I don't want to hurt any of them.")He thought as he finished his lunch. He looked at Miyuki who has already finished her food. She was writing something on the notebook that they used for the story they were writing.
"What are you writing?" He asked.
"Just a line that came across my mind." She said and finished what she was writing.
"May I see it?" He requested. Miyuki nodded and smiled at him. He leaned closer to her so he can see it properly. He just nodded and patted her head.
When all of them are finished eating, Jenny told them to go to Szayel and Yumichika to change their clothes and make-up. Everyone gathered at the garden for the pictorial. After that they checked on the scenes they were able to shoot so far and repeated those that are not good enough for the director. When the sun was beginning to set Kaiser and Miyuki were called for their part. The two were immediately in character and positioned themselves at the porch and waited for the signal.
"Action" The director called out.
"Rina." Kaiser said as he sat at the steps.
"Hmm?" Miyuki replied weakly.
"Why did you do that?" His voice was filled with concern as held her hand.
"I… I thought I was just a burden to you. I know that you love my sister but you wouldn't break up with me because of the promise we made back then." Miyuki delivered her lines with so much pain in her voice that made her partner look at her with loneliness and guilt. Warm tears threatened to fall but she tried to stop them, but she failed. Kaiser, being absorbed in her acting, held her face with both hands and delivered his lines, with almost the same amount of emotion she had in hers. "You were never a burden to me. I did love Reiko, but that was in the past. I didn't leave you just because I promised not to. I stayed because I love you, Rina."
She broke down and he held her tight as he tried to calm her. After a minute she pulled away and looked at him with her emotion-filled eyes. "Do you mean that?" she dared to ask. Instead of answering her, he cupped her cheek and kissed her gently.
"Cut!" The director yelled. All of them who were so absorbed in the scene were brought back to reality. "Good job, kids." He stated and congratulated everyone.
Kaiser and Miyuki walked to the staff to ask for refreshments. "Congratulations Kai, that kiss looked so real, only professionals would notice that it wasn't and Miyuki's acting was so good that almost if not everyone was carried away. Keep up the good work." One of their cameramen commented. They just smiled and thanked the guy.
After a few words from the director and President Rose, who came to see their filming, everyone was allowed to go. Kyousuke gave them a ride, as usual, but Kaiser decided to visit his grandfather and asked Kyousuke to drop him at a park near the mansion. He whispered her thanks to Miyuki who was sleeping before getting off.
As he walked to his destination, his mind kept replaying what he read in Miyuki's notes.
["You can't protect the ones who are precious to you be lying or leaving them behind. All you have to do is stay and be by their side all the time."]
I'm so sorry for the late update. I was busy with doing school work and I didn't have much time to do anything else. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for reading.
-BIC
