Part 9
Sora glanced towards her boyfriend, to make sure he was busy before coming out of the bedroom, forcing her arms to her sides. She had stuffed the gun in the back of her pants so she wouldn't have to worry about Izzy finding it while she was gone. There was no way he would see it through the bulky sweatshirt she had pulled on.
"I'm going to over to Mimi's for a while," Sora told Izzy in as cheery voice as she could muster.
"All right, have fun," he replied not turning from the plate he was scrubbing. Sora wondered why he sounded so shaky. Maybe he had seen the gun!!
Sora shoved the thought away immediately, there was no way he had seen it, and if he had surely he would have confronted her about it or he would have just left.
Sora nearly ran into someone in the street and it took her a minute to recognize Jyou.
"Sora, if you have a minute I'd like to speak with you," Jyou said, watching her slowly focus on him.
"If its quick, I have to go meet Mimi somewhere, and I don't want to be late."
"I won't keep you long, Mimi normally runs late herself, she'll understand. How's your life with Izzy going?"
"It's going OK, he's really sweet whenever he isn't at the computer."
"He seems happy with you living with him too, but he's been hurt physically…"
"What did he tell you! I told him to keep his damn mouth shut!" Sora raged, interrupting Jyou.
"He didn't say much, I was just wondering where all his bruises were coming from, and I think you might have something to do with it. Why are you hurting him Sora? Has he really done something to deserve having his nose broken?"
"I didn't do that," Sora lied, looking away from him.
"Sora, if you are hurting him there's no reason for it. You should stop soon, and if you don't, well abuse is a crime."
"Did he put you up to this?" she demanded fiercely, before forcing a laugh. "He's such a riot. Ask him, he'll tell you what really happened to him, but I really have to go before I'm late."
Sora walked a short way before doubling back and running to her apartment.
"Izzy!" she yelled as she burst through the front door.
"I thought you were going out," he said pushing away from the computer desk. "Is everything all right?"
"No, everything isn't all right. What the hell did you think you were doing tell Jyou about what's going on between us. He came up to me and threatened to put me in jail."
"You've got to be kidding," Izzy said with a short laugh, but he felt a little uneasy. He didn't like the look in her eye.
"I'm not," she said coldly.
"I'll straighten him out, tell him there's nothing going on between us like that, I'll tell him anything you want, my lip was an accident and everything else was caused by these guys who jumped me as I was walking home. I'll tell him anything," Izzy babbled, unreasonably terrified. He wondered where her gun was, praying she had left it in the bedroom, hoping to God it wasn't anywhere near her.
"It's not that simple Izzy, you keep telling people, and you should know better then that. I thought you were smarter then that, I mean come on, you got a 'prestigious' job the second you got out of college, after leaving earlier then most people normally do, and then you're getting promoted sooner then anyone expected. Life's just perfect and easy for you isn't it, Izzy."
Izzy's eyes were transfixed on the gun she had withdrawn from behind her, watching as she waved it around, gesturing with it as she talked.
"Sora, I'll do anything you want me to, I swear to God, Sora, please," he begged dropping to his knees, horrified by the look in her eyes.
"It's too late Izzy, you've got the perfect life but that doesn't mean you can ruin mine, you can't make me the laughing stock like Tai did."
"What do you mean?" Izzy asked, trying to buy time though he wasn't sure what to do with it yet. He suddenly regretted living his life behind a computer screen.
"You know what I mean, you probably laughed at me with them. Tai and his goddamn precious little Matt, people like that make me sick."
"You haven't used that gun before, have you?" he asked worriedly, standing as he forgot about the danger to his own life, worried about Matt and Tai. "How can you do that, hurt your friends."
"I didn't, because I still love him and I don't want to hurt him, even though I want to leave Matt in pain for the rest of his life. He doesn't even realize what he did to me. He still talks to me like we're friends, like he's still normal. Ha!"
Izzy stared at her, unable to think of anything to say, unable to think of something to do, unable to think period.
"I am so sick of people laughing at me, and people talking about me behind my back because I'm not good enough for them. And I'm going to make it stop. Now."
"Sora, SORA NO!!"
Sora glanced towards her boyfriend, to make sure he was busy before coming out of the bedroom, forcing her arms to her sides. She had stuffed the gun in the back of her pants so she wouldn't have to worry about Izzy finding it while she was gone. There was no way he would see it through the bulky sweatshirt she had pulled on.
"I'm going to over to Mimi's for a while," Sora told Izzy in as cheery voice as she could muster.
"All right, have fun," he replied not turning from the plate he was scrubbing. Sora wondered why he sounded so shaky. Maybe he had seen the gun!!
Sora shoved the thought away immediately, there was no way he had seen it, and if he had surely he would have confronted her about it or he would have just left.
Sora nearly ran into someone in the street and it took her a minute to recognize Jyou.
"Sora, if you have a minute I'd like to speak with you," Jyou said, watching her slowly focus on him.
"If its quick, I have to go meet Mimi somewhere, and I don't want to be late."
"I won't keep you long, Mimi normally runs late herself, she'll understand. How's your life with Izzy going?"
"It's going OK, he's really sweet whenever he isn't at the computer."
"He seems happy with you living with him too, but he's been hurt physically…"
"What did he tell you! I told him to keep his damn mouth shut!" Sora raged, interrupting Jyou.
"He didn't say much, I was just wondering where all his bruises were coming from, and I think you might have something to do with it. Why are you hurting him Sora? Has he really done something to deserve having his nose broken?"
"I didn't do that," Sora lied, looking away from him.
"Sora, if you are hurting him there's no reason for it. You should stop soon, and if you don't, well abuse is a crime."
"Did he put you up to this?" she demanded fiercely, before forcing a laugh. "He's such a riot. Ask him, he'll tell you what really happened to him, but I really have to go before I'm late."
Sora walked a short way before doubling back and running to her apartment.
"Izzy!" she yelled as she burst through the front door.
"I thought you were going out," he said pushing away from the computer desk. "Is everything all right?"
"No, everything isn't all right. What the hell did you think you were doing tell Jyou about what's going on between us. He came up to me and threatened to put me in jail."
"You've got to be kidding," Izzy said with a short laugh, but he felt a little uneasy. He didn't like the look in her eye.
"I'm not," she said coldly.
"I'll straighten him out, tell him there's nothing going on between us like that, I'll tell him anything you want, my lip was an accident and everything else was caused by these guys who jumped me as I was walking home. I'll tell him anything," Izzy babbled, unreasonably terrified. He wondered where her gun was, praying she had left it in the bedroom, hoping to God it wasn't anywhere near her.
"It's not that simple Izzy, you keep telling people, and you should know better then that. I thought you were smarter then that, I mean come on, you got a 'prestigious' job the second you got out of college, after leaving earlier then most people normally do, and then you're getting promoted sooner then anyone expected. Life's just perfect and easy for you isn't it, Izzy."
Izzy's eyes were transfixed on the gun she had withdrawn from behind her, watching as she waved it around, gesturing with it as she talked.
"Sora, I'll do anything you want me to, I swear to God, Sora, please," he begged dropping to his knees, horrified by the look in her eyes.
"It's too late Izzy, you've got the perfect life but that doesn't mean you can ruin mine, you can't make me the laughing stock like Tai did."
"What do you mean?" Izzy asked, trying to buy time though he wasn't sure what to do with it yet. He suddenly regretted living his life behind a computer screen.
"You know what I mean, you probably laughed at me with them. Tai and his goddamn precious little Matt, people like that make me sick."
"You haven't used that gun before, have you?" he asked worriedly, standing as he forgot about the danger to his own life, worried about Matt and Tai. "How can you do that, hurt your friends."
"I didn't, because I still love him and I don't want to hurt him, even though I want to leave Matt in pain for the rest of his life. He doesn't even realize what he did to me. He still talks to me like we're friends, like he's still normal. Ha!"
Izzy stared at her, unable to think of anything to say, unable to think of something to do, unable to think period.
"I am so sick of people laughing at me, and people talking about me behind my back because I'm not good enough for them. And I'm going to make it stop. Now."
"Sora, SORA NO!!"