Disclaimer: Yui doesn't own Gravitation. The songs belong to their respective owners.
Aching Desire
(Nagareboshi 3)
by Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 24 – the red thread of fate…snaps.
"I'm so sorry to see you leave, Tatsuha-kun." Katsumi patted my shoulders as I walked out of the door. She then handed me an envelope.
"Tips." She then winked her eye at me as she smiled. "But, I must tell you something."
"Yes?" As I was about to push the front door, she said, "Two people were looking for you."
I looked down at the ground and gulped. Maybe it was Ryuichi after all…
"Two blonde guys."
I turned around with my eyebrows touching one another. "Two blonde guys?"
"Yeah, they were both asking about you."
"And what did you say?"
"I just looked them straight in the eye and said I didn't know you. The person they were looking for looked like my employee Shin, but no one by the name of Tatsuha."
"Did they come at the same time?" It wasn't likely that they would both look for me together.
Knowing them, they'd spread the search among many to save time, money, and energy.
I sighed. The Seguchi household was known for their 'energy' philosophy: Use efficiently and only in important issues.
I learned a lot from Touma, but my head was swimming.
"No, they came days after you started working here. The one with the nice fur coat came in here three days. And then the other one with the cigarette between his fingers came four days after him."
"Thanks for covering for me."
"I hate to ask about histories, but what's this all about? They looked like they held a grudge."
"They kind of do…that was my friend and my brother. Respectively."
She laughed and smirked knowingly. "Such connections in high places."
I just laughed in response. "I guess."
"Well, good luck in whatever you do, Tatsuha-kun."
"Thank you."
I smiled as I went out of the shop.
A few blocks off, I closed my eyes as someone passed by with Ryuichi singing, 'You belong to me' on their cd player.
But, the car stopped and I stopped walking as my blood turned cold.
Putting out his cigarette under his boots while getting out of his car, his devilish eyes replaced the calm exterior he always wore. "I've been waiting for the right time to approach you."
Folding his arms, he laughed. "I can't believe it took Ryuichi a week to find you; and then another one to actually approach you."
His head bowed as his tone went one octave down.
"Ryuichi tried to slit his throat. Did you notice the scratch marks?" He stepped closer to me. "Or did you notice his bruises on his wrists that I gave him so that he wouldn't do anything?"
"Touma-san…" I mumbled. "I left Ryuichi for good so that he wouldn't have to worry about me anymore."
He then took a hold of my shoulders as he pushed me up against the wall behind me. His eyes became slits. "I can only take so much Tatsuha-kun. For your stupidity!"
Touma-san hands shook violently as I saw my white shirt being stained by his own blood. He was gripping me so hard that he didn't notice his fingernails digging into his palms.
"I actually took a day off today. Just for you Tatsuha-kun? And you know why?"
"…" I just continued to look at him.
"Because I had to get to you before your brother does."
My stomach began to flip-flop as a bead of sweat fell down my cheek. I gulped as I looked away in alarm. "I've to meet Makoto somewhere at five. Please let me go."
"I'm not letting you go now that I've found you."
Looking from side to side, I shouted, "I have to get away from Ryuichi or else I'll hurt him more!"
"Ping pong!" He began to chuckle lightly as he shook me and banged my back on the wall. "This is nothing compared to anything you've done for the past few days."
The blood spread on my shoulders…
"Tell me, Tatsuha. Being your friend, do you want me to save you for later or just kill you now and get it over with?" He tilted his head while closing his eyes and smiling with a creepy grin.
"What do you mean?"
"Do I cover for you?" Then, he looked down to the ground with a sincere smile. "Maybe this time, there is nothing I can do for you."
"What? What do you mean?" I knew something was wrong for everyone being quiet, but I didn't know exactly what that meant.
"Your father is of course looking for you. But so is Tsuki. And it was either I get to you first for Tsuki or your brother because of your father."
Doki doki doki…
"Why is Tsuki looking for me?"
It was that Touma lifted my body from the ground as he slammed it into the wall. I felt the blood trickling from so many places…
Dokidokidokidokidoki…
"Congratulations, Tatsuha-kun! Your father would be so proud of you if he-" he laughed as he eyed me harshly. "…_WHEN_ he finds out."
"Finds out what?" My head leaned closer to his as I kept my eyes on his.
Again, I heard the song in my head sing, "Soba ni iru no…zutto…zutto…"
DOKIDOKIDOKIDOKIDOKIDOKI…
And I felt like I heard the red string of fate snap when he said,
"Miyu Tsuki-san is now carrying your heir."
To be continued.
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Author's note: God, my heart beat so fast when I was making the last few lines. * sigh, sniff, sigh *
Aching Desire
(Nagareboshi 3)
by Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 24 – the red thread of fate…snaps.
"I'm so sorry to see you leave, Tatsuha-kun." Katsumi patted my shoulders as I walked out of the door. She then handed me an envelope.
"Tips." She then winked her eye at me as she smiled. "But, I must tell you something."
"Yes?" As I was about to push the front door, she said, "Two people were looking for you."
I looked down at the ground and gulped. Maybe it was Ryuichi after all…
"Two blonde guys."
I turned around with my eyebrows touching one another. "Two blonde guys?"
"Yeah, they were both asking about you."
"And what did you say?"
"I just looked them straight in the eye and said I didn't know you. The person they were looking for looked like my employee Shin, but no one by the name of Tatsuha."
"Did they come at the same time?" It wasn't likely that they would both look for me together.
Knowing them, they'd spread the search among many to save time, money, and energy.
I sighed. The Seguchi household was known for their 'energy' philosophy: Use efficiently and only in important issues.
I learned a lot from Touma, but my head was swimming.
"No, they came days after you started working here. The one with the nice fur coat came in here three days. And then the other one with the cigarette between his fingers came four days after him."
"Thanks for covering for me."
"I hate to ask about histories, but what's this all about? They looked like they held a grudge."
"They kind of do…that was my friend and my brother. Respectively."
She laughed and smirked knowingly. "Such connections in high places."
I just laughed in response. "I guess."
"Well, good luck in whatever you do, Tatsuha-kun."
"Thank you."
I smiled as I went out of the shop.
A few blocks off, I closed my eyes as someone passed by with Ryuichi singing, 'You belong to me' on their cd player.
But, the car stopped and I stopped walking as my blood turned cold.
Putting out his cigarette under his boots while getting out of his car, his devilish eyes replaced the calm exterior he always wore. "I've been waiting for the right time to approach you."
Folding his arms, he laughed. "I can't believe it took Ryuichi a week to find you; and then another one to actually approach you."
His head bowed as his tone went one octave down.
"Ryuichi tried to slit his throat. Did you notice the scratch marks?" He stepped closer to me. "Or did you notice his bruises on his wrists that I gave him so that he wouldn't do anything?"
"Touma-san…" I mumbled. "I left Ryuichi for good so that he wouldn't have to worry about me anymore."
He then took a hold of my shoulders as he pushed me up against the wall behind me. His eyes became slits. "I can only take so much Tatsuha-kun. For your stupidity!"
Touma-san hands shook violently as I saw my white shirt being stained by his own blood. He was gripping me so hard that he didn't notice his fingernails digging into his palms.
"I actually took a day off today. Just for you Tatsuha-kun? And you know why?"
"…" I just continued to look at him.
"Because I had to get to you before your brother does."
My stomach began to flip-flop as a bead of sweat fell down my cheek. I gulped as I looked away in alarm. "I've to meet Makoto somewhere at five. Please let me go."
"I'm not letting you go now that I've found you."
Looking from side to side, I shouted, "I have to get away from Ryuichi or else I'll hurt him more!"
"Ping pong!" He began to chuckle lightly as he shook me and banged my back on the wall. "This is nothing compared to anything you've done for the past few days."
The blood spread on my shoulders…
"Tell me, Tatsuha. Being your friend, do you want me to save you for later or just kill you now and get it over with?" He tilted his head while closing his eyes and smiling with a creepy grin.
"What do you mean?"
"Do I cover for you?" Then, he looked down to the ground with a sincere smile. "Maybe this time, there is nothing I can do for you."
"What? What do you mean?" I knew something was wrong for everyone being quiet, but I didn't know exactly what that meant.
"Your father is of course looking for you. But so is Tsuki. And it was either I get to you first for Tsuki or your brother because of your father."
Doki doki doki…
"Why is Tsuki looking for me?"
It was that Touma lifted my body from the ground as he slammed it into the wall. I felt the blood trickling from so many places…
Dokidokidokidokidoki…
"Congratulations, Tatsuha-kun! Your father would be so proud of you if he-" he laughed as he eyed me harshly. "…_WHEN_ he finds out."
"Finds out what?" My head leaned closer to his as I kept my eyes on his.
Again, I heard the song in my head sing, "Soba ni iru no…zutto…zutto…"
DOKIDOKIDOKIDOKIDOKIDOKI…
And I felt like I heard the red string of fate snap when he said,
"Miyu Tsuki-san is now carrying your heir."
To be continued.
--
Author's note: God, my heart beat so fast when I was making the last few lines. * sigh, sniff, sigh *