Chapter III
ESCAPE
Haruko sighed as she started to walk back to her waiting friend.
She loves her job as an elementary school teacher but naughty kids like those who started the fight a while ago get into her nerves sometimes.
'That's why I'm having second thoughts about getting married.' She said to herself.
She was nearing the bench when she realized that something was missing.
Or rather, someone.
"Hanamichi?" She shouted, looking around. 'Now where did that guy go?'
She glanced around the place a little thinking that perhaps the redhead just got bored from waiting and decided to have a walk. A person as big as Hanamichi couldn't be missed, especially when almost everyone in the school ground were kids.
But he was nowhere in sight.
"HANAMICHI?" She tried again.
"Hana?!" She heard a distinct male voice shout from a distance.
She looked around and saw a familiar frame of a tall man at the school gate. Beside him was his young son who looked exactly like him.
"Hana?!" She heard him try again.
"Rukawa-kun!" She shouted as she ran towards him.
Kaede looked around when he heard his name being called and saw Haruko running towards him. "Akagi!"
He clutched her shoulders the second she reached his side and asked. "Have you seen him?"
Haruko blushed at their contact. "Who?"
"Hanamichi!" He shouted.
Haruko narrowed her eyes and pointed at the figure beside him. "Your son is right beside you..."
He let her go and said exasperatedly. "I know he's right beside me!" He started blabbering, "I... didn't mean him Hanamichi... the other Hanamichi!"
Realization dawned on Haruko and she smiled. "Oh! That's right! Sakuragi-kun!" She exclaimed.
Kaede looked down and murmured, "Then it is true... he was here..." Then looking up again asked, "Where is he?!"
Haruko frowned. "It's funny though... when I left him a while ago he was sitting in that bench with your son then when I came back, he was gone."
"When we left he was still there otousan..." His son added. "Maybe he went home already."
Kaede looked hopefully at Haruko. "Did he tell you where he is staying?"
Haruko nodded. "Hai. He's staying at Youhei's house."
"Do you know where it is?"
"I'm sorry Rukawa-kun but I don't know his address."
"Sou ka..." Kaede said dejectedly. 'Perhaps I'll never see him again...'
"But you can try our high school yearbook, Rukawa-kun! All the graduates' addresses are written in the last pages right?"
Kaede looked hopefully at Haruko and smiled. "That's right!"
Then he ran home as fast as he could with his son.
"Arigatou!" He waved to her as he ran.
Haruko sighed to herself, blushing. "He's still handsome after all these years..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hanamichi searched for his luggage under his bed and took it out. Then he opened the closet and took all his clothes out. He hastily put them all inside the luggage. Then he took one last look at his reflection in the mirror as he adjusted his cap and shades. And he went out of his room.
He took one last look at Youhei's house and shook his head.
'This was a big mistake after all...'
He left a small note on the table and finally went out of the house.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaede practically dashed up his room as soon as he arrived in their house with his son in tow.
He opened is closet and quickly searched for his copy of the High School Yearbook. When he finally found it he scanned the last pages for the surname "Mito".
In his haste, he didn't even notice that someone was in the room besides him.
His son only watched at him in amused silence.
When he finally saw the surname, he tore the page off and tore out the house.
'Hanamichi... onegai... wait for me...'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Youhei whistled as he inserted the key to his door.
"Tadaima!"
He furrowed his brows when no one answered back. Then after thinking for a moment he remembered that Hanamichi told him that he's going to see Haruko.
"He's still probably there..."
He put his keys down the table and went to the ref to get something to drink.
As he passed by the table he checked his answering machine for any messages.
That was when he noticed a small piece of paper sticking below the phone.
Furrowing his brows, he picked it up and noticed the familiar handwriting.
Then his eyes widened in recognition.
It was Hanamichi's.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
*Ding!* *Dong!*
"Hanamichi?!" Kaede shouted in frustration.
*Ding!* *Dong!* *Ding!* *Dong!*
"C'mon open up! I know you're there!" The tried again.
"Open up... please..."
After a few more minutes the door creaked open revealing a very confused Youhei...
"Rukawa?"
Desperate, he grabbed Youhei's shoulders and shook him. "Where is Hanamichi?!"
Youhei looked at him sadly and handed him a piece of paper.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Sir, the plane will be leaving in three hours." The girl in the desk said with a smile.
Hanamichi nodded and made his way to the waiting area.
He sat down on one of the chairs and waited for his plane.
Back to Tokyo...
ESCAPE
Haruko sighed as she started to walk back to her waiting friend.
She loves her job as an elementary school teacher but naughty kids like those who started the fight a while ago get into her nerves sometimes.
'That's why I'm having second thoughts about getting married.' She said to herself.
She was nearing the bench when she realized that something was missing.
Or rather, someone.
"Hanamichi?" She shouted, looking around. 'Now where did that guy go?'
She glanced around the place a little thinking that perhaps the redhead just got bored from waiting and decided to have a walk. A person as big as Hanamichi couldn't be missed, especially when almost everyone in the school ground were kids.
But he was nowhere in sight.
"HANAMICHI?" She tried again.
"Hana?!" She heard a distinct male voice shout from a distance.
She looked around and saw a familiar frame of a tall man at the school gate. Beside him was his young son who looked exactly like him.
"Hana?!" She heard him try again.
"Rukawa-kun!" She shouted as she ran towards him.
Kaede looked around when he heard his name being called and saw Haruko running towards him. "Akagi!"
He clutched her shoulders the second she reached his side and asked. "Have you seen him?"
Haruko blushed at their contact. "Who?"
"Hanamichi!" He shouted.
Haruko narrowed her eyes and pointed at the figure beside him. "Your son is right beside you..."
He let her go and said exasperatedly. "I know he's right beside me!" He started blabbering, "I... didn't mean him Hanamichi... the other Hanamichi!"
Realization dawned on Haruko and she smiled. "Oh! That's right! Sakuragi-kun!" She exclaimed.
Kaede looked down and murmured, "Then it is true... he was here..." Then looking up again asked, "Where is he?!"
Haruko frowned. "It's funny though... when I left him a while ago he was sitting in that bench with your son then when I came back, he was gone."
"When we left he was still there otousan..." His son added. "Maybe he went home already."
Kaede looked hopefully at Haruko. "Did he tell you where he is staying?"
Haruko nodded. "Hai. He's staying at Youhei's house."
"Do you know where it is?"
"I'm sorry Rukawa-kun but I don't know his address."
"Sou ka..." Kaede said dejectedly. 'Perhaps I'll never see him again...'
"But you can try our high school yearbook, Rukawa-kun! All the graduates' addresses are written in the last pages right?"
Kaede looked hopefully at Haruko and smiled. "That's right!"
Then he ran home as fast as he could with his son.
"Arigatou!" He waved to her as he ran.
Haruko sighed to herself, blushing. "He's still handsome after all these years..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hanamichi searched for his luggage under his bed and took it out. Then he opened the closet and took all his clothes out. He hastily put them all inside the luggage. Then he took one last look at his reflection in the mirror as he adjusted his cap and shades. And he went out of his room.
He took one last look at Youhei's house and shook his head.
'This was a big mistake after all...'
He left a small note on the table and finally went out of the house.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaede practically dashed up his room as soon as he arrived in their house with his son in tow.
He opened is closet and quickly searched for his copy of the High School Yearbook. When he finally found it he scanned the last pages for the surname "Mito".
In his haste, he didn't even notice that someone was in the room besides him.
His son only watched at him in amused silence.
When he finally saw the surname, he tore the page off and tore out the house.
'Hanamichi... onegai... wait for me...'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Youhei whistled as he inserted the key to his door.
"Tadaima!"
He furrowed his brows when no one answered back. Then after thinking for a moment he remembered that Hanamichi told him that he's going to see Haruko.
"He's still probably there..."
He put his keys down the table and went to the ref to get something to drink.
As he passed by the table he checked his answering machine for any messages.
That was when he noticed a small piece of paper sticking below the phone.
Furrowing his brows, he picked it up and noticed the familiar handwriting.
Then his eyes widened in recognition.
It was Hanamichi's.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
*Ding!* *Dong!*
"Hanamichi?!" Kaede shouted in frustration.
*Ding!* *Dong!* *Ding!* *Dong!*
"C'mon open up! I know you're there!" The tried again.
"Open up... please..."
After a few more minutes the door creaked open revealing a very confused Youhei...
"Rukawa?"
Desperate, he grabbed Youhei's shoulders and shook him. "Where is Hanamichi?!"
Youhei looked at him sadly and handed him a piece of paper.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Sir, the plane will be leaving in three hours." The girl in the desk said with a smile.
Hanamichi nodded and made his way to the waiting area.
He sat down on one of the chairs and waited for his plane.
Back to Tokyo...