Hurricane
By: Ryoko [Raiju]
"Haru! Haru! Wake Up DAMN IT!" a loud scratchy voice screamed at the sleeping beauty, followed by two cold hands shoving him to one side and making him fall to the floor.
"Huh?! HUH?! I-I'm UP! I'm up!" He jumped as though he'd not even heard the voice.
"Thanks a lot, freeloader. You drooled all over my damn homework!" Kyou growled, picking up the paper as if it was contaminated.
Wait...was that all- a dream...? Hatsuharu glanced around, clueless, finding his legs entangled in a quilt and his arms red from being leaned on. Apparently, he'd fallen asleep near the heater and somebody just couldn't wake him. Clumsily, he stumbled to the nearest bathroom, staring blankly in the mirror to find his eyes not only tired-but pink-as if he'd been crying.
WAS I... crying...? Pretending he'd seen nothing, he washed his face quickly, trying not to let his eyes continue to look sad or tired.
Haru froze at the stairs, seeing Yuki at the top, wide-awake and almost. . . happy. . .
He looked down the stairs at Hatsuharu, who immediately felt so empty that he couldn't help but be overcome with the very same rage he'd been engulfed in as a child.
Don't act like anything happened. After all...nothing DID happen...it was only a dream. Right...?
(Dream Flashback)
"You're completely USELESS Hatsuharu! I hate you! Look what you've DONE!" Yuki scolded, pointing to Tohru, whom was on her knees in tears.
"But...I only wanted to-"
"To WHAT?! Stop it! Can't you see what you're DOING to her?! Get away from here! You've done ENOUGH damage as it is! Scram! I never want to see you again you worthless scum! Get outta here!"
"Yuki..." his eyes filled with tears, uncontrollable tears that could only be a result of a entirely broken heart- no- a broken SOUL.
(End Dream Flashback)The rat passed him several times during the course of the morning, ignoring him and acting as if his very PRESCENCE was a burden. Tohru, on the other hand, was the same as usual, and continued to question why Haru was so depressed.
"He hates me...he won't even talk to me..."
The lake water was calm today, the sky- a cold gray overhead- almost as if it was arranging Haru to feel as awful as he did. No birds were singing either. Like they knew. Nature was at a total standstill wherever he was-or at least...that's how he felt.
"Yuki...why the hell do I like- no- LOVE- him anyway?!"
As a light shower of rain began it's gentle assault on the land, his tears progressed into a deep, heartfelt, series of whimpers, sniffles and struggles to keep quiet.
"They all hate me...why do I even bother? How come...Kyou can get along with them so well...and I can't? Why am I even WORRIED about such a stupid thing?"
"Because you CARE about such a stupid thing." A voice interrupted his whimpers from behind. The rain over him suddenly ceased, however, it was still pouring quite hard. He looked up. An umbrella...held by...
"Kyou-kun...?"
"You've been missing all day. Tohru was worried, so I came to look for you."
"How long...have you been...listening...?"
"Long enough. I heard everything. I DO have the senses of a cat, you know. I can hear a lot more than you could imagine..."
Oh god...he heard...!
"So YOU came out here to escape the preppy brigade too, huh?"
"The WHAT?"
"Tohru invited her friends over again. If I know what's good for me, I run as fast as I can. Unless, that is, I wanna get whooped another round by that damn Yankee."
"Umm..." Shh. Maybe he won't notice "...Yeah."
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