If it wasn't for you.
Chapter Three: Capture
Bright sunrays fell through the window on the redhead sleeping soundly on his bed. Disturbed by the sunrays, he woke up. He sighed. Luckily, whoever broke into his house didn't steal anything. Everything was finally in place with the never ending cleaning last night with the help of the cold guy of course. Rukawa had been totally quiet, not questioning him about anything and he appreciated it.
Since they had cleaned the room till late at night, they spent the night in his house. /Maybe I should ask Yohei to take care of my house while I stay in the kitsune's house. If not, there'll be another breaking in./ He thought to himself while brushing his teeth. After he finished brushing his teeth and washing his face, he took off his clothes to take a bath. But before he could proceed, the door opened revealing a pale skin face which turned slightly red when its eyes laid upon Sakuragi.
A loud outrage scared the birds on the roof of the house, causing them to flap their wings and fly away.
"What do you think you are doing, kitsune?"
Not knowing what to do, Rukawa stayed, rooted onto the ground and he averted his gaze from him.
"Don't you know that I'm inside here!" He exclaimed.
Rukawa who had regained his control, spoke up. "The door wasn't locked."
"Nani?!" Sakuragi flushed at his mistake. "Well.you are supposed to know I'm in here. This is the tensai's house after all. You're supposed to watch out where I might be and not just break in like it's your house or something."
Rukawa just shrugged then brought his eyes to Sakuragi then quickly looked away.
Sakuragi noticed that and looked at himself. Noticing that he had undressed himself, he shouted out loud waking up the whole neighbourhood.
"What do you think you are doing? GET OUT!"
Rukawa walked out soundlessly and closed the door behind him. /Yare Yare/
When Sakuragi finished his bath and Rukawa had washed himself, they both sat down at the table to eat breakfast. Sakuragi was practically grumbling to himself while eating his bun and glaring at Rukawa. Rukawa being the ignorant person didn't notice it and ate his breakfast quietly.
"You better not do that again, kitsune."
Rukawa didn't reply and just continued eating his breakfast.
"DO YOU HEAR ME, KITSUNE?"
Rukawa just lift up his arms and said "yare yare".
After Sakuragi finished his breakfast, he asked. "Are you done?"
Rukawa nodded and Sakuragi walked to his bag where he kept his necessities to bring to Rukawa's house. He followed Rukawa out of the house and one last glance back at his house, he locked the door and walked away.
When they finally reached Rukawa's house by walking, both of them were pooped especially the redhead. He immediately sat himself on the couch when he walked into the house while Rukawa criticized about his stamina. Then Rukawa went and got a drink. Feeling much more refreshed, he went out but was stopped by Sakuragi's voice.
"Where are you going, kitsune?"
"To the CD shop, do'aho."
"Nandeste? Aren't you pooped from the never ending walking just now?"
"Whatever. I'm going." He closed the door behind him as a final sign and walked away from the house.
A car rode up when Rukawa walked away and the woman in the car smiled.
Rukawa arrived at the CD shop and tried to choose which CD he should buy. There were 2 selections for him. One was Glay's latest album and another was ARASHI's latest album. He was trying hard to choose. He wanted to get both but he didn't have enough money.
Then a voice behind him cleared his throat. Rukawa as usual ignored him but then a hand laid on his shoulder. Rukawa turned and saw the owner of the shop. He shoved a CD to Rukawa. Rukawa's eyes shone as he looked at the cover.
"You have wanted to get a hand of it for so long, haven't you? It has just come yesterday. It's the last copy and if you're not gonna buy it now, you might not be able to get it for a long time." The owner smiled at Rukawa.
Rukawa took the CD and looked at the back of the CD. The price caught him by surprise but he shouldn't have been as they were a popular band. The problem was that he didn't have enough money. He stuck his hand into his pocket and felt nothing. His eyes widened. Where did his money go? Hitting himself mentally, he scolded himself. He didn't have any money and can't even bargain with the owner anymore. He just had to give up on the CD. He sighed. He had been waiting to get hold of Aucifer's latest album and now he just had to give it up. /Oh well./
"Sorry, I can't buy it." Rukawa handed the CD back to the owner.
The owner was taken back by surprise since he knew that Rukawa had been wanting to buy the CD but here he was, giving up on the CD. "What's wrong? I thought you have been wanting the CD?"
"I don't have any money."
The owner fell in surprise with widened eyes then he got up with a plaster on his head. "I'll give it to you for free since you're my regular customer. It will be my token of gift."
"Honto deska?"
"Yes, just take it."
"Arigatoo gozaimasu." There was a slight hint of smile when Rukawa took the CD and it caught the owner in surprise as he had never seen Rukawa smiled before.
Rukawa walked back home, mind in the clouds. He couldn't wait to get back and listen to the CD. Arrived at his house, he walked in only to find his house in a mess just like the situation Sakuragi's house was in the other day. He looked around and couldn't find the redhead. He called out. "Do'aho." There wasn't any response. He called again but he didn't receive any response. He swept his eyes around the house then something white caught his eye. He walked to the coffee table and saw a white paper.
--~~~~~~~-- /Where's that stupid wretch?/ Not unusual of her to be late as she's fond of being fashionably late if you would call it that. If he could, he would beat her up into a pulp, in fact, her husband too. Those two stupid hypocrites. He just wanted to kill them and dump their bodies somewhere without burying them. But he wasn't going to do that. He wasn't going to fail his vow, the vow that he made when the incident happened, and let everything fall into shatters and just let them ruin his life.
A sickeningly sweet voice broke into his thoughts. "Oh, my, aren't you early, my dear nephew?"
He cringed at the acknowledgement.
"I haven't seen you in ages and you have grown into such a handsome boy-"
"Stop the crap and get to the point, wretch."
Her eyebrow twitched slightly at the word 'wretch'. She flicked her hand, ordering her bodyguards to leave them.
"I suppose you know that I have your dear redhead with me. So, if you want him back, you got to do what I ask you to." She leaned her face close to his and fingered his cheek with her polished crimson nails.
He slapped her finger away. "What is it that you want me to do?"
"My dear nephew, we haven't seen each other so long. The least we can do is spend the night happily. Let's order some food and then we'll talk about it later. I'm sure you're hungry already." She lifted up her hand, calling a waiter to approach.
When the food arrived, Rukawa didn't even touch the food and when the waiter came to clear the food to bring the next course, Rukawa's plates are not empty and the food had not been touched.
"Kaede-kun, are you sure you don't want to eat? Is it worth it to starve yourself to death because of that boy?"
"Tell me what it is that you want me to do and stop crapping."
She wiped her lips with a napkin provided. "My, aren't you so rash and in a hurry just like always?"
"Don't talk about the past." He gritted his teeth.
"Ok. Let's get to business. I want you to move to some other place or country so I won't see you again."
"I'm not moving and that's it."
"Is it the money problem? I can provide you with money. Enough for your whole life."
"I don't want any of your dirty money that you earned with dirty tricks."
"Well, fine. Even if you don't move, he won't be able to find you ever again. The another thing is you better ask Shiori to stop snooping around the house trying to find your grandfather. Don't think I don't know. I just haven't take any actions, that's all. I can fire her if I want to."
"Really? Then why don't you just fire her then?"
Her eyebrow twitched again at the question.
"Afraid that nobody would help to do manicure for your nails and polish your nails?"
"Whatever. You better do it if not I really will fire her."
He glared at her. "If I do what you say, will you let go of him?"
She got up and walked over to Rukawa and fingered his neck and collarbone. Then she whispered in his ear. "That depends on you." She walked away without looking back.
Rukawa clenched his fist in anger. /That darn witch./ He walked away without stopping to pay for the meal which he hadn't eat since she had paid the bill already.
/Do'aho, you better not be in any trouble./ He finally reached in the doorsteps of his house when he heard a thud. He turned his head and look around with narrowed eyes. Then he saw a dark silhouette at the ground near the bushes and he strode over to the figure. The red hair of the figure told him that it was Sakuragi.
Rukawa turned Sakuragi's face to make sure that it was really him. "How come you are here?" Sakuragi was unconscious so he wasn't able to answer Rukawa's question. "I should get you in already." He said as he noticed all the bruises and blood stain on Sakuragi and quickly carried him into the house.
A car rode up again just like the other day and the window rolled down revealing the woman whom he met just couple of minutes ago. "Aren't you so caring to him, my dear nephew?" Then she rolled the window back up and the car rode away from the place returning the place to its quietness.
~fin~
Chapter Three: Capture
Bright sunrays fell through the window on the redhead sleeping soundly on his bed. Disturbed by the sunrays, he woke up. He sighed. Luckily, whoever broke into his house didn't steal anything. Everything was finally in place with the never ending cleaning last night with the help of the cold guy of course. Rukawa had been totally quiet, not questioning him about anything and he appreciated it.
Since they had cleaned the room till late at night, they spent the night in his house. /Maybe I should ask Yohei to take care of my house while I stay in the kitsune's house. If not, there'll be another breaking in./ He thought to himself while brushing his teeth. After he finished brushing his teeth and washing his face, he took off his clothes to take a bath. But before he could proceed, the door opened revealing a pale skin face which turned slightly red when its eyes laid upon Sakuragi.
A loud outrage scared the birds on the roof of the house, causing them to flap their wings and fly away.
"What do you think you are doing, kitsune?"
Not knowing what to do, Rukawa stayed, rooted onto the ground and he averted his gaze from him.
"Don't you know that I'm inside here!" He exclaimed.
Rukawa who had regained his control, spoke up. "The door wasn't locked."
"Nani?!" Sakuragi flushed at his mistake. "Well.you are supposed to know I'm in here. This is the tensai's house after all. You're supposed to watch out where I might be and not just break in like it's your house or something."
Rukawa just shrugged then brought his eyes to Sakuragi then quickly looked away.
Sakuragi noticed that and looked at himself. Noticing that he had undressed himself, he shouted out loud waking up the whole neighbourhood.
"What do you think you are doing? GET OUT!"
Rukawa walked out soundlessly and closed the door behind him. /Yare Yare/
When Sakuragi finished his bath and Rukawa had washed himself, they both sat down at the table to eat breakfast. Sakuragi was practically grumbling to himself while eating his bun and glaring at Rukawa. Rukawa being the ignorant person didn't notice it and ate his breakfast quietly.
"You better not do that again, kitsune."
Rukawa didn't reply and just continued eating his breakfast.
"DO YOU HEAR ME, KITSUNE?"
Rukawa just lift up his arms and said "yare yare".
After Sakuragi finished his breakfast, he asked. "Are you done?"
Rukawa nodded and Sakuragi walked to his bag where he kept his necessities to bring to Rukawa's house. He followed Rukawa out of the house and one last glance back at his house, he locked the door and walked away.
When they finally reached Rukawa's house by walking, both of them were pooped especially the redhead. He immediately sat himself on the couch when he walked into the house while Rukawa criticized about his stamina. Then Rukawa went and got a drink. Feeling much more refreshed, he went out but was stopped by Sakuragi's voice.
"Where are you going, kitsune?"
"To the CD shop, do'aho."
"Nandeste? Aren't you pooped from the never ending walking just now?"
"Whatever. I'm going." He closed the door behind him as a final sign and walked away from the house.
A car rode up when Rukawa walked away and the woman in the car smiled.
Rukawa arrived at the CD shop and tried to choose which CD he should buy. There were 2 selections for him. One was Glay's latest album and another was ARASHI's latest album. He was trying hard to choose. He wanted to get both but he didn't have enough money.
Then a voice behind him cleared his throat. Rukawa as usual ignored him but then a hand laid on his shoulder. Rukawa turned and saw the owner of the shop. He shoved a CD to Rukawa. Rukawa's eyes shone as he looked at the cover.
"You have wanted to get a hand of it for so long, haven't you? It has just come yesterday. It's the last copy and if you're not gonna buy it now, you might not be able to get it for a long time." The owner smiled at Rukawa.
Rukawa took the CD and looked at the back of the CD. The price caught him by surprise but he shouldn't have been as they were a popular band. The problem was that he didn't have enough money. He stuck his hand into his pocket and felt nothing. His eyes widened. Where did his money go? Hitting himself mentally, he scolded himself. He didn't have any money and can't even bargain with the owner anymore. He just had to give up on the CD. He sighed. He had been waiting to get hold of Aucifer's latest album and now he just had to give it up. /Oh well./
"Sorry, I can't buy it." Rukawa handed the CD back to the owner.
The owner was taken back by surprise since he knew that Rukawa had been wanting to buy the CD but here he was, giving up on the CD. "What's wrong? I thought you have been wanting the CD?"
"I don't have any money."
The owner fell in surprise with widened eyes then he got up with a plaster on his head. "I'll give it to you for free since you're my regular customer. It will be my token of gift."
"Honto deska?"
"Yes, just take it."
"Arigatoo gozaimasu." There was a slight hint of smile when Rukawa took the CD and it caught the owner in surprise as he had never seen Rukawa smiled before.
Rukawa walked back home, mind in the clouds. He couldn't wait to get back and listen to the CD. Arrived at his house, he walked in only to find his house in a mess just like the situation Sakuragi's house was in the other day. He looked around and couldn't find the redhead. He called out. "Do'aho." There wasn't any response. He called again but he didn't receive any response. He swept his eyes around the house then something white caught his eye. He walked to the coffee table and saw a white paper.
--~~~~~~~-- /Where's that stupid wretch?/ Not unusual of her to be late as she's fond of being fashionably late if you would call it that. If he could, he would beat her up into a pulp, in fact, her husband too. Those two stupid hypocrites. He just wanted to kill them and dump their bodies somewhere without burying them. But he wasn't going to do that. He wasn't going to fail his vow, the vow that he made when the incident happened, and let everything fall into shatters and just let them ruin his life.
A sickeningly sweet voice broke into his thoughts. "Oh, my, aren't you early, my dear nephew?"
He cringed at the acknowledgement.
"I haven't seen you in ages and you have grown into such a handsome boy-"
"Stop the crap and get to the point, wretch."
Her eyebrow twitched slightly at the word 'wretch'. She flicked her hand, ordering her bodyguards to leave them.
"I suppose you know that I have your dear redhead with me. So, if you want him back, you got to do what I ask you to." She leaned her face close to his and fingered his cheek with her polished crimson nails.
He slapped her finger away. "What is it that you want me to do?"
"My dear nephew, we haven't seen each other so long. The least we can do is spend the night happily. Let's order some food and then we'll talk about it later. I'm sure you're hungry already." She lifted up her hand, calling a waiter to approach.
When the food arrived, Rukawa didn't even touch the food and when the waiter came to clear the food to bring the next course, Rukawa's plates are not empty and the food had not been touched.
"Kaede-kun, are you sure you don't want to eat? Is it worth it to starve yourself to death because of that boy?"
"Tell me what it is that you want me to do and stop crapping."
She wiped her lips with a napkin provided. "My, aren't you so rash and in a hurry just like always?"
"Don't talk about the past." He gritted his teeth.
"Ok. Let's get to business. I want you to move to some other place or country so I won't see you again."
"I'm not moving and that's it."
"Is it the money problem? I can provide you with money. Enough for your whole life."
"I don't want any of your dirty money that you earned with dirty tricks."
"Well, fine. Even if you don't move, he won't be able to find you ever again. The another thing is you better ask Shiori to stop snooping around the house trying to find your grandfather. Don't think I don't know. I just haven't take any actions, that's all. I can fire her if I want to."
"Really? Then why don't you just fire her then?"
Her eyebrow twitched again at the question.
"Afraid that nobody would help to do manicure for your nails and polish your nails?"
"Whatever. You better do it if not I really will fire her."
He glared at her. "If I do what you say, will you let go of him?"
She got up and walked over to Rukawa and fingered his neck and collarbone. Then she whispered in his ear. "That depends on you." She walked away without looking back.
Rukawa clenched his fist in anger. /That darn witch./ He walked away without stopping to pay for the meal which he hadn't eat since she had paid the bill already.
/Do'aho, you better not be in any trouble./ He finally reached in the doorsteps of his house when he heard a thud. He turned his head and look around with narrowed eyes. Then he saw a dark silhouette at the ground near the bushes and he strode over to the figure. The red hair of the figure told him that it was Sakuragi.
Rukawa turned Sakuragi's face to make sure that it was really him. "How come you are here?" Sakuragi was unconscious so he wasn't able to answer Rukawa's question. "I should get you in already." He said as he noticed all the bruises and blood stain on Sakuragi and quickly carried him into the house.
A car rode up again just like the other day and the window rolled down revealing the woman whom he met just couple of minutes ago. "Aren't you so caring to him, my dear nephew?" Then she rolled the window back up and the car rode away from the place returning the place to its quietness.
~fin~
