He rode the elevator to his apartment impatiently , Crawford too had cleared out of his flat , but he didn't give a damn . Someday he was going to get even for screwing around with him , but he didn't have the time right now .
He grabbed the keys to his Beemer and ran to the still-open elevator .
How could he let that happen ? How could he let his guard down even for a minute with that spawn of the devil .
Dear God ! Had Ken seen everything ?
He rubbed his temples , annoyed at the beginnings of a very bad migraine . With a soft frustrated growl , he jumped into his car and roared off .
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He recognized the peaceful little street with the bright lampposts filtering the whole place with yellow light immediately . It was as if his mind latched on to the sight .
He could almost hear the domestic sounds in the battered yet cheery houses and the different duplex buildings .
The two-story apartment was dark . Not one light shone through the lifeless windows of the battered brick building . Was anybody even home ?
He didn't care .
He pounded against the door ; the whole street was probably sleeping , but he didn't give a shit .
" Ken ! Open up ! Let me explain !"
Lights had started to blink open in the other houses and disgruntled occupants leaned out their windows in apparent annoyance .
" Ken ! I have to explain !" He roared , trying to mask the desperation in his voice . Ken had to know the truth , he really didn't have anything to do with Crawford coming on to him – he had been thinking of Ken the whole day !
" Hey ! Could you keep that racket down ." A frail old man shouted from one of the windows . Even a quaint area like this had people who had tempers too .
" Open up ! I won't stop until I get to talk to you ! I'll shout here until morning if I have to !" Schuldich yelled . His temple was beaded with sweat , and his knuckles were growing raw with thumping on the unsympathetic wood door , but to hell with all that .
" Ken ! PLEASE !"
The door was flung open and he was suddenly face to face with a livid and blazing Aya .
The other's violet eyes seemed to be spitting fire as he glared at Schuldich murderously . " Go away ." he growled menacingly , his millimeter-smaller frame towering over Schuldich's as if by ignoble magic .
Schuldich wasn't going to allow himself to be deterred . He peered over Aya's shoulder and glimpsed Ken sobbing softly on the stairs . " It wasn't how it looked ! I had no control !" He yelled .
Ken seemed as if he didn't hear a word of what Schuldich said . He gazed listlessly , as if he was still waking from a dream as he leaned against the wall of the stairs .
Aya shoved him forcefully , causing him to stagger backwards a little . " Get away from my brother you asshole ." There was murder in his voice .
" Ken ! Listen to me !" Schuldich tried to shove him away , but the other redhead did not budge an inch .
" You have no right to demand anything from my brother you bastard !!!" Aya snarled , looking as if he was ready to smash Schuldich's brains onto the sidewalk . " You ~played~ with him . F-U-C-K O-F-F ."
Schuldich tried to make his way
past Aya , but the man couldn't be bulged .
" Goddamnit ! Let me through !"
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His teeth rattled with the force of Aya's fist making contact with his jaw and from that moment , instinct kicked in .
He recoiled – and he punched Aya back , hitting the perfect spot right on his nose . His hand shot out , grabbing Aya by the shirt , tearing the worn fabric and landed another heavy blow on the same spot .
Blood spurted everywhere , he looked at his handiwork with satisfaction . The stubborn bastard was going to be nursing a broken nose for a week or so . The asshole deserved it .
He was about to break into the house while Aya's guard was down when Ken's tear-streaked face looked up at him .
Ken had suddenly appeared by his brother's side without Schuldich noticing .
" You bastard !" Ken spat ,
Schuldich could not recognize the emotions on his pale face . Perhaps it was
pain , maybe anger , maybe sadness ; maybe all of them .
" How dare you do that to my brother ?! I hate you ! I hate you ! I HATE YOU ! Don't you dare show your face to me again you cheating scum !"
With those spiteful words , Schuldich was shoved out the door , his eyes wide open in shock ...
The door slammed right in his face .
How was he supposed to know that this night was going to be terribly out of hand ?
How was he supposed to predict this disaster ?
God hated him . That he knew – and he was going to hell ... but if ever he was , he was going to take Brad Crawford with him .
Schuldich raised his fist to tap once more on the door , but he couldn't bring himself to see Ken's face so marred with revulsion and disgust again . He couldn't stomach the truth that Ken hated him so much .
He felt like such a bastard ...
Never in his life .
He slunk off to his BMW and drove ever so slowly away .
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R_M : Soooo sorry for the delay !!! I could'nt go on the net the weekend and yesterday ! T___T So sorry !!! At least now you don't have to wait long for the next weekend ne ?
Mariki : T__T oh well , at least it wasn't a pic of Aya wiping Ken's face with a napkin ne ? THEN I will throw a tantrum ! *lol* chapter ten was a long chapter ! mind you ! and … *lol* it just seemed like the perfect place to cut things off . ^__^ gomen !
Brizey : *whispers conspiratorially* Let's go kick Crawfie's ass . ^__~ Arigatou Brizey-chan ! I'm glad you do !
Dan : Actually , I'm more of a soccer player than a soccer fan . I just started playing a year ago because ... would you believe it ? Because Ken Hidaka wanted me to . *lol* kidding . It's true though , I started playing soccer because of Ken (can see people looking strangely at her now) ... I guess it was meant to be . I'm now the co-team captain of the soccer varsity of our school . ^__^
Anna Hibiki : *chants* Let's kick Brad together ! *sings* Kick Crawfie's ass ! Kick Crawfie's ass ! Wheee ! We're gonna kick Crawfie's ass , Crawfie's ass , Crawfie's ass so early in the morning ! Whooo ! ^__^ Hmm ... I'm sorry you didn't see any SchuKen action in this chapter … Y__Y
Ketty : Umm… what part did you have a problem with ? (I'm sooo sorry if you found it strange T__T) I could make things clearer if you want and maybe repost the last chapter . Arigatou though .
Isil : *lol* By special request , Crawford has appeared . Now , everybody hates him and wants him to disappear . I can see what Crawford does to people ! *lol*
O Genki Kitsune : *does a rerun of the kick Crawford's ass chant* weeeh ! ^__^
Ran Mouri : Bwahahaha !!! S-stop ! *is bursting sides because of laughing* c -copyright ! bwahaha ! . Ohhh noo . *can see Aya huffing towards her like a mad bull* Uh-oh ... *wailing as she runs away* RAAAAANNNN ! *kicks Crawford on the face as she passes by* I'll get you for that Bradley !!!
Apsik : Icy Aya . *lol* I like that . Oh . It's not yet over Apsik , you just might see something to change your mind ^__~ . And I agree , Crawford IS a bloody bastard .
Whisper Reilman : Sounds good . Problem is , I'm broke right now and probably couldn't afford sending for pocky from Japan . Where I come from , just the delivery is enough to burn holes in my pockets . ^__^
It did ? *Lol* THAT mushy huh ? *big innocent look O.O*
Now where did you get an idea like that ?
*lol* He probably does have a 'Hidaka Love' website , I just haven't seen it yet . And now to the next review ...
Gomen . I just felt that nine straight chapters of mush couldn't keep readers glued for long . *lol* kidding . I mean , there's a dilemma in every story , and Crawford happens to be the dilemma in this one .
The 'shit' moment huh ? I guess maybe it was a bit predictable , or maybe just ... I dunno . Maybe I warned you with the chapter title . Hmm. I am bad with titles . Don't worry , I'll write titles that will knock you off-guard after this .
Now about that fight stuff . You got that in this chapter , but I was also thinking about if I could write another one ... still thinking about it .
Schu-chan : A-anou ... O__O;;;;;; *sweatdrops bowling balls* Yes . You have succeeded in scaring me . *blinks and runs like hell* I won't show myself to Schu-chan no more . *hides inside Ken's shirt*