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Hold me tightly
Chapter 5: Realizations and Old jealousies
"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love" (Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.)
Makino stood as Rui approached her.
Maybe he can see me, she thought to herself when he stopped beside her. After all Gabrielle did say that at first only Doumyouji could see her but maybe the others could after a while.
"Rui?"
He sat down on the grass and leaned back on his hands. Sighing he looked up to the sky, "I'm worried about him."
Tsukushi kneeled down on the grass next to him and waited for him to continue. "I guess he can't see me," Tsukushi whispered disappointedly.
Looking straight ahead of him, "The others don't understand but, I do. It's almost like everything lost its balance when you…left."
"Rui…" tsukushi whispered with a concerned look on her face.
Smiling he turned and Tsukushi thought he was looking straight at her, but he was only looking at the tombstone behind her. Rui always had an aura of sadness wherever he went, she had made her mission to remove that sadness and replace it with happiness. It destroyed her emotionally to know that she was the cause of that sadness now.
"I can almost hear you complaining about how he didn't even ask you to marry him before he changed your name" he chuckled.
"You always knew me too well Rui" she smiled back at him.
"Tsukushi!" Tsukasa voice interrupted their conversation.
Seeing Tsukasa walking toward them she picked herself up and rushed over to him, "Tsukasa what is it?"
"I woke up and you were gone, I thought…" he answered weakly.
"I just came to look at the grave, it's hard to believe that it's me that's lying in the earth."
"I know what you mean," Domyouji agreed.
Suddenly remembering Rui, Tsukushi turned in time to see the concern expression in his eyes as he looked at Tsukasa, before he turned his back to them.
"Let's go inside."
Nodding her head in agreement Tsukushi began to follow Tsukasa but not before she heard Rui say, "I told you, he's losing his mind, though he wasn't far from it even when you were here."
Tsukushi giggled and quickly ran after Tsukasa.
"What's so funny?"
She shook her head at him and simply smiled as they entered the house together. Her smile disappeared when she felt the intense atmosphere in the room.
"So did you find her?" Soujiro coldly asked his body leaning forward on the sofa, his eyes staring at the floor. Not waiting for a response from Tsukasa he continued in the same tone, "She's right where we left her isn't she – 5 feet under the ground."
Looking at each of her friends she saw that they looked shaken and nervous and avoided looking straight at Domyouji. That baka he probably came charging in asking where she was. Sighing in exasperation she thought to herself, 'You'd think that after the conversation we just had in his room he'd realize that no one could see her but him. His stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Now he's just made their friends more concerned for his health than before.'
Seeing Domyouji getting angrier by the minute, she panicked when she saw him open his mouth to reply and she tried desperately to think of a way to stop him.
"You need more sleep Domyouji."
Tsukushi's eyes widened in shock when she realized that the person who had just spoken was Rui. What shocked her even more was that he was looking directly at her.
"Don't be stupid!" she mentally argued with herself, "No one but Domyouji can see you!"
"If you don't sleep long enough your body doesn't get to the state where your body and mind can relax. If you wake up anywhere just before that your mind may have trouble distinguishing between reality and dreams."
It wasn't just Tsukushi who was staring dumbfounded at the usually complacent Rui the whole room was silenced by his comment.
"What?" he questioned in response to their stares.
"Well if anyone knows about sleeping that person would be you." Akira joked.
Rui was now standing with his back facing the group and he spoke to Tsukasa, "Come on I'll take you back to your room." His eyes shifted to where Tsukushi stood and remaining his composure he whispered "And you can tell me what's going on here…Tsukushi," only loud enough for the couple to hear.
Tsukasa opened his mouth to say something but was silenced by the glare by his girlfriend.
"Don't you dare make this situation any worse than it already is."
So with a scowl on his face he followed Rui and Tsukushi out of the room and up the stairs.
They walked silently across the white and black marble floor and Tsukushi kept her eyes on Rui just in front of her. She would be lying if she weren't happy that he out of all of her friends could see her, but she wondered whether Rui was just humoring Tsukasa so that he wouldn't feel so bad.
Rui continued to remain calm and lead the two behind him up the long staircase. Continuing to stare at his back Tsukushi was confused when he began to become fuzzy. 'Is there something wrong with my eyes?' she thought to herself. She shook her head, but realized her mistake when she did. Her head felt like it weighed a ton and shaking her head left her feeling dizzy and her body weakened. She tried grabbing onto the rail beside her but her eyes were still having trouble focusing.
Domyouji saw Tsukushi reach for the handrail and as her hand passed through it he rushed forward to catch her as she began to fall. But Rui reached her before he did. Seeing Tsukushi in Rui's arms brought up old memories and emotions that he thought he had long ago forgotten or gotten over. He continued to stand there as old emotions began to rise within him and he could feel his anger growing with each second that passed
Her dizzy spell soon stopped and she looked up at the eyes of the man holding her in his strong arms. Realizing Rui was holding her instead of Tsukasa; Tsukushi jumped out of his arms before looking at the two concerned men in front of her.
"Why…didn't it hurt when I touched you?" Tsukushi questioned.
Author's note: Another cliffhanger, dodges flying objects from angry readers Sorry guys. Well I hope this was ok…I'm doubting my writing skills at the moment so maybe some tips to improve will help me. If you haven't reviewed me before then please do, I appreciate every review! Hope I didn't confuse you guys in Rui's little speech.
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