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Rei turned to the back of the court room when he heard the double doors swing open. Two suited men walked in side by side, he assumed one was Kira's stepfather and the other was her lawyer. They were soon followed by Kira herself and her mother. A warm feeling erupted in Rei's heart that he hadn't felt since the day her father broke into their apartment and brought her back to his house. He wanted to run to her and place a hand on her belly to feel their baby. He didn't realize how much he missed her until now.
His father who sat next to him nudged Rei. "Don't stare," he whispered warningly.
Rei nodded and looked down at his lap and tried not to think about Kira.
Kira trudged down the aisle, trying to ignore the stares of the people in the seats around her. She wondered what they were thinking as they gazed at her, but didn't like what came to mind and quickly jumped to more pleasant thoughts. As she glanced about the court room her eyes landed on Rei. She almost gasped at what she saw. He looked a good two or three years older than the Rei she knew and loved. He wore a navy blue dress pants, a white dress shirt and a light blue tie that brought out the beauty of his eyes. What was most impressive was his new haircut. His once shoulder length shaggy blonde hair was now chin length neatly cut blonde hair. A faint, almost unnoticeable smile played on her pale face.
It made her angry that she had to be on the opposite side of the courtroom with her stepfather instead of next to Rei, accusing the real rapist. She pushed the angry thoughts out of her mind so that she could maintain the look of not feeling on her face and followed her stepfather and lawyer to the plaintiff's desk.
"All rise for the honorable Judge Smith," the bailiff said mechanically once both parties were settled in. "Case number 30889: Kashino vs. Aso. Charges of assault, rape, kidnapping, and a suit of $50,200."
Rei had to hold onto the desk in front of him to keep himself standing. He couldn't believe his ears. If Mr. Aso won the case he could face a lot of time in jail... real jail. For the first time he was really scared.
Rei exhaled deeply as he walked out of the court. It felt like forever since the last time he stretched his limbs.
"You did well today son, I'm proud," his father said as he placed an assuring hand on Rei's shoulder. He feared that during the trail he'd jump out of his seat and say something obscene, or something else that would make them look bad.
Rei nodded, he was exhausted and didn't feel like saying anything to his father. From the corner of his eye he spotted Kira walking alone towards the lavatory. "I uh... I have to use the bathroom. I'll meet you at the car," Rei said without taking his eyes off her.
His father looked at him strangely for a moment, but then ignored the strange feeling he had and nodded. "Hurry up."
Rei smiled and jogged over in Kira's directions, throwing cautious glances from side to side, making sure that she wasn't being watched by her stepfather, or anybody else.
Kira jumped when she felt somebody grasp her hand.
"Shh... it's just me," he whispered into her ear from behind her.
She whipped around to face him and threw her arms around his neck, holding him tightly. She pressed her face into his shirt to silence her sobs.
"It's okay babe, it's okay," he said gently as he rubbed her back.
They stood there in the empty hallway for what felt like hours. Rei heard foot steps and then motioned for her to follow him. He spotted an open closet and pulled her inside.
"How have you been?" he asked her softly as they sat on boxes in the storage closet, a small lightbulb glowing above their heads.
She opened her mouth to say 'okay,' like she said to everybody else but then thought better of it. "Not so good... I hate it there," she told him honestly.
"I'm so sorry I let this happen. I should have been there with you when he came to take you back," Rei said, admitting how he felt for the first time.
She shook her head. "It wasn't your fault Rei," she said, not telling him about the phone call she received before hand, afraid he'd be angry with her.
"Has he tried to..." he began, but couldn't finish. He got all chocked up with anger whenever he thought about somebody else touching her like that.
"No," she replied quickly. She was thankful, Kira expected him to try and have sex with her on her first day back.
"How's the baby doing?" he asked, getting on his knees and resting his head against her growing stomach, hoping to hear or feel something.
Kira placed her hand on his head and running her long slender fingers through his hair. "The baby's just fine."
"I can't believe he would have aborted it," Rei said angrily, moving his hand in little circles on her belly.
Kira swallowed the lump in her throat, remembering that she too considered aborting the baby before Rei found out about it.
Rei got to his feet again. "I've got to go..." he said with a sigh as he remembered his father's warning.
She reached out shyly for his hand. "I love you," she told him.
"I love you too," Rei said, placing a hand on each side of her face and kissing her passionately before opening the door and walking to his father's car.
"What's that on you're shirt?" Rei's father asked when they were both in his black sedan.
Rei looked down and identified the large damp spot on his shirt. It was where Kira had been crying on him. "The faucet in the bathroom wasn't working and it sprayed water on my shirt," he lied.
Kashino sr. bought it and began to go over the case with Rei.
"Were were you after the trail today?" her stepfather asked as Kira rose from her place at the dining room table and walked towards the kitchen to wash her plates.
"I went to the bathroom," she said, hoping that he'd believe it and stop pestering her.
He got up and followed her to the kitchen, despite his wife's pleas for him to leave it be. "You lying bitch! I saw Rei exit the court house just minutes before you left!"
"I didn't see him. I didn't even know he was still in the court house. I swear!" she said as she backed away from him slowly.
He reached out for her wrist and pulled her close to him, raising the other hand to strike her face. "Stop telling lies!"
Kira pulled away from him and ran up the stairs towards her bedroom, knowing he'd come after her.
He jogged after her and finally got hold of her when she reached the top of the staircase. "Don't you walk away when I'm talking to you!" he snapped as he grabbed her wrist and yanked her towards him.
She missed a step and came tumbling down the stairs, her head banging against several stairs and the wall. By the time she reached the base of the steps she lost conciousness.
"Hey! Why didn't you wake me up!? Aren't we late?" Rei asked as he rushed into the dining room, preparing his tie at the same time.
"Oh I didn't want to wake you. The trail date has been postponed until Kira's out of the hospital," he replied cooly as he took another bite of his pancake.
"Hospital? What are you talking about? Why is she in the hospital?" Rei asked, feeling sick to his stomach.
"I don't know, I wasn't given the details. All I know is that she had some sort of accident and now she's in critical condition in the hospital."
Rei's breathing became more rapid and heavy and his heart began to beat spastically. All sorts of thoughts began to run through his mind. He knew that her stepfather was to blame for the "accident" and knew that he had to see her.
Author's Note- ::Wipes sweat from brow:: I am very glad to be finished with this chapter. It was so hard to do the whole court scene (I was going to make it a full length court scene, but I'm not into that sort of thing and got bored with it. Maybe in the later chapters) seeing how I've never been to court and don't know what goes on in a court. All I know is what I've seen on television. I hope that this chapter was realistic enough. It kills me to have Rei and Kira apart for so long. I'll enjoy writing the ending of this story. There are only 3-4 chapters left, maybe less depending on how things go. Please review! More reviews= inspiration= longer chapters and faster updates!
Rei turned to the back of the court room when he heard the double doors swing open. Two suited men walked in side by side, he assumed one was Kira's stepfather and the other was her lawyer. They were soon followed by Kira herself and her mother. A warm feeling erupted in Rei's heart that he hadn't felt since the day her father broke into their apartment and brought her back to his house. He wanted to run to her and place a hand on her belly to feel their baby. He didn't realize how much he missed her until now.
His father who sat next to him nudged Rei. "Don't stare," he whispered warningly.
Rei nodded and looked down at his lap and tried not to think about Kira.
Kira trudged down the aisle, trying to ignore the stares of the people in the seats around her. She wondered what they were thinking as they gazed at her, but didn't like what came to mind and quickly jumped to more pleasant thoughts. As she glanced about the court room her eyes landed on Rei. She almost gasped at what she saw. He looked a good two or three years older than the Rei she knew and loved. He wore a navy blue dress pants, a white dress shirt and a light blue tie that brought out the beauty of his eyes. What was most impressive was his new haircut. His once shoulder length shaggy blonde hair was now chin length neatly cut blonde hair. A faint, almost unnoticeable smile played on her pale face.
It made her angry that she had to be on the opposite side of the courtroom with her stepfather instead of next to Rei, accusing the real rapist. She pushed the angry thoughts out of her mind so that she could maintain the look of not feeling on her face and followed her stepfather and lawyer to the plaintiff's desk.
"All rise for the honorable Judge Smith," the bailiff said mechanically once both parties were settled in. "Case number 30889: Kashino vs. Aso. Charges of assault, rape, kidnapping, and a suit of $50,200."
Rei had to hold onto the desk in front of him to keep himself standing. He couldn't believe his ears. If Mr. Aso won the case he could face a lot of time in jail... real jail. For the first time he was really scared.
Rei exhaled deeply as he walked out of the court. It felt like forever since the last time he stretched his limbs.
"You did well today son, I'm proud," his father said as he placed an assuring hand on Rei's shoulder. He feared that during the trail he'd jump out of his seat and say something obscene, or something else that would make them look bad.
Rei nodded, he was exhausted and didn't feel like saying anything to his father. From the corner of his eye he spotted Kira walking alone towards the lavatory. "I uh... I have to use the bathroom. I'll meet you at the car," Rei said without taking his eyes off her.
His father looked at him strangely for a moment, but then ignored the strange feeling he had and nodded. "Hurry up."
Rei smiled and jogged over in Kira's directions, throwing cautious glances from side to side, making sure that she wasn't being watched by her stepfather, or anybody else.
Kira jumped when she felt somebody grasp her hand.
"Shh... it's just me," he whispered into her ear from behind her.
She whipped around to face him and threw her arms around his neck, holding him tightly. She pressed her face into his shirt to silence her sobs.
"It's okay babe, it's okay," he said gently as he rubbed her back.
They stood there in the empty hallway for what felt like hours. Rei heard foot steps and then motioned for her to follow him. He spotted an open closet and pulled her inside.
"How have you been?" he asked her softly as they sat on boxes in the storage closet, a small lightbulb glowing above their heads.
She opened her mouth to say 'okay,' like she said to everybody else but then thought better of it. "Not so good... I hate it there," she told him honestly.
"I'm so sorry I let this happen. I should have been there with you when he came to take you back," Rei said, admitting how he felt for the first time.
She shook her head. "It wasn't your fault Rei," she said, not telling him about the phone call she received before hand, afraid he'd be angry with her.
"Has he tried to..." he began, but couldn't finish. He got all chocked up with anger whenever he thought about somebody else touching her like that.
"No," she replied quickly. She was thankful, Kira expected him to try and have sex with her on her first day back.
"How's the baby doing?" he asked, getting on his knees and resting his head against her growing stomach, hoping to hear or feel something.
Kira placed her hand on his head and running her long slender fingers through his hair. "The baby's just fine."
"I can't believe he would have aborted it," Rei said angrily, moving his hand in little circles on her belly.
Kira swallowed the lump in her throat, remembering that she too considered aborting the baby before Rei found out about it.
Rei got to his feet again. "I've got to go..." he said with a sigh as he remembered his father's warning.
She reached out shyly for his hand. "I love you," she told him.
"I love you too," Rei said, placing a hand on each side of her face and kissing her passionately before opening the door and walking to his father's car.
"What's that on you're shirt?" Rei's father asked when they were both in his black sedan.
Rei looked down and identified the large damp spot on his shirt. It was where Kira had been crying on him. "The faucet in the bathroom wasn't working and it sprayed water on my shirt," he lied.
Kashino sr. bought it and began to go over the case with Rei.
"Were were you after the trail today?" her stepfather asked as Kira rose from her place at the dining room table and walked towards the kitchen to wash her plates.
"I went to the bathroom," she said, hoping that he'd believe it and stop pestering her.
He got up and followed her to the kitchen, despite his wife's pleas for him to leave it be. "You lying bitch! I saw Rei exit the court house just minutes before you left!"
"I didn't see him. I didn't even know he was still in the court house. I swear!" she said as she backed away from him slowly.
He reached out for her wrist and pulled her close to him, raising the other hand to strike her face. "Stop telling lies!"
Kira pulled away from him and ran up the stairs towards her bedroom, knowing he'd come after her.
He jogged after her and finally got hold of her when she reached the top of the staircase. "Don't you walk away when I'm talking to you!" he snapped as he grabbed her wrist and yanked her towards him.
She missed a step and came tumbling down the stairs, her head banging against several stairs and the wall. By the time she reached the base of the steps she lost conciousness.
"Hey! Why didn't you wake me up!? Aren't we late?" Rei asked as he rushed into the dining room, preparing his tie at the same time.
"Oh I didn't want to wake you. The trail date has been postponed until Kira's out of the hospital," he replied cooly as he took another bite of his pancake.
"Hospital? What are you talking about? Why is she in the hospital?" Rei asked, feeling sick to his stomach.
"I don't know, I wasn't given the details. All I know is that she had some sort of accident and now she's in critical condition in the hospital."
Rei's breathing became more rapid and heavy and his heart began to beat spastically. All sorts of thoughts began to run through his mind. He knew that her stepfather was to blame for the "accident" and knew that he had to see her.
Author's Note- ::Wipes sweat from brow:: I am very glad to be finished with this chapter. It was so hard to do the whole court scene (I was going to make it a full length court scene, but I'm not into that sort of thing and got bored with it. Maybe in the later chapters) seeing how I've never been to court and don't know what goes on in a court. All I know is what I've seen on television. I hope that this chapter was realistic enough. It kills me to have Rei and Kira apart for so long. I'll enjoy writing the ending of this story. There are only 3-4 chapters left, maybe less depending on how things go. Please review! More reviews= inspiration= longer chapters and faster updates!