"Who's there?!"
Mika's high-heeled feet ran her as fast as they could go up the hill and to the top of the bridge.
When she got there, no one was visible.
"Just come to pay my respects."
Mika spun around with a gasp. A young boy came forth with his head lowered, but a smirk was definitely placed on his face.
"Who are you?" Mika asked, noticing the smirk in plain view.
The boy walked up to the railing Tohma fell over.
"I was your husband's number one fan. Nittle Grasper, was it?"
Mika frowned. "Yes...but why would you come here to pay your respects?"
"He's not anywhere else, is he?"
He met eye to eye with Mika. Mika gasped, knowing she had seen this face before, but couldn't remember where. He was nicely clad in a black suit with a purple shirt and matching scarf, and had his black hair in messy locks as part of his style. His eyes gave off a rather eerie feeling, giving her the chills and a funny feeling for him.
"Thinking about where you might have seen me before?" he asked, standing up so Mika could fully see him. He walked closer after a few seconds, not losing his smirk.
"What do you want?" Mika asked cautiously, stepping backwards.
"To pay my respects to his beautiful wife, that's all? Is it so wrong?"
Mika felt helpless under this mysterious glower. His eyes didn't appear at all innocent.
"You...you..."
"I what?" he inquired, backing her up against a tree, not leaving her any room to escape.
"Those eyes...I know you. You're the one my husband pushed out in front of that car."
The boy nodded. "That I am. What do you think of your husband now?"
Mika straightened up. "He obviously had a reason to do it! Why are you even here? Not to pay your respects, he nearly killed you!"
Tachi grinned. Mika hit it right on the dot.
"Oh I'm here to pay my respects, just not the way you're thinking of. Let's just say...it was a favor."
Question marks flew around Mika's head. Tachi's face got closer.
"Kind of like a...thank you for pushing me out in front of that car too soon so I could come back here and pay my respects."
He reached out his hand for Mika to shake. "I am sorry for your loss."
As clueless as Mika was, the petrifying mysterious look in the boy's eye frightened him. She couldn't break the stare.
"You have beautiful eyes, did Tohma ever tell you that?" he asked, taking his hand back.
"N-no he didn't. He always told me they were too plain."
His smirk turned into a smile. "He didn't know what he was talking about. I'll be around. Now that you're single again, don't be afraid to look me up."
He left before Mika could even ask him his name.
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Ryuichi woke up to a screech. His hangover was horrible.
"You're naked and bleeding!" Noriko cried.
"Noriko, do you mind?! My head hurts!" Ryuichi groaned, getting into a kneeling position and placing his hand over his forehead. Clothes were thrown at him in the next second
"Clothe yourself, you pervert! I leave for one second and you get drunk and give yourself a hand job! I swear, I can't leave you alone for a second!"
Noriko dashed out of the room and slammed the door to the living room, causing Ryuichi to scream out after her to keep it down, not helping his migraine at all.
"What the hell happened?" he murmured aloud, throwing his shirt on and buttoning it. Opening his eyes, his tan carpet was stained with a now light brown substance, the same substance that covered his thighs and arousal. It didn't take a genius to realize what he had done, but tasted his finger just to make sure it was what he thought.
Shuddering at tasting the metallic taste of blood in his mouth.
"Oh god..." he whispered, standing to his feet and running down the hall to his shower, ignoring surprised yelps from Noriko.
"Who was it?" he asked himself, resting his shaking hands on the faucets and turning them on. "It wasn't Noriko, I can tell...who came here before? Who was it?! I can't remember!"
The door was knocked on.
"Ryuichi! Are you okay in there? What happened? There's blood everywhere!"
"I'm fine!" he called back, throwing his hand over his face, struggling to remember.
"I'm worried about you!"
Ryuichi clenched his fist and delivered it into the wall with extreme force. This wasn't helping his hangover and it certainly wasn't helping him remember anything.
"Dammit Noriko I said I was fine! Go home, I can take care of myself now!"
He had guessed she left after that because she never spoke again. The hot water was now fogging up the bathroom, making it easier for him to slide to his knees on the damp floor.
"I raped someone," he sobbed in a low voice. "It's the only possible outcome."
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"What?!" Hiro yelled into his phone after the seventh time it rang in the last two minutes. "Oh...Noriko, sorry, I didn't mean to yell, I'm just having one hell of a night."
"What's wrong Hiro?" she inquired.
He sighed and lowered his head. "Suguru...we think he tried to kill himself."
"What?" Noriko cried.
"Yeah...he's in the hospital. We think it's because of Tohma. They were so close, you know? Everything's just happening so fucking fast these days, I can't hold onto something because once I get accustomed to it, something else happens! Fuck, I'm going insane! I have so many things on my mind that so happen to be all unanswered! First, Tohma dies, no one knows if it's suicide or not, then all of a sudden his cousin's in the hospital, not knowing if he was TRYING to commit suicide or not! Then there's Shuichi and his little problem...oh Noriko, I think I'm going crazy."
"Don't...do anything stupid Hiro, okay? There was no reason whatsoever for Tohma to commit suicide, but if there was, it was because of his surroundings and that no one wanted him around. I will say this now: you are a great friend, Hiroshi. Shuichi loves you, we all do, okay?"
Hiro chuckled almost evilly. "What do you take me for Noriko? I'm not crazy," he said in a low growl.
Noriko let out a sigh. "Please Hiro. I know things aren't the best right now, but they will get better! I promise I'll find out what happened to Tohma if I have to do it myself. I know Mika's on it too."
Hiro lay down on his bed, looking up at the ceiling, phone pressed to his ear.
"Thanks, but that's not what's bothering me right now. New things come right after the other. Right now, it's Suguru. He was fine today! I talked to him this morning! He was still upset about Tohma, but he still kept some of that cheer in his voice! He said that Mika called him over at K's, then right after K said that
Ryuichi just might be doing the suicide bit too...he went over there!"
Noriko hummed a positive answer. "Yeah, he was here today. I left because I thought they wanted to be alone, but..."
"But what?" Hiro asked suddenly, springing up to his feet. "Noriko, what happened?!"
She didn't speak.
"Noriko! What do you know?!"
Noriko took the phone away from her ear. The shower was still running, but sobs could clearly be heard over the noise. Her eyes widened as far as they could go and the phone nearly fell out of her shaking hands. Hiro kept trying to get her attention.
"Ryuichi...the blood...you..."
Mika's high-heeled feet ran her as fast as they could go up the hill and to the top of the bridge.
When she got there, no one was visible.
"Just come to pay my respects."
Mika spun around with a gasp. A young boy came forth with his head lowered, but a smirk was definitely placed on his face.
"Who are you?" Mika asked, noticing the smirk in plain view.
The boy walked up to the railing Tohma fell over.
"I was your husband's number one fan. Nittle Grasper, was it?"
Mika frowned. "Yes...but why would you come here to pay your respects?"
"He's not anywhere else, is he?"
He met eye to eye with Mika. Mika gasped, knowing she had seen this face before, but couldn't remember where. He was nicely clad in a black suit with a purple shirt and matching scarf, and had his black hair in messy locks as part of his style. His eyes gave off a rather eerie feeling, giving her the chills and a funny feeling for him.
"Thinking about where you might have seen me before?" he asked, standing up so Mika could fully see him. He walked closer after a few seconds, not losing his smirk.
"What do you want?" Mika asked cautiously, stepping backwards.
"To pay my respects to his beautiful wife, that's all? Is it so wrong?"
Mika felt helpless under this mysterious glower. His eyes didn't appear at all innocent.
"You...you..."
"I what?" he inquired, backing her up against a tree, not leaving her any room to escape.
"Those eyes...I know you. You're the one my husband pushed out in front of that car."
The boy nodded. "That I am. What do you think of your husband now?"
Mika straightened up. "He obviously had a reason to do it! Why are you even here? Not to pay your respects, he nearly killed you!"
Tachi grinned. Mika hit it right on the dot.
"Oh I'm here to pay my respects, just not the way you're thinking of. Let's just say...it was a favor."
Question marks flew around Mika's head. Tachi's face got closer.
"Kind of like a...thank you for pushing me out in front of that car too soon so I could come back here and pay my respects."
He reached out his hand for Mika to shake. "I am sorry for your loss."
As clueless as Mika was, the petrifying mysterious look in the boy's eye frightened him. She couldn't break the stare.
"You have beautiful eyes, did Tohma ever tell you that?" he asked, taking his hand back.
"N-no he didn't. He always told me they were too plain."
His smirk turned into a smile. "He didn't know what he was talking about. I'll be around. Now that you're single again, don't be afraid to look me up."
He left before Mika could even ask him his name.
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Ryuichi woke up to a screech. His hangover was horrible.
"You're naked and bleeding!" Noriko cried.
"Noriko, do you mind?! My head hurts!" Ryuichi groaned, getting into a kneeling position and placing his hand over his forehead. Clothes were thrown at him in the next second
"Clothe yourself, you pervert! I leave for one second and you get drunk and give yourself a hand job! I swear, I can't leave you alone for a second!"
Noriko dashed out of the room and slammed the door to the living room, causing Ryuichi to scream out after her to keep it down, not helping his migraine at all.
"What the hell happened?" he murmured aloud, throwing his shirt on and buttoning it. Opening his eyes, his tan carpet was stained with a now light brown substance, the same substance that covered his thighs and arousal. It didn't take a genius to realize what he had done, but tasted his finger just to make sure it was what he thought.
Shuddering at tasting the metallic taste of blood in his mouth.
"Oh god..." he whispered, standing to his feet and running down the hall to his shower, ignoring surprised yelps from Noriko.
"Who was it?" he asked himself, resting his shaking hands on the faucets and turning them on. "It wasn't Noriko, I can tell...who came here before? Who was it?! I can't remember!"
The door was knocked on.
"Ryuichi! Are you okay in there? What happened? There's blood everywhere!"
"I'm fine!" he called back, throwing his hand over his face, struggling to remember.
"I'm worried about you!"
Ryuichi clenched his fist and delivered it into the wall with extreme force. This wasn't helping his hangover and it certainly wasn't helping him remember anything.
"Dammit Noriko I said I was fine! Go home, I can take care of myself now!"
He had guessed she left after that because she never spoke again. The hot water was now fogging up the bathroom, making it easier for him to slide to his knees on the damp floor.
"I raped someone," he sobbed in a low voice. "It's the only possible outcome."
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"What?!" Hiro yelled into his phone after the seventh time it rang in the last two minutes. "Oh...Noriko, sorry, I didn't mean to yell, I'm just having one hell of a night."
"What's wrong Hiro?" she inquired.
He sighed and lowered his head. "Suguru...we think he tried to kill himself."
"What?" Noriko cried.
"Yeah...he's in the hospital. We think it's because of Tohma. They were so close, you know? Everything's just happening so fucking fast these days, I can't hold onto something because once I get accustomed to it, something else happens! Fuck, I'm going insane! I have so many things on my mind that so happen to be all unanswered! First, Tohma dies, no one knows if it's suicide or not, then all of a sudden his cousin's in the hospital, not knowing if he was TRYING to commit suicide or not! Then there's Shuichi and his little problem...oh Noriko, I think I'm going crazy."
"Don't...do anything stupid Hiro, okay? There was no reason whatsoever for Tohma to commit suicide, but if there was, it was because of his surroundings and that no one wanted him around. I will say this now: you are a great friend, Hiroshi. Shuichi loves you, we all do, okay?"
Hiro chuckled almost evilly. "What do you take me for Noriko? I'm not crazy," he said in a low growl.
Noriko let out a sigh. "Please Hiro. I know things aren't the best right now, but they will get better! I promise I'll find out what happened to Tohma if I have to do it myself. I know Mika's on it too."
Hiro lay down on his bed, looking up at the ceiling, phone pressed to his ear.
"Thanks, but that's not what's bothering me right now. New things come right after the other. Right now, it's Suguru. He was fine today! I talked to him this morning! He was still upset about Tohma, but he still kept some of that cheer in his voice! He said that Mika called him over at K's, then right after K said that
Ryuichi just might be doing the suicide bit too...he went over there!"
Noriko hummed a positive answer. "Yeah, he was here today. I left because I thought they wanted to be alone, but..."
"But what?" Hiro asked suddenly, springing up to his feet. "Noriko, what happened?!"
She didn't speak.
"Noriko! What do you know?!"
Noriko took the phone away from her ear. The shower was still running, but sobs could clearly be heard over the noise. Her eyes widened as far as they could go and the phone nearly fell out of her shaking hands. Hiro kept trying to get her attention.
"Ryuichi...the blood...you..."