RoboticCity, Poetic Love
Chapter 20: I wish I'm someone else
Wufei walks out of the Future Tech building that Heroo's lab is in. The Chinese stands there, wondering if Aya heard about what happen to Ayami. I better give him a call and check.Wufei says. He uses his cell phone to call Omi's lab, but no one is answers.
"Strange." Wufei mutters. This is the first time when he calls Omi's lab and no one answers. Usually, someone will pick up at first ring. Everyone in that lab is sugar and caffeine pumped twenty four seven. Omi, Ken and Youji race each other to the phone whenever there is a call comes in.
Finally, someone picks up. "Hello, you've reached the flower development center at Future Tech. No one is here right now. Please leave a message and someone will return your call as soon as possible." The computer answering machine says.
It makes Wufei feels strange to hear the impersonal voice of the computer. Where are the sunny voices of the florists? How come no one picks up the phone and says 'hi' in the happiest voice humanly possible? How come Omi is not working?
"Omi is not working?" Wufei mutters. No way in a million year that will happen. Omi is always working. It takes the combine strength of Ken and Youji to get Omi away from his work every night.
Since Wufei is at the Future Tech already, he decides to go over to Omi's lab and sees what happen. Wufei gets on one of the bus. Future Tech is as big as Hong Kong, even though Wufei is in Future Tech already he still needs to take a bus to where Omi is.
Wufei sits down at a seat next to the window. The bus heads toward Future Tech main building. Wufei is enjoying the scenery outside the window when he sees a silver sport car. Wufei immediately recognizes the car. It belongs to Trowa.
"What is Trowa doing here?" Wufei thinks. The bus arrive at the entrance of the Future Tech main building and Wufei gets off. The Chinese boy sees Trowa parking behind the bus.
Wufei walks to the car as Trowa gets off from it. Quatre gets off Trowa's car from another side and sees Wufei walking toward them. "Wufei, what are you doing here?" The petite musician asks.
"Nothing. I just got out from Heroo's lab and I want to go and visit Omi since I'm here already. Is everything okay? How come you're here?" Wufei asks.
"I got a call from Toboe-chan. Omi-chan hurts himself when he is working and he is really bumped out. Toboe-chan wants me to come and see Omi-chan." Quatre says.
"Omi is hurt? Is he okay? It's not too serious, is it?" Wufei asks with concern.
"I don't know yet, let's go and find out." Quatre says.
"Go park at the parking lot." Trowa says to his car. The car drives away and heads toward Future City parking lot main entrance. Quatre walks into the building with his lover and body guard behind him. They gets into the elevator that send them to the top of the building.
Since everyone is worried about Omi, the elevator rides seems forever. Finally they reach Omi's floor. They arrive at the lab and see Kiba, Ken and Youji cleaning up there. The shelves and pots are all broken and there is mud and dirt all over the floor.
Ken and Youji are in same building and they come as soon as Kiba calls them and tell them what happen. The three adults are cleaning up the lab. "We're so sorry. The new lab is so busy we don't even have time to check on Omitichi. We thought Aya was here the whole time." Ken says to Kiba.
"I thought so too. I can't believe he just left Omi like this…" Kiba mutters.
"Kiba, what happen here?" Quatre asks.
"Omi had an accident. He is over there. Toboe is with him. Will you go and stay with him?" Kiba asks Quatre.
Quatre nods and goes over to where his two friends are. Toboe is cleaning and wrapping Omi's wound. Omi looks like a totally different person. The shine in Omi's eyes is gone. Those usually brilliant eyes are all empty now. Omi is so spaced out he doesn't even realizes Quatre has arrived.
"Quatre-chan!" Toboe calls when he sees the blonde musician.
Toboe's call surprises Omi. Omi looks up and look at Quatre. "Quatre-chan! Please don't get any closer. I don't want to hurt your uchuu no kokoro." Omi yells.
"Do you think I will care about that? We're best friend. I will be at your side even if it give me a heart attack." Quatre says gently to Omi.
"Quatre-chan, will you stay with Omi-chan for a little bit while I get some clean clothes for him?" Toboe asks.
"Sure." Quatre smiles. Toboe walks off to get Omi's clothes.
"Sorry I made you come all the way here, Quatre-chan. I'm such a bother." Omi mutters.
"No bother. I told you, we're best friend." Quatre smiles with the usual perfection.
Toboe comes back with some clean clothes. "Here, Omi-chan, can you get change by yourself?" Toboe asks.
"Yes, I'm not that useless." Omi mutters.
"Omi-chan, just stop calling yourself useless, please. You're not useless." Toboe says.
"I'm useless! I can even put some pollen into a flower; and I break everything." Omi cries.
"There is no way you could have done that by yourself. Someone should be here to do that. It was our fault to leave you alone." Kiba says to Omi kindly.
"We didn't know you have been alone for a whole week already, or we would have stayed with you until Kiba comes back." Ken says.
"Toboe was okay alone! Quatre is okay by himself too! I am just a klutz who can't do anything right!" Omi cries harder.
"How can you say that? How can you say that you can't do anything right? Look around you!!! You made all these amazing flowers by yourself!!! You did something that for 60 years no one had been able to do!!!!" Youji says to the crying boy.
"they're just stupid flowers, who cares?" Omi says.
"Lots of people care. Everyone can use more colour and life in this world. You're creating something that make earth a more beautiful place." Quatre says
"No, I'm just bothering everyone." the rosy blonde sighs.
"You're not a bother." Toboe protests.
"I'm always causing trouble for everyone. I made you guys come all the way here, and I make all you guys worry for nothing. I'm a total bother." Omi says.
"We come here because we care. That's not bother. Friends should be there for each other." Quatre says.
"I wish I'm like you two. You two are so nice and wonderful." Omi says to his two friends.
"You're just as nice and wonderful, Omi..." Toboe says.
"No, I'm not. I'm always loud, and I'm always childish...I'm always running around and get in everyone's nerves. If I'm not so out of control and annoying Aya-kun will not leave me." Omi says.
"Aya left?" Wufei asks.
"Of course Aya-kun left. How could he stands someone like me? I'm not sweet and kind like Toboe or Quatre. I don't even know how to talk to people. All I know is making those useless flowers..." Omi sighs.
"Omi, don't ever call flowers stupid. Flowers can hear people talking too. They can tell if you don't care about them." Kiba says.
"No, they can't. They're just flowers..." Omi retorts.
"Flowers are like people. They can only grow when people cares about them. Every single flowers are the result of your care and your love, Omitichi." Kiba says.
Omi looks around his garden. Kiba says, "you have so much sweetness and kindness in you, you made your flowers grow. If you're not a sweet and kind person, then you would not have given me a job, gotten me a school program and even started a project for me. You even start a project for Ken and Youji...."
"That's right. You know how much work is there to overlook 3 projects? And yet you still do it because you want others to be happy. You want Ken and Youji to have something to call their own, to make them feel important. And you want Kiba to have those snow flowers so he can make Toboe happy. Who will go out of their way to help others like that?" Quatre says.
"You're not out of control. You're filled with life. No matter how hard life is you never let it keep you down. You just smile and work harder. Your energy is like the sun, everyone around you feel warm and happy. Look at Youji and Ken, they're always cheerful! And that's because they're around you all the time. When Quatre and I are sad, you're always there to cheer us on." Toboe says.
"So please keep your head up, Omi-chan. You're our guiding light. You're the one that reminds all of us to smile when things get tough. Out of all of us you're the most special one. Everyone needs you. If you're sad then everyone will be depressed, too." Quatre says.
"Quatre-chan, Toboe-chan…" Omi cries.
"I know it's hard for you. My space heart can feels how sad you are right now. You really miss Aya, do you?" Quatre says.
"I do. I'm very scare. I am scare that I will never see him again. I don't know why, I just start crying every time I imagine that I won't be able to see him…" Omi says.
"That's because you're in love with him, Omi…" Kiba smiles.
"Yes, Omi-chan. You love Aya, that's why you feel this way. You have your first love. How about that?" Toboe says.
"My first love…" Omi says.
"So, what are we going to do now?" Toboe asks.
"We can go to his house and look for him. You have his address on his application, right?" Kiba suggests.
"But what if he doesn't want to see me? He didn't even return my call. Maybe he is fed up with me already and can't stand being with me for another second…" Omi says.
"Oh, Omitichi, you really are totally clueless about this love thing, aren't you? Aya likes you, too! Have you ever notice how much it bugs him every time when I talk to you? When anyone talk to you? Aya is totally into you." Kiba says.
"He is?" Omi asks.
Ken puts his hand on Omi's head and says, "of course he is. Think about it, Omi. Aya never say a word to anyone but you, and he is rude to everyone but you. And he never, ever listen to any body but you."
"Why do you think we didn't come and check on you? We don't want to bother the two of you. We want you and Aya to have some times alone." Youji says.
"You guys are just trying to make me feel better." Omi says.
"No we're not, and we're going to go and find Aya right now. Omitichi is okay to travel, right?" Youji says. Toboe nods.
"Let's go then. We're going to see Aya at his house." Youji says.
They arrive at an run down apartment complex at the outskirt of the Future City. The place is very old and very dirty. "This is where Aya-kun lives?" Omi says. He can't believe what he is seeing.
"His apartment is up there." Kiba says. They arrive at the apartment where Aya suppose to live.
"We're here to see Aya, please." Youji says to the intercom. There is no answer.
"Hello?" Youji says to the intercom again.
"What do you people want?" a lady walks up to the group and asks them.
"We worked with Aya. He didn't show up at work and we're worried about him. Do you know where he is?" Kiba asks the lady.
"No, Aya hasn't been home for almost a month now." The lady says.
"Oh, thank you." Kiba says.
"Sorry, Omi-chan." Toboe says to Omi.
Omi smiles to them sadly. "No, no. It's fine. I shouldn't be bothering you guys anyway. Thanks for everything. I should just let Aya-kun go." Omi says.
The lady looks at the petite rosy-blonde and asks, "are you his friend?"
Omi nods sad. The boy looks so miserable it makes the lady's heart aches. The lady says, "Why don't I let you in and get Aya's stuff. I'm gonna throw them all away anyway."
"Throw them all away?" Omi asks the lady.
"Yeah, I'm the landlord. This apartment belongs to Aya's parents, they didn't pay their rent for 3 months, so I throw them out two days ago. That two good for nothing drunkies, they're always in trouble. People always knock on their doors and ask them to pay debt. The son comes out alright though…" The lady says as she opens the door.
The apartment smells like alcohol and drugs. The lady lead them to a clean room and says, "this is Aya's room."
The room is very clean and tidy. Not a thing is out of place. The lady takes out a box and gives it to Omi. "This is everything that Aya kept. My husband wants me to throw it away, but I keep it in case Aya comes back for it. Why don't you take it?" The lady says.
Omi opens the box and sees a couple of military medal and a set of military uniform. "Aya-kun was in the army?" Omi asks.
"Yes, he was a very good solider, too. He came back when his sister was sick." The lady says.
"Aya-kun has a sister?" Omi asks.
"Yes. Aya sent her to private school so she doesn't have to stay with her parents. They always beat him up when he was young so Aya didn't want his sister to stay in this apartment." The lady says.
"Where is she now?" Omi asks.
"She is dead already, she dies of heart failure or something. Aya hasn't been back ever since she dies."
"She dies?"
"Yeah, well, I have to go to work. You guys stay as long as you want, okay?" The lady says.
"Thanks for everything. It means a lot to me." Omi bows.
"You're welcome. Tell Aya I miss him if you see him, okay?" The lady says. Omi nods.
The lady leaves. Omi holds the Aya's box in his hand.
TBC...