Don't let Go
Chapter Six: Patch Work
Part One
By KellyQ
The words hit Takuya hard. He avoided Kouji the rest of the day, and when he got home, Takuya rushed to his room and stayed there. He had never thought that Kouji world say something like that. The one thing that kept on playing repeatedly in his head was Kitt stole you away from me , that's way!Takuya didn't get very far from his thought when there was a knock on the other side of the door. Takuya didn't respond right away, and the door opened and Izumi popped her head in with concern in her green eyes.
"Takuya..." The blonde-haired girl sat next to Takuya and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Takuya, are you alright?"
"I...I don't know. I just wish I knew what it was that I'm doing wrong. Do you think that the reason Kouji is upset is because I'm gay, and that's why he stopped wanting to be my friend- I mean, it hurt when he said that he didn't want to be my friend anymore."
Izumi wanted to tell Takuya everything, but she knew that it was going to create only more damage than good. The blonde-haired girl put her hand on his shoulder again. "I'm sorry that Kouji's being a jerk toward you. He really has no right. He should support you-"
"He never did though," Takuya said bringing his knees to his chest, "it was almost like he figured it out on his own-"
"Why not tell him that it's hurting you, and you still want to be his friend?"
Takuya lifted his head and looked toward Izumi. "Would you come with me?"
The two arrived at the Minamoto's house. Takuya raised a shaky hand and knocked. At first, there was no reply; he knocked again and the door opened and it was Satomi Minamoto, Kouji's stepmom. She looked shocked and happy.
"Izumi. Takuya. What brings you here?"
"Mom! Whoever it is, tell them to go away!"came Kouji's voice from the living room.
"But Kouji," Mrs. Minamoto called over her shoulder, turning her head toward her son, "your friends are here!" A sound of footsteps reached their ears, and Takuya winced when he heard the door to Kouji's room slam. "Sorry. The best time to come back is when Kouji's in a better mood."
Izumi and Takuya nodded their heads as Mrs. Minamoto closed the door softly. This is worse than I thought, Izumi though. She sighed and turned to see Takuya shaking. "Takuya … are you alright?"
"I'm...I'm alright."
"Come on. Let's go to Kouichi's. Maybe he can help," Izumi suggested, taking Takuya by the wrist and dragging him to the bus stop.
Kouichi opened the door after the third knock, to see Izumi and Takuya. Kouichi blinked when he noticed that Takuya looked depressed and out of it. Izumi stepped up and leaned in. "I think he's still rattled from what happened at school," she whispered.
Kouichi nodded his head and stepped to the side to let them in. The two walked into the living room as Kouichi went to the kitchen to make hot cocoa.
Mrs. Minamoto walked upstairs and made her way to her son's room. She stopped outside the door and knocked, when Mrs. Minamoto didn't get a reply, she opened the door to find her son playing softly on his blue guitar. She stood there until Kouji looked up.
"What?"
Kouji's stepmother sighed walked up, sitting down next her son. "I may not know what's going on, but I can tell Takuya needed a friend-"
"You don't know the half of it-" Kouji cute in, turning his head.
Satomi looked closer at her son to see a lot of pain in his eyes. She put her arm around him. "You should talk to your friends, especially Takuya. He is your best friend."
"Was my best friend, we're not friends anymore."
"Thanks for trying to cheer me up, but I think I'm going back home." Takuya put the half-cup of hot cocoa down on the table.
Kouichi got up at the same time Takuya did, walked to him and wrapped his arms around the brunette from behind. "Please don't give up on my brother; he really cares about you more than you know."
Takuya lowered his gaze so that they couldn't his eyes. Now everything made more sense. Kouji was jealous and hurt from the whole ordeal. Takuya was about to open his mouth when his cell phone rang. Kouichi pulled away and Takuya pulled it out. He looked at the screen; Kouichi also looked and saw that it was Kitt.
Takuya flipped it opened and put it to his ear. "Hi. Oh, nothing's wrong. Meet you at the park? Sure. I'll be there."
Izumi got up from where she was sitting and followed Takuya out the door. Kouichi walked into after he heard the door close with only one thing in mind: He was going to help Kouji and Takuya get back together!
Kitt sat on the bench looking really flushed and tensed. He really wanted someone to hold on to - a shoulder to cry on. First - Kouji thinking that he stole Takuya, and now he was moving. Kitt let out a mournful sigh when movement caught his eye. He looked up to see Takuya walking towards him, looking closer Kitt noticed that the brunette looked flushed too. He doesn't know does he? Kitt thought. There's no way that he knows already.
"Kitt, are you okay?" Takuya asked, pulling the other boy into a gentle embrace.
"I am now, but Takuya …" Kitt sighed pulling out of his embrace, "I have something to tell you-I'm moving..."
To Be Continued...