Konnichiwa, Sakuma here. Interesting day yesterday. Long story, so here's chapter eight:
Sirens, flashing lights, light rain falling from the sky, his bangs dripping with rain. This was a nightmare that he could not wake up from. Time seemed to move faster than he was, right in front of his eyes.
Yuki sat in his brother's hospital room. He had found Ayame at the right time, only 5 minutes after he cut himself. But the gash was really deep and took awhile to stop bleeding. Ayame was asleep now. Yuki could not help but stare at his brother's wrist.
Kyo killed himself to save Yuki's life. While that still felt painful, he still knew that Kyo had loved him. Ayame loved Yuki (A/N: not romantically) but not enough to try to get his life back. Yuki missed the old overly-confident Ayame, rather than this broken one.
Yuki knew he should be heading home. He left the hospital and walked home in the rain, without a jacket. The rain was now heavy and cold, but Yuki walked on. He was starting to shiver, but tried to ignore it. So many thoughts were swirling around in his head. He didn't know who to go to anymore. He could no longer take the cold, and transformed in a rat. Luckily no one else saw him. Yuki was about to keep walking when he felt warm hands around him.
"Its OK, you're safe," a voice said.
Yuki felt the warm hands scoop him up, and saw that they belonged to Ritsu. Yuki had not seen Ritsu in about 4 months. And that was when Kyo was alive. Ritsu scooped up Yuki's clothes and walked home. They reached Ritsu's apartment within a few minutes.
Yuki was surprised to see that Ritsu's apartment was neat and tidy. Not that he expected to see it a total mess. Yuki transformed back and got dressed.
"I'm sorry to bring you here, but I couldn't remember when Ayame-nii-san's house was. I'm sorry,' Ritsu said quietly.
"Don't be sorry. Your apartment is very clean," Yuki said.
"Oh, you don't seriously mean that? Is it too clean," Ritsu asked, starting to freak out.
"Don't worry so much," Yuki consoled.
"I'm sorry, but where were going when I found you," Ritsu asked.
"Home," Yuki said simply.
"Should I go call Ayame-nii-san and let him know you're here," Ritsu asked.
"No, its OK," Yuki said.
"Won't he worry," Ritsu asked.
"Well, he's not home," Yuki said.
"Where is he?" Ritsu asked, confused.
"In the hospital, he tried to kill himself," Yuki said quietly.
"Oh no! I can't believe it,' Ritsu said, shocked.
"I can, he's been depressed lately," Yuki stated.
Ritsu got a piece of paper and a pen and wrote something down. He handed the paper to Yuki.
"This is the Sohma family counselor, and her phone number. She knows about the zodiac spirits, so don't worry. Give her a call when Ayame comes home," Ritsu said.
"Thank you."