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When You're Owned
Chapter Six
Mr. Uotani laid on the hospital bed, his body limp and inert. Arisa's cold tears streamed down her cheek as she bit her lip in anger and sorrow. She gripped the cheap hospital blanket material in her fist, digging her finger nails into her palm. She gasped. Bleed, I deserve to bleed.
Arisa took her father's and placed it to her cheek,
"If only you had come to pick me up that day, you wouldn't be like this," But she wasn't blaming her father. It was her fault. She couldn't protect him. Seeing her father like this scared her more than the time when he was abusive and drunk. To know that Kai could do such things, she was afraid.
"Papa, please! Please forgive me! Papa, please!" Arisa clenched her father's arm tight. If only he could hear her. The silence made her sob harder. She fell to her knees and knelt down, facing the bed. She placed her hand on the edge of the bed for support. She felt so weak,
"I will kill him for you, Papa," More beads of tears slid down her face and she wiped them away. Now all she felt, was a yearning for that sweet taste of revenge.
"Uo-chan!" Hana and Tohru stood at the door and looked down at their helpless friend. She looked so broken. It was only a few days ago that she had been walking with them and laughing carelessly into the air. Tohru's eyes stung. Who would want to do such a cruel thing to Uotani-kun and hurt Uo-chan so bad? The two girls stooped either side of her and embraced her into a hug. Arisa leaned her head on Tohru,
"I feel so afraid," Arisa felt soothed. She finally remembered that warmth Tohru carried around with her, that warmth of Kyoko. It was something she missed greatly.
A knock came at the door and it swung open. Arisa opened her eyes to blinding brightness. She couldn't see who it was with all the light shining in her eyes. At first she thought it was Shigure but then as she got a closer look, it was most peculiar that it happened to be Hatori,
"I'm sorry to bother you, but can you step outside with me for just a moment," Arisa was taken aback. She hardly knew the guy and he just came in so suddenly. What was so private that he couldn't even tell her in front of her unconscious father? Arisa shook her head,
"Is it really necessary that I step outside?" Her tone was arctic and it made clear to Hatori that it wasn't the time to bother her, sorry or not. Hatori stood, his eyes transfixed on her. She wasn't like Tohru at all. She was so…stubborn. Hatori remembered the time he had told Tohru to meet him at the main house. She did so without protest. Arisa was stubborn.
Hatori didn't know what else to say and he shrugged. There was no use begging her to step outside. It wasn't as if her father would be able to hear him anyway.
"Stay away from Kyou," Blatant and straight to the point. There was no need to wind down roads and coil around words. Arisa raised an eyebrow then stifled a small chuckle. Hatori kept his stern stare at her, not muscle on his face twitching,
"I'm not joking, stay away from Kyou if you don't want to end up hurt,"
"Who the hell died and made you God?" Hatori knotted his eyebrows at Arisa's remark. He found it quite immature. Not like Momiji, though. Momiji was childish but this girl was immature.
"Uotani-san, the Sohma family is a dangerous family to mix with. I really would hate to see other's suffe –"
"What about Honda-san? She's living under the same roof with three Sohmas," Hatori shook his head, running his fingers through his bangs,
"You don't understand, Uotani-san. It's not safe," Arisa didn't need someone like Hatori to tell her that. She knew her life wasn't safe,
"I know my life is not safe," Hatori slid his hand up her arm. What was he doing?
"It's not just Kai," Arisa's eyebrows went up. How the hell did he know about Kai?
"There's someone else who'd want you dead if you were to stay with Kyou," Hatori moved closer making Arisa feel uneasy. She backed away a step,
"Kyou," Hatori whispered lightly, "Will not be able to protect you." Hatori lifted a strand of her golden hair and twirled it in his finger. Arisa wanted him to go. He was different from what she thought he was. She never thought that deep inside of him, laid a perverted pedophile. But she thought of Shigure. It obviously ran in the family.
"Go – go –" But before she choked out her words, Kyou appeared. The two adjusted themselves and pretended that nothing had happened whatsoever. Kyou gave a puzzled look,
"What are you doing here?" As if he had a personality switch, Hatori straightened up his jacket and held his head up,
"I came to check on Uotani-san's father," Kyou didn't seem to believe him at first and Arisa's mind was screaming. She wanted him to know what had happened just now. She wanted to tell him but she couldn't. Hatori gave her an odd feeling; he was still standing quite close to her,
"How is he?" Kyou asked as Arisa ran to his side and pecked him gently on his cheek. She still hadn't forgotten about the hugs. She never hugged him but she did want to know why she couldn't.
"He's looking better than he did, yesterday," Hatori stated. He was here yesterday? But she was here all day yesterday.
"Are you okay?" Kyou nibbled her earlobe and buried his nose in her hair. Arisa slowly nodded and glanced at Hatori. His eyes now had a different glint in them, the same glint that was there before Kyou arrived.
"I'll go get some drinks," As Kyou walked out, Arisa wished greatly that she had followed him. She turned back to Hatori and held out her steel pipe which made him back away,
"Not even a step closer, y'hear?"
I know! That's it for this chapter. But there is more where that came from. Hehe. Teasing is fun.