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"Blahblahblah" : character's normal conversation

Blahblahblah : character's thought

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Chapter 12 : When we finally meet…

When Hikaru and Haku arrived at the entrance, the familiar shocking-pink bunny dressed up like a doctor and Yuzuko in a nurse uniform had already been there. Four of them had a little chitchat before Nabeshima took Yamato away. Unlike Haku who didn't know what to do next, Hikaru knew exactly what he wanted to do next.

Ramen house,

" Ahhh, we're safe now," Sitting at the table opposite a counter, the blond sighed in relief, they eventually made it to his sanctuary, a ramen house, " Two Ramen, please," he song loudly.

" You're overreacting," Haku murmured, " He's not that bad,"

" Ha! Wait till you actually know him," Hikaru countered back, " Do you forget what that grandpa said?"

Akira's twin thought back to what the old man had told him before he left with his boss. Don't let that man get close to you, he says.

" Even a ghost knows he's dangerous, Oh, Thank you," the lively boy thanked a waitress who served them two bowls of Miso ramen.

" Thank you," So did Haku.

……….

……….

" Ne, I've been wondering for some time now," Blowing his noodle, Hikaru brought up the topic, " Why the bunny?"

" Huh?"

" Why does he wear that stupid bunny mascot?" he clarified.

" I heard that it's the company policy," the quiet boy replied tranquilly.

" To wear a stupid costume?" the rude pro mocked.

" They think it makes the clients feel more comfortable if they're guided by a cute bunny instead of a strange tall man," Haku said indifferently and tasted his soup.

" Then why bunny? Not lion? Cat?" Hikaru kept asking.

" It's their boss's taste," Shrugging his shoulders, the black-haired boy answered casually, " The director of Unit 2, he's the one who designs the costume,"

" Then he really has a very bad taste," Having his noodle, the notable Go pro snorted.

………….

" Ne, Haku," After 5 minutes with out a word, he spoke up, " Do you remember Touya? Touya Akira,"

" Of course, he's my twin," Haku chuckled with pleasure.

" What did you say to him when you met him?" Hikaru inquired.

" Well, I introduced myself," the blue-eyed priest thought back.

" Ah-huh, and?" What did you tell him?

" I told him that you always talk about him,"

" And?" That's not all, isn't it?

" Err… that you told me that he's the one who finds Sai,"

" No, Haku, No," Lying his head on the table resignedly, the bleached bang 1-Dan moaned, " No,no,no,no," No!

" Eh?" Unfortunately, Haku didn't get it, " Did I…did I do something wrong?"

" Sai,"

………..

………..

" Oh! No!" At last, the light dawned on the naïve boy, " Oh! Hikaru, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry,"

"…We had a fight…a big fight," In fact, Hikaru didn't want tell him this, he didn't want his friend to feel guilty but the words just spilled out. A very big fight…

"……….."

" He's very angry that I told you about Sai but not him,"

"……….."

" Since then we haven't talked to each other,"

" You what?" Slapping his hands on the table, Haku promptly rose and cried, " You two haven't talk since that night?"

" Umm,"

" But..it's been a week,"

" Umm,"

"……….." Realizing what he had done, He jadedly sat down cursing himself for his stupidity. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! " I'm sorry, Hikaru, I know it's not enough, compare to what I've done but I don't know what else to say,"

"……….." Hikaru sighed heavily, " It's..okay, Forget it,"

" No, it's not!" his guilty partner strongly disagreed, " It's not okay at all! Because of me, you two had a fight!"

"…Don't worry, I'm gonna talk to him after we finish our lunch," the disturbed pro told him his plan, " You know, to make up,"

" Oh, that's good," Haku sighed in relief, " That's good,"

" The thing is…I don't know what to say to him,"

" … Why don't you tell him the truth?" he suggested.

" Tell him that the legendary Go player is a ghost? Yeah, right, he surely believes it," Hikaru said with heavy sarcasm.

" What do you want to do then?" Haku asked back sharply, " Tell him another lie?"

"………."

" Listen, I met his girl last week," he told his story, " Her name is Chihiro,"

" Oh! Please, Haku," the troubled blond pleaded, " I'm not in the mood for your love story today,"

" No! It's not like that!" Blushing into red, the shy priest shouted in denial, " Anyway, she caught me talking to a ghost…or I should say, she caught me talking to thin air," he babbled. It's not like that! We're friends! Just classmates!

" Ah-huh, and?" I can't believe that we're actually talking about this. With the trouble I'm facing, he's still in the mood for a romantic story. Especially, it's the mess he made!

" She asked me what I was doing?"

" Ah-huh, and?" Okay, if you really want to talk about this, just spill it out, Man.

" I don't know what possessed me back then…I told her the truth," I know that she's not like the others. He said clumsily, " That I was talking to a ghost,"

" Ah-huh, and?"

" She said that she didn't believe in ghosts,"

" Ha! See?" Hikaru snorted, " See?"

" But she said she believed me,"

" ?"

" Though she doesn't believe in ghosts, she believes in me," Haku simplified.

"………"

" He's your friend, isn't he?" he questioned seriously, " If he's really your friend, he should know that you're not a liar, he will believe you, Trust me,"

"……….."

" Do you really want to spend the rest of your life lying to him?"

"……….."

" Believe in him, Believe that he believes in you,"

"………"

"………"

" I think you'll be a very good priest one day," Hikaru teased.

Haku's cheeks went pink with embarrassment.

" Okay, I'll try," the blond finally conceded.

After lunch, they split up. Haku headed home, Hikaru decided to go to Akira's Go salon.

" Isn't that Touya?" What a coincident! He ran into his rival on the way there, " Hey..y, Touyaaaa," he song.

" Shindou," Akira said uncaringly.

With his hand on the back of his head, Hikaru spoke uneasily, " Listen, Touya, we need to talk,"

" Don't you have somewhere else to go?" The cheerless 3-Dans asked with no emotion, " A Shougi salon, maybe," Instead of coming to see me, you went out with him?

"…Shit! It's Ogata-Sensei, isn't it?" I should have known. " What did he tell you?"

" It's none of your business," Akira said darkly.

" !" Well, he's still mad. Calm down, Calm down Hikaru. You come here to talk to him, you surely don't want another fight. " Listen, Touya, I…"

" Sorry, I don't have time for this, Have a nice day," The prodigy brushed him off, he was about to walk away but…

Grabbing Akira's arm hastily, Hikaru spoke loudly, " Wait a minute! We need to talk!"

" Unfortunately, I don't want to, now let go of my arm and back off," Akira ordered wryly, " You're blocking my way,"

" You're doing it again! Stop acting like this!" Instead of letting his rival go, the blond seized him even tighter, " Touya, Listen,"

" I said back off!" The Meijin's heir roughly snatched back his arm and violently pushed his rival away…but he forgot that they were on the edge of the pavement and… numerous cars were on the road.

" Whaaa…," Hikaru cried as he fell off the pavement…to the main road.

Reaching out instantly to catch his only friend, Akira yelled, " Shindou! Watch out!" He had just realized what he had done, too bad, it was too late.

What? Looking to his left, Hikaru saw a motorcycle coming toward him.

/ Bang/

"SHINDOU..OU!" Akira's shout was the last thing he heard

Kathy : "At long last, FFnet just let me in" Yeah, yesterday FFNet hardly allowed me to read the review. " Ogata can be really scary" Yet, I like him!

xiar : World War X? Haha, that's right, it's definitely WWX.

Giftfrombelow: You're the second who said that Ogata was scary :)

Firehedgehog : Thank you :)

Kagomegirl : Hmm, it seems that you guys like to have Ogata on the scene, Ne?