Kyou-chan: I made
Aki evil…
Umi-chan: So...?
Kyou-chan: … Poor Pohli
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Chapter Twelve: Revelations and tears
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I jerked my arm
away from Yuki who was dragging me back to the girl's house. "But I wanna
see Aki!" I pulled away and stared into his eyes for a short moment. He
stared back at me with a look that said 'don't' but I still walked away.
After all of the entertainment I had received tonight: between Hatori's spazzing
and Yuki not understanding what a chicken rights activist was, (I really don't
know just why he couldn't understand it. I think it's quite obvious) I felt
pretty good about myself.
Smiling I wobbled up to the door and walked in. Every one was where they were
when I had left, although Kyou was comforting Tohru in the corner, she was
still crying her eyes out.
I saw Saki and Arisa eating at a small table with Haru and Momiji; I tried to
not be seen by them so I ducked behind a decorative support beam by the door. I
felt some ones hand I my shoulder.
"I need to talk to you." I turned and saw Yuki looking at me with a
very serious look on his face. Nodding, he led me into a secluded part of the
room. "I need you to keep an open mind about what I am going to
say..." He sighed and paused "Akito, he isn't..."
I always knew he hated Aki.
"A-Akito isn't, what?" I asked stammering slightly.
"Akito isn't as nice as he seems. He snuck up on Midori, and well..."
He looked down for a moment before blurting. "Akito doesn't care about you
at all he's using you but I don't know why." He slapped his mouth as if he
was shocked that he even said it. This took me aback; I took a few steps back,
confusion filling my mind.
Yuki reached out and touched my shoulders as I leaned back against the wall.
"I'm sorry I just had to tell you, warn you-" I interrupted him.
"NO HE ISN'T!" I shouted as my eyes started to tear up; I had a
feeling of hurt inside. Yuki was my friend but... Why would he say something
like this? He dropped his hands and shook his head.
"You shouldn't trust him like you do. Midori heard him say-"
"NO! She must have heard wrong! He's nice to me!" I tore away from
him and ran outside loosing him in the crowd. Once in the open air I ran around
the side of the house, slowing down I leaned against a wall and put my hands on
my knee's trying to catch my breath. I couldn't believe that he would do that.
But then again...
I don't even know him.
"...Do it!" I heard shouting coming from inside the closest door.
Standing up I tiptoed over to the door and found it open about an inch. I held
my breath and leaned in to take a look. What I saw shocked me.
Hatori was kneeling on the floor (Not spazzing by the way) with his eyes closed
and I saw a man wearing a red Kimono in front of him.
Akito was yelling.
"Erase them! She doesn't need them-" Hatori stopped him,
"You don't care about her, why even help her." Hatori said dryly as
if he was enjoying saying it. Aki staggered as if not knowing what to say.
"O-of course I don't care about her!" He stammered, "She's just
another pawn in my game. You know I could never care for any one. I DON'T love
her. I hardly even know the wench."
I gasped not caring about being quiet anymore. It felt as if someone had come
and stabbed my stomach and I wanted to throw up.
'Akito doesn't care about you.' Yuki's words echoed through my mind over
and over. I dropped my hands to my sides shaking violently.
"You have a visitor Akito." I snapped back to reality as I heard
Hatori speak and foot steps coming towards the door. I jerked away and tried to
run but Akito opened the door and Stared at me with his mouth hanging wide
open. I gaped back at him shaking my head slimly.
"No... You... You don't even..." I turned and started to run as fast
as I could with the stupid Kimono on. I wanted to curl up and cry but I
wouldn't let him see me like that over what he said. I felt so betrayed but I
have been so many times before why would it bother me now...
"Pohli!" I heard Akito slam the door shut and come after me. I
wouldn't look back at him. I wouldn't, couldn't look at him. As I
neared the end of the porch I tried to step over the edge but instead my damned
boots made me trip on the wood paneling. I screamed as I braced myself for the
fall.
Before I knew what was happening, I was being pressed up against some one. I
was still in danger of falling if they let me go though. "Aki..." I
muttered telling myself who it was. He had his arms crisscrossed across me,
holding my arms firmly at my sides. His head was resting down on my neck; I
just wanted to yank away from him.
"Don't run away." He whispered and we slowly backed up till his back
hit the wall. "Don't run..." He took a deep breath "You don't
understand..." I slumped in his grip wanting to fall.
"But, they were right... You don't... You used..." I stumbled
over my own words while choking back tears. 'I don't care about her!' My
mind played back over and over along with what Yuki had warned.
"I... can't explain it to you why. It's a secret but how much did you
hear?" I felt a hot tear drip out of my eyes and fall off of my cheek onto
his hand.
"A-All.... Of it," I sniffled "You told Hatori that I was a, a,
a..." He shook his head and inhale deeply again.
"You don't understand I am not supposed to-" He stopped mid-sentence,
instead whispered, "I didn't mean it." But I still felt hurt and I
started to cry as hard as I could.
"Aki, I have to go." I pulled away and he reluctantly let me go.
Before going off to the girl's house I walked back into the main house to go
find Yuki, I really needed a friend right now.
I found him standing where I had left him, over by the door. I wiped up my eyes
and tried to put on a front, I didn't need to humiliate myself in front of him.
For I knew seep down within that he was right. I tapped his shoulder and he
turned around smiling at me. I weakly smiled back and stood next to him showing
him I was ready to go.
He understood and we walked out, he went first but just as I left I turned as
they were announcing that the head of the Family was coming out. I figured I
would meet the family head some day so I waited for him to come out. I have
expected to see an old man or woman well dressed and all elegant. Who I saw
shocked me,
Akito.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" I shouted internally my jaw hitting the floor. I
turned back to Yuki who was shaking his head irritated.
...........
I
sat down on a chair as Yuki waved good-bye and left me in the girl's house in
the living room, I quickly turned the light off and sat in the dark. Midori had
already gone to bed. Saki and Arisa were in their bedroom waiting for Kyou to
leave so they could sleep. Crying I dropped my head down on my knees, I heard
Kyou shut their door cursing quietly.
"What's up with you?" He walked over and stood next to my chair. At
first I didn't answer and expected him to walk off but he sat down on an
apposing chair and stared at me.
"Akito..." That's all I had to say and it seemed like he fully understood.
Immediately his face softened.
"What did he do?" I looked at him through my bangs my mouth shaking.
"Well," I told him everything. All about how I felt, the way Akito
made me mad, the way he had held me against him...
"If it was any one else," he took a breath "Even if it was Yuki,
I would give them another chance. But," He looked back at Tohru's door,
"Akito isn't a very forgiving person. If he ever found out that Tohru and
me..." He shook his head, "I love her so much. I'd kill him if he
ever touched her I don't know what I'd do if he-" He stopped and looked at
me again. "I can't... tell you why he is the way he is unless he tells you
his secret." He smiled an odd little smile and shook his head.
"I don't think he'll ever tell it though." My heart sunk as he got up
and left me. I wanted to believe that Aki hadn't meant what he had said but
deep down I felt like he had.
But then again, Aki had been the first guy to ever even think about
giving me the time of day, even if it wasn't for real. Even if he was just
using me…
Slowly I trudged back to my room, but I stopped by Arisa's when I heard Saki's
voice.
She was talking about Midori.
"...Tsuka is Midori's doll that's she's had for a very long time..."
Arisa added something but I really didn't care, "When Midori was a little
girl she was very malicious towards every one. Her powers were out of control
and she loved pain." I breathed in and suddenly had a lot more interest in
the conversation. "She started to hurt people, using her powers for her
own amusement. Eventually our parents believed that the only way to save her
was to seal the sick twisted side of her away. The sealed it into Tsuka.
But..." She stopped before adding, "She lost not only the bad but
good as well. The process that seals away her mind is very hard to control and
much of her good side was sealed as well."
I felt guilty for listening to her past but its not like they were being quiet
in there so I continued to listen.
"Midori was the one who caused your glass to explode."
"SO IT WAS HER!" Arisa shouted but then grew quiet again.
"I warned her that if she used them again then she would have more sealed
away, she has so much already sealed that it could become dangerous to her if
we seal anymore."
"Well, what do you mean?" Tohru Yawned
"Midori will become mindless, just an empty shell. She used to fully
control Tsuka but now..." I pressed my ear hard against the wall trying to
hear more; "Tsuka has most of her personality he moves on his own now,
although he still listens to her." After that they switched subjects,
(Tohru probably fell asleep) they started talking about Kyou and Yuki.
I lumbered back into my room exhausted. I had had an overload of information
and hurt tonight and I really didn't want to think about Aki at all.
Midori was lying on her bed facing the wall so I assumed she was asleep. I
yanked the tight kimono off and pulled on clothes for tomorrow. I often slept
in what I was going to wear the next day; I could get more sleep that way. I
rarely slept in a nightgown or anything like that, I probably didn't even own
one.
Falling onto my bed I curled up putting one arm under my pillow. I rolled over
and felt something under the sheets. Quizzically I reached to pull it out, my
face fell when I saw it.
In my haste to make my bed this morning I had thrown my clothes on my bed and
pulled the sheets up over every thing. I held the robe up to where I could see
it better; it was Aki's, the one he had lent to me.
Gently I placed it over my arm and squeezed it holding it up to my face and
cried into it. Swallowing, I couldn't help but notice how it smelled like
him...
But that only made things worse for me...
To be continued!!!!
Kyou-chan: I made Aki evil...
Umi-chan: Shut up already!