Kanone had been silent for way too long and even Eyes looked a little depressed, well more depressed than usual. Tired of waiting Ayumu pressed on, "Kanone? Why weren't you here?" He asked, wondering what could possibly have kept Kanone away. "Whatever it is, it must be pretty serious. What's worrying me even more is how evasive Kanone is being about the whole thing."
Kanone sighed and nodded when Eyes put his arm around Kanone, letting him know he had to talk, "Ayumu, this is a bit hard for me to tell you..." Kanone trailed off, wondering how to approach this. How do you just tell a guy that his brother raped you? Kanone shook off his nervousness and knew that he hadn't done anything wrong, he just hoped that everyone else saw it that way, "Ayumu remember how I was playing that trick on your brother? Pretending to flirt with him?" Kanone asked, forgetting that he had yet to tell Eyes the whole story.
Eyes, however, didn't forget this fact and now looked to Kanone, "You what?" Eyes suddenly rethought something that he had wondered last night, "How childish can he be? Playing tricks on people. No matter how much Kiyotaka deserves it..." Eyes then realized that no matter how bad the prank was, it wasn't worth the treatment he gave Kanone.
Kanone turned to Eyes, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you..." Eyes cut him off with a kiss to his temple and squeezed his shoulders, letting him know that he didn't need to explain. Kanone nodded and turned back to Ayumu who nodded, remembering the prank. He also remembered that he completely supported it and anything that had happened to Kanone as a result was partly his fault. Kanone looked down, once again trying to find the right words, "Well, it was taken a little too far last night. It was a lack of judgment on my part. I always thought that Kiyotaka was scared of me; I thought that I had everything under control."
Ayumu looked concerned now, he knew that bad things happened when his brother got out of control, he could be quite vicious when he wanted to, "What exactly happened, Kanone? What did Kiyotaka do?"
Kanone figured by this point it was best just to get it out, delaying the news wasn't going to ease the shock any, "He...he raped me. I was messing around with him and before I knew what was happening he had me up against a wall and..." Kanone shivered at the memory which caused Eyes to hold onto him even tighter, trying to somehow protect Kanone from what had already happened.
Kanone shut his eyes as everyone in the room except the man next to him gasped at the news. He tried desperately to keep the tears from rolling down his cheeks, but it was to no avail when he heard Kousuke's next words, "That bastard...I'll kill him." It surprised Kanone how protective the younger man had become of him, and he was also deeply touched that his friends cared this much for him.
Eyes hugged him and kissed his forehead when he saw the tears, "It'll be alright, Kanone." he whispered into the slightly taller man's ear, "He won't hurt you anymore, we'll all make sure of that."
Kanone sniffed and nodded, looking up at all of his friends, "Thank you all. I'm sorry for ruining your good mood, though, Ayumu. I would prefer to put all of this behind me and focus on more important issues." He gestured to Hiyono and Ayumu nodded, taking the hint to shut up.
Kousuke, however, always missed these hints and walked up to Kanone who had rejoined Ayumu and his daughter, "What? How can you just put this behind you? You have to do something, what if he tries it again. Or something worse?" Kousuke couldn't understand why Kanone and especially Ayumu were acting so calm about all of this. Kousuke turned his attention to the latter now, "And what are you going to do, just never see your brother again? He'll most likely be with your parents whenever you see them. And Kanone will be around you a lot more now because of Hiyono. Those two are bound to run into each other."
Ayumu nodded, "That's true, Kousuke, but calm down. Kiyotaka wouldn't be stupid enough to try anything with my parents around. And like you said, Kanone will be with me and most likely you and Eyes as well most of the time, he couldn't do anything with all of us around. And you're forgetting that Kanone isn't completely defenseless, he can take care of himself. I'm sure Kiyotaka just caught him off guard." Ayumu looked to Kanone now for confirmation that he was right, which Kanone gave in the form of a nod. Ayumu smiled and then turned back to Kousuke, "See? He'll be fine. We all will." After Kousuke calmed down a bit and an uncomfortable silence fell over the six of them, Ayumu spoke up again, "So, when are we getting out of here? Wilson said I was free to go whenever. I have to come back later this week for some tests, but I don't have to stay here. And I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm getting sick of this place." The other five nodded, all too tired of seeing the hospital's walls and doctors keeping them waiting for hours on end to tell them that their loved ones would be 'just fine' when they couldn't be further from the truth.
Ayumu handed Hiyono off to Kanone who took the girl in his hands and immediately put a smile on his face. Ayumu got out of bed and checked to make sure he hadn't forgotten anything. He had somehow been able to escape the horrible hospital clothes that branded all of its patients as sick enough to stay for the night. Just before he could ask everyone if they were ready, the door slid open and a low chuckle filled the room. Kanone froze at the sound as did Ayumu, both of them recogonizing that evil sound. They turned to see none other than Kiyotaka standing in the door way, "Well, Ayumu, it's good to see that you're well after all that has happened. And, Kanone, I didn't expect to see you up so soon." He chuckled again and walked towards Kanone and Hiyono, daring to actually reach out a hand to touch the baby.
Kousuke and Eyes both jumped in front of Kanone and Kousuke growled deep in his throat, "Touch either one of them and die." His message was short, but simple. And Kiyotaka got it all too clearly.
He smiled at Kousuke, an evil smile that made the redhead's blood boil, "Well, aren't we protective of something that's not even ours?"
Kousuke snapped then, "You bastard, you're lucky you're in a hospital." A lame threat coming from most, but not when it came out of Kousuke's mouth. He jumped on Kiyotaka and the two fell to the ground. Kousuke punched the older man square in the nose, sending a stream of blood down his face. Kiyotaka pushed the Blade Child off of him and turned to leave before the rest of his dignity was beat out of him. His plan would have worked if a hand hadn't landed on his shoulder with crushing force. The pain forced Kiyotaka back down to his knees as he looked up to see a very, very angry set of piercing blue eyes. Suddenly regretting ever coming here, Kiyotaka let out an anguished cry that alerted some people out in the hallway, but everyone ignored it, they were in a hospital after all, and sometimes painful things happened here. Kiyotaka was learning this lesson all too well as Kousuke growled again and kicked Kiyotaka...well, you can only guess where. This made the man double over in pain and as his head was going down, Kousuke's fist was coming up, the impact sent Kiyotaka down to the floor unconcious.
Ayumu winced slightly at the treatment his older brother was receiving, but couldn't complain; the bastard had hurt one of the people most important to him and who knows what he would have done if Eyes hadn't been there to stop him?
He looked to Kanone who had sat down on the bed and was looking very intently at Hiyono, not wanting to witness the brutal beating that Eyes and Kousuke (mostly Kousuke) were giving the older man. Kanone was brought out of his thoughts by Ayumu sitting down next to him, "Are you alright?" Kanone just nodded and laid his head on Ayumu's shoulder. The latter wrapped his arm around the former's shoulders and softly kissed the top of his head, "It's okay." He whispered, "Kiyotaka can't be stupid enough to bug you after this." Kanone nodded and closed his eyes, suddenly very tired. When he opened his eyes again he was staring at his Eyes, who was looking at him concerned. Kanone just smiled and handed Hiyono to Ayumu, then walked over to Eyes and hugged him, sighing contently as the gesture was returned.
Kousuke was the one to break up the picture perfect moment, "We should probably get going. If Wilson or another doctor comes in here and sees this, we'll have some serious explaining to do." The others nodded and walked out quickly, not looking back and all of them just wanting to go home and relax.