Chapter # 17: Slap

(Switching to Tohma's POV)

I called her up on my cellphone. She answered pretty quickly with a sharp voice, she knew it was me.

"What do you want?"

"Can you please pick me up from Suguru's? I really just, want to come home now…"

"God damnit, you knew today I was leaving my sister's house, so is that why you called me?"

"I called because I decided today I really wanted to come home."

"Whatever. Be ready for when I get there." There was a harsh click. I knew I had made her angry. Which meant, I was going to have a really bad ride home with her too. I sighed shoving my cellphone into my pocket and grabbing my suitcase. I started grabbing my clothes and started packing them up. Once all my clothes got packed up, I grabbed my backpack and started packing all of my pencils, pens, paper, notebooks, sketchbooks, and stuff like that. I placed it all in the backpack. I heard a car pull into the driveway and headed downstairs. I put my suitcase in the trunk of the car and tossed my backpack into the backseat. I ran back into the house, suddenly remembering something important. I grabbed my disposable camera off the table and rushed back outside. Once I was on the porch I heard a voice yell my name and suddenly felt two arms wrap around me tightly. I looked down at the head of pink hair.

"Shu…-chan…?"

"Tohma! You can't leave!"

My eyes darted to the car where the driver was just getting out and starting on their way over to us.

"Stay here Shu-chan…" I stated walking past him and over to the driver. She stopped dead in her tracks. She looked at me, lifted her hand and back-handed me. I reached up to the spot and touched it feeling the stinging sensation.

"TOHMA!" Shuichi called about to leave the doorstep.

"STAY THERE SHU-CHAN, PLEASE!"

He gasped and stepped back. He stared at me, not wanting me hurt any further. The driver started yelling at me about not being ready and how they shouldn't have to wait, especially after being called on such short notice.

Shuichi stood before the driver, his back to me,

"Please…This is my fault that he wasn't ready…I-"

There was a loud sound. My eyes grew in horror.

"SHU-CHAN!"