A/n: Chapter 4 here. I've been working on this only a few sentences at a time, whenever I can. Please review!
Follow Me
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"Watari…"
Watari looked up at Hisoka as they walked toward their destination in Kyoto.
"Yes Bon?"
Hisoka was staring at the ground with his hands in his back pockets.
"Do…do you still think of me as a kid?"
Watari smiled softly.
"Bon, you've been with us since you were sixteen. How could I spend so much time with you and think you're a kid. You weren't really a kid when you first came. I've seen you grow up even more in the last few years. I call you Bon out of affection…why do you ask?"
Hisoka smiled and closed his eyes.
"It's nothing."
There was silence between them for a few moments before Watari spoke.
"I promise that I won't treat you like a kid Hisoka. In age you are a man and I realize that…it's hard not to."
Hisoka stopped and looked up at him.
"What do you mean?"
Watari gently rested his hand on Hisoka's shoulder.
"I've had plenty of dealings with teenagers in my life, and by far you were the most intelligent and mature teenager I'd ever met when you came to us. I never actually saw you as a kid."
Hisoka looked away with a small smile.
"It's just this body and…Tsuzuki."
Watari shook his head.
"Tsuzuki is more of a teenager than you've ever been."
He wrapped his arm around Hisoka's waist and pulled him forward.
"Come on. We've got to get to work."
''
Tsuzuki entered Tatsumi's office at lunch and smiled as he saw the secretary waiting for him.
"Tatsumi-san. Can we have lunch under the Sakura today?"
Tatsumi nodded but didn't smile.
"We…need to come up with a plan."
Tsuzuki looked confused.
"For what?"
Tatsumi frowned.
"We…forgot all about Hisoka's birthday. He turned twenty-one just a few days ago. We need to make it up to him."
Tsuzuki lost his cheerful smile and nodded.
"Maybe if we do this, we'll be able to get over it faster."
Tatsumi smiled softly.
"It'll take time Tsuzuki. I realize that what we did to them was the wrong way to go about it but…"
He stopped and kissed Tsuzuki softly.
Tsuzuki smiled as he broke away.
"We need each other Tatsumi. I understand."
Tatsumi nodded and wrapped his arm around Tsuzuki's waist.
"Now where were we?"
Tsuzuki pulled up the bag he'd been carrying.
"Lunch?"
Tatsumi chuckled as they walked out.
"Right, right. Under the Sakura."
''
Oriya sat in the living room of Mrs. Akina's home.
He smiled up at the woman as she spoke.
"Thank you so much for finding her Mr. Yakono. I was very concerned when she didn't show up for lunch the other day."
Oriya nodded and picked up the tea he'd been offered.
"I only wish she was in better shape. I guess we won't know what's happened until she wakes up."
The woman nodded and looked away.
"Mr. Yakono how is it that you came across my daughter?"
He smiled.
"Well I'm a professor at the university and I was staying late last night to finish grading some papers when all of a sudden she just stumbled into my office and collapsed. I'm also a doctor and I partially examined her. She's just been through some mental trauma and should be fine in a day or so."
He stood and shook her hand.
"Thank you for the tea Mrs. Akina. If you don't mind, I'd like to keep in touch and see how she's doing."
She too stood and shook his hand.
He began to leave, though he stopped for a moment and turned back.
"There's just one more thing. Two men may be visiting you in the next day or so. They say their with Interpol. Apparently what ever happened, it's big. Please cooperate with them in anyway you can, and give them my card."
She looked worried but nodded and watched as he left.
Once out the door, Oriya sighed as he stepped back into the cab he'd taken here.
He pulled out a notebook and began to write.
'So many lies. I have to keep track of them. But there's just a few more days until I see him again. Oriya, you truly are a fool…a lonely, lovesick fool. I can only hope that what I'm going to do will work…'