I'm finally starting the climax! Yippee! I've been waiting for this day for a LONG LONG LONG LONG time!

Chapter 33: Coffee Stained Carpet

"You are not going to work!"

Ryuichi stood in the front doorway to the house holding it shut. Touya blockaded the only other door outside. There was no way they were going to let her go teach this morning.

Tatsuya sat himself down on one of the top steps sipping his coffee. None of them had really gotten a good night's sleep, and he was certain that he looked every bit as tired as he felt. It was amazing that the other's had so much energy when they had so little sleep.

"Look I know you guys are worried, but Aoi-san destroyed my life once already I'm not going to let him do it to me a second time. I'm not running away from him."

"Look sis, do you honestly think you would be safe at school? You won't just be putting yourself in danger but also all of you're students. I know you sis. You probably haven't used even one sick day during the entire year. This is a good time to use them. Besides we have to come up with a plan, or are you forgetting just how serious this is?"

"I hate to say it but you really should listen to you're brother." Tatsuya couldn't believe he was saying this, but a part of him knew what he was saying and it was filled with concern… not towards Narumi, he didn't care about her but the others… they would worry… and did that rankle.

"See even Tatsuha agrees! You shouldn't go it's too dangerous."

"It may be dangerous but I'm not going to stay cooped up in this house for the rest of my life, besides those kids need me. I'm there teacher, I have to be responsible!"

"Those kids need you? What about us, huh?" Ryuichi half sobbed, half screamed. Touya only raised an eyebrow at the comment, Tatsuha though choked on his coffee.

"Wait just one second! We don't need her! Ryuichi think about what you're saying! She's the cause of this whole mess! She…"

"Tatsuya you don't mean that do you?"

"Either way, it doesn't matter." He pointed at the now open door that Ryuichi had abandoned during the fight. "She's gone."

Tatsuha walked calmly back up the stairs with his coffee, while both Ryuichi and Touya ran out the door after her.

Damn, what was it with the nasty looks anyway? Especially the one from Touya! It wasn't like he did anything wrong. He wasn't the one this stupid Aoi was after, he was just the guy caught in the middle… just the… just the…

Tatsuha's eyes began to droop a little bit from fatigue, and his body began to feel more and more sluggish. His grip on the coffee mug began to slip and it fell, staining the carpet, moments before Tatsuha joined it on the ground.

As his eyes closed from sheer exhaustion he saw a silhouette coming out from the corner of the room…

Aoi…san…

"Narumi! Narumi, wait up!"

Touya and Ryuichi both chased after her but somehow she managed to loose them. What was with her? Didn't she understand that this was dangerous.

Touya scanned the streets looking for her. Damn it she was the only sister that he had and he was not going to let her get killed because she was stubborn and hot-headed!

He ignored Ryuichi as he punched something into his cell phone and started speaking into it.

"We should probably just go to her school. All we can do is hope that she gets there safely."

"Hey Ryuichi..."

"Hmm?"

"Where's Tatsuha?"

Chapter 34: to be continued