Long time no read, right? Heee…. Anyway, hope you enjoy :3
Chapter 5:
"Hi, this is Kirihara-san, Akaya's mother. I'm calling regarding my, uh, son, Kirihara Akaya. Second-year, 2-D."
"Oh... that boy! Did something happen? Is he transferring?" The receptionist asked hopefully.
"No, he's sick. We just went to the doctor and it seems serious. We don't know, uh, when he'll, you know, get back."
"I'm sorry to hear that, Kirihara-san," The receptionist said and sighed in disappointment. "Please call us when he can come back."
"Okay, arigatou. Bye."
The other regulars sighed in relief as Niou smiled, signaling that everything was okay. "Puri," Niou said and sighed. "Damn, women's voices are harder than men's voices."
"So now I can skip school?" Akaya looked as if he had won the Nobel prize as he looked up into his senpai's eyes.
"You'll get tutored by one of us," Sanada said seriously as he crushed Akaya's dreams into a thousand pieces (with no mercy).
"Why?" Akaya looked up at them with his big pleading eyes. Sanada tried to look away, as he didn't want to fall into that trap one more time. "So you won't fall behind your class when you get back to normal." Yukimura said as he ruffled the curly black hair.
"So who is going to look after him when we are at school?" Marui asked as he took up a new gum from his pocket. Akaya looked up at Marui and pouted. "I can look after myself."
"Don't think so kiddo, remember what happened last time?" Niou asked as he smirked, reliving the memory of a horrified Atobe.
"That was a long time ago and it was all that mushroom head's (Hiyoshi Wakashi) fault," Akaya protested. annoyed.
"It was five days ago," Niou said laughingly.
"Is there something you haven't told us?" Yukimura asked warmly. But no one could escape the icy undercurrent in his voice.
"N... no," Akaya stuttered, waving his hands in defense. He was trying to ward off whatever had made his buchou's voice so... evil.
"I'm going to call Atobe. Today they have a special club activities day, so it'll be perfect for Kirihara," Sanada announced and picked up his phone. Two seconds later, he was asking an amused Yukimura how to dial ('so you just press the numbers and then the green button?').
"Waaaah! ...No! I don't wanna go!" Akaya blurted out, a horrified expression pasted on his (adorable) face.
"Why not? I know that Atobe can be pretty strange, but he can... probably be nice?" Yukimura said and ruffled the younger boy's hair.
"Please buchou, I don't wanna go... they're..." Akaya said as he looked pleadingly up at his buchou. "They are...?" Marui asked as he and Niou tried not to burst out laughing.
"Yes. This is Sanada from Rikkai Dai. May I talk to Atobe?" Sanada asked in an almost friendly tone, which scared the crap out of Akaya.
"Atobe. Kirihara will be staying with you today." Sanada announced. A sound of "Hey, wait!" could be heard as the fukubuchou hung up without so much as saying a goodbye.
"I don't wanna go!" Akaya whined.
"Just go... I bet that they have... uh..." Marui said and scratched the back of his head. "They have cake! Tell that Akutagawa that you're a friend of mine- maybe he'll treat you to some cake."
Akaya was already drooling in anticipiation.
"Who's that?" Shishido asked as he saw Yukimura and a child approaching them.
"I thought it was Kirihara Akaya who was coming," Oshitari said and squinted at the incoming figures.
"Now Akaya, be nice. Don't break anything and don't be stupid," Yukimura said as a last goodbye. "Please take care of him; this is a manual if you have any questions." Yukimura continued and gave Shishido a small bound book. "'Goodbye," Yukimura said before anyone could ask anything and hurried away.
Oshitari sat down in front of Akaya and stared at him. Akaya didn't know what to do, so he simply stared back. "Kiri…hara?" The blue-haired teenager asked, a hint of uncertainty lacing his voice.
"Yeah…" Akaya replied, a little uncomfortable. He squirmed, trying to dodge the stares coming from the Hyotei regulars.
"I knew that he was kind of short, but that is ridiculously lame," Shishido commented.
"I'm not short… and it's entirely that creepy glasses guy's fault!" Akaya shouted and glared up at Shishido.
"Inui Sadaharu did this? We should go and see Atobe," Oshitari mumbled, pushing his glasses back up and standing.
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"Inui Sadaharu?" Atobe asked, a little confused. He looked at Akaya, who nodded solemnly. "I don't have the time for this." Atobe sighed and drank some of his tea.
"I can look after him," Choutaro volunteered.
The team turned to Choutaro. "Why would you want to do that?" Gakuto asked, actually not surprised at all. "He's too adorable," Choutaro said simply and ruffled Akaya's hair.
"I'm not adorable!" Akaya protested, his cheeks flushing red in embarrassment. Despite his small size, Akaya had quite the large ego.
"Now that you mentioned it..." Oshitari mumbled, looking down at Akaya's big green eyes. He instantly tried too look away, but somehow he couldn't.
"I can also... help," Shishido muttered under his breath and tried to hide his embarrassment by punching his fists together menacingly. "Arigatou, senpai!" Choutaro exclaimed and smiled.
"So, what do you want to do, Akaya?" Choutaro asked, still smiling as he turned to where Akaya was supposed to be standing...
"He's gone!" Choutaro exclaimed and started panicking, on the verge of completely hyper-ventilating. Shishido sighed. Why did this have to happen?
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This is so boring- they're just talking. Akaya sighed and looked around him. His green eyes widened, showing shock. Was that a body? It was lying under one of the benches. (What a fantasy...)
He decided to check it out. Without anyone noticing, he walked up to the bench. As he looked down, a sight of blond hair greeted him from the space behind the bench.
Who was it? He didn't know anyone with hair like that. The hair moved a little. Akaya gulped. He wasn't afraid or anything- except for the tiny fact that a terrifying memory jolted his senses as he stared at the bench.
One night, Niou had brought over a movie rated NC-17, but Akaya had no idea what that meant. He and Marui both thought it was some nice Western movie, and Niou said it wasn't scary at all.
WRONG! Akaya was left with permanent scars on his mind. It had been like a normal teen party in a hotel, and then suddenly the zombie apocalypse came. It had ended tragically and disgustingly, so much that Akaya had been unable to go to school for five days.
Akaya eyed a racket that lay on the bench beside the unmoving body and picked it up. Curiosity could kill, but then the body and racket were rather creepy as well. Who said it couldn't be a zombie?
The green-eyed boy looked away from the racket- and straight into a sleepy pair of brown eyes, which felt like quicksand to Akaya. "ZOMBIE!" He cried, stumbling back onto the ground.
Niou sighed, lying on the roof half-asleep. Beside him, Marui stuffed his mouth with more cake. The birds were chirping away, and a hot wind ruffled through their hair. "This is boring," Marui said.
"Yeah... since Yagyuu is on vacation, Akaya's with Atobe, Jackal's not here, there's no one to pick on unless we want to die..." Niou shot a glance at Sanada, who pretended not to notice.
Sanada was in a very good mood. It was quiet- a dream come true. He didn't want to spoil it, so he merely closed his eyes and inhaled deeply.
Yukimura was tending to the flowers. "I wonder how Akaya's doing..." He voiced aloud, watering a patch of lavender.
Niou and Marui grinned at each other. "Great idea, buchou! Let's go see how our dear Aka-chan is doing!"
Sanada's happy bubble was popped instantly.
Meanwhile...
Jackal sighed with happiness. He washed the dishes, happy that he wasn't being pulled into another of Niou and Marui's adventures.
End of part 1 of the Hyotei arc
