Heartaches
Chapter 16
By Kellyq
A limo arrived at the shopping mall. The driver got out and opened the side door. People, who happened to walk by stopped and stared as a tall black-haired woman stepped out. She wore a long white dress and a shawl draped over her shoulders. Standing next to her was another woman, shorter than herself. She also had black hair, and wore a white shirt with blue stripes, blue jeans pants.
"Uh ... Misty, why are all these people staring at us?" Carly asked, noticing that random people were eyeing them.
After Misty picked Carly off the hospital floor, she led the confused woman to her limo. Carly's mouth dropped. The limo was a dark shade of blue, and the limo driver was a tall man with black straight hair and pitch black eyes. He wore a nice tuxedo over his well fit body.
"Isn't that Misty Lola?" came a voice, snapping Carly out of her thoughts. The young woman turned to people staring at them with awe in their eyes. "Who's that with her? Is she a model to?"
Whispers and murmurs started to get Carly nervous. Misty smiled and hooked her arm around her friend's biceps. Carly adjusted her gaze and blushed, feeling her heart skip a beat - the same way it did for Jack. She is pretty ... but why is she being nice to me suddenly? That thought caused Carly to shiver, remembering all the times when Misty had stared at her with a look of hunger in her eyes and Carly didn't like it.
"Are you cold?" Misty asked suddenly, pulling Carly out of her daydream.
"N-no! I was wondering why you're nice to me all of sudden ... that's all."
"Come on. We're going to have some fun," Misty urged, guiding her secret crush inside the mall.
Once Crow walked back into the room, Jack turned to see that Yusei wasn't by his side.
"Where's Yusei?" Rally asked, concern laced in his voice.
That got everyone else's attention. Jack narrowed his eyes and walked out followed by Rally.
"I hope Mr. Fudo is all right," Mina said, concern in her lime green eyes.
Trudge scoffed. "There's no reason to worry about that street slut ..." Before he could say anything else, Martha, who was standing close to him, pulled on his ear. "Owch! Why did you do that for?"
"I will not have you insult Yusei!" Martha scolded. "He's a good person!"
"Yeah! He hasn't done anything to you!" Crow accused.
The police officer eyed them both, and he looked over at Mina to see that she had a scowl on her face.
"You may not like Mr. Fudo, but I don't believe that he's a street slut! He's a nice person, and he makes Jack happy."
Martha chuckled and shook her head. "That's no big surprise. Jack always loved Yusei. I remember when Yusei first arrived at the orphanage, Jack was the first one to get him to stop crying."
"That makes sense," Crow spoke up. "There were multiple times when Yusei was sad or depressed, I couldn't cheer him and Jack was the only one who could."
Rally quietly followed Jack to the hospital parking lot. He made sure that he was well hidden, and watched Jack approach his boyfriend who was currently sitting sideways on his red motorcycle.
"Are you alright?" Jack asked gently, watching his boyfriend for a moment.
Yusei sighed and closed his eyes and lowered his head with shame. "I don't know what to do anymore. I tried to protect Kiryu, but I failed him as a friend."
Jack rolled his eyes. "Just because he chose to go down the stairs and fall doesn't mean you're the cause of it." Yusei looked up sharply. "You know very well that Kiryu brought this on himself without even regarding your feelings, or anyone else for that mater."
"I - I know that. But Kiryu does has feelings too," Yusei pointed out. "And I try really hard not to hurt him."
Jack sighed and pulled Yusei close, allowing his boyfriend to shed a few tears. Rally stood there, clutching his chest, feeling his heart beat painfully in his chest. He too, wanted to cry for Yusei. No! Yusei wouldn't want me to feel this way, he thought. I'm going to help him! Rally's expression changed to determination. I'm to find out who that creepy guy was, and help Yusei!
To Be Continued ...