Heartaches

Chapter 33

By KellyQ

A little after Yusei and Martha left, Kiryu almost had another seizure. Crow sat next to Kiryu and held him close as he rubbed his back. Strange sounds came from the back of Kiryu's throat, like he was hiccupping. He smacked his lips together as his shoulders twitched. It didn't take long for Kiryu to calm down and lean against Crow's chest. Unfocused golden eyes slowly blinked and a familiar smell reached his nose and Kiryu realized that he was leaning up against Crow.

"Hey," Crow murmured, rubbing Kiryu's back. Golden eyes looked up and Kiryu smiled. Crow reached out wiped the saliva off Kiryu's chin. "Are you tired?"

Kiyru blinked before he nodded his head. Crow slid off the bed and assisted Kiryu to lie down in the sheets comfortably.

Yusei and Martha came in just at that moment. Kiryu reached for Yusei. Their hands came in contact as Yusei moved to the side of the bed. He let go of Kiryu's hand and gently collected the crippled teen in his arms.

"I'm so sorry, Kiryu," Yusei murmured, rubbing the back of his head tenderly.

Amber eyes blinked. Even thought Kiryu didn't understand what was going on, he smiled and closed his eyes, savoring the feeling of Yusei holding him.

"Yus. Good. Friend," Kiryu said, feeling warm inside.

Yusei's heart contracted in his chest for a moment before he smiled and pulled back. "You too, Kiryu," Yusei said quietly, helping him lie down.

Kiryu smiled again and yawned as Crow and Yusei pulled the covers up.

"I'll stay here while you help Crow get some more stuff, Yusei," Martha said.

He nodded his head and followed his friend out. Crow glanced at Yusei as they made their way out to the parking lot.

"Everything's going to be okay," Crow reassured, placing a comforting hand on Yusei's shoulder.

By this point, they were making their way to Martha's blue minivan, and Crow's black motorcycle with yellow streaks parked next to it. When they got closer, Crow noticed a man eyeing his bike. He was tall and slender. The spandex he wore was yellow and black. The gloves he had on were black. The man also had on his yellow helmet, so no one could identify his face.

Quick anger welled up in Crow. "Back off, man!" He dashed forward, getting the stranger to step away from his motorcycle.

Yusei frowned. "Easy, Crow. I don't think he's going to do anything to your bike."

The stranger snickered and pulled off his helmet. He had nice tan skin, thin eyebrows that were in a shape of a question mark. His slanted light brown-eyes were piercing. He also wore black Prada Pr 01MV glasses. His red hair was shaved to the point that he had a buzz cut, save for the orange flaming mohawk that ran down the middle of his head.

"Long time no see, Crow," the teen said. A smirk made its way to his lips.

Half of Crow's expression darkened. "What do you want, Bolger?"

He raised a brow. "I just came here for my usual check-up when I noticed Robert's motorcycle parked here. So, what's up with you?"

Crow's expression didn't change. "A friend of mine fell," he answered in an unfriendly tone.

Bolger raised a brow. "I'm sorry to hear that." He glanced at his watch. "I do need to get going. Maybe we can meet up some time, and you can tell me all about it."

"I'd rather you leave me alone, okay?" He requested, throwing intense vibes at him.

Bolger raised his arms in defense. "Okay, no reason to get all paranoid." He turned and walked away. "Nice talking to you!" Bolger called over his shoulder.

Yusei narrowed his eyes and watched Bolger walk away before he turned his full attention back to his friend. Crow turned and opened the side door to the van roughly. Yusei continued to watch his friend pull a few more bags toward him.

"Crow ..." Yusei called out softly. He placed his hand on his shoulder, but Crow smacked his hand away. Yusei was a little surprised by the sudden outbreak. He eyed his friend and decided not to upset Crow any further than he had.

"Sorry ..." Crow muttered, hovering over his things, playing with one of the straps to his bag nervously. Yusei nodded his head and sat next to him. "I ... wasn't expecting to run into him after what happened between Robert and I."

Yusei moved the bags and Crow turned around and sat down.

"Do you remember a while back when Martha couldn't accept anymore kids because she was way too full?" Yusei nodded his head. "I looked after the kids. I found a spot where they could stay, just outside of town. It looked abounded, so I had the kids help me clean it up." A sad smile made its way to Crow's face before he continued. "Everything went splendidly ... until one night ..."

Lights streamed into the front door window. Crow opened the door, stepped out and closed it. He stood protectively in front of it.

Right in front of Crow were two guys on motorcycles. They both didn't look too pleased. The one on the black bike pulled his helmet off. He had cherry-red hair that came down to his shoulders, and his bangs were parted off to both sides of his face. His eyebrows were thick, and the look in his brown eyes held lot of emotions. His skin was a nice tan color. To top it all off the teen had a starting of a beard. Crow had to admit that the teen before him was attractive.

A knock snapped Crow out of his thoughts. "Crow, are you okay?" One of the older kids asked.

"It turned out that the rundown building was Robert and Bolger's," Crow explained, coming out of his memory. "I explained to Robert what the situation was and he had no problem with the kids staying."

Yusei nodded his head and smiled, concluding that Robert was a nice guy.

"After staying there," Crow continued, "Robert said that he would turn the rundown building into an Orphanage ..."

Crow blinked a few times. "You want to do what?"

"Shh," Robert hushed, signaling for him to be quiet. "Not so loud. The little tikes are sleeping."

Crow shrank for a moment. "Sorry about that," he murmured. "But there's no reason for you to do that. Just say the word and we'll leave."

Robert sighed. "Your kids are not a pain, if that's what you're worried about. I like kids just as much as you do," he openly admitted. "That's why I think it would be cool to have one. We can run the place together."

"I thought that was really sweet of him," Crow explained, coming out of his memory again. "But Bolger wasn't all to happy for some odd reason. Robert and I tried to tell him what that we were doing was for a good cause but he just gave us look and walked out." Yusei nodded his head and rubbed his back. "The one thing I didn't count on while we continued to work together was Robert having feelings for me ..."

Crow and the kids made their way toward the building to see Bolger's yellow motorcycle and one black car parked outside. Crow quickened his pace with the kids following close behind. The door was already open.

Robert was sitting at the table working on his laptop. Bolger was standing next to him with six men dressed in business suits. The one in the white was holding up an open briefcase full of money.

"I don't understand why you're so fixed on wanting to help that Bird Brain? If it's money that you need, I have some!"

Crow walked up. "What's going on?"

"Stay out of this!" Bolger barked, giving Crow a hateful look.

Crow glanced down at the kids telling them to go play. They nodded their head turned and closed the door behind them.

"Didn't I tell you to leave?"

"I don't need it," Robert said. He glanced at the briefcase before he looked at Crow. "I have everything right here."

Awkward tension hung in the air. Crow blinked when he realized that Robert was staring right at him in the eyes. Crow felt uncomfortable being stared at as he was a delicate flower.

Bolger eyed them both and jealousy clouded his judgment. "Fine! I get it! You love that Bird Brain more than me!"

He turned and yanked the briefcase, pushed the men out of the way and ran to the front door before slapping Crow across the face.

"Slut ..." Bolger hissed pushing passed him.

Yusei pulled his right glove off and wiped the tears from Crow's cheek.

"I didn't know that Bolger and Robert were going out at that time. I felt so bad that I caused them to break up. He did reassure me that I wasn't the cause for their argument and their relationship wasn't really going smoothly, anyways."

Yusei nodded his head, pulling his hand away. "So ... what happened?" He asked, wanting all the blanks filled.

Crow's expression darkened. "I ... I was willing to give things a go. But it didn't last long - Robert was in a motorcycle accident two weeks later and died," he explained. "Bolger was involved in the accident too and lived. When I heard, I was outraged, so I did some investigation and found out that Bolger was responsible for the crash. I made sure that he was put in prison for what he did, once he got out of the hospital."

"We better head back," Yusei spoke quietly, getting to his feet.

Crow nodded his head and did the same. They both turned and gathered the two duffle bags, heading back to Kiryu's room.

To Be Continued ...