Heartaches

Chapter 40

By KellyQ

Shortly after Yusei left Martha's house, Rally made his way toward the office. He stopped when he saw Luna standing there with a regretful look on her face. She had a piece of paper in her hand. A second later, Leo walked out of the office to see the two standing there. He stepped up and glanced at his twin.

"What's wrong? You look like someone told you that someone had died and regretted not saying a word."

Luna lowered her gaze and handed the paper over to her brother. Leo took it, and skimmed over it. Luna bit her lip, trying to hold back the tears. Rally watched with a heavy heart. He could tell, by the way things were going, that something bad had happened to Dexter.

"Is ... everything alright?" Rally asked. He could tell that Luna was trying to refrain from breaking down. She then flung herself in Leo's arms sobbing, the paper dropped to his side.

"I'm sorry, Leo, for not telling you sooner!" Luna choked out.

Rally couldn't hold back anymore. He stepped up and picked up the paper and his fear was confirmed: Dexter had died from pneumonia. Rally glanced up to see that Leo just stood there, shocked, as his sister cried on his shoulder.

Leo closed his eyes for a moment, before he placed his hands on Luna's shoulders and straightened her up. A smile made its way to his lips. He opened his eyes and many emotions could be seen. "I had a feeling that Dexter wasn't alive anymore, and now I know where's he's at - I can listen to some music!"

With that, Leo turned and ran passed them. It wasn't long before the stereo was on, playing music loudly. Luna dropped to her knees, crying again. Rally stepped up and knelt beside her.

"I'll be okay," she whispered, "you better check on Leo ..."

Rally nodded his head, rose to his feet and made his way to the twin's room. He stood there watching Leo dancing. After a few moments, Rally walked up, took Leo's hand and they started to dance with him. Leo blinked when he realized what was going on. They had stopped dancing all together and glanced at each other. The music had ended by now.

"Are you okay?" Rally finally asked.

Leo blinked again. Did he just dance with a boy? He pulled back and laughed nervously. "Of course I'm alright! There's no need to worry! I have a new friend now, and that's you!"

Rally's expression lit up. He took Leo's hands in his own. "I want to be your friend, too!"

Leo smiled when Luna walked in. Both boys turned their heads to see her standing there. "Leo, can you forgive me for not telling you?"

Leo tightened his grip around Rally's hands as his sister walked up. "Of course I forgive you! I have a new friend now!"

"You mean we have a new friend!" Luna corrected, thinking that it wasn't fair that Leo assumed that Rally was all his.

Rally smiled knowing where this was going to head. He was flattered that the twins wanted to be his friends. In the mist of what was going on, Leo's yellow cell phone made a chiming sound. The three pulled apart as Leo went over to his desk. He snatched the phone and put it to his ear.

"Hey, Yusei! Hold on! I'm going to switch you over to speaker so all three of us can talk to you!" Leo moved the phone in front of him and pressed a bottom. "Can you hear me?"

"Yep, loud and clear. Is Rally with you guys?" Yusei asked.

The red-haired child blushed. "Yeah! I'm doing fine! I'm having loads of fun with the twins!"

"I'm glad," Yusei said gently. "If I have time tomorrow, I'll drop by and see if I can help, after I see how Crow and Kiryu are doing. How does that sound?"

"Oh ... about that," Leo said, trying to keep his voice calm.

"What's wrong?" Yusei asked, catching on that there was something bugging Leo.

"You know ... how I asked for your help to find Dexter?" Leo asked.

"Yes ..." Yusei answered calmly.

"Well ... I ..." Luna started, "Dexter died last year."

"I'm sorry to hear that," Yusei murmured, feeling a slight pang for Leo.

Leo grinned. "Don't be! I have Rally! He's my new friend!"

Luna let out an irritated sigh. "You mean: he's our new friend!"

"Hey! I interacted with him first!" Leo shot back.

An amusing chuckle came from the phone. "I'm glad that things turned out all right." It was obvious that Yusei was smiling when he spoke. "I do need to go so I can call Crow and Martha and tell them that my phone is working."

"Okay! Bye!"

With that, they both hung up. Luna shook her head.

"Rally's both of our friends, right?" she asked, glancing at the red-haired child.

Leo groaned. "Why would you want to be my sister's friend? She's weird!"

Luna pouted. She wasn't hurt at all. She was actually happy that Leo was alright, or so she thought.

To Be Continued ...