This chapter's kinda short, so sorry about that. The next one will be too. It's mostly because these really have no real addition to the story itself, they're chapters that are simply needed so that we see more of Sky's relationships and whatnot. Plus, I really didn't like writing this chapter, even though it was kind of easy to.
Even though I didn't enjoy writing it, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy reading it so...
Enjoy~
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The long train ride to Akita was bad enough, but finding Yosen was the worst.
For such a big name school, it was a pain in the ass to find.
According to Taiga, it was a boarding school, which meant that if Tatsuya wasn't at practice, he'd be in his dorm. Which also meant asking for directions from the first student I find. Wonderful.
By the time I found Yosen (no thanks to my stupid map) and made my way to the gym, their practice was over. There were a few people still cleaning up, but the person I was looking for was not one of them.
"Um, excuse me," I called into the gym, "Does anyone know where I can find Himuro Tatsuya?"
"Who's asking?" One of the guys asked. He was a bit taller than me with sandy hair and big eyes.
"I'm an old friend. I was in town and thought I'd stop by and say hello." I said a bit sheepishly.
"He just went back to his dorm. I can take ya there." The guy said. I nodded in thanks, and he ran to the locker rooms to change quickly.
He led me all the way across the campus to the Boy's Dorm and told me the floor Tatsuya's room was on.
"There are signs on the doors with who's in what room." He told me before leaving me to climb the stairs.
Tatsuya was on the third floor, and I cursed this school not having an elevator with every step. He was also at the very end of the bloody hallway. Today was just not my day.
I was completely out of breath by the time I reached his door, and had to stand outside catching my breath before I finally gave a hesitant knock and waited.
I heard an argument over who should answer the door and rolled my eyes. Eventually, the knob turned and the door swung open.
Tatsuya's roommate was huge. He had to be over two meters tall with longer purple hair and eyes. He stared at me with a bored expression.
"A-ah, is Himuro Tatsuya here?" I asked, my voice a bit shaky. I don't know whether it was his height, or the way he stared me down that made me so nervous, but he did all the same.
"Muro-chin, it's for you." He called back into the room.
"Oh? Who…" Tatsuya's voice trailed off as he approached the door and peered around the giant.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Nice to see you too," I rolled my eyes at the less than polite greeting. Tatsuya pushed around his roommate and shooed him back inside as he stepped out of the room and closed the door behind him.
"It truly is nice to see you, Skylar. I missed you." Tatsuya said with a gentle smile.
"Do you know the hell I went through to get here?" I snapped at him. His cheeks turned a light pink and he looked away from me.
"Sorry, sorry." He said with a chuckle, "But really, Sky, why are you here? I don't mean here as in here, but here as in Japan."
I was suddenly at a loss for words. I had no idea what to say to him. It was like every word in both the Japanese and English languages just vanished. Tatsuya didn't know what happened, I realized. He'd left not long before it did. I was completely unsure of myself in this situation, and felt like I was going to cry again.
He must have sensed my discomfort because he smiled at me again and gently took my hand.
"Why don't you come inside? You look tired." He said, opening the door and pulling me into the room.
It was a simple dorm with two desks, a bunk bed and a (clearly illegal by the fact that it was hidden under one of the desks) a TV.
His roommate glanced up from opening a bag of chips for half a second, observing the two of us before going back to struggling with his bag.
"Muro-chin," He whined "It won't open. Do you have any scissors?"
"Sorry Atsushi, I don't." Tatsuya gave him an apologetic smile. "Oh! Ah, Atsushi, this is an old friend of mine, Skylar. Sky this is my roommate and friend Murisakibara Atsushi."
"Hello." Murisakibara greeted. I smiled and nodded at him.
"So," Tatsuya began, pulling out one of the desk chairs for me to sit in. He made Murisakibara scoot over on the lower bed so he could sit down and leaned forward to observe me. "What's on Skylar-chan's mind?"
"Oh gosh, a lot of things actually. Life changing things." I tried to sound nonchalant, but fell flat.
"Oh my god you're not pregnant are you?" Tatsuya had meant for it to be a joke, but I still fidgeted and looked away from him, turning my focus to the light grey carpeting.
"Skylar." His voice lowered dangerously "Please tell me you're not pregnant."
"Um…" I refused to look at him. I heard Tatsuya take a deep breath and sigh.
"I refuse to believe you would do something so stupid!" He exclaimed, standing up and pacing about the room.
"Well I wasn't going to lie to you! And it's also not like I wanted this to happen! I didn't exactly have a choice!" I snapped, my hands balling into tight fists. Tatsuya froze and looked down at me.
"What happened?" He asked.
I was at a loss for words again. Taiga's reaction was predictable, but Tatsuya...I knew him pretty well, Taiga considered him family, but telling him something like this could be dangerous…for the person who did it to me. I wouldn't be able to stop Tatsuya from doing anything, if he felt the need to.
I told him anyway.
Tatsuya was silent, his face screaming murder. Murisakibara, who I had thought had fallen asleep, sat up and stared at me, a sort of confused look on his face. I fidgeted under their gaze and sniffled, waiting for someone to speak.
"I assume Taiga knows?" Tatsuya said. I nodded.
"Yeah. Mom kicked me out after I copped out on getting an abortion. Dad flew me over here so that Taiga could take care of me." I said. Tatsuya nodded his approval.
"I'm sure he was very upset." He said. I laughed and nodded.
"Oh yes. He completely lost it, threatening to fly to LA to destroy the asshole. It took everything I had to convince him not to." I said, eyeing Tatsuya a bit nervously. His face still screamed murder, but he seemed to have inwardly calmed himself. That was good, I don't have to worry about him murdering anyone.
"But…" Murisakibara spoke suddenly "Sky-chin is really little. Can she even carry a baby?" His question came out of nowhere and had me laughing again.
"I guess we're going to find out." Tatsuya finally smiled again, and the room suddenly felt a lot lighter than it had just a moment ago.
"And I am not little!" I yelled teasingly, smiling at the giant, who gave me a little 'yeah whatever' look.
I spent the next few hours talking to Tatsuya and Murisakibara, who at some point shared his bag of chips (that he actually never got open himself. I had to pop the bag, his reaction was priceless) with me, though Tatsuya said it was probably not the best of ideas.
The three of us went to a nearby fast food joint around 5 or so and grabbed dinner. Afterwards, we began to go our separate ways, them back to school and me back to the station, when for some reason, I became lightheaded and couldn't see straight. If Murisakibara hadn't turned around to yell bye one more time, I might have had some serious problems.
Luckily, though, right as I started to lose vision and fall, he grabbed a hold of me and tried to keep me standing.
"Muro-chin, what do I do?" He asked, looking a bit frantic.
"Atsushi, you might have to carry her back to school. Please be gentle." Tatsuya instructed. I was lifted princess-style and the purple giant carried me back to their dorm.
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I was woken up at, like, four in the morning by Tatsuya gently shaking my shoulder. I whined at him and buried myself deeper into Murisakibara's pillow.
"Come on, now, Taiga is expecting you back." He said. I turned away from my brother's brother and tried to go back to sleep. I heard Tatsuya sigh.
"Skylar, please get up. You can't stay there all day. That's Atsushi's bed, remember? Now come on, let's get you home so you can rest more." He coaxed, speaking slowly as if he was speaking to a child. I had a feeling this was how he got Murisakibara out of bed in the morning.
"So early…" I grumbled.
"I know, dear. But if we go now, you can catch the very first train back." He countered. I groaned and slowly sat up. My head was throbbing and I wanted to throw up.
Tatsuya pulled me gently out of the bed and helped me walk down the hall to the bathrooms quickly after I announced that I was going to be sick. He stood guard outside, waiting patiently for me to get over my minor fit.
Tatsuya kindly escorted me back to the train station and waited with me for the early train. When it arrived, he gave me a tight hug and a soft kiss on the top of my head.
"Remember, Atsushi and I are not that far away should you need us. I expect pictures of that ultrasound." He said. I smiled and nodded at him, too tired to really reply. He wished me a safe trip and waved like a child until the train departed.
I slept during most of the ride, waking up every time it stopped and eventually getting off at my station. Taiga met me there and walked me back home, telling me how worried he was and that if Tatsuya hadn't called him, he probably would have stormed into Yosen and pitched a fit. I still wasn't feeling well, so I just nodded and pretended to care about what he was saying.
When we got back to the apartment, he ushered me into bed and went back to grab a few more hours himself until he had to get ready for school.
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Yay for big-brother figures yay!
Again, thanks for all the amazing reviews! At some point later in the story I'm going to have a little vote for who you guys want as Sky's romantic interest. I want a few more (the ones I have are Kuroko, Aomine, Himuro and Kiyoshi) and you are all more than welcome to keep shooting me suggestions!
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