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Chapter 14: Strawberry Fields Forever
A KuroFai Story
Yuui panted for breathe; glad to finally be able to get fresh air into his lungs. He clung tightly to his brother's body, glad to finally be out of that horrible dark hole. The rain beat down on them, mixing in with both of their tears.
A shadow moved behind Fai, startling Yuui, making him cower behind his brother with a whimper. Fai glanced behind him, and then smiled down at his brother. "Its okay, Yu. Ashura was the one who helped save you." He explained, wiping the tears off of his face, only getting them wet from the rain again.
Yuui glanced hesitantly over at the man, who was smiling gently at the two of them. "R-really?" He asked, so low that only Fai could hear. Fai nodded, and took his brother back in his arms again.
Fai couldn't remember how long he had been separated from his younger twin, but he knew that it wasn't something that he wanted to go through ever again. He had felt like a part of him was missing, and that was a feeling any six year old should never have to feel.
When his brother had fallen, and they realized there was no way to get him back up he had ran to go and get help. Though he had tripped many times he had still pressed on.
A couple of days before they had walked around a city not wanting to be caught, and but in a foster home, where they might get separated. But Fai had had no choice but to go back to the town and prey that someone would take help him rescue his brother.
He had been stumbling around the town for who knows how long, when he had bumped into Ashura. He had begged the man to help him, and the man agreed to do his best to join the twins back together.
Fai looked over at Ashura. "Thank you so much, Mister." He said, his voice breaking slightly, as his tears began seeping out of his eyes again.
Ashura smiled again bending down to grab something that looked like a rope and began to drag the rest of it out of the hole. He mumbled a curse soft enough so that the kids couldn't hear, when it snagged on something.
"S-sir?" A small frightened voice called out to him. It was so soft that he almost hadn't caught it at first. He glanced over at the boy he had just rescued. Yuui was small, and the fact that he was the youngest was apparent. His blue eyes were wider than Fais and were more innocent.
Ashura nodded his head telling the boy to continue.
Yuui took a deep breath, and glanced back at the well. "There's someone else down there…"
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"Now before we go down there, are you sure that there's someone else down there." A man asked, bending down to look Yuui in the eyes. It was obvious even to the small six year-old that the man didn't believe him.
Yuui nodded, wanting nothing more than to hide behind his brother, or even Ashura would do. "A couple of men dropped the person down there." He mumbled, having a hard time looking the man in the eyes. The memory of it hitting against him, sending him back down the well, was still fresh in his mind.
After Yuui had told Ashura that someone else was down there, they had gone back into the town, where Ashura let them stay in his motel room while he talked to the police.
It had taken them a while to believe it enough to send someone over to the site. The well was in a very large field that stretched on for miles. The grass was very unkempt and the well was hidden.
It was the next morning when they had been called to show them back to the site of the well. And a large rope hung down into the well, as a man attempted to pull the body out.
The device on the mans sleeve buzzed, and a voice came through the speakers. "Hey George, it looks like the kid wasn't lying. There is a body down here!" Someone exclaimed.
A look of disbelief passed over the mans face and he looked down at Yuui again. "Umm… sorry about that kid," He mumbled. "You can go back to your brother now."
Yuui nodded slightly, and rushed over to Fai, who was sitting down next to Ashura. Fai reached his arms out and wrapped Yuui up in them. "Yuui!"
Fai had been a lot clingier then he normally was, but Yuui didn't mind. They had never been separated before last night and it wasn't something they wanted to do again.
Yuui leaning into the hug, and glanced up at Ashura. He still wasn't sure what to make of the black haired 'savior'. Black Hair wasn't too uncommon, but he had never seen someone with hair that long, well not on a guy. Ashura had explained to them that he was merely a traveler who had wanted to get away from home for a couple of days. Well had told Fai that, who in turn told Yuui.
Ashura looked over at them suddenly, and Yuui blushed when their eyes caught. He buried his head in Fai's chest, (ignoring the giggle Fai let out), suddenly feeling embarrassed.
The sound of running feet came towards them, and a deep voice spoke. "Sir, they're going to pull up the body now. I'm not sure if this is appropriate of children to see..." a man said trailing off at the end.
Ashura nodded, turning towards the twins again. "Okay boys, lets get you back to the motel." He chirped shooing the boys off his car hood. "Lets go into the town and see what we can find to eat, okay?"
Fai cheered, ecstatic to finally be able to eat a decent meal after so many days of having to steal bread, (which neither of them were any good at and the bakers usually ended up letting them have it, in an act of sympathy). Yuui smiled lightly after his brother, happy to see his brother so…alive for the first time since dad had left mother.
Fai jumped into the back seat of the car Ashura had rented, and Yuui could see him shifting impatiently.
A hand rested on the top of his head suddenly, startling him. He glanced up through his bangs and relaxed when he saw Ashura smiling down at him. Yuui blushed again and took sudden interest in his shoes, noticing for the first time how dirty they were.
"Come on lets get you two out of here," Ashura said with a chuckle.
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I awoke, with a sudden pain in my stomach. I groaned loudly, ignoring the stares from the others in the room, and curled up, clutching my tummy. When Fai and I returned from the store, I walked him to work, and then when to work myself. The Basement didn't open until ten but it was only five and I didn't have anything else to do. There was too much time to kill so I guess I had fallen asleep.
Sticking my tongue out, trying to ignore the hunger pains, I looked around the room for the clock. The neon lights on the analog clock shone brightly in the dimly lit room. It read: 8:53 or something thing, living in the age of digital clocks has made it harder and harder to read an analog clock.
But that didn't change the fact that I still had a little more than an hour to kill…
I could hear a door burst open, and then the sound of rushing footsteps, that I knew were headed in my direction. I sat up and turned to face a livid Ashura. I gulped, and scooted back a couple of feet, glad that I had gotten a bed in the corner… or is that a bad thing…
He was suddenly right in front of me, and I shrank back when one of his hands shot out.
"What is this?" he snapped, thrusting a piece of paper in my face.
I squinted in the dim light, and could only get the gist of the message. "Um… an IOU?"(1) I supplied, letting a small sigh of relief that he hadn't struck me… yet.
He continued to glare down at me before he closed his eyes and let out a very deep sigh. "Give me a good reason why I should let you get a tattoo."
I blinked, finally understanding what the note was. "Umm… well…" I started, trying as fast as I could to think of something. I snapped my fingers when it finally came to me. "Strip teases!"
He opened one of his eyes and raised an eyebrow in a 'do what now?' face.
"Since I'm so pale, if I get a black one on my back they customer would… pay more to see it?" I said, wishing I had thought all that out in my head first… "But it would have to be pretty large to do that… and its not like I'm going to be gaining ANY weight any time soon." My stomach choose to growl at that moment.
Ashura thought it over in his head for a moment. "Okay, but only one." He growled.
I grinned up, happy to finally be able to get something that I've wanted for so long. "Oh since we still have an hour till this crap start, I'm going to go get something to eat…" I said, clutching my pissed off stomach.
1) an acknowledgment of debt. Short for I owe you. For those who didn't know