Chapter 4: Friday the 13th.
Mitsuki woke up to the smell of eggs and bacon. She sat up, not paying attention to where she actually was. She stood up and opened the door and walked into the kitchen.
"Good Morning sleepy head." Her eyes widened and she looked over at the stove.
"Wait! What are you doing here!" She screeched. He covered his ears and winced.
"Calm down! This is my place, you fell asleep last night, so your parents let you stay here. By the way nice hair." He said laughing. The poor teen covered her bed head with her arms and blushed.
"Shut up!" She yelled back at him. He handed her a plate.
"Just sit down and eat." He said. She obeyed him and sat down at the small table.
"Wait a minute, how did I get into these clothes?" She asked looking down at Takuto's clothes.
"Well, I wasn't going to make you sleep in a dress, so I changed you myself, but I swear I didn't see anything." He said quickly. She glared at him.
"You're lucky that I trust you." She mumbled eating some eggs. He also sat down at the table rolling his eyes.
"Wow, you are really grumpy in the morning." He joked. She glared up at him.
"It's only because I was up so late!" She said angrily. He just laughed.
"Oh calm down Mitsuki, I'm kidding with you." He said eating his breakfast. She just scoffed and glared down at her food.
"Do you have anything else for me to wear? I don't want my father to know that I'm wearing your clothes." She said. He nodded and stood up walking into his room. Mitsuki nearly screamed and jumped up and down. She couldn't believe that he did all of this for her, and that they were alone again. He came back into the kitchen holding up a pair of shorts and a revealing blouse.
"Sorry, but this is the only thing I could find. I hope it fits you. You are pretty small." He said. She ripped the clothing from his grasp and stuck her tongue out at him and walked to the bathroom closing the door behind her. She looked at the clothing and sighed.
"I guess I have no choice." She put the clothing on and examined herself in the mirror.
"Hmm, not as bad as I thought it would be." Though she looked at the sagging shirt sadly wishing that she was a tad bigger, and not such a small tiny girl. No guy was ever going to like her again, especially Takuto, he already has the perfect girlfriend. Mitsuki sighed and put her hair up into a high ponytail and walked back into the kitchen. Takuto looked up once he had heard her come in and nearly dropped his fork. He had to admit, Mitsuki was very beautiful even if she didn't have everything that grown up girls had. He smiled.
"Perfect." He said. She blushed. As she was about to say something, she heard her phone ring. She ran back into the guest room and looked at the caller ID. She didn't recognize the number.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Hey Mitsuki, it's me Matt." He answered. She frowned. 'When did I give him my number?' She thought, and then suddenly remembered that after they finished their dance, he had asked for her number.
"Hi Matt. How are you today?" She asked. He chuckled.
"I'm perfectly fine. I saw that you left the party very quickly last night, is everything ok?" He asked.
"Oh yes, just a friend of mine needed help, and my dad is a doctor as you know." She said.
"Ah, do I know this person maybe a friend of my father's?" He asked.
"Oh, well his name is Kira Takuto, and he is going to be singing with me, we are debuting soon." She answered.
"Oh that's exciting. Is he feeling ok?" He asked.
"Yes, everything is fine. So is that all you needed?" She asked kindly.
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go out to lunch at 1." He said. She bit her lip.
"I'm really sorry, but Takuto and I are working on our song around that time." She said. He sighed.
"Ok that's fine. Maybe tomorrow." He said cheerfully. She smiled.
"Sure, that sounds fine." She answered. They chatted for awhile longer and then finally hung up and walked back into the kitchen.
"Was that your new boyfriend?" He asked. She blushed and frowned.
"No of course not, I just met him at the party last night, his dad and my dad are really good friends. Anyways, I like someone else." She covered her mouth with wide eyes. 'Why did I just say that?' He looked up at her in interest and stood up walking over to her.
"Oh really, and who might be the lucky fellow?" He asked with a smirk.
"That's none of your business! It's just a little crush anyway. It's not like anything can happen." She muttered.
"What was that?" He asked bending down to her eye level. She looked into his eyes and gulped.
"Well who is it?" He asked. She shivered, fearing that he might already know about it with the way he was acting.
"I told you it's none of your business."She answered again. He sighed in frustration.
"Come on Mitsuki, what harm will it do to tell me who you like? Aren't we supposed to be childhood friends who tell each other everything?" He asked.
"That's only when we are singing but not in real life!" She argued back.
"But I thought we were friends anyway! I did tell you my past which was very painful by the way. So don't you think I should deserve to know who you like?" He asked. She frowned.
"Why do you want to know so badly?" She asked.
"Because, I feel as if you are a little sister Mitsuki, and I just want to make sure you don't get hurt and fall in love with a jerk." He said calmly. Mitsuki froze, her heart shattering into a million pieces. She knew this was coming, she knew he could never have the same feelings for her, but she couldn't help but hope.
"But I'm already hurt." She murmured. He frowned in confusion.
"Why? Who hurt you?" He asked grabbing her shoulder gently. She felt tears in her eyes. 'Why not get it over with?' She thought and connected their lips together. Takuto grew tense and he suddenly pushed her away from him.
"Mitsuki what the hell are you doing? You know I have a girlfriend." He said wiping his lips. She smiled sadly and looked at the ground. Then it finally came to him. She liked him. He opened his mouth to say something, but honestly, what do you say to someone in a situation like this? He saw a tear fall down her cheek and he suddenly felt like a horrible person. But is it really his fault that he already had a girlfriend and then Mitsuki happened to like him? The silence was bleak and painful.
"Mitsuki I'm-"Forget it Takuto, I knew that this was going to happen anyway, so I shouldn't have even tried." She had finally spoken, and her words were dead and quiet. He had no idea what to say. He kept his eyes on her, while she tried to avoid even looking at any part of him. He wanted to hug her and tell her that everything was ok, but honestly it really wasn't. The reason she was crying was because of him, and hugging her would only make it worse, and make her think that he had accepted her. She turned her back to him and towards the door.
"I have to go now." She whispered and started to walk toward the door.
"Wait!" He called out. She stopped, not turning around. She already knew what he was going to ask, never again will the hope burn as passionately as it did. No she stomped all the damned hope into the ground, not caring anymore.
"Do you want me to drive you home?" He asked. She laughed quietly to herself.
"No that's ok, you've already done so much for me, I can't ask anything more." She said bitterly. He winced at her words. Just as she was about to open the door he spoke again.
"I really am sorry Mitsuki." He said. She sighed and opened the door and then closed it behind her. She still held her tears in as she ran, ran as fast as she could. She ran into someone while going down the hall.
"Mitsuki! Mitsuki what's wrong!" The person yelled. But she just kept running, not caring anymore.
Takuto still stood staring at the door, hoping she would come back as her cheerful self again. But he knew that was impossible. He punched the nearest wall.
"Damn it!" He yelled out looking at the ground furiously. He had lost the one person in his life, who actually understood his pain, even if she hadn't gone through it.
"Takuto! I just saw Mitsuki running away, she looked like she was crying. What happened?" Hikari asked running over to him. He sighed.
"I happened." He mumbled.
"Takuto, what's going on?" She asked calmly.
"It's Mitsuki. Hikari, she-she fell in love with me, and she kissed me, and I pushed her away, and broke her heart." He whispered. Hikari hugged him gently.
"I'm really sorry Takuto. If I could do anything, I would do it." She said. He sighed and finally hugged her back.
"Mitsuki, she left all of her things here and her cell phone. I don't want her parents to call her and not get an answer. Can you please take them back to her? I'm sure that if I go see her, she will slam the door in my face, or might not even answer the door." He said. She nodded.
"Ok, why don't you go lie down, and I will take care of this." Hikari said. He nodded and walked into his bedroom. She sighed and went into the guest bedroom to pick up Mitsuki's belongings and put them into a bag. She grabbed her keys and then walked to the door.
"I'll be back in about half an hour Takuto!" She yelled and then finally left.
Mitsuki was sitting in the shower, crying her eyes out. She knew it was going to happen, yet she still did it. She had to kiss him. She lifted her head up and looked up at the pouring water.
"I'm not good enough." She whispered. She heard the doorbell ring and quickly got out of the shower and wrapped the towel around her. She opened the door slightly.
"Hi Mitsuki, I came by to drop off your stuff." Hikari said with a sad smile. Mitsuki wanted to slam the door, yell at her, punch her, but technically, Hikari never even did anything.
"Come on in." She said quietly. Hikari watched the young girl trudge to her room to change. Once Mitsuki was finished and grabbed the bag the Hikari held.
"Thank you for bringing this here." She said.
"Of course. And Mitsuki, Takuto, he is really sorry, you have no idea how bad he feels for having to say all of that to you." Hikari said. Mitsuki looked her in the eye.
"I understand. I mean you two obviously really love each other, and I could never break that apart by liking Takuto, so you don't have to worry about it. Thank you though Hikari." She said with a smile.
"Why don't you just cry and say that you are hurt, because I can see right through your act." She said sincerely.
"Because, there's no point in acting sad, because there's nothing, you, Takuto or I can do about the situation. Please don't worry about it Hikari, you guys were meant for each other and I hope you both live happily." Mitsuki said calmly.
"Oh and tell Takuto I'm sorry." She said. Hikari just nodded slowly. She was only eighteen years old, and she was already stronger and mature than the twenty year old.
"I promise I will. And please, Mitsuki, if you ever need something, call me and I will help you as much I can." Hikari said with a smile. Mitsuki nodded with a fake smile that Hikari saw right through.
"Well I guess I should get going." She said turning towards the door.
"One more thing, tell him, that I love him please." Mitsuki said quietly. Hikari froze where she was. She took a deep breath.
"Of course." She said, and then left. Mitsuki smiled at the door sadly.
"I guess I'm alone again." She whispered walking back to her room. Suddenly her phone rang.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Hi Mitsuki! Me and your father have a very important meeting that we forgot about, so we won't be home for dinner, is that ok?" Hazuki said.
"Yeah, that's fine mom. Just be careful driving there is a huge storm coming. Be safe, I love you two." She said, feeling a little relieved to hear her mother's voice.
"I love you too honey, Aoi say hi to Mitsuki," There was a pause. "Hi Honey! Love you!" She heard him call. She giggled.
"I love you guy's see you later tonight." She said then hung up. She felt a little cheerful and started to clean the house up to surprise her parents once they arrived later in the night. Once the clock stroked six, she was sitting at the table eating alone. It was quiet except for the whisper of the music she had playing on the radio, and the harsh sounds of the thunderstorm. When there was a lightning strike, Mitsuki dropped her fork.
"Dang it." Then the phone started to ring suddenly, making her jump again. She stood up.
"This storm is making me all antsy." She said to herself, then picked up the phone.
"Hello, Koga residence." She answered.
"Hello, Is this a Miss Koga Mitsuki?" A deep voice answered. She frowned.
"May I ask who is calling?" She asked.
"My name is Mike from the police station, Miss Koga, I believe that your parents were in a very bad car accident." He said calmly. Mitsuki stood with the phone in her hand, frozen.
"We took them into the hospital, and they just passed away while in surgery." He said. Mitsuki fell to her knees with a hand over her mouth.
"How." She whispered, holding back the tears.
"We checked over what was remained of the car, it seems that the wheel locked on him, and he lost control in the storm and ran into a semi-truck." He said.
"I'm very sorry for your loss." He said. Mitsuki stared at the floor, with tears running down her cheeks.
"Do you need me to send someone from the station?" He asked. She shook her head, but then realized that he couldn't see her.
"No, I'll be fine, I have relatives that are nearby. Thank you sir." She hung up the phone and hit her back against the wall staring up at the ceiling.
"Why? Why did you have to leave? You died before you could hear me sing! Before I became someone that you would be proud of!" She yelled.
"Why?" She whispered crying harder. The only person she could think about calling was the one person she didn't even want to see. Even still, she pulled out her phone and dialed the number.
"Hello?" He answered, sounding extremely tired and upset. Mitsuki looked up at the clock, and realized that she had been sitting on the floor for nearly five hours.
"Hello! If you don't answer I'm going to-"Takuto." She whispered out. It was extremely quiet on the other line.
"Mitsuki, why are you calling so late? What happened?" He asked suddenly concerned. She placed a hand over her mouth again and tried to hold the tears back.
"Takuto, my parents, they're gone." She whispered feeling more tears fall.
"What do you mean gone? Ok you know what stay where you are, I'm coming over." He said.
"NO!" She suddenly yelled.
"What why?" He asked. She bit her lips and looked up at the window.
"The storm, it's dangerous, I don't want you to-"Mitsuki, the storm is passed already, I will be over in ten minutes." He hung up. She yanked at her hair.
"I didn't want him to come over, I just wanted to talk to him." She mumbled. She stayed on the floor until the doorbell rang.
"It's open!" She yelled. She heard the door slam close and footsteps running toward her.
"Mitsuki! What happened, why are you on the floor?" He asked. She looked up at him letting more tears fall. He frowned and knelt down next to her. She suddenly jumped into his arms and started to bawl her eyes out.
"Mitsuki, what's going on? Why are you crying?" He asked. She looked up at him, and he felt his heart freeze from the pain and suffering that he saw in the big brown orbs.
"Takuto, my parents are dead." She said. His eyes widened.
"What happened?" He asked quietly. She looked down at Takuto's clothes and realized that he was soaking wet.
"Why are you all wet?" She asked. He knew she was trying to avoid the question, so he answered her.
"Well, it was still raining outside, and I ran over here because you told me not to drive." He said. Mitsuki looked up at him in awe. 'He did that for me?' She thought. He took her hands and helped her up from the floor. He guided her to the couch and sat her down. He grabbed a tissue and handed it to her.
"Ok, now are you ready to tell me what happened?" He asked taking a hold of her hand which was placed on her lap. She looked at the wall for the longest time before her mouth opened to speak.
"They were in a car accident. The wheel locked on my dad, and he ran into a semi, they took them into surgery, but they passed away before they were saved." She whispered. Takuto just stared at her. This poor girl has had the worst day possible. Takuto suddenly pulled her into his arms.
"It's going to be ok Mitsuki. Just let it out." He whispered petting her hair. Her shoulders started to shake and he felt his shirt get even wetter. They sat like that for awhile before she pulled away from him. He looked into her blood shot eyes.
"Takuto, do you want to change into something different? You're all wet." She whispered. He smiled at her.
"No it's fine, I don't want to trouble you Mitsuki. Now come on you need to get some sleep." He suddenly picked her up in his arms and carried her to her room. He set her down on her bed and pulled the covers over her.
"Go to sleep ok?" He asked walking to the door.
"Thank you Takuto." He heard her mumble. He smiled and walked out into the kitchen and picked up the dinner she never got to finish. His phone started to vibrate and he picked it up.
"Takuto, is everything ok? What happened?" Hikari asked. Takuto looked back at Mitsuki's door and sighed.
"Her parents died in a car accident." He whispered. He heard Hikari gasp.
"That poor girl." She whispered.
"I'm going to stay here for the night, she is going to need someone here in the morning, and I don't think she has any other relatives." He said.
"Ok, I will be over there at ten." She said. He frowned.
"But don't you have work?" He asked. She sighed.
"Yes I do, but Mitsuki really needs people with her right now Takuto, she may be eighteen, but she just lost her parents, she can't stay alone." She said.
"You do have a point, ok then I will see you in the morning." He said then hung up. He looked at the fairly clean house and spotted a note on the counter. He picked it up.
Mom and dad-
I will probably be asleep by the time you get home, I cleaned the house for you so you didn't have to worry about it! I will see you in the morning love you."
-Mitsuki
He crumbled up the note and threw it in the trash. He looked at the clock to see it was one in the morning. He sighed and sat down on the couch. Mitsuki, she has lost so much, yet she stays strong and powerful to make those around her happy. Why did she have to fall in love with him? He wasn't that special, in fact Takuto himself thought that he was a horrible person to be around. Ever since he had run away, he was really bitter to anyone who spoke to him, that is until Mitsuki came into the picture. When they had met, they argued a lot, but still, Mitsuki always smiled no matter what he had said to her. He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed.
"Why did this have to happen to her?" He whispered. There was a quiet ringtone coming from the kitchen. He frowned and followed the sound. It was Mitsuki's phone, which sat on the table. He picked it up and looked at the number.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Hello, who is this?" Another man's voice answered. Takuto frowned.
"May I ask who this is?" Takuto argued back.
"My name is Keiichi Wakaouji, I'm a doctor here at Sakura Hospital. Is this the number of Koga Mitsuki?" He asked. Takuto took a deep breath.
"Yes it is." He said.
"Where is Miss Koga and who are you?" He asked.
"My name is Takuto Kira, Mitsuki is asleep right now, and she is very upset about what has happened, what do you want from her?" Takuto asked, getting a little ticked off.
"It's regarding her parents. I was able to talk to them before they had passed. Well Aoi was still conscious while we took him to the hospital. But I'm afraid I can't tell you this information unless you in some type of relationship with her." He said. Takuto bit his lip.
"I'm her boyfriend, and am taking care of her at the moment." He answered looking at the door to make sure that Mitsuki wasn't awake.
"Ok, well Aoi wants me to tell Mitsuki, that 'me and your mother love you very much, and if we don't make it through, stay strong and sing to the heavens so we can hear you.'" He said. Takuto sighed.
"Ok, I will make sure to tell her as soon as she wakes up." He answered then hung up. He ran his fingers through his hair once again.
"This is going to be a long day." He said before collapsing on the couch.
I feel bad for being really really mean to Mitsuki! Please don't hurt me! I hope you enjoyed it anyways, I swear I almost started to cry when her parents died, :( poor Mitsuki. Well please review :)