Nothing can stop this! Chapter 9: Hatred, a clamp fanfic

Nothing can stop this: by Kilta.

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Hatred!

o0X0o

The first class has just finished, and Nokoru hurried back to his locker to take something. He opened it and searched for the book he wanted. He felt someone standing close to him. Looking to his left side he found idomu leaning against the next locker, smirking at him.

"What do you want?" Nokoru asked coldly as he continued looking for the book.

"Hey, we're not alone here, so it would be nice of you to respect me and talk to me properly. Don't forget we spouse to be lovers." Idomu spoke with a low voice so nobody could hear.

"Ah, yeah sure." Nokoru found the book and closed his locker.

"Did you tell him yet?"

"Who?"

"Don't play dumb, Nokoru-kun."

"If I wasn't 'dumb' I wouldn't let you control me like that." Nokoru said and turned to face his forced lover.

"Watch it, baby. You want me to lose my temper?" Idomu gripped Nokoru's arm and pulled him closer. "Now answer me, or I'll have to kiss you in front of everyone, you choose!"

"Not yet."

"What?"

"I didn't tell him yet, … I- I'll do it today."

"Good!"

o0OXO0o

(Student council room)

Akira glanced at the large desk, then at Suoh who was clearly upset of Nokoru's absent, and there were mountains of paperwork unfinished yet.

"I wonder why Kaichou didn't show up today." Akira thought out loud and he jumped when Suoh slammed his palms hard on his desk angrily.

"Kaichou is only running away from doing the paperwork, but I'm going to look for him. He can't run away from doing it forever." At that said, Suoh stormed towards the door and extended his arm to reach the handle but he found the door opening from outside and a sad Nokoru appeared behind it.

"Gomen, Suoh, Akira … I had some work to do that's why I'm late." Nokoru entered without even giving one glance towards Suoh, who stared worryingly at him.

"Kaichou, you look tired are you ok?" Akira asked. What he heard two days ago made him feel worried about Nokoru all the time, and the worst he didn't tell Suoh everything he heard. He just told the ninja that Nokoru didn't love Idomu. He didn't have the courage to tell him the rest.

"I'm ok, Akira you don't have to worry." Nokoru said as he sat down on his chair. "Akira, can you bring me the file from 1999EW?"

"Yes, Kaichou." Akira stormed out the door to find the file, but he did know that Nokoru wanted to stay alone with the ninja.

"Suoh!" Nokoru called suddenly scaring the younger boy off, who approached the desk and stood in front of it immediately.

"Suoh, you always were here besides me to help as a friend, defender and a secretary, and I appreciate it, but … I don't need a secretary anymore." Nokoru talked calmly, even when he was burning inside.

"I- I don't understand … you sure need one, you need someone to organize the council duties."

"I'm fine, and I think Akira could handle this alone."

"You mean … that you don't want me to work here with you? Because you don't need a secretary? … Do you think that such an excuse can fool me?" Suoh clutched his fists.

"Suoh calm down, it's just-"

"Yeah! I know … it's just that Yudaiji Idomu is ordering you around, but not that what bothers me the most. You don't love him, but you're obeying him like a slave … that jerk is threatening you, isn't he?"

Nokoru's heart felt like it has stopped for a while. Suoh was right, but should Nokoru tell him that he is, but if he did, things might get worst, although he'd always trust Suoh to protect him anytime.

"It's not like that! Yes, he doesn't want you close to me, but I obeyed because I didn't want him to be angry with me, because I didn't want him to hate me, because I love him."

"Lair!" Suoh yelled and slammed his hands on the president's desk, startling the blond.

"That's the truth, Suoh … I love him."

"What about yesterday? What about your words? What about what WE have done?"

"… I was-" Nokoru stopped and stared down at his shaking hands to search for answers.

"Playing with my emotions?" Suoh snapped out.

"No!"

"Making fool of me?"

"NO! It's not like that."

"Ah! Yes I get it now Kaichou, you felt pity, pity on me … because you didn't feel the same way, so you take a pity on me."

"It's never like this, Suoh … I swear!"

"… Damn! I can't believe you did this to me." Suoh whispered with a shaky voice as he turned around and walked with fast angry steps towards the door.

"SUOH!" Nokoru got off his chair and ran towards Suoh and stopped him in time. He spun him around, held his shoulders and shook him, as the tears trailed down his face.

"Suoh … please listen to me, I didn't mean to hurt you."

"You said you love me, you lied at me, Nokoru." At that said Suoh removed Nokoru's hands off his shoulders and turned to leave but Nokoru pulled him again, to try and explain for him, but he was shocked when Suoh pushed him back roughly, 'causing Nokoru's body to smack into the wall and he fell down immediately after that.

Suoh let out a gasp and bent down to check on the blond. He put his hand on Nokoru's cheek lifting his head to meet with Nokoru's teary eyes which filled with shock and fear at the sudden reaction that he didn't expected from the blue haired boy. Suoh opened his mouth to say something but the words didn't come out. He stood up and went out after he was sure that Nokoru wasn't badly hurt.

"I- I played with his emotions, he have the right to hate me." Nokoru thought he'd never stop crying after that.

o0OXO0o

Two week had passed, and the council room was missing its' secretary. Suoh didn't return after that day. Nokoru tried to talk to him but the only thing that he received from the other was only a hateful glare.

"He hates me. I can feel it by the way he looks at me, vindictively." Nokoru said that and shivered when he remembered Suoh's sharp eyes glaring at him.

"Kaichou, I don't understand. None of you want to tell me what exactly happened?" Akira said in confusion.

"That doesn't matter now. I hurt him, I hurt him badly, and he doesn't-." Nokoru covered his face with his hands and sighed not trusting his voice to continue his sentence. 'I thought you said that nothing can stop your love towards me, Suoh.'

"Please, Kaichou go and try to talk to him again, I hate seeing my friends breaking apart like this."

"I tried Akira, I tried many times but he kept ignoring me, and I don't blame him for that."

"It's not like you to give up, Kaichou."

"I- I know Akira…"

"So? You're going to try today too?" Akira waited for the answer and Nokoru looked up at him to find him smiling at him cheerfully, and then he sighed…

"I think so."

o0OXO0o

Suoh picked a book, and went to take a seat on an empty table. After he quitted the secretary thing, he was having a problem with the space-time that he had left with, and he decided to waste it on training or studying at the library, there's nothing else he could do, and he has to keep his mind busy.

'If I want to ease off my pain, I have to forget, but I can't help but to hate him. The scar in my heart that he had left would never heal.'

"Can I sit here?"

Suoh looked up to find the pretty girl who he loved once. He smiled at her and nodded. She sat in front of him and fixed her gaze on her lap while she blushed.

"I told myself that if … if I couldn't be your girlfriend, I want to be only a good friend to you."

"Thanks, Nagisa-san."

"I noticed that you're depressed lately, that's way I thought that … if you only don't mind to go with me today to see a movie."

"A movie?"

"Ah! Yes, it's a good one, the girls in my class always talk about it, so?"

Suoh stared down at his book and thought about it. Truthfully he didn't feel like seeing a movie or so. 'I'll do anything to try to forget.'

"That'll be nice, Nagisa-san."

o0OXO0o

"What? But I thought he broke up with her." Nokoru put the paper aside and stared up at Akira who stood in front of his desk.

"I don't know if they returned to each other, all that Utako-san told me was that they're spending lots of time together lately." Akira said while he placed the juice on the table.

"I see." Nokoru said slowly while he gripped the glass of juice.

"I'm sorry if that hurts you, I just thought that you should know." Akira apologized as he studied Nokoru's face.

"No! It doesn't hurt me a bit, Akira … I just don't want him to hate me."

"For how long you're going to stay like that, Kaichou, Takamura-senpai and you."

"He's the one who doesn't want to talk with me, and it hurts me so much."

"Kai- Kaichou!" Akira felt pity towards his friend. He has to do something to solve this problem. 'I'll try to talk with Takamura-senpai.'

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At the same day, and when it was the time for the students to head back home, Akira glanced at Suoh walking small distance away from him, and he ran towards him.

"Senpai! Wait!"

Suoh turned around and faced with Akira. "Something's wrong?"

"I- I need to talk- … to you for a minute." Akira said, panting out his words.

After they went to a proper place, Akira started the topic that Suoh hate to talk about the most.

"What about him?" Suoh asked coldly.

"I can't believe that you're treating him like that I mean, even if he rejected you and-"

"You don't understand, Ijyuin and you will never do." Suoh said that and turned to leave.

"I MIGHT NOT!" Akira yelled and Suoh stopped and turned slightly to look at him. "But I do understand how much you love him."

"Loved, Ijyuin 'loved' …" Suoh corrected. "I don't love him anymore. The only feeling that left in me is hate."

"NO!"

"… …" Suoh stared wordlessly at Akira.

"You can't hate Kaichou, you don't have any idea how much he's sad because he hurts you. You were friends, weren't you? … The pain might be strong but can't you at least treat him a little nicer? Can't you remember that one day you fell deeply in love with him?"

"… …"

"It's mean Takamura-senpai, Kaichou's suffering a lot, he had enough already from Yudaiji-kun."

"Didn't he say that he loves him?"

"You don't know anything, if that was your answer there's nothing else I can say. It's hopeless." After he said that, Akira left with eyes filled with tears, disappointment's tears.

"Ijyuin!"

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To be continued…