Heaven Can Wait
Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I don't own the series Hana Kimi, or any of the characters. All ownership goes to those who do own it. The plot comes from inspiration from FT Island's music video "Heaven: Part 2". I also don't own that band, or the song…or that video. This is just a humble interpretation on my part of throwing the characters from Hana Kimi into the situation in the music video.
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Running as fast as his feet could take him, Sano followed the cab for as long as he could. He was doing well, until the cab sped up and went onto a main road. When Sano's legs managed to carry him to said road, his eyes fell on all the cabs, buzzing by with all their passengers. Stomping his foot, Sano couldn't believe he'd let that guy get away with Ashiya.
When Sano realized he had lost Ashiya, all he wanted to do was drop to his knees. He had never felt this lost before. The fear of never walking properly again was nothing close to this feeling in his chest now. Over the last year, Ashiya has been his everything. The only reason he started training again was because of her. She is the reason for who he was now. Someone far better than he'd ever been before. And he just watched her ride off in that cab with some creep who…thought she was a boy?
"Oh no…!" If he thought Ashiya was a boy, then found out she was a girl, there was no telling what would happen to her. As if being kidnapped wasn't enough, gender confusion was now thrown into the mix.
"Baka!" If only she had never come here disguised as a boy, or if only he had told her he knew about her real identity. Then the man would have seen her as a girl, and not taken her! Spinning on his heels, Sano headed back to the school. He was about 5 miles away, so the run shouldn't be so bad. With all his training lately, he could run 5 miles easily.
As San oran, his thoughts started getting to him. Images of Ashiya staring back at him in the cab, fear in her eyes, kept flashing in his mind. Clenching his teeth together, Sano sped his running to sprinting. It took more energy, but he could get to the school faster. Why in the world had he agreed to leaving his phone back in the dorm? If he had it on him, he could have called the dorm heads and started the search right away. Involving the Cops would be a good idea too, but if the cops found out she was a girl, then the school would…and that would be bad.
"Damn…but her life is more important than her secret!"
About twenty minutes later, Sano arrived at the school. His clothes were drenched, his long dark hair was plastered to his face, and he was panting from sprinting the 5 miles. Sano had never been so glad to see the school. Continuing his spring, Sano burst across the yard, past Yujiiro and then his final destination was the cafeteria.
When he finally got to the cafeteria, Sano saw there were only a hand full of people there. Those people consisted of: Sekime, Kayashima, Minami and Nakatsu, as well as a couple others from Dorm 2. Seeing that the dorm head was there, Sano couldn't help but collapse to his knees, knowing he had finally made it to some help.
At the sound of his entrance, all those in the cafeteria turned their heads Sano's way. One man even said his name, but Sano couldn't tell who it was. When Sano then fell to the floor, exhausted and his entire body aching from sprinting there, the men surrounded him. Questions were asked, the boys didn't know what was going on, but how could they even imagine what had happened.
Finally, Nakatsu and Nanba dropped to Sano's level and touched his shoulders. It wasn't until then that he realized he was shaking. Not with exhaustion though, but with fear. Fear for Ashiya. "They've got…" Panting for breath, Sano couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Oh come on Izumi. Whose got what?" Nakatsu was his typical cheery self, which was so wrong for a time like this. Gulping down the jitters, Sano looked Nakatsu dead in the eyes and said,
"Someone's Kidnapped Ashiya"