A/N: Yay! two chapters and I also put up another oneshot for my story Randomness (Ouran High Fic) I'm on a roll today!
Chapter 6
I won the competition, obviously. I may have entered by force or without my knowledge, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to lose either. As I open the door to head outside with the others I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn around and see that it's Nanako. "Ryoma-kun, that was a wonderful performance. Very powerful, very overwhelming, it was truly amazing. Congratulations on winning." She says and she gives me a slight hug as we head out towards the others.
"Echizen." Says Tezuka-senpai "Your performance was good."
"Arigato Tezuka-senpai."
"Ochibi! Sugoi! Sugoi! Sugoi!" screamed Kikumaru senpai as he glomped me. "Congratulations on winning. That was so amazing! It was so beautiful."
"Yea, Echizen, You have an amazing musical talent. Your performace was absolutely stunning, very powerful, very overwhelming." Said Fuji-senpai
"Echizen!" said Momo as he slapped my back hard, "Never knew you could play like that. How could you keep something like that secret from us? How could you huh?"
"Congratulations Echizen" said both Oishi-senpai and Kawamurah-senpai
"Fshhhh"
"Now, it's time to celebrate your win Echizen, why don't we all head down to Kawamura's Sushi." Said Ryuuzaki-sensei.
"Ryoma, you go and have fun with your friends" Said okaa-san with a bright smile.
"Yea brat, go on with your friends, me and your mom got a date." He said grinning from ear to ear. "And don't wait up for us!" he said as they made their way to leave, arms wrapped securely around 'kaa-san's waist.
"Ryoma-kun, I'll leave you to have fun with your friends okay. Plus, I have some work to catch up on." She said as she too made her way too leave.
As we enter Kawamura's sushi restaurant, his father greets me with a smile congratulating me on a job well done at the Musical Concourse, apparently Kawamura-senpai informed him of my victory already. "How about some sushi as congratulations. I'll make you anything you want." He says.
The rest of the afternoon goes by pretty smoothly. Momo-senpai was eating a lot of food and fighting with Kaido-senpai while Kikumaru-senpai was complaining to Oishi-senpai that he didn't have enough food to eat. He remembered this time to stay away from Fuji-senpai's food. Inui-senpai was just watching everybody while writing in his notebook while buchou sat at the bar with Ryuuzaki-sensei.
Everyone kept complimenting me on how good I played. They were all so surprised that I played an instrument and feigned anger that I never told a single one of them about it. It was pretty normal, well as normal for us as you can get. Everything was going fine, that is until a certain monkey king decided to enter the shop.
"Ahn. Yuushi, why are we here? The food here is not enough to satisfy ore-sama's exquisite taste buds. Ahn. Who is that I see sulking in a corner? Is that the brat trying to hide from ore-sama?" Crap he saw me. Great my day is just getting better and better, lucky me! I guess there's no use hiding anymore. "What do you want monkey king?"
"Ore-sama didn't know you got back into town. When did you get back?" he asks ignoring my question
"What does it matter to you? Why should I tell you when I come back to Japan?" seriously. What is up with him?
"Brat. You're still as rude as ever. You're lucky that you're…" crap I know what he's going to say. I thought I told him not to tell anyone that. Yes Atobe knows. Of course he knows, the Atobe family is a rich and powerful family in Japan, the Takeuchi and the Atobe family have been close friends and business partners for years. I've known him for ten years now, first meeting when I was 5 years old, when I wasn't the next heir. He's just as annoying now as he was then, the same arrogant monkey that insists o referring to himself in the third person.
"What do you want Monkey-king?" I say interrupting him, earning questioning glances from three certain people.
"Ahn. How rude. No one interrupts the great ore-sama brat. After I so graciously allowed you to be in my presence. Kabaji, let's go."
"Aww, but…" said an awake and pouting Jirou-senpai as Atobe stormed out of the restaurant. "…Okay…. bye Fuji!!" he said with smiling and jumping as he left.
"That was odd." Said Momo-senpai. "It's like they just appeared out of nowhere. A random occurrence." "Fshhuuuu" hissed Kaido-senpai as we all continued to eat our sushi and enjoy the celebration. However, as I sit there with my sushi, while Momo-senpai rattles on about some inane topic, I can't help but feel three sets of eyes staring at me. I turn around and notice that it's none other than Fuji-senpai, who smiles one of his trademark smiles, Tezuka-senpai and Inui-senpai. As I look at them I think back to my performance and the thoughts that filled my brain. I don't think the question is whether or not I'm ready to open up, I think now it's whether or not I have a choice to.
As I turn back to my food, I get lost in my own thoughts, as Momo-senpai and Kaidoh-senpai have now taken to fighting with each other as per usual. I know now that I can't keep this secret forever. It's only been a couple days since I got back and parts of me I never intended for them to see are already coming out. I remember the looks in their eyes. They know I'm holding something back. They know I'm keeping something from them. I could never get anything past them. So the question is do I face up to it now and tell them all, or prolong it as long as I possibly can.
As I head home from the celebration still mulling over the same thoughts, my phone rings. I answer it and it's none other than the damn Monkey King.
"What do you want Monkey King?" I say as I answer the phone.
"Hnn…. You should be grateful that Ore-sama even bothered to grace you with his beautiful voice. And Ore-sama can call anyone he wants to." He said.
"So what DO you want?"
"You still haven't told them have you?" He asked seriously all of a sudden "how long do you plan on hiding this from them? They'll find out eventually, especially with Fuji and Inui. I'm surprised they haven't already found out about your family."
"They'll find out when I want them to find out. No sooner, No later." I say with a slight harshness in my voice that was unintended.
"You know you can't keep this from them forever. The truth always finds a way of coming out." He said.
"Yea. Yea Whatever." I say as I end the call. I know he's right. I have to tell them, I should tell them. I just can't bring myself to actually do it.
"Tadaima."
I enter the house as I see Nanako-san, standing by the phone, staring at me in utter shock and sorrow as the phone slips from her grasp and drops to the floor in loud thud.
"Ryoma-kun …"
A/N: wonder what happened? What do you think. I hope you guys will like the direction I'm taking with this story.
