Chapter 7
Haru couldn't even believe his eyes. The damning evidences in front of him. Him and Makoto, dating!? Could it really be true?! Haru felt the disbielief rolling up inside ohim. How dare Makoto spread these illicit rumors?
Suddenly Makoto waslked in. Everyone gathered around him gesturing to the bulltenitne borad..
"Tachibana-sama! Is it true?" They also asked. Makoto looked at the bulltineded board and then back to Haru. Haru's eyes widened emphatically, imploring Makoto to utter the truth of the matter of the photograph that was taken of the two of them standing before Makoto's expensive foreign luxury vehicle. Makoto said nothing for a moment before his lips curled in a devious smirk.
"Of course," he proclaimed.
"It's not," Haru spoke up finally. "What does that picture even prove? We're just standing ther-" but before haru could finish Makto dragged him away.
As Haru was being pulled away, no one noticed the tears cascading down Goro's cheeks.
Goro don't show up at shcool for the next few days… School was much better for hihm now, but Goro's abscnse botherd him. He decided to visit Goro's house. It was a small manision. Makot's manisohouse was much bigger. When he enterd Goro's room, Goro was in a large fluffy bed wearing a pink silk nightgown. When he saw Haru enter the room, he sat up in surprise.
"Haru! What are you doing here, old bean?" He gapsed.
"I was wondering why you were gone so long. I brought you some mackerel soup." He set the bowl on his nightstand and sat down in the chai near Goro's large fluffy bed.
"You're such a dear," Goro said, tears weleing up in his perfect maroon orbs. Haru noticed he looked paile. "It's nothing for you to worry about; I just have been under the weather lately." Haru couldn't believe someone as perfect as Goro could get sick. "By the way, are you and Tachibana really together?"
"Urgh, nooo." Haru groaned. Goro brightened up at that. He laughed somehwat nervously.
"Right? How ridiculous!" Goro mewled. "Ok, I feel good now. Let's go to a club."
"No thanks." Haru said.
"There's a pool there."
Haru turned and looked at Goro with sparkle eys.
- At the club -
There really was pool, but it was just for display. Haru glowered at the Goro.
"I can't swim in that." He grumbled.
"We're here to dance not swim. I'll go get us some drinks. You want a mackerel cocktail?" Goro said walking off.
"Hell yea," Haru called after him. HE said down at at table and wiated. After an hour, Goro sill hadn't come back, so Haru went off to look for him. There was no sign of him at all so Haru stood there.
"Looking for someone?" He heard suddenly. He turned around to see who talekd. It was Rin's dad! He strummed his guitar.
"Rin's dad, what are you doing here?" Haru asked.
"I awlways play here, Haru-kun." Rin's dad answered.
"Oh, okay," Haru accepted this. Rins' dad's song ended… It was a sad song, full of pain an ddespair, but it was over now. Rin's dad stood and patting Haru on the shoulder.
"It's stuffy in here, Haru-kun. Let's go get some… fresh air," Rin's dad whispered.
"Well, it is pretty hot in here," Haru agreed. He left with Rin's dad.
Rin's dad played a bunch of songs for Haru. It was prett nice on the roof.
"Here, Haru-kun. I have a mackerel cocktail here for you. You like htose right?" Rin's dad said handing the drink over to him.
"Thanks, Rin's dad." Haru said, taking a sip. He felt woozly and passed out.
-The NEXT MORNING-
Haru woke up suddenly. He was in a hotel room that was unfamiliar. Suddenly he had a bad bad feeling. He stood up and had his clothes on so that was good. But on the mirror, scrawled in lipstick read: Thanks for the good time!
What had happened last nigh? He couldn't remember anything past going up to the roof with Rin's dad…
"Oh well," Haru said, shrugging. He left the hotel room so he could go home and get ready for school. When he showed up, he was surprised at what he saw.
Momo and Mikoshiba stomped up to Haru, grabbing him by the collar. "You filthy commoner scum how dare you!"
"What?"
"You heard him!" He screamed. He trew him into the garbage can. And they dragged him to the cafetira. "Explain yourself!" Everyone glared at Haru. Everyone pointed to the bulletin bored. Haru hesitated, almost terrified of what would show up on the screen this time. He wasn't disappointed becauce it was a picture of him in bed with Rin's dad, who was giving a peace sign with a Naruto smile. Haru's jaw dropped. Momo and Mikoshiba punched him.
"Hey!" Roared Makoto from the top of the steps. "How dare you touch him in asuch way." They bowed.
"Tachibana sama you gotta see this," the said. Makoto scoffed.
"See what? What on that screen could be so bad that it'd be worth punching the commoner?" Makoto strolled down the steps, the swim club following behind him. Haru panicked and tried to block the screen but Makoto pushed him aside. When he was saw what on the screen, he punched Haru. Haru punched him back.
"Just hitting me without even asking me what happened first, that's the worse! What's wrong with you?" Haru glared at Maketo.
"Then tell me what that is!" Makoto said jumping back to his feet. "If it's not what it looks like then tell me what it is!" He bellowed. But Haru was just silent because even he himself did not what had transpired that faithful night. Makoto's face fell. "You can't, can you?"
Haru shrugged. "I don't have to prove anything to you. We're not actually dating."
"Haruka Nanase," Makoto said suddenly. "We're over. I'm done with you." Everyone gasped as makoto walked away. They all galred at Haru. And for some reason he didn't know why, he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.
Rin pushed past the other members, straining to get a good look at the board. When he finally did catch sight of it, he groaned. "Damn it, dad! Not again!"
Later that day, Makoto opened his shoe locker to see a mysterious envolope. He openes it and there's a hotel key inside.
Meet me here, a note said. "Strange…" Makoto whispered.
-the next day-
Nagisa arrived at Nanase's Mackerel World. "Hmm, it's not as shabby as I expected," he mused to himself before striding through the front door. "Hello?" He called out.
Busing a table in the center of the room was an employee who caught Nagisa's eyes. He had long, flowing silver hair and scintillating golden eyes. He was wearing a stylish red kimono with a white apron and he had on a hat that said Nanase's Mackerel World on it. Not bad for a commoner, Nagisa thought grinning slyly.
"Who are you? Where's Haru-chan?" Nagisa questioned the handsome stranger.
"I'm Inuyasha. Haru isn't here right now." Inuyasha responed.
"Oh, that's too bad." Nagisa bleated.
"Do you want to leave a message, or…?" Inuyasha asked.
"No, I'll just ask him tomorrow. Bye." Nagisa left.
-At the hotel-
Makoto entered the room he was asked to go to yesterday. He looked around and saw pictures on the bed. They were all of Haru and Rin's dad. Makoto screamed and ripped them up and threw all the furniture around.
Suddenly Goro emerged from the bathroom. "Why do you let him cause you so much pain?"
Makoto was shocked! Goro approached him and gently stroked his cheekbones. "That commoner is so beneath you! He's not worth your pain, Tachibana-sama! Can't you see that?"
"You," Makoto whispered. "Aren't you supposed to be his friend? How could you say such things!?"
"No, I was never his truly his friend. I just want to be close to you!" Goro embraced Makoto. Makoto was disgusted. He pushed him away.
"What's wrong with you?! Get out of my sight!" Makoto yelled.
Goro's beautiful eyes welled up once more. "Tachibana-sama," he whispered. "Don't you remember me…?"
"What do you MEAN?" Makoto gasped.
"We knew each other once when we were children…" Goro revealed. Makoto's head was reeling from this shocking news. "We went to the same preschool…"
"We did? I don't think so…" Makoto thought hard about this.
"I was a different person back then," Goro said in a hushed voice. "I still remember the words you spoke to me that day. They changed me forever."
Makoto approached him hesitant. "What did I say to you, Goro…?"
"You said… 'I would never like an old fogey like you!'" He sobbed. Makoto stood there for a moment.
"I really said that to you? Wow, that was really rude of me. I apologi-"
"NO! You were right! I always looked abnormally elderly for my age... " Goro grabbed Makoto's collar again. "So I decided to change. I moved to a different country… got plastic surgery!" Goro shook Makoto by the collar. "How am I now, TYachiabam-sama! Am I handsome enough for you?!"
"Goro," Makoto spoke suddenly. "You may be beautiful on the outside, but on the inside you're still an ugly old man."
Goro cried out as Makoto walked away. "no! What did I do wrong!? What should I have done differently?"
Goro fell to the floor sobbing.
-elsewhere-
Haru was in his classroom sleeping on his desk. Little did he know, the students around him were plotting to do something bad to him. Goro was there, but he left without saying a word to Haru. Haru left the room and got on his bike. He was riding across campus when the bike stopped suddenly propelling him off the bike and onto the pavement. He sat up with a groan. His knees were all scraped up. A large crowd formed around him with Momo and Mikoshiba standing in front of him.
"Who do you think you are, disgracing Tachibana-sama this way?" Momo sneered. "We're going to teach you not to mess with your betters!"
They poured gasoline on his bike and lit it on fire. Haru screamed in agony, but there was nothing he could do anymore. The crowd started to pelt him with balloons with mud. Mikoshiba brought out the fire exthingushier. He started spraying Haru with it. Haru fell to the ground. He couldn't take anymore. That's when Makoto appeared.
"Fudge off!" Makoto shrieked grabbing the fire exstigusher and bashing Mikoshiba over the head with it. He took a ballon and popped it over Momo's head. He then grabbed him by the hair and threw him. He started throwing the rest of the balloons at people as they ran off screaming. Makoto knelt by Haru and picked him up and carried him bridal style.
"I'm sorry... I believe you!" Makoto cried.
"Where are you taking me…?" Haru whispered.
"You'll see…" Makoto said.
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