Guarding Destiny 3
After 5 hours of helping the professor with the easiest thing to do, Hiroki was walking towards his home. Sometimes he wondered what went on in that professor's head; he had good advice some of the time but most of the time he was a complete basket head. This mad Hiroki wonder if this was the reason that Miyagi was the only professor to have an assistant. Hiroki sighed as he got to the corner of his apartment complex. Hiroki made his way to the apartment and saw a familiar figure sitting next to the door. The figure had its knees to its chest, head buried in the knees and arms wrapped around them. This figure looked a lot like… is that Nowaki? Why is he here? Hiroki approached the young man
"Nowaki?" Hiroki asked seeing the young man pop his head up from his knees to see Hiroki, and got up
"Oh, Hiro-San" Hiroki said sadly before hugging him gently. This action shocked Hiroki; he would've pushed anyone else away, but he didn't want to; plus he felt like something had happened
"Nowaki, what's wrong?" Hiroki asked nervously; nervous for Nowaki. When Nowaki didn't answer, Hiroki sighed and opened the door to his apartment and lead Nowaki inside to the couch. Hiroki looked at Nowaki, who was sitting down looking at the floor with a stressed look. To Hiroki he looked deep in thought, and sighed sadly, not wanting him to be sad. This action would've been pushed aside by Hiroki, since he was in love with Akihiko, but right now it didn't matter to him. Hiroki walked into the kitchen and made some hot chocolate. When he reentered the room five minutes later, he saw Nowaki in the same position as he was in when he first sat down. Hiroki walked over to him and handed him a mug full of the creamy looking hot chocolate.
"Here, drink this" Hiroki said and Nowaki looked up to him for a second before looking at the mug full of the delicious brown beverage that was in his hands.
"…Thanks" Nowaki said distressed or that's what Hiroki thought Nowaki sounded like. Hiroki sighed and sat next to him
"What's wrong Nowaki? What happened?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki looked to him and sighed
"They… burned down… my house" Nowaki said distressed. Hiroki had wide eyes. He couldn't have heard what he thought he heard. God this poor guy; not even knowing him for a full day, Hiroki knows this man has the weight of the world on his shoulders.
"A-are you serious?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki sighed and nodded
"I wasn't close to my house for them to see me, but I was close enough to see them… If they did see me, they would probably throw me in the house when it was burning" Nowaki mumbled and Hiroki sighed
"Don't talk like that, they wouldn't do that" Hiroki said earning a sigh from Nowaki
"Police beat me up, the bystanders who witnessed them burning down my house didn't call for a fire truck… I wasn't kidding when I said I'm hated. I know they would've thrown me in there" Nowaki mumbled out and Hiroki looked at him with sympathy. Is he really hated to the point where people would want to kill him? But why? This kid is really nice and kind
"Hiro-San… I have nowhere to go" Nowaki said continuing to look at his drink and Hiroki rolled his eyes
"What are you talking about? You did come here didn't you; you think I would let you go without anything?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki looked to him with tears in his eyes and tiny amount of hope visible deep within the dark blue eyes
"Y-you're…?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki sighed and nodded
"Yes, you're going to stay here" Hiroki said and Nowaki smiled, putting the mug on the coffee table and hugged Hiroki and had tears form more
"Thank you Hiro-San" Nowaki said hugging him more and Hiroki was shocked but returned the hug.
"No problem, you should drink your hot chocolate" Hiroki said and Nowaki let go of Hiroki and took the mug and took a sip of it and smiled seeming like he was in heaven
"Wow Hiro-San, this is amazing, where did you learn to make this?" Nowaki asked drinking more and Hiroki blushed embarrassed and rubbed the back of his neck
"I-it's my grandmother's recipe, she taught it to her kids and my mom taught me" Hiroki said and Nowaki smiled and nodded
"Well thank you so much" Nowaki said drinking the rest and Hiroki sighed and got a phone call and his heart raced as it was Akihiko
"What is it Bakahiko" Hiroki asked, smirking at the nickname he came up for him ever since they were little
'Hey why do you call me that anyways?'
"Because you are a baka"
'Yes, yes, ever since that time at camp when I—'
"I told you to never mention that!" Hiroki said as he heard the other chuckle
'Right, right. Anyways, would you please come meet me at the usual diner?'
"Why?"
'I need to tell you something'
"Well… I'm kinda busy right now" Hiroki said
'So you don't want to meet your best friend?'
"Bakahiko, it's not like I don't want to, I'm busy" Hiroki said confused about the term 'best' being used in front of the word friend. Since when was he Akihiko's best friend? Wasn't Takahiro? What if… No don't think about that!
'But this is important… it's about Takahiro'
"Fine, I'll be right there" Hiroki said hanging up. It hurt Hiroki's heart since it seems all Akihiko would talk about is Takahiro even if Hiroki and Akihiko were together… it was painful. But what was more painful was thinking that the two had got together… but it couldn't be true, Takahiro wasn't gay… the proof was that he went out with a bunch of women in high school. So Hiroki had nothing to fear, right?
"You have to go?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki sighed and nodded
"Yes, my friend has to tell me something important. I'm sorry for leaving so suddenly… just make yourself at home" Hiroki said and Nowaki nodded
"Thanks for letting me stay here" Nowaki said and Hiroki nodded
"See you in a few" Hiroki said grabbing his jacket and leaving. Hiroki was walking down to the diner that Akihiko wanted to meet at… Hiroki sighed nervously. He didn't know what to expect. Could Akihiko want to give up his love for Takahiro and go out with him? That possibility was small. Did Akihiko get together with Takahiro? Now come on, that possibility is smaller that Akihiko getting together with him. During the fifteen minute walk down to the diner, Hiroki was thinking over the possibilities of what Akihiko wanted to talk about; some were painful and some raised his hopes. Hiroki walked into the diner to see Akihiko and walked to him
"Hey Akihiko" Hiroki said sitting down seeing a smiling Akihiko
"Hi, glad you could make it" Akihiko said and the waitress came over to ask if Hiroki wanted anything. Hiroki wasn't that hungry since the professor gave him some food an hour ago.
"Akihiko, what did you want to talk about?" Hiroki asked calmly and Akihiko smiled
"I told Takahiro about my feelings" Akihiko said and even if Hiroki was calm looking outside, he was panicking. H-he told Takahiro? I wonder if Takahiro… accepted. Of course he did, Akihiko would be devastated and not smiling if Takahiro didn't… Those sad hurtful thoughts went through Hiroki's mind in less than a second
"You did? How did he take it? Did he accept?" Hiroki asked calmly as behind the calm mask he was practically begging he didn't
"Yes, of course I did"
Hiroki and Akihiko looked to the side to see a smiling Takahiro. Hiroki watched as Takahiro sat next to Akihiko and kiss his cheek
"Sorry I'm late, Aki-poo" Takahiro said and Akihiko smiled
"It's ok Taka-bear" Akihiko said pulling Takahiro closer to him and if that scene didn't hurt Hiroki as much as it did he would gag at how cheesy it was.
"So you both are together now?" Hiroki asked calmly but that sentence hurt him deeply, but he wasn't about to show it. Hiroki watched Akihiko smile
"Yes, we are" Takahiro said
"And nothing would change that" Akihiko said turning to Takahiro, "Right Taka-bear?"
"Of course Aki-poo" Takahiro said and the two kissed gently. Hiroki didn't know how much he could stand before the calm mask he had on would break and he would break down. Hiroki got up
"I'm really happy for you both, but I have to go. I did tell you I was busy… so I'll see you later" Hiroki said leaving the building. Once he was far enough from the diner, Hiroki took off running, tears in his eyes. Before he got to his apartment, Hiroki's tears started to fall. Hiroki got to his apartment complex and sat next to the door, crying. Not being able to control his emotions, Hiroki started sobbing. Upon hearing this, Nowaki opened the door and saw gasped with wide eyes as he saw Hiroki crying.
"H-Hiro-San…" Nowaki said shocked and bent down near Hiroki, "A-are you ok?"
Nowaki sighed when Hiroki didn't answer and grabbed his hand and Hiroki froze slightly. Hiroki numbly let Nowaki lead him into the apartment and to the couch. Hiroki cried harder and buried his head into his arms. Nowaki looked sad, hating for a tough guy like Hiroki crying like this.
"H-Hiro-San, please tell me what's wrong" Nowaki said in a begging like tone and Hiroki shook his head, trying to calm down, "please Hiro-San? I hate to see you like this"
"N-no… y-you been through…m-more shit… than I-I have" Hiroki said stuttering when he needed air from crying. Nowaki sighed and hugged him and gently rubbed Hiroki's back in soothing circles
"This isn't about me right now Hiro-San… you're the one in pain now, please tell me" Nowaki said and Hiroki looked up, still crying
"… I-I was in love… with Akihiko… h-he was in love with… his friend… and th-they just got together" Hiroki said crying more and buried his head into his knees. Nowaki looked shocked and then hurt
"H-Hiro-San" Nowaki said and Hiroki got up
"I was s-stupid to think… anyone would ever… l-love me" Hiroki said and Nowaki had wide eyes and got up
"Hiro-San, don't talk like that!" Nowaki said "That's not true and you know it!"
"… I have a really bad… attitude… s-so much so that people think I would… kill puppies… I… no one would love me" Hiroki said walking to the bathroom. Hiroki shut and locked the door making Nowaki scared. Nowaki ran to the bathroom
"Hiro-San! W-what are you planning on doing?" Nowaki asked in fear and had tears in his eyes
"What… do you think brat? I'm all alone in the world, no one cares" Hiroki said and Nowaki banged on the door
"Please Hiro-San don't! I-If you're gone… I would have no one! Y-you're the only one that likes me! Please!" Nowaki said having tears roll down his face
"Sorry Nowaki… i-it's too late, I'm going to kill myself"
"please don't! I care about you!"
"You only care because I helped you when no one else did"
Nowaki bit his lip and had to call someone he raced to Hiroki's cell phone and was about to call the police when he remembered the beating. Nowaki quickly scrolled through the phone's contacts and ran across one that said 'Professor Miyagi'. Nowaki quickly called the phone number
At the office, Miyagi was organizing things, when he heard his phone ring and answered it
"Hello?" Miyagi asked
'A-are you Miyagi?'
"Yes, who is this?" Miyagi asked confused with the nervous voice on the other side
'I-I'm Nowaki'
"What may I do you for?"
'I n-need help! H-Hiro-San works for you, I just met him a day ago…'
Oh that one guy, Hiroki talked about, "What's wrong?"
"H-he met up with a guy named Akihiko a-and h-he had gotten together with his friend… pl-please help! H-Hiro-San is going to kill himself! H-he locked himself in the bathroom, pl-please'
Miyagi had wide eyes and bit his lip, "Shit, I told him this would happen, be right there" he said hanging up and leaving to his car
With Nowaki, Nowaki ran back to the bathroom and banged on the door
"H-Hiro-San…"
"Nowaki go away… there's nothing you could say to stop me"
"Y-you're not alone H-Hiro-San. You have friends… th-the professor… I'm the one that hasn't had anyone for 3 years. Everyone hated me, so much they want me dead… th-that was until I met you. I-if you're gone..." Nowaki said letting out a sob.
"I-I'm sorry Nowaki"
TBC