Hopefully I'll be able to post this today/tonight! Yes, I'm trying for two chapters! =D
Haruhi: De-chan does NOT own OHSHC or any of the songs she uses in this story. If she did, it would be filled with Tragedy/romance and lots of random quotes.
Me: Heh… yeah~ ^^'
So last chapter the warning mentioned cursing… well it was meant to be for this chapter… Sorry… Heh… *Rubs neck sheepishly*
WARNING: This one will ACTUALLY have slight cursing in it… Not much though! Also pretty sad flashback of Ichi's past!
Now, to the story~!
Ch.5 A mistake and her past...
With Ichi and customers:
"So Ichi-kun, we were wondering…. When did you learn to play the guitar and sing so well?" One of the three girls asked. They were the same three who offered him lunch, and he smiled brightly when he realized that they kept their promise.
"I've always loved to sing! I've sung since I was five years old to be exact… They may have not been good songs, but it was singing all the same… Now as for the guitar; My Dad taught me how to play at the age of eight up until I turned ten when he…" Ichi choked on his words when he realized who he was talking about.
The ladies noticed the shocked expression on his face, and had heard the choking gasp that had escaped his lips before asking one of the only questions he always had a hard time answering.
"What happened?"
Ah yes… It was story time. Sensing this, the hosts hid behind one of the red couches trying to get a better ear-shot of the conversation. Ichi just looked back at them before giving out a shaky sigh.
"W-well…. Like I was saying, I had been taught to play the guitar up until I turned ten. It was literally my birthday when he left me and my mother. I remember it as if it was just yesterday, but I've been taking care of my mother ever since then because she had become very ill… Doing all the cooking, cleaning, and shopping was hard, sure, but I did it anyway… Just for my mother…. It's actually been Seven years…." Ichi breathed. His eyes glazing over as he relived his past once more.
Flashback: Ichi's 10'th B-day morning;
'A now 10 year old Ichi lay sleeping in her cot while an older male, almost a look-alike of the girl, packed some bags. He was leaving…. for good.
As the man went to walk out the door, a small hand grabbed the hem of his jacket. He looked down at his child with no emotion on his face.
"Let go child. I'm leaving now. Don't expect me to take you with me either. You were a mistake. I only married your mother for her money. Now that she has none, I have no reason to stay here. Get out of my sight." The man said with venom dripping from his voice. The words shattered the girl's innocence, heart, and mind, and before she knew it, she was chasing her father's car down the road in the rain. It hid her tears well, but they blinded her sight and she fell. Getting her clothes muddy and letting the car drive off, never to be seen again. She stayed on the ground crying her eyes out until her mother came running out to grab her.
"Honey what are you doing out here? You'll catch a cold!" The woman said worriedly.
The child just held out her hand to her mother, only to show her father's guitar pick she had taken in the middle of her palm. Immediately, the mother sank to her knees and held the child while they sobbed in the rain. It was the last time the mother was healthy, and it was also the last time Kitsune Ichi smiled a real smile.'
End flashback:
-hi-kun! Ichi-kun!"
Said boy snapped out of his thoughts with glimmering eyes and looked at the girl who was calling his name.
"We've been calling you for ten minutes now…. Are you ok?"
All eyes were on Ichi when he stood up quickly. Tears were almost falling as he looked at everyone staring at him. Then…. He ran.
He ran as fast as he could out of the room, down the stairs, out the school doors, and into the garden maze. Of course, it just so happened to be raining. He didn't stop running until he reached the rose gazebo, and by then, he was soaked to the bone. Slowly, he crawled under the stone table and curled himself up into a ball. Quietly singing a song that was almost perfectly fitting for his situation. The song he used to cry himself to sleep with when he was ten… (AN: Yes I know I'm using He. Don't pay attention to it, just read the song that I don't own… "Family Portrait" By P!nk)
"U-uh, uh, some deep sh-shit, uh, uh.
M-momma please stop cryin', I-I can't stand the sound,
Your pain is p-p-painful and its tearin' me down.
I hear glasses b-breakin as I sit up in my bed,
I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you
s-said.
You fight about money, b-bout me and my brother,
And this I come home to, this is my sh-shelter…
It ain't easy g-growin up in World War III,
Never knowin what love could b-be, you'll see.
I don't want love to d-destroy me like it has done
my fa-family…
C-can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be b-better, Mommy I'll do anything.
Can we work it out? Can we be a f-family?
I promise I'll be better, D-d-daddy please don't
leave!
D-daddy please stop yellin, I can't st-stand the sound.
Make m-mama stop cryin, 'cause I need you around.
My mama she loves you, no m-matter what she says
its true!
I know that she hurts you, but r-remember I love
you, too!
I ran away t-today, ran from the noise, ran away!
Don't wanna go back to that place, but d-don't have
no choice, no way…
It ain't easy growin up in W-world War III,
Never knowin what love could be, well I've seen.
I don't want love to destroy me like it did my
f-family.
C-can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, M-mommy I'll do anything,
Can we work it out? C-can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, D-d-daddy please don't
leave!
In our family p-portrait, we look pretty happy,
Let's play pretend, let's act like it c-comes
naturally…
I don't wanna have to split the ho-holidays,
I d-don't want two addresses.
I don't want a step-b-brother anyways,
And I don't want my m-mom to have to change her
last name!
In our f-family portrait we look pretty happy,
We look pretty normal, let's go b-back to that.
In our family portrait w-we look pretty happy
Let's p-play pretend, act like it goes naturally.
In our family portrait w-we look pretty happy,
We look pretty no-normal, let's go back to that
In our family portrait we look pretty h-happy
Let's play pre-pretend and act like it comes so
naturally.
I-in our family portrait we look pretty happy,
We look pretty n-normal, let's go back to that…
D-daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Daddy d-don't leave
Turn around p-please
R-remember that the night you left, you took my
shining star?
D-d-daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't l-leave
Don't leave u-us here alone…
Mom will be n-nicer
I'll be so much b-better, I'll tell my brother.
Oh, I won't spill the milk at dinner.
I-I'll be so much better, I'll do everything right
I'll be your little g-g-girl forever
I'll go to sleep at n-night…"
With that, Ichi fell asleep. Cold, shivering, and emotionally exhausted in a puddle of rainwater and tears.
Takashi's P.O.V! YAY!
We were all listening to Ichi talk about some of his past when suddenly his eyes glazed over, and he was in some kind of trance. 'I wonder what's happening?' I thought to myself.
A girl had been trying to talk to him for ten minutes, but he just sat there. His eyes wide and glazed. Then, in a blink of an eye, he was standing.
"I-I-I'm sorry!" he shouted. I noticed Ichi look around the room, and when his eyes locked with mine, his amber flecks were dull as if they were a dying flame. Empty-like, and sad. He looked on the brink of tears, and then he just ran out. Kyouya proceeded in closing club hours short today as we all tried to catch up to him. He was to fast though.
Mitsukuni looked up at me with sad eyes, and I placed him on my shoulders. Haruhi was most likely freaking out about the promise she had just made Ichi's mom the day before. The twins were calling out for a "Foxy!" Tamaki was shouting in French, and Mitsuni and I were listening for any footsteps.
As we went behind the school building, Mitsukuni gasped in surprise. Everyone looked up at him expectantly.
"Listen! I think I hear him singing!"
Sure enough, we could just hear Ichi singing through the rain. We made our way towards the sound and reached the maze before the singing stopped. The rain had stopped just then as well, and everyone ran to look for the boy who could have easily gotten lost in these mazes.
We all reached the center of the maze in no time, and we looked around worriedly. 'If he stays in those wet clothes for to long he could get hypothermia…' I thought. I was actually really nervous as well. I didn't know what we would tell his mother if we didn't find him though…
"G-guys! Hurry!" Haruhi shouted. We all immediately sprinted towards her.
She was standing in-front of the rose gazebo. Her eyes were wide with shock and fear, and she was looking into the gazebo.
"What? It's just the gazebo Haruhi…" Tamaki tried to reassure her, but something was terribly wrong.
She raised one of her hands to her mouth trying not to choke on a sob it looked like, and pointed a shaky hand to the ground of the gazebo. We rushed to stand by her side as we all looked in.
We gasped in surprise and fear.
There he was… Soaked to the bone, curled up into a ball, shaking, and sleeping in a puddle of rainwater under the stone table in the center of the gazebo. I hurriedly scooped him up, and we all ran back to the building.
Once we got inside the Music room again, Tamaki had Kyouya call an ambulance. Meanwhile, I still held Ichi in my arms carefully. He was still shaking ferociously, and wouldn't uncurl himself. I had wrapped him into a few blankets as well, but it didn't seem to be working. I just stood with him in my arms. He was light. Maybe to light for a boy his age… 'Why am I even thinking this much about his figure?' I mentally groaned. Tamaki must be rubbing off on me…
Suddenly the door burst open and three E.M.T's came in with a gurney. It made me shiver a little bit thinking that sometimes those were used for dead bodies…
Kyouya walked up to one of the female E.M.T's, and began giving her orders.
"Thank you for coming so quickly ma'am. We have a bad case of possible hypothermia, and it's causing the muscles in her body to seize up. I don't care how long it takes, but you will put her in one of the Ootori's rooms until she makes a full recovery. Do you understand me? That means she'll need girl doctors as well." He commanded. The girl nodded, and they took Ichi out of my arms, and put hi- Wait…
"WHAT?"
Haha oh how I love a good cliffhanger… XD Please review! I'm glad I could post this up sooner! =)