Are You Afraid?
Chapter 4 - Of Punishments and Family Reunions
-Ryōsuke's POV-
"...I'm sorry... I'm sorry... For-for promising such a thing with Honda-san." I say, my voice trembling from fear. My boss is very strict on orders, and when I go to something that he did not tell me to do, then I will be punished.
"You should be you brat." He spat. He brought his hand up in the air, and brought it down, slapping my cheek, as hard as he can.
"I regret doing such a thing without orders, sir..." I whimper, caressing my stinging cheek.
"I can't believe you. At times you can be as obedient as a well-trained dog, yet, you can be so difficult. Why? Why are you like this?" he demands.
"I-I will keep my actions in check next time, sir." I mumble, looking down at the ground.
"You better," my boss mutters.
I want to make a snide remark, as I always do, but I keep my mouth shut, knowing that if I opened my mouth, I would end up with an even worse punishment.
"Go off. I don't need you until later on in the day. Leave."
"Y-yes sir. Right away sir." I stand up quickly and head for the door, leaving him alone, as to not anger him.
-Arthur's POV-
It really was such a ruckus when I had gotten home. Aednat and Ryan fighting, Peter online playing co-ed games with his best friend Raivis, you think playing co-ed games are quiet? Quiet doesn't seem to exist when all of us get together again. At least Jack was quiet, he was playing with his pet koala. And Scott intended to annoy me, just for the fun of it, because that's my brother. But I still hated family reunions.
Aednat and Ryan had abruptly paused their argument, as the phone started ringing. Scott stared at the phone for a fraction of a second, before picking it up, pressing the answer button.
"Kirkland residence, Scott speaking." Scott says firmly.
"Put it on speaker phone you git." I hiss to the Scotsman.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm getting to it, you punk." Scott says, as he puts it on speaker, placing it carefully down onto the counter. "Heads up, Alfred wants to talk to you."
"I-I told you to quit bringing that up!" I stutter out.
"Hey Artie!" Alfred practically yells. There was a brief silence before he quickly said 'hello' to everyone else.
"Hey! Raivis is here too!" Peter whines as the Latvian chuckles.
"Hey Raivis, anyway, Artie! We're at Kiku's-and-and-for some weird reason, we can't find him anywhere. It like, poof and he's gone! We don't know what to do! So we thought that if you came over, you could probably help us and find Kiku."
"Umm... Okay? Yeah, I'll be over as soon as I can." I say, doubt in my voice.
"Oh! And bring your magic stuff, we're going to need it!"
"Y-Yeah! I'll be over as soon as I can!"
And that's how I ended up at my friend Kiku's place. Not following a word Alfred was saying.
"Okay! Alfred, I think would understand this whole situation if you calmed down and explained a bit more slowly!"
"Here, why don't you let me explain, Alfred," Heracles said with a yawn. Evidently, the Grecian had been woken up from his daily naps, and was willing to explain what was going.
And so he did, he said they had been running late, and when they had gotten to his house, that he hadn't been there, how they went looking for him, and occasionally, Alfred made his own comments. Must be hard on him, I think.
"I see now." I mutter, organizing the information in my head.
"So we were wondering...if you could help us and try find him..." Alfred said, his voice monotone.
"I think I'm starting to understand what happened..."
A/N I hope this last chapter made up for the long absence. So far it is the longest one. I will try to update sooner!
Thank you KitsuneletterS (If you look at pictures it might help! I needed pictures to help me with the lengthy descriptions, I think I made a few mistakes... But in chapter 5 I will explain about all of that, 'kay?) and Japan101 for the reviews. They are much appreciated.