"A Flower in the Attic"
Chapter two: The News
Disclaimer: I don't own bleach nor flowers in the attic.
Seven o'clock...
Eight o'clock...
Nine o'clock...
Ten o'clock...
Hours has passed yet no one was coming. The Kuchiki family was waiting with bated breath for the man of the house to arrive. It worries the family since it was the first time that Byakuya was late. The twins has gotten to bed already. It was past their bedtime and school was early in the morning. They couldn't risk them being lazy and sleepy for school.
"Knock knock!"
Rukia saw her mother bolted right up when they heard the knock on the door. She looked at her mother and saw her went to see who would come to visit them. She was sure for one thing, whoever it was wasn't her father. Byakuya had his own keys and wouldn't bother knocking.
Rukia saw her mother opened the door. She saw two police officers talking intently and was looking at her and Renji from time to time. For some reasons Rukia couldn't stop fidgeting and Renji noticed it. He held her hand and threw his arm around her to stop her from shaking.
They both looked at the people conversing privately. Their eyes were locked on one of the officers whose gaze were fixed on them. When Rukia's eyes turned to her mother, she saw her mother shaking furiously and held the officer's arm for support.
Her mother was crying.
"Momma, what's wrong? Are you hurt?" Rukia pushed herself from her brother and ran towards her mother who was now on the floor.
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"Ma'am, we will wait for you in the car. Take as much time as you need. Do not force yourself." One of the police officer directed his voice to nemu but was looking with sad eyes at Rukia.
"Momma, why are you crying? Did they hurt you? What's wrong Momma?" Rukia was beginning to get impatient. Her mother wasn't talking and was just staring at nothing so she shook her mother's arm. Once she saw her mother's eyes she regretted it immediately. Her mother's eyes were full of sadness that Rukia couldn't comprehend.
Slowly, Rukia looked at her mother as she lifted her arms and hugged her loving daughter. Nemu was shaking so much that Rukia could feel it. She didn't know why but she felt her own body go limp and suddenly exhausted.
Rukia felt her mother trembling terribly. From head to toe. She was crying so much that she thought she would pass out any minute. "Rukia you father, Byakuya, won't be coming back anymore. He can't come back to us. He won't ever come back. We won't see him anymore. Rukia he's not gonna come back."
"What are you saying momma? Where's papa? Why won't he come back?" Rukia was staring at her mother with such intense that Renji couldn't take it anymore and hugged her to get her away from their mother.
Rukia was pulled away from her mother. She had her eyes on the said woman who was still on the floor unmoving.
"Rukia, your father... Your father... He's... He's dead."
Everything felt heavy. Everything around Rukia didn't suddenly feel right. She looked at the table where there were food for her father's birthday. Her eyes were fixed on it but she couldn't see anything. She couldn't hear the voices calling her attention. Over and over her brother kept on calling her name but she couldn't hear anything. Her body was moving but she didn't know how it moved. Someone was pulling her and shaking her but she didn't give a damn about who it was. She didn't care what happened next.
Rukia lost all control she had.
She screamed.
A high pitched voice was heard through out the neighborhood. It didn't stop. No one could stop it. The voice was laced with pain and heartache as it kept on repeating one word.
Papa.
A/N: Still no Ichigo for this chapter. I also don't know whether this chapter was sad enough or LAME! will you let me know?
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