A/N: I decided to do both one and two. The idea of Hotaru going to America doesn't seem acceptable because by then, I would do a bug time skip and I don't like it. Then, I couldn't wait for any suggestions because you people got three days to answer but I never get anything, so...
Warning: I decided to turn this fanfic back to rated T because, as my twin sister pointed out, it was not that violent, and I was even thinking that I did a pretty good job getting it as violent as I can. But then I told you guys that I 'm not a violent person. *chuckles
Also, if you spot any mistakes from the previous chapters, please forgive me. I didn't have time to get into it and edit it because it was my sister's time to write Hitsugaya Karin. I stayed away from the computer because she doesn't want me to see how she was doing with it.
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis is not mine.
The events from the past few days were handled by their father and the private investigators they hired to manage the case. Ren and Onyx think that the case was very personal for them because they've gotten really close to their subject even though it was against their policy. Hotaru and Keigo were sent to the hospital for check up to see if something broke up or if they had internal bleeding. Keigo needed a couple of stitches but rather than that, there's nothing critical about him. Hotaru remained silent and traumatized, and even though Keigo was always with her, she doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about it as she always do in the past.
Why not? He just dumped her, then went to see his 'lover' before telling his dad about her. And then, Hotaru got kidnapped and the mastermind of all of these was his girlfriend.
Hotaru remembered what happened before the police officer got in and prevent any more drastic moves from Bando...
"Hmmm, very silky," he murmured as he sniggered. He brushed his fingers on her collar bone's skin. "So soft."
"No! No!" she shouted along Atobe's "Stop that! Stop it, I said."
"Tee-hee," he leaned and nibbled the base of her neck. She shuddered and wriggled away from his grasp without a good outcome.
Atobe get up from the chair and lunged forward to Bando. However, Bando punched him and Hotaru saw how Keigo lose his footing and drop to the floor. She sobbed and roared as she watched Bando beat up Keigo.
Keigo miraculously got out from his binding and return a punch. Keigo's punches are stronger than Bando's because he use them always in tennis. What do you think the hundred swings for? It is done to get the muscle powerful so that even if he swings his arms while playing tennis for long hours, it will not worn out easily.
Then the police officer entered and arrested Bando while Keigo went to her to take off her bindings. Her wrists were bruised by the rope they used to bind her. She clung to Keigo and he carried her out of that should be better. The ordeal was done and the bad people involved were arrested.
However, she could still feel Bando's hands on her, his mouth on her neck, his teeth. It gives her nightmare even though she's awake. The trauma will not go away.
They had a viewing for her grandfather's wake. She still could not believe that the grandfather she loved so much died while she was with him. Her father got interested on Hamasaki's case and he dug up to see if the other girl was telling the truth.
The answer is no. Hamasaki Ruriko was not Takuya's daughter nor she was Hotaru and Ryo's sister. She was the daughter of her mother and a guy whose name was not mentioned for privacy, the same guy who Takuya caught making out with his ex-girlfriend he thought he loved.
Hotaru, now in her room in their villa in Karuizawa, sigh in her sleep. The soft feeling of the fluffy bed sheet and soft, big feather pillows did nothing to thwart her torment. She sweat in her sleep and fidget as she remembers everything that had happened.
The mother superior didn't mind if she didn't come to school for another week (Winter break passed already), she said that for someone who experienced something as horrible as her experience might need some time to recover.
But the days are dragging and she was bored, if not terrified. She always go at the back of the mansion where her playground when she was a child is still up and maintained for Ryo. As for her brother, he wants to come with her but their father didn't let him because he needs to attend his school even though he was intelligent and can easily catch up with something; the same as her sister.
He did not cry though, only once. It was when he saw his grandpa's body being hauled up by the paramedics in the stretcher. After that, his eyes remained dry, which make Hotaru worry. She would rather see her brother cry out all the pain he was feeling than watching him store it inside of him to show that he was okay even though he's not.
She got up and went to the bathroom, take a shower and then dress into her tennis outfit which consist of shorts and t-shirt- Haruto's clothing- without the wig. She went to the tennis court with her racquet and two tennis balls. This is her way to relieve stress and heartache. To exhaust herself until she couldn't think anymore because of tiredness.
The tennis court has a wall in the back where she can practice her tennis by herself if she does not like to practice with someone. She dribbled the ball into the asphalt and then hit it to the wall. As it bounce back, she hit it again, then again and again.
She was doing it without a care of her surroundings, ignoring the presence of someone who was watching her.
Atobe can't take it anymore. He need to see Hotaru. He need to talk to her. He needs her, period. He will get crazy if he do not go and see her, but he was in his room, in his bed, getting rest and trying to 'take it easy', as his father called it.
A vein popped as he yelled for a maid. "Y-yes, Keigo-sama. W-what is that you need?"
"Can you send my father for me please?" even though irritated, he still has the tendency to become polite. Eh no, that was what they taught him in his childhood. It was engraved into every drop of his blood to respect even if the people around you is lower than yourself.
"H-hai," the unfortunate maid replied and almost run to get away from him. When his father entered the room some minutes later, he said, "I want to get out of her. I need to breathe fresh air."
Daisuke walked to his son's room's window and opened it. A cold wind penetrate the air. "There, you have it."
"Father," he said patiently, but sarcastically, "I mean, I need to get out of Tokyo. With things happening, I need to go some place where I can relax. I know that you can handle those things that has bothered us since this event leaked out to the media, so please let me go some place where I can find peace?"
His father's eyes captured his, "Son, even though you say that, you can't. You're not dead yet, you can only find peace if you are dead but I wouldn't let you leave me so early. I will kill you first before I let that happen.
"Now," he sat down at his son's bed, "if you are looking for some place where you could relax, then I have somewhere that I can recommend."
Keigo raised his right brow when he saw his dad's teasing smile, "I don't think I would like it..."
"No. You will love it?" his smile turned to grin. He fetched his phone and dialed Kinomichi's number, "Hello, Takuya?... Yeah, I want to ask, is it all right for my son to visit your mansion in Karuizawa..."
Keigo's heart throbbed. That's where it started, he thought. It is where he met her. He could not still believe that he forgot about those happy moments he had with Hotaru. Sometimes, he castigated himself from forgetting about her.
Oh, how much he must have hurt her. He disliked himself for doing those unreasonable things to her.
"...Okay. Got it," he heard his dad answered back before turning off the phone and look at his son with a huge grin in his face. "He said you could go."
So now he arrived unexpectedly in the Kinomichi's mansion in Karuizawa. The maids rushed in to meet him, they lead him to his 'room' and told him that the young mistress is at the back if he wants to see her. He cursed his father in his mind as he walked out of the house into the back. He remembered going here and challenge that maggot for a guy. He also remembered how he patiently teach Hotaru on how to play tennis.
"Did she continue to practice?" he muttered as he walk through the tennis court, noticing that it was open. His hands itched for his racket but his father told him to leave it. He said that he knew he would get stubborn and play tennis if he want to. And he's right. He really do like to play now.
He heard the sound of a ball hitting the wall. He sauntered to the back and halted as he saw his ex-fiancee beat the ball continuously to the wall.
"Huff, huff" the sound of her breathing is heavy and it seemed that she's been doing it for a long time now. Then he saw the ball returned. Hotaru looked at it sharply and with a swift move, she let it pass her slightly before quickly rotating her body clockwise and let the ball deflect off the racket which naturally adds topspin unto the shot. Higuma otoshi, his mind screamed. His ex- fiancee know how to do Fuji Sysuke's Higuma Otoshi.
Hotaru opened her eyes when she felt that someone was watching her. It was too late for Atobe to hide himself. The ball flew towards her and she caught it with her racket.
"What... what are you doing here?" she asked. It shocked her, promised.
Atobe couldn't answer. He was rooted where he was because of shock and awe. When he did, he said, "You just did Higuma Otoshi!"
"What does a bear have to do with the technique?" she asked, brows furrowed. "Besides, you didn't answer my question. Do you really want me to get in trouble again? Or better yet, get arrested because I am a hundred percent sure that your contract said that I shouldn't show my face in front of you."
Her tone sound hurt and dark that he flinched, "H-ho-chan..."
Tears suddenly fell down from her eyes and Atobe's own widened. He tried to get to her and embrace her but she put her hands in front of her as to stop him from moving closer to her, "Don't.. don't call me that! You are not my Kei-kun!"
Then she run towards the house, leaving a stunned Atobe Keigo.
At the dinner, the two silently eat their food. The supposedly yummy food taste bland on Hotaru's mouth. She called her dad and asked him why Atobe Keigo was currently living in their house and his only answer was a cold "Just because..." Then hung up on her.
She noticed that he was wearing their 'wedding necklace' and thought What the hell? What does he think he's doing? Does he really think that I would fall for him again? It was still fresh on her mind the day he made her sign that contract. Her heart constricted.
"Good night," she said as she stood to go to her room. He followed, or so she thought. He opened up the door of the empty room beside hers.
Her eyes went wide when he caught her looking at him, "Good night."
They have lived under the same roof for two days. They do not talk to each other except for "good morning', 'good afternoon', or 'good night'. Hotaru believed that if someone didn't came up with those words, she and Keigo wouldn't say anything to each other.
And then, she went to her old tree house. Same as her playground, the tree house was restored and maintained also for the sake of Ryo. Instead of the girly interior, it was full of a boy's toys and boy theme color. Although her little bed is still there, it only cramped the room because Ryo's bed is there also.
She dropped her notebooks when she saw Atobe sitting in the corner. He looked up and nod at her, which she returned. She turned her back to walk out but her pride made her stop. Why does she need to get out of her tree house if she own it, not his.
Silence engulfed them. When she couldn't take it anymore, "What are you doing here!?"
He raised a brow, then smirked, "Let's play house again, Ho-chan."
She felt her face heating up, "No! Go out!" Go out!"
He went serious, "Do you not forgive me, huh, Ho-chan?"
"Forgive you?" she asked incredulously, which made Keigo frown, "Why? What did you do wrong?" she continued sarcastically.
Atobe did not come up with an answer. He made a lot of mistake concerning about her, he doesn't know where to start.
"I will only forgive you if you beat me in tennis," she challenged.
He snickered, "Deal."
What he didn't know is that she beat him up before. As Haruto.
A/N: I didn't type two chapters tonight. I just didn't have time, besides, it's Monday, the school starts on Mondays. So bye- bye. Please read and review and follow. I apologized for any mistake.
Does he sound whiny? Lol.
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