Chapter Six: Horror of Meeting
Shuichi felt something collide with his head as he relaxed on the couch huddled beneath a blanket beside Sorrow while watching TV. Looking up he realized it was a pillow thrown by Rage as he stormed to the front door. Turning his attention away from the current horror movie, Shuichi glared at Rage.
"What is your problem I'm just watching TV!" Shuichi yelled at Rage.
"The door bell has been ringing for five minutes! And you couldn't be bothered to get up and answer it!" Rage had been asleep when the door bell had started to ring.
"Well I figured if it were K or Alex they wouldn't bother with the bell and just walk straight in so obviously it isn't them and I'm not interested in talking to anyone else." Shuichi said turning his attention back towards the TV, jumping slightly as a loud bang came through the speakers.
Rage grumbled his complaint under his breath before forcefully pulling open the door to their apartment. "What!?" he shouted at his guests without even looking at them.
Two people stood in the doorway. One had golden hair and eyes and almost a permanent glare while facing Rage. The other person Rage recognized as Tohma Seguchi, a member of Nittle Grasper. Leaning against the doorway bored he looked at Seguchi waiting for an answer.
"Well we were hoping to talk to Chaos if he's currently here." Tohma said recovering from the shock of Rage's yell.
"So who is he?" Rage said eyes shifting from Tohma to Yuki.
"He's my brother-in-law, the famous novelist Eiri Yuki." Tohma introduced.
Rage was about to say something when a familiar girlish scream echoed to the front door as the sound of a chainsaw began. Tohma and Yuki stood in the doorway eyes bulging out of their sockets while Rage laughed knowing that Chaos hated to watch horror movies but was forced by Sorrow who loved them. (No matter how hard Shuichi had tried to change there were some things that couldn't be forgotten.) Rage turned back to the guests standing outside his door.
"Don't worry it may sound real but it's a movie Sorrow rented and is forcing Chaos to watch. No why did you come here without K or Alex's knowledge?"
"What makes you say that?" Tohma enquired.
"Normally when people come to visit either one of them are present so you can call them and then come-"
"Rage just let them in. It's a hassle to stand talking in the doorway." Mello said appearing out of nowhere.
Hesitantly, Rage let them in and followed them to the lounge room where he found Sorrow sitting on the couch quite comfortably while Chaos was huddled into a ball under a blanket with only his eyes peaking through the folds. Mello went and sat beside Chaos knowing that if Rage were to sit beside him he'd only frighten Chaos more. Rage sat on the floor while Tohma and Yuki sat on the other couch facing inwards at the band members. Shuichi could tell that they were both staring at him and that they knew who he was but decided to remain where he was hidden under a blanket until the end of the movie.
"Could we talk to Chaos alone?" Tohma asked as someone was cut in half dramatically.
None of the members made any move to leave or to answer Tohma instead keeping their eyes on the movie. After a particularly gruesome scene in the movie Mello turned unaffected by it to Yuki and Tohma.
"We never talk with others alone especially if we know their pasts remain in this city."
"You know that Chaos once lived in Japan?" Tohma enquired.
"Yes, that way we are extra careful while we are there. We all know the countries from where we originally came from but not why or how." Sorrow said keeping his eyes on the TV.
Silence met this answer. Tohma and Yuki had no clue as of what to ask next since Touching Darkness were very secretive and only repeated information constantly.
"Chaos, I know about your past and I want to help you with it." Yuki said confidently, golden eyes desperately searching for a reaction from Chaos.
The band members continued to stare at the TV however Chaos's eyes shifted to look directly into Yuki's not giving any emotion at all. Yuki knew that those eyes belonged to his brat he was simply finding it tough to prove it. Suddenly a loud scream erupted from the speakers and once again Chaos' eyes shut trying to block out all of the sound. 'That is defiantly Shuichi,' Yuki thought smiling at the bundle beneath the blanket, only he would try sitting through a movie like this knowing he's scared. A shadow disrupted his concentration as K came into view from the hallway.
"You two shouldn't be here. Do you know how many people visit them claiming to have known them and willing to help them out?" He said carrying his favourite gun and shaking his head sadly. "Chaos can show you out since he's scared out of his wits."
Yuki and Tohma stood as Chaos led them to the door still wrapped in his blanket. Silence hung heavy between them as he opened the door and watched as Yuki and Tohma left their apartment. As they began to walk to the elevator they heard a voice call back to them.
"I'm glad that you're alright, Yuki." The voice had such tenderness and love in it that Yuki knew that Shuichi had said it. Yuki turned back to see the band member known as Chaos staring back at him, his head poking through the fold at the top of the blanket. Chaos's purple eyes were identical to his brat's, a small smile playing across his pale skin as he slowly closed the door.
"Why would he say something like that Tohma? He didn't even visit me the last time he was here" Yuki enquired. Tohma paled, now the truth would be exposed. Breathing calmly, Tohma began repeating what occurred between them three years ago.
"He came to visit you in the hospital, three years ago. You were asleep and I knew that his attitude was making you sick so I told him that he should leave because it would make you better. He resigned the next morning and left Japan with K. I didn't hear anything from them since. But you kept getting worse and I realized that he wasn't making you sick at all. I hated myself for so long thinking that I had pushed him out of your life so I began to search for him at your request." Tohma's confession was met by silence in the elevator.
As the elevator reached the ground floor, Yuki turned to Tohma his face a complete mask as they stepped out of the elevator and left the building. Once out in the fresh air Yuki spoke.
"Tohma, you were the one making me sick trying to keep him away from me. You will pay for driving him away and he will pay for listening to a thick head like you instead of me." Yuki said glaring as he left for his apartment leaving Tohma standing alone on the street.
Yay another chapter! Now Tohma and Yuki know that Chaos is Shuichi and why he left! I'm going to have to do a confrontation soon between Yuki and Shuichi...alone... XD
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