The Three-Way
Chapter 4
By KellyQ
Yuma glanced at the school clock to see that it was two minutes before lunch. Oh, come on! How much longer do I have to wait? I'm hungry!
"All right, class dismissed," the teacher said.
The bell rang, and the students made their way out of the classroom. Yuma quickly dashed out the door. Astral, Bronk, and Tori shook their heads and took their time to get to the cafeteria. Astral was the first to notice IV heading in the same direction before Tori and Bronk.
IV scanned the cafeteria and spotted Ryoga sitting by himself. A cruel smirk made its way to IV's lips. It faded when he saw Yuma making his way over. He sat across from Ryoga and placed his lunch bag on the table.
"You don't mind if I sit with you, do you?" Yuma asked.
Ryoga glanced up for brief moment before he went back to eating. Yuma pulled out his lunch and started to eat. The two ate until IV made his way over and wrapped his arms around Ryoga. Yuma observed for a moment; he could tell that Ryoga was uncomfortable.
"Aren't you going to introduce me to your new friend, Sharky?" IV asked with sarcasm.
Yuma was about to reintroduce himself when two shadows loomed over the table. They rotated their heads to the left and saw III and V standing there. V gave his brother an intense look as III shook his head.
"You know better than to come in here, IV," III said, watching his brother pull away from Ryoga. IV chuckled and followed V out of the cafeteria. "Sorry about my brother. He doesn't understand boundaries," III explained giving them a curtsey. He turned and walked out of the room.
"Shark, wait! Where are you going?" Yuma asked when he saw Ryoga shift in his seat and stood up.
"Class," he answered. Ryoga packed his own lunch into his bag and headed out.
Yuma blinked a few times to notice that Bronk, Astral, and Tori were standing right there. The bell rang at that exact moment. Yuma packed his lunch and followed his friends out. Tori and Bronk went to their art class as Astral and his cousin walked into their health class.
They both blinked a few times when they saw Kaito sitting next to a nine-year-old boy in a wheelchair. That has to be Kaito's little brother, Astral thought, observing Kaito feeding Haruto plain Coconut Yogurt: Greek Style.
Yuma walked up with curiosity. "Is this your little brother?"
"Yes," Kaito answered, dipping the spoon in the yogurt and bring it to Haruto's lips.
Astral walked up and watched for a moment. Haruto glanced at them and smiled. The necklace around Yuma's neck in a shape of a key shined in the light interested Haruto. He tried to reach for it, but Kaito took a gentle hold on his brother's hand and guided it back to his lap.
"That's not ours," he pointed out.
Yuma blinked, "Oh, this thing?" Yuma held up the key hanging around his neck. "He can look at it." He pulled it over his head and dangled it in front of Haruto. Yuma frowned when Haruto was having difficulty taking the jewelry. "Here." Yuma took a firm hold of Haruto's wrist.
"Be careful, Yuma!" Astral pointed out, because Haruto looked uncomfortable, and Kaito was ready to yank Yuma's hand away from Haruto's arm.
Yuma carefully let go of Haruto's wrist. "Sorry about that."
"Here. Why don't you let me see that," Astral said holding out his hand. Yuma gave the pendant to his cousin. Astral handed it to Kaito.
He gently took it and held it out for Haruto. "It's okay to touch it," Kaito said. Haruto smiled and reached out to touch the pendant. "It's pretty isn't it?"
Astral watched for a moment until he and the other students started to come in. Kaito handed the jewelry back to Astral as the last minute bell rang. The health teacher came in as Kaito got up and made his way over to the desk, handing her a note.
"You may go," she said after reading it.
Yuma blinked. He observed Kaito pack his stuff and heave the heavy bag over his shoulders. Kaito step behind the wheel chair and made his way to the door. I wonder where he's going? Yuma thought, watching him wheel Haruto out of the classroom.
The door closed as Kaito rotated the wheel chair to the right. Standing three feet away was a tall muscular man with dark red hair that spiked up like a torch. His name was Gauche. He had copper colored skin and dark blue eyes. He wore dark red pants, dark red shirt, and black fingerless gloves. Standing next to him was a sleek woman named Droite. She wore white high heals, a tight white mini skirt, a red and white vest over her dark purple turtleneck.
"Hi, Kaito." Droite smiled. She walked up and hugged Kaito tenderly in her arms.
Haruto giggled as Gauche knelt down and hugged him. Kaito smiled at the scene. It warmed his heart when his little brother was happy.
"Shall we get going?" Gauche suggested as he pulled back.
"I'll take your bag for you," Droite offered, taking a gentle hold of the strap of the heavy backpack.
Kaito shrugged the backpack off with her help. Droite managed to get the heavy bag over her shoulders, and they were ready to leave.
To Be Continued …