Chapter 6; Relatives part 2
-Dream-
"Father…?" Hazuki says walking after Akihiko, who was currently walking away. "Father, where are you going? Come back!" Hazuki calls out. But the man doesn't stop and keeps walking away, disappearing into the darkness.
"I found you~" Hazuki turns to see a familiar face that he wished he never have to see again.
"F-father…?" the boy says in fear.
"Shut up!" the man says and slaps the boy knocking him to the cold hard ground. "All you ever do is, ruin everything! You shouldn't even exist! You demon child!" the man continues to slap and punch the boy over and over again.
"No stop! Help me! Help me, Father!" Hazuki shouts again and again but no one helped and he was continued to be beaten.
-End of dream-
"Help me!" Hazuki shouts sitting up in bed panting.
"Hazuki are you alright?!" Akihiko says rushing into the room, with Misaki right behind him, right to the panting boy.
"M-mom…F-father…?" the boy says shakily.
"We're here, it is okay." Akihiko coaxes, hugging the freighted boy.
"I-I…had a bad dream. You were leaving me and father appeared and started to, to…" Hazuki shutters.
"It's okay; you don't have to worry about that man anymore. If he ever comes we'll protect you." Misaki said in a reassuring tone and joins in on the hug. "If you like, you can sleep with us."
"Okay," Hazuki replied and the two lovers take the boy into their room.
-Morning-
Ding Dong! Ding Dong!
Hazuki woke up to the doorbell ringing. He slips out of bed in between his mom and father, out of the room and then heads down the stairs to the door.
"Um," He says and finds an elderly man at the door. He was tall with raven hair wearing sunglasses and a stylish suit.
"And who might you be little boy?" the man asked in a gentle tone while taking off his glasses and tucking them into his pocket protector.
"I-its Hazuki sir," Hazuki replies shyly.
"Hazuki is there something wrong?" the two turn to see Akihiko coming down the stairs. He frowns when he sees who's at the door. "Why are you here?" he says with an unpleased tone.
"What kind of father doesn't come to visit his own son?" the man said, and Hazuki's eyes widen. "And what's with this young boy?" the man asked while staring at Hazuki, who shutters and hides behind his father's leg in response.
"This is Hazuki, my son." Akihiko said firmly and his father's eyes widen. "Hazuki, why don't you go up and wake up your mom, okay." Hazuki nods and heads up the stairs to his mom.
"Where did that kid come from?" Fuyuhiko asked his son.
"He's a runaway." Akihiko replied bluntly.
"Then you should return to him to his family, not keep him. I thought I taught you better." Fuyuhiko said. Akihiko's eyebrow twitches.
"What do you mean, "You taught me better"? You never taught me anything, you weren't even there." Akihiko snapped back at his father whose eyes widen in response and Akihiko continues. "And there is no way I'm taking Hazuki back. The boy ran away from his drunken abusive father and has nowhere to go. So there."
"Oh," Fuyuhiko says eyes widen even more.
"Heh, just like me, we both came from unloving families." Usagi snickered.
"Akihiko…" Fuyuhiko said reaching for his son who pulls away.
"Save it," he replies coldly.
"Can I at least meet my new grandson properly?" the raven-haired elder asked.
"Fine," Akihiko grumbled in response.
-Meanwhile with Hazuki-
Hazuki walked into the room where his mom still slept. He gently shakes Misaki, who stirs and blinks his eyes open.
"Good morning Mom." Hazuki greets.
"Ah, good morning to you too Hazuki," Misaki greets back and sits. He then notices Hazuki's troubled expression. "Is there something wrong?"
"It's just, father's well…father is here." Hazuki replies.
"Huh, Usagi-chichi is here?" Misaki asks hopping out of bed, while the little boy nods in response. Misaki sighs and turns back to the boy. "Come on; let's go meet your grandfather." He says and the two walk out of the room and down the stairs.
The two arrive to find the two Usamis sitting on the couches. The older Usami stands up and walks over to his new grandson.
"Hello Hazuki, my name is Fuyuhiko Usami, and I'm going to be your grandfather." Fuyuhiko introduces while holding out his hand to the boy. Hazuki then takes his hand and slightly shakes it.
"It's nice to meet you Grandfather." The boy says in a cute voice. Fuyuhiko smiles and gently pats Hazuki's head.
"You're cute, just like your dad." He says.
"Really…?" Hazuki asked.
"Mm-hm," Fuyuhiko replied with a bright smile. "Except for your eyes, but I think their pretty cool." Hazuki slightly blushes.
No one has ever said that about his eyes before. They would say his eyes were creepy or scary or a clear sigh he was cursed. The bot stood there for a while until a voice broke him from his trance.
"Hazuki," the said boy looks over at his father who is gesturing his lap. Hazuki gets the message and walks over to Akihiko, who then lifts up the boy and sets him in his lap. He then hugs the boy and nuzzles his cheek, Hazuki giggles in response.
"Heh, heh, I didn't pick you as the doting type Akihiko." Fuyuhiko said while chuckling and sitting down on the opposite couch and smiling at the scenery. While Misaki heads into the kitchen to some get tea.
-The next day, at the subway station-
Misaki and Hazuki went out to enter the silver-haired boy in a local elementary school. Misaki talked to the principal and Hazuki was going to start attending next week, on their way home they decided to get some food. However they ran into a familiar face while exiting the train. Well familiar to Misaki that is.
"H-Haruhiko-san, how're you doing?" Misaki asked nervous while Hazuki hides behind his mom.
"I'm doing well." Haruhiko replies then notices Hazuki. "Who are you kid?" he asks crouching down.
"H-Hazuki," the silver-haired boy replies then looks up. "Mom, who is he?" he asks. Haruhiko's eyes widen and he grows silent.
"Um…well, he's actually your father's older brother." Misaki replied.
"Uh, it-it's nice to meet you uncle." Hazuki introduced shyly.
"Um, yeah, nice to meet you," Haruhiko says and shakes Hazuki's small hand.
"Well, we got to go, come on Hazu-chan." Misaki says and leaves with Hazuki in tow. (Note: Hazu-chan is Misaki's nickname for Hazuki). The two head straight back to the penthouse while carrying groceries. Misaki was carrying two big bags, while Hazuki was caring a little bag of a few treats and dairy.
The two finally arrive back and head up into their home. When they walk in, they find Usagi on the couch with a bunch of books around him.
"Research for a new book…?" Misaki asked as he and Hazuki head into the kitchen to put away the food.
"Yep," Akihiko answered. "So how was the interview?" he asked.
"Very good, Hazu-chan's going to start next week." Misaki replies.
"Misaki is there something wrong?" Akihiko asked and Misaki flinches.
"H-huh…? Nothing, there's nothing wrong, Ha, ha." Misaki laughed nervously making Akihiko suspicious. The man turns to his son who had wondered over the couch right next to his father.
"Hazuki did something?" he asked in a stern tone.
"Um, we met Father's Aniki in the train station." Hazuki replies nervous.
Crash!
Akihiko and Hazuki turn their heads to Misaki had dropped a pan he got out to make dinner.
"Is this true?" Akihiko asked.
"Yes it is." Misaki grumbled and picked up the pan.
"Tsk, first my dad, then my brother? Dang it; talk about bad timing." Akihiko groaned.
"Um, Father, do you not get along with your family?" Hazuki asks innocently.
"Yeah, you could say that." Akihiko replied with a sigh. "Let's just say, we have similar family experience." Hazuki looks at his dad, never had he seen him so down and lonely. Out of instinct, Hazuki hugged the man.
"I'm sorry." He said.
"There is no need to apologize." Akihiko said and brushed his hand against Hazuki's soft hair.
Ding Dong
Akihiko rises from his seat and walks to the door to answer. He opens the door only to see an unwanted face.
"Why are you here?" Akihiko asked his brother Haruhiko.
"I wanted to see my new nephew. Is there something wrong with that?" Haruhiko replied pushing his glasses up.
"Father who is it?" Hazuki asked as came up behind Usagi, he then notices a familiar face. "U-uncle Haruhiko?" he said.
"Hey there kid," Haruhiko greeted with a warm tone taking both Misaki and Akihiko by surprise. "May I come in?" he asked.
"Fine," Akihiko grumbled and let his brother in. Hazuki could feel the tension so he went back to the couch and sat down with his father not far behind.
It was painfully obvious Akihiko was in a bad mood with his brother here and was being very protective of Hazuki. The room fell into an uncomfortable silence until a small voice spoke up.
"So what are you doing here anyway, Uncle?" Hazuki asked, and Akihiko's eyebrow twitched at Hazuki calling Haruhiko uncle.
"Like I said, I came to see my new nephew." Haruhiko replied while pushing up his glasses. "You know, when father told me that the Usamis had gotten a new family member I had no idea what he meant, until I met young Hazuki here." Haruhiko explained.
"Oh, is that so?" Akihiko said with an annoyed expression.
"Yes, and now I also see what he meant when he said a little light." Haruhiko continued.
"I see," Akihiko said and the tension in the room builds.
"Nii-chan, wish me and Hazu-chan good luck." Misaki thought nervous while peeling the potato's for dinner.
And that's the end of chapter 6. Sorry for not updating in a while I got a bit of writer's block. Well I hoped you enjoyed it.
Tune in next time to see how Kenji is doing with Hiroki and Nowaki. See you soon and don't forget to post those reviews.
