Chapter 29
Tsukushi's POV
"Rui! Rui!" I said chasing after him.
The servants bow as we walk past. His footsteps are getting faster, and I'm finding it harder and harder to take each step.
Rui's POV
I can hear her calling out to me but only in a warped tone. I can't get the headlines out of my mind. I see the sanctuary, my room door. I gush ahead and I can hear her coming at it too. I turn to shut the door when She sticks her arm in.
"Are you crazy? What if I had shut the door?!" I shouted.
"Then I would lose my arm." She replied.
She looks tired and pale. I look down, the white carpet;dripdrip
Two crimson drops of blood plod the floor. I look to the source. She looks at me and I swear she's about to faint. I pick her up and kick myself for letting her chase after me in this condition.
Tsukushi's POV
I stare at his face; it's softening… My guardian angel is back; the dark demon has left. I really wouldn't have minded losing my arm just to be in his now, just like him to sweep me off my feet. I feel a sharp pain in my leg I didn't realise how deep the gash was…
"Let go, I need to get the emergency kit" said Rui.
I didn't realise how tightly I was clinging on to him, I guess our bodies subconscious language matters more; it speaks what our mouths won't say.
He comes back with the kit and a maid with a basin of water.
"Bear with it. This is going to hurt." I merely nod.
He takes the orangey watered basin and uses a cloth to clear the wound.
"This is deep, I think we should get you to a hospital."
"I'll be fine, Rui…"
"I'll go and get Mizuko-sensei over" he said standing to leave.
"Rui." I try to grab hold of his hand, and nearly fall off the chair.
"Hey…hey…sit still." He said supporting me back on.
"Rui! I don't care what the rest of the world wants to think, but you. You must understand." I said clinging on to him.
Rui's POV
She makes my heart freeze over, then lights the scorching torch. She's shaking, and I know she's crying.
"I understand Makino, I understand; it's your duty of course I understand. However I also understand it's inappropriate for you to be caught in this position with me. Seeing as how you are engaged to be married to another man" I say detachedly.
This is for the best; because I really do understand. She looks at me with glassy eyes. And I know what is coming my way. slap Her lips are quivering. She hobbles out of the room, leaving me crouched here.
