Chapter 14: Don't you miss me sometimes?
"Good... Now... We have to get out..." Hikaru said to herself and peered around to find a way to escape. Then she searched for anything useful in the store room.
The storeroom's door suddenly opened. Izumi stepped in and looked around, but Hikaru wasn't there anymore "She escaped!" Izumi exclaimed then hurried to leave the room.
Hikaru revealed herself from the behind of some shelves after she checked the way was free. She quickly picked up her stuff from the ground, put them in her pocket and then walked towards the door. Luckily, Izumi forgot to close the door, so she escaped.
Hikaru opened the door of the bartender's house and entered. She quickly went towards the bathroom and washed her face. "Ah... Now what the heck will I do?" she wondered and looked at her copy into the mirror. She took a deep breath afterwards. Then she put her head under the water spurt and kept it there. "I am dead if I won't leave soon. Ah... I am dead, I am dead..." Then she removed her head and water drops were all over her face. "Ah, I am dead... What should I do? This is a serious problem... Someone, please, help me... Someone please, wake me up from this nightmare..."
Hikaru sat down on the couch and thought. "Izumi is just an illusion. I have to find who the big brain of the action is... Who's up? Who's on the roof, on the top? Who's there...?" She tapped her right foot and bit her downer lip. "Who can...? Who?" She took Kyoya's necklace from her pocket and stared at it. "Who...? Who? This means that person brought Izumi there just for one reason... Just for this reason... One reason... What the hell can that person obtain? What could I obtain if I'd be that person...? So many risks for what? Ah, c'mon... we are not in cartoons..."
She put the necklace back in her pocket and sighed. Hikaru stood up and left the room. She walked towards the room she knew Kyoya was in. Hikaru slowly opened the door, which creaked, but she noticed that Kyoya wasn't sleeping, so she turned to walk away, but he still noticed her. "Wait!" he called her and sat up. Hikaru slowly turned back and looked puzzled at him. Then she walked towards him with uncertain steps and sat down on the bed, next to him. Kyoya sighed.
"Ah, what's with you? Wait, don't answer me... I know what's with me... I cannot sleep. I suddenly woke up sweating, panting and with my heart beating fast. I had the feeling that someone will die... Someone who means much to me, but I don't know who. I had a symptom in the moment I woke up... Just like... telepathy. It was a terrible feeling. And... Your hair is a bit wet... Wait, Hikaru, you don't sleep at this hour?"
Hikaru let out a titter and then smiled to him. "No." she simply answered and rested her head on his shoulder. Kyoya pouted but pretended it's nothing and smiled, too.
"I know. I know... You don't have to explain me... I know what tiredness means when you cannot sleep. I am tired. Very tired. But I cannot sleep. Isn't it funny? There's so much irony in our lives..."
Hikaru didn't say anything after that. She tried to hide the tear which fell from her eye and was running on her cheek. Kyoya noticed it, but didn't do anything. Hikaru looked in nowhere with a bored expression as more tears fell from her eyes. Then she burst into tears and cried on his shoulder, but he still didn't say or do anything. "I wanna sleep! I am tired! I fought enough... I wanna rest now!" she shouted between her sobs. Kyoya nodded and chuckled.
"Do you wanna play Scrabble then?" he suddenly asked, trying to hide his amusement, looking at her with some playful eyes. Hikaru rose her head and stared at him puzzled but then they both laughed. Then she pouted and crossed her arms, but didn't look at him which amused Kyoya. He flopped on the bed. "Ah, I'm so tired..." he moaned while trying to relax. "Um... Hikaru, why are you crying without a certain reason?" Kyoya asked with slyness in his voice, while having a discreet smirk on his mouth. Hikaru sighed and looked at him.
"I'm not sad. I'm just... tired." she answered and took a deep breath. Kyoya just raised an eyebrow and waited for her to say something. She understood that he was waiting. "But... I don't..." He cut her off:
"Go sleeping. And stop bothering me." She sighed and stood up, trying to smile to him. Then she nodded and walked towards the door. Kyoya watched her with painful eyes and suddenly stood up and ran towards her. He embraced her waist from behind which made Hikaru stop and freeze. Kyoya sobbed a bit.
"Wait..." he mumbled. Hikaru wasn't able to do any move. Kyoya hesitated about what he wanted to say.
"You make me go insane and... I got so weak that I cannot even move or breathe and... I tried so hard to make you go away from my heart and my mind and my soul but I failed every time and I cannot stop thinking at you and... I also tried to think about someone else and... I cannot sleep at night because of you and... You are the only one for me and my whole universe is just you and... I love you." he sputtered then removed his arms from her waist. She slowly turned and looked shocked into his eyes, which made him startle and fear. 'Ah, damn... What did I just say?' Kyoya reproved to himself, trying to find a way to repair the situation.
"W-W-What?" she asked, gaping to him. Kyoya shook his head nervously.
"A-A-Ah, nothing, I'm just tired, sorry, just kidding. Sorry, sorry, I was just joking." he stammered. It took a bit for Hikaru to recover after that but she finally forced a smile. She patted his shoulder.
"Go sleeping. You need rest. See you... let's say later." Kyoya also smiled to her and nodded. She left the room then and he breathed freely.
While walking towards her room, Hikaru thought about it. She took his necklace from her pocket and stared at it. 'Ah, c'mon... How can he joke when it's about this? It's clearly he said it not because he is tired. He said it because he wants to say it to the girl he loves... He just wanted to see how a girl reacts at this... Hah... Hikaru, you'd better take your mind off...'
She sighed then she forced a smile to encourage herself and put his necklace back. 'Nice work, Hikaru... You rock, babe. Ah, I should dry my hair now.'
"Hey, Hikaru, wake up, babe..." Kyoya whispered while gently shaking Hikaru. She slowly opened her eyes and then rubbed them.
"Ah, what the... Kyoya?" She moaned and sat up, still rubbing her eyes. "What the hell are you doing? Ah, Kyoya, I wanna sleep, sweetie." Hikaru protested on a sleepy and upset voice. She wasn't really sure about what was happening. She stopped rubbing her eyes and yawned.
"Ah, c'mon, don't annoy me... Get up. I'll wait for you. I'm going to brush my teeth until you get up. Until I finish, you should be awake! It's three o'clock!" Kyoya threatened her and then left the room. Hikaru sighed and let herself fall on the bed. She yawned but finally found some forces to get up.
She put on some clothes and left the room, walked towards the bathroom and knocked at the door. Kyoya opened. "Yeah. What?" he asked, looking questioningly at her. Hikaru raised an eyebrow and waited for him to realize. Well, it didn't take too long for him to do it. He let her enter and left. Hikaru sneered and locked the door, which made Kyoya giggle.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Hikaru suddenly screamed from inside. "It's cold!" Kyoya laughed at that but continued minding of his business. But Hikaru opened the door, slamming it and walked towards him with anger after some moments. She had a towel around her and she was wet. "I'll kill you!" she yelled at him. Kyoya burst into laughing and patted her shoulder just to taunt her.
"C'mon... Kill me!" he made fun of her with a big evil grin on his face. Hikaru had a petty smirk at the corner of her mouth and pulled Kyoya's arm inside the bathroom. He looked questioningly cause he was wondering what she's going to do. Hikaru pulled him in the shower, entering, too and then... let the water flow, maaan!
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH! It's cold!" Kyoya screamed. Hikaru sneered. "Yeah, yeah, tell me something I don't know!" she scolded him. Then Hikaru pushed him until he touched the wall. She smirked.
"Get back all you said and did before or I'll bite your neck!" she threatened him with a mean attitude. Kyoya raised an eyebrow and smirked, too.
"Ahh... It still hurts, Hikaru..." Kyoya protested while looking with some pitiful eyes at Hikaru, who was sitting next to him in the train. Outside was dark, but inside was kinda lighted. Hikaru yawned, but just pretended she didn't hear what he said.
"Sorry for... the bite. I am truly, very deeply sorry, Yeah..." she suddenly apologized, without looking at him, with somehow embarrassment. Kyoya sneered."That's what I wanted to hear..." he reproved her on a teasing voice.
Then he felt a slight touch on his shoulder. He looked to discover that she already fell asleep and she was resting her head on his shoulder. "You fell asleep already?" he asked to check if she was sleeping. "Ah, seems like you are really tired if it takes just two seconds for you..."
He let out a discreet giggle and crossed one arm around her neck. Hikaru wasn't totally asleep, so she felt it and just smirked, without moving or opening her eyes. However, he didn't notice it, so he gently brushed his lips on her forehead. "Yeah... Rest... You need it."
Hikaru slowly opened her eyes and stretched her arms upwards, then yawned and looked around. "Oh, Kyoya, what are you doing?" Hikaru asked the teal haired boy next to her. Kyoya didn't say anything, just looked with indifference at her. Hikaru looked on the window. "What's the clock?" she continued her questions line while trying to discover where they were and what the clock was.
"It's a quarter to six I think." Kyoya answered with boredom. Hikaru yawned again and opened the window. Outside was still kinda dark, but morning slowly started to reveal its face. "Ah, can you feel it?" Hikaru asked while having her head out on the window. "Ah, there's a pleasant breeze..." Kyoya sweat dropped. "... or a wild blowing wind maybe..." he retorted and crossed his arms.
"I go, crazy, crazy, baby, I go crazy, You turn it on, Then you're gone, Yeah, you drive me, Crazy, crazy, crazy for you, baby! What can I do, honey?" Hikaru sang on a loud voice on the window, while waving her hands. Kyoya just adopted an amused expression.
"That's Crazy by... Wait, wait... Ah, I have a lapse... Ah... Ah, it was something with A or with S?" Kyoya tried to guess. "But you are sick... You need a psychiatrist! You don't really have limits?" he reproved her. Hikaru didn't look at him, just sigh in defeat.
"You said it like it is wrong... I need a psychiatrist and I'm proud!" she shouted.
Kyoya gently wrapped his arms around Hikaru's neck from behind. "I go crazy, crazy, baby, I go crazy... Crazy, crazy, crazy for you, baby! I'm losing my mind!" he also started to sing with her. Hikaru smirked but continued singing. Well, she didn't really care that they were disturbing the people next to them.
"Hey, Hikaru, but why are you singing?" Kyoya suddenly asked. Hikaru chuckled and kissed his check, letting him a bit confused.
"Today it was a special day when I realized how lucky I was. But, when I stared at the entire picture... I also realized how unlucky I am. Anyway..."
Then she continued singing. "You are so beautiful..." Kyoya suddenly mumbled. Hikaru raised an eyebrow but didn't mind. "Did you lie?" he directly asked then. Hikaru could swear that her heart stopped at hearing that. "It wasn't the first you drank vodka... When I drank first time... I couldn't breath and I felt it was burning my chest... But you seemed to be alright."
She breathed freely in her mind and her pulse slowly recovered. "Well, let's say I lied... somehow." she answered very shortly.
'You have no idea... I lied very much. I should've... told the truth. But truth hurts too much. So, I lied. Today... Yeah, today... I made a synthesis... And... I think I'm lucky because I have you but... I'm still unlucky. I think I'm gonna let it drop. Did you ever feel how is... when you are almost sure you will die? If we'd know that today we will die... What we'd do? We'd start to panic... And probably we will don't accept the reality. I think I would... live my last day... without panic. But... I'm here. I'm infecting the others with my craziness. Today... it was a good day. Tomorrow it's gonna be better... or worse. But... today it was good.'