Yay, update time! Sorry this chapter took longer then expected, I had to get the first chapter of "Just Another Cinderella Story" up; I had been wanting to start that RanRei fic for quite some time now, so I'm glad I finally got it up. :D
Anyway, once again, thank you all for the tons of reviews! They all made me so happy, oh, and I do not own Uta No Prince-sama.
There was no blood whatsoever, but body parts surely did fly, scattering in every possible direction.
Every pair of eyes that witnessed the tragic event were wide, even Tris', who would more then likely end up with a mental scar from seeing the blunette get hit and crushed by the truck.
Her widened eyes watered literally sixty-seconds after the event had occurred, tears soon falling down her plump cheeks as she let out a loud cry of distress.
To be honest, Camus and Reiji weren't any better, neither of them knew what to do at the moment; they were both frozen in place.
In fact, It wasn't until bystanders started noticing the scene that they finally snapped out of their horrified daze.
"Shh, Tris-san...It's alright." Camus coaxed, one of his hands resting on the back of the crying child's head. His feet carried him backwards a few steps so he no longer as close to where the truck had been forced to stop.
His hands were shaking and his heart was beating so quickly in his chest he was actually surprised it hadn't burst yet, but of course, we wasn't going to let the shock show; no, he would always be the leader of Quartet Night-no matter how serious the situation got-so he was going to force himself to keep his cool even if he felt like breaking down. "Reiji! Go get Ranmaru! Tell him what's happened! I'll deal with everything here!"
"B-but..." The brunette was shaking a bit himself, his widened eyes filled with tears that were already threatening to fall.
How could he let this happen...?
"Go!"
"I-I can't just leave you guys here...!"
"Reiji, Tris-san and I will be fine, I wont let anything happen to her and I refuse to let Ai die, but Ranmaru has the right to know what's going on, go to him!"
Reiji stiffened but finally agreed and gave a small, shaky nod, stumbling to get up as he forced his eyes to tear away from the image before him.
Once he was on his feet, he glanced back at Camus and Tris before hurrying to continue off down the street, his hair fluttering behind him as he ran.
This is all my fault!
Blue eyes watched the brown-haired male sprint off from around a corner, the blonde and red-haired male letting out a dark-sounding laugh, a sadistic grin forming on his lips.
One down, two more to go.
The wind blew though Ranmaru's silver-hair, his discolored eyes lost in the sparkly blue waters of the lake before him. His hands were in the pockets of his blue jeans and his back was pressed against the rough bark of a nearby tree.
He's late...I wonder if he's even going to show... He thought, letting a deep sigh pass his lips.
Reiji was supposed to meet him over fifteen minutes ago.
"Ran-ran!"
He pulled his eyes away from the lake when he was called out to, and when he turned towards the voice, all he got was a glimpse of chocolate-brown hair as it streaked its way across his vision before a smaller body slammed into his own.
He gasped in surprise, feeling a pair of hands press against his chest to fist the front of his shirt.
Looking down after getting over his surprise, Ranmaru was met with the sight of tousled brown locks, and he was even more shocked when the face buried in his chest tipped back to look up at him, tears streaming down Reiji's cheeks and his silver-eyes a bit puffy.
"R-...eiji...?"
"I-It's horrible!" The brunette cried, the flow of tears becoming more heavy as he clung to the silver-head. "And it's all my fault!"
"C-calm down." Ranmaru tried to say in a calm tone, though he stuttered a bit in the process. "What are you talking about?"
"I-It's Ai-ai! He's...been hit by a truck...!"
Ranmaru's eyes went wide. "What?!"
"He pushed me out of the way..." Reiji looked back down, pressing his face back into Ranmaru's chest as he trembled against him.
"What were doing in the the way of the truck in the first place?" Ranmaru asked in a soft tone, letting his arms slide around Reiji's waist so he could hold him closer. "I...I don't remember...I-I think I fell off the sidewalk..."
"Then it was an accident, Reiji. Don't blame yourself..." Ranmaru leaned down to bury in face in Reiji's hair, letting one arm stay wrapped around him but his other sliding up so he could bury one hand in his hair to hold him tighter.
"He saved me though! Because I was the one in the street! If I hadn't gotten in the way...none of this would've happened!" Reiji cried, making Ranmaru flinch. "Reiji, relax..." He coaxed, easing down so he could sit up against the tree, Reiji sitting on the ground between his legs.
"I-I can't! He's broken! And because of me, Ran-ran!"
"Shh...shh...It's alright..." Ranmaru whispered, just holding the crying brunette for a while until his hoarse cries died down to consecutive sniffling, his own shirt soaked with salty tears by now.
"...What was Ai doing here to begin with?" Ranmaru quietly asked once Reiji had calmed down, loosening his grip on him so Reiji could sit up on his knees, rubbing his watery eyes with the back of his hands. "H-he and Myu-chan came to see me...and they were gonna' watch Tris for me while we talked..." He explained in a shaky tone, setting his hands back down in his lap and offering Ranmaru a small smile. "She's this little girl I found on the street a few days ago..."
Ranmaru slowly blinked, removing the arm that was wrapped around Reiji's waist but keeping the one buried in his soft hair where it was.
Why did it... make his heart flutter to see him smile again after all of that?
"Reiji..." Ranmaru let his hand slide from the brown locks, his fingers stroking over Reiji's left cheek before they gently grasped his chin, tilting it up a bit more.
"Ran-ran..." Reiji felt his eyes slowly fall half-lidded when Ranmaru looked down at him like that, the silver-head leaning closer, their lips only a few centimeters apart.
I want to kiss him again...I want him to continue to smile...I don't want him to break down like that in front of me ever again... Ranmaru thought, his breath mingling with Reiji's.
...I love his smile...It's absolutely beautiful...
Before the two idol's lips could meet, Reiji pushed on Ranmaru's shoulders, snapping the younger-male out of his daze and causing him to pull back.
"...We need to get back to Myu-chan...but...since I'm here...What did you need?" Reiji asked, wanting to know what Ranmaru had wanted to begin with, but also wanting to get his mind off of Ai.
"Oh...that..." Ranmaru had almost forgotten the real reason he had wanted Reiji here. "About Saiko-"
Reiji let his eyebrows furrow together when Ranmaru broke out into an explanation about the blonde and red-haired drummer, doing his best to summarize his past with him and the reason as to why he wants Reiji to stay away from him.
"That doesn't sound like the Saiko I know..." He said once Ranmaru had finished explaining.
"Well...It is. I'd never mistake someone else for that son-of-a-bitch." Ranmaru hissed before he blinked. "Wait a sec'...you haven't yelled or sworn at me today."
"E-eh?" Reiji stiffened, realizing his typical attitude was showing. "I have too you asshole, what are ya', calling me soft?"
Ranmaru felt a small grin tugging at the corner of his lips. "That's the Reiji I'm falling for."
...
"What?" The silver-head's chest was pushed on and Reiji stood up, stepping away from him.
"Ah?" Ranmaru frowned, standing up himself. "What?"
"What the fuck do you mean by that?" Reiji asked defensively. "Oh yeah, I guess that was a bit sudden since I hadn't told you yet..." Ranmaru stepped closer to the brunette, reaching up to let his fingers play with the curled-ends of his hair. "Reiji...I think I'm falling in love with you..."
Silver-eyes went wide. "...What-...What makes you say that?"
"It's just..." Ranmaru hesitated. "Every since I saw you performing on that talk-show the other day...I haven't been able to stop thinking about you and how much I want to make you mine...You're such a-...ah, bad-ass now if I may say, and it's making me attracted to you...not to mention it's started making me realized how incredibly good-looking you are."
Reiji was taken a back. "You mean...you started falling for me, when you saw how much I had changed...?"
Ranmaru blinked before he grinned a bit more and gave a small nod.
He...he doesn't love me...He's falling for that horrible persona I've put up for show...
Almost abruptly, Ranmaru's hand was slapped away.
"Reiji?" He looked down at Reiji in surprise, who looked away from him. "We should get back to Myu-chan now..." He said, turning away from the silver head to reach into his pocket and take out his phone.
I can't believe this...He thought with a sigh, dialing the blonde's number before pressing his phone to his ear and waiting for him to pick up.
He nearly groaned when all he heard was the blonde's voice mail.
"I hope Ai-ai's creator got to him..." Reiji whispered with a sigh, cradling his phone to his chest, praying Camus called him back.
Please tell me Ai-ai can be fixed...
"Can you fix him?"
Camus' own brain was so preoccupied with the current problem at hand that he didn't even register his phone had vibrated in his back pocket.
A sleeping Tris was held tightly in his arms, for the small child had eventually cried herself out and fell asleep in his arms.
"I don't know...I've never had to fix Ai-kun after such a severe accident before..."
The male who spoke must've been around Camus' age, with blackish-brown hair and thick square glasses that hid his eyes. He wore casual-clothing, except for the long white scientist's coat that covered his arms and backside.
In front of the creator was a table, much like the one's in the operating room's at hospitals; Ai's discombobulated limbs were scattered around said table, his head being the thing mostly intact, with different coloured wires sticking out from the torn part of his neck. Patches of skin on his cheeks were torn, showing the metal beneath them, and his bright-blue hair was tangled and matted with gravel, his eyes shut.
"...Please try your best." Camus quietly said, holding Tris closer as he leaned against the door.
He had followed the scientist back to his lab, which had luckily been only a few blocks away from where the accident had occurred.
"...I will. I love Ai-kun like a son, so I would never intentionally let him die." The creator said, turning to offer the Count a small smile before he focused once again and set to work.
Letting out a sigh, Camus turned and opened the door, slipping out of the room and out into the white hallway. After closing the door back behind himself, he made sure Tris was held securely in his right arm before slipping his left hand into his pants pocket to pull out his phone.
"Oh shoot, Reiji called me..." He said once he saw the missed call from the brunette, hurrying to call him back.
"Myu-chan! Myu-chan! Thank goodness...How is everything?" Reiji asked in a frantic, obviously worried tone once he had picked up.
"I got Ai to his creator...but he says he doesn't know if he can fix him." Camus explained with a sigh.
"Ah...we should try and have faith in Tsubase-sama...if he can create Ai-ai to begin with, he can surely put him back together." Reiji said, though he was obviously having a mental panic attack himself.
"Yeah..." Camus leaned against the door once again, looking up at the ceiling. "Did you get to Ranmaru?"
"Oh, yeah...He knows. Everything's cool."
"It doesn't sound that way to me."
"Myu-chan, Ai-ai was hit by a truck because of me, do you honestly think I'll sound okay for a while?"
The blonde went quiet for a few moments after that.
"Myu-chan?"
"Sorry, I'm still here; question though, did you fall into the road...?"
"Er...I think so...but I can't remember too well...I think I might've been pushed though..."
Camus furrowed his eyebrows together. "I think you were pushed...I remember seeing someone behind you."
"Eh? Really? I didn't see anyone when I turned to leave..."
"..."
"Myu-chan?"
"Reiji, give the phone to Ranmaru."
Reiji blinked upon being asked that before he turned and held his phone out to Ranmaru. "Here. Myu-chan wants to talk to you." He said, Ranmaru frowning a bit as he reached out to take the phone and press the receiver to his ear.
"Hello?"
"Ranmaru, do you know a young boy with blonde and red hair?"
Ranmaru's face darkened. "What about him?"
"He pushed Reiji into the street."
His eyes went wide. "What? How the hell do you know that?"
"I saw him...I don't know what his place in your life is, but I do know that one of our band members has been crushed to pieces because of him."
Ranmaru tightened his grip on the phone. "That bastard-..."
"You can worry about him later; I'm on the next street down in that small white building, get over here."
Ranmaru resisted the urge to hiss before he ground out a small, 'Yeah, yeah, we're coming' before snapping Reiji's phone shut and handing it back over to him.
"What did he say?" Reiji asked, sliding his phone back into his pocket as Ranmaru turned to start stomping away from the lake, the brunette having to sprint to follow after him.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it."
I swear to god I will strangle that brat for this.
And thus brings an end to this chapter But don't worry, the next one is already done, so you don't have to wait for it. ^^
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