.The One That Got Away
Under the dim light of my apartment door I stood, with her clutching my shirt. Her face is blushing as she close her eyes, waiting.
I closed my eyes and leaned forward. For the first time since this started, my lips touched hers.
I do not love her yet I date her. I held no feelings for her yet I kiss her. This is wrong terribly wrong.
I know.
She moved her lips against mine, I followed suit to keep my 'Perfect Fiancé Act'. I kissed her thoughtlessly, unaware of my surrounding.
*whimper
My eyes shot open. My eyes widened considerably. Our eyes locked. She was standing a little far from us. Her beautiful eyes that I love so much, held so much pain. Her pale cheeks that I always love to pinch whenever I tease her are so damp with tears. She was shivering.
I was frozen on my spot, my body refused to move. From the corner of my eyes I saw Haru looking in her direction. She looked at me confusedly, she did not saw her.
Then she smiled a sad smile before turning away from me. The smile tells everything. She doesn't need words; just the smile and I knew what it meant.
I screwed up. I broke her. It killed me.
She walked away and I followed her. "Tetsumi" I called, our distance is widening. "Tetsumi!" I kept calling her but she did not stop. My words did not reach he., She disappeared.
A familiar message tone woke me.
I woke up breathing and sweating heavily. That was not a dream, it was my memory of that night, and the last time I saw her. The haunting smile of hers, I saw it again. I sat on my bed and made my way to the bathroom. I was about to wash my face when I notice something on my face. I touched my left tear stained cheek.
After washing my face, I went back to my room and grabbed my mobile phone. I opened Ryoutas full of emoticon text message.
"\/(^_^)\/ SURPRISE ! WAAAAHH! I'M FINALLY BACK! (*.*) * HUGS
DID YOU MISS ME? Oh and I will make it to the reunion..."
I turned off my phone after I scanned the text. So much of Ryouta in the morning.
The silence of the morning brought me back to the dream I haven't had for quite some time. My meeting with my father probably triggered the memories. I walked to the window. From my room, I have a full view of the beautiful garden of the mansion. I looked up the sky. It is still dark. The sun won't be rising in another two hours, but I'm not feeling sleepy. Not at all.
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Kurokos' POV
I stood outside my parents door again. Unlike yesterday he knows I'm here. Behind this door is the man who gave me life, the same man who wanted to get rid of my child. I have a lot of questions but the answer is behind the door. I knocked and turned the door knob.
The first thing I saw is the veranda is open, and my father is nowhere. The beeping sound of machine stole my attention. My mind became blank. I just stared at my mother's sleeping figure. I tried to keep my eyes on her, seeing her bandaged face and arm, those tube and machines around her. It's devastatingly painful seeing her like this. I walked to her side; I needed to close my eyes from what I saw. My eyesight is getting blurry when..
"She missed you very much." A tear fell. On the other side of the bed, for the first time in years I saw my father. He is sitting on his wheelchair. Unlike the last time I saw him, he looks tired and weary. I saw the fine lines at the corners of his blue eyes. Even the Sky-blue hair I inherited has lightened. He is looking at my mother and I also did that.
"We can talk outside." He wheeled his way out the door, I followed silently. At the end of the hallway there is a balcony. Such hospital this is. My father did not talk for a long time, nor did I. I do not want to break the silence, which might be the last peaceful time with him.
"I heard you had a boy…what is his name?" I do not know why father started the conversation with Tsuji, but I answered him nonetheless.
"…Tsuji, Kuroko Tsuji"
"Crossroad…What is he like?"
"…Physically, he is every inch like me. Even my invisibility, he has it. He could be hard-headed and very mischievous sometime." I continued when he hmmed.
"…He…he is kind of aloof, and skips all his classes, he was never caught though. He likes board game and basketball. He also loves to trick other people, using his invisibility. A troublemaker but still a good kid."
He chuckled at this, "Sounds like an obnoxious angel" I stared at my father's back, unable to say anything. There was nothing to say, it was the same description I had of my son after all.
"Tetsumi.." he called me in my given name. I waited patiently to what he will say. I braced myself for what is next.
"I will not forgive you…" He turned his chair to face me but I bowed my head down and tried to pull myself together. I expected worse but hearing those stings.
"..Because it is me who needs to be forgiven" he added. I did not expect him to say that. I was so surprised that, I made eye contact with him. Cerulean locked with cerulean. And he did not stop there, he mouthed those words.
"I'm sorry"
With tears in his eyes he asked me "Please forgive me, and come back to us. Come home." It made my tear ducts burst. I can't believe it for the life of mine. Speechless, I could only nod again and again.
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Ogiwara Shigehiro ran like the building is on fire, he was running fast that on his way to turn he bumped into someone. He frantically helped her stand up.
"Seriously Shige-chan you ruined my outfit! How is Shin-chan going to look at me now?" Kazuna Takao exclaimed looking at her outfit, then pouts at the sweating doctor.
"And it is not allowed to run in here. Tsk tsk ." she lectures him her hands on her hips.
"Sorry Takao-san! But I'm in a hurry. I'm looking for someone" he paused when he realized something. "Oh! You have really good eyes right? Can you help me find a kid?"
"A missing kid? How could you lost a kid Shige-chan! You bad doctor!" she slaps his shoulder, hard.
"This kid is special okay. He simply disappears from your sight." He said scratching the back of his head, sweat dripping down his face.
"Sounds like someone I know." She mutters.
Shigehiro looked at her. "Sorry? Did you say something?"
"Nothing! So what does the missing kid look like?" she asked as they walked toward the direction the orange head was heading.
"Let's see, he is about this tall" he motioned his hand to show Takao. "He has pale skin and sky blue hair and eyes. Eh?" Shigehiro looked at her confusedly seeing her shocked expression.
Takao Kazuna quickly said. "Ah, Ahaha. Uhm, maybe we should look outside and alert the front desk too."
"Maybe, you are worried about how your outfit got wrinkled by me! Do not worry Takao-san. I will tell Doctor Midorima and take responsibility!" He announced pounding his chest.
"Uh No, Thanks but I'll handle it. Besides that might cause some misunderstanding, I'll pass."
While they are looking, Kazuna thoughts are on spiral. 'I'm getting really curious about this invisible kid."
They are currently searching the park, when Takao's vision caught a tuft of blue hair behind a bush. She called Shigehiro to come after her. They hid on the other side of the said bush. She only intended to spy on the kid to observe him unseen and hand the rest to the doctor. But things did not go as planned.
"Why do we need to hide Takao-san?" Ogiwara whispered. "Besides you are destroying your outfit. How will I explain these to Doctor Midorima." Seems like Shigehiro is very concern about that.
"Sssh! be quiet for once you orange doctor!" she quietly hissed at him, with face of a predator.
But her look of doom quickly dropped.
"Yes, he is right Takao-san. Why are you indeed hiding?" velvety voice, spoken like a king. She know the voice, she will never forget that voice.
She wanted to punch herself, how could she fail to notice the Emperor is beyond her.
"You know them Mister? I was also wondering the same thing. You saw us like miles away before hiding." A monotonous voice asked. She stood up to explain herself dragging Shigehiro along the way.
"I'm sorry it was not intentional!" she bowed and looked up as fast as lightning. She stared hard at Tsuji. While Takao is unmoving Shigehiro went to Tsuji.
"I was looking all over the place for you." He patted the brat's hair, but when he felt how soft it is, he decides to ruffle it.
Akashi coughed. Shigehiro's mandarin eyes clashed Akashi's heterochromatic ones.
Shigehiro smiled bitterly 'This guy doesn't like me, does he?' he mentally thought.
FoxNotes:
Words can't express how I feel (I know this line is used too much, but yeah I can't express it any other way hehe), to you who have been supporting this fic from the start. You are all making me blush. To you, who read this and favorite and follows, and you who reviewed and loved my OC, I send you a heartfelt THANK YOU! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
