CHAPTER 98
Ryoma was sitting downstairs still in boxers and nibbling on some pizza. It was when he heard the front door open did he look to the kitchen door to see Tomo with black bags under his eyes.
"Couldn't sleep?" The cat asked as he watched the other turn on the coffee machine.
"No, I was just up all night talking to Shan about him sending over the masters death certificate. He said something about going though all procedures since the man was a criminal and so on. Also he sent over a fax... well a picture by fax which I'll show you later and explain to you, but I want you to keep a clear mind and not get angry over it... Okay?" The boy nodded. "Do you want some milk or a ponta?"
"Ponta." Tomo went over to the cupboard and grabbed the ponta knowing that it was alright to show this hiding place since it was the last one there. Putting it down on the floor in front of the cat, the butler heard a click before grabbing his own mug and pouring some coffee into it. "Can't you just show the picture to me now?" The boy whined. "No one else will be awake anyway they're all still laying practically naked in Kei's bed." Tomo tilted his head side to side in thought, shrugging after and agreeing.
Putting his hand in his track suit pocket he pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to the cat. Ryoma grabbed the paper and unfolded it. The cat frowned. "It's a picture of Shan, with my dad." Tomo gave the boy a strained smile. Ryoma thought hard about it when he froze.
"But when Shan found me dad was already dead. So that would mean that they had met before." Nodding the butler bent down next to the cat that was sitting on the floor and leaned over pointing.
"So who do you think the two kids in the photo are?" The cat stared at the two children hugging with big smiles on their faces. Concentrating, he looked to the boy with blue hair.
"That one's Seiichi." He then looked to the other. He had no idea. This one year old with brown/hazel eyes and black hair. He ran a finger over it and felt his heart skip a beat when he finally came to a conclusion. "Is it me?"
"Yeah, Shan thought it was about time to tell you. He's going to send over the death certificate sometime so you actually have the proper one of it and not some copy. To be honest I only found out last night when he called and sent that over. Shan was meant to adopt before your father passed, but something happened and he had to stay in Japan for that much longer. He had no idea that Rinko would get rid of you that quickly." Ryoma nodded and smiled slightly.
"Thanks." Tomo felt surprised to hear that. He was actually expecting the cat to get angry and break things. "At least I know I wasn't born with these features. I've never seen a picture of myself without them. It's calming in a way to know."
"Shan said that it was your choice whether you want to show Seiichi. Since he has no idea either. He was only three at the time and he wouldn't of remembered that meeting." The boy didn't reply and just carried on looking at the photo. Just as Tomo was about to speak footsteps were heard coming down the stairs. They looked to the door and saw Mitsu who had confusion written across his face as he tried to remember where the table went until it all came back after his eyes landed on Ryoma as the boy was folding the piece of paper up.
"What's on the paper?" The cat looked up and blushed as he stood, leaving without a word. Half and box of pizza still on the floor. "Did I say something?" Tomo shook his head as he pick up the unopened can of ponta and put it away until the boy wanted it. The butler smirked. He loved being able to read Ryoma like a book. Sometimes the story will have a twist where he expects one reaction only to get another, but he had to admit that this was going to be interesting. Well, if he read it correctly that is.
"I think you should be careful on what you're going to say and do to Ryoma from now on. It seems even he has finally noticed how hard he has fallen and he still hasn't reach the bottom yet. It hopefully won't be long now until he realizes all the others as well." Mitsu frowned thinking over Tomo's words. 'Fallen... Hard... Realize... Others..." A flash of surprise went across his face.
"Tomo, are you saying..." He never got to finish as the butler put his finger on his lips.
"One must never revile too much before something happens. Otherwise what you want to happen might not come to light." Mitsu held the urge to roll his eyes. "Just be patient. Want some coffee?" Accepting the cup with a thanks he leaned against the wall before looking down and looking at the pizza box deep in thought.
Ryoma had ran upstairs and ran to the bathroom opening it. Slamming it shut he leaned against it and slid down. Holding the picture in one hand he used the other to run though his hair. He heard splashing and looked up wide eyed only to see Syu watching him in amusement.
"Umm, I fell and ended up here." The boy fidgeted as he looked away so not to make eye contact. Syu folded his arms and put them on the side of the bath, letting his head rest on them. Ryoma started to feel less and less at ease. Finally looking up he stared into the blue abyss of Fuji's eyes. "What?"
"What's in your hand?" Ryoma brought the paper to his chest and gave Syu a half-hearted glare. The tensai got the message and gave the boy a fake smile, feeling slightly sad that the cat wouldn't tell. "Whatever is on that piece of paper are you going to keep a secret?" Syu watched as different emotion crossed the boy's face.
"I want to show Seiichi first. Since it involves him." The blue eyed third year felt disappointed until Ryoma carried on speaking. "But after I will. It's not a bad thing on this paper, but I just find it hard because it's different to what I'm use to seeing." Syu sighed, letting his shoulder relax as he knew that he was going to be back in the loop of what's going on soon. He hated being left out.
"Sei went back to his bed to get some more sleep. That is if you want to find him." Syu watched as the boy gave him a small smile as a thanks and left. As soon as the door shut once again the tensai's smile faded and he frowned. Worry in his eye as he thought back to the conversation he overheard this morning. His heart was in pain thinking what kind of decision would bring Ryoma to do that. Knowing the cat would only ever do something like that if he had no other option. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to kill someone who you called brother and yet still manage to keep that innocent look. All Syu knew was the boy may be a terrible liar, but he was a brilliant actor if he could keep something like this hidden for so long.
Ryoma stood to the side of the bed watching as Sei let air pass his lips. His breathing was mellow and he looked peaceful. The cat brought his hand up and was about to touch the blunettes face when he found himself staring into ocean blue eyes that had snapped opened.
"Ryo-Chan." Sei mumbled. He hadn't told anyone but today he wasn't feeling the best. One was from all the stress that had happened yesterday and second was eating too much pizza. "Can I help you with something?" Instead of talking he handed the paper and left leaving one very confused Rikkaidai captain.
Hurrying along he went to Mitsu and Gen's room and without a second though he went under the covers of Mitsu's bed. Curling up, he took in a deep breath before pausing as the funny feeling came back. That was when he realized the one person that he couldn't make eye contact with was now all around him. Mitsu's scent covering the blankets and pillows. Looking down he felt horrified as he saw his underwear now sporting a bulge.
"How do I get rid of it?" He whispered to himself as he tried to think back on any information he had gotten only to find that asking someone to have sex or make love was out of the question. Also he didn't want to go up to one of the five others living here and ask them to suck him off. After his panic he calmed down still feeling a little on edge. Using one finger he put it on top of his underwear near his balls and slowly let his finger glide up. Realising a small whimper, he couldn't believe how amazing it felt. He wanted to try again.