Altered Ending - Chapter 13
Title : Altered Ending
Chapter Title : Heart to Heart
Setting : Hidarime Tantei EYE - Episode 8
Summary : In the last episode, Kokusho Akira shot Yumeto first before getting shot. But what if that one fatal bullet had got her first before her finger jerked, firing the gun, when the gun was off target and Ainosuke stood right between the two crime planner?
Rating : T
Yumeto couldn’t hold back a chuckle at the surprise mixed with disbelief expression on his brother’s face.
“Niichan…?”
He shook his head and averted his gaze back to his brother, suddenly turned very serious. He tightened his grip he had on his brother’s arms, trying to emphasize his point to his stubborn brother.
“I didn’t leave you because I hate you, or because I hold grudge on you because of that kidnapping case 8 years ago as you believe it to be. On the contrary, I did it because I don’t think you’d be safe with me. You see, I killed someone. For your sake, I know,” he added hastily when he saw his brother looked ready to protest. “But believe me when I say this, it was not your fault. It was theirs, the kidnappers. But, the thing is, it changed me, completely. It was so throughout that it even scared me. That, and all the things that I got myself involved in, made me did not trust myself enough that you’ll be left unharmed.”
He smoothed back the stray hairs that had fallen to his little brother’s face, noticing that tears were swimming dangerously on the brown orbs.
“So I faked my death. Of course,” he chuckled lightly, “that one didn’t work so well, seeing that you saw right through it. Imagine my surprise when I found you standing there. I thought my heart would just burst when you said ‘It’s you, right? Big brother?’”
He smiled ruefully, reminiscing that fated day, when everything went chaotic.
“And you wouldn’t back down too. Even after I threatened you, you threw that challenge to me. What am I suppose to do with you? Honestly?”
He stopped for a while as he watched that his brother had the grace to look slightly sheepish, albeit looking a little offended too.
“I thought then, may be if you remember about that incident 8 years ago, you would understand and stop endangering your life. I made a plan. A master plan, to trigger your memories and I made sure to show you how dangerous it is to be involved with me. You would not back down. I came to you personally and threatened you in the worst possible ways I could think of. You still wouldn’t. I was so desperate that I decided to go rather, I admit, extreme. And I achieved what I want, you got back your memories. Your reaction, however, was not what I was expecting.”
He smiled sadly and his eyes were filled with regret as he continued talking.
“Just as usual, you have to go all guilty and miserable that it took all my will power to not just unlock the door and pulled you into my arms. To make it worse, you seemed to be even more determined to stop me. You even went as far as going to my hiding place, and Yoshida was not there to drag you away as I planned and…”
Here, he paused as - to his horror - he felt tears prickling at the back of his eyes. He took a long deep breath to steady himself. He looked away from the hopeful look his brother was giving him, bending his head down.
“And I almost got you killed.”
He swallowed thickly, attempting to get rid of the lump that had formed in his throat. His hands slid down to rest on top of his brother’s lower arms. Then, thinking about it, move them to hold his brother’s hands instead.
“You were so pale and so limp and all I could think of was how, once again, I had failed you. Nothing I did seemed to succeed in driving you away. If anything, I only made you pushed even harder to reach me. Made you risked your life so many times. And I -”
The almost rant he was doing was interrupted by an angered exclamation.
“Niichan, you idiot!”
He looked up sharply, just as how Ainosuke had done earlier. To his astonishment, he found himself face to face with an angry younger brother. His fingers, clenched tightly into fists, dug rather painfully into his hands.
“Did you even use your brain?!”
Yumeto’s eyes widened considerably when his younger brother’s temper just exploded in front of him. Never in his life had he heard his brother scream like this, not to mention the insult to his intelligence. There was a hysterical tone in Ainosuke’s voice and the teen seemed to be hyperventilating. He roughly grabbed his brother’s shoulders.
“Ainosuke! Ainosuke, calm down!”
Ainosuke paid no attention and pushed his hands away.
“How am I suppose to calm down?! How is it that you ask me to calm down when my older brother has just told me that he wanted to get rid of me?!”
Yumeto blanched as the words reached his ears. He shook his head vehemently, reaching out to grab a hold of his brother but was once again shoved away.
“No. No, that’s not it. Don’t you get it? I thought that you need to stay away from me, for your own safety.”
“Same difference! You turned away from me! I chased you, but you only ran faster! You only looked ahead, never glanced back! So focused on getting your goal that you didn’t notice what’s behind you! Never notice how I feel!”
Then, with alarming speed, Ainosuke slumped forward, drained of energy from the roller coaster of emotions that he had just experienced. Yumeto felt his brother rested his forehead on his shoulder and wrapped his arms around the teen. Letting loose all of his anger and frustration had left his brother shaking.
“Why can’t you understand that all I want is to have my niichan back?”
It was spoken so softly that Yumeto would definitely miss it if not for the fact that his brother was so close to him.
But upon hearing that, determination shone on his eyes and he gathered his brother onto his laps, cradling him gently. And if the way Ainosuke made no move to object was any tell, he knew that his brother was just too tired, too exhausted to even launch another round of protest.
“I do understand.”
His brother didn’t make any reaction except to lean his weight more to the older.
“At least, now I do. I’m sorry that it takes me this long to realize it. But I’m here now. And I’m not going anywhere.”
“As if I would ever let you go again,” Ainosuke’s answer was interrupted by a huge yawn. “It’ll still be a very long time until you managed to escape me. I’ll handcuff myself to you if necessary.”
Yumeto chuckled at his brother’s blatant and bold response. He shifted and adjusted their position so that they were both lying on their sides, facing each other. He kept his arms around his brother, holding him close. The younger’s head resting comfortably against his chest.
But instead of drifting into sleep, this seemed to raise Ainosuke. Yumeto tightened his embrace and tried to sooth his distressed brother.
“No. Get some sleep. You’ll need it. I’ll wake you up in a few hours.”
A shake of head. Hands pushing against his chest.
“Don’t want. You’ll be gone again,” came the slurred answer, voice thick with sleep.
Yumeto tightened his arms around his little brother, pressing a gentle kiss to his dark hair, then resting his own head against his younger brother’s.
“I won’t. I told you I’m not going anywhere. And this time, I intend to keep my promise. Get some sleep. I’ll still be here when you wake up. Promise.”
Ainosuke yawned again, unable to hold on any longer and finally succumbed to slumber.
But just before he totally drifted to dreamland, he managed to get a message past his mouth to his older brother. Said older brother’s face lit up and a please smile blossomed on his lips. Closing his eyes to follow the younger’s example, he echoed the words to his already sleeping brother.
“I love you too.”
Chapter Title : Heart to Heart
Setting : Hidarime Tantei EYE - Episode 8
Summary : In the last episode, Kokusho Akira shot Yumeto first before getting shot. But what if that one fatal bullet had got her first before her finger jerked, firing the gun, when the gun was off target and Ainosuke stood right between the two crime planner?
Rating : T
Yumeto couldn’t hold back a chuckle at the surprise mixed with disbelief expression on his brother’s face.
“Niichan…?”
He shook his head and averted his gaze back to his brother, suddenly turned very serious. He tightened his grip he had on his brother’s arms, trying to emphasize his point to his stubborn brother.
“I didn’t leave you because I hate you, or because I hold grudge on you because of that kidnapping case 8 years ago as you believe it to be. On the contrary, I did it because I don’t think you’d be safe with me. You see, I killed someone. For your sake, I know,” he added hastily when he saw his brother looked ready to protest. “But believe me when I say this, it was not your fault. It was theirs, the kidnappers. But, the thing is, it changed me, completely. It was so throughout that it even scared me. That, and all the things that I got myself involved in, made me did not trust myself enough that you’ll be left unharmed.”
He smoothed back the stray hairs that had fallen to his little brother’s face, noticing that tears were swimming dangerously on the brown orbs.
“So I faked my death. Of course,” he chuckled lightly, “that one didn’t work so well, seeing that you saw right through it. Imagine my surprise when I found you standing there. I thought my heart would just burst when you said ‘It’s you, right? Big brother?’”
He smiled ruefully, reminiscing that fated day, when everything went chaotic.
“And you wouldn’t back down too. Even after I threatened you, you threw that challenge to me. What am I suppose to do with you? Honestly?”
He stopped for a while as he watched that his brother had the grace to look slightly sheepish, albeit looking a little offended too.
“I thought then, may be if you remember about that incident 8 years ago, you would understand and stop endangering your life. I made a plan. A master plan, to trigger your memories and I made sure to show you how dangerous it is to be involved with me. You would not back down. I came to you personally and threatened you in the worst possible ways I could think of. You still wouldn’t. I was so desperate that I decided to go rather, I admit, extreme. And I achieved what I want, you got back your memories. Your reaction, however, was not what I was expecting.”
He smiled sadly and his eyes were filled with regret as he continued talking.
“Just as usual, you have to go all guilty and miserable that it took all my will power to not just unlock the door and pulled you into my arms. To make it worse, you seemed to be even more determined to stop me. You even went as far as going to my hiding place, and Yoshida was not there to drag you away as I planned and…”
Here, he paused as - to his horror - he felt tears prickling at the back of his eyes. He took a long deep breath to steady himself. He looked away from the hopeful look his brother was giving him, bending his head down.
“And I almost got you killed.”
He swallowed thickly, attempting to get rid of the lump that had formed in his throat. His hands slid down to rest on top of his brother’s lower arms. Then, thinking about it, move them to hold his brother’s hands instead.
“You were so pale and so limp and all I could think of was how, once again, I had failed you. Nothing I did seemed to succeed in driving you away. If anything, I only made you pushed even harder to reach me. Made you risked your life so many times. And I -”
The almost rant he was doing was interrupted by an angered exclamation.
“Niichan, you idiot!”
He looked up sharply, just as how Ainosuke had done earlier. To his astonishment, he found himself face to face with an angry younger brother. His fingers, clenched tightly into fists, dug rather painfully into his hands.
“Did you even use your brain?!”
Yumeto’s eyes widened considerably when his younger brother’s temper just exploded in front of him. Never in his life had he heard his brother scream like this, not to mention the insult to his intelligence. There was a hysterical tone in Ainosuke’s voice and the teen seemed to be hyperventilating. He roughly grabbed his brother’s shoulders.
“Ainosuke! Ainosuke, calm down!”
Ainosuke paid no attention and pushed his hands away.
“How am I suppose to calm down?! How is it that you ask me to calm down when my older brother has just told me that he wanted to get rid of me?!”
Yumeto blanched as the words reached his ears. He shook his head vehemently, reaching out to grab a hold of his brother but was once again shoved away.
“No. No, that’s not it. Don’t you get it? I thought that you need to stay away from me, for your own safety.”
“Same difference! You turned away from me! I chased you, but you only ran faster! You only looked ahead, never glanced back! So focused on getting your goal that you didn’t notice what’s behind you! Never notice how I feel!”
Then, with alarming speed, Ainosuke slumped forward, drained of energy from the roller coaster of emotions that he had just experienced. Yumeto felt his brother rested his forehead on his shoulder and wrapped his arms around the teen. Letting loose all of his anger and frustration had left his brother shaking.
“Why can’t you understand that all I want is to have my niichan back?”
It was spoken so softly that Yumeto would definitely miss it if not for the fact that his brother was so close to him.
But upon hearing that, determination shone on his eyes and he gathered his brother onto his laps, cradling him gently. And if the way Ainosuke made no move to object was any tell, he knew that his brother was just too tired, too exhausted to even launch another round of protest.
“I do understand.”
His brother didn’t make any reaction except to lean his weight more to the older.
“At least, now I do. I’m sorry that it takes me this long to realize it. But I’m here now. And I’m not going anywhere.”
“As if I would ever let you go again,” Ainosuke’s answer was interrupted by a huge yawn. “It’ll still be a very long time until you managed to escape me. I’ll handcuff myself to you if necessary.”
Yumeto chuckled at his brother’s blatant and bold response. He shifted and adjusted their position so that they were both lying on their sides, facing each other. He kept his arms around his brother, holding him close. The younger’s head resting comfortably against his chest.
But instead of drifting into sleep, this seemed to raise Ainosuke. Yumeto tightened his embrace and tried to sooth his distressed brother.
“No. Get some sleep. You’ll need it. I’ll wake you up in a few hours.”
A shake of head. Hands pushing against his chest.
“Don’t want. You’ll be gone again,” came the slurred answer, voice thick with sleep.
Yumeto tightened his arms around his little brother, pressing a gentle kiss to his dark hair, then resting his own head against his younger brother’s.
“I won’t. I told you I’m not going anywhere. And this time, I intend to keep my promise. Get some sleep. I’ll still be here when you wake up. Promise.”
Ainosuke yawned again, unable to hold on any longer and finally succumbed to slumber.
But just before he totally drifted to dreamland, he managed to get a message past his mouth to his older brother. Said older brother’s face lit up and a please smile blossomed on his lips. Closing his eyes to follow the younger’s example, he echoed the words to his already sleeping brother.
“I love you too.”