HANA YORI DANGO UPDATE!: CHAPTER 15
Yuto snuggled against his pillow. It was so cold outside; he liked the warmth in his bed. HE pulled the pillow closer to him. The sweet smell. It was a beautiful smell. He liked it. He reached out his hand and grabbed hold of something far away. “Akiko…” he whispered smiling and pulled ‘it’ closer. The scent was so sweet. He wanted her to share it. “Akiko…”
“NAKAJIMA YUTO! LET GO OFF ME!!”
Yuto opened his yes to see his hands wrapped warmly around an anxious Keito and Chinen was looking bemused at both of them. Yuto screamed (a girly scream) and pushed Keito out of his bed. Keito rolled onto the floor as Chinen burst into fits of laughter. “OMG, YUTO!! YOU and KEITO!! I never knew??? I’m so sorry for walking in on you…..HAHAHAHAHA”
Chinen said wiping tears from his eyes. HE was laughing so loud that the pit of his stomach clenched. Keito got up angrily. ‘WHAT the HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU MAN! I came in to wake you up, you drag me into bed muttering…Akiko….Akiko….what the heck!?”
Chinen stopped laughing and looked at Yuto who was red. Yuto stood up embarrassed and pulled a shirt on. He looked at Chinen whose face was bright pink. Yuri was spluttering out words. But he held his mouth. He was trying hard not to laugh. Yuto looked away. Chinen could hold no any longer. This time he laughed so loud he fell onto the floor and rolled around like a complete maniac before Yuto threw a pillow at him. That didn’t stop him though.
“May I ask you gentleman what are you doing in my bedroom anyway…its private QUARTERS!! Ever heard?” Yuto said pulling on his lower pajamas staring annoyingly at Keito who was still angrily dusting himself and also at Chinen who was still…laughing.
“Omaiga…” Yuto said looking angrily at both of them. (He was still blushing out of embarrassment.)
Yuto completely forgot. These winter holidays, Chi, Keito and him were spending together at his place. Yuto yawned and smiled to himself. Keito obviously had come to wake him up for breakfast. But he had been dreaming…….
“Itai…” Yuto muttered as Keito hit him on the head. “Wake up from your dreams sleeping beauty and let’s go down, I’m starving.”
Chinen was still giggling on their way down as Yuto attempted to choke him. ‘Yamene Chi, I was sleepy…”
Yuri looked at Yuto with those big beautiful eyes and made a pouty face. “Dreaming about what exactly my sweetheart?”
Yuto grew redder and stomped down the stairs. Keito exchanged glances with Chinen and they called out “PERVERT!”
Yuto turned around angrily. “I was dreaming about winter, for your information.”
“Yeah, sure you were…a very Akiko winter….”
“SHUT UP!”
“Although I’m not gonna let you have that winter…”
“CHINEN!”
Keito looked at both of them “IM hungry can we do this later please……..”
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Akiko opened her eyes. The large elliptical window in her room was glowing white. “It’s snowing…” she whispered smiling. After an hour, Akiko made her way down the stairs to where Ryutaro’s mother was seated. She sat down beside her.”Ohio”.
Ryu’s mother smiled. She did look much better now. Her hair was neatly tied up and her face no longer showed weakness. Akiko smiled and took her hands. “How are you this morning…?”
The woman looked at her. “I’m good darling, you’re so sweet. Ryutaro told me a lot about you. Thank you for coming here. I know you did it for my sake…I’m sorry for troubling you like this…”
Akiko looked taken aback. “There’s no need to apologize. I’m happy I can be of some help. I was alone anyway at home. Its better here with you…and Ryu and Ryosuke….”
Ryu’s mother nodded smiling. They chatted for hours. Akiko was enjoying her time. She was becoming quite fond of this woman. She was simple but sweet. And her eyes were charming. A lot like someone she knew. His eyes were charming as well. She recalled those beautiful eyes. Whose eyes were they? Those eyes in her head. Those who had let her run down Eitoku….who…had let her go?
“Akiko…OHIO…I’m glad your awake…” Ryu said smiling coming into the living room. He seated himself opposite to them. “Ryosuke’s upstairs though, said he had to do something”
Akiko nodded in reply. Ryosuke soon joined them. His face was very serious. In one hand he held the newspaper. In the other hand was a steaming cup of….
“Strawberry milk?” Akiko asked confused but became silent as Ryosuke gave her ‘the glare’.
‘Don’t have to glare at me like that, I was just…well your…I mean I thought coffee…never mind…” she said as Yamada pressured his eyes on that glare. There was so much about him she didn’t know.
“You shouldn’t give Akiko that death glare you know, she just told me it makes you look cute…puppy cute…ne Akiko…” Ryu’s mother said teasingly as both Ryosuke and Akiko burned red. Ryosuke looked at Akiko angrily. ‘My signature glare? Cute?”
Akiko looked away...”Well…gomen…but its not really scary to me…you’re too baby cute….”
Ryosuke feinted. (ON RYUTARO)
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Yabu stared quietly at the man in front of him. His step father was standing there glaring at him in rage. Takaki and Hikaru’s rescue had not exactly gone as planned. They had brought Yabu home to the wrong house, his house. And when they were carrying the bruised boy inside, attempting to sneak up the stairs, Yabu’s step father had unfortunately bumped into them. Takaki and Hikaru stood still as Yabu sat on a chair opposite to his standing step dad who was furious. “Yabu Kota, are you telling me that the heir to this family’s fortune, the next heir to my company, is fighting with dogs in the street?”
Yabu remained silent. So true was that statement. To let out all the burning anger and pain, he had always found some excuse to pick a fight with brutal criminals on the streets of Tokyo. It was dangerous, yet it pleased him. Somehow he never lost, but always ended up getting hurt in one way or another. A bruise, bumps, bloody lip or maybe even a deep red gash on his neck as a result of a knife thrown at him. His body was aching. Takaki and Hikaru kept quiet. They were not allowed inside the room. So they stood on the door listening quietly. Yabu’s father, Satoshi moved forward and sat opposite to him.
“I’m sorry…”
Yabu looked up in shock. His eyes, red and soggy. “I know, it’s my fault to enter your family as a stranger and take your father’s place. I’m sorry…but by harming yourself, because of your past….wont make me leave. And it won’t make you feel any better either.”
Yabu stared at him. He was speechless. He had never before spoken to his step father. His mother had never been interested in listening to him voicing out his opinion. Whether it was on her second wedding or his own life…so he never spoke. But now he saw, his step dad was the one to speak first.
“Your mother married me because your company was in crisis after your father; I mean the previous owner died of brain death right?”
Yabu looked away. At once those painful memories returned. His parents had always fought. His father, his real father had fought with Okahsan. Okahsan had always thought that his beloved father was wasting time with other women, that’s why he came home late. But then she realized after his death, that he had been visiting doctors for treatment for his illness. However, he was already on a critical stage. He did not want Yabu to see him so sickly, that’s why he never came home. His mother had hidden it from Yabu by telling him that his father’s sudden death was caused by lung cancer from his old man’s smoking habit. But now that Yabu recalled, his real father rarely smoked. Realizing how mistaken he was made his heart drown in pain. As if a huge wall was slowly pressing the sides of his tiny heart. It was a very throbbing memory indeed.
Yabu looked up at Satoshi “What are you trying to say?”
Satoshi looked at Yabu. “There are too many painful memories here for you Yabu. I want you to leave Japan”
Hikaru’s eyes widened as he and Takaki outside exchanged anxious glances..
“What do you say?”
Yabu looked at Satoshi’s determined face. “I’ll think about it…”
Takaki dropped his watch.
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