Love, Come Home Please

Chapter 8: Racing Hearts

Riko was waiting outside a hospital room watching to see the others arrive. At that moment the doctor came out.

"Are you all here for Kaita Raimon?" Everyone nodded. "Alright then, the majority of the news is good so you don't have to worry. She has minor cuts and bruises along her arms and legs and she has a slight bump on her head. We made sure that the impact with the tree did not cause her to have an open wound on her head and would require any surgical procedure. Once she wakes up she should be able to go home but I would recommend she stay overnight for observation."

Everyone breathed in a deep sigh of relief. Riko then thanked the doctor before he walked away. She then turned to her the boys. "It seems that our training will be put on hold until Kaita wakes up. I'll go inside and wait in there the rest of you can wait out in the lobby."

"Riko, Izuki and Kagami already beat you to it." Hyuga gestured to the two boys sitting and watching Kaita. Riko let out a sigh and laughed.

"Of course those two would be the ones wanting to be by her side right now. They're the most worried about Kaita than we all are."

Izuki had a sad expression on his face. Kagami looked over at him and gave him a light nudge. Izuki then looked at Kagami then at Kaita.

"How could I have not known? I should have known about this when we were kids. Only now do I remember that whenever the sky seemed dark Kaita would always want to go home quickly. I didn't ask her why, I just let her run off home. When she ran it always looked as if she was trying to get away from something. Now that I know what it is, I feel like a fool for not helping her out back then."

"It's not your fault Izuki-senpai. Kaita probably didn't know how to express herself to you. When we lived in America Kaita rarely spoke to anyone outside the classroom even though she would go and play basketball with everyone if they asked her to join in."

Izuki still felt guilty so Kagami told him how he found out that Kaita was fearful of Thunder and Lightning storms.

"It happened in middle school. Everything was all bright and sunny then the clouds to start to go gray and darken. It was the end of the day and everyone was heading home, some of my classmates were talking about going to the mall afterschool, they asked me and Kaita but she refused to go saying that she had something to do."

"Was it raining by then?"

"No it wasn't. Kaita just gathered her things and left for home as quickly as she could. The others and I were half way to the mall when I got a text from Himuro, a friend of mine at the time, and had asked me if Kaita was with me. I told him no. That's when thunder started to roll, Himuro ended and calling me, he yelled at me saying that Kaita isn't home yet and her parents are worried. So I hung up and made an excuse to leave the group to go find Kaita. I ran in the direction that I saw her leave towards, and it was towards a park that was only a few blocks from the school. I got to her house and hadn't seen her, I ran into Himuro and he told me to check farther past Kaita's house. I did and ended up heading towards my house when I noticed someone crouching down in fear at a pavilion in the park near my house. I moved closer and saw that it was Kaita. Lightning just lit up the sky and that's when I heard Kaita clutch her knees even more."

Flashback to Los Angles during Middle school

"KAITA!!!"

Kaita looked up and saw Kagami running to her. He crouched in front of her and put his hands on her shoulders.

"Are you alright?"

"Kagami.... I'm scared." Another roll of thunder sounded through the air.

"It will be okay. My house is nearby. Let's go there so were not outside when it starts to rain."