On the Road to Recovery: A Banana Fish Fanfic AU

Ch: 18

𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧: 𝐇𝐞𝐲𝐲𝐲𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐝.

𝐄𝐢𝐣𝐢'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕

I finally plucked up the courage to try and catch the mouse.

"You can do it Eiji." Sally said from a chair. 

"Conquer your fear!" Josh said. I threw a pan top over the mouse and ran over to Sally and Josh.

"You did it!" Sally yelled throwing her arms in the air. Then the mouse moved, causing me to scream. I didn't realize when I screamed Aslan came into the kitchen with Evan and a teenager I've never seen before. I looked at Ash who was laughing,

"Did you just scream?" He asked. 

"Uhm yes." I said. Aslan kept laughing. I blushed from embarrassment.  

"Are you two together?" The teen asked Ash. 

"Yes. We're married." He said. 

"Oh right. You said you were newly married." The teenager said. 

"Eiji this is Ethan. He found me in Central Park." Ash said. 

"I tried to seduce your husband." Ethan said. "Please don't be mad." I widened my eyes and looked straight at Ash. 

"I'll tell you the story later." He said to me. 

"Well it's nice to have you hear Ethan. I'm not mad that you tried to seduce my husband, that I married yesterday." I said. 

"Eiji caught the mouse!" Sally said to Ash. 

"I saw." He said.

"It took him a while." Josh added. "Almost an hour." 

"Who's the new person?" Sally asked. 

"This is Ethan guys. Ethan, this is Sally and Josh." Aslan said. Sally and Josh waved to Ethan. 

"Can you guys show him a free room?" Ash asked them. Josh and Sally nodded. 

"Come on Ethan." Josh said and walked out of the kitchen followed by Sally and Ethan. I looked at Evan.

"How was the park?" I asked. 

"It was fun. I fed pigeons." Evan said. "And a goose almost chased me." Ash looked at Evan,

"Really?" He asked. Evan nodded. 

"I threw a whole piece at him and he ran away." He said. Josh ran back out,

"Ethan's crying." He said. "Aslan, we need help. Me and Sally don't know what to do." Ash followed Josh and I followed Ash. We heard quiet cries from a room and Ash walked in. I stood in the door and watched Aslan hug Ethan. 

"I just now realized how awful everything that happened to me was." Ethan said. 

"Letting people take advantage of you is horrible. I know very well." Ash said. Ethan looked up at Ash. 

"You do?" He asked. 

"Yes." Aslan nodded. "I was the exact same position as you. Exact same position."  

"Ash knows exactly how you feel Ethan." I said. Ethan wiped his eyes while hugging Ash.

"I guess he does." Ethan said. 

𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧: 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬