Beige Hearts

eight - VIII

I sat in a chair next to a sleeping Takemichi in the hospital bed. Emma was outside, on a call with Draken. Takashi also called me earlier, explaining the situation in Toman to me. While I don't know much about the Toman gang now, I know Takashis friends and hearing that Draken and Mikey are fighting and their organisation has split in two was hard to hear.

Out of all people, it's Mikey and Draken that are fighting and unable to make up? That sounds like a bad dream. Emma entered the room with her head hung low. "You okay?" I asked, standing up and she nodded "Yeah I'm, I'm okay yes" she sat down on the chair I sat on before with a sigh. 

"I don't know what I should do, I can't stop them from fighting and Mikey gets angry when I meet Draken and Draken gets angry when I talk with Mikey. I don't want them to fight, they've been best friends for so long. And Toman is splitting under their fight too" Emma stood up when suddenly Takemichi moved. He stretched his arms with a groan.

"Perv" Emma said as his hand squished her boob. I shuffled uncomfortably. He's a bit too clumsy. "Emma??! No that just now was an act of god!.. Hm? The hospital?" He looked around himself. "I got a call from Draken and when I got here you were there" 

"What happened to Mikey and the others?! Is everyone okay? And what about Draken" Emma bit on her lower lip as he flooded her with questions. "He started a fight with Mikey" she sobbed lightly. "But why?" "The conversation got out of hand quickly. And then Toman broke into the Mikey and Draken factions. And then everyone was yelling things like 'Pa-chin was arrested' and they all started to fight" Tears ran down the girls cheeks.

She broke down and cried in Takemichis lap. I stood at the side, feeling as if I shouldn't interfere. Frankly, I didn't know what to do, I don't know how to handle it when people cry. "Draken will be okay wont he? I don't know what's what anymore" She sobbed. The blonde stroked her hair comfortingly.

The curtain of the bed was pulled aside "Takemichi are you okay?!" A petite brunette with short hair appeared behind it. Her face transformed from worry to disgust "Huh? Wha- that's obscene!" She yelled at her boyfriend as she gripped the curtain. "Hm? What do you.." Takemichi looked at the girl in his lap "No Hina you got it all wrong!" 

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 I sat in my room, thinking about what happened three days ago in the hospital. What's going on now? Has the situation in Toman gotten even worse? Is it better? Should I call Emma? What if she starts crying again because she's overwhelmed? Should I call Takashi instead? But what if he says that it's nothing for me to worry about? That's annoying, he always says that when he doesn't want to talk. He always keeps his feelings to himself that fucker. 

I sighed, standing up. I should take a walk to get my head empty. There's still that alcohol can in the fridge that my family thankfully didn't notice yet. I should probably take it with me while I'm at it and maybe drink a bit. I nodded to myself, confirming my thought and grabbed my phone and earphones before I went downstairs and took the can out of the fridge.

I slipped on my shoes and left the house. While putting my earphones in, I started walking through the pretty much empty streets without a goal and the can in my hand. Soon is musashi festival huh? I still need to invite Takashi and his little sisters and tell them I'm going to get them a stuffed animal. Just in case Emma will be there there and potentionally looks for me, since I told her I'll be there too. I'm sure Luna and Mana would absolutely love it. 

That reminds me of the jacket I'm still making for Emma. I already finished the dark purple flower pattern, I thought of adding some hearts, just scattered small and simple hearts all over the thing. The kind of hearts you make with four stitches. But what color fits to lavender and dark purple? "Hmm..-"