Buried With Secrets

An Eye For An Eye

"This has to be a joke...It has to be..." I said in disbelief.

I stopped. I stared at my phone in shock for a few minutes. All kinds of thoughts were racing through my head. I couldn't make sense of anything.

After a little, I managed to collect myself. My plans drastically changed that night. I texted Akuma letting him know what happened to Hanayo. I added, that I wouldn't be home till later tonight.

As I sent the message, I started making my way to my new destination.

"HANAYO IS DEAD!?" Akuma yelled in shock.

"Who is that?" Taketa asked.

"One of our best friends." Akuma replied in a frantic voice.

"Oh shit, that's harsh." Taketa said, with seemingly no concern for the situation.

Akuma ignored his nonchalant tone of voice.

"NO SHIT MAN!" Akuma yelled back. "I don't know if he is gonna be okay, he said he won't be back till later tonight" He said concerned.

Taketa looked up at Akuma. Akuma was almost on the verge of tears, he had just lost his best friend, and didn't know where his other best friend were. He was holding on to his phone, whilst staring at the message that Hiruka sent him. Taketa suddenly had a change of heart, when he realized that this was very serious.

"What's going on?" Taketa said while looking up at Akuma. "What is Hiruka gonna do?..."

"Hiruka has..." Akuma hesitated. "...A bad habit of violence when he gets hurt, or one of his close friends does..." He looked up from his phone, and made eye contact with Taketa. "Once, his best friend in elementary got his arm broken because of another boy. Hiruka showed up at the boy's house, and broke his arm as a form of revenge...I can't even imagine what he is gonna do now..." Akuma explained to Taketa.

I had been walking for 20 minutes. I noticed a gas station in the distance, it was the only store open at this hour. I walked in, I didn't really know what I wanted in there. It was hard to want anything, I felt distant from reality.

I picked up a bottle of water, I put it on the counter and paid without saying a word. I went outside again, the cold night air made me shiver a little, though the breeze felt nice on my skin. The parking lot outside the store was completely empty, only a single streetlight lit up the deserted parking lot. I sat down on the sidewalk and opened the bottle of water, I took a sip and stared into the endless darkness behind the streetlight. Everything in my body felt foreign. I felt emotionless, yet I could feel every emotion in my body more strongly than ever.  I felt hesitant in all of my actions and thoughts, though I had already decided what I was going to do.

I took out my phone, and sent a message to the handyman; "Hey man, sorry to disturb you so late. Just wanted to let you know, that I got all the money I owe you. Idk if you're up rn, but lmk when you want them, thx."

I sent the message and waited for a reply. "I don't think he knows I'm friends with Hanayo, this should work out." I thought to myself, as I took another sip from the bottle. "I'll get revenge for you Hanayo, I promise."

Taketa was silent for a few minutes, he didn't know what to say. "Hiruka doesn't seem like the type to do that." He finally muttered. "He stopped the fight between us, Y'know" He said with a little more confidence in this words.