Chaos in the Tea House

Chapter 8

Naomi glares over at Nikita and walks over, slapping him across the face. She hit him hard enough to leave a handprint on his right cheek. She grabs Takahashi's wrist and pulls him out of the bathroom. Nikita rubs his cheek and looks in the mirror, mumbling

"Damn she can hit hard. It stings..."

Kokoro watches Naomi and Takahashi leave the bathroom, after he hears a loud slap. He walks in nervously and looks at Nikita, quietly asking

"Are you okay, Kita-Kyun?" Nikita turns towards him with a mischievous smile on his face, replying

"Ah yeah, I'm a lot better with you here. Now come over and heal me." He sits on the bench and looks at Kokoro with a strange expression. Kokoro walks over and places his hand against Nikita's cheek, closing his eyes. He channels a bit of his energy to heal Nikita's cheek and his other wounds. Nikita smirks and starts to unbutton Kokoro's pants. Kokoro freezes and registers what is happening, pushing him back.

"Nikita, no. I.. I'm gonna go home. You need to slow down and learn how to read the room. J-Just because you knew me as a pushover...." He mumbles and leaves the bathroom. Nikita leans back and rolls his eyes, looking up at the ceiling.

"How boring." He mutters and gets up, finally leaving the bathroom. He walks into the main house and sits at the table, drawing on a scrap piece of paper he found. Heisuke walks in and Nikita looks up at him, a mischievous smirk on his face.

"Hey pops! How about we go out on a mission together? I mean it has been so long." He says, not even trying to hide the slight sinister tone his words had. Heisuke raises an eyebrow his curiosity obviously piqued, as he asks

"What did you have in mind?"

Kokoro sits in his room, looking at the blank ceiling. His eyes tear up and he begins to talk to himself.

"I mean, I'm the stupid one for taking him back so easily. When he was gone for a long time. I should've learned my lesson. I. I know I deserve better. That's it. I'm going to break it off with him tomorrow. He won't have trouble finding someone else or even forgetting about me. It would be easy for him, but me on the other hand... who would even love me?"

He stops talking when there is a light knocking on his door, his mother talks to him from the other side.

"Ko, I've finished preparing lunch. I have to head back to work and I won't be home until late. The food is on the table though, so be sure to eat it before it gets cold. Love you!" Kokoro sits up and replies

"Okay! I will head down to eat in a bit. Love you too!" He hears his mother's footsteps, as she walks away and he begins to think to himself about having the whole house to himself. Kokoro shakes his head quickly, tossing out all of the disturbing thoughts he was having.

"Gahh! Naomi I can't hold still much longer!" Takahashi shouts and Naomi says

"Stop freaking out I am almost done." she carefully replaces the burnt out lightbulb, steadying herself on Takahashi's shoulders. He protests

"Hurry up! I'm gonna drop you." Naomi finishes switching out the bulbs and replies

"Okay! Okay, I'm done. See you are still alive." She ruffles up his hair and he groans

"I was worried about you. I thought that you were gonna fall and bust your head open or that you would've had a wardrobe malfunction. Also, about that... why are you wandering around in that lewd outfit?!" He points at her chest and bare legs, blushing wildly. Naomi smiles and replies

"Well, we are both fine. So, it's all good, right?" Before Takahashi can reply, Huiyin walks over to them.

"Uh, hey. Have you guys seen Nikita and Heisuke? I was going to have them start cooking, but I cannot find them anywhere. It's pretty worrying because they are both very reckless." Huiyin says and they exchange looks with each other, both of them shrugging. Naomi replies

"No, but they were talking to each other for a while in the tea house earlier. Maybe they decided to go do something productive or dangerous." Takahashi chimes in

"Maybe both!" Naomi and Huiyin shoot Takahashi a displeased look. He sighs and holds up his hands, exclaiming

"Fine, fine. Me and Naomi will go out and see if we can find them anywhere. Let's go see if they left anything like clues at the table in the main house." Naomi nods and follows him into the main house, where they begin to look around for any clues about the mens whereabouts.

"Heh, Nikita you finally came back to me and you brought me a new friend?" The mysterious figure asks, quickly approaching Heisuke. Nikita shouts

"DAD LOOK OUT!!!" The mysterious figure freezes and looks over at Nikita, asking

"Dad?" Before the man can press him any further, Heisuke plunges a dagger into the man's chest. A shrill scream echos through the room and the man comes out into the light finally, slamming Heisuke onto his back on the floor. Nikita runs over to Heisuke's side, but the man grabs his wrist. His dark hollow eyes burning through Nikita, as he hisses

"You really think I'm going to let you get away after this? You are still as stupid and naïve as you always were. Does your daddy know about all of the terrible things I've had you do? How I had you kill people in cold blood? You would do anything for money or pleasure, wouldn't you Kita?" Heisuke grabs Nikita's shoulder and pulls him away from the man. Heisuke towers over the mysterious man and he says

"I don't care. I don't care what my son has done in the past. I used to work as a mercenary and a ninja. I've killed multiple people and I could easily kill you too. So, if I was you I would just shut up and leave because if you don't... I will make sure that you are absolutely unrecognizable. Got it?" The man smirks and begins to laugh manically, grabbing Heisuke's arm. He digs his long sharp nails into his forearm, drawing blood. Heisuke grits his teeth and punches the man repeatedly with his freehand, just seeing red.

Nikita finally pulls Heisuke away and he can feel his father's body shaking. That is when Nikita processes the look of the whole room. Heisuke is absolutely covered in blood and the man is barely hanging onto his miserable life.

"Oh fuck, we gotta go like now." He says and grabs Heisuke's arm, rushing them away from the scene.