Tsurune Fanfic-Shot Your Heart!

Chapter 15

Takigawa Masaki was very panicked.

He didn't know what to do. His mind suddenly went blank when he saw how Ishida Andini was crying and having difficulty breathing. Now, the girl looked behind him, making Masaki turn his head and frown because he didn't see anyone behind him. However, Andini's attitude seemed to show as if she was seeing a ghost.

"Andini!" Masaki exclaimed again. The man cupped Andini's face and turned the girl's face towards him. Masaki's blue eyes glared firmly at Andini's bright brown eyes. Tears continued to flow down her beautiful face. The girl was no longer having trouble breathing like at the beginning but was still sobbing violently. "Look at me. Look at my eyes. There was no one behind me. Focus on me, Andini. Focus on my voice. You are okay."

"I'm sorry, Akira Oniichan. I am guilty. If you are angry with me and want to take me with you, I will come with you gladly." Andini said in a voice that reflected her pain. Hearing that, Masaki gritted his teeth. Ishida Takeru had really manipulated his daughter's mind to make her think like this!

"I won't let you go anywhere, Andini. You have to stay with me!" Masaki exclaimed in a firm tone.

Masaki thought maybe this was not the right way. Even though he and Andini are only seven years apart in age and even though he is interested in Andini, there are things he shouldn't do. However, Masaki felt that this was an emergency measure that he had to take to make Andini normal again. People usually call it shock therapy.

"I'm sorry," Masaki said in the same firm tone. "I will receive all your anger later."

After saying that, Masaki, who was still cupping Andini's face, immediately pulled the girl's face towards him. Then, his lips touched Andini's lips. Masaki's blue eyes could see Andini's bright brown eyes widen. Those bright brown eyes that had been unfocused were now focused on Masaki.

Meanwhile, Ishida Andini, who previously seemed to be able to see Ishida Akira's figure, was now wide-eyed. The figure of his twin brother suddenly disappeared and the focus of her eyes was now on the blue eyes as clear as sea water in front of her. Her brain couldn't process what Masaki was doing right now. Then, suddenly she felt dizzy and her body was very tired. Everything started to spin and the darkness began to approach her slowly.

Ishida Andini doesn't remember anything anymore.

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"Andini-chan, do you also like Kyudo?"

Ishida Andini, who was still six years old, turned her head and smiled broadly. The beautiful little girl nodded excitedly and showed the bow in her hand towards her older twin, Ishida Akira.

"At first, I only saw Oniichan doing Kyudo. Then, because Oniichan looked really happy and cool when doing Kyudo, I became interested and liked it. I want to learn and practice Kyudo with Oniichan. Can I do that?"

"Of course," Akira laughed and ruffled Andini's hair. Then, he kissed his little sister's forehead and hugged her. "We can learn together. I will teach you how to do Kyudo properly and elegantly, Andini-chan."

"Ung!" Andini nodded enthusiastically. "But, won't Oniichan be angry?"

"Why should I be angry?" Akira asked in a confused tone.

"Because I will learn Kyudo. I'm afraid that Oniichan thinks I'll take Kyudo away from you." Andini looked down and played with her hands. "I don't want Oniichan to hate me."

"Ei, how could I possibly hate my adorable little sister?" Akira laughed. He gently pinched Andini's cheeks and hugged her again. The boy then stroked Andini's back. "Andini-chan, you are my only sister. You are a part of me. I could never hate you."

Andini felt the warmth from those words and nodded. Since that day, they have trained together, participated in tournaments together, and much more. Then, the accident happened just when they were fourteen years old. Ishida Akira couldn't move his right hand. He could no longer lift his bow when Andini began to shine with her career as a Kyudoka. That gaze that always shone with hope, affection, and enthusiasm, has now dimmed.

"Are you happy?" Akira asked in a flat tone at that time. This made Andini freeze and didn't know what to do.

"I—"

"I hope you are never happy."

Just one word from Ishida Akira and Ishida Andini's world shattered instantly before her eyes.

The next day, the day after the twins' fourteenth birthday, Ishida Akira was found dead by suicide in the bathroom.

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Nikaido Eisuke ran along the hospital hallway.

He was just about to start Kyudo practice at his school when he got a call from Kurosaki Inga saying that they had had an accident. All the blood in Eisuke's body seemed to be drained when he heard that information. He had indeed exchanged cell phone numbers with Inga when they met at that time to ask Inga to be his spy and report all of Andini's behavior to him.

"Hey! You can't run in the hospital hallway—"

Eisuke immediately grabbed the shoulders of the nurse in front of him. "Ishida Andini, the patient who was just taken to the ER due to an accident, where is she?!"

"What?"

"Tell me where my cousin—"

"Eisuke-kun!"

The exclamation made Eisuke turn his head. He could see Kurosaki Inga waving and smiling faintly. Eisuke left the nurse and ran towards Inga. He looked at the girl in front of him from head to toe, then his eyes focused on her bandaged arm.

"You're hurt..."

"Ah, this? This is nothing, Eisuke-kun. It just sprained a little." Inga waved her uninjured hand. "Rather than that, follow me. Andini-chan is still unconscious. She is not injured and the Doctor says she is fine. Andini-chan was more emotionally injured than physically injured. I don't know the details but according to Masaki-san, Andini-chan always babbles before fainting and keeps saying nonsensical things about Akira-kun."

"Akira?" Eisuke swallowed hard. "What did she say?"

"Things like..." Inga took a deep breath. Recalling Masaki's story about Andini made her sad. "Andini-chan doesn't deserve to be happy, she is indeed guilty, and will come with Akira-kun if Akira-kun really wants it and wants to take her."

Eisuke took a deep breath and massaged the bridge of his nose. The man then entered the emergency room and found Takigawa Masaki sitting beside Andini's bed, holding her hand tightly.

"What are you doing here?"

The question in a cold tone made Masaki turn his head and a pair of sharp eyes stared at him. Masaki understood why Nikaido Eisuke was acting like this towards him. Ishida Andini was his little sister even though she was only his cousin and now his cousin was lying unconscious.

"I am—"

"You said you were interested in Andini-chan but I don't think you deserve to be by her side, Takigawa Masaki-san," Eisuke said in a firm tone. "Because, you can't even protect my little sister well!"