𝔸 𝔹𝕆ℕ𝔻 𝔹𝔼𝕐𝕆ℕ𝔻 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼 | ʏᴜᴋɪ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

\\ A Horrible Night \\

For the past few days you and Momiji had developed a nightly routine of sitting in the backyard, sometimes even the beach, and just stare up at the sky.. watch all the stars. "Can I tell you a secret?" Momiji asked, breaking the silence.

"Anything you want." You responded, shifting your attention from the starts up in the sky to the boy beside you. "I haven't told anyone this..." He spoke, as he began to fidget with his hands out of nervousness. "I'm all ears." You softly answer, holding his hand.

"I... like Tohru." He hesitantly confesses, beginning to feel even more nervous. "A-and! I know! She doesn't see me that way. She doesn't... Her eyes... They're on him... I know that!" He frantically says, feeling anxious at your response. "It doesn't matter who they're on, you're allowed to feel the way you do, Mo-chan, it's human nature." You respond, gently stroking his head.

You watched Momiji make a face you'd never seen him make. It was one full of love. And it was surprising to see, you had watched this boy take his first steps, and his first day of school, and his first everything.. and now you were watching his first love. And your heart squeezed at the fact that the person he loved... already loved another.

"I just.. needed to get that off my chest." He said, leaning into your touch. Momiji never wanted to whine but in honestly... at the very beginning he was jealous of Haru, who had an older sister like you. He wanted someone to depend on too. But somewhere along the way, you became his big sister too. Someone he could whisper all his secrets too.

"Aw, Mo-chan. It'll be okay. Life has a mysterious way of working out." You say, as he rests his on your shoulder. Perhaps just knowing that one person was on his side was enough. He was content with life. Like you said... everything was going to be okay.

"Oh my." A familiar voice calls out, as both you and Momiji unconsciously sit up straighter. "What am I interrupting here?" He asks again, as you and Momiji exchange weary glances before standing up. "Akito." Momiji greets as you attempt to do the same.

Akito's face held clear disgust for you, and you couldn't help but smile at the expression. However, you were more concerned about what he was doing here. The kids were asleep, and hopefully the guys were too. You just needed to get Momiji back inside. "Mo-chan, go get some rest." You say, but Momiji ignores your request, and instead grabs a hold of your hand.

"What are you doing here?" Momiji asks, giving your hand a squeeze. "I have to return home suddenly, you see. But I haven't seen Tohru Honda-san yet." He answers, taking a step closer to you. You instinctly stand infront of Momiji. "She's asleep. I will bring her on a visit when we've returned." You speak up, not wanting to cause a commotion and wake the others up.

"Wake her." Akito coldly says, and you could feel the goosebumps up your arm. You couldn't tell if it was from the cold breeze or the man infront of you. "No." You say. "Akito, you're mad right now, right?" Momiji asks, now letting go of you and instead standing infront of you. Right now the people who were in most danger... were you and Tohru.

"Did you come here.. to take your anger out." He asks once again, not allowing you to sleep. "Move. Or else, if it isn't her... (Name) will end up like Isuzu. You can pick." Akito responds, his eyes connecting with your eyes. "Why are you so mad? You can talk to me. What's wrong?" Momiji softly asks, but Akito only frowns.

"What's this? Are you trying to get to know me? That's ironic.." There was a pause, and all of a sudden... "You make me sick!" Akito yells, and raises his fist. You gasp in horror when you see Akito punch Momiji to point where blood was spewed out. "Momiji!" You say, crouching next to the fallen kid and attempting to look at his wound.

"Don't you get tired of hogging all the guys to yourself?" Akito asks, as he yanks your wrist to look at him. "Don't you get tired of tormenting people who are trying to be there for you?" You answer, feeling pain in your wrist. However, perhaps you should've just kept your mouth shut. "How dare you." He says, shoving you with such strength that you stumble and fall to the floor.

"Who do you think you are?" He asks, as he stomps on you aggressively with his feet. Momiji attempts to stop him, but he's just harshly pushed away. "You don't deserve their love! I'm supposed to be getting that love!" He yells and you feel Akito kick you, and stomp on you, and perhaps all the pain the Zodiacs had gone through. You attempt to defend yourself with your hands but it was no use, you had set Akito off on his rage.

Behind the curtains, Kyo was doing everything in his power to hold Haru and Yuki back. It would only end worse for everyone if they got involved now. And they knew that too... but Kyo had never seen Yuki this mad. Momiji had run off to find Shigure and Hatori. "Let me go. She's going to die at that rate." Haru says, feeling his anger at boil at the fact that he couldn't protect yet another precious person of his.

However, soon it stopped. "P-please Stop!" A shaky and fearful but familiar voice called out, as she pushed Akito away from you. You attempt to sit up, but feel your body burn from within every direction. "Ah~! Honda-san.. I came looking for you." Akito says, switching his attention from you to Tohru.

You watch as Akito steps closer mumbling a few words to Tohru. He places his hand on her cheek gently... before digging his nails into her cheek. "Stop it!" You yell, attempting to get up but wincing when you could barely move your body. "Leave her alone, you monster!" You yell once again as you watch the blood drip down Tohru's cheek.

"Akito." Kureno spoke, his expression apologetic when you made eye contact. Akito took a couple steps back and offered the both of you a sweet smile. "Till we meet again." And once Akito had done his damage... he disappeared as quickly as he came. "(Name)-chan!" Tohru worriedly yelled, rushing to your side. Along with Hatori, Shigure and Momiji.

Now that it had calmed down, perhaps your emotions finally caught up to you. You could feel the pain and hurt of what just happened. And your eyes welled up with tears. "It's okay now." Hatori said, as he carefully rested your head on to his chest. "You're alright now." He spoke once again, as you soon began to sob and cry. He gently soothed you. "We've got you."

Shigure took it upon himself to check in with Tohru, as did Kyo. And Momiji held your hand in comfort to your burst of emotion. He had never ever seen you once cry... in fact no one had. You were always the one spreading your bright smile and cheerful advice to everyone. Haru sat beside you, rubbing circles into your back. His heart was in distraught to see you in such a state. You were covered in bruises, scratches and new scars.

Yuki watched from afar, his heart clenching at the sight of you crying. He felt so useless.. so pathetic. He had promised himself he would to anything to protect you, but his fear of Akito overcame... and he was just helpless in that moment. And now you were crying. "What a horrible night."

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