Just Another Commoner (OHSHC Fanfiction)

Tears

"Tadaima!" I say as I walk through the front door of our apartment. I see grandma walk out of the kitchen with the most apologetic expression.
"What?" I ask quietly, my voice is faint, I already know what she's going to say... It's happening.
He's dying.
"I'm so sorry saki-" She starts to form a sentence as tears well up in her eyes.
I can feel my heart breaking in my chest and I feel like I'm suffocating.
"H-How much time?" I ask quietly as my vision is blurred by tears.
"Two months at the most..." She answers sniffling and wiping her eyes
"Today was the last day of chemo and it hasn't been working at all..." Obachan sobs quietly, she's so strong, she's losing her son but she's keeping it together.
I'm just worried about Chiyoko, I know Obachan won't be able to tell her so I'll have to break the news... I don't know how Chiyoko will react, or if she'll even react at all.
"I'll tell Chiyoko later tonight, just leave it to me." I say walking over to her and hugging her tightly while she cries. I'm going to be the one who has to be strong for them.
It'll be rough and they'll need time to heal after... After he leaves.

Time passed and Chiyoko was already home, doing homework and practicing her tuba playing in her room. Since she's busy I'm going to take a shower, I'll probably tell her after dinner.
I get up from my bed where I was laying and walk over to my desk to check the time on my phone, suddenly it starts to ring and I nearly drop my cell phone.
Quickly I answer it, "Hello?" I peep at the unknown number on my phone.
"Sakiko?" A guy asks, so he knows me apparently but who? Oh!
"Kaoru? Is that you?" I ask curiously holding my phone to my ear.
"Actually is Hikaru, I wanted to tell you me and Kaoru are gonna pick you up tomorrow for school. Kyoya asked us to." Hikaru explains over the phone.
"Huh? Oh, okay then. Thanks." I say trying to be polite, I totally forgot about school with all the things going on and all.
"Sakiko?" I hear Hikaru ask again.
"Hmm?" I hum
"Are you okay...?" He asks quietly and sincerely.
Unexpectedly I just start to cry over the phone, I don't know why. I should just say I'm fine, but for some reason I'm crying. My chest hurts again and I start shaking.
"No..." I whisper, why did I tell him? I just wanted to say yes, and something else came out.
It gets quiet and I hear a dial tone, taking my phone away from my face I realized he must have hung up, I wouldn't want to be bothered with a teenage girls problems either.
I sigh and close my phone, setting it back on the desk.
Walking back into the bathroom I look at myself in the mirror, it was only a matter of seconds before I started sobbing at myself. As long as I cry behind closed doors no one will have to worry so this is okay.
It's okay for me to cry like this, I wipe my face and turn on the water for my shower.
I strip off my clothes and get in the small shower adjusting the temperature to where it's warm, after washing my hair and body I sit on the floor of the bathtub and cover my face with my hands and cry a little more, I need to get it out now so I don't break down in front of Chiyoko.
I stare at the faucet and slowly start turning off the cold water, letting the water get hotter and hotter. At first it hurts, but then it's so hot that my skin goes numb, I can't feel anything except for my tears.
"Sakiko!" I hear Obachan yell, immediately I turn off the hot water, she hates it when she can't use the warm water to do the dishes and laundry and such.
"Sorry!" I say getting out of the tub and grabbing my towel from the wall.
"Someone is here for you!" She shouts from the other side of the door.
"Who?" I ask, who could be here this late? I hope it's not Akito, maybe I left something in his car. I have being a burden to that family.
"He says he's a friend from your new school, just hurry up, he's waiting in the hallway." She replies as I wrap my hair in another towel I walk out of the door and see that she's already left my room.
I walk over to my dresser and quickly get dressed, putting on a cat t-shirt my favorite panties and a pair of gym shorts. I take my hair out of my towel and brush it quickly to let it air dry, throwing my towels in the laundry hamper I walk over to my door and poke my head out to be who came here so late.
"Hikaru? What are y-" My words were interrupted when he made his way into my room and threw his arms around me in a warm embrace. His body was warm and he looked out of breath.
"H-Hikaru..." I whisper as he hugs me tighter. I don't know why but my chest hurt and more tears came out.
No... I can't do this in front of him, I thought I got it all out in the shower, why am I crying now?!
"Everything is gonna be okay." He whispers in my ear softly, why am I crying?
I wrap my arms around him and clench the back of his shirt in my fists while I cry onto his chest. Why is he letting me do this? I'm being so weak.
"Sakiko what's wrong?" He asks quietly.
I let go of him and take a few steps back, wiping my tears while looking up at him.
"My dad..." I say quietly as I walk over to my bed and sit down.
"What did he do?" He asks concerned walking over and sitting on the bed with me.
"He... He's dying." I answer trying not to cry even more.
His eyes widen and he scoots closer wraping his arm around me and lays my head on his shoulder.
"Sakiko.. I'm so sorry." He sighs closing his eyes
"As soon as I heard you cry I ran here as fast as I could." He says petting my hair.
"Y-you ran here?" I ask looking up at him.
"Yeah, our parents don't let us use the cars at night. In fact I should be in bed. But hearing you so upset, I couldn't do nothing." He explains
"You're too good." I sigh and wipe my tears, "I don't even know why I'm telling you all this stuff..." I say quietly looking at the floor.
"Because I'm here, and I'm willing to listen." He responded gently grabbing my chin, forcing me to look into his eyes.
"I'm here for you." He whispers and hugs me letting me cry into his shoulder.

After about an hour of talking and Hikaru trying to cheer me up, he decided he needed to get home before Kaoru got lonely. I offered to walk him halfway but he told me he'd rather walk by himself than walk halfway with me knowing I'd be alone on my way back home.
He made it hard to argue, but I just accepted it and walked him out to the sidewalk.
"I'll be right back." I tell Obachan who was cooking dinner. I walk out of the front door with Hikaru, I wish I could walk him out more because the sky was beautiful.
It was pitch black yet it was twinkling with stars so big it looks as if you could touch them. The moon was full and it's light put shame to the flickering street lamps.
Once we got to the sidewalk he turned around and faced me.
"I uh, guess I'll see you tomorrow then?" I say rocking back and forth on my heels.
"Yep." He smiled gently.
"Thank you for eve-" my words were cut off by Hikaru's lips gently pressing onto mine, my eyes widened at first, but then they closed and I kissed him back.
For some reason I feel like my heart is going to burst... Hikaru removes his lips and smiles.
"I'm sorry, that was random..." Hikaru laughs nervously, scratching the back of his head.
"Don't apologize, your randomness made me happy." I say blushing staring at the cement ground.
"Oh good, I thought I overdid it." Hikaru sighs in relief as I giggle.
"Alright well I'm off." He says hugging me quickly and running of like a kid.
I watch him as he runs off and once he's out of sight I decide to head back inside.
Alright, after dinner I'll confront Chiyoko... I don't want to but I have to. I sigh and go plop on my bed to wait until dinner is ready and think about the kisses I've received today.