Desire and Love [AkiraxYusuke P5]

Chapter Sixteen

   "And then Akira broke his other finger! It was so damn hilarious!"

   Ann stared at the girl in front of her with a fake smile that concealed burning rage.

   'Does this son of a bitch ever stop fucking talking...?'

   For nearly an hour, Ann just sat and listened to Anesa talk about her and Akira's childhood, pretending to be fascinated by every thing she said. Yet, all Anesa could talk about was embarrassing, and horrific, things that had happened to Akira in his youth.

   The time he fell off his bike at age two. The time he got a black eye from a baseball at age five. The time he accidentally cut himself with a knife at age nine. All Anesa spoke of were the moments her brother was in pain... Ann could hear Futaba talking to Ryuji. It sounded like they were nearly finished. She only had to keep Anesa busy a little longer.

   "Haha, that's interesting...!" Ann forced words out through gritted teeth. "Has Akira ever done anything that didn't end with him in an emergency room?"

   "Well yeah, but those stories aren't interesting!" Anesa leaned back with boredom in her eyes. "I mean... Akira is good at so many things. He's a great dancer, a gymnast, he can sing well, he's smart, he moves pretty good on ice, none of that is juicy enough to gossip about!" She complained.

   "Well, has he done anything... juicy where he didn't get hurt...?" Ann asked.

   Anesa suddenly grinned widely while blushing and covering her face with her hands.

   "Oh yes~! He's done a LOT of juicy stuff~! Hehehe~! I have an entire collection dedicated to it! When we were 1st years, I sold photos of the stuff to other people!"

   That piqued Ann's interest.

   'I could use this as a chance to get more info on Akira's past abuse...'

   Ann made a fake, playful smile and giggled.

   "Oooh, really? You just have to show me~! I promise not to tell anyone~! Pretty please~?"

   Anesa grabbed her phone and pulled something up while giggling.

   "I got these quite recently. I bet you'll like them! Don't tell anyone what you saw~!" She said.

   Anesa held the phone out to Ann. Once the blonde girl saw the screen, her face flushed red and her eyes went wide.

   'Oh my god...! Akira... and Yusuke... she caught them on...!'

   "Ann? Ann, come in!" She barely heard Futaba in the ear piece, and flinched. "We're all done with the cameras! Ryuji is coming for ya. We're all meeting at Leblanc, now!"

   Ann quickly stood up.

   "Oh, I'm sorry! I forgot I have work in a few minutes, so I gotta go!"

   "Sorry I took so long I was—" When Ryuji walked in Ann grabbed him and pulled him away.

   "It's been fun, talk to you later Anesa-Chan!!"

   Ann pulled Ryuji out of the house before Anesa could say anything else. Once outside, Ann started dragging Ryuji down the road.

   "Takamaki! What's wrong with you?!" He cried.

   "Did you find a camera in Akira's bedroom?!"

   "Huh? Yeah, why...?"

   Ann was afraid of that. She took out her phone and sent a quick text to Yusuke.

   'I need to talk to you about something'