I never thought I would return to thank you...

Chapter 8

"Tetsuya! You-Tetsuya?!"

I caught him as his body slumped against mine.

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I'll make you pay for this, Akashi!!!

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Akashi's P.O.V (there's a lot of these now a days)

I caught the seemingly lifeless body of my teammate, making me stumble back before regaining my composure and getting him on a more comfortable position. I put his arm over my shoulders, looking now into his dull eyes.
A black out then.

I let a sigh escape me, showing how displeased I was with the situation before deciding what to do.
"Ryota, Daiki, Satsuki, go home. I will accompany Tetsuya to his and tend to his wounds."
Silencing both Tetsuya's and the others' complaints with a hard glare, I indirectly tell them to do what I said before consequences follow.

With that done, Tetsuya and I walk a bit further away from the school's grounds, to where my driver picks me up, all the way, supporting Tetsuya and muting every complain he'd throw at me.
After that, silence took over.
But of course, that didn't mean I wasn't raging inside.

Looking at the smaller (and also younger) tealnette didn't help. It didn't feel like it was him I held straight.
It felt like demons had taken over him.
His eyes were unfocused, gazing at nothing on the ground with no light in them whatsoever.
His pale skin looked like a light gray with shadows looming over him every now and then.
He stood still, aside from walking, no movement came from him.
To sum it all up, he looked like a poor soul that had surrendered to dark chains.

This made me tighten my grip on him, albeit unaware of it, it felt like he'd slip away at first chance he'd get.

Arriving at the pick up place, my chauffer was already waiting for me. He threw Tetsuya a questioning look but opened the door for us never the less. Putting Tetsuya and going in after him, I noticed he looked tired.
More than tired.
Well the faster I take him home, the better.
But...

"Not to the mansion Takashi. Tetsuya." Said person raised his dull, yet fearful eyes to look at me. "Give him your adress." I never even learned his home adress...
He didn't look too pleased about that, as the clenching of his fists showed, but complied anyway.
Good. I don't have to take care of disobidience.

As the limo went on the move, I couldn't help but to wonder what Tetsuya's home was like. He's never talked about his home or family before.
Would his parents be as well mannered as he is?
Most likely.

But...
What is this bad feeling?

"Tetsuya?"
"Hai."
"Why didn't you tell us?" I questioned him, of course, demanding the answer. "Don't you trust your teammates?"
"..." He didn't answer right away, which irritated me a bit, but I wasn't going to snap at him. That wasn't what he needed.

"I wasn't looking for the help of my teammates." Came his soft reply. Despite not wanting to, I almost snapped at it.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" My anger was visible through my ice cold voice enough.
"It means what it means. I figured he was going to get bored with me eventually, his kicks didn't do that much damage, nor did they hurt a lot, so I decided to let it be."
"Didn't work out as planned did it?" His soft dull eyes turned cold at my question. He probably was right to be mad towards me, I did fail him after all, but his reason was overcome by tiredness as well.
"Not my fault now is it?" And yet I can't help but snap at him.
"And what is that supposed to mean?"
"Just that! If you hadn't shown up I wouldn't have to deal with him anymore!
But you just had to step in!"
"You wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for us." I said, slightly aware of the distress my driver was emmiting, an angry me wasn't good news for him after all.
"You have no idea of knowing that!"
"There was a car heading for you!"
"So what?!" He burst out, tone mixed with emotions I couldn't fully understand. "Huh? I don't get why you're so cought up with, whatever this is!" The car came to an abrupt stop.

"Takashi!" He sweat dropped before nervously replying.
"I-I'm sorry sir, but there is traffic up ahead." Before I even had time to reply I heard the door open and slam, the place where Tetsuya was obidiently sitting empty.
"T-Tetsuya!" Moving faster than I ever thought I could, I got out of the car, grabbed the tealnette's shoulder and turned him so that we could be face to face.
Or so I wanted it to be.

Why is he denying me the right of looking at him in the eye now?
Tetsuya...

"What...? What now?" He said, monotone, perhaps even more emotionless than ever before, shrugging of my hand on his shoulder while his right hand clenched tightly against his school bag's straps. And even though making the questions that he wanted answers to so badly, he still gave me no time to talk. "Just leave me alone." Turning around once more, this time, making himself even more invisible than before he said the words that would haunt me for the rest of my life, even after all this mess had been cleared.
"You can finally rest assured you are free from this useless phantom, captain..."
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He left me with no words to say...
Funny how just seconds ago I was ready to burst out a tornado of all I wanted to say.
And there I was, I, the Akashi Seijuro, the perfect heir... speechless.

"You never even... let me answer you..."
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"Tetsuya..."
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"Come back..."
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"Please...?"
"Tetsuya..."

Tetsuya...

This isn't over...

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Gomen... minna...

K. That's that.

I just wanna say...
Be ready coz next time, there are gonna be feels.

OH THE FEELS!!!

BUT SRSLY THERE ARE GONNA BE FEELS!
SO BE READY!

Cya!