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

Chapter 14

"Ak-ashi… kun?"

My vision blackened out as my consciousness fades away, leaving me falling into the warm arms of my friend.

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Akashi's P.O.V

Walking to the school's front gate, I find myself looking forward to today, a quite suprising fact to be honest.
Well, it's not like I don't look forward to school days other days, I really enjoy torturing some souls, but it's different today.

Perhaps it is the fact that I found out Tetsuya is my younger brother, twin.
It makes me happy to know. Tetsuya was always there for me, regardless of the situation.

The fact that I was able to crack the web page open makes me even more content.
Kuroko Reji is accussed of murder.
I investigated the fact a bit more and it turned out he actually did murder someone.
Quite an interesting fact to know for future possibilities.

“Akashi!” Turning to the source of the voice, I let my thinking stop for a moment.
“Shintaro.” I give my childhood friend a curt nod, signaling him to speak his thoughts.
“I think there's something wrong.” Wrong?
“Hm? Why's that?” I notice the way he grips his lucky item, a Cupid toy, a bit harder than before and I suddenly get the feeling this has to do with Tetsuya. “Shintaro!” I say when he hesitates for a bit.
“I… Oha Asa predicted bad luck for him today. The worst, nanodayo.” For a moment there, I would've thought it was nothing. But the green haired megane continued.
“I checked his classroom to give him his lucky item for the day (not that I was worried or anything), since he's usually early, but he wasn't there. I think something might have happened to him.” While he was in the middle of his worries, rambling them out to me, I quickly checked my watch to see what time it was.
Just about time for lessons to start.

Tetsuya's never late. Never.
But if he's not there…
“Did you make sure he wasn't there?” Shintaro gave a nod.
Just as I was about to demand- suggest, we look for him once more, the bell rung, forcing us to go with the plan later.

Oh, the school had to get a new bell at the end of the day.

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No sign of him.
Tetsuya is nowhere to be found today. We checked his classes for about five times by the end of the lessons and he was absent.
This leads to three possibilities:
- Haizaki might loose some body parts.
- Someone else might loose some body parts.
- Tetsuya might get a whack on his fragile head.

Either way, I am not happy with the results.

I told the others to head home, while I checked Tetsuya's.
I walked up the dirty steps of his house and ringed the bell.
Once.
Twice. There was a thud.
Thrice. Soft mufled pats came from inside.

The fourth time, the door opened to reveal a very pale looking tealnette.
His cheeks were slightly pink, his eyes were unfocused and swollen and his thin white T-shirt was colored red.
With blood.
Coming from his sliced wrists…

Before I could fully procces the information, his body started falling, his eyes dropped and his breathing came uneven.
I cought him immidietly and changed him into a more comfortable position, with his head leaning on my shoulder.
Checking his temperature, which was really high, with one hand, I dialed the first number in my contacts, my father, to send me a car as soon as possible, rather in five minutes.

With that done, I carried Tetsuya inside and quickly bandaged his wrists. Just as I finished bandaging them, a car honk blew outside, meaning someone does his job right.
“Let's go Tetsuya. Hold on!” I carried him outside, feeling his shivers when the cold air hit him, and into the car.
“Turn on the heater.” I ordered the driver, laying my brother in the cushions, with his head on my lap. “We better have arrived to the mansion in five minutes or else.” I grit my teeth as I feel Tetsuya's warm forehead, he definetly has a serious fever.

Yes, Tetsuya will surely get a whack on his fragile head.
A really strong one at that.