Runaway blue

Chapter 16

《Time draws near
Just you wait my dear.
All shall be revealed
Soon the truth you will wield》

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"You failed." A cold voice stated, cold and monotone as matching cold eyes stared down at the bulky, whimpering man on the chair.
"I-I... I'm sorry!" The guy yelled, trying to get on his boss' good side, trying to be forgiven, although, he knew, at the back of his mind, that such thing wasn't possible. Failure will not be tolerated!
That was drilled into his head when he first started working for the man. So he'd done his best, he'd done everything to please the guy.

And he'd  succeeded so far!
He'd gotten all his dirty works completed without fail!
But just this once, just this damned kid!
This damned kid made him fail.

A kid for God's sake!!!

A kid!!!

"I'll try again." He said. "Let me try again!" He wouldn't fail... "I'll-I'll bring him to you! Just give me one more chance master! Please!!"

The man's unforgiving eyes seemed to soften a bit, giving him hope, boosting his confidence.

"I'll bring him to you. I will..."

"Alright." His boss smiled. "Leave." He ordered, making his 'employee' scramble to his feet, and with hurried steps, the guy was about to open the door.

A loud 'bang!', however, stopped him from doing so. Blood soon poured out of his mouth and he plummeted  to the ground, revealing behind him his boss holding a gun.

"Idiot." The man said, no remorse in his voice. "In life, you can only succeed the first time. There's no second chance."
He sighed, putting the gun away.
"Damn, I'll just do it myself."

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He slammed the club room door shut, his teal hair hiding his tired eyes as he dragged his equally tired body to the gates.

How could everything go so wrong?

He wondered, but he knew, he'd never find an answer...
Not an exact one at least.
He knew that it was his fault at some point, but he also couldn't help but to blame it all on him.
His father...

The one he used to look up to, had failed him one more time.
One more time.
Not the first...
And definitely not the last...

Perhaps, it was because he didn't want to be at fault. Or maybe he was used to being right.
Or since he's the future king, he can't be wrong. That's why the present king has to take the blame. Because he's the old version. He's gotten rusty...

Someone had to take the blame...

And it sure as hell wasn't going to be him.

"To, 'Tsu." His brother waved at him, his well built body hidden in a suit, leaning on the exit. Blocking it.
Hmm?
"What are you doing here, Tatsuki?" What was his brother doing in his school? This matter intrigued him even more as the male raise a brow, a surprised look filling his features. "What?"

"You... didn't know?" The older Kuroko asked, now opting to stand normally and face the younger.
"Know what?" Tetsuya questioned. "Is there anything I haven't been informed of?"

There were a few seconds of silence, the royals looked at each-other with curiosity, before Tatsuki released the breath he didn't know he was holding. "So it's not because of that.." Relieved the young man ruffled his light blue hair.
"Because of what? What the hell are you talking about? Explain damn it." Of course, the younger was more than annoyed, his teal blue eyes narrowed at his brother's antics. Was he mocking him?
"Now!" He took a meanencing step forward, fists clenched.

"Whoa, whoa!" Kuroko Tatsuki waved his arms around, the smaller's aura was nothing to mess with after all. "Calm down ok! I'll explain."
The soon to be king smirked, at least someone knew when to stop messing around. "Tell."

"Well... I'm sorta.. just kinda... a teacher in here?" Tatsuki scratched his cheek in embarrassment, while the other's face went completely blank.
"Since.. since when?" He looked the other directly in the eyes, daring him to try anything.
"Ever since you enrolled?" The older replied, his golden eyes cold and soft at the same time. Unreadable..

Tetsuya didn't reply. His eyes narrowed, too many feelings bottling up inside his mind. So nii-san is the new guard dog, huh?
Turning his head to look, anywhere but to his brother really, he sighed, controlling himself, his raging emotions.
At least for now..

"... let's go.."

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The ride home was quiet. Too quiet, almost as if someone had just died.

Strange to compare such a situation to someone's death, but the stillness, stiffness of the younger royal was so nerve wrecking.
Tatsuki was sure he would break a few bones later on. He was sure that he himself was the reason for it.

No. I won't allow him, the older thought. I won't allow him to hurt himself because of me. Not now, not ever.

So when the vehicle came to a halt, both Kurokos rushed out, Tatsuki hurried to grab a hold of Tetsuya's wrist, despite that room being far away, he had to calm the younger that instant. But a figure in front of the doors stopped them both in their tracks. That figure of a man brought different reactions to their faces, turned them upside down.

Tetsuya's eyes lit up immediately, his lips drawing an ear-to-ear smile, excitement written all over his face.

While Tatsuki's face lost all color. His eyes narrowed in pure rage, barely controllable anger, grief, hatred and fear.
His mouth hung open, all thoughts of stopping his brother vanished, mind going blank.

Not a split second later, the younger tealnette was dashing towards the man, Tatsuki snapped out of his daze a second too late and barely missed his brother's wrist. "Tetsuya! NO!"

But the other wasn't hearing anymore, tears of joy pooled in his eyes as he jumped in the man's arms, being lifted into the air as the gesture was returned immediately.

The man stroke his hair, greeting the boy in a soft voice, something that broke all the boy's control and the other shed his tears.

"I missed you, uncle!"

I am back baby!! 😆

I am