What's your name?

Chapter 9

I wake up the next morning to find Tk and Cameron sleeping in their usual way with me in the middle. I am glad they made it home alright. I wonder what time they rolled in at... Oh well. I sigh and pinch both of their noses.

"Wake up! Time for school!" Neither of them even budge. Hm... I slap both of their faces lightly a few times. "Guys! Time for school!" Still no response. They must be really tired then. I try to slip out of the middle between them but, like normal, there is no escaping. I start thrashing and kicking and shoving them on both sides. "Wake up you crazies! It is time for school!" Now both of them looked like they had gotten beaten up. Still no movement.

I sigh. There really is nothing more that I can do except... I tickle them. I tickle them as best as I can. Finally Tk twitches. Yes! Breakthrough! I tickle Tk as best I can until he gives up and starts laughing. He rolls to his left to avoid it, but I won't let him. I roll out from under Cameron's arm and straddle Tk, one knee on each side of him. I tickle him until he catches my hand and opens his eyes.

"Stop. Now. No more Kio. That is enough." Tk sounded so angry... I wonder if he is just not a morning person or if he truly is mad at me for some reason... I unstraddle Tk but he still has hold of my hand. I try to pull it free but he won't budge.

"Tk let me go, now! I have to get ready for school!" Tk still won't release my hand. Actually, instead of releasing it, Tk decided to clench onto my hand tighter than before. "Ouch! Tk, let me go!" Why was Tk acting like this?!

Then, it happens like a flash of lightning. Cameron is awake and comes over. He pinches Tk's arm that he has my hand squeezed into, and Tk turns his attention to Cameron. He lets go of my hand and instead, he pins Cameron onto the wall by his neck. I watch in horror for a second while Tk chokes Cameron. I run over and start beating my fists on Tk's back.

"Tk! please stop this! Whatever is bothering you, we can help you with! Please, we can talk it out, but you have to let Cameron go! Please, Tk, we love you! Don't do this!" I stop beating him and wrap my arms around his middle instead. "Please stop this Tk."

Finally it ends. Tk relaxed his body and let Cameron down off of the wall. Cameron slides down to sit against the wall and starts coughing like crazy. I release Tk and run around the side of him to Cameron. He says he is alright but doesn't understand what happened. I help him to his feet and over into the stairs where he plops down. He says he is fine so I go to check on Tk.

Tk is slid down against the wall. He is hugging his knees to his chest tightly and has his head buried inside. Slowly I walk over to him. I slump down against the wall to his right side and put my arm around his shoulders. I begin to rub his left shoulder and place my right hand upon his knee.

"It's okay. Cameron is alright. It's okay. Everything is fine now. It's alright. We all made it through. Don't worry about it, we will always be here for you." I keep rubbing his shoulder and feel him begin to cry. Oh Tk...

Cameron brings over some kleenexs incase Tk needed to blow his nose. He left them there beside Tk and went off to get something. He comes back with the spoon we all decorated to look very silly. He starts hopping it on Tk's knee.

"You are my sunshine" Cameron begins singing so I join in. "My only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are grey. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away." I could feel Tk's tears stop flowing. Yes! Go Cameron!

Tk uncurled from his ball. "Are you alright bro?" Cameron seemed a little frightened but still very concerned. Tk nodded.

"What happened Tk? That wasn't like you at all!" Tk just sat there in silence for a minute. Then he stood up. Cameron and I stood up as well. Tk was looking down at his shoes but then came to look in my direction. He took a step towards me and wrapped his arms around me and lifted me up so I was sitting in the crook of his arm and he was hugging me.

"I have something that I need to tell you guys. It is something I should have told you long ago..."