Unspoken (ON HOLD)

Chapter 14

    Finished with their tale, the room was met with complete silence. Yuki and Kyo were staring into space thinking about all the information that was dumped on them but none of them wanted to come to terms with it.

    Shigure's voice cut through the silence and into the muffled ears of the boys. "We wanted to tell you, but it seemed none of us knew how."

Gaining more feeling into his hands, Kyo managed to  squeeze them into a fist, unsure what he was saying. "How...this is a load of crap. I would've remembered something like that happening. I've always been alone, I didn't have any friends back then, I..."

Suddenly, just at the idea of the words, the cat put his hands up to his temple in a sharp headache, almost like his mind was pushing the concept out of his mind.

Hatori noticed this and moved closer to him, opening his medical bag next to him. "The more you think about it, the more painful it's going to be. Forcing your mind to remember won't help. My influence is weakening but I still don't condone pushing it."

As soon as he thought about something else, Kyo's mind became clear and he realized just what that meant. "So, you really did it, didn't you? You erased my memories of her?"

He stopped his hand then, and casted his eyes down. "Yes. But luckily you shouldn't have to wait long for them to be restored, especially if it's already weakened this much. Aria was right it seemed about it wearing off."

    At her name, Kyo felt a strong sense of sadness wash over him. Could it be that she remembered all of those terrible events and even so was forced to watch him everyday, with him knowing nothing? It seemed incredibly painful. "All this time, she knew..."

    Hatori shook his head and laid his suspicions to rest. "Yes, but she had been ordered by Akito to never mention it. Please don't blame her for it."

    Kyo didn't know what to say, she had suffered so much because of him and he never understood. "I don't, I just, I wish I could remember..."

    Shigure looked down at the small purple book on the table and threw it over to the cat. "Here, this might help. You did give it to her, afterall."

    He caught the small book and flipped open the top to reveal a series of one sided notes and messages, the same exact things the three boys had said in their claims. This was proof that it happened.

    Turning the next page, he stopped when various pictures and sketched drawings just like the ones Hatori described grazed the page. There were ones of him as a young boy with yellow flowers in his hair and a couple of him in his zodiac form.

    But the one thing that made his eyes widened was a series of lines on the bottom of the picture. They read:

    I wanted to show you that you are amazing, zodiac form and all. It's who you are and I love both parts of you Kyo. If you were normal, then we would have never met and I would have never been able to draw you like this. You are a work of art.

    He touched the lines on the page and resisted the urge to let the tears well up in his eyes, knowing Yuki was sitting right next to him.

    She was always there for him, even if he couldn't remember, she always cared. It was more than he could bare.

    Standing abruptly, Kyo clutched the notebook in his hands and turned for the door, staying silent the entire time. For right now, he needed to be alone to think.

    The room was silent after that and Shigure couldn't help but sigh. "I guess it's a lot to process for him."

    Ayame and Hatori looked between them, only to have Yuki speak for the first time since everything. His voice was unsure and small. "Is, is all that really true?"