'Falling Slowly'

Chapter 7 I'm Sorry

After Mondo left Ishimaru crumpled to his knees.  He sat staring at the door hoping for Mondo to come bursting through saying that he did love him and that everything would be ok... but that didn't happen. Ishimaru crawled into his bed. The smell of Mondo still lingered and he tried to cling to it. The tears didn't stop coming to his eye's and he hardly got any sleep. He just cried thinking about what he had done wrong.  

When the morning came and classes finally started almost everyone was surprised to see Ishimaru hadn't been on time. He was never late to class. Like ever, and some of the students started to get worried. The bell to signify the end of school rang and he was still nowhere to be found. Mondo was stopped by Fuyuhiko from leaving the classroom. Only him and Peko were left in the class. Mondo guessed that was on purpose.

"What do you want short stop?" Mondo said giving more attitude than usual.

"Cut the crap. Where's Ishimaru?" 

" You think i know where Mr. perfect is?Well I don't." 

Fuyuhiko glared at Mondo "Taka doesn't just 'skip a day of school', and that confirmed my suspicion you're not worried about it, so you know where he is. Peko and I want to make sure he's ok." 

"Jesus, Calm down. I don't know where he is, and I don't care." Mondo was putting up his manly facade more than ever at this point because he was vulnerable

"You... What did you do Owada?" 

"I didn't do anything. Don't try to intimidate me."

"Are you being serious right now?! You're not fucking worried about where he is?! You're not worried if he might have...?"  

Mondo looked confused "What do you-" 

"You saw him last, right?" Peko piped up. "Someone said they heard crying last night in the guys dorms. They said it sounded like Kiyotaka. Was that the last place you talked to him?" 

"Tch. Yeah so what?" 

Fuyuhiko almost reached up and punched the guy but Peko stopped him. "We know where he is now. We need to not waste time." 

Fuyuhiko nodded and started walking away from Mondo 

They both quickly hurried up to the guys dorms, and knocked on Kiyotaka's door. The person who answered the door was not Kiyotaka though. It was principle Kirigiri? 

"Oh. Uhm... Hi there students. Did you need something?"

"Why are you here?" Fuyuhiko said accusingly. 

"Ishimaru is unwell. I'm just here to make sure he's taking care of himself." 

"Can we come in?" 

Kirigiri looked behind him a bit worried. "Maybe when Taka is better." 

"God damn can we just fucking come in? We know what happened anyways." 

"What...happened?" Seemed like Kirigiri didn't know of the situation.

Before they could spill the beans Fuyuhiko pushed past Kirigiri into the dorm. "Hey Taka it's me and Peko!" 

Ishimaru just stayed still sitting on the couch "Oh..." 

Ishimaru had dark bags under his eyes, and looked exhausted. His hair was uncombed, and not as spiky as normal. His eyes looked like they were almost all devoid of life. 

Fuyuhiko brought his hand to his mouth shocked at Taka's appearance "What the fuck did that guy do to you?" He muttered under his breath. 

Peko quickly walked in front of Fuyuhiko whispering to him. "Don't stare it's rude."