Flowers For An Old Friend; DabiHawks (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 48; Why Can't I Keep My Eyes Open?

*Hawks's POV*

Ten Years Ago

"Please don't go." I begged, but Touya still shook his head.

"I'm sorry Birdie. I have to get home soon. And you do too. Your family will be worried about you." No they wouldn't. I frowned, shaking my head. "Yes, they would."

"No."

"Yes."

"Just stay with me for a bit longer?" I asked him, my eyes wide. "I don't want to go back right now, and I know you don't either. So why force ourselves? Why not we just stay here?"

He seemed to contemplate the idea for a second. He still shook his head no.

"Please Touya? I don't want to go back right now. I have today off, and I really want to spend it here-"

"Today off?" He questioned, tilting his head. "What do you mean today off?" I hadn't told him about my own life. I didn't want him to feel bad for me, he probably had it worse. At least I didn't have growing scars from what the commission had been doing.

"I don't have to train at all today. I don't have a lot of days like that." He still looked confused. I don't want to tell him. He has it worse, I don't deserve to complain. At least everything that had happened wasn't from my own father.

Was my father any better? I don't really remember. He wasn't really there much, he was gone. I was mostly by myself anyway.

"Your parents force you to train too?" He asked, pity in his voice. I don't need pity, I don't deserve any. They aren't doing anything wrong, it just hurts. Really hurts.

I don't like lies though, so I shake my head.

"Then why do you have to train?"

"The Public Safety Commission. I'm training to be a hero, like you." He frowned, looking down when I said that.

"Then why not say something to your parents? I'm sure they could talk something out." No, they couldn't. I'm not even sure where they are. I don't care where they are. I glared down at the ground.

"I can't. I, I don't want to talk about it right now." I felt a hand grab onto my shoulder. I could feel butterflies swarm around inside me when he touched me. "Besides, you have more to worry about anyway. So don't worry about me." I said with a smile.

"Kei, what's going on?"

"It's not important. You're already in a bad situation. Don't worry." Touya frowned, grabbing onto my shoulders to force me to face him.

"Just because you think it's not as important, it doesn't mean that you have to not talk about it. I care about you Kei, and I want to know if something bad is going on." I could tell he was serious, but I still didn't want to say anything. "Are they hurting you?"

Everything's still so dark.

I can hear things, but only the beep of a heart rate monitor. There were people in the room a few minutes ago, I could hear them too. Doctors, most likely.

I keep slipping into memories that I didn't remember having.

Ten Years Ago

"What are those from?" Touya asked, gently brushing over a long cut from my shoulder to up my neck.

"Nothing." I lied. In reality, it had happened the day before. I was supposed to be doing feather training, but I had accidentally cut into my shoulder. It was pretty deep and they said it almost got my subclavian artery, but it didn't.