Ishimondo: Kinda Intense Kinda Cute

Chapter Four

WARNING: IMPLICATIONS OF SELF HARM

CHIHIRO POV

My eyes widened as the bell rang. Ishimaru wasn't at school today. He's never missed a day of school! I looked at his empty seat and my eyes started to well up with tears. I really hope he's okay. I sat through class, barely paying attention. What happened to him? As soon as the bell rang, I approached Mondo, who had the same worried expression on his face. "D-do you know where he is?" I asked. He shook his head. We walked down the crowded halls together. I was so worried about him!

Mondo and I sat down at Leon's table for lunch. "Do you know where Taka is?" I asked. He shrugged.

"I talked to him yesterday," Leon said. "He wouldn't open up, though." I looked down at my shoes. Mondo patted my back comfortingly. What was going on? I just wanted Taka back. He was always there for us and I feel like we aren't returning the favor. 

"I-I want to talk to him." Mondo said. I looked up at him. "I'm going to go over to his house after school, if either of you wanna come." I saw he was trying to hold back tears. 

"Sure." I said. I hugged him and buried my face in his arm.

"I'll go too." Leon said. We finished our lunch in silence and went to class again.

MONDO POV

I gathered my stuff as soon as the bell rang and ran out the door. Leon and Chihiro followed me out and we headed for Taka's house. I left my bike in the school parking lot. I had too much pent up anger and sadness, and running usually helped with that. We ran up to his house, Chihiro and Leon out of breath. I rang the doorbell. No response. I pounded on the door. Still nothing. I closed my eyes. "Taka, please." I whispered under my breath. As if on cue, I heard footsteps approaching the door. I straightened up and looked back at the other two. They nodded and I looked back at the door. It swung open and revealed a distressed looking Taka. My eyes welled up with tears and I couldn't hold them back. They streamed down my face as I hugged him. He wrapped his arms around me and we held each other tightly. I heard Leon gasp behind me. 

"Taka, your wrists!" He said. Taka let go of me and rolled his sleeves down before I could see anything. I saw his eyes start to water. 

"Taka," Chihiro said. Ishimaru wiped his eyes and his sleeves rolled up a bit. My mouth dropped open. There were several red lines across his wrist. "No, please don't tell you've..." Fujisaki trailed off and began to sob. We all joined together and hugged each other. I couldn't believe him. He hurt himself even more? No, I wouldn't believe it. We eventually broke apart when we heard a car pull into the driveway.

"My dad," He said. His eyes widened. "You guys need to leave." The three of us looked surprised at the urgency in his voice. "Now!" He pushed us away and slammed the door. We looked at each other and hurried off. 

*Hey guys. Again, I'm sorry for the short and horribly-written chapter. I'm writing this during lunch break for online school, so I don't have a lot of time. I'm also gonna be updating a different story so... yeah. Hope you guys are enjoying this. Bye.*