Generations: Part 2 Version A

Generations: Part Two:

Version A:

Chapter Ten:

Around fifteen minutes later:

Sitting alone in the hall, his brown bangs falling over his cobalt eyes, Ryuu nervously bit his lip as he waited in silence—he’d wanted to go with Tohma after the blond received that phone call, but the man wouldn’t let him.

Tohma wouldn’t even tell him what the phone call was about—but Ryuu knew by how pale Tohma went that it was serious; plus he heard the blond say the name ‘Koichi’—a name he heard three days ago when Tohma told him what happened to Kessuke and Toya—the name of the teen who hurt Toya.

“I…I hope Toya-chan’s all right.” Ryuu sighed and stared down at the floor, oblivious to someone lurking down the hall—someone with brown hair and pale blue eyes.

-

Eyeing Sakuma-san sitting outside Kessuke’s room, Toya cursed and quickly walked out of the corridor, heart pounding.

‘Just my fuckin luck…why did he have to stay? Damn, I knew it wouldn’t be so easy….’ The brunette teen cursed again and glanced down the hall, praying that the man would leave soon. ‘Please leave—get something to drink, or eat, or something….’ He bit on his lip until he saw Sakuma-san stand slowly up.

“Thank god, yeah…wha….no…no, don’t….” His eyes widened as he saw Ryuu open the door to Kess’ room and step in. ‘God damn it all!’

-

“Kess, are you calmed down yet?” Ryuu asked in nearly a whisper as he stepped through the door. “I didn’t mean to upset you….”

“….” Kessuke lay on his back on the bed, turning only his eyes toward his father at the man’s words.

“I….” Ryuu felt his lips slightly contort into a nervous smile, but quickly stopped and pursed them. “Kess…I’m sorry. I’m really, really sorry.” He felt tears well in his eyes but he fought them. “I should’ve left him sooner…I should’ve realized….I’m sorry.”

“….” Kess flicked his eyes away, but did nothing to shoo Ryuu out of the room.

“I don’t care if you ever trust me again, or if you forgive me—I just want you to get better, I….I’ve…Tohma told me he planned on adopting you before….I ….” Ryuu stood nervously at the door, too nervous to sit down or even move closer to his son.

Swallowing, he fought to form the words he needed to say. “If…if you want…if you want Tohma to…if you want to stay with Tohma instead of me, you can. If you want him to adopt you…I won’t stop you….I’ve been a terrible father, I won’t blame you if you don’t want me to be yours anymore….”

“Be quiet.”

Ryuu quickly complied, barely registering the polite form of the request—Kess said ‘Be quiet’ instead of ‘shut up’ or ‘Get out,’ but the man didn’t get his hopes up.

“….Tohma’s not much of a better father than you anyway…actually, he’s worse….”

“No…he’s much better than me! I’m the worse father ever….I….”

“Shut up.” Kess growled, glaring at Ryuu who bit his lip at the teen’s sudden harsh tone. “You don’t worry ‘bout other people’s kids more than your own….and Tohma seems to always put someone else’s family before his own. Just three days ago he answered my call during a meeting but not Toya’s—that was right after that Koichi-prick raped Toya.”

“…I….”

“….”

“Kess….”

“I want to be alone for a while.”

“Kess, I….”

“Leave.”

“I….” Ryuu bit harder on his lip, torn between wanting to stay and wanting to not upset Kessuke again. Sighing in defeat, he turned toward the door. “I love you, Kessuke….”

No response.

“I’m sorry.”

Silence.

“Bye.” Ryuu stepped out the room, shutting the door before sighing and walking down the hall a ways.

-

‘Please go…please…’ Toya stared intently at Ryuu, watching anxiously as the man walked down the hall, stopped, and then started walking again. Not until the man turned around the hall corner, disappearing from his sight, did Toya sigh in relief.

“Thank god, now I can see Kessuke.”

-

Sighing, Ryuu wandered around the hospital halls, wishing that Tohma or someone was there with him—god, he wished he had Kumagoro back, he wished he never let Aizawa get rid of the plushie. He wished he never met that bastard.

“If anything else happens to Kess—if I ever see Aizawa again, I’ll kill him….”

His eyes gleaming seriously, Ryuu continued walking randomly down the halls until he decided to get something to drink for Kessuke and himself.

“Maybe it’ll help cheer up Kess….”

-

Five minutes later:

Kneeling on Kessuke’s bed, Toya leaned close to the suspicious, sitting teen, eyeing him intently.

“I’m getting you out of here.”

“Toya….”

“Did I ever say you could use my first name?”

“Seguchi-kun then, what do you want? I know you’re not here to visit me—so don’t give me any bullshit about wanting to thank me or whatever….”

“The thought never crossed my mind.”

Both teens glared into the other’s eyes, silently communicating their mutual detest.

“Why are you here? If you don’t have a good reason, get out.” Kess moved to stand, showing Toya he would force him out if the teen refused.

“It’s about Shinichi.” Toya lied coolly, his expression never wavering.

Kessuke raised an eyebrow in interest, his annoyance fading.

“What’s happened?”

“I…he’s gone after Koichi….I tried to stop him, but….he refused to listen to me….” Toya changed his expression to show vulnerability and fear, each second praying Kess would fall for his act. “He said ‘that bastard’s got to pay for what he did…first you then Kess….’”

Kess stood up and cursed—Toya knew he convinced him.

“Where has he gone? Is it anywhere nearby?”

‘God, that was easy…he must really like Shini.’

-

Ten minutes later after Kessuke left, Toya stood in the hall about ten or more feet away from Kessuke’s hospital room. Tuned in to his thoughts completely, he didn’t see the brown haired man walk up to him holding two can’s of soda.

“Toya?” Ryuu’s voice surprised Toya who almost jumped. “What are you doing here? I thought something happened, Tohma…got a phone call….”

“Phone call?”

“Yes, from you cell…I….” Ryuu’s eyebrows furrowed in thought.

“Really? Maybe he can find my cell for me—I somehow lost it while I was walking around downtown—” Toya ran his fingers through his hair and acted unconcerned, continuously hoping Kess was a ways away from the hospital. ‘Damn, I’m doing a lot of lying today…’

“You lost it? God—that means Tohma left for nothing….I…god….”

“Huh? My dad’s not here? But why would he leave you alone?”

“He…he was worried about you…something ‘bout Koichi….God…we have to call him…tell him you’re okay….”

Toya stood silent as Ryuu turned to head toward the hospital phones, smiling when the man’s back faced him.

‘Good, he’s not worried about Kess…now to follow him so I have an alibi before Kess’ found missing.’

-

Shaking terribly from anger and dissipating fear, Tohma returned to the hospital mere minutes after receiving Ryuu’s call saying Toya was okay. Without slowing a bit he reached the floor and stormed down the hall until he spotted his son.

Face stoic, he glared at Toya.

“How could you lose your cell phone? You had me worried, Toya.”

“I’m sorry, dad. It’s….I just had a lot on my mind today….” Toya allowed some fear and discomfort to show through his own mask—while pretending to hold it in. “I…I kept thinking about what happened….I…and then Suguru got on my case….”

“Suguru? What did he do? He was supposed to watch you today….”

“He…he asked about my drug use….” ‘Damn I can’t believe I have to bring this up in front of him, but to make this believable….’

“…I almost forgot about that.” Tohma’s eyes widened before sighing, his eyes on his son. “I told him not to say anything—I was going to talk to you about that….” He sighed again and placed his hand on Toya’s shoulder. “Don’t worry about that yet…you’re not in trouble…as soon as everything with Kessuke’s taken care of, I’ll get you help. I’m not going to punish you, don’t worry.”

‘…Always about Kessuke…why do I always come up second?’

“Toya, I….”

“Tohma!” Ryuu’s voice interrupted them as they both turned to face the man now standing in Kess’ doorway. “Tohma! Kessuke’s missing!”

A/N: End chapter—one of my longer chapters, please review.