Generations

Generations:

Chapter Fifteen

Quietly Toya lay on the bed, trying to relax though every thought of his was on Koichi and the gun—what would happen if anyone got shot? What if Koichi shot Kessuke or Shinichi? He didn’t want his cousin to get hurt, and, though he cared little for the transfer student, he didn’t want him hurt either—it would be his fault if Kessuke got hurt, the teen went after Koichi because of him.

“Toya?”

He turned abruptly at the sound of the voice, eyeing the figure in the door silently for a second.

“Dad.” He made to sit up, biting his lip to keep from wincing from the pain coursing from his bruises—both external and internal.

“Toya, just relax.” Tohma stepped swiftly to the side of the bed, and placed his hand on his son’s head, his eyes taking in the bruises on the teen’s face. “You’ve been through a lot, just….”

Toya felt his dad’s hand tremble slightly—and it amazed him how relieved and happy he felt to see his dad show his emotions visibly. Never once did he ever see his father lose composure or visually express any emotion except that feigned politeness of his—that smile, that smile of his father’s always prevented him from knowing if his father truly cared.

Relaxing once again on the bed, Toya looked into his father’s face, surprised but glad to see that the man didn’t wear his customary smile.

“I’m sorry Toya.” Tohma whispered. “I’m sorry I haven’t been paying attention to you for the past few months—I sorry to make you feel like I didn’t care….”

“I…you don’t have to apologize anymore—you’re here—that’s all I care about.” Toya leaned into his dad’s embrace, relaxing more completely when his father wrapped his arms around him.

“Yes, I’m here. I’ll always be here to help. I love you Toya.”

-

Tatsuha and Shinichi stood in the hall as the medics worked over Kessuke, bandaging him up and putting him on the stretcher.

“Uncle Tats,” Shinichi began uncomfortable in the silence as they waited. “What have you been doing for the past six years? You just disappeared and didn’t tell anyone where you went.”

“I…I’ve just decide to do a little soul searching, that’s all.”

“Liar. Uncle Tohma made you leave because you were practically stalking Sakuma-san.”

“…if you knew that why even bother asking…?”

“I asked you what you’ve been doing not why you left.” Shinichi sighed and stared at Tatsuha like he was the child. “Have you been wasting the past six years trying to chase down Sakuma-san?”

“I…I wouldn’t say I wasted them.”

“So you have been doing nothing but stalking Sakuma-san for the past six years?”

“I haven’t spent all my time tracking him down—I’ve been doing other things.”

“Like what?” ‘Or who?’ Shinichi half-smiled at the unspoken question, barely taking in his uncle’s answer.

“I’ve been attending college.”

Shinichi gaped at the older man, eyes widening in disbelief.

“You, college?”

“Yes.” Tatsuha replied, annoyed by Shinichi’s disbelief and slight laugh. “Seguchi offered to pay for it, so I took his offer—” ‘Not that he gave me a choice in the matter, he’s always searching for ways to keep my away from my Ryuuichi.’

“Uncle Tohma paid for you to go to college? You?”

“Yeah, he wanted to keep me away from my Ryuuichi, so he forced me to go to college so I couldn’t hunt Ryuu-chan down.” Tatsuha paused in thought for a moment. “I made Seguchi pay a lot for that—I lost track of how many times I transferred to different colleges and changed my courses just so he’d have to spend more money. Stupid jerk.”

“That explains why Uncle Tohma was never worried about you—he knew where you were…and he didn’t tell anyone.” Shinichi grumbled then his eyes lit up and he grinned at Tatsuha mischievously. “I’m surprised you’re didn’t get giddy around Kessuke.”

“…And why is that? Why would I care…?” Tatsuha gave Shinichi a shrewd look; ‘He can’t mean that Kessuke is….’

“He must not have told you his last name—it’s Sakuma, Kessuke Sakuma. Ryuuichi’s son.” Shinichi smirked at how thunderstruck Tatsuha looked hearing that bit of information—the black-haired man gaped at him then at the room Kessuke was in and then back to him.

“He…he…he….” ‘Those eyes…I knew it…but…I…I…god.’ Tatsuha felt his heartbeat increase, after so many long years trying to find someway to get in touch with his idol, he found a way to do so. If he could get Kessuke to trust him, he could find where Ryuuichi was…and if Kessuke trusted him enough maybe the teen would help him hook up with Ryuu….

“Uncle Tats?” Shinichi’s voice interrupted; a voice anxious and slightly sad. “Tats? There’s something you should know….”

A/N: End Chapter