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Blink	By : yeagerbomb Category: Gravitation > General Views: 2675 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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well, here's this one. it might seem a little odd in the middle, but there was like, two or three months between writing the first and second halves of this chapter. i finished the books, or was getting close, and i was discouraged because my plot line was off. and i was utterly stuck. but i did finish it! this has my least favorite part, i think. and i noticed tatsuha is a bit ooc. anyway, you all want me to shut up, so i will.~

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Slowly, I opened my eyes and found myself in the living room. From the next room I heard more arguing.

�Some mother you are!� Tohma shouted. �We would have him in the hospital right now if it weren�t for you!�

�Go blow your smoke somewhere else. I don�t want to hear it!�

�He has a temperature! It was probably a delayed concussion from the blows to his head from you!�

�Shut up, both of you!� Mika screamed. Tohma obeyed, but Mother continued to grumble. Mika began to bicker with her then, and Tohma came to check on me.

�Hey, you,� he whispered. �You�re up. How�d you feel?�

I shrugged. �My head still hurts, but I�m not dizzy anymore,� I answered truthfully.

�That�s good. Can I take your temperature?� I nodded, and he put the thermometer in my mouth. When he took it out, he smiled. �Well, your temp�s gone down, so you must be okay. That�s good!� Mother screamed at Mika in the other room, and I tucked my knees up to my chest.

�Why?� I whispered.

�Why what?� Tohma asked, leaning down closer to me.

�Why is everybody fighting about me?�

�Because you�ve been hurt more than anyone could ever deserve. Eiri, your mother treats you horribly, whether you know it or not. I want to take you somewhere safe. Would you like that?�

�No!� I cried. �She�s just rough! She doesn�t hate me; she just punishes me for things. For being disobedient!� I said, remembering her words. �I deserve it, really! I don�t listen like I should, or study, or do well in school! I deserve it all! I look different, that�s why I�m teased at school, and I can�t deal with it, so I wrote that stuff, and she punished me for whining about it! Honest! Please don�t take me away!�

The fighting between Mother and Mika stopped then, and they walked in. �Oh, Eiri!� Mika said. �You�re awake, thank goodness!� She came and hugged me, but I stared over her shoulder at Mother, wanting her to prove my point. But she only glanced at me, and then looked away.

�Eiri,� Tatsuha whispered, after Mika had stepped out of the room with Tohma. �Eiri, Tohma-san only wants to help us. Understand?�

I shook my head. �No, we have to stay here. Mother and Father love us and need us. We can�t leave for the states or something like that!�

He wrapped his arms around me. �Eiri, if you go, I�ll go, but if you don�t then neither will I.� I felt tears slipping past his eyes and wiped them away. �Eiri, I don�t want Mother to hurt you again. Please go with Tohma-san. I want to leave before she hits me.�

�Tatsuha, she�ll never hit you. You�re her favorite now, you know that right?�

�How?�

�I�ve always been last, but Mika was the favorite, until she brought Tohma-san who disagrees with all of Mother�s �policies�. So now you�re favorite, Mika�s number two, and I�m still on the bottom rung.�

�It�s not true! It can�t be!� he protested.

�Tatsuha, it�s true,� Father said, standing behind him.

�But why?� Tatsuha wailed.

�It all started when each of you were born,� he answered. �Mika was the first and only girl, so your mother liked her more. You were the baby, so you got the highest place you could between yourself and Eiri.�

�But why did I get above him?�

�Because� Eiri looks mixed. It�s as simple as that, really.�

�What!?� Mika shrieked, hearing what Father was saying. �Mother hates him because he looks mixed? Are you joking!?�

�No, Mika. And now you�ve hit second place, leaving first for Tatsuha, because your fiancé doesn�t blindly agree with her.�

�This is ridiculous! Father, I want to take the boys with me tomorrow. Or tonight!�

�Mika, I would gladly hand you all rights and responsibilities, but your mother will never agree, and the boys have to want to go too.�

�Well, I�ll take them without her permission, and how could they not want to get out of here?� Mika declared.

�But Mika, Eiri doesn�t want to go,� Tatsuha whispered.

�What?�

�He won�t go, Mika,� he repeated. She looked at me, and I shook my head in confirmation.

�Eiri, why?� Tohma asked.

�I have to stay, I have to.� He and Mika looked at one another, worried expressions on their faces.

�Eiri, won�t you come stay with us for a couple of nights? You and Tatsuha?� Mika begged. I stared at her, unwilling to change my mind. �Well, alright. You can stay here, but if Tatsuha wants to go, we�ll take him.� She looked at our brother, but he just shook his head.

�Not without Eiri,� he murmured. Mika sighed exasperatedly, and stalked out of the room. Father followed her and Tohma sat down next to me on the couch, Tatsuha curling up on my other side. They both put an arm around me, and we just sat in silence for a few minutes, until Tatsuha began to cry.

I hugged him and told him not to cry and that it would be okay. Mother would never hurt him, as long as I was there to place all blame the on. Eventually he drifted to sleep, exhausted, and I noticed Tohma had left us alone. I laid Tatsuha on the couch and draped a blanket over him, then sat on the floor and started studying deities.

Time passed without much notice, but soon enough, I had to pee. I got up and went to the bathroom, leaving Tatsuha where he was. Before I got back though, he woke up and started crying again. Just as I came back, Mother walked in. I continued to my brother�s side and held him. Mother stomped up to us and slapped me away. She reached down and smacked Tatsuha across the face.

�Stop that!� she hissed. I stood back up and watched as she hit him again when he cried harder. When she drew back for the third, I stepped between them, my back to Mother and tears crawling down my own face. Her nails scraped my back as I looked at Tatsuha�s cheek.

�Are you okay?� I whispered. He nodded feebly. �I�m so sorry.� Mother grabbed the back of my shirt and turned me around to face her.

�What are you doing?� she demanded. I stared at her, stony faced. She slapped me, but I didn�t cry out. I didn�t give her the satisfaction of knowing she had hurt me. �Eiri, you answer me!�

�Protecting him,� I said simply.

�Protect--!� she started. Then she began to laugh. �Oh, little boy, you don�t know how to protect.�

�I do so,� I said, resisting the urge to spit in her face.

�Oh yeah? How?�

�Like this!� I said, kicking her in the knee and then fulfilling the aforementioned urge. As she wiped my spit from her eyes I grabbed Tatsuha�s arm and ran through the room to the kitchen and out the door, until I found Mika and Tohma talking. �Um, we�ll go now.�~
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