Part 3
Tohma looked worried at his friend when he stood up to leave the cafeteria. His heart sunk down a bit when Ryuichi had left the room. He got up too and went back to his office. He had started to miss the man who seemed always to be cheerful right away... his beaming smile on his angelic face... his soft laughter and his adorable eyes which are catching everyone's eye... even his childish voice when he was talking with his beloved Kumagorou...
He reached his office and sat down at his big desk again. He pressed the button on his answering machine to recall the messages which had been left during his absence. His secretary knocked on his door and came in with another pile of documents which had to be worked on.
Tohma nodded his head quietly and continued to listen to the answering system. He just got a call from some of his employees who asked him for giving them more exactly instructions for the upcoming live concert of Nittle Grasper and the second one was from Kaoruko-san. She asked him for Bad Luck's presence while the interview. After all they would play the opening song at this concert. He quickly send her a message and gave her his assent. After that he called Sakano and informed him about the meeting.
After talking to the manager he suddenly felt dizzy. He opened one of his desk drawer and got out a little box of headache pills which he had prescribed from his doctor a few days before. He had said that he should take care of himself a bit, he would obviously work too much. But Tohma knew it better, it was not his job which kept him busy, it was Mika. She acted so strangely the last weeks and he knew that something was terrible wrong with her.
It had all started two months ago when Mika got a telegram with the message that her parents had died in a car accident. She had cried two days uninterrupted and she had taken many sedatives. With the time she had started to accept the situation and it seemed easier to her to get along with it. But she wasn't as light-hearted as then and she mostly stayed at home to just sit around and reading the novels of her brother. She always said that she didn't feel like going out or that her friends had to work.
Tohma had accepted this and didn't interfere. He knew what it was like to loose two of them most important persons in his life. His parents had died when he was twenty four. They had been on a business trip and their plane had crashed. He had been mourning for them over almost four months and still the thought of them made him sad.
He had asked his wife occasionally if she had something on her mind but she just always smiled at him and said that everything was fine and that he shouldn't constant be worried about her. After looking at the pills for a moment he hesitated to take one because he had taken already three this night. But the day was long and his headache didn't seem to get better soon...
He swallowed the tablet and leaned back in his seat. He looked with tired eyes at all the work on his desk which had to be done. He felt exhausted and even a little bit sick but his work took priority over his state of health and his personal problems. If he wanted Nittle Grasper to be successful he couldn't always consider his feelings. He sighed and started to work on the papers, he could as well have some rest later after he had done his job.
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Ryuichi arrived totally exhausted at his apartment. He managed to get into his bedroom and fell on his soft bed which hardly gave in under his weight. He pulled the blankets over his now freezing body and sat Kumagorou next to his head and looked lost in thoughts at it. He would have loved Seguchi to bring him home but he knew that he hadn't much time... beside he had noticed that something depressed his best friend but he didn't know how to help him. He wasn't even sure if Tohma would even let him help him.
He wrapped the blanket tighter around his shoulders and tears started slowly to fill his eyes. He still stared at his stuffed rabbit... he knew that Tohma would never love him... and he was also married! And he knew that he cared much for Mika... he had seen it in his eyes every time he looked at her. But he was aware of his situation, he couldn't deny his feelings...
He closed his eyes and the last tears ran down over his flushed cheeks. He decided to say nothing to him because he was sure that he would just make him feel uncomfortable and beside he was just happy when he could be near his beloved friend... it would be enough for him to just be together with him as a friend than saying Tohma the truth and receiving therefore hatred or even disgust from him...
He reached for his stuffed rabbit and took Kumagorou in his arms. He opened his eyes slowly and a tiny smile was crossing his lips. "At least I have you Kumagorou-chan..." he whispered and smiled sadly at it. He looked out of the window and even the weather seemed to fit to his mood. The sky was grey and full of dark clouds and an icy wind blew around the high buildings and into his room through the open window. It started to rain slightly and after some minutes the rain was pourring down. Ryuichi snuggled into his pillows and the sound of the constant falling rain calmed him down. It was still morning and he hoped he could relax this day.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In the afternoon Tohma left his office and went to his black sport car in the coorperation's parking garage. He had finished his work for the day and had decided to go home and spend the rest of the day with Mika. He drove home quickly and entered his house. He looked into all the rooms but didn't find her. He noticed that the French window was opened. So he went out into the garden and discovered her sitting in crouching in front of the roses which were blooming. She was soaking and her hair was hanging down in strands. She didn't move, just stared at the flowers, her favourites ones. Tohma looked stunned for a moment and then hurried to her with a worried expression on his face.
"Hey Mika! What are you doing out here? You will catch a cold! Come in..." he said softly and put his hand on her shoulder.
She turned around and smiled weakly. "Ah Tohma... you're already back? I didn't suppose you so early... Don't make such a face I wasn't that long outside here..." she stood up and looked at the flowers one more time. "They are beautiful, ne?" she asked and looked at her husband. Tohma nodded in agreement.
"But they are hurting too... like everything..." she added quietly when Tohma pulled her gently on her arm into the direction of the French window.
Tohma turned around. "Did you hurt yourself by touching them?" he asked, he hadn't heard the last part of her sentence. She shook her head and forced a smile. "No, don't be worried." They went in and Tohma closed the French window.
"Do you want to go out today? It isn't very nice outside but what about going into our favourite restaurant?" he asked her hopefully.
Mika seemed to be a bit surprised at first but then agreed. "Yes, we hadn't done this that since a long time..." Tohma sighed in relief and smiled. He was happy about her agreement. "Then change your clothes quickly or you will become ill..." She returned his smile and went into their bedroom to get dressed with dry clothes.
Tohma sat down on the large couch in the living room and leaned back. Mika was still acting strange and she couldn't hide it from him. He wondered what he should do about that but when she came back he decided to discuss this another time.
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That was it. ^_^ I will as soon as I can write the next chapter... school really gets on my nerves at the moment *sighs* ~_~
Tohma looked worried at his friend when he stood up to leave the cafeteria. His heart sunk down a bit when Ryuichi had left the room. He got up too and went back to his office. He had started to miss the man who seemed always to be cheerful right away... his beaming smile on his angelic face... his soft laughter and his adorable eyes which are catching everyone's eye... even his childish voice when he was talking with his beloved Kumagorou...
He reached his office and sat down at his big desk again. He pressed the button on his answering machine to recall the messages which had been left during his absence. His secretary knocked on his door and came in with another pile of documents which had to be worked on.
Tohma nodded his head quietly and continued to listen to the answering system. He just got a call from some of his employees who asked him for giving them more exactly instructions for the upcoming live concert of Nittle Grasper and the second one was from Kaoruko-san. She asked him for Bad Luck's presence while the interview. After all they would play the opening song at this concert. He quickly send her a message and gave her his assent. After that he called Sakano and informed him about the meeting.
After talking to the manager he suddenly felt dizzy. He opened one of his desk drawer and got out a little box of headache pills which he had prescribed from his doctor a few days before. He had said that he should take care of himself a bit, he would obviously work too much. But Tohma knew it better, it was not his job which kept him busy, it was Mika. She acted so strangely the last weeks and he knew that something was terrible wrong with her.
It had all started two months ago when Mika got a telegram with the message that her parents had died in a car accident. She had cried two days uninterrupted and she had taken many sedatives. With the time she had started to accept the situation and it seemed easier to her to get along with it. But she wasn't as light-hearted as then and she mostly stayed at home to just sit around and reading the novels of her brother. She always said that she didn't feel like going out or that her friends had to work.
Tohma had accepted this and didn't interfere. He knew what it was like to loose two of them most important persons in his life. His parents had died when he was twenty four. They had been on a business trip and their plane had crashed. He had been mourning for them over almost four months and still the thought of them made him sad.
He had asked his wife occasionally if she had something on her mind but she just always smiled at him and said that everything was fine and that he shouldn't constant be worried about her. After looking at the pills for a moment he hesitated to take one because he had taken already three this night. But the day was long and his headache didn't seem to get better soon...
He swallowed the tablet and leaned back in his seat. He looked with tired eyes at all the work on his desk which had to be done. He felt exhausted and even a little bit sick but his work took priority over his state of health and his personal problems. If he wanted Nittle Grasper to be successful he couldn't always consider his feelings. He sighed and started to work on the papers, he could as well have some rest later after he had done his job.
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Ryuichi arrived totally exhausted at his apartment. He managed to get into his bedroom and fell on his soft bed which hardly gave in under his weight. He pulled the blankets over his now freezing body and sat Kumagorou next to his head and looked lost in thoughts at it. He would have loved Seguchi to bring him home but he knew that he hadn't much time... beside he had noticed that something depressed his best friend but he didn't know how to help him. He wasn't even sure if Tohma would even let him help him.
He wrapped the blanket tighter around his shoulders and tears started slowly to fill his eyes. He still stared at his stuffed rabbit... he knew that Tohma would never love him... and he was also married! And he knew that he cared much for Mika... he had seen it in his eyes every time he looked at her. But he was aware of his situation, he couldn't deny his feelings...
He closed his eyes and the last tears ran down over his flushed cheeks. He decided to say nothing to him because he was sure that he would just make him feel uncomfortable and beside he was just happy when he could be near his beloved friend... it would be enough for him to just be together with him as a friend than saying Tohma the truth and receiving therefore hatred or even disgust from him...
He reached for his stuffed rabbit and took Kumagorou in his arms. He opened his eyes slowly and a tiny smile was crossing his lips. "At least I have you Kumagorou-chan..." he whispered and smiled sadly at it. He looked out of the window and even the weather seemed to fit to his mood. The sky was grey and full of dark clouds and an icy wind blew around the high buildings and into his room through the open window. It started to rain slightly and after some minutes the rain was pourring down. Ryuichi snuggled into his pillows and the sound of the constant falling rain calmed him down. It was still morning and he hoped he could relax this day.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In the afternoon Tohma left his office and went to his black sport car in the coorperation's parking garage. He had finished his work for the day and had decided to go home and spend the rest of the day with Mika. He drove home quickly and entered his house. He looked into all the rooms but didn't find her. He noticed that the French window was opened. So he went out into the garden and discovered her sitting in crouching in front of the roses which were blooming. She was soaking and her hair was hanging down in strands. She didn't move, just stared at the flowers, her favourites ones. Tohma looked stunned for a moment and then hurried to her with a worried expression on his face.
"Hey Mika! What are you doing out here? You will catch a cold! Come in..." he said softly and put his hand on her shoulder.
She turned around and smiled weakly. "Ah Tohma... you're already back? I didn't suppose you so early... Don't make such a face I wasn't that long outside here..." she stood up and looked at the flowers one more time. "They are beautiful, ne?" she asked and looked at her husband. Tohma nodded in agreement.
"But they are hurting too... like everything..." she added quietly when Tohma pulled her gently on her arm into the direction of the French window.
Tohma turned around. "Did you hurt yourself by touching them?" he asked, he hadn't heard the last part of her sentence. She shook her head and forced a smile. "No, don't be worried." They went in and Tohma closed the French window.
"Do you want to go out today? It isn't very nice outside but what about going into our favourite restaurant?" he asked her hopefully.
Mika seemed to be a bit surprised at first but then agreed. "Yes, we hadn't done this that since a long time..." Tohma sighed in relief and smiled. He was happy about her agreement. "Then change your clothes quickly or you will become ill..." She returned his smile and went into their bedroom to get dressed with dry clothes.
Tohma sat down on the large couch in the living room and leaned back. Mika was still acting strange and she couldn't hide it from him. He wondered what he should do about that but when she came back he decided to discuss this another time.
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That was it. ^_^ I will as soon as I can write the next chapter... school really gets on my nerves at the moment *sighs* ~_~