Kururi nodded, getting up and Namie got right after them.
"You two are really doing this?" It was hard to know what emotion Namie put behind those words; relief, happiness, acknowledgment, thanks. Mairu tried to comfort her by smiling.
"Yeah."
"But I don't know if Heiwajima-san will be happy to see you."
"Let's say we are old acquaintances. We'll find a way. I promise." His smile grew broader and Namie sighed, feeling at ease. Or almost. At least she was going home for now, take a rest… But on a second thought, she decided she wouldn't for now.
"See you, Namie-san." Mairu spoke, walking out of the coffee shop waving, with Kururi right behing him. "Later."
"Good-bye." She waved her hand while they walked away, towards Ikebukuro. And when they were out of sight, Namie turned back to Kanra's apartment. She went back to Kanra's place, and found the brunette curled at her sofa, watching TV. She quickly raised her head when the door was opened, and asked with a weak voice.
"... Namie-san?"
Namie closed her eyes, rumbling. "I forgot a paper. What are you doing?" She walked in the direction of the couch. Kanra was lying down with a small blanket over her. Her eyes were red and her nose swollen; she'd been crying. She was curled up in a small ball and blinking, she answered.
"Watching TV, isn't it obvious?" Namie rolled her eyes, bothered to no end that Kanra still tried to sound tough even when she was breaking down. Without a word, Namie sat down on the other side of the couch, letting her eyes fall on the image on the TV. It was some kind of movie, it didn't raise Namie's attention at all. But she still felt like she should be with Kanra, since the boys were going to try and talk to Shizuo. After a few minutes, Kanra switched positions, cautiously laying her head on Namie's lap.
After a few seconds in silence, Namie murmured. "I hope you know this will cost you."
Kanra smiled a bit, closing her eyes and falling asleep. She was probably very tired from crying today. Namie muttered to herself.
"You are lucky for having brothers like those. I don't know why you even bother with Heiwajima-san."
The boys went to Shizuo's apartment first. They imagined that he wasn't working, since it was already almost seven pm. After ringing the bell many times and knocking, they gave up. "Giving up" has a different meaning to the twins, though. In this case, it meant; 'time to break in'.
"Right. Should we try the rough or the silent treatment?" Mairu didn't even wait for an answer from his brother when he got his right foot up, ready to kick the door when…
"Wait." Kururi muttered, kneeling on the floor. Mairu gave a frustrated sigh, he was in the mood to kick something. His twin got something from under the 'welcome' rug. They didn't know, but the rug was a present from Kasuka. He once said that Shizuo's place had to be warmer and more comforting so he bought it. Kururi stood up, showing a silvery key to the other.
"Figured Shizuo-san would have a spare… Breaks a lot. Besides, quiet. (I figured Shizuo-san would have a spare key. He probably breaks his own keys a lot. Besides, we should be quiet.)
Mairu gave a shy chuckled. "Yeah… I knew that." He let his brother put the key inside of the door lock. The door unlocked and both of them went inside of his apartment. The first thing they noticed was the strong scent of tobacco. Really strong. Mairu made a face, putting his sleeve over his nose.
"The fuck!"
"Nii-san." Mairu looked towards his brother and finally looked around. The room was dark, Shizuo obviously wasn't there. There were cigarette packages everywhere and everything was a mess. There was an empty pizza box on the table, milk bottles, most of them empty but others half-full scattered at the floor, couch, kitchen.
"Damn… This is worse than what I thought." Kururi nodded in agreement. They were so surprised by it all that they didn't even hear the footsteps until they were too close, coming up the stairs.
"C'mon!" Kururi held Mairu's hand and he dashed. They couldn't be caught inside of the blond's apartment, but it was too late. They froze when the footsteps came to a halt and they saw a tall shadow approaching the front door.
Mairu held his brother hand tighter. The shadow stopped; he had probably noticed the open door. Then the footsteps got closer again, this time more cautious and careful. The twins exchanged a look and stood firm when the figure looked into the apartment. He looked awful; big dark circles under his eyes, the messy blond hair even messier and with a bit of brown roots appearing. He looked worried, until he saw who was in there. He frowned, looked down and punched the door-post, growling.
"Get out." Mairu noticed he was shivering, and the hand he was holding, too. Of fear, while Shizuo seemed to shiver in anger. Mairu tried.
"Shizuo-san, we just…"
"GET THE HELL OUT." His eyes glowed in fury and he got a vase, throwing at them. Each one of the brothers went to one side, dodging it.
"S-Shizuo-san! Wait!"
"What the hell do you want?" He roared in all his fury. "What does she wants? Eh?" He walked towards the boys, who were again clinging each other by the hand.
"This has nothing to…" Before he could say something, Shizuo grabbed the table and the twins ran away, as fast as they could. For a slit second, Mairu thought they were going to get hit, but then Kururi pulled him to the side, getting out of range. Again, they dashed to the door and down the stairs, without looking back. They heard a loud crash, but didn't stay to find out what it was.
They only stopped running when they were blocks away from the blond's apartment. Panting, they sad down on the sidewalk, trying to breathe right. Their heartbeats were still frantic. And they got so afraid they didn't even thought of screaming something about Kanra. And even if they did, he would probably get angrier… Which wasn't a good idea. At all.
They felt lost… Even though they promised Namie, they didn't have the guts to go back and try to talk with him again. His eyes… Shizuo wasn't only angry, he was hurt. Fuck. Didn't Kasuka realize that this was going to happen? Aparently, Kururi was having the same thoughts as him, because suddenly he spoke.
"Kasuka's location? (Where is Kasuka filming right now)? " Mairu answered almost immediately.
"Sapporo."
After a few more moments of silence, Mairu spoke again. "I guess that's where we will spend our weekend, then." Kururi nodded in agreement.