~*Mai*~
“You can have your phone. I don’t want to take that from you.” He tried handing it to me, but I lightly pushed it away from him.
“It’s alright.” I said truthfully.
“Then it’s going to be on the counter in the kitchen.” He left his bedroom, and I stood there, feeling warm. Then he yelled up at me. “Mai your phone is going off.” Who would be calling me? I rushed into the kitchen and answered it.
“Hello.”
“Mai, it’s Rina.” My stomach dropped. It was one of the nurses from the hospital. “Where are you right now hun?” She asked.
“I’m at Takumi’s house helping him with his homework why, what’s wrong?” I asked, already knowing the answer. Takumi mouthed what’s wrong to me, I just shook my head.
“You’re Aunt is in here, she’ll be here overnight ok? Can you stay there, I don’t want you home alone, I know how it is in your house when no one else is around. It’s very lonely.”
“Alright I understand I’ll stay here for the night.”
“Okay, I’m sorry Mai, I’ll call when she gets out tomorrow.” She said.
“Okay bye.” I hung up, and my eyes stung. How could she do this to me again? Why? I knew Takumi would ask, so I just came out and told him. “My Aunt is in the hospital again.” I said quietly. Then I just couldn’t hold it in. I was so hurt. He came over and wrapped his arms around me. I held his shirt in an iron grip and didn’t try to stop. He tightened his hold on me.
“Why d-does she do it to me? S-She knows I’m not ready to l-live on my own yet, why doesn’t she take her meds, for my sake, if n-not hers? What if I-I would have been home, and s-she came after me while she wasn’t mentally t-there…”
"Mai stop worrying about it. I understand that you don't want to live on your own. And you know that my parents or even Aki's or Haru's parents would be more than happy to bring you in so that you are safe and you won't have to be alone."
“I, appreciate that. I just, don’t know what to do because she is fine one minute, then decides she, no longer needs her pills, so she tosses them, or something. It scares me when I wake up to her yelling, and freaking out in the middle of the night.” I shut my eyes tight. “You Aki, and Haru are the only things stable in my life anymore.”
"You'll be alright, i promise i won't let anything happen to you.” I carefully slid my hands around his neck, and felt some of his feathers.
“I believe you. I, really do. I’m sorry, I’m just upset and a little scared right now. I wish I was stronger.”
"You will get stronger, i know you will."
“I-I hope so. Even though I feel really, safe I guess, right now, I know you won’t always be there to protect me.”
“But I’ll sure as heck try.”
"That means, the world to me." I stayed up against him, even though I was hunched over a bit. I felt him breathing, and it was the best sensation in the world. He had no idea that he was the only one who could have ever calmed me down simply by existing.
"Are you feeling better now?" He asked after a few minutes. I nodded.
“Yeah.” I whispered.
~*Haru*~
After I walked Aki to her house, I decided to just go straight home. I knew that if I dropped in on Takumi and Mai, that I would either ruin any moments they might have together, or get beat up. Either way, I would feel bad. I didn’t dare text any of them either. I did homework, more like googled all the answers, and then played a board game with my little sis. After we finished, I went into my room and laid there on the bed. I got a strange feeling in my stomach, and I didn’t like it at all. I’m sure that things are fine, I’m just being paranoid. I brushed the feeling off, and continued laying there.
