Your voice, frozen in the wind... Chapter 4

[lilly0]

Title: Your voice, frozen in the wind, surrounds me like snow petals Chapter 4 (of 12)
Pairing: KameRyo, other guest appearances
Rating: PG-13 (for this chapter)
Genre: AU, romance, bit angst (like in every romance story), It might be the hurt&comfort type of fic
Multi-chapter
Disclaimer: I don't own them or anything else JE-related. But the story is mine of course^^
Summary: Being a privileged boy out of a rich family doesn’t mean you get more love. Kame knows that just too well. All day long he fights against this monster called loneliness, until a new boy joins his class. He is coming out of a different background and just as lonely as he is.
Kame fights against the feelings that are awakening inside him, not able to trust anyone around him. But then he starts to get strange anonymous messages, his heart warming up towards a person he doesn’t even know…and to this strange boy in his class.
Dedicated to: sweetspicyhot. As a belated birthday present! I really really hope you will like this, my friend!

Like what?

Kame stared at the line in front of him, the answer to his question, scribbled into the notebook. He licked over his lips in high concentration, before he angled for the pen. He decided not to wonder about his own actions anymore, because this here – communicating through a note-book – was so totally not like him. But he had decided to do it and now he wanted to do it properly. At least that was what he was telling himself, trying to convince himself, because truth was that he was already totally into this, drawn into the strange atmosphere, the melancholic touch of these lines. Yes, something was drawing him to this conversation.

Family? Friends? These are just examples, I’m sure there is something for everyone.

I don’t have family. And I don’t have any friends.

Kame flinched a bit when he read these lines, somehow feeling affected by it though he had actually planned to look at it rather objectively.

I’m sure you have something or someone around you. Try to concentrate and remember. There is more than just darkness. I’m sure you see it too… So… do you see it?

Maybe… But I'm feeling so tired.

Kame felt half-relieved at the last answer. He rubbed over his hair nervously. He couldn’t help but feel concerned and nervous. Well, at least the other person had given him a ‘maybe’. So he could try and build on that.

Don’t let go that easily. Because someone will always be sad. You affect the persons around you, even when you don’t realize it yourself. At least one person will cry. For the sake of this one person, think about what you do.

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“Wow.” Jin smiled. “You are even more absent-minded than normally… right Pi?”

Pi nodded his head. “He is right. Everything alright, Kazu?”

Kame forced a smile to his lips. “You are worrying without a reason, really. I’m just thinking about something.”

“Oh.” Jin mumbled, not sure if he should be content with this answer or not. Then he put his hand on Kame’s arm. “You know,” he smiled. “We like you, a lot. You know, sometimes we leave you alone on purpose. We are doing this because we know you well enough to know that you need your private space sometimes. You don’t need to force anything… you don’t need to talk about your problems, but you can trust us. Me, Jun, Uchi and Pi.”

Kame blinked at these words, seriously surprised. When he saw the other three nodding too, he blushed slightly, against his intentions. “Thanks,” he answered nervously. “Just, sometimes it’s difficult for me, okay?”

Jun grinned brightly. “We know that, silly! That’s why Jin said you don’t need to play a role in front of us. If you want to be alone to think about your problems or things that bother you, tell us to shut up and we’ll be quiet. No need to pretend.”

Kame nodded his head, smiling slightly. “I understand. Thanks.”

“Good,” Uchi sighed contently, before he threw Jin an interested glance. “Who would have thought that you are capable of such deep thoughts?”

“Eh?” Jin blinked, blushing slightly. Then he frowned, trying to shove away his embarrassment. “What? Something to complain about, princess?”

“SHUT UP, MONKEY!”

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Kame looked up at the sky grumpily. It was raining. Not just a bit, but a lot. He sighed, opening his umbrella and starting to walk back home. He could have called a taxi, but he didn’t want to. Fuma-san had her day off and he didn’t want to be back in this empty, big house too fast. Even walking through the cold rain was better than sitting at home all alone with his lonely thoughts.

Kame was about to walk over a bridge, leading over a little river, when he heard some strange noises. Voices, talking. He frowned, trying to look through the strong rain, so that he could see the persons standing there.

His eyes widened in shock. Was that Ryo? Surrounded by a bunch of guys. Kame pulled his scarf tighter and closed the umbrella to be able to sneak towards the scene without anyone recognizing him.

“Is it true that you are from this orphanage?” one of the boys laughed.

“Poor little boy has no mommy and no daddy,” another sneered.

Kame felt his stomach twisting in pure anger. There were no words he could use for the feelings inside him towards such guys! No matter what it was about, no matter who it was they were bullying… this was absolutely not excusable!! He HATED such guys!

“You don’t have much money right?” the third one sneered, grabbing Ryo’s bag and throwing it into the river. “Then how about buying a new one…”

Ryo looked at the bag and Kame frowned nervously. Really, why didn’t this boy say anything? He just stayed quiet, he didn’t even struggle or fight.

One of the guys grabbed Ryo’s arm now, pulling him closer. “You are pretty, you know that? I can show you how to earn some money.”

Ryo looked at the guy, without even answering to his suggestion, letting his eyes speak, like always did. The guy frowned. “Say something!” he hissed out. He grabbed Ryo’s shoulders, shaking him. “Don’t stay quiet all the time. Or,” he glared. “I’ll make you scream…” With that he lifted his hand, hitting Ryo into his face. Ryo stumbled backwards for a moment, trying to turn his head away before the guy could hit him again. He felt the pain crawling through his body, a clear taste of iron in his mouth. Actually he was prepared for the worst, when to his surprise the guys let go of him out of a sudden.

“FUCKING IDIOTS!” Kame yelled in despair, hitting the guys in front of him with his umbrella and his bag, not caring about whom or what he hit.

One of the guys wanted to go against Kame, but the others held him back. “Don’t you know whose son this is!? We’ll get into serious trouble…” They sent Kame and Ryo an angry and despiteful glance before they rushed away.

“AND DON’T THINK ABOUT COMING CLOSE TO HIM OR BOTHERING HIM E-V-E-R A-G-A-I-N!!” Kame yelled after them. He gasped for air when he was finished with yelling and screaming, his lungs hurting a bit. Then he turned around, seeing how Ryo was standing in the river, his legs half-way in the water, while he was angling for his bag.

When he got it back, he stumbled out of the water again, working his way back to the road. Kame followed him, looking at Ryo’s closed expression carefully. “Are you alright, Ryo-kun?”

“Yeah,” Ryo mumbled.

Kame shifted around a bit. “You are bleeding,” he mumbled. “I’ll take you home.”

“No,” Ryo answered almost coldly. “You said it yourself. You don’t want to intervene with people. Maybe I don’t care that much either?” He turned around, walking away from Kame, through the rain.

Kame shifted around, not sure what to do now. He wasn’t used to something like that. Till now he had always stayed away from people, but something in Ryo’s sad and closed eyes had caught him from the beginning on. Seeing how he was walking through the rain, all alone, did something to him. It touched him. Kame sighed silently, before he followed this strange boy through the rain.

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