
Before he could get ready, Itsuki had already kicked Hiro with his foot. Hiro fell to the floor on his back.
"Ugh!" erang Hiro's. His hands are reflexively holding the chest. His eyes that had closed were slowly opened. Izumi looked in front of him. The girl's pupils dilated, and looked worried.
"Hiro, you're not-" Izumi's words had to come to a halt, as Hiro suddenly got up and stood up. Then immediately counterattack.
Itsuki can avoid it nimbly. He moved while putting both of his hands behind his back. Keep smiling lightly, as Hiro floats up some of his flagship moves. Honestly, Hiro's movements seemed amateurish when dealing with Itsuki.
"What is that all? you seem to be training less!" itsuki's repulsive words made Hiro stop his attack. His breath was now wheezing while staring intently at his opponent.
Itsuki suddenly moved. He tried to re-direct the kick. Fortunately, this time Hiro was able to escape. Despite that, Itsuki did not stop, he immediately continued to aim straight fists. Right up to Hiro's nose.
Buk up!
"Aakhs!" hiro's nose was bleeding. He held it because he was in pain.
"Don't beat him in the face!" pekik Izumi, who had been watching from the front door. But Itsuki doesn't seem to care. He instead gripped tightly onto Hiro's collar. As a result, one hand Hiro reflex held Itsuki's hand, while the other hand tried to be knocked into the opponent's stomach.
Hiro immediately locks Itsuki's body, then tries to slam him. But it was not as easy as he thought. Because Itsuki was unmoved and was instead trying to do the same. The smaller Hiro was easily knocked to the ground.
Buk up!
Now Hiro was back on the ground. Itsuki smiled obliquely.
"ah! it is also difficult to have an opponent who is not ready. Yeah, enough to get here. Looks like all your energy was measured last night!" ituski said, then spit his saliva aside. He immediately helped Hiro get up to stand up. His efforts are certainly not accepted. Hiro ignored his outstretched hand and chose to stand on his own. His forehead is upset. That's when the phone vibrated.
Before picking up the phone call, Hiro calmed down first. Regulate his anger and swallow his own spit. He walked away from Itsuki and the Nakagawa residence. Towards the gate that was about twenty steps away.
"Yes? my mom's okay, right?" Hiro picked up the call which turned out to be again from the hospital. He continued to clean the blood coming out of his nose with his sleeves.
"Hurry over here. Your mother went berserk, and asked to see you!" voice of the woman across the phone. She is the nurse in charge of looking after Akira.
The news made Hiro run as fast as possible. Itsuki and Izumi's voice calls just ignored him. The two brothers offered to take a ride home. But it seems that Hiro's annoyance cannot be silenced by that.
Izumi who tried to chase after Hiro by running, was only able to follow in front of the gate of his house. He stopped his run, because Hiro had already run very far.
Hiro continued to run. His breath was already dull with a heart that was beating faster. He did so because he tried to forget about his fight just a moment ago. Humiliated by the enemy himself. Honestly, it disappointed him a lot.
When the green light came on, Hiro continued his run. Sometimes he accidentally hit some people who pass by in the vicinity. All he wanted now was to quickly arrive without interacting with anyone. He did not take a bus or taxi. It seems anger is what makes Hiro do that. He chose a long and exhausting path. But actually, the main reason was, because Hiro did not bring enough money.
It takes about fifteen minutes to get to the hospital. Hiro walks into Akira's room with shaky steps. He blinked his eyes a few times due to the glare. Half of his clothes were now wet from sweat. Hiro threw the origin of his suit onto the floor.
"hiro!" call Akira, rushing up from his bed. Hiro then tried to approach first, and prevent the movement of the mother.
"You why? bloody nose! did you fight?" ask Akira worriedly. Her hair looks so messy. His lips are pale. It made Hiro feel sorry when he saw it.
I don't know why Hiro couldn't speak a word. He slowly put his head on his mother's shoulders.
Akira patted his son's back. Her tears began to fall.
"I'm sorry, Hiro.." said Akira. "I'm a very troublesome mother aren't I?" he continued while sniffing his nose that was filled with natural fluids.
Hiro is still silent. He still has no interest in speaking. Just let Akira continue speaking at will.
"I've thought everything out. You're right, I shouldn't have harbored the pain alone. But, is it alright if I tell the truth?.." Akira's words immediately caught Hiro's attention. He slowly straightened his body and looked seriously at Akira.
"Mom doesn't have to force, if you can't tell a story. I don't want you to get sick anymore." Finally Hiro spoke. He was forced to care about his mother's condition.
Akira shook his head firmly and replied, "I'll tell you a story now." He let his eyes go around. Make sure no one listens to his conversation with Hiro. His hand immediately wiped the tears that had fallen on his cheeks. Akira calmed down first.
"Your father was killed by Katashi Nakagawa. And you're right about my real name. Manami Yamada!" Akira holds the son's shoulder. Hiro who heard the sudden widening of the eyes.
"A-a-your father was killed in a very sadistic way. I was pregnant with you at the time. My stomach is already big because it's eight months old..." Akira told me slowly. His memory is trying to remember the bad memories that happened.
"O-o-that guy.." Akira's hands started shaking. Even his eyes were shaking. He was unable to continue his sentence.
"Mother, calm down. Don't try to remember it, if it's a really bad thing!" hiro, convince Akira. She did not want her mother to be panicked again. Like in previous times.
Hiro gives Akira a glass of water. Then helped her mother to go to the hospital bed. Sure enough, his efforts managed to make his mother calmer. Closed his eyes and finally fell asleep.
Hiro's footwork looks heavy when walking. It turns out that her conjecture had been right about Katashi. But unfortunately until now, Hiro had never met a figure whose face was very similar to Takeda's.
Hiro galloped towards the drink stand. There he tried to make a warm tea.
"Your mother ran amok right out of the room!" the voice of a man caused Hiro to gasp in shock. Hiro immediately turned to the owner of the sound source. It turns out he is Kogoro.