Quantum Leap - Vol. 3 I Will Wait For You On The Other Side

C018 Suck My Kiss...!

Every single classmate of Akira's had come and gone while surprisingly, some of my classmates came by too. They must be thinking that I got hurt in the accident and brought along some fruit basket for a nut case like me. Hahaha...

I guessed they were from the same swimming club and had heard the news about Akira's mishap and wished all the best in recovery for Akira and thanked me for being there by her side in the times of need. They were expecting me to come to class and also back to the futsal arena as my classmates, who were part of the futsal team was missing the defensive forward. 

Soon, after everyone had bid their well wishes to me and Akira, I was left alone in the ICU ward once again with Akira amidst the helium balloons that the visitors had tied to the foot of the bed and the table as there was some helium doggies, cats and also octopus that were floating just slightly above the floor like it was some kind of pet. 

I saw the pot of miniature bonsai plant and placed it on the window sill near the radiator and also the hanging origami that I had hung there earlier. I made a mental note that I would water and nurse the plant every day. At least the miniature bonsai plant would give life to the room. All it needed was a bit of water and some clippings to trim the plant down.

The fruit and flower basket was removed from the mobile bedside table as I placed it on the small table with a drawer and a locker next to her bed while the 2 Ikebanas that her classmates had made in the florist were placed at the other end of the room where a white round table with two chairs was situated. I was busy arranging the rest of the stuff in the room when my phone suddenly buzzed.

I looked at the unknown number and answered it.

"Moshi Moshi...Yes...? Shiro here. Who is that on the other line...?"

"Shiro, it is me, Ayumi. Could you meet me downstairs at the lobby? I would be there in a few minutes... Could I meet with you...?"

"Why don't you come up instead and come visit Akira?"

"No, I have something to discuss with you and I wanted to just with you only..."

"Err... Maybe some other time, Ayumi-sama. I am doing up some kind of stuff here in Akira's room. I don't think I want to go down anytime soon. I am busy right now. I am sorry."

"Shiro...! I want to meet you, goddammit...! Why are you still playing hard to get...? I told you I could do better than anyone else, including your little girl..."

"Ayumi-sama... If you think you could do better than Akira, why don't you take your own life and be six feet underground... That's even better than Akira's condition now... I don't have time to waste on you right now..."

I immediately pressed the "End" button to shut the damn f*****g irritating voice, the out of place phone call that had no meaning and attachment to me at all right now. I wondered how she got my number and I think she might have gotten it from one of the futsal guys, I reckon.

Some 15 minutes later, as I was clearing the room to make it more lively, a 40ish-year-old lady dressed in a long blue flowery sort of modern, tight and sleeveless kimono dress that accentuated her ample breasts. She wore a dress that had reached just above her knees, exposing those fair and firm bare thighs and was wearing flat closed-toed platform black coloured shoes. She sauntered in without knocking the door along with the President of the Sports Committee of Asahigaoka High School, who was closely trailing behind her.

"Akira-chan...!!!" the 40ish lady went in and suddenly embraced Akira tightly on the bed as the latter showed no response at all. The former had tears brimming while it streaked across her makeup foundation on her face. I stood up and bowed low to the 40ish lady, which seemed to be the aunt that Akira was visiting her last night prior to the accident at the Oz Garden Bus Terminal.

"Hello. You must be Akira's aunt from what the nurses had informed me earlier that they will notify Akira's next of kin. They informed me that they had managed to contact one of Akira's next of kin through the school's records."

"M... My name is Shiro from Asahigaoka and studying in the next class to her... I... I rushed in here last night... I... I'm supposed to meet her around 5 pm for supper but I... I was held up somehow... I... I should be there before her and this in... incident shouldn't happen... I... I am truly sorry for what happened..."

I stammered while I with quivering lips mentioned that I should have been able to avoid the incident somehow or maybe I might be the one that was supposed to get struck down by the bus instead of Akira. I should be in that bed instead of Akira... But if I am in the bed and in a coma, how about this series then? 

"Whoosh...! Slap.....!!!"

A palm suddenly flew towards me and ended striking me on my left side of the face that instantly made me see stars, the moon and all the constellation. My eyes focused back once more and I nearly took a stance to get ready for another blow when I looked straight and saw that Ayumi was the one who had struck my face and intended to strike once more. 

"Boom!"

As her left hand flew once more to my face, with the intention to strike me silly, I struck out my left hand and held her hand just millimetres from my face. The force of the slap had swished my hair abit and I could imagine how it would feel if I got struck this time...!

She stubbed out her forefinger at my chest and hissed at me while making a downward "Don't make things difficult for me!" kind of stare. I let go of her left hand with my right and swiped the stabbing finger away from my chest.

"WHAT THE f**k? SHE OWNS THE HOSPITAL OR WHAT? COME IN HERE AND SLAP PEOPLE AS AND WHEN SHE PLEASES. EH HELLO... I AM THE PROTAGONIST HERE YOU KNOW. YOU THINK YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE IN THIS SERIES, IS IT?!" Wild thoughts raced through my mind as i swiped her stabbing finger from my chest. I never had been mishandled by the opposite s*x in this manner before and this really hurts my ego. Wuwuwuwu...

"President-sama! This is neither the time nor the place to talk or even look at you...! Please get out or I will call security... President-sama, your presence here is not needed and I am the one most suited here for Akira's sake...!"

I literally hissed back at her at the same time and saying those words while not making a scene, while enduring the stinging pain from the strike of her palm earlier. I looked at Akira's aunt apologetically when suddenly a pair of hands grabbed me by the collar.

I was half expecting a headbutt from Ayumi and I instinctively raised my forearm across my face to protect from getting a broken nose when actually Ayumi pulled me close and slammed her lips against mine.

"Oooommmppphhh.....!!"

She forcefully kissed me and slid her wet and slithery tongue through my mouth to entwine it with mine. She sucked hard on my tongue once she had found it as she wrapped her hands behind my head and ground her hips towards my crotch, which was actually building up the pressure as the crane operator had just started its engine. 

I pushed her away slightly and she retreated a few steps back while I covered my mouth, feeling shocked at first and then a bit of disgust because I felt violated. Mummy... Someone molested me in front of a stranger...! I felt a slight metallic taste of blood and I wiped it off against the sleeve of my t-shirt.

She licked the upper lip of hers as if in triumph and smiled at me as she had robbed me of a kiss...! How to report to the police and how to claim damages if you are being robbed of a kiss? The police would also side with her, right? Haiyoo...why are you so violent one, Ayumi?

"I will meet you in school, Shiro... Report to me after school on Thursday...!" With that she bowed slightly to Akira's aunt turned around and headed to the door. DAMN...!!! THIS WOMAN IS SHAMELESS TO ANOTHER LEVEL...!!!

As Ayumi exited the door, a devilish twinkle appeared at the corner of her eye and a smile curled up on her face as if she was saying to herself, "The effort that I had planned hard enough to accomplish had finally worked!"

I turned around to face Akira's aunt but the look I received was one that was not on my side at all."SHIRO-KUN, are you trying to make a fool out of me and my poor Akira-chan? Are you trying to cheat on Akira-chan, huh?!"

"Are you trying to make me raise false hopes for you in order to take care of my Akira-chan in the future? Are you trying to tell me and even SHOW ME you are two-timing my Akira-chan and is just acting with Ayumi-chan just to have her body?!? Once you have her body and used her, you would just simply dump her at the roadside like a piece of trash, am I right?!?"

"WHAT KIND OF f*****g ANIMAL ARE YOU??? Ayumi-chan had told me everything about you and everything I see right before my eyes are the opposite of what my Akira-chan had told me...! I don't need you to be here...! I don't want you to take advantage of my little Akira-chan..."

"DON'T LET ME SEE YOU HERE ANYMORE WITH MY AKIRA-CHAN..."

"GO..!!"

"GET LOST NOW...!!!"

"REMEMBER THIS YOU f*****g ANIMAL, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THIS UPON M AKIRA-CHAN...!!!"

"I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU...!!!"

I stared at Akira's aunt and was extremely flabbergasted at what I just heard and how fluent she was when she used the phrase 'f*****g ANIMAL' as my jaws kept opening and closing without a single a comprehensive word or was able to form a single sentence at all. 

*THUD*

I threw myself down and kowtowed to Akira's aunt. Yup, the Director had arranged for someone to throw me a small mattress to cushion and break my fall when I literally bawled and threw myself down on the ground. 

"Please don't misunderstand me Onee-sama... It is not what you seem it is... I will never betray Akira... There is nothing going on with me and Ayumi and only Akira can answer the questions that you mentioned... "

"Akira is the only one that I care and I will do anything for her... I never meant to do harm to her or take advantage of her... Please believe me Onee-sama..."

I kowtowed to her a few times as I felt that even the Emperor had no such treatment and respect from any of his royal subjects in centuries as tears and snot began to streak across my face once more... Seeing me in that position, kowtowing at her with the icky and messy look on my face, she seemed to calm down a bit or maybe laugh her head off once I had left the scene. I guessed I was much more emotional than Akira's aunt in any degree, which she had displayed a few moments ago.

"Then tell me, what's the relationship between you and Ayumi? She told me that you are her boyfriend and she told me that you both are seeing each other and even had plans to be together...."

"There is nothing going on between Ayumi and me... As you can see earlier, Ayumi is trying to manipulate me... Ever since I was offered a sporting scholarship and wished to acquire the academic sponsorship as well, she took a chance to get these 2 sponsorships."

"She told me that the two scholarships would be awarded once our school had won the Futsal Championship and that's what we did last Saturday... I wish you could help me out, even if you may not know me at all. I am stuck in this kind of predicament and I have no way to get out of this situation unless there would be someone else who would be able to guide me and stop the crazy b***h from harassing me."

"I know that from the exterior, you may view me as a playboy or happy go lucky kind of guy, but my heart yearns for Akira and her alone. Frankly speaking, I am the one being manipulated here and not the other way round. Sigh............."

I let a long sigh as the thought of being played by Ayumi like a violin especially in front of Akira's aunt. My reputation had already been tarnished and tainted by Ayumi's sly actions. I wished I could do something about it and the only thing was to change school as a transfer student.

I could just remain in my kowtow position as I felt rather comfortable being in that position after the Director had someone to slid the mattress towards me right before I threw myself on the floor. Good thinking, Mr Director. Great reflexes, Shiro...!