Goodbye- APH Nichu

Yao stood at the fireplace looking at the photos on the mantle in front of him, he grip the photo in this hand, the pressure making the glass in the frame creek with strain.
He felt the presence of someone behind him but he did not turn his eyes staring at the fire and the way it flicked and burned the wood with little effort.

"Are you really not going after him Brother?" Mei finally said as she approached Yao, touching his back.

"Why should I Mei? If he wishes to leave than let him leave…" Yao said his grip on the photo tightening, the glass finally giving in to the strain and cracking in three pieces.  

Yao looked down at the frame, the haunting frozen smile of Kiku looking back at him through the broken glass.
Kiku had decided that after living with Yao and his siblings for so long he needed to leave, this caused an argument in which Kiku told Yao what he really thought of him, Yao had gotten so upset with Kiku that he had slapped him right in front of Mei and Yong Soo.

Yao regretted his actions towards Kiku, but in his old age his stubbornness had grown strong and apologizing was more difficult than it used to be. It was too late for him to apologize anyway, Kiku had already left and his plane leaves in an hour. It was to late for anything.

"…Its to late anyway, his plane leaves soon there is no way I can get to him in time" Yao said as he placed the broken frame back on the mantle with the other photos.

"Brother its never to late for family" Mei said touching Yao's shoulder.

Yao turned looking at Mei, he had never seen her like this, her face. This argument had not only affected him. It had affected the whole family.
Yao kissed Mei's forehead before he walked past her and left the Apartment closing the door behind him.

Yao walked slowly down the flights of strains, his speed increasing with every step, by the time he reached the street he was running. He burst from the front door onto the street, he looked left and right, his brain was going a million miles an hour, and finally he froze facing right before he burst into a sprint.
He reached into his pocket pulling his phone out of his pocket and pressed the first number in his contact list before holding the phone to his ear as he sprinted through the streets.

There was two rings before Yao herd the voice on the other end.
"I need your help." Yao said interrupting the persons greeting.

"No problem dude what do you need?" Replied the American voice.

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Yao ran around the corner to see Alfred resting against his red sports car, the engine already running, as soon as Alfred saw Yao he jumped in the car, Yao joined him within seconds and they were off speeding though the streets.

Yao sat in the passengers seat panting hard as Alfred made sudden turns through the streets.

"Thank you Alfred" Yao finally said after catching his breath.

"No problem Yao, I know what brothers are like" Alfred said sending Yao a smile, keeping his eyes on the road.

It took them 20 minuets to arrive at the airport, as soon as Alfred pulled over in the parking bay, Yao bust out of the car door sprinting around the side of the airport, He was almost stoped twice by security, this was avoided by Yao holding his ID in front of him. This airport was build by him so he had the highest security clearance, which made it easy to get to the private plane bay where he suddenly stopped.

Yao stood there as he watched Kiku slowly walking over to the plane.

"Kiku!" Yao yelled his hands shaking.

Kiku stopped walking and turned looking at Yao surprised to see him. "Yao? What are you doing here?"

Yao ran over to Kiku hugging his brother tight "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry Kiku" Yao whispered.

Kiku let go of his bag and returned his brothers tight hug "its alright brother, I know you were just upset. I'm sorry I provoked you"

"Please don't go Kiku, stay with us" Yao said loosening his hug a little.

"I'm sorry brother… I can't do that, I have to go, I need to do this for me. Please understand"

Yao looked at Kiku and a soft smile came to his lips as he stood up straight "I understand Kiku"

Kiku smiled before giving Yao one last hug and picked up his bag and walked to his plane calling back to Yao "I promise one day we will see each other again!"

Yao smiled as he watched Kiku enter the plane, he was waiting for the plane to take off when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled out his phone to see a message from Kiku.

He clicked the message and read it…

Yao,
Thank you for coming. You will always be my big brother and i promise I will keep in contact and one day I will return home. Please don't miss me because that will only make me miss you more.
I love you big brother.
Kiku.

Yao closed the phone just in time to see Kiku's plane take off, a tear ran down his cheek as he stood staring at the plane.

"I love you too Kiku…"