Chapter 5 4

"Melody doesn't have time for a sibling."

"Sorry?"

Yoshiki just chuckles and smiles.

He returns to his mansion and finds Hyde in his kitchen, looking puzzled.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hyde."

"Mr. Yoshiki, I'm sorry for what I did last night."

Yoshiki stands next to Hyde, who's cutting some vegetables.

"Don't you usually dislike this?" Yoshiki asks in confusion.

Hyde starts to cry, pausing his vegetable cutting.

"I miss him."

"Tetsuya?" Yoshiki guesses hesitantly, as his friend hasn't spoken to him in a long time. Their meeting happened again when Hyde was heavily intoxicated inside Yoshiki's mansion.

"Not Tetsuya," Yoshiki said, holding Hyde's hand and guiding him to calm down and sit on the sofa.

"Sit down, it will help you calm down."

They sat together on the sofa, and Yoshiki placed a cup of hot tea on the table. "Drink it."

"Why don't you ever share your feelings with someone?" Hyde asked with a worried look, gazing at Yoshiki, who seemed to be in even more pain than he was. But Yoshiki easily laughed it off. "Aren't we supposed to talk about you?"

"How do you make yourself seem okay when you're not?" Hyde reached for the alcohol from last night, but Yoshiki stopped his hand, looking at Hyde with a stern expression. "If you drink that, you won't be able to hear my reasons."

"Yes, you're right. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I'm just a little concerned."

"Give me your reason."

"Well, sadness and happiness are two elements that become one in life. When sadness comes, I always believe that happiness will come later."

"Melody doesn't have time for a sibling."

"Sorry?"

Yoshiki just chuckles and smiles.

He returns to his mansion and finds Hyde in his kitchen, looking puzzled.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hyde."

"Mr. Yoshiki, I'm sorry for what I did last night."

Yoshiki stands next to Hyde, who's cutting some vegetables.

"Don't you usually dislike this?" Yoshiki asks in confusion.

Hyde starts to cry, pausing his vegetable cutting.

"I miss him."

"Tetsuya?" Yoshiki guesses hesitantly, as his friend hasn't spoken to him in a long time. Their meeting happened again when Hyde was heavily intoxicated inside Yoshiki's mansion.

"Not Tetsuya," Yoshiki said, holding Hyde's hand and guiding him to calm down and sit on the sofa.

"Sit down, it will help you calm down."

They sat together on the sofa, and Yoshiki placed a cup of hot tea on the table. "Drink it."

"Why don't you ever share your feelings with someone?" Hyde asked with a worried look, gazing at Yoshiki, who seemed to be in even more pain than he was. But Yoshiki easily laughed it off. "Aren't we supposed to talk about you?"

"How do you make yourself seem okay when you're not?" Hyde reached for the alcohol from last night, but Yoshiki stopped his hand, looking at Hyde with a stern expression. "If you drink that, you won't be able to hear my reasons."

"Yes, you're right. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I'm just a little concerned."

"Give me your reason."

"Well, sadness and happiness are two elements that become one in life. When sadness comes, I always believe that happiness will come later."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, that's right. How about you? Do you feel better now?"

Hyde nodded and sipped a cup of hot tea. "Last night, I really regretted it."

"Don't worry, I don't mind."

"It must have been difficult for you, Mr. Yoshiki, to clean up that mess while being so tired."

Yoshiki chuckled sweetly. "It's okay, I was just worried that Melody might drink alcohol."

"Why don't you get married and have children? At least you can share what you feel."

"I've already done that."

"Huh, really?"

Yoshiki laughed. "Yes, it took a very long time, crushed my body, and I couldn't walk for two days because of it."

Hyde laughed. "Wait, Mr. Yoshiki. You were the bottom?"

In an instant, Yoshiki's face turned red. "Huh? How did you... yes, stop it. Don't tease me."

"Haha, no need to be embarrassed like that. I know you were the bottom for Mr. Hakuei, right?"

Yoshiki was taken aback. "Huh! Hakuei?"

"Yeah, I know, right?"

Yoshiki just laughed, avoiding an answer.

"What about your band, X-Japan, after Hide's death?"

Yoshiki didn't want to answer Hyde's question as he took a sip of the wine Hyde had forbidden him to drink.

"Hey, you forbid me, but you yourself..."

"Hey, Mr. Hyde."

"Yes?"

"Do you believe that men can get pregnant?"

"That's the rumor. If you've ever been stabbed by a man, sooner or later, you'll get pregnant."

"Oh, really?"

"What's up? Do you want to bring a sibling for Melody?"

Yoshiki laughed and looked at Hyde with a sorrowful gaze.

"Go on, I think I need to sleep now."

"Can I kiss you?"

"W-what!"

Quickly, Hyde's hand reached for Yoshiki's face, and their lips met, coinciding with Yoshiki's tears falling on Hyde's cheek.

"I hate kisses like this, because it reminds me of that bastard," Hyde wiped away the tears that fell on his cheek.