LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 90 Let’s Be Better Brothers!
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Chapter 90 Let's Be Better Brothers! by Harem-Fan
Our Chevrolet Camaro SS pulled into Hana's parking spot, due to having her plate sticker on it, so no annoying searching for a spot.
Mei and I carried our pickup food from Subs Way and Star Dollars and made our way to find James's room.
When I called his phone, Ashley answered it to him being in the restroom with Akeno helping him out. She kindly told me to find them and I got a simple order for them.
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Knock Knock! I tapped the door as I let myself in with Mei. James was with the two women and James' mother.
Jim's mother is almost 40 and short despite James being a tall beanstalk. She, like her son, is blonde with brown-eyes. She hugged me and said.
"Thank goodness you two idiot boys are fine! Why do you kids always get beat up and fighting?! How are you Ricky?"
"I am doing better than Jim, Mrs Tong. I just got a sore shoulder, no big deal. We were just at the wrong place at the right time as usual."
She patted my head like a kid and then asked.
"Seeing you all grown up looking, with a maid in tow, what Jimmy said is true, you are a Tang?"
So as I handed everyone food and drinks, I just explained a dumbed down version of the truth without all the glamor and pain. Then she seemed to get it.
"So that's it really. Also I don't have my X-ray till 1 pm, so you three ladies should go and run errands or take a nap while I keep Jimbo company."
Mrs Tong stood up and said.
"Then I will head home and prepare the apartment for you and Akeno, son. See you all later."
Then Ashley said to me.
"Rick, I will be back at that time, I have my duties to attend to for a bit, thanks for sitting."
When Ashley kissed the top of Jim's head, he smiled and she left. Then Akeno in her Japanese accent told James.
"I will drive to Kim's house and look in on her, see you both later, bye-bye boys, fufu."
Mei then came to me and said while adjusting my white-bunny-pin.
"I will watch your 6 out in the waiting area just outside here. Plus I will just use my laptop and see what is going on, just yell for me if you want me, Master~!"
Mei just waved to Jim as she closed the room door. He then looked at me and asked.
"Brother be honest, you and her?"
I sat in a chair I pulled to his side and shook my head.
"Nope, just seriously my personal-maid. I do admit she is so hot and I even dream about her occasionally, but we are just friends. You know about my maid fetish after-all, so some days it's distracting."
"You're a better man than me brother, I think I would have climbed into her bed for sure if I was her master, ha-ha. No never-mind, I don't think I would have the nerve to. She seems protective like one of those what do they call them in the Japan Empire.... Yandere!"
I smile because I know he is not really that kind of guy and is actually caring to girls. Then I ask him.
"James, now all the girls are gone, how are you really feeling brother."
James lost his cheerful bubbly smile and said with a sad voice.
"Rick... I was really fucking frightened man... It was not like our fights with Scott's monkeys... I thought I was going to die."
I just nod to him because guys don't coddle each other but just give reassuring looks. So he continues.
"I just wanted to protect my baby, my Akeno, and wanted to also keep Ashley safe. When that creep pointed his gun to her... My body just moved on its own, and I was useless..."
A couple of man-tears tried to fall, but we both pretended they were not there.
"I-I was in so much pain, and when she offered herself to save me, I felt so bad... I know she did it for me and Akeno, but... It really fucking sucks as a man brother."
I smile and pat his arm, then I try to Act with my skill and sound sagely.
"No Jim, this was good for you guys. You instinctively wanted to protect a woman you have feelings for, and she wanted to protect the man she has feelings for. You and Ashley along with Akeno are going to be fine and now you can be better than before. But now your feelings are clear... Ashley is a woman you would even die for."
Honestly I don't know if my words are true, but if I was James this is what I would want to hear!
"Rick, when you changed, I should have changed too. I don't want to be that useless guy anymore. How can I be better... I don't mean picking up girls, but a man my girls rely on? I want to be a man my kids will be proud of."
I sigh and admit.
"Sigh, I ask myself that everyday now. I have gotten into a lot of things since we graduated and I am stumbling in the dark. It's hard for a guy with average looks to have beautiful women love him you know? I am pressured to be the best I can everyday. I am afraid of losing all of them. And kids?! I just hope my kids don't hate me is all."
James who has put me up on a pedestal, seeing my conflicted face just started to laugh a bit and said.
"Ha-Ha, Brother you look so worried man. I am glad to see the old you is still in there. I thought you got possessed by some other being like in those dumb novels. I imagined you came from the future where you are like 50 and needed to change history or something."
I smile because my change was indeed too drastic. So I joke.
"Yeah, some days I feel like one of those Protagonists, but if I came from the future, the first thing I would have done was kick you to the curb as dead weight. So let's talk about your goals then, Side-Kick Character, ha-ha!"
James threw a crumpled up sandwich-paper at my head and scolded me.
"Side-Kick, fuck off, what side kick has two hot-ass girls at his side?! But no, you're right, let's make a plan for me and you, let's be better brothers... For our women!"
"Then James... I need you to study and learn business like your life depends on it, because it does. I need my trusted friend to help me with building a business Empire. I want to be an Emperor of the Business World! That is my life's goal in this life!"
James looked at me like I said something profound, but honestly it just came out of my mouth and I had not made this my goal until just this very moment!
One day I will look back on this moment and realize... This was my Superhero pivot point or origin, like when Batman lost his parents... Or when Spider-man learned with power comes great responsibility.
It was not my incredible lovers, or even my System's gifts, but my idiot best friend in a hospital bed begging to be a better brother!
As I decided my life goal, Jim smiled and told me.
"If you are seriously going to become a Business Emperor, then I will become your Majordomo! Let us do our best, for our women! Let's be better Brothers!"
(A/N A majordomo may, informally, be someone who oversees the day-to-day responsibilities of a business enterprise.)
Jim put out his fist and I bumped it like we always do, but this time it is a promise for both of us.
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And for the next couple of hours, we just acted like we did in high-school and looked at magazines I bought and listened to the radio for recent hits and fun background music.
James and I heard an interesting song debut on the radio at exactly noon.
[And this next one is from our new recent rising music star, Kate Kong! When I interviewed her today, this is what she said about her new single we will play shortly...]
[Ah! Ufufu, This song was inspired by my real life hero, so if you're listening my hero, this one is dedicated to you!]
"No fucking way Rick! Shit, Kate Kong has a man now!!!! Fuck life is not fair, sorry your idol crush is ruined, ha-ha!"
I shrug at my friend making fun of me for making him watch the movie she made like ten times, so he is bitter. I started to tell him till...
"Jim, I just like her movies and her songs really..."
[There's someone reaching back for me. Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat. It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet. I need a hero♪. I'm holding out for a hero, til the end of the night. He's gotta be strong. And he's gotta be fast. And he's gotta be fresh from the fight♪. I need a hero♪.]
Wait! Are these the lyrics from my old world, no wait... Many things are like my old world. So? She fell in love and made a song that is saying she is waiting for her hero?!
James seeing my face and brain stop in a mesmerized state, only thought I had a huge crush and teased me.
"Rick man, you have like 4 and soon 6 wives and you fall stupid hearing Kate Kong?! Hahahaha, Brother are you dreaming she is singing to you because your just so fucking amazing?!"
I gave him the middle finger and said.
"Stuff it asshole, I never even met the woman. No, it was the lyrics I was amazed with."
"Phht! The lyrics? And I read Playboy nude-magazines for highly intellectual articles. Don't lie to a conman, ha-ha!"
Knock Knock! Soon two women James and I know well come into the hospital room, Akeno and Kim. Kim, seeing the two of us laughing, finally smiled.
Kim stood next to me and looked at us, she smiled and said.
"James and Rick, I am very happy to see both of you in a good mood. Did you two sleep well?"
James held Akeno's hand and said.
"I am really good now. Akeno and Ashley really took good care of me, and I will leave later tonight after the 24 hours are up."
Kim looked at me with her worried green-eyes.
"I slept really well and had a good dream on top of sleeping in. So really don't worry about me. I had told you I had a great lawyer, right? Heck I didn't even get to the precinct before they let me go free."
While Jim and Akeno were saying something to each other Kim asked me.
"Can I talk with you on your way to the X-ray? I know my way there anyway? I just don't want to ask here."
Even without me saying yes or no, she said to the two.
"I will make sure Rick gets to his appointment, so you two just take a nap together and I hopefully will see you in class Monday James, bye."
Well I do have to go, so I just go with the flow and tell the two goodbye as well.
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As the two of us walked she stopped me in the halls when no one was around, took my hand and pulled me into a waiting room and pointed at a chair for me to sit. She sat in the chair next to me and took my right hand into her two slightly smaller hands, not in an intimate way but one should do for a patient, then she said.
"Your wives and friends are not here, but... Last night I saw something that concerned me, Rick."
I look at her hands but she doesn't even care about it and she just said it...
"Rick, it is your eyes... The same eyes your father had four years ago... The eyes of a man who knows he is already dead... The same eyes war-vets have earned..."
I thought she would just be over concerned and nosy, or say she fell for me, or some other generic nonsense, but... Her words for some reason hit my chest hard!
"What?"
She squeezed my hand hard and told me her connection to me...
"The day your parents died, I had a big fight with Alex and I was on my way to get money for my new home, because of his participation in that game. Just as I was going to walk into the bank, it happened..."
Kim's eyes looked just like how they did last night when she held my arms.
"I was across the street for the entire thing, and I saw your mother and fathers last moments. His eyes are just like yours. You two looked so alike and I never knew it was because he was your father till this morning. Last night my instincts told me something was familiar with you but..."
She grabbed my other hand and held both.
"Don't be mad, but Hana told me about your past. Rick, I think your heart died a bit that day, and that's why your eyes and actions are like your fathers. I am not trying to nag or pry, but I don't want you to think dying is your only option. Your gamble when you were shot shows you have so little regard for your own life. I am sad to see you like this, Rick. I am sorry for butting in like this...."
She wiped a tear in her eye then said.
"I also about committed suicide with the gunman last night, thinking I had no options. But just when all seemed lost you saved me. So don't ever think you deserve to die."
I smile at her kind words. I know she is only traumatized from the event last night, and I had no interest in dying. But her care has reached me and I patted her head like a small child stupefying her.
"Miss Smith, no Kim, I can promise you suicide was the very last thing on my mind. I have lovers and friends I need to keep safe, and if I am dead I can't do that. My eyes are just a family trait of concentration during battle. The reason I killed that man was simple. He was willing to kill me and a man like that can't live. It was his order that got you put in danger. But..."
I stopped the head pat and held her hand instead with an even bigger smile.
"The fact you were willing to watch my parents final moments really makes me happy someone cared. Thanks Kim. Oh and why did you stay and watch?"
Kim said in a daze. If this story is on any-other site than Scribble Hub, then it was stolen without permission!
"I was hoping to see a miracle and see the good-guys win. Your father saved two people and I felt I witnessed it that day. Right after seeing that, I ended it with Alex. I wanted better. I knew I didn't have to settle for someone who did not care, not after seeing a hero like your father fight for two people to live."
I saw the time and said to Kim.
"My appointment is soon, so... Well thanks for talking with me, I do feel better after this chat. I hope you are doing alright? Take your own advice and don't give up. Saving all of you was worth my little gamble so don't forget it."
As we stood she hugged me and said.
"Rick Lee, thanks for saving me in time, and my last thought was missing your fight, so don't forget to bring me, or I will fail you, ha-ha!"
She let go and stuck out her tongue at me cutely and in my mind I felt like I did a sweat-drop! She took my arm like a patient and said.
"Hurry student Lee, don't be late for X-ray class, ha-ha!"
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