With the way Ruka sped off, Sakito could have been offended if he already hadn't. Maybe he was being a little too protective of his sister, but Ruka was hardly a friend and Mally was family.
It only made sense, right?
The blonde was probably mad at him, but hell, he wouldn't be the first and definitely not the last! The worry settling into his skin regardless of whatever he tried to do to convince himself of that should have made the most sense.
In the end, he had actually made Ruka upset instead of chasing him away with all of his talking. Go figure that the only time he cared about pushing someone away with his forwardness, he'd chase them away with being quiet and trying to avoid eye-contact with them. But he shouldn't have been so upset at something like this-- he really shouldn't have.
And the only reason he actually did acknowledge that he was probably a little thrown off by all of this was that Mally seemed to pick up on it the moment he walked through the front door.
"I'm home," he chimed lowly, closing the door behind him and heading straight to the kitchen, setting his back down on the living room sofa on the way there. His mission was simple: eat all the food in the house. He didn't know why he got like this, but he did rather quickly and at such times he didn't quite know how to hold himself back. He would start off with something small such as those little chocolates that their parents would buy on occasion. Just a few while he took things out from the refridgerator to make a sandwich or two... or four. It was just something to keep his jaw busy while he prepared his food and started a pot of boiling water for ramen.
"Sa... Ki... To?" Mally called curiously as she walked into the kitchen. The scene probably wasn't a surprise.
"Mally, do you know how quickly we run out of sandwich meat in this house? It's ridiculous. And bread. Don't get me started on that bread. It never lasts--I think we should buy two at a ti-- And we need more ramen, I know it's not all that healthy, but we should probably start making a grocery list for next week and I know they just went two days ago but it's really starting to run low and the handle on the fridge door is wiggling a little bit, I think we need to take a screwdriver to it because it's really bothering me right now. And you know how often I look at this fridge. I think there's something wrong with me because clearly I'm not good at this and it's probably why people don't like to stay around me for too long so--"
"Sakito," Mally only said his name to get his attention, knowing that he would still talk over her in the end, "What's got you so wound up? I haven't seen you like this in a while. You don't have to eat everything in order to make things better, and talking that fast will only get you to bite your tongue. Slow it down for a second, okay?"
"And besides, it's not like anyone would want to hang out with someone who talks so much and can clean out a house in twenty minutes like this anyways. It's no surprise that I would be foolish enough to think that Ruka would be any different, right? It was my bad this time, but trust me when I say that ne--"
"You were with Ruka? This entire time? What about Niya?"
"--easy to fool. And I know you don't like Ruka and I'm really really really sorry for lying to you this once but he seemed to misunderstood like me and it just hooked me in and I couldn't stop wanting to know more about him. He looked like someone with a good heart and--"
Mally sat herself down at the table behind where Sakito was ranting to himself and sighed lightly, "It's not that big of a deal, but don't make this a habit, okay? If I don't like someone, then fine. I don't have any choice in who you hang out with because I look like the criminal," she mused, laughing in the lightest when she realized that Sakito hadn't stoped for a moment.
"--I was foolish enough to do so. But he kept giving me this weird feeling at the end, telling you to tell me all you knew about him and that I should know some truths of something petty like that. But I don't judge, right? I don't like to and I don't like it when people do that to me, so why was he so insistent on this case? Does he really have to be so cautious about me knowing? You would think that someone like that would be more careful of the dirt that they spread around, especially about themselves, but-- Ho, shit. My noodles are going to over cook. Anyways, where was I? ... I still shouldn't judge though, right? Ruka isn't really what you would call a normal person-- he has that really fancy car and everything. I wonder if he--"
"He told you to ask me about him? Are you sure?"
"I know, right? I'm sure you know the rumors going around him and they can't be good things from the way he talked about them... so... I... just figured, that... maybe they're bad things," Sakito was eating now, talking between chews and swallows, "so I don't get why people would want others to hear that. You get me?"
And, finally, with the ramen done and Sakito's face stuffed, it was Mally's turn to talk.
"Of course. It's a strange request, but I can tell you about him if you'd like," to which, the older nodded obidently, mouth still full and head down to concentrate on his eating, "Well, Ruka... He's known for being a kind of rude person, but from what I hear, it's more that he's blatant with everything with disregard to others. It's something he doesn't do on purpose, but he can still come off as a bad person if your feelings are easily hurt. As those affairs... He's quite the promiscuous fellow. He gets together with a lot of people and really just doesn't feel anything for them. I honestly don't know why he does it-- he comes off to me as someone who wouldn't do something unless they had a purpose." She frowned to herself and rested her chin on her hands, continuing to watch her brother eat. "I don't particularly like him."
"So," Sakito swallowed a huge lump of food, "He likes people and he likes... going out, right? So is this a really bad thing? He maynot always be a really nice person, but he was nice to me."
"Is that all that really matters? I would say to be careful around him though, until you're sure that you're safe. I... hate to judge people, but I do know a lot of what others already think of them. A lot of people think of Ruka as a bad person, you'll want to watch yourself, Saki. It's typical that you would find the needle in the haystack, but this is much more like finding a strand of hay in a pile of needles for sure. I wouldn't call him a bad person because I don't know him, but... he has a bad reputation with the school and he isn't a very nice person. Just... Just... Caution, is the only thing I can say."
She was frowning again-- it made Ssakito feel so powerless, seeing Mally say these kinds of things and knowing that she felt the same way. It wasn't easy in the slightest, but... he would have to think things through and probably have a long converstion tonight with Mally about this.
"But I have work for History due tomorrow, let me bring it all down here and we can keep talking about your troubles and... appetite." She shook her head with a smile and dashed off, leaving Sakito alone in the kitchen to lament over these findings.