Playing with Sakura by Shinzona

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Rated PG -13

SPOILERS FOR TB and X1999. Those 2 chefs d'oeuvre belong to CLAMP (who else?)I hate Tokyo Babylon! I hate the ending for Subaru and Seishiro in X1999! (grr, stupid men!) All you had to do is COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER! Look what you've done to each other! Well, actually you've killed each other and all that remains is a soulless body (the rest of Subaru) with a Sei-chan implant. You disgust me. Both of you! You deserve each other! (sobs)

SLAP! Oh, Gomen Nasai! (blush with overdose of sweatdrops) So sorry Sei-chan and Suby! Please forgive me! But those strong emotions are the result of angst/despair/heartache/denial/sakura/...That was just my psychotic schizophrenic nature taking control over me. I'll just move on with the story, dear readers.

Please be gentle with me. I'm experimenting. This fiction is OUT of CHARACTER! (duh, why would it otherwise be called fiction?!) Also, English isn't my native language, French is. So, I'm a long way from Voltaire's register. Enjoy!

Oh yes, before I forgot, thanks to Purple Cloud for beta-reading.

Round 1: Challenge

"Argh!" I'll never catch it! Damn Shikigami! And he makes me run those endless stairs to reach those railways! I was there just a couple of minutes ago! Looks like I'm running back in circles. Stupid Shiki! Why am I drawn to you? You'll be my undoing. Those damn clothes sure aren't helping either, they'll make me fall one day! Maybe that day has come...

Now what?! "Waah!" Baka! Great, just great. I had to land flat on my face...again and around all those people. They're surely enjoying this spectacle. I can be so clumsy sometimes. How could I not? With those extravagant clothes I'm wearing it's like I'm challenging danger. And just look at that Shiki laughing hysterically. Grrr, I'll get you some day. Stupid volatile!

"Let me help you get up"

"...Euh, w-wha...?!" Who said that? I'm still dazzled and angry at my hopeless attempts to catch a ghost only I can see and is pestering me with its shrieking. I hate birds.

"Are you okay?"

"..." I'm not dead okay! Stop treating me like that! And what's with that gentle smile? You don't fool me. You insult me just by showing me attention and pretend like you only have eyes for me.

"Here, let me wipe off your face. You fell pretty nasty. Lucky you weren't harmed badly. Actually I saw you falling from the other side of the platform."

Who's that guy, anyway? I steal a glance of his dominating silhouette. Hmm, interesting. Very interesting, indeed. Expensive clothes, attractive face, well-mannered. A lawyer/doctor, perhaps? No, no I know! A future politician serving the people in need! That must be it! Nope, his aura's different from his looks. Under this geek hides a predator. I'm sure of it!

"...Euh, thanks, sorry for bothering you, I'm so sorry..." What else could I say. Let's blush. He'll feel sorry for me. And that's the way a young boy should react when someone else's grabs your lower-arms trying to help you get up. Oh, such strong hands. Definitely a doctor's.

"Let me introduce myself, my name's Seishiro Sakurazuka, I'm a humble veterinarian and I own a petite cabinet just a few blocks from here. Please, it would be my pleasure to heal your wounds. You have a few scratches on your face. I couldn't stand seeing those nasty cuts getting infected."

You would, wouldn't you? I mean trying to get a kick of helping your ego to reach a peek. And it's so easy working your charms down on a lost lamb. Oh well, I'll just go along with the flow.

What now? Oh, so cute...rolling eyes...inside my head where no-one can see. You're wiping my face with your silk handkerchief and without any disgrace you're exploring every trait of my face. You don't waste your time, neh, Sei-chan.

"Oh, S-Seishiro-san! I don't want to bother you. These are just some scratches, I'll be fine. I'm sorry I'm such a bother."

"No, I insist. I want to help you, truly. What is your name?

He's so persistent! Reminds me of someone. Yes, I remember now. This enchanting dark aura. It was some time ago, but I remember it so vividly like it was yesterday.

"...m-my name's Subaru...Subaru Sumeragi..." Blushing harder. Looking guilty/angsty...the lot. Only for him.

"Well then, Subaru-kun. Let's go to my cabinet"

To be continued...

A/N: And? Want to see the rest of 'Playing with Sakura'? Then...REVIEW! please, just click down below on the "review" button (big smile)

And yes, Subaru's so out of character! Well, in the inside anyway...

Seishiro doesn't have a clue...at all. Now, does he really?