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Title: Love which surpass time

Pairing/s: Hotsuma/Shusei

Chapter 1: I love him?

Shusei's POV

The sun shone into the living room while people were beginning to wake up and start their day off. When other people were preparing themselves for the day, I was already seated in the dining room. It was rare for me to not be reading something like books or newspaper while I was having a break. Nevertheless, I just want to stare into space and try not to be so serious just for a moment.

Does he still need me?…No, he already have Yuki. But if that's the case, what am I still living for? All along, he's the only reason that I'm still living and breathing. What should I do? Should I break the bond between us? Should I leave him? Questions popped into my head while I was staring into the space in front of me, with my hand supporting my chin.

"Shusei!" Hotsuma called after me. I don't know how, when and why his calling for me makes my heart pumps harder. And that was probably the reason which caused me to start dating girls despite protests from Hotsuma, the one who had drawn reactions which I do not expect I have such as faster heartbeats and once in a blue moon, shades of red on my face.

"Morning, Hotsuma!" A smile spreaded across my lips.

"Don't 'morning' me! You should not leave without waking me up, Shusei!" Hotsuma gritted his teeth.

I turned my head to the cup of tea in front of me and took a sip, "Once in a while will not kill you. Besides, I am not leaving the Twilight mansion."

"It's not about whether or not it will kill me. Shusei, it's about your safety problem. So, promise me that you will not leave by yourself again," Hotsuma glared at me as if I had committed a crime.

"Sure, sure," I coaxed him like he was a little brat who was pestering me for sweets.

"Stop patronizing me, Shusei! You…," I cut Hotsuma off by greeting to Yuki.

"Morning, Yuki," I placed the cup back onto the table. And instead of continuing to nag at me, Hotsuma turned his attention to Yuki.

Don't say things in such an intimate way, Hotsuma. As long as there's Yuki around, you cannot see me. Pain began to throb in my heart as I saw him with someone who was as important as me to him or had even surpassed my place in his heart…I stood up and decided to leave the dining room, to leave the one I love…Wait…, love? I love Hotsuma? I covered my mouth as realization of my feelings towards Hotsuma dawned on me.

Before I could leave the dining room, Hotsuma grabbed me by the shoulder, "Where are you going, Shusei? It's almost breakfast time."

Imagine how glad and fortunate was I that there was no one standing in front of me to see unnatural shade of red on my face just when I realized my feelings for my partner was not as simple as I thought it was.

"Shusei?" Hotsuma called out once again when I did not answer him, then he warned me, "Don't you dare skip breakfast!"

Taking in a few deep breaths so that my face would not be as red, I lied, "Nothing, I just want to make a trip to the restroom."

"Okay, come back soon," Hotsuma removed his hand from my shoulder and used it to push back his fringe like what he usually did. Without lingering around for any longer, I turned and departed the room as I do not wish to be stopped by someone else. On the outside, I try to appear to be like what I used to be but I know that inside me, something has changed.

To be continued.

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