A/N: This fic is for Gouenji Zandera Aoi (thanks for the idea!) and her best friend so I hope from the bottom of my heart I live upto their expectations and that they like it.. I don't know how it'll turn out but...*fingers crossed*
The prologue might be sucky :P
Prologue
It was a very quiet pub, where only office-workers and tired businessmen came to drink because the other pubs in the city were too loud. Today, however, there was a shouting match going on between two heavily drunk men, who stood high as the bartender squeezed in between them, trying desperately to wrench them apart.
"DO YOU THINK I DIDN'T NOTICE YOU-!" one yelled
"ALL FALSE ACCUSATIONS- hic-YOU CAN'T EVEN PAY FOR YOUR OWN DAMN DRINK-hic- WHAT WILL YOU- hic-"
Yukimura, the bartender, stood in between "S-sirs! P-please I-" One of the men pushed him away and he landed on the counter, breaking all the glasses and hitting his elbow. Clutching it as pain shot through him, Yukimura whimpered but moved forward- if the owner of the pub got to know about this fight, and how Yukimura had failed to stop it, he would fire the bartender. By now the two men were attracting a lot of attention.
"S-sir...!"
"What is it?" one of the men turned up on him with blood-shot eyes "Do you want a piece of me? Get outta the way if this is none of your God damn business!"
Yukimura clutched his arm, tears were escaping his eyes despite himself, and his legs trembled...why..oh, why did this always happen to him...?
"N-no...but sir, I..."
"Lemme do things the way I wanna do!" the man shouted and gained on him, raising his arm. Yukimura stumbled back, and shut his eyes tight, waiting for the blow to come...
...But it didn't.
"I suggest you pick on someone your own size." came a quiet reply all of a sudden and Yukimura's eyes shot open in shock.
A young, blue-haired guy stood there, his specs flashing dangerously as he held the man's raised arm in his grip.
The guy looked back at Yukimura and the tiny bartender gasped.
Those eyes were just...
"Are you okay?" the guy asked. Trembling, Yukimura nodded as the blue-haired youth looked back at the drunk man.
"Now...why don't we both talk..." he said, smiling warmly. His piercing eyes were hypnotizing behind his specs as the drunk man looked at them in utter shock- he looked petrified. "You were talking about giving a piece of you, if I'm correct?" the guy continued "Now, would you honestly want that to happen? Do you know how painful that would be for you?"
"Let me go...! I said let me go...!" the man cried and the guy loosened his grip. The drunk man stumbled back "God, you're suck a freak!" and backed away in fear.
The blue-haired guy laughed and then looked back at Yukimura, pushing his specs up "Are you okay?"
Something about this guy was different, Yukimura felt, as he looked back at him. His eyes were so sharp, and at the same time so dissolving and so mellow, and he found himself melting...melting...
"Are you okay?"
Yukimura shook his head "N-no! I-I mean, I'm f-fine! See- all fit and- ow!" he cried as he tried to raise his left arm up and stretched his elbow.
The guy looked at it "You're cut pretty bad.. It looks serious to me."
Yukimura looked down to see blood staining his jeans and his eyes widened in horror "Aaaaah...I didn't realize...oh,no...I just..."
"You should get it checked."
Yukimura nodded "I will, after some time." he broke into a smile, flushing as the guy's reddish brown eyes twinkled up at him "Thanks, you know...f-for defending me earlier..."
"It's alright. What's your name?" the guy smiled.
"Yukimura Shouicharou...yours?"
"Soutaro Kanou." he replied, taking a seat behind the counter and helping set the glasses back as the maid rushed in to clean the mess.
Yukimura scratched his head, walking back to the counter as a man cried "Gemme a Martini on the rocks, you pimp!"
Kanou looked over at the customer who had yelled just then, then back at the bartender "Do they always treat you that way?"
Yukimura laughed "Oh, it's no big deal! I'm fine with it- they really are very nice people, you know, just having a bad day- and they need someone to take their anger out! I owe you one though. Thanks again-"
Kanou waved his hand "Stop saying that all the time." he eyed Yukimura's arm "Are you sure about that arm? It's getting late in the night- and it's bleeding pretty badly..."
Yukimura laughed loudly "I'm f-fine! Trust me- I just need to- ow- rest a while and put some- ow-" he winced.
Kanou chuckled "Here- let me see it-"
Kanou's touch was electrifying- Yukimura found himself blushing as the blue-haried youth examined his wound.
"Dumb bastard..." the man Kanou had told off muttered, taking a gulp of his drink and slamming it on the table, glaring at Yukimura.
Kanou's eyes shot towards him and he glared, anger pulsing through his veins. He looked back at Yukimura, who's arms were in his hands...the sight of that blood- so lusciously red, made Kanou slightly deranged...the smell could reach him and he felt dizzy..Yukimura's skin was so soft...and that blood...what Kanou would do to reach out and have a small taste...just to bite into this soft, milky white skin...
"K-Kanou?" Yukimura stammered and Kanou looked up, startled. He realized he had been squeezing the bartender's arm too tightly. He quickly let go and smiled "Say what- you come with me- I'll have you bandaged and we'll have some coffee, and then I'll drop you at your place. How does that sound?"
Yukimura was about to refuse the offer- after all he had just met Kanou- but as he looked up, he got caught in Kanou's eyes. The shades were moving so strangely, as if they were on fire...he didn't know why or how but they felt so comforting and warm, they felt like huge peat bogs he was stuck in, and before he could realize it, he found himself agreeing with Kanou's idea "...W-Why not?" he mumbled, smiling.
Kanou lay back, and Yukimura was pulled out of his daze. He shook his head, startled.
"Good, then. Shall we go?" Kanou asked.
Yukimura looked up, still feeling strange "Uh...my shift finishes in another f-fifteen minutes...then we c-can...yeah...we can go then" Yukimura smiled uncertainly, knowing he liked this stranger.
And in the dark lights, the bartender didn't notice the scarlet shadow that passed Kanou's eyes.
A/N: Well...how was it? *fingers crosses* It's my first attempt at YukimuraxKanou, and yes, it's quite dark and umm..blunt...? But I hope it was not that bad..
Hmmm...Anyways...thanks for reading and please review! :)
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