(W00T, MY SECDON FIC EVER i do beleave this one has less ty-pos then the first ;; hope you like it!)
(I do NOT own Loveless or any of the charaters in this fic.)
"Natsuo. Natsuo! Natsuoooo" Youji sang as he poked Natsuo's cheek, trying to wake him. after a few seconds, seeing as Youji attention span wasn't very long at all, he gave up and threw himself on top of Natsuo. "Get up." he wined. "I wanna make brownies!"
Natsuo made a slightly annoyed sounding noise in the back of his throat. he wasn't much of a morning person. if not for Youji me would likely sleep in till noon. "Youjiiiii." he wined. "sleep now. brownies later."
Youji blew in to one of Natsuo's cat ears and watched it twitch as he did so.
Natsuo groaned.
Youji giggled. he like the way Natsuo's ears made that little flicking movement he blew in to them. the tip of Natsuo's tail copied the motion. "Please get up, Nat-Chan, i'm bored. lets make brownies! you like chocolate. it will be fun!" Youji smiled.
Natsuo opened his eye and looked up at Youji who was laying on across his stomach, smiling. Natsuo smiled back after a moment. he couldn't resist Youji smile. if something as simple as brownies would make him this happy, he'd get up...he'd die to make Youji happy if he had to...
"Ok, i'm up." Natsuo said as he sat up.
Youji rolled off Natsuo and jumped up. "Yay!" he said then ran off to the kitchen.
Natsuo got up and went over to the dresser in the corner of their room and got out some clothes for him and Youji. "Youji," Natsuo called, "put on some day clothes!" he heard the sound of Youji's bare feet running back down the hall to their room.
After Youji got dressed he ran back to the kitchen. "Hurry up! You're too slow!"
"Ok." he called to Youji. he rushed to get the rest of his clothes on then rummages threw another door in the dresser and after a moment pulled out some rubber bands. Knowing Youji would get something in his hair or burn it if it wasn't tyed back. then he ran to the kitchen where Youji was waiting impatiently for him.
"Youji, come here." Natsuo said. Youji did as he was told. Natsuo put the rubber band in his mouth and pulled Youji's hair back into a ponytail with both hands. he smiled a little as his fingers ran threw Youji's soft sliver hair.
Youji looked over his shoulder at Natsuo with questioning eyes.
"Its so you won't get anything in your hair, Youji." Natsuo said as he wrapped the rubber band around Youji's hair.
"Ok," Youji said when Natsuo had finished, "now we make brownies, right?" Youji reached up and opened one of the many cabinets in Soubi's kitchen. Soubi was at work right now so the Zeros were left to do just about whatever they want till he gets home.
after Youji found the box of brownie mix he handed it to Natsuo. "what do we need now?" he asked.
Natsuo flipped over the box and started reading the directions on the back. "We need 2 eggs, 1/4 cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar, "
as Natsuo listed the things Youji would find them and place them in a pile on the counter.
" And 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla." Natsuo said. he looked at the lovely pile Youji had made of all the ingredients. all those cups piled on top of each other, threatening to fall of at any time. "its so cute!" Natsuo thought. "Youji put everything in normal cups." he giggled a little. who cares about how much of everything there is, the real fun is making the food, not eating it.
"ok, now we need to put it all in a bowl." Natsuo said and Youji was back in a moment with a large pink bowl. he realized that gravity would increase on his tower if he put the bowl on top of everything and decided to put it beside the tower.
Natsuo opened the bow of brownie mix then opened the bag inside that contained the mix. "do you wanna pour the mix in or squish up the butter and eggs?"Natsuo asked Youji.
Youji grabbed the eggs and cracked them into the bowl. "eggs" he said. he put his hand under the egg as its insides dripped out. he liked the feeling of the slimy egg sliding threw his fingers. he did the same with the other one.
Natsuo opened the bag of mix and started to pour it into the blow as Youji cracked the second egg. then Youji took the butter and started mashing it up in his hands like it was clay.
Natsuo turned to get the vanilla of the top of Youji's tower and poured it into the bowl as well.
Youji was still enjoying himself mashing the butter. he paused then started to roll it in to a ball shape.
Natsuo then the largest cup filled with sugar and dumped that into the bowl.
"Look." Youji said and he held out the ball of butter. he had pinched two places at the top of the ball making two little cat ears and had roller a thin strip and put that on the back of the ball. "its a kitty." he said and smiled.
Natsuo smiled. "its so cute" Natsuo said. "You should cut the brownies into shapes like that too, Youji!"
"Yeah!" Youji said excitedly. "Then we can show them to Soubi and Ritsuka, too." Youji squished the butter-cat into the bowl and started to mix everything around with his hands.
once the batter was about the consistency of bread douh Youji got tired of mixing it and gave it to Natsuo.
Natsuo finished mixing it with his hands, then put about a cup of water in it and mixed some more.
Youji licked the mix off his fingers happily. "these will be great, Nat-Chan!" he said as he licked the last bit off his little finger.
Natsuo nodded. "ok, its all mixed!" he exclaimed. Natsuo put the bowl on the counter again and went looking for something to bake the brownies in.
Youji went over and looked in the bowl. he stuck a finger in the batter and licked it clean. "They're really good, Natsuo." he called to him as he dipped another finger in the batter.
"really?" Natsuo said as he came back over to Youji with a round pan to bake the brownies in. he set it on the counter where the tower had been.
Youji nodded. he stuck another finger in to the batter then held it out to Natsuo. "try it." he said.
Natsuo hesitated for half a second then licked the batter off Youji's finger. "yup!" he said "it is good."
Youji smiled. "we pour it in here now, right?" he pointed to the round pan.
"Yeah." Natsuo said. Youji picked up the bowl and poured as much of its contents out into the pan as he could.
Natsuo picked up the pan and put it in the over and set the timer for 25 minutes.
Youji looked in the bowl. there was still batter clinging to the sides of the the pink bowl. "Can we eat the rest?" he asked. not waiting for an answer he took a gob of it onto his finger and stuck it in his mouth.
"yeah! i want some too, Youji" Natsuo said and stuck a finger in the left over batter.
they tryed to get every bit of batter out of the bowl but of course it was imposable. they stopped when the timer went off meaning the brownies were done.
Youji gave the bowl to Natsuo and opened the oven. he reached in to grap the pan. "STOP!" Natsuo shouted.
Youji froze. his hand half way in the oven. "why?" he asked.
Natsuo grabbed a rag hanging off one of the knobs to a cabinet and handed it to Youji. "pick it up with this, ok? its hot, it will burn you." Natsuo said, a hint of worry in his voice.
Youji took the rag and pulled the pan out. "i don't get why its such a big deal," he said as he set the pan on the counter. "it won't hurt..." Youji cat ears drooped a little. he always hated not being able to feel things like that.
Natsuo grabbed a butter knife and handed it to Youji hurriedly. "here, cut the brownies out in cute shapes, ok?" Natsuo said with a smile. he had to change the thoughts in Youji's mind from his hate of the bodys they were given to something fun like making the brownies cute.
"ok." Youji said, his ears still a little down. as he started to cut the brownies however, his mind become occupied with the task of thinking of shapes for him to cut out.
Natsuo smiled as he watched him. when Youji was almost done Natsuo went to get a severing plate to put the brownies on. he helped Youji lay them out so you could see every one.
Youji had cut them out in shapes like stars, hearts, birds and something Natsuo wasn't quite sure what it was be he guessed it was a dog. "so, should we try some before Soubi and Ritsuka come back?" Natsuo asked.
"yeah." Youji said. "but hold on. i have a special one for Natsuo!" he said smiling. he grabbed all the left over brownie shreds that couldn't be used in cutting out the other shapes. he squished them up and rolled them into a ball just like before. he made the same little round cat. "here," he said. "its different from the rest so i think he should have it."
Natsuo smiled at him. "just like us, different from the rest, right, Youji?" he thought. "Yay! we get the best one."
Youji got out a plate and set the cat on it. then put the plate on the table. Natsuo fallowed him. they sat on the floor in front of the table. "you take the first bite because you made it, Youji." Natsuo said.
"ok!" Youji said then he paused. he looked at Natsuo.
"Hm? something wrong, you-" he stopped. Youji had leaned over and licked his cheek. Natsuo's face turned a slight shade of pink.
"You had brownie mix on your face." Youji laughed then took a bite of the brownie cat.
Natsuo sat there for a moment. half of him wanted to fling him self on Youji and the other half...wanted to cry. he knew what Youji had done went nothing to him. its just one of those things Youji does, like a little kid. but to Natsuo...it was much different. what Youji had done reminded him of so many things he tryed not to think about.about thoughts better forgotten. about home much he loved Youji...but in a different way then Youji loved him. and all those threats from Nagisa about what she would do if he ever acted on one of those thoughts. she had made ifvery clear just what she would do...Natsuo felt himself starting to shake a little. Natsuo took a small bits of the brownie. he couldn't leave without making sure Youji knew he was happy he had made this for him.
"Youji, why don't you eat the rest? i'm not very hungry right now." he said.
"you don't' want anymore?" Youji asked.
"not right now. i'll eat the others when i am hungry." he said as he got up. his hands were shaking a bit much, Youji might notice. he put them in his pockets to try to hide them. "i'm gonna go take a nap." he said and walked out.
"aww, fine." Youji said, his cat ears drooped a little. "get up soon, though!" he called.
"Yeah, i will..." Natsuo said. his own cat ears falling some as he turned the corner of the hall to where Youji couldn't see him.
(well, thats the end XD i miiiiiiiiiight make another chapter to this but i don't think i will. well, hope the likes it. and i would really like to hear what you think. if i get enough comments on this i will write a second chapter.)