Dilemma Countdown
(a perplexing situation with increasing activity, tension, or anxiety, as before a deadline)

Chapter 1 - Boundless
Bound - intending to go

Spoilers: There's not a lot of spoilers, but some spoilers are inner mixed.
Timeline: In-between the second set of Zeros and before going to the Seven Moons Academy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Loveless or it's characters.
Note: If you find any misspellings or areas that are hard to understand, then please feel to tell me so I can correct them. Thanks : 3.

Edit 1: Corrected spelling and grammar errors. (Sorry for submitting it like 3 times I was trying to figure out how to correct the errors.)
Edit 2: Fixed the present tenses to past tenses that where bothersome. Also reworded some areas to make it flow better, since some areas seemed choppy after the edit. It should read like all this happened in the past and I am retelling it (at least that's the plan ^^;).
Thanks guys! Please keep telling me how to improve my writing style.

Our story begun on a warm spring day in the middle of the third month in the common era. The sun that day, danced gentle through the green leaves of the tall trees that lined a pebbled walking path. As a small cat eared boy (who was small for his age) walked slowly underneath them on his way to the grocery store. He was dressed in a yellow pull-over that had orange trim, brown shorts that where slightly baggy, and brown strappy sandals. As he walked his black cat tail, which, was the same color as his hair and cat ears, swung in time with the beat of his footsteps. His amethyst colored eyes where slowly reviewed over a long list of items that his mother had thrown a hissy fit for him to get from the store (it seems she had forgotten them).

The small boy sighed as he started to mumble to himself, "Salt, butter…milk, bread…."

"This seems like a lot of more than 'I forgot'." he thought being a little bit frustrated at what just happened at home a couple minutes ago. But it was soon forgotten as he pushed it out of mind as he looked up to admire the tree he just walked under.

The silence was only broken when a man's voice caught him off guard, "Ritsuka."

The small boy turned around to see the voice that had called for him (even though he already know who it was). A tall, long blond hair, fair skin man with round glasses approached him as if he was going to rescue him for whatever danger he was in. The man was dressed in a white pocketed dress shirt, black slacks, with black dressy-like shoes and the corners of his lips began to slightly curve upwards as he ran.

"Soubi, I thought I told you not to follow me." said Ritsuka, who seemed a bit irritated at the man that had approached him.

"Who said anything about following?" said Soubi, with an obvious smile as he spoke, "I was just in the area walking in the same direction." He was amused over how frustrated the small boy had gotten at his presence within last couple of minutes.

"That's called following someone." said Ritsuka, this time his words had more bite.

"You never gave me an order not to walk in same direction, just not to follow you." said Soubi, as he leaned down to look at the Ritsuka's anger face (only to get a better look of course).

"Don't follow me. Don't walk in the same direction as me. Don't come near me." said Ritsuka, in stern tone as he pointed his right index finger at the man.

"Is that an order?" asked Soubi, while he placed a cigarette in his mouth then lit it.

"Yes, it is. It's an order." said Ritsuka, who looked angrier by the minute, "And put out that cigarette it's a nasty habit."

"As you wish." said Soubi, as he walked away with the cigarette still in his mouth. He looked up at the trees as though he noticed something, but just smiled a bit at what just happened between him and the small boy. Then he flicked the cigarette away as he walked away from Ritsuka, who had picked up his pace (now running) in the opposite direction then him.

Ritsuka slowed his pace as he neared the grocery store, he had passed many people and places that he hadn't notice or wanted to pay attention to. Thoughts swirled in his head at the confrontation he just had with the man and how frustrated he felt.

"He always seems to do this to me…" thought Ritsuka frustrated, as he turned the corner.

It slowly got dark out as he reached his destination. The old grocery store was nestled between two newer shops, but the man that ran it was very kind so Ritsuka liked to go there. He felt like he wasn't forced to remember the "other Ritsuka" when he was there. He entered the small old grocery store and was greeted by florescent lit isles and the fruit and vegetable area. Then he quickly grabbed a blue hand basket from the bin as he began his journey up and down the isles to find the items on the list.

"First fruit and vegetables…" said Ritsuka to himself, as he moved around the tables and bends set up for each fruit or vegetable he needed from his list.

His eyes darted down the list to make sure he got everything (he didn't want to have to back track) and soon turned the corner. While he did, he smashed right into a woman that was doing the same thing as him. Fruit, vegetable, cans, and anything you could think of flung in every direction as the two of them had collided into each other.

"Hmmm. Are you alright?" asked Ritsuka, as he sat on the floor. He looked at the mess before him half dazed and then to the woman that looked down at him.

"How rude of you? Didn't you see me as I rounded the corner?" angrily asked the woman, she towered over the small figure that was Ritsuka.

"A…a…" said Ritsuka, as he responded to that tone in an unsure manner. If it was his mother he know to let himself be yelled at, but a stranger, that's a bit harder to figure out.

"Ma'am. I am sure he didn't mean it." said a mans voice from the back of Ritsuka, as a strong hand pulled him up by the upper arm to make him stand on his own feet.

When Ritsuka looked behind him, it was Soubi and another man with short blond hair, side-ways D shaped glasses and was about a head shorter then Soubi was. Ritsuka blushed at the sight, but at the same time angered that after he ordered Soubi to leave him alone he stood there. But before he could say anything about it or much less be angered (for too long that is), a voice interrupted him mid-way.

"Here let me help pick them up…" said the other man, who had walked over to the mess on the floor.

"Kio…"said Ritsuka surprised.

The man looked up, as if he responded, while he held up a can in-order to for it to be given to Soubi (hopping it would tell him you help too) and Ritsuka smiled at this jester.

"Don't worry about old hentai over there." said Kio, pointed to Soubi with is free hand, "He'll help too."

"I am not a hentai." responded Soubi, who had bent over and helped with a few cans on the floor as well.

Ritsuka smiled at how Soubi responded and then bent down to help the two man (that just rescued him) to pick up the items on the ground. Within a couple minutes the mess was cleared up and the woman was on her way, she huffed loudly as she left at the inconvenience they just bestowed upon her.

"I wonder why she's so mad." Kio chuckled, as he watched the woman leave.

"What are you dong here?!" fumed Ritsuka at Soubi, which had come out as a half yelled.

Everyone in the store looked at both him and Soubi all at once. As they watched a small boy who (seemingly) was angry at his guardian or parent who had just tracked him down.

"It seems that I just saved you." said Soubi, as he pointed nonchalantly at the people that looked at them.

But before Ritsuka could as anything more, he felt a hand plop down on his head and he looked up to see Kio.

"I told you no to worry about old hentai. He's helping me do some shopping that I need to get done." said Kio.

"I am not a hentai." said Soubi, by now looked a bit mad with his hand crossed.

Kio wondered pass Soubi and Ritsuka, while, he half talked to himself as he passed, "Bread, milk, beer..."

"Don't follow me!" yelled Ritsuka, he looked directly at Soubi while he blushed.

Ritsuka was really angered by this time as he went to the next isle, but the way Soubi responded made him a bit more relieved that Soubi was there. He didn't know why it did, but it did. Soubi smiled at the small back of the slightly confused boy and was about to say something when he felt an odd twinge that made him look in the opposite direction.

"A fighter.." thought Soubi as he spaced out, "No this was a different feeling something far more grave and frightening…"

He then noticed that Ritsuka had dropped his hand basket and held his ears, while he looked in the same direction. The odd sound (that the twinge had made) pierced through Ritsuka's body, which, could be seen on his face. But before Soubi could get over to him, Ritsuka was half way down the isle in the direction that the sound came from.

"Wait, Rit…!" half yelled Soubi. But before he had finished his sentence Ritsuka was out of sight and his voice had failed to stop the small boy.

"Soubi, I need you." Soubi heard Ritsuka's voice. It was as if Ritsuka had just tugged on his hand in the direction that the he had just left in.

"I have been called." thought Soubi. He had taken off his glasses and put them in his front left hand-side dress shirt pocket, then he began to run in the direction of Ritsuka.

"Hey, I need you to…" but before Kio could get out another word, Soubi was gone and out of eyesight from the isle that the three of them once stood in.

"That pervert, but I'll guess I'll have to make do." sighed Kio, he then noticed a piece of paper on the ground, "What's this?". He picked it up and the basket that Ritsuka had just dropped, then, walked onto the next isle like nothing had happened.

Soubi rounded the corner at mid-pace, when he noticed Ritsuka's small back and began to run to his side. However, before he could get to him, he was horrified by what he saw (he really didn't expect it). A large metal box-shaped object was being hurtled into Ritsuka's direction at an alarming speed.

"Ritsuka!" Soubi shouted as he ran towards Ritsuka at full speed.

"Will Soubi get there in time to save Ritsuka? Or will there be doom…"
Chapter 1 - Boundless End

Yay! That was so fun to write. Sorry cliff hanger ending there's more of them to come.

Please review and tell me what you guys think.

My writing styles is a bit weird, I know, so please forgive me for the oddness. This is my first fan fiction that I am making public, usually, I just write them and share them with friends. However, there is at least 3 to 4 more chapters planned for this story, hopefully, I'll get to write them in my spare time. I am kind of writing them as a filler to wait for the next chapters of Loveless to come out *sigh* why is it monthly .

Thanks for reading.