Dark Desires
Prologue
Blue eyes snapped open at the sweet, yet woody smell filling the room. Only darkness met the blue eyes of Syo Kurusu as he sat up. He knew that something was wrong though. That smell was unlike any he has come across before. It overpowered his nose, steeping in filling his lungs until he coughed. He threw his covers away, placing his feet on the floor. If anyone were to know what that was it would have been his little brother Kaoru. Kaoru knew everything, he was the smartest eleven year old that Syo knew.
The door wasn't far from his bed, the the scent filling his room mad his breathing hard. It was almost as if the air refused to stay in his lungs. He had experienced that feeling before. The breathlessness. He hated it. Hoping it would help, he brought his sleeved arm to his face to try to block the tainted air.
"Kaoru?" He called out in a hush upon reaching his door. He wasn't sure why he did though, there was no way his sleeping brother would hear him. So he grabbed the warn metal doorknob and pushed the door open.
It, That horrid smell, hit him in the face full blast. But out of his room the air was warmer, almost hot. He coughed again lightly while he trudged over to his brother's door.
"Kaoru." He knocked and coughed again. "Wake up."
Syo waited for his younger brother at the door. He heard the latter grumble. Kaoru answered the door rubbing his eye. His blonde hair sticking up at odd angles, probably much like Syo's, a hand also hovered over his nose.
The first words out of the younger twin's mouth were not ones of greeting but rather a simple question. "What's that smell?"
"Don't know."
"It got worse when I opened the door?"
"I know, me too."
Kaoru looked around the hallway was dark, except for the small light coming from the stairway. "Maybe mama is cooking?"
"This late?" Syo coughed.
"Let's check."
Kaoru grabbed Syo's hand, leading him to the stairs. What they found was not the hall light on, but rather flames quickly climbing up the wooden stairs, engulfing the house. Smoke poured out at them making both brothers choke.
"Syo?" Kaoru looked at his brother hesitantly. The shock in the older twin's eyes told him that he had no idea what to do. Their exit was being blocked but the growing fire and their parents were nowhere to be found.
"W-what do we d-do?" Syo mumbled, frightened. He turned paler by the second, not just because it was hard to breathe.
"We could climb down from the tree next to your window." Kaoru thought aloud. "We can go get help."
"What about mama and papa?"
Kaoru tugged on his brother's hand with wide eyes. "Syo..." Though he couldn't bring himself to say anymore. He merely tugged at his older brother until Syo complied to follow.
Kaoru shut Syo's door behind him, doing as much as he could to keep some of the smoke out. They both coughed and wheezed and all but toppled over by the time they made it to the window.
"I'll go first Syo, so if you fall I can catch you." Kaoru stated grabbing the white sheet of of the bed and knotting it to the post.
"I'm the big brother. I should go first."
"Syo!" The harsh tone from his brother's hoarse voice made him pale even more. Kaoru was serious about going first.
The younger threw the knotted sheet out the window and took a deep breath before swinging his leg over the ledge. Kaoru shimmied down the slippery cloth faster than Syo knew he could. Kaoru turned as soon as his feet hit the ground with arms up, ready to catch his brother in case he fell.
"Okay Syo now you come. Don't worry i won't let you fall." Kaoru's worried tone carried.
"Kaoru." Syo looked back up at the door. Sweat poured from his head and he coughed. His slippery hands gripped the sheet. But a blast knocked the door open. Fires spewed inside as Syo was thrown off the window by the sheer blast.
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When Syo woke up next it was dark. The cold air wrapped around him, engulfing him like the ocean. Nothing stood in front of him, even the horizon couldn't be seen. The grass, which stabbed into his bare feet like needles, was gray and dying.
"Kaoru?" His voice weak, hoarse.
"Nope." A silky voice laughed. "Guess again."
Syo turned but was greeted with the dark sky. "Who..."
"A friend, so to speak."
"Where?" Syo turned again.
The voice laughed again, a light chuckle. "I'm here, I'm there."
"Can I see you please?"
"Of course. I've been here all along."
Syo turned again not sure with way he was facing. But as he came to a stop his nose was met with a soft tuft of brown hair. Wide, kind, gray eyes looked down at him, the person's face was upside down. It looked as though the person was walking on the sky.
Syo fell back in shock, landing on the needle like grass with a short cry. "How?"
Another laugh. "This is my place. I can do what I want." He slowly walked down the side. His feet came to the ground, and he sighed as the needles entered his shoes.
"Where's Kaoru?"
"How should I know?" The obviously older man shrugged. "Only you fell into my domain."
Syo's eyebrows shot up. He shoved his hands into the grass and lifted himself up. "Domain? Who are you? Where am I?"
"Finally you ask the smart questions. I am Reiji," He laughed putting a foot in front of him. He looked as he he were just going to take a giant step until he step up into the air. "And this is my home."
"And you don't know where my brother is?"
"Not at all."
"Can you help me find him?" Syo looked around.
"He's not here if that's what you are wondering. Imagine if you woke up and I fell through your ceiling. This is my home." Reiji shook his head.
"What kind of person would live...here?" Syo looked at the darkness.
"Who said i'm a person?" A devilish smile spread across the man's face.
Syo backed away frightened. "W-what?"
Reiji chuckled. "Don't worry i won't eat you. Yet."
"I-I just want to go back home." The blonde took a step back. Pain shooting through his feet. "And find Kaoru."
"I'll help you." Reiji's smile only grew. "For a price of course."
"What?"
"What is your brother worth?"
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"Where are we?" A thirteen year old Syo looked around. He brushed the sand off his blue pajamas. He really hated when Reiji did this to him. His hands balled into fists and he looked around looking for the brunette. "REIJI!"
He heard snickering behind him. the sneakers that the man usually wore crunched the sand below him. "Don't you like watching the sun rise by the ocean?"
Syo's face turned pink with anger. "NOT WHEN I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!"
Reiji's face fell. "Sorry chibi I thought it might make you happy."
The blonde sighed. "What's wrong?"
"Wrong?"
"Yeah. What's wrong?"
"You just seemed a little down. I thought maybe this would cheer you up."
Syo tried not to smile. For two years he had been stuck with this devil, who had promised to help him for a price although the price was never told to him. For two years he couldn't find his brother and Reiji showed little to no signs of caring.
"Thank you."
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"Syo wake up!"
"Natsuki?" Syo rubbed his eyes. Be barely cracked them open before curly blonde hair obscured his vision. His blue eyes opened widely as he pushed himself away from his roommate. "Natsuki what are you doing?"
Natsuki sat on the edge of Syo's bed. The teen pouted a little. "Kotobuki- sensei wanted me to get you before class started. So I thought I should wake you up."
Syo sighed. "Thank you Natsuki."
"Do you know what he wants?" Natsuki asked, not moving an inch as Syo pushed him on his way off the bed.
"Move?" Syo raised an eyebrow.
Natsuki paid him no mind as he continued on talking. "Is Kotobuki-sensei tutoring you? He's the best teacher we have here. He makes it so easy to learn. I love it when he has to speak English."
Syo made a face. "Eww, please indulge yourself in you sick fantasies about our teacher when i'm not here."
"Aw you just see how amazing he is because you've know him for years." Natsuki blushed.
"Ew." The smaller blonde faked a gag as he dressed and grabbed his bag. "I'll see you in class."
Natsuki rested his head on the wood of the top bunk of the bed he sat on. He gave a small wave as if he barely recognized the younger blonde was leaving while he sat in his daydream.
It didn't take Syo long to make his way to find Kotobuki-sensei's. It didn't hurt that the teacher was the dorm head and was often patrolling before school. So it wasn't a surprise when the short blonde literally ran into him.
"Ow!" Syo cried out, falling back as he hit the side of the teacher. Syo hit the floor and looked up at the brown haired teacher. "Watch it Reiji!" He growled.
Reiji chuckled. He brushed off his brown coat before offering Syo a hand to help him up. "I'm sorry, I might have seen you if you weren't so short that i couldn't see you."
"Shut up!" Syo growled.
"Oh, I guess you didn't want to hear about the two new transfer students then."
"What?"
"It's been five long years." Reiji grinned devilishly. "Looks like our story is about to begin."
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Been thinking about posting this and kinda stuck on my other one so why not.
At the moment it is Reiji x Syo but it will slowly change away from that.
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