Disclaimer: I don't own Loveless. If I did Ritsuka would've lost his ears at the end of the anime series. :

Okay, this is pretty much my first Loveless fanfic. I've recently become obsessed with the series and decided to finally getting around to writing a fanfiction. WARNING: There will be yaoi (boyxboy) in this, so if you don't like it, stay out. Then again I doubt you'd watch/read Loveless if you hated yaoi anyway. xD

Anyway, here is the first chapter! Enjoy!

Morning Surprise

Chapter I

Ugh…my head…

The young teen slowly opened his eyes, trying to adjust to the bright light of the room. Squinting, he could make out two figures sitting on both sides of him: one with sea foam colored hair and lilac eyes, the other with maroon hair and green eyes. They were smirking at him.

"Hey, Loveless, Soubi's pretty rough, huh?" said the blue-haired one.

"We had to sleep out on the balcony because it was so loud in here, and we could still hear you!" the maroon-haired one yelled. The two began laughing.

Eh? What happened last night? Ritsuka thought. The only thing he could remember about the day before was the beginning of his 14th birthday party. It had been here at Soubi's house, and all his friends had been there. He vaguely remembered Kio handing beer out to everyone.

Did I get drunk?

"Uh… What happened?" Ritsuka asked, sitting up. He looked around and noticed he was in Soubi's room. Now he wasn't so sure he wanted to know what had happened.

Natsuo looked over at Youji with a grin on his face. "Should we tell him?"

"Nah." Youji replied. "He'll find out himself."

They laughed again and jumped out of the bed, running out of the room. Ritsuka sighed. His head was pounding and he was cold. It was then he realized he had no shirt on – no, the blanket was the only thing he had on.

Screaming, he jumped up and found his clothes on the floor. Quickly throwing them on, he went to the bathroom and found a mirror.

His ears were gone.

The shock nearly caused him to faint. He couldn't remember anything that happened the night before, but by looking in the mirror, he knew exactly what happened.

The 14-year-old stomped to the kitchen were Natsuo and Youji were eating breakfast.

"Where is he?" he said, trying to sound calm.

Natsuo pointed towards the front door. Ritsuka nodded slightly and ran out. He saw Soubi standing there, smoking as usual. Noticing Ritsuka staring at him angrily, he backed up a bit.

"Morning." he said calmly. He knew he was going to get scolded.

Instead of saying anything, Ritsuka walked over and began beating his fists against Soubi's chest. He began sobbing hysterically, muttering something about how his mom was going to kill him. Soubi stood there and took the beating until Ritsuka grew tired.

Soubi was about to hug Ritsuka and apologize, but of course, the worst happened – Kio showed up.

"Hey, Sou-chan! Have a hangover from all that drinking last night? You better not have done anything to—"

The blonde haired man stopped abruptly at the sight of an earless Ritsuka. His smile turned into shock.

"Sou-chan!! How could you?! Do you want to go to jail for raping a kid?! Baka! Pervert! Pedophile!" Kio kept throwing out insults. Soubi, getting tired of it, slapped Kio across the cheek. His friend stopped, shocked that his best friend just slapped him.

Soubi was glaring at him. "If it wasn't for you constantly handing out alcohol to everyone and forcing them to drink more, this wouldn't have happened."

Kio stood there staring blankly. Was it really his fault? Thinking back, he remembered handing beer out to everyone, and giving Soubi and Ritsuka a lot more than he should have.

Hearing this, Ritsuka looked over at the man. He walked over and stared at him angrily. "What the hell were you thinking?! Giving a kid alcohol! You yell at Soubi for being in love with me, but in the end you're the one who caused him to do something stupid!"

Ritsuka was angry now, and the two men standing there could tell. He punched Kio in the nose quickly before stomping off. After a few seconds he turned back and looked at Soubi.

"Don't think I've forgiven you, though! Just because you were drunk, doesn't mean you didn't do anything."

Before either of them could say anything he ran off. He didn't go home, though. If his mother saw him like this, he knew he was dead, and literally, too. After a while, he found himself sitting on a bench in the park – the bench where he'd shared his first kiss with Soubi.

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But…I didn't know Seimei had an adult friend…

Oh, my ears? Don't worry; I won't do anything to you.

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Ritsuka sighed as he remembered their first meeting. He'd been so scared of Soubi then. But in the past two years, he'd become closer to Soubi. But no matter how much Soubi told him he loved him…he couldn't believe it. Not when his real name was 'Loveless'.

Loveless… One without love.

He'd always been bothered by his name. It was Loveless…but there seemed to be a lot of people who loved him. He used to only think he 'liked' Soubi. After a while, though, he'd come to love him, even if he didn't admit it. Ritsuka loved Soubi so much that the fact he'd taken his ears wasn't a big deal to him: it was the situation. He didn't want it to only be because they were drunk. Otherwise it didn't have any meaning.

His thoughts were soon interrupted by a low ringing. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket. Opening it, he saw that it was Yuiko and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Ritsuka-kuuunnn!!!" screamed the voice from the other side. "Are you alright?! You got all drunk last night and then you just disappeared! What happened?!"

Ritsuka winced at Yuiko's screaming. His headache still hadn't gone away. "I'm fine…I guess." he replied. "And I'd prefer not to talk about what happened."

Yuiko was silent a moment. When she spoke again she sounded worried. "Ritsuka-kun…where are you? Yuiko's worried about you!"

Sighing, Ritsuka silently debated whether or not it'd be a good idea to see his friends right now. He knew Yuiko was worried, though.

"I'm at the park near the elementary school." he said after a few minutes.

He could hear Yuiko breathe a sigh of relief. "I'll be right over there, Ritsuka-kun!" she exclaimed, hanging up.

After putting his phone back into his pocket, Ritsuka laid his head down on the table. He'd wanted to be alone after what had happened, but he couldn't keep a persistent girl like Yuiko away for very long, and he knew he'd have to see them eventually.

He shut his eyes tightly, wanting to remember everything that had happened that night, yet at the same time scared to remember. Smelling something from behind him, he coughed. It was the familiar smell of smoke. Whipping around, he saw Soubi standing there with a sad look on his face.

"Hey, Ritsuka…"

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A/N: Well, there you go. Hope you guys liked the first chapter. Be sure to review! I should have the next chapter up soon, depending on how much free time I have.