Chapter One
"Soubi!.........."
"Yes Ritsuka?"
"Take me to the new Amusement Park that came into town yesterday! That's an order"commanded Ritsuka.
"Yes Master."replied Soubi; willing to take Ritsuka anywhere he wanted to go.
When Soubi and Ritsuka entered the Park, the first thing Ritsuka wanted to do was ride The Swings.
"Soubi I want to ride the swings, will you ride them with me?"he asked
"No but im sure that you'll look very cute. I'll stay down here and watch you, give me your camera and I'll take your picture"
"Okay."Ritsuka reached into his jacket pocket and handed his camera to Soubi.
"Have fun!"Soubi said as Ritsuka climbed into the seat and the ride began.
Ritsuka laughed as the ride began to move up and the swings started to go around.
As Ritsuka came around to Soubi he snapped a picture. After about Five minutes the ride slowly came to a stop.
"That was so fun Soubi you should have ridden with me!"he said to his fighter.
"Yes im glad you enjoyed it and I got a great photo of you, would you like to see?"Soubi asked while handing Ritsuka his camera back.
"Wow................ this is a good picture!"he said while looking up and smiling to his fighter.
"Im glad you like it, because I do too"Soubi smiled and wrapped his arms around Ritsuka's shoulders. They began to walk down the shops when Ritsuka spied something.
"Soubi............."Ritsuka said. Then Soubi looked where Ritsuka was looking.
"You want some cotton candy?" he chuckled.
"Will you buy me some please???"Ritsuka pleaded. He blushed when Soubi's hand reached up to pat him on the head.
"Just wait here, little neko." Soubi said. He returned a few minutes later with a giant cone of pink cotton candy.
"Yay!! Thank you so much Soubi!!"Ritsuka said happily as he pulled off some of the pink fluffy sugar.
"Oh! Sou-chan! Ritsuka-kun! What a coinkidink to see you here!"
"What's a coinkidink?"asked Ritsuka.
"Kio what are you doing here?"questioned Soubi.
"I was just doing an art exhibit near by and decided to pop in. Hey im kinda hungry would you guys like to go get some food and comeback to the exhibit with me? Okay lets go!"Kio starts to drag them off with him whether they wanted to go or not. Which they didn't.
"Sou-kun what do you want?"asked Kio.
"Ritsuka what do you want?"asked Soubi.
"I want some Dumplings."he said.
"I want Dumplings too."said Soubi.
"Fine then I'll be the oddball and get some potstickers."said Kio as they walked up to the restaurant.
"I need Two Dumplings and One Potsticker bowl please."said Kio to the employee. When they got their food Ritsuka showed everybody to a table.
"I'm going to see if Yuiko wants to come and join us."said Ritsuka as he reached for his phone and began dialing Yuiko's number.
*ring, ring*
"Moshi Moshi! This is Yuiko!"she said from the other end of the phone.
"Yuiko its Ritsuka, do you want to hang out with us today?"asked Ritsuka.
"Ritsuka! Yes but who is us?"she asked.
"Soubi, Kio and Me."he replied.
"Sure I'll be there in five see you then! Bye Ritsuka!"
"Bye!"Ritsuka said before hanging up the phone.
"She said she'd be here in five................Soubi! Don't eat yet! Wait for Yuiko to get here! It'll only take a few minutes!"He said and confiscated Soubi's chopsticks."You can have them back when Yuiko gets here. Wait like the rest of us!"ordered Ritsuka.
"Yes Ritsuka. I'm sorry."
"And don't apologize!" Ritsuka pouted.
"Konichiwa Ritsuka-kun!"said Yuiko as she walked up to the group.
"Hi Yuiko!"Ritsuka said while getting up.
"Do you want something to eat?"asked Kio.
"I don't want to impose."said Yuiko.
"That's ok what do you like?"asked Kio.
"Noodles!"said Yuiko.
"How about spaghetti?"he asked.
"Yay! Thank you!"she squealed.
"Sit down Yuiko I'll get your food for you."Soubi offered.
"Thank you Soubi-kun!"Yuiko said while sitting next to Ritsuka. A few minutes later Soubi returned with Yuiko's Spaghetti.
"Yummmm! It looks so good!"She said while picking up her chopsticks to eat with.
"Ritsuka do you want my last dumpling?"asked Soubi.
"Can I have it?"asked Ritsuka.
"Of corse you can."Soubi said while feeding his last dumpling to Ritsuka.
"Soubi-kun do you want one of my meatballs?"asked Yuiko.
"Why not?"he said while picking up the meatball Yuiko set aside for him.
"Kio-kun what's your art show about?"asked Ritsuka.
"Some of the pictures I've done over the years. Would you like to see them?" he asked.
"Sure!"both Ritsuka and Yuiko said at the same time. Then after everyone finished eating they fallowed Kio to his art booth. After about an hour there they decided that it was time to go home, by this time it was 1:30am and Ritsuka was being carried in Soubi's arms half asleep.
"Soubi......."Ritsuka mumbled under his breath while he shifted in Soubi's arms.
"Yes Ritsuka?"Soubi said and looked down, only to see that his little sacrifice was asleep.
"Sou-chan, is Rit-chan talking in his sleep?" Kio asked, looking over. Kio was carrying Yuiko, who also had grown tired.
"Yes. He's very cute when he sleeps." Soubi said and smiled.
"Sou-chan, your such a pervert." They got a cab to first take them to Yuiko's home, then to Ritsuka's.
"Kio, I am not a pervert."said Soubi as they climbed into the cab. When they reached Ritsuka's house, they found the lights off.
"It seems his mother is already asleep."Soubi observed as he woke Ritsuka. He climbed out the car and then said goodbye to Soubi and Kio, then walked into the house. He was ambushed by his mother.
"Where have you been all night?! My Ritsuka would never do that! He would have called! Your not my son!"she screamed at him and proceeded to beat him.
"Mother, please!" Ritsuka pleaded. He gasped as she brought out a knife.
"Your not my Ritsuka!"she yelled at him again.
"Mom.......no.......please don't!"Ritsuka cried. It was to late his mother had already stabbed him in the leg.
"AAAAhhh!........"Ritsuka cried as he felt the knife dig into his flesh. His mother beat him a few more times before finally picking him up and throwing him out of her house.
"Mother! Let me back in! You know you don't want to do this.............Mother..............just let me back in......."
"Your not my Ritsuka my Ritsuka wouldn't stay out until this late without calling me!"she screamed at him through the door.
"Mother.............."Ritsuka said while putting his hands on the door.
"Go away don't come back!"she said and a click could be heard from the other side of the door.
"Great.."he said as he began limping away."She locked me out.......... now where do I go.........."
"Aaaa..." Ritsuka said as he clutched his leg where his mother had just stabbed him.
"Should I go to Soubi?................If it's the only place I have, I will"he said while slowly walking through the three feet worth of snow, blood dripping in a trail behind him. He looked up at the street sign.'Even unconsciously I go to him.' Ritsuka walked up to the door, knocked and waited for someone to answer.
"Yes?" asked Kio as he opened the door. "Oh, Rit-chan, what are you doing here?"
"Kio-san....is...Soubi...here?"Ritsuka could see his breath. Not good, it was getting colder.
"I'm sorry, he went out. Would you like to come in?" Kio asked and began to open the more.
"No thanks....I'll just go now. Thanks Kio-san."Ritsuka said as he limped slowly away. He continued to stalk away. By the time he realized where he was, he had collapsed underneath a slide at the park where him and Soubi had first kissed. He smiled at the thought.
"Sou.....bi...."Ritsuka said as he passed out.
-At Soubi's apartment-
Soubi was just arriving at his apartment and as he was waiting for Kio to open the door, he realized that there was a bloody path leading from his doorway.
"What?" He looked at the new mat which he had placed there just this morning. It had a puddle of blood on it.
"Sou-chan! Welcome home! You know, we really need to finish that project. It is due in our morning class." Kio said as Soubi walked in the door.
"Kio, why is there blood outside my door?" He put down the bags.
"Huh? Was he bleeding?"
"Who? Who was bleeding? Was it Ritsuka?" He looked at Kio.
"Yeah, Rit-chan did come here asking for you. But he left when I asked if he wanted to come in. But that's all." Kio said, thinking.
"Was he bleeding? Did he say where he was going?" Soubi looked frantic.
"I don't know, he was in the shadows, and he kinda just left."Kio said, not looking too worried.
"I have to go look for him." He started to open the door.
-With Ritsuka-
"Un---"Ritsuka groaned as he rolled over in his sleep.
"What was that?"said a voice.
"I don't know Yoji"said the other person.
"Natsuo what's that over there?"asked Yoji pointing to a figure under a slide.
"Is that a person?"asked Natsuo.
"I think it is....Lets go check it out........."Yoji said while walking over to the figure.
"Hey Yoji....be careful..." Natsuo said as he caught up to Yoji.
"Natsuo...I think that's......It is!! Its Ritsuka!" Yoji said as he ran up and sat next to Ritsuka.
"Ritsuka? Why is he out here?" Natsuo asked.
"I think he's hurt....Hey Ritsuka?" Yoji poked him.
"Nnn...ahh!"Ritsuka clutched at his leg.
"Ritsuka? Ritsuka are you okay?"Natsuo asked.
"Yo...ji.....Na....t....su...o...." Ritsuka groaned.
"Should we take him to Soubi?" Yoji asked.
"I think so...."Natsuo said as he scooped Ritsuka into his arms. It was then that he noticed Ritsuka's multiple bruises, cuts and gashes.
"Oh man..."Yoji said. A drop of blood fell to the ground. Natsuo looked to see where it came from, and realized that Ritsuka's entire right pant leg was covered in blood.
"Yoji...." Natsuo said and looked worriedly at him.
"We better hurry." Yoji said. They ran all the way to Soubi's street, then slowed down when they realized that it was making Ritsuka bleed even more. As they were walking up to Soubi's door, there were surprised to hear Soubi say:
"I have to go find him." When they were about to knock on the door, they found Soubi opening it. He was surprised to see them standing there. Then he gasped in horror when he seen the limp body of Ritsuka hanging in Natsuo's arms.
"Ritsuka......"