Backyard Cemetery

By: Asagi Tsuki

Summary: Kanata wants to beat Souun in importance

Another ficlet of Sequence. It's still a sweet short piece like the previous one I made, so enjoy!

This piece is also parallel to the previous one. It happened three weeks after Souun's death, but it's all fictional, since I've only read to the point where Souun died.

Warning: possible OOCness. You're warned. And definitely shounen ai

Disclaimer: I don't own Sequence – Magic of Courage

Backyard Cemetery

It was the middle of summer. Occasional cool breeze swept by, caressing the petals of the various flowers planted in the backyard, as well as the hair and cheek of a beautiful someone.

That someone stood in front of a gravestone, and looked at the carving on the gravestone that displayed the name and time of death of the one buried underneath it.

It was the grave of Komura Souun.

"Titi? What are you doing there?" a voice called as the owner of the voice walked over to the someone who had been standing in front of the gravestone for a while now. He ran a hand through his messy light brown hair, and yawned a little, glancing over at the gravestone once in a while.

"I was going to pay my respect," Titi answered as he put the small bouquet of flowers he had been holding onto the small altar where the incense pot was placed. He looked at the gravestone once again, and turned away.

"It's three weeks already since that time," Kanata mumbled to himself. He took another incense stick from the package which he placed near the gravestone and lit it before he placed it inside the pot. "Time sure flies," he added as he stood up to stand beside Titi.

"That's when you're happy," Titi said flatly. "Time doesn't fly when you're grieving," he added, remembering the first week since Souun's death. Time felt like eternity for him.

"I know," Kanata sighed. He looked at the gravestone longingly, and Titi looked at him strangely. "What is it?" he asked when he felt Titi's stare on him.

"I didn't know you like Sou that much," he commented, referring to the way Kanata looked at Souun's gravestone. He had only seen it once, far before he was sealed in the cross-shaped coffin, and far before he first tranced.

"I don't," Kanata defended himself quickly. "I'm just kind of envious of him, and I want to beat him somehow," he trailed off, looking over at Titi who was still eyeing him strangely.

"What's good of beating a dead person?" Titi asked as he shook his head. "Humans are strange," he added as he fiddled with the big white feather Souun left him when he died.

"It's you who take things too literally," Kanata sweat-dropped. "I bet you don't know any idioms."

"Heh, you're one to talk," Titi placed the feather under the incense pot so it wouldn't get carried away by the wind. "Why do you want to beat Souun? In what?"

"Oh wow. You're smarter now," Kanata said nearly sarcastically, but quickly changed his tone before Titi noticed it and decided that frying him with his lightning was a good option. "I want to beat him in importance."

"I don't know Souun's that important," Titi said matter-of-factly. "I mean, yes, he's good, but he doesn't really seem busy or something. He used to stay in the Island a lot."

"That's not what I meant," Kanata sighed and shook his head disbelievingly. Titi could be so dense sometimes. So dense that it was a bit ridiculous.

"So?"

"I'll tell you, but you may not kill me," Kanata said, placing his left hand on Titi's right shoulder.

"You're telling me to kill myself? I've told you that before, stupid," Titi shook his head and batted Kanata's hand away. "What is it?"

Kanata smiled satisfactorily at Titi, and kissed Titi's forehead lightly as he said something softly.

Then, before Titi could register the event that had happened in his mind and decided that injuring Kanata is not that bad of an idea at all, Kanata fled from the backyard.

:: Because I want to be more important than him to you ::

Backyard Cemetery

A bit sappy, I know. Some parts are strange, in my opinion, but other than that, it should be fairly okay and at least quite enjoyable.

If you do enjoy it, please leave a review. Thank you.