Fishing

By: Nagi

Rating: G (gaspeth!)

Pairing: Chichiri/Tasuki

Notes: Chichiri's POV. Shonen-ai (if you hadn't already guessed from the fact that the couple is Tasuki and Chichiri), short. Just a little something that popped into my head backstage during a play performance no da. Hope ya like!

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Fishing, I've found, is a very peaceful pass-time. It provides time to relax and to think. That's pretty much why I like it. If I have a problem that needs solving or stress is getting to me, all I have to do is get out my rod and everything just seems to fall into place.

I've been fishing a lot lately. Since I've started traveling with Tasuki. Having a companion on your journey with you is so much different than traveling alone. Not that it's not enjoyable. I think I like it better with a little company now that I've tried it. But sometimes it's a little difficult with someone else there with me. Especially Tasuki. He's very loud so I fish to find quiet. That bandit is always full of energy, even though he complains about getting tired and wanting breaks, so I fish to rest. But I mostly fish to think, lately. I think about Tasuki. A lot. Even when I'm not fishing, but I fish so that he doesn't eventually notice that I'm thinking about him. He's too beautiful for his own good. Unconscientiously of course, but I noticed. So do the people in the villages we pass through. I've often seen the young girls stare at him, giggling. Sometimes the boys, as well. I know Tasuki says he doesn't like girls but I've never really seen him attracted to guys, either. I mean, he hasn't had a relationship with anyone, be it guy or girl, since he started traveling with me. I've thought about that often enough while fishing. I think that him traveling with me may be preventing him from doing the things that he would like to do. Maybe I should continue on my wanderings alone for a change. I've thought about doing that a lot, but as soon as I resolve to leave him, I see him smile at me and look so happy as we're walking that I can't go through with it. I would give anything if we could just travel like this, forever.

Well, maybe not exactly like this. Something tells me that I won't be able to hide the fact that I'm attracted to him forever. I'll have to tell Tasuki eventually, but I don't want to loose this friendship so it can wait for a while. But there's also the problem that I almost WANT him to find out that I... like him. I'm sure he doesn't hate me right now, that doesn't mean he won't after he discovers my feelings, but I don't really think he likes me in that way. Come to think of it, if we hadn't have been Suzaku shichiseishi, allies, and (probably most importantly) the only two surviving ones, Tasuki probably wouldn't have even looked my way for a friendship. That's a depressing thought. In any case, he's my friend now and I shouldn't be looking this gift horse in the mouth. I really shouldn't be wanting anything more than friendship from him, he's given me so much already. I guess that the most I can do right now is be happy that he hasn't left me yet, and bring home these fish for dinner.

~End~

Rather an abrupt ending no da. I can't decide if I should continue this fic or not firstly cause it's so short and second cause Chichiri ended up being kinda sad at the end and I don't like making my bishi's sad no da. ;_; Maybe if I continue it, I could write a Tasuki POV one next no da. Comments? Opinions? Then review! ^-^ Or e-mail me, I've put my e-mail address in the biography now no da. Thanks for reading!

~Nagi