Disclaimer: I don't own Loveless or any of its characters.
Well, here's another Loveless fanfic and this one is a much lighter story than the others I've posted. Im a bit tired of angsty story anyway. Enjoy!
Agatsuma Soubi never had a problem with money. Its not because he has plenty of it but because he doesn't bother himself much with insignificant things (in his opinion), such as his financial status. He's a recipient of a special scholarship for the gifted and talented artists and receives a monthly allowance so he doesn't have to bother himself with paying tuition fees as long as he paints. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he is a special fighter and a former student of the Septimal Moon Academy, which has a lot of connections. Sometimes he works every now and then on a clothes thrift shop for a few months and then go back to his bumming ways, butterfly paintings and mooning over Aoyagi Seimei. Kio pointed out that he only wanted more time with Seimei and didn't care about his own well-being. The fighter didn't deny it.
Seimei died and Soubi found himself lost, lifeless and numbed with grief. But, he knew he couldn't die when his master and sacrifice, Beloved, has given him his last order. That's why, one day, when he had roused himself from his mourning, he found himself staring down at Seimei's younger brother, the 12-year-old amnesiac Aoyagi Ritsuka. Suddenly, he has a new reason to live. He began to eat again, a necessity he had neglected on his period of mourning and started painting again his most hated subject, butterflies. They remind him of his self.
Soubi doesn't bother himself with trivial things such as money and only fills his head with thoughts of Ritsuka, butterflies and spell words.
But fate decided to intervene and amuse itself.
Soubi stared at his wallet, willing it to suddenly procure a miracle, producing money perhaps. Even just a few yen enough to pay for Ritsuka's ice cream. The wallet mockingly remained empty.
"Soubi?" Ritsuka's voice called to him and Soubi had no choice but to look uncertainly on his 12-year-old sacrifice, who was already licking off his chocolate ice cream. Soubi barely managed to control any wince or twitch his facial muscles wanted to do. He thought of Kio and decided to call his friend to borrow some money. He'll just have to pay Kio back when he receives his monthly allowance, which is still next week. Soubi nearly panicked when he thought of how he could treat and date Ritsuka within the week when he doesn't have money.
Soubi calmed himself and smiled his fake reassuring smile at Ritsuka. First thing first, he needed to find money for the ice cream. The ice cream vendor was eyeing him warily, when Soubi flipped on his phone and dialed Kio's number.
The other line rang for a moment before it was answered.
"Moshi moshi," a girl's voice answered and Soubi frowned as he wondered if he dialed the wrong number.
"Where's Kio?"
"Agatsuma-kun!" the girl on the other line swooned. "It's Mina!"
"Mina?" he asked confusedly wondering if he should know who Mina is.
"Yeah, Mina. One of your classmate on a few of your classes," the girl reminded him somewhat dejectedly. "Actually, we're supposed to be doing our group project on my house but you didn't come and Kio left already. He forgot his phone here."
"A-ah," Soubi replied nonchalantly but inside he was hysterical. How the heck could he contact Kio then? Where would he get money?
Someone poked him at his hip and he looked at it and saw Ritsuka an ice cream on each hand. Two?! He couldn't even pay for one!
"I already paid for it," Ritsuka told him quietly and offered him the other ice cream. Dazed, Soubi accepted it and watched Ritsuka sauntered towards a park bench.
"Agatsuma-kun? Agatsuma-kun?" the girl's voice on his phone broke his stupor.
"Never mind," he replied and hung up. He approached Ritsuka who was already sitting, eating his ice cream and seemingly engrossed on watching a lady who was cooing over a baby on a pink stroller.
Standing beside the bench stupidly, Soubi awaited in silence, not aware of his surroundings but only Ritsuka. He didn't even notice when his ice cream began to melt and drip all over his hands. Finally, Ritsuka finished his ice cream and threw the cone and tissue on the nearby trashcan. He looked up at the blond man and tried to reassure him.
"Its only ice cream"
Soubi decided that he needed a job as soon as possible and prevent this situation from happening ever again.
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