Title: Realizing Hidden Emotions
Word Count: 849
Author: kawaii hime-sama
Date: 13th February 2009
-DISCLAIMER- I don't own Loveless, Yun Kouga does. If I owned Loveless, this wouldn't be a fanfiction, now would it?
-A/N this is 2 years from the anime so Ritsuka, Yuiko and, Yayoi are 14 years old, and Soubi is 22-
Ritsuka was in the kitchen busy with preparing dinner, pasta and chicken with a cheese sauce. Usually, he would flit around the pots and pans seamlessly, everything cooked to perfection, and all with a bright smile on his face. But today was different, he was pensive and sullen. And at present he was deep in thought when he heard the timer go off. The chicken was burning.
'How can the chicken be burning?! It was only defrosting!'
So, Ritsuka dashed around the kitchen, saving the chicken and preventing the same to happen to the rest of the meal.
Soubi was no better, he had an assignment due for Monday, but he hadn't even started. The theme was "finding yourself".
'What the hell was sensei thinking when she chose this theme?'
So, he's still sitting infront of the canvas, brush poised and ready to paint, except, he had no ideas whatsoever! The room was filled with an unnerving silence, disturbed only by the sounds of Ritsuka cooking. All of that was to change, very soon.
"Hey Sou-chan!! Wat'cha doin'?" He poked his head through the window.
Soubi got up and opened the door to let the lo
"What does it look like I'm doing, Kio? I'm obviously failing art."
"Now, now, Sou-chan! No need to get stressed, but seriously, you're only starting now?"
"Not even. I haven't even put brush to canvas yet."
"Well, what happened?" Kio asked, leaning in. "You know that you can always trust me, Sou-chan!"
"Let's go outside, I don't want Ritsuka to overhear." So they both tip-toed quietly over to the door, and into the front garden.
While the two men discussed yesterday's incident in the bathroom, complete with Kio's incessant screams of "Sou-chan! You pervert! He's only 14!!"
"Shh! I never done anything to him. And I'm staying by my word, I'm waiting until he's older, until he's 17."
"Hmm, I still don't know Sou-chan… But I think-"
Ritsuka dropped a plate and it shattered, shards flew through the air, only just missing Ritsuka's face by mere millimetres.
Soubi heard and he rushed into the kitchen and saw Ritsuka trying, and failing, to pick of the pieces, that were once a plate, without cutting himself.
Soubi gently held Ritsuka by the shoulders and tried to pull him up from the floor, but Ritsuka pushed him away and ran out of his reach, not once looking at him, and into the bathroom.
Kio walked through the disaster-zone, formerly known as the kitchen, and in to hallway, and stood outside the bathroom door, where Ritsuka was.
He knocked on the door; to see if can come in. Ritsuka let him in, and quickly closed the door behind him.
"Hey, Rit-chan?"
"Yeah?" the young boy said, as he looked up.
"You know, Sou-chan was only trying to help you, he's only human, but he's a decent person, well, so he says, but he wouldn't hurt a fly. He's deeply in-love with you, even I can see that, otherwise, why would he have stayed with you for all this time?"
"Oh, well thanks!" Ritsuka said, rather dejectedly.
"It's nothing personal, but you're a bit of a nuisance, you're totally unsociable except with Sou-chan, but even then, you can still be quite cold towards him."
Ritsuka, simply stared down at the floor as silent tears dripped down his face, his eyes shadowed by his hair.
Kio got flustered at the sight of the crying boy, and looked around the room for some tissues, and he eventually found a pack in one of the cupboards.
After Ritsuka regained the ability to speak, he smiled brightly at Kio.
"Thanks, Kio. You're not as bad as Soubi makes you out to be."
"What? What has that hentai been saying about me?!"
"Oh, nothing. Forget I said anything, Kio." Ritsuka said, while on the point of laughing at his friend.
"Anyways, don't you wanna go out and see Sou-chan, he looked pretty worried out there, you know, Rit-chan" Kio said, his earlier outburst slowly cooling down.
"O-okay" he replied in a very small voice.
Kio got up from the floor and unlocked the door and led Ritsuka out of the bathroom, the room that seemed to be the boy's favourite room, his 'safe haven'.
Soubi, who was sitting on the sofa, his head buried in his hands, he heard the door open, and he jumped up immediately. For him, being away from Ritsuka was the most painful torture he's ever experienced, even if they don't share the same name.
"S-Soubi…" Ritsuka said, as he walked slowly over to where his Sentouki, his best friend, his lover stood. He looked up and pools of amethyst met shards of blue ice.
"Soubi, I-I'm sorry…" he said, his ears pulled back and his tail curled around his left leg. He quickly looked away, not able to withstand the intensity in Soubi's eyes.
"No, you don't need to apologise, it's my fault."
And at this point, Kio decided that things were going to get more and more lovey-dovey between these two, so he left, quickly and quietly.
-khs
Well, I'm still alive, just barely... I actually wanted to get this chapter out last week before my 3-day school week, but that plan kinda failed. I'm just back from a 2-day birthday party, twas totally awesome, didn't get a wink of sleep though...
I seriously hope that this chapter didn't lose to the high expectations everyone probably had, but i will get the 3rd chapter out sooner than this!
Oh, and thank you to the 18 people who put this story on their subscription list after only 1 chapter!! I love you guys!!
And to the 10 people who reviewed it, thank you as well, you all helped me get my lazy ass behind the computer screen and write! 3 3
Sayonara mina-san! I'll see you in the 3rd chapter!! (there definetly is one this time!!)