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RITSUKA POV
Pain. That was the first thing that came to mind when I woke up. My whole
torso felt like it was on fire with the pain. The second thing that I noticed was
that I could smell something sweet in the air. Tea? Finally though, when I
opened my eyes I realized that I was in Soubi's apartment, lying on the sofa.
Not only was I lying on the sofa but the only items of clothing that were on
my body were my underwear and the bandages wrapped around my torso. I
guess this may have been necessary do to the condition I was probably found
in. Still, I couldn't help but have the word pervert run through my head. "Well
at least he covered me with a blanket." I thought a bit awkwardly about to try and sit
up.
Just then Soubi walked in with two steaming cups. "Ritsuka you shouldn't
move, you are not in the best of shape you know." Soubi warned coming up
next to me and setting the cups down on the coffee table. "Yeah no
di-"Suddenly Soubi gently pulled me into a hug. "Um… ah… Soubi…?" I could feel
the blush rising up on my cheeks. After all I was practically naked. Though
finally, after a bit of squirming I hugged him back still blushing. "Ritsuka, I
was so worried. You stopped talking on the phone and when I got there…
there was this huge pool of blood…I thought…" Soubi sounded as if he were
about to cry. "I-I'm sorry Soubi, I didn't mean to worry you." I was honestly a
bit surprised, I had never seen Soubi show this much emotion before. "No,
there is no need to be sorry Ritsuka; this is not your fault." Soubi replied "If
anything, it's my fault I should have been there to protect you. I am your
fighter and I am supposed to protect you from anything and everything that
could hurt you" Soubi said in a ruff voice. This accusation of himself angered
me. "Soubi, this is definitely not your fault. This is just the result of my sick
mother and I'm still alive so you did your job. So stop worrying about the
'what if's' because I know you are…" At this Soubi smiled at how well I know
him. "Also could I have my cloths back please? This is kind of awkward." I
said sheepishly. Soubi let go and looked at me. "Aww but Ritsuka you're so
cute!" Soubi whined jokingly. And suddenly Soubi was back to his old
perverted self. Once again a blush rose up on my cheeks. "I'm not cute." I
pouted. Soubi chuckled and replied "Oh, yes you are." He then left the
room before I could retort back.
SOUBI POV
I left the room to go fetch Ritsuka's cloths. What am I going to do? I can't let
this happen again, but how do I protect him from his own home and only
family? Would he even agree to me taking him away from there? All these
thoughts ran through my head as I collected Ritsuka's now clean clothes
from the dryer. I can't allow this to happen again…if I lost him… I couldn't
even think about it. I had almost broken down when I saw him lying in the
pool of blood that was his own, and once again right in front of Ritsuka only
moments ago. Ritsuka, you are the only one who could make me feel this
way. I hadn't been that close to crying since I was fourteen. Well going back
to the problem at hand, perhaps I'll just ask Ritsuka if he would like to stay
with me for a little while until we can figure something out.
RITSUKA POV
Soubi came back into the room with my freshly cleaned clothes. "Soubi you
didn't have to do that." I said slightly sighing.
"Do what? Didn't you want your clothes?"
"I meant you didn't have to wash them."
"Well I wasn't going to let you walk around with blood stained clothes."
"Yeah, but I could have done it myself you know."
"Not in your condition, besides it wasn't a trouble at all."
"Alright, well thank you."
Soubi came over and set the clothes on my lap. "Do you need help?'' he
asked. "No, I think I can do it on my own." I replied. I tried sitting up but
wincing, laid right back down after feeling a shot of pain run along my sides
and torso. Soubi seeing this asked again "Please allow me to help you, I don't
want you to be in any more pain than you already are." I gave a few deep
breaths; just doing that seemed to have taken the air right out of my lungs.
"O-ok" I replied once again feeling that blush creep up my face. Soubi
nodded and picked up my shirt first, sliding his hand under my back and
gently pushing me forward. Even at this small gesture I winced at the pain.
"I'm sorry" Soubi said seeing my reaction. "Its fine, it's better than when I
tried" I replied trying to reassure him. Soubi nodded again and slipped the
shirt gently over my head put my arms through the sleeves and pulling it
down. I was starting to feel like a kindergartener again when Seimei used to
help me dress. Setting me lightly back down Soubi grabbed my pants. This
didn't hurt so much as it was awkward, well at least for me it was. Who knew
what was going through that perverts head. Soubi simply just slipped them
on and allowed me to button them up; this much I could do on my own.
"Thank you Soubi." I said still slightly blushing "Of course, I just don't want
you hurting yourself." He replied giving me a small smile.
He handed me a cup of tea with a straw in it so I wouldn't have to sit up.
"Ritsuka, would you mind staying here for a while maybe? Even after you get
better so that we could perhaps figure something out so that this doesn't
happen again?" He asked looking me in the eye.
"Alright, I'll stay but we'll have to figure something out soon before my
mother realizes I'm not home."
"How long do you think that will take her?"
"Usually it takes her about four days."
"Usually?!"
"This sort of stuff does happen often you know Soubi."
Soubi looked horrified and possibly like he might faint. "Why didn't you tell
me this was happening?" he asked looking a bit hurt or was that concern?
"Well I didn't want anyone to get involved and I didn't want to trouble
anyone with my problems." I replied quietly. "Ritsuka you can tell me
anything, your problems are my problems because if I were to lose you… I
don't know what I'd do" Soubi said, honesty in his voice. "Ok" I said through
a yawn. "You get some sleep now and we can discuss this later." Soubi said
noticing this. "Ok" I repeated. Soubi started to get up to leave.
"Wait, Soubi?"
"Yes Ritsuka?"
"Could you stay with me for a bit?"
"Ok, I'll be right here."
After that I fell asleep, though unfortunately it was not peaceful in the least.
Authors Note: Ok second chapter done! So what did you guys think of it? Was it cliché? Good? Bad? Well tell me what you thought of it and R&R! :)
