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DISCLAIMER: You know the drill.
Warning: Humor
Fishing
Aidou pushed away the offending hand that shook him. "Noooo!" He complained and kicked out, giving a satisfied noise when he hit something soft.
Zero grunted when Aidou's foot caught him in the belly. Quickly recovering he leaned over his mate. "Hana, wake up!" He shook Aidou vehemently.
Aidou's eyes flew open. "Whaaaat? Why are you waking me at…" he glanced at the clock on the night table, "eleven in the morning?"
"Because we're going fishing remember?" He pulled the covers off Aidou so he couldn't burrow into the covers again. "Now get up." He commanded.
Aidou whined and dragged himself out of bed. "Zero I want to sleep."
Zero folded his arms. "You can sleep in the car."
Aidou stuck his tongue out at Zero before disappearing in the bathroom.
"Good afternoon!" Kaien chirruped.
Aidou growled a greeting before hopping into the truck and shutting the door.
Toga rolled his eye, standing behind the truck to make sure his large fishing boat was secure.
Aidou bucked his seatbelt, pulled the hood of his shirt over his face, and fell asleep.
An hour later, Toga pulled the large double-cab truck up to the cabin they'd reserved for the weekend. Three of the men carried the luggage and equipment back and forth into the modern log cabin, leaving Aidou in the vehicle.
Zero smiled at the rustic interior of the cabin.
"You and Goldilocks get the loft," Toga puffed on a cigarette, "I know you two are usually up at night, so try not to make too much noise while you're fucking each other's brains out."
Zero colored lightly, frowning when Kaien guffawed. "Whatever." He exited the home and strode outside.
Zero awakened Aidou the next morning just after the little vampire had fallen asleep.
"Nooo! Go away!" Aidou whined, snuggling deeper into the covers.
Zero kissed his cheek. "Wake up Hana-chan."
Aidou turned away, putting the pillow over his face to shield out Zero's voice.
"Wake up or I dump your pocky stash," he said sternly.
Aidou opened his eyes and turned to look at his mate. "Why are you being so mean? I'm a vampire, I sleep in the day," he groused glowering at his lover.
"You wanted to come on this trip, now you have to deal with it."
Aidou scowled, brow wrinkling in the middle. "But you said—."
"Hana come on love."
Aidou pouted, looking adorable. "Blow me afterward?"
Zero bobbed his head in confirmation. "Sure."
Aidou climbed out of bed and left to bathe in the hallway bathroom, whingeing the entire time.
Aidou glared darkly as he watched Zero spear the wriggling worm on the hook.
They sat in the middle of the lake in Toga's sizeable fishing boat, a weighing instrument behind them, a picnic basket lying next to Kaien, a cooler of beer behind his chair, and tackle boxes at their feet. "Are you going to bait your hook Hanabusa-san?" Kaien asked, casting his reel into the shimmering waters.
"No," he answered flatly.
Zero sighed. Aidou was just being a baby because he was grumpy. He flipped open his tackle box, rifled through the bag, and handed his mate a lure. "Here, use this."
Aidou took the proffered lure, attaching it to the hook, and cast the line, waiting under the large parasol shielding him from the sun. He waited and waited and waited. Nothing happened. The only thing penetrating the silence was the occasional chirping of birds and Toga puffing on his cigarette. He glanced at the other three men who looked content to sit silently in their foldable chairs and sip their beers. "Why is this taking so freaking long?" He complained.
Toga groaned in exasperation. Why did he agree to bring the little blond along? "Fishing takes patience."
Aidou scoffed. "But we've been here for hours."
Toga sighed. "We've been here for ten minutes. It wouldn't feel so long if you stopped whining."
A stuck his tongue out at the master Hunter. Surly cuss. Mumbling grouchily to himself he settled into his cushioned lounge chair and before long was snoozing quietly.
Toga shook his head.
Before long they were reeling fish in by the dozens, comparing sizes. They'd made a bet to see who would get the largest fish; so far Toga was the winner with his 22 pounder.
He sipped his beer, took a puff on his cigarette, and reeled in his next catch. Seeing the small size of the fish he tossed it back.
Zero looked at Aidou who was still sleeping out a care in the world. He leaned over, wiping the perspiration from his lover's brow. Aidou was so adorable when he slept.
"Aww! You're so in love Zero-kun!" Kaien gushed.
Zero scowled at the lively man, scarlet dusting his cheeks.
Aidou's eyes fluttered open at noon, his body became aware of two sensations: the smoldering sun baking him and the nauseating stench of fish. "It's hot," he announced, wiping the sweat from his brow. However his complaints stopped when he saw Zero without a shirt. Greedy azure eyes followed a single bead of sweat as it trailed down his neck.
Zero smiled when he felt Aidou's eyes boring into him. "You've got something on your reel."
Aidou lunged for the reel just as the fish yanked it towards the water. The battle was on! Zero coached Aidou on how reel in the fish without snapping the line. Kaien cheered, dancing around as the battle between vampire and fish raged.
The line grew slack and stilled.
"Now!"
Aidou reeled the fish in, eyes widening at its size. "It's huge!"
Toga frowned and flicked a cigarette butt in a nearby trashcan. "It's not that huge."
They took the fish over to the weighing scale, laying it on the cool metal.
Kaien grinned. "Twenty-five pounds!"
Toga cursed.
Aidou cheered. "Whoo! Whoo! What do I win?" He asked eagerly. Ooh maybe he won a massage from Zero, or they would all have to call him Oh Super Smart, Handsome, and Majestic Master as they served him for the entire weekend. He inwardly crossed his fingers hoping for the latter reward.
Toga grinned wickedly. "Bragging rights and the honor of cleaning it."
Aidou's jubilation deflated. "Those are not prizes." That human was off his rocker if he thought he was going to clean that disgusting thing.
Zero chuckled at the expression etching his mate's face.
It was dusk by the time they set out the grill and table to clean the fish. "Where is Goldilocks?" Toga asked, tying the belt of his apron around his waist.
Aidou was hiding out in the bushes, praying they didn't come searching for him. He scratched his hand, then his neck. What the hell? He looked down, azure depths widening when he saw the large red splotch on his hand. His eyes broadened even more, looking as if they'd pop from the sockets, when the splotches began appearing in rapid succession. "Itchy!"
He leapt from the thicket, realizing he was sitting in poison ivy. He hopped around, scratching frantically, not noticing the hornet nest behind him until he stepped in it. He turned just in time to see the cloud of angry hornets erupt from the nest. His eyes saucered in fear. Oh no. "Ow!" He cried when one tagged him. He turned and fled, running towards the lake with the cloud of hornets on his tail, the ones clinging to him managing to land repeated stings. "Itte!"
The other three men continued on with their normal activities despite Aidou's absence. Toga stood over the grill, beer in one hand the other flipping over the day's catch. Kaien lounged on the law chair, listening to Zero pluck Toga's guitar. Everyone's attention turned to the blur that past them, and the swarm of hornets that followed.
Aidou dove into the cool water, sitting on the bed until the hornets were convinced he was dead and flew away. He emerged, clothes clinging to him, hair sopping wet. Frowning deeply, he sloshed towards the cabin, ignoring the shocked looks he got from his three companions. He sat down on one of the lawn chair whining about the hornet stings and poison ivy.
Kaien instantly went into his 'mother-mode' and began fussing over Aidou.
Aidou blushed softly as Kaien kissed his hornet stings, looking to Zero for help. His peace however was short lived. A cloud of mosquitoes zeroed in on him, descending over him. "Itte!" He jumped to his feet and ran around flailing as they stung him, feeding. "They're eating me!"
Aidou sat in the tub filled with soothing calamine bath beads, skin blotched with red angry splotches and swollen scarlet bumps. "I hate camping."
Zero leaned down and kissed his air.
"I hate mosquitoes, they tried to eat me."
"You were stung ten times by hornets and you're complaining about mosquitoes?" Zero looked at the lumps on his head, trying to keep from chuckling.
Aidou growled. "They were the size of freaking birds!" He exclaimed, scratching blood from one of the splotches while soothingly rubbing the sting on the nape of his neck.
Zero watched with sympathetic eyes as Aidou bathed himself, scrubbing the clusters of bumps and lumps. "Don't worry love; you'll be healed from these by the morning."
He finished soaking in the soothing mixture and toweled off. Later, he sat on the couch, hands covered in two kitchen mitts with duct tape wrapped around them so he couldn't scratch the wounds until they bled again. He frowned sulkily when the other three men's laughter wafted to his ears. He was upset that they were having a merry time while he sat here skin itching like crazy. He growled, rubbing his skin with the mitts. Stupid poison ivy, stupid hornets, stupid mosquitoes. He HATED camping.
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