CHAPTER 2
It was soon after zeus's announcement about the nomination of the 6 saint beast. Rei had invited everyone to dinner (he was an exceptional cook ) and was doing some errands for the night when gai ran into him . he seemed like he was running away from trouble, and goh who appeared to pass by , knowing very well the little blonde asked him: "gai, you didn't steal the godess's mirror again, did you?"gai immediately replied: " hey now, I just borrowed it, I'll give it back when I'm done" and with a smirk he showed the mirror. "hey now, since I have it already why not watch with me? I know you guys want to hehe". Goh sighted while rei chuckled all gathered around the little mirror and started watching. What they saw seemed to be two human in some kind of ceremony. They seemed happy together. "what are they doing ?" asked gai clueless. " they are getting married " said rei."why? what's married?" he asked again, confused. " on earth. Humans get married because they fall in love . it is a kind of bond, they vow to love each other for the rest of their lives, and its usally a man and a woman. And together , they can have children;the woman gives birth. It's quite different from heaven, where we are all created by zeus sama and there are no women ". Said ruka who happened to hear the conversation of the three. "ah,ruka" said rei, smiling brightly at him. Ruka smiled back, wich made rei blush the smallest of the blushes. "anyway, this woman in white looks like rei hehehe" said gai ."I'm not a woman!" exclaimed rei flustered. They all turned to look at him wich made him blush even more, especially since ruka was staring at him intently. " but it is true that you resemble her " said goh, not meaning any harm." You have long hair and a slender body, plus your face is soft and delicately shaped , just like her." He continued unaware of the discomfort of the frail angel who hated to be the center of attention . Ruka was now standing really close to rei, wich made the smaller angel hot and uncomfortable since the taller was looking at him. His face was now as crimson as ruka's eyes, and the silver haired angel noticed , and that made him smile at how cute rei was. Goh then said that it was being late wich made rei snap out of it." What? Omg its already so late?! I have a dinner to prepare!" he than excused himself quickly and ran back to his house to start working. Unknown to him, ruka was staring at his leaving form, loving the flustered reactions of the purple haired angel .
Back at his house , rei started to cook . he was kind of distracted , thinking about the conversation just now."is it true that I look like a woman? How does ruka see me? He was so close back then and staring so much , I'm sure I looked really funny with my crimson face and my embarrassment.. pff, why can't I just act normal around him? I'm always flustered when he is around..i hope he doesn't notice so he knew the feelings I have for him he would find it weird and maybe he won't act like this around me anymore..huh? what's that smell?" rei snapped out of his thought to see a small trail of smoke coming out of his oven." Crap! The cake!" he ran to it and removed the plate , examining carefully his dessert." Pff… it's alright, it didn't burn " he said, releasing a breath he didn't know he was holding. After finishing all the plates he planned to cook, he went to the dining room to prepare the table, but decided to sit a little on the sofa. He had been standing all the time and only when he sat down did he notice how exhausted he was. He lied down and closed his eyes, and an image of ruka appeared before him. he extended his hand to reach him and stayed like that . he almost shouted when he felt someone grab his hand and by reflex tried to set it free but the hand holding his got a firm grip on his delicate one. He then realized who the owner of that hand was and exclaimed stuttering a little , embarrassed about his own reaction:" r..ruka! you..you scared me… um, how did you get in? its still early, how come you're already here?" ruka chukled softly seing rei flustered and kind of how he liked the golden eyed angel's reactions. " when I arrived I knocked but no response came. And your door wasent loked so I came in and found you lying on the sofa, eyes closed and hand extended, so I grabed it . and by the way, im not early, the others are late" he finished, and rei laughed softly at that last statement, since ruka was undoubtedly early . "what where you trying to reach with your hand?" Rei surprised by the question immediadly turned red, embarrassed, not wanting to tell ruka that he was the one he tried to reach."eum… euh.. nothing really..i.. its … I just f-found it relaxing in that position..eum..haha.."ruka noticing the distress of rei decided to knock off the subject ,not wanting to trouble the smaller angel anymore than he already was. So he just smiled and seeing the dishes piled up on the table proposed:" here, let me set the table, you already did so much, don't tire yourself more than that . just rest a little more ." and stood up, reaching for the dishes." Ah no , ruka, please don't, you're my guest I cant let you do it !" said rei, standing too and following ruka , trying to stop him. ruka turned around and put his hands on rei's shoulders, gently pushing him back to the sofa." Shhht, just relax and let me help you. I wouldn't do it if I didn't want to so don't complain ." rei 's cheeks turned a pale pink at the contact and ruka's words ,and he decided to comply. "thank you ,ruka" was all he managed to say with a soft voice and a smile on his lips. He was grateful and happy that ruka wanted to help him." he is so kind" he thought to himself, while admiring the gracefulness of the other as he put the dishes."he looks so good" .when the other guests arrived and it was time to eat, rei noticed that his place was next to ruka"did he place us next to each other on purpose? Uggh no I can't think like that… he probably did it without paying much attention to it.. why woud he place us close anyway haha.."unbeknown to him ruka carefully made it so that he and rei would be sitting next to each other. During dinner, rei was feeling hot and felt how his face was slightly red; Ruka and him where sitting very close to each other, and sometimes ruka'leg would brush his, wich made him in that state. A knock on the door took him out of his daze and he stood up to open it ." who could that be" said yuda while the others looked as confused as him. when he reached the door, rei was stopped by ruka who gently pulled him back."I'll get it, who knows who it might be" he said , reaching for the door instead of rei. "huh, was he perhaps protecting me? Is it ok to think like that?" when he opened the door and they all saw the person standing they all knew why he was here . Yuri, the goddess's personal guard was here, to get back what belonged to his dear goddess. "good evening to you all. " "and what gives us the pleasure of your visit?" said Yuda, a smirk on his face , knowing perfectly why the royal bodyguard was here."I'm here to get back the mirror of the goddess, and as always, I expected gai sama to be behind its disappearing .""huh, where is gai?" said shin, not finding the smallest angel anywhere. Suddenly gai came back from a small room, head lowered and in his hand the famous mirror. "here" he said with a groan, handing it to yuri."gai! you hid it in my house?! Now you got me involved in your bad manners!" said rei annoyed. "hehehehehe" was all the blonde replied, amused by an annoyed rei. He enjoyed teasing him and annoying him, just like a little kid." Next time, gai sama, please be kind enough to take it in the goddess's presence." . "Then say to the goddess to not shout at me and let me borrow it" growled gai. They all laughed at that, amused by gai 's request. "then angels sama, I may take my leave. By the way, tomorrow is the nomination of the candidates for the 6 saint beast I heard. Angels, please be careful."and with that yuri left on his horse. "he said that in a twisted way.." said yuda. Time passed by and soon it was time to head home. They all thanked rei for his hospitality and delicious food."thanks rei, it was delicious , I just love your cooking ! next time make sure to cook chiken!"said gai with a smirk, knowing perfectly the love of the other one for all kind of birds,and how he hated to harm them." Gai! I will never cook one of my friends !" replied rei all angry about the small blonde's love for fried chiken. Ruka was the last one to leave. "rei, thank you for tonight, everything was so great , your cooking is just amazing, you are so talented. " "ah,ruka, no, that's not true.. I just … thank you"said rei blushing. "damn , why is he so cute, blushing like that , it's adorable."you sure you will fine by yourself? Need any help?"
"ah, no , thank you , ruka" "as expected of him, so nice , he wants to help "
"alright, good night, Rei"
"g-good night ruka"
There was a moment of silence, both staring at each other, rei with his flushed cheeks, ruka with a gentle smile on his face . ruka than gently grabbed rei's chin with his hand watching the other blush intently before speaking :"see you tomorrow, then"
"Y-yes, s-see you.." rei was crimson and stuttering , absorbed by ruka and his gestures.
Ruka then left , leaving a flustered rei all confused ."he is so sweet when he looks at me with those big pools of gold and his crimson cheeks"
The next day zeus chose the 9 candidates for the saint beast : Yuda, ruka, goh, gai, shin , rei ,shiva, kira , and maya. In the afternoon , rei , ruka, yuda , shin , gai and goh where talking about the nomination of the 6 saint beast and they were all laughing at something gai said . than goh tolg gai that they would train all day until the final day. Rei then timidly approached ruka, and asked:"um, ruka, do you.. euh..want ..if that's ok with you, hum, .."
"yes rei , I'll train with you " said the taller one, knowing what his cute angel wanted to ask but didn't dare to.
"ah, thank you !" pure joy was clearly visible on rei's face and ruka felt happy seeing him so glad ."so honest, really" he silently chuckled .