A Dark Eternity of Warmth

Chapter 2: Scars of the Heart

After what had seemed like forever Fuyuki and Hiroshi reached the end of the forest and they where just down the street from the five story apartment complex where Hiroshi rents his place. Regardless of that Fuyuki had somehow managed to stay peacefully quiet in his sleep. Hiroshi was worn out physically from the long walk carrying someone and even though he was far lighter then be should be the distance made him feel like he was enormous. With only a few more feet to walk the building was in Hiroshi's sight. It was still very late at night so the sun had not risen but even so as Hiroshi entered the lobby with Fuyuki in his arms he received many strange whispers and stares from other people who were in the lobby.

"Hello everyone." Hiroshi said as he passed.

"Damn these bastards they are the reason people feel like shit. The stares, looks, mean things said, spreading rumors, judging by only appearance. The people I see and the ones I am surrounded by are so caught up in themselves and their greed it makes me sick to think about it." Hiroshi thought with much anger and pity.

Hiroshi passed with a graceful and deceiving smile as he walked up to the elevator and pushed the upward button. The two of them waited there for nothing more than a brief moment and a ding sound was heard then the elevator door opened. Hiroshi slowly stepped into the elevator and turned around as the door was closing to see people looking away as if to try and hide the fact that they were not talking about him. Then in an instant the door shut completely and they were rising to the very top apartment. A moment later the door opened and Hiroshi walked out and down the empty hall way of his apartment and stopped at room number 137. He was still holding Fuyuki even though it was increasing difficult as he was getting his key out of his pocket and trying to open the door. After a few tries he opened it and walked into an apartment that looked as if it were meant for royalty. The room had a theme of stylish geometric shapes; it had a stereo system, an elegant white sofa, cabinets that held delicate china and Victorian porcelain dolls, a huge flat screen television, and many small tables with books and miscellaneous things on them. The main colors of the room where white, Black, and red except for the furniture which was an oak brown. Many hours of work, good taste, and a good chunk of change went into this place. Hiroshi laid Fuyuki who was still asleep on the sofa then went into another room that appeared to be his bedroom and came back with blankets and a pillow. He walked over to Fuyuki and lifted up his head and rested the pillow under him and then opened the blankets on him so he could continue to stay warm.

"You are really adorable as you sleep…" Hiroshi thought.

Hiroshi walked around for a moment and began to wonder if he had the necessary items for him when he woke up. He opened up the refrigerator, then walked in the other room and looked in his closet.

"I think I should go out for...food…clothing…and some first aid stuff since he does not seem to look okay contrary to what he said earlier." Hiroshi said to himself.

Hiroshi walked out of his apartment locking the door behind him and once again took the elevator down to the lobby and walked outside to the back parking lot. Hiroshi walked over to his slick black car, pushed the button on his key ring to open the car, got in, and adjusted himself comfortably. Hiroshi backed out of the parking lot and drove off to nearest and largest city which was a few hours away. After the hours of looking at the road and listening to the boring radio he found a great all in one superstore in the city that had everything.

"Damn I am so glad I found this place that way I won't have to travel all over the place. The only downfall is the people and the crime I hear about sometimes around here makes me worry." he thought.

With that thought fleeing he got out of the car and took a momentary stretch that greatly showed off all his perfect features. Hiroshi walked to the store as the movement sensor on the ground detected him and the door opened. It did not take him long to find the things he went there to get since the layout was so similar to that of any other store. He put so much food in the cart it looked as if a bear were shopping. He then proceeded to pharmacy and picked out basic sanitary and anti-bacterial supplies in cause he happened to get hurt. Lastly he went to the clothing section and had a moment of confusion.

"What the hell am I supposed to do now? He is so damn thin I could just get smaller sizes but….with my care he will not be the same size later so….." Hiroshi pondered.

Hiroshi decided to get half of the clothes that would fit him now and the other half that will fit him later. He spent a large amount of time searching through the hangers and piles of clothes and eventually made his chooses and headed to the checkout area. Hiroshi waited in line patiently for half an hour. Finally the checkout girl greeted him, scanned his items, and left him to depart. Hiroshi left the building and went to car. As he was stuffing everything into the trunk he heard commotion coming behind him. He tilted his head and glanced over his shoulder to see what looked like a bunch of jackasses out to cause trouble but knew they were nothing more than a worthless street gang that did not amount to shit.

"Such scum and street trash are around here at night." he mumbled with a snicker.

Hiroshi did not mean to attract attention but he did say it loud enough so the street trash had heard him. Whether Hiroshi wanted them to hear him or not was a mystery but one thing was for sure he did have a smug and content look on his face that just yelled bring it on. As Hiroshi was standing there he observed each and every one of them. It was not a large group and most of them were pretty scruffy looking with the typical look of someone who tries to pick fights. It was obvious who the leader was just by looking at his disposition and attitude. The apparent leader walkup to Hiroshi and looked at him with a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his lip. Hiroshi gave a stare of superiority as the leader glared deviously. The tension was high and really made the adrenalin flow which was only intensified by the contrast to the two men's appearance. Beautiful and silky while the other man was rugged unkempt and lacked everything Hiroshi had. This man was just a pure brute and that's it.

"So were fucking street trash to you huh?" the man said with a malicious tone.

"Why of course! But what is even worse than that is the pure ignorance the surrounds you just like files surround cows." Hiroshi said seriously with a smirk.

"You fuckin' son of a bitch!" he said with much anger and passion.

The man was so captivated by his anger and stupidity he attacked Hiroshi without a single thought. The man practically sprung up and went to punch him in face. Hiroshi so effortlessly and with such an ease of perfection grabbed his wrist and dug his nails in his skin as blood trickled down his arm. The man had no idea who he was messing with. Hiroshi was not a pushover but the opposite. Hiroshi was now angered, and in his anger he twisted him around in such a fast speed you could hardly see his long leg kick up and smash him in the spinal cord as the other men that were with him could only stare as the one they looked up to was so easily defeated.

"Haa….your type never learn do they? Well...next time be more cautious when you pick a fight because you never know when you will be challenging a master of martial arts and swordsmanship….." Hiroshi said with disappointment.

Hiroshi began to walk back towards his car as he was ready to be on his way. The man he pulverized was unable to move as his so called friends had ran away long ago in fear of their lives.

"Hey... don't think this is over!" the man yelled.

Hiroshi turned around and saw him sprawled out on the ground in much pain. Though there was not a lot of blood the spinal cord is very fragile. If hit just right is can paralyze or even kill.

"This has been over since the moment you walked up to me….your most likely bleeding internally so if you do not want to die go to a hospital." Hiroshi said carelessly.

With that final sentence he walked to car, opened the door, started the engine, and drove off back to his apartment where he was hoping that Fuyuki would be awake. Hiroshi was extremely worried about Fuyuki so what felt like an eternity of driving was no more than a few hours. After a little while of the stars in the heavens shining down upon him he reached his apartment and parked in the back parking lot. He proceeded to the apartment a bit fast. Due to the fight he was in a worried state for Fuyuki. Hiroshi managed to open his door without much of a problem and opened to door to see Fuyuki awake and sitting on the couch watching T.V. Hiroshi gazed at him for a long time until Fuyuki finally broke the silence by saying something.

"Hey you seem a bit off tonight. Are you alright?" Fuyuki said with worry.

"Yeah I am okay."

"Okay, that's good so then where have you been?" he asked thoughtfully.

"Actually I went to the nearest town and bought some things to make you more comfortable."

"I don't understand…I thought you just letting me stay here for the night."

"That's not necessary you can stay here as long as you like."

Fuyuki looked at him in a brief moment of awe as his eyes widened and he quickly looked away from him as he could feel his face starting to blush.

"Thank you so much."

"Don't think anything of it."

Hiroshi walked over to Fuyuki and sat down on the sofa beside him and crossed his legs. Hiroshi put his arm around Fuyuki's shoulders and pulled him closer so he was resting his head on Hiroshi. Fuyuki shut is eyes due to the pleasant feeling he had never felt before.

"After all I would do anything for you…" Hiroshi said softly in his ear.

Fuyuki sharply opened his eyes and slightly moved backwards. Fuyuki had no idea of what had came over him or what to say to Hiroshi for his strange behavior.

"I am so sorry Hiroshi." Fuyuki said with embarrassment.

"No, No I am sorry I did not mean to make you feel awkward."

"God damn it! What the fuck is wrong with me! Lost control of myself for a minute but still I cannot be acting like that to him. I must not do anything…I must keep my mind out of the gutter!" Hiroshi thought to himself.

"So Hiroshi?"

"Yes?"

"What is all that stuff you brought back with you?"

In Hiroshi's moment of having dirty thoughts he forgot to tell him about the materials he bought.

"Oh right, here let me show you.".

Hiroshi grabbed a few bags at a time and continuously walked into the kitchen and each time emptying more and more on the counter to answer Fuyuki's questions. Fuyuki got up from seat and started to help Hiroshi unload all the bags and after a few minutes there was a mountain on the counter.

"Wow…that's a ton of stuff Hiroshi."

Fuyuki began to look and dig through the pile and could understand why he bought food and items such as that but all the clothes were mysteries to him.

"So what's all this stuff for…besides the food?"

"I figured that you needed a few things to get you started so all clothing is yours and the food to of course since you will be living with me. "

Fuyuki was not surprised anymore, in fact he pretty much saw it coming because he is always so kind to him yet, even so saying thank you every time did not seem like enough to express his gratitude to him but he had nothing else to say. Fuyuki looked at Hiroshi and walked over to him. Hiroshi and Fuyuki looked at each other for a long time then with a hesitant pause Fuyuki wrapped his arms around Hiroshi.

"I…want to say so much more then thank you but I don't know what I can say."

Hiroshi reached an arm around the arch in his back and the other holding his head letting it rest on his chest. Hiroshi tilted hid head down and smirked.

"I love you…Is that what you want to say to me Fuyuki?" Hiroshi said with a certain softness.

Fuyuki looked up still holding him and could not think straight because the only thing he could feel was his heart beating out of his chest at light speed.

"I love you Fuyuki." Hiroshi said without a moment pause.

"No one….had ever said that to me before…"

"Fuyuki, only say it back to someone if you really truly mean it…so-"

"I really do Hiroshi! I love you" Fuyuki said with much enthusiasm.

Hiroshi was cut off by Fuyuki bursting out with that to say to him and it momentarily surprised him. Hiroshi looked at Fuyuki's flushed face and cute demeanor and had an idea to ease the uncertainty and tension he was sure Fuyuki was feeling.

"Hey Fuyuki?"

"What is it?"

"Why don't we put these clothes to good use and go out to a really fancy dinner?"

"Um…yeah sure…but…"

"Come on say it." Hiroshi gave him a funny glare.

"Can it be a French restaurant?" Fuyuki said looking cute.

Hiroshi and Fuyuki gave each other a blank stare for a moment as both of them started to laugh.

"Yeah sure it can."

"Good!"

Hiroshi and Fuyuki had felt something they had never experienced before. It was beyond friendship and more then happiness and it could even go far beyond love, there was a connection between the two of them at that moment like none no one had ever felt before. It was warm, it was pleasant, and it was deep in their hearts that could not be put into words. Neither of then said anything about this feeling because they did not understand fully what it was or how to express it, especially Fuyuki however, they know that the fateful meeting in the forest that night was about to change their lives forever.

Chapter 2: Scars of the Heart END