A/N: My stupid, lazy plot bunnies finally decided that now was as good a time as any to work on this at around midnight. I know that the entry says differently, but I worked on this over the course of a few days because the ideas kept disappearing and I got tired of that so I had to go and play Legendia again so that I could inspire myself somewhat. I'll stop rambling now and get on with the chapter.
Pairing: Moses Sandor x Jay the Unseen
Rating: PG, for this chapter
Disclaimer: Tales of Legendia and its characters belong to Namco, not me. I own nothing; not even a copy of this game. The title is from the song by Jimmy Eat World.

Act 2: Hear You Me

Every noise seemed muffled; even the rain. Jay couldn't quite figure out why, but his mind was oddly sluggish, and he was having problems putting two and two together. This would have frustrated him on a normal day; but this had been anything but a normal day, so the shinobi was a little more understanding of himself. It was probably because he'd tried to kill himself using hypothermia that caused his slow state of mind.

But that didn't quite explain why the outside noises were muffled; or why he was so warm.

Cracking his eyes open, Jay could make out the bland wall of the Werites Beacon inn. But wait, he'd collapsed in the plaza, so how could he have gotten to the inn? It didn't make sense to him. Even now, with his mind acting like a slug; he couldn't figure it out.

The storm, since he could see out the window, didn't seem to show any signs of having tapered off; nor did it seem like it was going to let up soon. Jay sighed and curled just a little closer to the warmth that was wrapped comfortably around him. Jay wasn't complaining; he was warm and he was comfy, two things that he very rarely had.

Until, that is, what he realized precisely what that warmth was.

Muscular, tan arms were wrapped around him; and a leanly muscled body was curled around his, providing warmth. It took a little longer for Jay to comprehend exactly who it was who was holding him so closely; like a lover almost.

Moses.

Tensing up once the entire reality of the situation had crashed down on him, Jay wondered whether or not there was some way that he could get out of this situation without embarrassing himself any further then he probably already had. It couldn't get any worse, could it?

Unless the bandit had heard him talking to himself. That was something that Jay couldn't be sure he could live through; knowing that the bandit knew that he talked to himself and what he'd said... probably hadn't made much sense to him anyways, but still. The fact that he'd heard would be too much.

He brushed his cheek against his shoulder; wondering what the rough feeling on his skin could be caused by. He managed to move his arm to touch his cheek with his fingers; a bandage.

Oh, that's right, he'd scraped his cheek up pretty bad when he'd fallen.

Wait.

He shouldn't have been able to feel the rough gauze on his shoulder. So then why could he?

Quickly taking stock of his situation, for the second time, it was with a uncomfortable notion that Jay realized he'd been stripped almost completely naked and that the bandit was in a very similar state of undress. This... wasn't good. But Jay couldn't see anyway out of the situation in the near future, so he'd just have to continue feigning sleep and hope for the best. Fate, or whatever higher being was out there, sure seemed to like to chew him out and and torment him like this.

However, that didn't take away that Jay wasn't as uncomfortable with the situation as he should probably be.

Maybe... maybe that annoying little voice in the back of his head was right? Maybe he really was in love with the stupid bandit. That was a possibility that Jay would have to consider; no matter how much he didn't like it. Well, he didn't like it like he should, it was more like... a fear? A fear of what? Rejection?

Jay thought about it, and the more that he thought about it; he realized that really, he didn't have too much to lose by admitting to the bandit that he just might be in love with the bandit. He could easily disappear and feign that he didn't exist anymore if he was rejected. Jay was familiar with rejection; he was sure that he could deal with it.

He'd been able to deal with the abuse, the anger, the hatred that Solon had dealt him; he'd dealt with Grune's loss and the separation from his friends. Though the latter had been self-inflicted, Jay was almost completely sure that he could deal with the pain of knowing that Moses didn't return the feelings that he had for him. He had to hope that he could. But Jay knew that he would probably not live long if that happened; if he lost the one reason why he was still alive.

Because, whether he liked it or not, the bandit had centrally become the entire reason for his existence; the reason he was still alive now. Rejection... could he deal with it? He thought he could.

But... this would be the first time he'd fallen in love and the first time that he'd have been rejected. That was what Jay was unfamiliar with it. Just imagining it hurt beyond anything that he'd suffered through before; so what would the real feeling be like? Worse? The same?

Jay didn't know.

But maybe it wouldn't hurt to try.

He could say it; Jay would say it.

This one time, he could be brave and stick his neck out for his feelings.

He could do that much, right?

Jay's strength was about to be put to the test as Moses woke up.

"Mornin!"

I keep ending this off on like, cliffhangers; and Moses only gets like one line. I know that these chapters have been incredibly Jay-centric, but I think I actually like writing more for Jay than I do for Moses; even though Moses is a fun character to write for. I like writing this introspective stuff, and it's easier to write it for Jay than Moses. It just has to do with their characters.

Anyways, I think I'll update this story once every week. That's my aim; right now I'm going through a bit of an original writing phase, so I'm going back to some of my original work. I have one that I'm going to rewrite because I'm not very happy with it now.

For those of you who are reading this on , I actually post this story's updates on my Tales LiveJournal first before posting here. So if you want earlier updates, then you can check there. The third part of this baby should be out sometime next week. My Tales lj is soulsymphonia. Please leave me a nice little review telling me what you thought!

Enjoy!

Kat.