Try Understanding Without Words

Chapter Three: Fun & Games don't mix.

By KellyQ

Kouji looked down at this CD player. He really wanted to put the head-phones on and get away from the pain he felt. That's why he listened to music at all. Kouji would let the song flow through his ears, making him feel like he was off somewhere else. Sighing in defeat, Kouji sat down at the table. He took his head-phones and placed them over his ears. Kouji took the cd player, pressed play and sat it down next to him. He turned his body so that his right leg was drawn to his chest and his left leg was dangling. He sat there for one moment, slowly getting into the rhythm of the song when the music stopped. Not again, Kouji thought, hoping that the batteries weren't dead. He opened his eyes, turned his body and froze. Sitting across the table twiddling his thumbs and whistling, was Takuya. It then occurred to Kouji that somehow Takuya managed to turn his cd player off.

At first, Kouji was happy that Takuya was alright. Without realizing what he was doing, Kouji leant across the table at the same time Takuya did, but he pulled away remembering what he did. The brown-haired looked at Kouji sadly.

"No, that's not it," Kouji said, looking away. "I hurt you. So you should just ignore me."

With that, Kouji put the head-phones over his ears and pushed play. Kouji reposition himself and closed his eyes. Takuya frowned. Why is he ignoring me? He took hold of the CD player and pressed stop. Kouji opened one eye and looked over at Takuya.

"What?"

"It's obvious mister 'know-it-all' - Takuya wants to know why you chose to ignore him." came a female voice.

By now Kouji had both eyes open as Izumi walked up and sat to him. "Oh, look, it's 'miss-walking-stupidity'."

"Don't you dare mock me!" Izumi said angrily, jumping to her feet. She slammed her hands on the table.

"Yea. Whatever."

The dark-haired boy closed his eyes again, reaching for his cd player to feel nothing. Kouji opened his eyes again, turned his head and noticed that his cd player and Takuya were gone. Kouji slowly looked up to see that Takuya had already run out of the room with the CD player in his left hand.

"Hey! Come back here with my cd player you jerk!"

Kouji got up, tore his head-phones off and started to chase after him. Takuya looked over his shoulder with an evil grin on his face. He had never had this much fun in a long time. He then stopped grinning when he saw Kouji running up with anger. Whoa ... I'd better pick up my speed. Takuya ran in the mens bathroom.

Kouji dashed into the boy's bathroom one moment latter to see Takuya washing his hands. The deaf boy tried not to chuckle as he walked to the paper towel holder. He tore a sheet off to dry his hands. Kouji watched him for a moment and noticed something in the boy's pocket.

"Alright, hand it over!" Kouji demanded.

Takuya continued to smile, thoroughly enjoying the moment. Kouji wasn't. He wanted the cd player back before something happened to it. Kouji took hold of Takuya and pinned him to the wall. The deaf boy squeaked in shock when Kouji put his hand in his pocket. By now Takuya's face was red as an apple and his body shook a little. He turned his head to see that Kouji's cheeks were pink as well.

After what felt like an eternity, Kouji pulled the cd player out. Takuya turned with a disappointed look on his face. He was hopping to have some more fun with Kouji. His little thought was interrupted by the lights flickering and loud thunder was heard.

Kouji frowned. "Can you hear that?" the dark-haired boy asked, pointing to his ears.

Takuya nodded. Loud thunder rumbled again and the sky lit up, causing the lights to go out. Lighting forked again as thunder stuck causing Takuya to scream. Kouji pressed his hands harder on his ears, wondering what was causing the boy to scream. The dark-haired boy just watched Takuya drop to the floor shaking. He whimpered as they heard loud thunder. Kouji sighed and flopped down next to Takuya, knowing that he was going to have to wait until they were found.

With Takuya, it was a total nightmare. Every time he could hear the thunder and watch lighting, it was like reliving the car crash. He just wished it would stop. It dragged on long enough that Takuya started crying. He knew that Kouji was there watching him and Takuya was aware of it.

"Hey, stop crying ..." Kouji said, putting his hand on the other boys shoulder. "The storm will pass."

Takuya slowly lifted his head looking at him. The dark-haired boy merely paled seeing the pain in the other boy's eyes.

"Oh ... come here ...."

Kouji turned his body and pulled Takuya on his lap. He held the deaf boy in his arm in hopes of coming Takuya down. The brown-haired boy snuggled into Kouji's arms, feeling safe. They both stayed in each other's arms until Takuya stared out the window to see rain hitting the window. He pointed to the window hoping that Kouji would read his body language. The dark-haired boy couldn't help but smile.

"Yep. I know it's raining," Kouji said. He watched Takuya yawn and fall asleep. "Good-night, Takuya."

To Be Continued ...