Attempt - 7
Honestly, this man... Ritsu sighed in his head. In front of him was a bedridden Takano, flushed all the way to his ears and panting like a dog. The brown-haired male shook his head at his silly boss. Honestly, Ritsu thought again, What on earth was this man trying to achieve?
Late last night there had been a large downpour of rain and, somehow, Takano was caught in the midst of it. Any normal person would have had the brains to stay put until the bad weather passed, but Takano, being the strange person that he is, decided that he'd walk home.
When Ritsu found him early in the morning, Takano explained weakly that he was "doing some light exercise". It was bad enough that it had been a cold night, and that he had been at a supermarket that was far from home, but Ritsu had later discovered that he had only been wearing a tank top and running shorts (both of which Takano was still wearing).
"Ritsu…" Takano whispered, "Water."
"Sure, sure," Ritsu sighed. He picked up the glass of water on Takano's bedside table and leant over the bed. He slid his hand underneath Takano's back to help him sit up straight before lifting the glass to the his lips. The sick man took small sips before breathing out. Ritsu took it as a sign to lay him back down.
Carefully and gently, Ritsu laid him back down before placing the glass of water beside the bed again. It was quiet for a moment, with only Takano's faint pants in the air. Ritsu, feeling a little awkward, opened his mouth and spoke gently,
"Are you hungry? I could try to make you something light."
Takano weakly shook his head. "No. I think your cooking will make me worse," his voice was slightly hoarse, despite the little bit of water he had drunk only moments before.
An angry tick mark appeared on Ritsu's face. Wha-! Here I am trying to be nice and helpful to you, even though you've sexually harassed be this whole week, and you're going to say something like that?! THE NERVE! Ritsu ranted in his head, a small voice inside suggested that he could just leave him here.
Though, that thought was quickly tossed aside when he heard Takano coughing.
"Takano-san?! Are you okay? Do you want some more water?" Ritsu asked frantically. Takano only shook his head in reply before his coughing ceased. His formally light pants were heavier now, which caused a worried frown to settle on Ritsu face.
After a moment of silence, Ritsu's mind began to race.
Even though Takano said he was fine, should I go out and get some medicine? Or go on the Internet to find something that could help him? What if I called someone for help? Two is better than one. Yokozawa-san would definitely know what to do...
A painful pang, caused by unconscious jealousy in his heart [that lingered even after Yokozawa had accepted his feelings for Takano], caused him to hesitate. Did he really wish for Yokozawa to come and look after Takano? Knowing the bear-like man, he'd probably send Ritsu away with the excuse of being "in the way", and he'd have Takano all to himself.
Upon realizing his thoughts, Ritsu cringed. Here Takano was unwell, and possibly in pain, and the only thing that Ritsu was worried about was Yokozawa having the raven-haired male all to himself?! Ritsu would have hit his head on the wall next to him, if only Takano wasn't staring intently at him.
Maybe in the end, Ritsu thought sadly, Yokozawa would take better care of him.
Making up his mind to call Yokozawa, he slowly stood from his chair. He had left his phone in Takano's kitchen, so he took a step toward its direction. Before he could take another, Takano's hand had whipped out from under the sheets and grasped Ritsu's hand tightly.
"Don't go, Ritsu," Takano whispered, his voice weak.
Ritsu's heart sped up and a light blush crept onto his cheeks. "Sorry, Takano-san," Ritsu half-muttered, "I have to go get Yokozawa-san."
"No, I don't want him here. Only you."
"...Fine." Ritsu gave in and sat down.
Silence settled on the room once more.
Takano removed his hand, and slowly lifted it to the Ritsu's face - gently cupping his cheek.
"Wha-at's wrong?" Ritsu's stuttered, weary of Takano's hand.
"I need directions," Takano mumbled.
"What?" Ritsu asked, confused. "To where?"
"To your heart," Takano faintly grinned. He sat up slowly, and pulled Ritsu's face towards his, placing a feather-like kiss on his lips.
"I love you, Ritsu."
Greetings and salutations everyone! Thanks for viewing.
Surprise! This was pre-written last year by Yaeko Cho and I hope you enjoyed it. Here's a message from her.
~ Riruka Riruko
/Aang's old man voice/
Greetings and salutations, weary traveller. I see you have found this old story of mine that has been collecting virtual dust over this past year. I am very sorry that I haven't written more of these, but I have orphaned this and left it up to Riruka who, might I say, is doing a wonderful job.
/old man "hohoho" laugh/
Fear not, young travellers, I will be uploading some other yaoi fics on this account. So, until then-
Farewell!
~ Yaeko Cho
