FanFic written by : KiraIqa

Content : [no age advisory]

From the Manga : X/1999 (note: I do not own this manga, the mangaka does)

Mangaka of the Manga : OHKAWA Ageha and CLAMP

This fanfic is written by me for the pure enjoyment of writing and of my story plot to is based on Subaru Sumeragi but now I am focusing on his children's story whom I created myself. All of the characters are all owned by the mangaka except for Shinobu and Sukiya Sumeragi, Shio Takaya and Hiroshi Fujikawa. They belong to me purely. Enjoy!

Forever Entwined

Chapter 10

Today, for some unknown reason, club practice was cancelled. So he decided to stay back in school for a while instead of going home to straight. Now, he was just relaxing under a tree that he found in the school's garden. It seems the tree was hidden from the views of the school.

Lying under the shades of the tree, he looked up at the leaves and thought of the twin, Shin and Sukiya. Rubbing the back of his head, he still remembered the throbbing pain of being thrown against the wall and what he was really curious about was Shin's expression.

That day, when he returned to class from the infirmary, Sukiya still have not returned yet. Only after break time did she returns. The teacher did not commented on her missing class; it seems that her missing some classes was also a norm.

However, Hiro wondered where she went for that long period of time and what was it that Shin wanted to discuss with her.

Looking up, seeing the clouds pass by in the sky, made him sleepy. The atmosphere was just right to doze of under the tree.

The sounds of the school bell woke him up from his doze. Looking at the sun's position in the sky, he knew that it could not have been more than half an hour since he started dozing under the tree. Wanting to know what time it was, he moved his arm to look at his watch only to find he was covered by a blazer and the blazer was not his.

He jolted up right; he then surveyed the surroundings to look for the owner of the blazer. On his far right, leaning against the tree, sat Sukiya sketching something in her sketchbook. And she was without her blazer so the obvious owner of the blazer would be her.

"Finally awake? You could catch a cold sleeping defenceless like that."

"Sukiya? You don't need to put your blazer on me. I'll be fine since I'm a guy. Here, put it on before you catch a cold." Hiro hold out the blazer to her.

Sukiya who was sketching, stopped and look at him. After a few seconds, she set aside her drawing and stood up to put on her blazer. As she was putting on her blazer, she continued to look at him.

Sukiya's intense gaze made Hiro a bit uncomfortable. They were so piercing. It was as if she could see into his soul, knows what his thoughts and feelings are.

"Umm, Sukiya.. May I ask you a question?"

"Hmm… Ask ahead..." She replied nonchalantly as she went back to her sketching after putting on her blazer.

"What is your relationship with Shin and Shio? Sorry if I am asking too much." He asked her hesitantly, not really expecting an answer as it was probably a too intimate question. Her hand holding a pencil over her sketchbook paused for a second when he asked her this question.

"Mmm… Shin's my twin brother and Shio's my childhood friend." Sukiya answered calmly and resume her sketching again after that pause.

"B.. But I have a feeling that your relationship has more to it that what is shown at the surface."

"… Why do you want to know about our relationship? It doesn't concern you." Sukiya's harsh word hurt his feeling but Hiro was still determine to find out as she wanted to be her friend.

"I want to be your friend, Sukiya. And maybe, in the near future if it is possible, I want to be your lover."

"…." Sukiya didn't answer him but look at a far distance. She seems distracted somehow as if something else has caught her mind. A strange wind suddenly blow strongly, making the leaves on the tree above them shake and shiver.

Sukiya suddenly jump up to her feet and began to collect her things when she felt that strong wind. When she jumped up, Hiro also jumped up as a conditional response to being courteous to the female gender.

"Um.. Um? Sukiya-san?" He was puzzled as to why she was suddenly packing her stuff in a rush. Sukiya has already stridden away from him when she stopped and told him something shocking.

"Our relationship is something complicated and forbidden. I suggest you not interfere with us any further. But if you feel wanting to befriend me, then be prepared for your worst nightmare to come true from the Awaken Tiger."

After delivering such a cryptic message, she strode off in a hurry and what he found strange is that it seems that she took the strange wind with her. What does she mean by the message?

Forbidden and complicated? What does she mean by forbidden? And about my worst nightmare to come true by the Awaken Tiger? Who is the Awaken Tiger?

Hiro had a feeling that this was only the beginning of something he will not expect. And the Awaken Tiger in Sukiya's message; he suspect that Shin is the Awaken tiger. Looking up at the sky, he sigh in frustration about not knowing what's really going on.

The End