Sorry for the incredibly long wait... I've been so busy with my classes and home work. And I've been very into Psych and Dexter (my favorite tv shows on tv), so that was taking up my time as well... So has friends and family... and have a new video game... and procrastination... and writing other stories...
Aparrently all types of things were keeping me from this story, but there is at least one or two more chapters to this story, and I promise I wont make you wait for it as long as I did this chapter
Oh and why Psych and Dexter was my distractions is because they are an amazing show. Psych is probably rated 13+age and Dexter is rated 16/17+age
Well onward with the story!
Enjoy...
Chapter 9
That morning the beast woke up groaning slightly. He always hated mornings and waking up in general… but before he could let his temper rise like every other time he woke up he felt shock. There was extra weight on him. Wondering what it was he looked to his chest to see Misaki sleeping soundly on it. The beast looked confused before remembering what had happened the night before and let out a small sigh. The beast realized that what he had gone through was bad but what this poor boy went through was not only bad but tragic.
"Misaki…" the beast said softly without meaning to and noticed the boy stirring and slowly opened his eyes and looked to the beast he was cuddling with and blushed slightly. Misaki sat up and groaned in tiredness and the beast sat up and looked guilty
"Sorry I woke you up" the beast said and Misaki shook his head
"It's ok; if it wasn't for you I doubt I would get any sleep last night" Misaki said mumbling out the last part and the beast sighed
"Misaki… I'm sorry" the beast said gently wiped the hair away from Misaki's eyes and Misaki smiled
"It's ok, whatever happens, happens right?" Misaki asked hugging the beast and the beast hesitantly hugged back.
"Usami-San I—" a voice said with a gasp at the end and Misaki and the beast looked to the door to see there were Nowaki and Hiroki with wide eyes. Misaki blushed slightly and Usagi-San looked to the side with a slight glare as the candelabra and feather were shocked silent. Misaki smiled slightly
"Uh… would you look at the time… I… uh promised that I would help Masaru with making breakfast" Misaki said getting up and walked to the door. He turned around and smiled at the beast, "See you later Usagi-San… thanks for last night" he finished leaving
"…Sooo what was going on in here?" Nowaki asked
"Nothing" the beast said looking to Nowaki
"I will believe that when pigs fly" Hiroki said and the beast sighed
"Well the thunderstorm last night scared him. It turns out that his parents died… on a day it was storming… He wouldn't calm down so he slept with me" he said and Nowaki grinned
"Aww… you're really in love with him aren't you?" Nowaki asked and the beast nodded once and Hiroki and Nowaki looked to each other and smiled
"I think today is the day you should confess" Nowaki said and Hiroki nodded and the beast sighed and was about to say something when Hiroki started talking
"We did tell you we would help didn't we?" Hiroki asked and the beast looked to him and nodded once
"So how bout after breakfast we'll get you ready and tell you what to do?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki grinned
"That sounds like a really good idea sir" Nowaki said "and coming from Hiro-San too, it should mean something right?" Nowaki asked and the beast nodded
"Alright" the beast said getting up and walked to the door, "I do need all the help I could get" he said before leaving the room. Nowaki grinned and Hiroki looked confused
"What is it Nowaki?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki sighed in happiness
"Well you do realize what just happened right?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki looked confused
"He agreed to us helping him confess?" Hiroki asked as it was really obvious
"Well there is that, but what time is it?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki growled slightly
"I don't like games like this Nowaki" he said firmly and Nowaki sighed
"Please answer the question Hiro-San" Nowaki said and Hiroki sighed
"Morning…" Hiroki asked and had wide eyes at what Nowaki was getting at
"So you see what I mean?" Nowaki asked
"He didn't lose his temper like he always does when waking up" Hiroki said and Nowaki nodded
"And who was here the first time he didn't lose his temper?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki rolled his eyes slightly
"Misaki… of course he was the one who can cause him to not lose his temper… if only the kid was here years ago" Hiroki mumbled out remembering all the times he and everyone else was yelled at because the beast had just woken up. Nowaki grinned
"Well since they are going to eat, let's get things ready to help Usami-San out" Nowaki said grabbing Hiroki's feather hand and left to find the things they need to find to help the beast look and act presentable and nice when confessing his love.
After breakfast the beast sighed in content as he rubbed his stomach still sitting at the table that Misaki and the teapot and teacup were
"Mmm that was the best thing I ever had; Manami tell Masaru he did well" the beast said not noticing Misaki was looking to the side in a flustered embarrassed way. Manami smiled at the beast and looked to Misaki
"Well sir—" Manami started when her son chipped in
"Misaki's the one who made it~!" Mahiro said happily with a big grin and the beast looked shocked
"Really?" the beast asked looking to Misaki and Misaki looked to him with a cute embarrassed look
"Yes" Misaki said softly and the beast smiled at the cuteness
"First time cooking?" the beast asked and Misaki nodded and the beast smiled
"You're amazing…" the beast said and had wide eyes and rubbed his neck and looked to the side "A-at cooking"
"Thanks" Misaki said smiling as this was the first time he saw the beast flustered or nervous like
"Masaru must be proud of you for making such a delicious meal for the first time" the beast said and Misaki smile turned to one that was more nervous.
"Well if you need me I'll be outside with Junjou" Misaki said walking to the exit and turned to the beast with a smile, "I'm glad you liked it" he finished leaving.
While Misaki was outside with his horse, the beast walked to the West Wing where he met to an ambush. The coat rack glomped him and held him in place when Nowaki and Hiroki slowly walked to him with a smile
"What the hell are you doing?" the beast asked not being able to free himself from the coat rack's grip. Hearing Hiroki's evil laugh and the evil smiles on his and Nowaki's face made him freeze.
"Well Usami-San to help you confess we need you to take a bath" Nowaki said smiling evil causing the beast to freeze even more
"…What? No…!" the beast said stubbornly
"To bad" the feather duster said as he and Nowaki knew since what happened, the beast didn't like taking baths. The beast had let out a growl at Hiroki's defiance
"I'm your Master! I'm not—" the beast started
"Do you want to stay that way?" Hiroki asked harshly shutting the beast up and Nowaki smiled nervously and let out a nervous chuckle
"Sorry for Hiro-San's bluntness… but wouldn't you feel better if you can confess your feelings for Misaki-San if you are clean?" Nowaki asked and to their shock the beast had nodded
"…Alright" he said.
During the bath, the coat rack and Nowaki were helping the beast, Tanaka left to get the wardrobe to help with the beast's clothing. The beast shook his fur hating to be wet since sometimes his fur smelled like wet dog and let out a deep sigh
"Nowaki… what happens if he… doesn't…" the beast said and Nowaki smiled
"There is nothing to worry about sir, just be yourself, as in the person you were" Nowaki said and Hiroki nodded
"Alright" the beast said getting out and the wardrobe came in with some cloths. After the beast dried off, Takumi gave the cloths to him. Once the clothes were on it made the beast look like a real gentleman; furry but a real gentleman.
"Thanks Takumi" the beast said and Takumi nodded happily
"Anything to help you confess your love~ you two will look so good together~" the wardrobe chirped out happily before leaving.
"I'll go get Misaki sir" Tanaka said leaving to go get Misaki. The beast's heart started racing wondering what the boy would do when hearing his confession…
5 minutes passed and Misaki got to the beast's room
"What is it Usagi-San?" Misaki asked but had slightly wide eyes at how well the beast had looked; he looked like a real gentleman, furry but a gentleman nonetheless
"Misaki I uh…" the beast said flustered and looked to Nowaki and Hiroki who where behind Misaki. Nowaki grabbed Hiroki and did a dance gesture, "Would you like to dance with me, in the ballroom?"
Misaki blushed slightly and nodded, "sure, I'd love to" Misaki said and the beast was now nervous and relieved. The two headed to the ballroom and began to dance, but Manami, being the devious teapot she was, turned the music to the type for slow dances. Misaki blushed slightly and the beast was now very nervous not really knowing what to do at the moment. Misaki saw this and smiled and rolled his eyes. He took the beast's hand and placed it on his hip. The beast smiled and they started to slow dance.
An hour or two of slow dancing, Misaki had offered to read to the beast, as he did before and of course the beast couldn't turn down the boy's offer. When reading they were near the fireplace.
"The end" Misaki finished and closed the book
"That was a great book Misaki" the beast said and Misaki smiled and nodded
"This is my favorite book" Misaki stated and placed it down, "What do you want to do now?"
"Does it sound good to you if we go outside to the balcony and watch the sunset?" the beast asked and Misaki nodded
"Sounds great!" Misaki chirped and the beast grabbed his arm gently and leads him to the balcony. If Misaki couldn't hear the beast's heart thump Misaki must be deaf since the beast could swear that his heart is beating so fast and hard that it would be heard or at least leap out of his chest. This is the time he is going to confess his undying love for the boy ahead of him.
"Misaki… are you happy here?" the beast asked watching the sun set very slowly as if time was waiting for him to confess his love for the boy.
"Of course I am!" Misaki said and the beast smiled thinking it would be easy to confess now but when Misaki sighed sadly the beast didn't know
"What's wrong?"
"Oh, well this place is fantastic and wonderful but… but I miss my brother you know… he is the only family I have… but other than that I love it here" Misaki said and the beast could see beyond the smile, that the boy is sad that he hasn't seen his brother. Feeling guilty, the beast rose to his feet and helped Misaki to his
"I have a way for you to see your brother if you would like" the beast said and Misaki had wide eyes
"Really?" Misaki asked
"Yes, follow me" the beast said and leads him to the West Wing and to the mirror. The beast picked it up and gave it to Misaki, "Here, if you say the thing you want to see the mirror will show it to you"
"… I'd like to see my older brother" Misaki said to the mirror. To Misaki's horror, the mirror had shown his brother, but he was deep in the woods, not moving.
"Oh no" Misaki said, "My brother is in danger… he can't make it in the cold much longer... I need to... I uh" Misaki said not knowing what to do since he wasn't allowed to leave the mansion grounds
"Misaki…" the beast said looking to the rose that only had 3 petals on it and sighed deeply and looked to Misaki, "Go save him"
"Wh-what?" Misaki asked and the beast nodded, "b-but the promise"
"Forget the promise, You don't have to stay here any longer, go save your brother" the beast said knowing if he didn't do this and Misaki's brother died, the boy would never forgive him and it would kill him to know the boy would forever hate him
"…Th-thanks Usagi-San" Misaki said hugging him and smiled, "You're the best" he said trying to hand back the mirror but the beast shook his head
"No… you keep it, it will remind you of all of us here" the beast said and Misaki smiled
"Thanks…" Misaki said quickly leaving the room.
Right when Misaki left the room, Nowaki and Tanaka entered the room to see the beast looking at the rose
"Sir, how did it go?" Tanaka asked and was saying something but was cut off by the beast
"I let him go" the beast asked and Nowaki and Tanaka had wide eyes
"But why? We were so close" Tanaka said shocked and slightly angry.
"Because… I love him" the beast said sadly looking at them
"What happened?" Nowaki asked
"Something… that if I kept him here any longer he would hate me forever" the beast said watching as the third petal was falling and sighed. He walked to the balcony and saw Misaki riding his horse off in the distance and let out a sad depressed growl
TBC