Well, here I am with an early morning update. It's freakin' six a.m where I am. And, truth be told, the only reason I'm awake at the hour when both the sun and moon are clearly visible is cause I didn't feel like sleeping. I probably should've though, cause I've just noticed my attention span has shortened considerably.
Aside from pulling an all-nighter for fanfic reason, I'm very pleased to annouce the latest chappie -fist pump-
Why? Why in God's name had Kurogane agreed to drive Sabrina and Fai, two of the people on his most hated list, to the Goddamn mall?
For one, they were both friggin' idiots who enjoyed singing along to the most pointless, stupid of the radio songs (I.E I kissed a Girl).
"Kuro kissed a girl, and he liked it" Sabrina sang gleefully Kurogane growled, narrowing his eyes dangerously at the car in front of him.
Kurogane scowled angrily. Damn them both to the fieriest pit of hell.
Maybe, Kurogane thought –he was in oddly optimistic state of mind for some reason. Maybe it was the result of his sanity about to snap- Maybe, if I ignore them, they'll stop.
That was the most lame-ass idea he'd had in a while.
"I hope his boyfriend don't mind it" Fai continued equally as cheery.
"I hope you both die a painful death" Kurogane grumbled, just loud enough for the two blondes to hear.
"Waahhh!" Fai mock-wailed, "Kuro-woof is being a big bully!"
"Kuro-woof!" Sabrina scolded, "Don't be a bully!"
"If weren't such pains!" Kurogane shot back thoroughly annoyed.
"If weren't such a meanie!" Fai retorted, huffing childishly.
"Oh! BURN!" Sabrina exclaimed
So, by the time the car had slowed to a halt, Kurogane's knuckles were turning white from his death grip on the wheel.
"Shop-ping" Sabrina sang gleefully, flinging the back door open and stepping out. Kurogane opened the door with all the calmness he could muster and clambered out in silence.
Fai flung open the door on his side with a flourish. His foot caught against the bottom of the car door, and he landed face-first against the concrete.
"You alright?" Sabrina asked through a fit of giggles.
Kurogane rolled his eyes, closing his door. Damn idiot.
Fai rolled onto his back, propping himself up with one elbow while using the other to wipe some dirt from his face.
"Kuro-sama, help me up!" Fai moaned, waving an arm around in the air limply.
"Lazy asshole" Kurogane grumbled, trudging past, hands in pocket.
"KURO-MEANY!" Fai complained loudly.
Kurogane raised his crimson eyes to the sky. Kurogane was beginning to think if there was a God out there he certainly hated him.
Kurogane inhaled slightly, trying to ignore the two blondes behind him.
Then, he sighed heavily. With all the blabbering and complaining they were hard to ignore.
"It was the funniest thing too, he just flat out refused to do it" Sabrina was blabbering, her voice barely audible through fits of laughter.
"Did you get him to do it?" Kurogane could tell Fai was practically hanging onto Sabrina's every word.
Sabrina chuckled, "Eventually."
"How?" Fai seemed astonished.
It was at this moment Kurogane realized with dread that they were, yet again, talking about him. This time, Kurogane guessed, it was about one of the school plays he was blackmailed to be in.
Growling deeply, he prepared to turn around and strangle them both.
"Oh my!" Fai gasped, "Looks like we've angered Kuro-chan."
"Kuro-chan is always angry" Sabrina whined.
Kurogane wheeled around, his fists clenched tightly. "Stop talking about me like I'm not here, dammit!"
Fai cowered in mock fear, pulling Sabrina in front of him.
"Now now, Kuro-silly. You don't really want to kill me" Sabrina said nervously, raising her hands in a peacekeeping manner.
"Yes. I do" Kurogane said bluntly, scowling.
Sabrina face didn't pale. However, it was fairly pale as it was, so it might have been impossible for it become any whiter.
After surveying both Sabrina and Fai with his signature glare ('Glare 'O Doom', as Fai, Sabrina, and Kimber would later dub it), he scoffed in irritation and stalked into the mall.
"Hyuuu!" Fai trilled from behind Kurogane, "The angry Kuro-sama didn't kill us!"
"We're saved!" Sabrina cheered.
"By nothing at all!" Fai continued.
"The power of teamwork!" Sabrina reminded.
Kurogane rolled his eyes. That was a really stupid reason. After a few brief moments in the mall, alone, without the idiots, it was ruined.
"Kuro-scary, maybe you should stop scowling" Sabrina said in a patronizing tone, suddenly next to him.
"Yeah" Fai agreed teasingly, appearing on his other side, "I think you're scaring people."
Kurogane rolled his eyes. God, they were like twins. Actually, Kurogane thought with a shudder, two Fai's would be a hell on earth for Kurogane.
"To hell with them all" Kurogane grumbled darkly.
"Bad Kuro-puppy!" Fai scolded lightly, swatting the taller man's arm playfully.
"Don't touch me" Kurogane snapped.
Fai recoiled jokingly. "Hyuu!" Fai whispered, "Kuro-sama is certainly cranky today."
"'Hyuu'?" Kurogane questioned, finally deciding it was time to ask about that weird little noise Fai made.
"I can't whistle" Fai explained.
"Then learn how and stop making those damn annoying noises!" grumbled Kurogane.
"But it's so hard!" Fai moaned loudly.
Sabrina nodded sympathetically.
"So" Kurogane changed the subject "Why did we come to the mall?"
"Why?" Sabrina muttered, asking herself.
Kurogane could see the lightbulbs click.
"CRAYONS!" Sabrina and Fai exclaimed in unison. They rushed off, veering sharply down one hallway.
It took a moment for Kurogane to realize what had just happened. His eye began to twitch. They had brought him to the mall…for crayons?! Oh, they were as good as dead.
"GET BACK HERE YOU BASTARDS!" Kurogane hollered loudly, chasing after the two blondes.
Ignoring the glares and startled look of his fellow university students, he continued running and screaming out curses and death threats. Out of the corner of his eye he saw two familiar figures in a Payless to his left.
He skidded to a halt, making sure it was really what he was seeing.
Through the glass display window he could see Kimber talking eagerly while pointing to a pair of shoes that she obviously wanted. The subject chosen to listen to her crazy little rant was none other than Shaolan. Shaolan had tons of boxes crammed into his arms, and seemed to be listening diligently to Kimber's ramblings.
Whether he was there due to free will or blackmail remained unclear to Kurogane. He shrugged and stalked off. It didn't matter at the moment, he still had to kill two certain annoying blondes, and Kimber wasn't going to get in the way.
"Oh! Kuro-chan!" Fai called, suddenly stepping into Kurogane's line of sight. Fai waved eagerly, grinning a 100-wat smile.
Some nearby girls giggled as they saw Kurogane's scowl. Which just pushed him closer to the edge.
"BASTARD!" Kurogane snapped back, "YOU MADE ME DRIVE YOU ALL THE WAY HERE FOR CRAYONS!?"
Fai nodded simply.
Kurogane tried to force back a twitch.
"Oh" He growled menacingly, "You're DEAD!"
"Wahhh!" Fai cried out as Kurogane started to chase after him.
The nearby girls, who had found this amusing, now looked vaguely terrified of the taller man, who, at the moment, was cussing worse than a drunken sailor.
Fai's arms flailed uselessly in the air as he ran, still narrowly ahead of Kurogane.
"Get back here and hold still so I can kill you!" Kurogane barked. Killing seemed like a nice way to take the edge off. A very nice, inviting way.
Fai tilted his head slightly to peer at the angered man chasing him. "That kinda sounds like it would hurt" Fai explained thoughtfully, skillfully veering left to dodge a swipe from Kurogane.
"Tsk, tsk" A voice scolded like a school-teacher scolding a naughty child.
Kurogane scowled, wondering who would be brave enough to try and stop Kurogane's screaming rampage throughout the mall.
"Temper, Kuro-angry, temper. I don't want to sign you up for anger management classes."
Kurogane growled, groaned, and rolled his eyes at the same time. Leave it to Sabrina to push his anger a little closer to blind rage.
He wheeled around to face her, ignoring the bags of Crayola products.
"Who says I have anger management problems, dammit!" Kurogane snapped at her, realizing his mistake much too late.
Sabrina smirked knowingly, her point having obviously just been made.
"You know, I'm a mildly surprised you haven't been arrested for murder yet" Sabrina commented, a dry edge to her voice.
"That could easily change" Kurogane growled, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes.
"Meep" Sabrina gulped.
"Now now" Fai muttered soothingly, taking tentative steps towards the currently fuming Kurogane. "Killing isn't the way to resolve conflicts."
"Oh yeah?" Kurogane shot back, "Then what is?"
Kurogane regretted the question immediately, seeing as how Fai had suddenly latched his arms around the taller man's waist.
"Hugs!" Fai exclaimed gleefully.
"What the hell kinda lame ass answer is that?!" Kurogane snapped, partially embarrassed and partially enraged.
"A wise one!" Sabrina exclaimed dropping her bags and launching herself at him too.
"ALRIGHT!" Kurogane hollered, "LET GO OF ME!"
In response Fai nuzzled his head against Kurogane's chest and Sabrina reached a hand up to pat his head in a manner Kurogane found rather patronizing.
"Dammit!" Kurogane snapped, more to himself than anyone, as he attempted to escape from the blonds' clutches in vain.
Sabrina and Fai pulled away in unison, each with equally hurt looks.
"Kuro-chan doesn't like hugs?"
"Great Master doesn't like hugs?"
"Not a chance in hell" Kurogane informed them both gruffly.
"Well, Kuro-partypooper has had his say in the matter" Fai sighed dejectedly, "What say you, Sabrina, to going home now?"
Sabrina nodded; picking up her bag of crayons, looking mildly surprised no one had stolen it.
Kurogane, however, didn't find it amazing at all. In fact, he would've been much more shocked if someone had stolen the bag.
So, a weary Kurogane and his two proud-to-own-crayons friends, clambered into their and car and drove back to the dorm.
What Sabrina and Fai drew, well, that's a story for another time.
-sighs- There ya have it folks, a new update!
I got this odd email talking about a fanfic site where you could interact with other authors or something. I'm interested in checking it out, but I'm also vaguely afraid that there's something screwy about it. I'm a tad scared...meh.
Now, I really should go to sleep or something...oh well .
R&R? Please? It fuels me more than caffeine.
-Y.A.O.G
