I shall die a horrible death by procrastination. TTATT
omg 1 month of not updating...
I WAS going to update during Chinese New Year... But the word count was seriously low. And I could not bring myself to write anymore, so yeah. DX
So sorry gah math and biology killed me too. My teachers are like speeding bullet trains and im like, ._.zZzZ
Lalalalala~
Puro, MissDino, Aya's alice, taira, GAAAAAAAH I CRY hope you guys will still continue to talk to me writing a fanfic is so lonelyyyyyyy~~ Q.Q
P.S was rushing for this date cause... its Valentines~~ HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!~~ KISSHEATSMUACKS okay done. =-=
Disclaimer: i dont own khr.
It is morning.
Everything seemed so normal. Gentle rays of the sun illuminated the room through the opened window. The cool morning air condensed on the glass, creating a wet trail from the droplets' slide down after collecting enough weight.
The early birds were out getting worms, while the early worms were out getting eaten.
On the bed, two figures stuck close together, with one hugging like the other like a koala bear to a eucalyptus tree.
Tsuna found it hard to breathe. Something was choking him. Fluttering his eyes open, he saw a pair of muscular arm that were extended from behind him, wrapping around his neck. The medicine he took yesterday made him feel as soft as cotton, the typical after-effects of drowsy-causing drugs. Unable to draw enough energy to even move his hand, he started re-organising the few thoughts and memories he had left from last night.
However, he knew for sure that the arms could not be Enma's. Enma's arms are thin and his strength small, not really the type to squeeze the breath out of people. Also, Enma had a habit of sleeping in front of him, to make Tsuna's job easier; so that he could easily hug the small frame from behind and nuzzle his sensitive neck.
Wait.
Where is Enma?
If he is not on the bed, where could he be?
Taking in and holding onto a deep breath, Tsuna used all the energy left in his debilitated muscles and heaved himself upright.
Feeling his movement, the person behind him stirred and drew his arms away.
Looking in that direction, Tsuna held his breath, his whole body turned into stone.
Beside him, Gokudera was shirtless, his well-toned muscles gleaming in the morning light, his drawn hands scratching his side.
Tsuna is loyal.
Ignoring the muscles that every girl dreams of molesting, Tsuna shook the silver-haired man. The weak shake soon became stronger as Tsuna regained his energy slowly, and finally, the log got woken up.
"Ehh… Ahh! Boss! Why are you up so early? Are you alright now?"
"Where is Enma? Where is my cat?" Ignoring his friend's concerns, Tsuna shot. He was unable to remember anything from the night. He could only faintly recall himself opening the window and Enma meowing along with another cat… And they kept on meowing… And meowing…
No more.
Well, it was because he fell asleep afterwards so nothing was registered.
"Umm… I think your cat jumped out of the window, along with the other one. Yeah, it must be that. When I saw you sleeping, I was too lazy to go back to the room so I just slept with you. Your bed is big so I am guessing you will not really mind…?" Gokudera's voice got softer towards the end. He was feeling a little guilty. It was not laziness that drove him into Tsuna's bed. He preferred sleeping with Tsuna over sleeping with Takeshi so much more, so when he saw Tsuna drifting off into his dream land, he took the chance and crawled into bed with him, enjoying the feverish warmth from his 'boss'.
His feelings towards Tsuna is not really love-love. It was more of a trusting reliance. A Heavy reliance that cross the boundaries of reason and gender.
Tsuna could not believe it. Enma jumped out the window? Enma, leaving the house? He had no idea where Enma was when he was out working, but the thought of him venturing out the house never dawned upon him. This was the first time he woke up with him not by his side after the red cat stepped into his world.
His question soon turned into anxiety, as he tried to figure out where Enma will be.
Seeing Tsuna's apprehension, Gokudera comforted, "He probably went out to play. Cats like to venture out of their boundaries too. They are curious things. Maybe he will get back soon. Speaking of curiousity, do you know that cats are…" as he rambles on, Tsuna turned a deaf ear to him as he submerged in his own thoughts.
'Yes, he is just out playing around. He will be back soon…' Tsuna started biting his nails. Then he immediately put his hand down, after realising what he had done.
The habit of biting his nails was forcibly controlled when he started his career. He always do it when he was feeling extremely worried about something, something bad, like all the tests he did not prepare for when he was schooling.
He had a bad premonition about this. Because of Enma's disappearance, even his old habit came back. Could something bad had happened to him?
"Prince, beware. We are going to enter the portal soon. Be careful of the spirits lurking nearby." Basil warned.
Enma nodded, as they leapt through the dense undergrowth and avoided the many poisonous organisms lying in wait, ready to pounce on any unsuspecting fool.
Finally, they reached a few stone statues.
Intricate carvings from a long time ago now eroded, patches of moss grew on the rock faces. In the middle, there lies a figure of a stone cat, standing on its hind legs, supporting a stone dish, holding it over its head. The dish was filled with rain water gathered from over the years, and some rusty ancient coins. It was probably thought as a wishing fountain or a praying altar in the past.
"I will stand guard out while Prince open the gate." Basil volunteered.
Without a second word, Enma stepped into position. Looking carefully, there are actually deep indents on the ground, covered by the unidentified ferns and weeds extended from the forest floor.
Enma closed his eyes and said some words in his mother tongue. Suddenly, the whole forest went quiet. The crickets stopped buzzing, the birds stopped chirping, the trees stopped rustling. All there was were the meows of Enma and the dark, heavy feeling of supression.
Enma then moved forward to another circle, a started chanting surrounding grew hazy.
Pausing for a moment, Enma finally walked towards the cat statue, his two front paws lifted and covered the stone cat's eyes.
With a raise of wind, Enma and Basil suddenly found themselves in a totally different place from before.
The trees and plants were replaced by stout marble pillars and cleanly trimmed grasses. The humid surroundings now enveloped by warm sunshine and a raising breeze.
They were in someone's backyard. The mossy statues from before now stood in by a set of shiny and carefully kept one, the dish a flowing fountain instead of the stagnant water from before.
Enma breathed in the familiar scent of his home, an undetectable smile slowly forming on his face.
"Price, we must make haste. He must not find out that you came back." Basil reminded.
Yes, they still have many things to do.
The smile faded as though it had never been on before. Enma eyed Basil coldly and together, they crept into the house silently, their padded paws removing any unnecessary noise.
No matter how much Tsuna was worried about Enma and wanted to find him, he had to go to work as usual, with Ryohei hot on his trails every second. The two days of absence left him with many jobs and itinerary undone, his schedule getting tighter and higher efficiency was expected from each session.
The hectic day made Tsuna forget about Enma's issue, right until the point where he was called into the office by his boss…
The huge hall was empty. No chairs, no tables no excess materials around, it was just a plain, empty hall, with elaborate tiles and grand chandeliars. Then in the middle of the room, a huge shiny marble staircase stood proud by being the only attention seeker, as it leads up to the upper floors.
"Prince, should we visit the queen's chamber first?' Basil asked quietly. A simple nod was all he got. In the matter of seconds, they leapt up the familiar stairways effortlessly and headed towards the top-most floor.
Knocking on the only door on the story, Enma's facial expression seemed solemn, but a hurricane was building up in his mind. Leaving home without his mother's knowledge and for a prolonged period of time, not knowing what had happened to her dear son, he had no idea who would his mother react to his first disappearance.
The door swung open, and there stood his dear mother.
Seeing her precious child, tears immediately welled up in her eyes.
"Oh Enma! Where had you been? Ah! You got thinner! Are those scars? What happened?" her look of worry went into his eyes. He could see the obvious increase in white hairs mixed with the red ones along her ears, signs of worry and extreme fatigue.
Without saying anything, Enma went forward and nuzzled his mother, calming her down from her tears. Well, them being related meant a lot to his mother. They only had each other to depend on.
His father had passed away a long time ago from an incurable illness, and his inexperienced mother had to take up the responsibilities of ruling over the kingdom by herself. There had been no competition over the throne matter. In their kingdom, it had always been the 'chosen' red-fur cats who will lead the kingdom. However, some regard them as 'cursed', because only the strange heriditory blood that flows through the royal family's veins allow the few cats to be red. One thing is for sure. Nobody wants to take on the heavy duty of carrying the kingdom's problems on his back, and thus everything was up to the red cats. Just live a normal life and get someone to carry the pot alone. For a single person to suffer is better than to have a cabinet of people to suffer.
When he was young he used to see his mother sigh, often asked, but only a smile as an answer. 'It is alright.' She always said. 'It is not tiring at all.' An obvious lie. Even a blind cat could tell that she was lying, moreover the gifted little prince?
From then on, Enma started learning his country's politics, economy and social well-being of the fellow citizens, hoping to lighten the burden for his mother if he was able to learn everything as soon as possible.
It wasn't long before enma proved his talent and capability, then talking complete control over his kingdom's management, at the tender age of twelve.
However, his absence for the past month had forced his mother to lead the country again, however used to, had taken a toll on her.
"ENMA!" Suddenly, a loud voice echoed through the whole building. Enma's hairs stood on ends. He recognised this voice. It was from Byakuran, one of his distant cousin.
There at the foot of the stairs, stood a cat with short snow white fur, slender body, an upside down crown below his left eye, and the never fading smile on his face.
"Natsu, today, your reason I called you here is simple. There is something I would like to tell you, something which may be new to you, but the company has decided upon this and would like to put full trust in you." Pausing for the dramatic tension, the boss then continued.
"You know Adelheid? Adelheid Suziki, the female lead of the drama you agreed to take on recently?"
'Female lead… Female lead…' Tsuna's brain scanned through various people and faces, before he finally found the right one.
He could faintly make out her features from his memory. He remembered seeing her in a cosmetics commercial. Perfect skin, perfect body, perfect looks, but not someone he would want to associate with. He had seen her in real flesh once before. Her sharp eyes look as if they could penetrate anything, her expression seldom change from being cold, the perfect ice beauty.
"Well, to promote the drama, we have decided to spread the word about you two's dating relationship. So tomorrow, make haste, clear out you schedule for the evening. Five o'clock, at The Vongola, dinner reservation with her will be made. We will also engage some paparazzi anonymously to go to the restaurant. So be sure to act intimate and we will do our best in making you two look good together. You do your best too. This is a very important case. Be sure to succeed. Clear?"
Tsuna's mind was in a blank state.
His dear Enma is missing and now the company wants to force an unknown person to him forcefully?
This Shall Not be tolerated.
Standing up abruptly, Tsuna voiced his objections. However, his weak self came into view as he saw the glare of his boss.
"Boss, I really can't do this. I… I have someone in mind already…"
"What are you talking about! We hired you not because you can get your girl, because you can earn money for us." The boss hit the handle of his chair, his voice went into a deeper decibel.
Then realizing his unsightly outburst, he pulled his tie and cleared his throat, then in a softer tone, "Besides, 'on your mind' most probably means that you have yet confessed to her right? Don't worry, you are still young. There are still many choices out there in the world. Or, you can just take this as an assignment to improve your acting skills. I am not really trying to ask you to really sink headfirst into love with her just do a front and before you know it, the drama might already be over and you two can go your own ways. Maybe in the end, you two might even hit on together and thank me for introducing her to you."
Tsuna knew he was fighting a losing battle, one that he will never win in. The words of his boss is golden, always right, always heeded. He had no other choice.
Slumping back into the chair, his mind drifted off to the days he had spent with Enma, then worry on his whereabouts.
Tired. He was tired. Just like his appearance into his life, he was suddenly gone. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe he will find Enma once again sleeping beside him. Maybe…
"Enma, Enma!" Byakuran called out to him sweetly. "Come! I want to show you something!"
Nipping Enma's ear softly, Byakuran tugged him a little and tried moving him in the direction of the stairs.
Enma sighed. He arrived discretely just so he would not get found out by this person, but his efforts came to no avail. Looking at his mother, he forced a grin and gave a little helpless swish of the tail, as he tumbled down the stairs behind the over excited white cat.
It was not that he did not like Byakuran, but it was just that he could get too attached to him sometimes, and it gets hard to even find the space alone to breathe for a second.
"Hehe, now, close your eyes." As they arrived in fornt of a door, Byakuran turned around and said mysteriously.
Quickly, Enma obeyed, the thought of ending this as soon as possible was his main objective now.
A second later, he heard the quiet creak of the opening door and a gush of sweet, delicate smell of flowers knocked him over.
Before he could react, he felt someone nudging him from behind, pushing him inside the room.
"Now, Open your eyes!" The suppressed excitement in Byakuran's voice was clearly visible.
Enma slowly opened his eyes, his pupils reacted, constricting in adjustments to the blinding light.
Blinking hard for a few times, he could finally make out a huge pane of glass stretching from the top of the room all the way to the bottom, covering quite a huge area of the wall. To the right were a few plush looking cushions, probably made form silk and velvet. Beside them were many toys, scratching posts, squeaky toys, etc. Turning to the left, he could also see a huge bed with fresh rose petals scattered all over the sheets.
Then, a sudden feeling a danger surged over him. His sixth sense could tell him that something bad was going to happen to him. Backing up, he tried to escape from the room.
However, his hind legs got into contact with the shut door.
"How is it?" Byakuran continued smiling, his violet eyes hardly visible. "I specially designed this for us! I know you like open spaces so I got them to install the huge window, and as for the toys, I…"
"Stop where you are. What do you mean by, 'Us'?" the sour feeling in his gut became stronger. He had a faint feeling that this had something to do with his well-being.
"Hmm? For us, to prepare for our engagement of course!"
Male-Male engagement? Hmm. Ehhe funfunfunfun. Of course, the reason blah will be updated later.
TEEHEE,
LaBlueMush
P.S reviews, suggestions blahs, will be very much appreciated. OoO