A Rock and a Hard spot
"You don't think, Schuldig? He wouldn't." Nagi shook his
head.
"Yes, he would." Omi groaned with the worried
expression on his face. he moved around the tale to take a seat by
Nagi who refused the offered coffee.
"Caffeine's not really
that great for me." Nagi looked to Omis worried face and wished
he could comfort the blond. But there was simply nothing he could say
truthfully that wouldn't just make it worse.
They had gone out on
a trip, him and Omi. it had been a wonderfully prepared get away,
(Free time was prepared for them in great detail) They were given
directions to a small motel on the side of the ocean. This was
strange for Nagi, but Omi had been excited about it often recalling
many summer holidays with his teammates as they drove to the
destination.
His teammates had summer holidays, they had fun in
the sun. They had a life. Nagi found himself wanting Omi to not stop
telling the many adventures he had with his team. The funny moments
and the exciting things. The heart-felt love they shared.
But what
Nagi envied most of Omi was, his team, they were like his family.
Both boys never really had a family to call on, not blood
relatives. Omis had abandoned him, Nagi had suffered the same fate.
What made the difference was, the way the boys had grown up.
Omi
was raised by his team, his team had been loving, kind, caring,
supportive, encouraging. Everything a family could of been and more.
Nagi had been raised by Rozen Kruez and Brad. Brad had been
untouchable, taunting, unpleasable, cold, strict and unforgiving.
Nagi had grown up in an environment that was; please others with your
power or kill others with your power. It was almost always the second
one.
Kill or be killed. Please who ever, or be replaced. his
whole life he had been taught, he was expendable, he was not worth
anything and that there were so many out there to replace him. He
wasn't anything special.
He found himself wanting to live out
Omis life more. Even if he did come out the other side a pussy with
to much emotion to handle himself properly. He wanted to be there
when Omi slipped under that girls skirt on accident and she had
screamed and kicked him. He wanted to be there when Yohji had been
hit over the head with a frying pan after pushing Manx to far. He
wanted to live the moment Aya had fell sick and the whole of Weiss
had to take care of there bed-ridden leader. He wanted to care,
wanted to be cared for.
Nagi had found out that, he was cared
for.
He had dared to hope that perhaps Omi did like him, even as a
friend. He wanted to feel, unique.
He found himself longing to
stay at the motel, to stay away, away from Schuldig, from Farfarello,
and the constant reminder of who he was. He had thought himself cared
for before, by Schu, by Farf and even by Brad.
Omi had unknowingly
unraveled Nagis life, and all the things he thought he was. And the
others of Schwarz were.
He wanted to just be away from them.
All
they could do was cause pain. And Nagi knew he was the same as
them.
And just as he had gotten back, Omis smile lasted for about
three seconds in the door. And everything that Nagi had worked so
hard at forgetting for that day, was back. Schwarz. He was part of
that, and he now hated himself for it. He had always though highly of
Schwarz, but then again, he had never had nothing to compare his life
to. And antisocial person like him didn't get out much, and heard
even less of the outside world then Farfy.
Omi stirred his cup and
Nagi could almost see tears spilling into the brown coffee. he hated
himself, he hated Schuldig, he hated his life.
Nagi watched the
emotions on Omis face and from a far off place in his mind a voice
laughed at him.
You can do nothing.
Helpless
the word ran in
Nagis mind. Ringing like church bells on a Sunday morning.
"Pass the Ball Farf!" Farfarello kicked the checkered
ball as hard as he could across the foot ball field to Ken. He smiled
as he headed the ball into the net with non resistant goalie in it.
Cheering wildly and smiling at his partner.
Farfarello didn't see
the point of the game. But he had a smile on his lips also. Ken
picked up the ball and came running over to Farfarello, who without
flinching took in Kens full on tackle.
They had been doing this
for hours, just fooling around with the ball. Ken seemed quite intent
on going on for hours to come. Farfy didn't Really want to leave
either.
They had practiced many skills, heading the ball was Kens
favorite.
Once ken had stopped one a Farf's Kicks with his hand
and Farfarello was quite sure he heard something break. But ken just
forced a smile and remarked on the strength of his kick.
ken
smiled as he rolled over to look at the blue sky dotted with fluffy
white clouds.
Farfarello clutched the ball to his chest and lay
down with ken, the two boys leaning on the earth, looking to the
sky.
"Look, a bunny." Ken pointed to a misshaped cloud,
Farfarello crooked his his head to slant the picture as Ken pointed
it out to his friend. Farfarello smiled at the cloud as it took
shape. A small fluffy bunny rabbit took place in his mind, the
picture half of his imagination, half the cloud. Ken smiled at
Farfarello and elbowed the man playfully. Farfarello grabbed Kens
arms and bit down on it force.
"Oie!" Ken batted at
Farfarellos head as the White head tightened it's death grip on Kens
arm. Ken felt a small pang of pain an batted harder.
"Hey!
Don't, not so hard!" Farfarello laughed, Ken pushed the man off
of his arm to find a bruise forming on his arm. Farfarello smiled
proud of his mark on Ken.
"Why I otta!" Ken lunged at
Farfarello and Farfy danced out of his grasp, laughing at ken as they
both got up and Ken gave chase after his teammate playfully.
Farfarello threw the ball at Ken and Ken caught it and sent it
sailing back at the other. It hit Farfarello in the back of the head
and the white haired man went tumbling head over heels down a bank,
Ken grinned and followed after him.
"Yohji," Yohji walked into the room with Schuldig beside
him and Schuldig grinned and took the cup of coffee that Omi had
offered the older blond.
"Thanks sweetheart." Omi
frowned deeply suppressing the urge to hit Schuldig over the head.
Nagi pulled out a chair for Yohji and poured another cup of the
liquid for the blond. Yohji stretched his lanky form over the Chair
and sighed deeply, looking refreshed. Omi realized that Yohji looked
completely happy with himself, and if anything, Yohji was cheerful,
disgustingly cheerful.
"Hey chibie." Yohji ruffled Omis
hair and Omi pulled away from him. How could he act this way?
Yohji sipped at the coffee and wondered why Omi was turning so
bitter. The young blond was happy, and carefree most of the time. Now
his attitude had taken a turn for the worst, not only had Omi been
bitter and unfriendly at the now, he was giving Yohji the dirtiest
looks Yohji had ever seen on the blonds cute face.
Worse then
Aya... No... Aya was better at the death glare, besides this wasn't
death glare. But it wasn't a thoughtful frown either, Omi wasn't
thinking about things. he wasn't misunderstanding things wither. he
was putting a situation in hand and jumping to a conclusion, whitch
is something Omi has been know for NOT doing.
"Will you ever leave?" Ken smiled at Farfarellos
question as they sat by the beach.
"I don't know, I can't
promise that I will, I can't say that I won't" Farfarello nodded
his head and picked up the soccer ball, throwing it in the air and
heading it from a sitting position. It rolled into the see and washed
up with the waves. The two watched the soccer ball float back to
shore and sighed in harmony.
"Hello there?" Ken and
Farfarello turned there heads, quick as lightning towards the female
voice.
"Hey," Ken responded to the figure above there
heads on the top of the bank.
"What are you doing down
there?" Ken didn't know the girl, he didn't even think she was
familiar. She was short, Asian and had black pink tails that made her
slanted eyes smile with her face. She looked young, but ken was
willing to bet she was at least eighteen.
She smiled once
again.
"We're... um... watching..."
"Our ball."
Farfarello nodded towards the floating ball in the surf.
"We
were waiting for it to come back to shore."
"Oh, can I
play with you guys?" Ken wasn't about to let the girl play,
being quite sexist he did not believe that the woman were better
soccer players then Men.
"Sure." Farfarello answered
and before ken could stop the mad man he ran to go get the ball.
Leaving Ken and the girl to stand and wait. Ken sighed.
"I'm
Ken Hidaka, That over there is, Farfarello." The girl nodded and
smiled, watching Farfarello play in the surf.
"I'm Gloria.
Nice to meet you Ken." The girl held out her hand And ken shook
it.
"So, Nagi, you enjoy your visit with Omi?" Nagi nodded
at Schuldigs question, the tension in the room was so thick Nagi felt
it waiting down on him.
"What's your problem?" Schuldig
ruffled Nagi's hair and Nagi pushed his former Teammates way from him
and glared at Schuldig with his icy eyes.
"Don't touch me."
Nagi hissed Schuldig didn't flinch back, instead he took a step
forward. Crowding the other.
"What if I do?" Schuldig
dragged a finger down Nagis cheek.
Nagi burst, his brain was
screaming in disgust and his body just reacted with it's reaction to
Schuldig. He Spun backwards and the blow of his fist didn't even hit
Schuldig as his talent acted for him. Schuldig went flying across the
room, a look of pure surprise on his smug face that Nagi laughed at.
"Don't touch me..." Nagi laughed at Schuldig as he
stood out of the Chair before turning on heel, Omi didn't even flinch
at the damage that would of done to Schuldig. 'He deserved it' were
his own thoughts as he retreated from the room with Nagi.
"How long have you been playing?" Ken stood as
Farfarello was once again in goal as the two took turns to shoot on
the Irish man.
"Most of my life." The Asian girl was
quick with her feet. Not as Quick as Farfarellos reactions. Catching
the perfectly plotted ball with ease.
"You?" Kens' turn
with the ball.
"Umm..." Perfect shot. Farfarello smiled
as the ball flew above his finger tips.
"Same."
"I have zero respect for him any more." Omi turned on the light in there room. Nagi gave a grunt and Omi sighed over his thoughts.
"Why are they like that?" Schuldig played with his hair
in a feminine gesture.
"I think they're jealous, or they just
can't handle the fact that I screwed you." Schuldig flopped onto
the sofa.
"Pick one." Yohji mused.
"I think I
would like the Can't handle the fact one. Then I would know Omi was
just horrified, he looked at me like he was..." Yohji put a hand
to his head.
"Appalled, in a in dignifying disgusted way?
Like you have demoted yourself by allowing this to happen? Like he
thought you were to high to sink to my level. Like he always thought
you were bad, but not THIS bad..."
Yohji nodded and gave
Schuldig a quizzical look.
"I read it in his mind."
Schuldig shrugged.
"Shit." Yohji kicked the sofa.
"Shit." Ken was saying good bye, it was time to go, and
he had slipped on the gravel and fallen.
"Silly Kenith."
Farfarello helped ken up,
"Fuck! That hurts Dumb ass!"
Ken was referring to his now twisted ankle. Farfarello looked at the
injury.
"Can I fix?'
"Fuck. No, you can't fix."
Ken grunted.
"Help me up."
"How did you ever put up with that man?" Nagi bit his
lip at Omis question.
"I don't know how, as of now. I look
back and I can't explain it." Nagi caught a loud curse from
downstairs and the two boys smiled.
"How 'bout, we get out of
here. I personally don't want to listen to them fight, or fuck for
that matter."
"Now, I think you'll have to drive Farf." Farfarello
lifted Kens leg over the bike and Ken flinched a bit.
"Wait,
can you drive?" Farfarello jumped in the front of the bike,
flipping the helmet back to Ken.
"Hold on tight. Your in for
a ride." Ken strapped himself around the surprisingly lean
midsection of Farfarello.
"How is it that, you and I have become so alike?" Nagi
sipped on the glass of water in the pizza shop Omi had shown him. A
cozy little place that was not bustling with people, but instead had
a steady drift of little bits of people. Crowds that Omi had to wave
to every one because he knew them all.
Omi didn't wave to any of
them, he just sat with Nagi as they disgust The Schuldig Yohji
situation.
"I don't know. But I think I have changed,
slightly. Since meeting you... You have opened my eyes."
"To
what?" Nagi was just throwing the right questions now. He
watched Omi think for a quick second.
"To the world I guess,
Assassins work wasn't enough to show me. People are really cruel."
Nagi wanted to laugh at the blond. He knew nothing of cruel. He was,
after all, still a virgin.
Not letting the laugh bail up to his
face. He kept his emotions placid.
"Please don't."
"Don't what?" Omi gave him a puzzled look, this was too
easy.
"Don't piety me."
"Slow down Farf!" Farfarello was streaming through the
open country, he liked the feel of kens hands strapped around his
torso, and the steering of the motor bike was exceptional.
"Hold
on Ken." On the other hand, he thought that, in the back of his
mind. He knew, they were being followed.
"What are you
doing?"
"Pitty?"
"I hate it, always have. Never had
need of it, never will." Nagi leaned forward.
"Let's be
equals. Me and you, you don't pitty me, and I won't call you a
pussy." Omi frowned at Nagis bluntness.
"Ok."
Nagi offered his hands out to shake on it.
"Home's the other way Farf!" Farfarello was sure he was
being followed, and not even discreetly. The other black car was now
in full speed, as was the bike, and Farfarello was running out of
places to dart into. Running out of dark allies to hide in.
"We
are being followed You moron!" Farfarello hit Ken over the head
and Ken cursed as he looked back.
"Faster! They are
gaining."
"Your fucking bike is not that fast you dink!"
"You think I upset him?
"About what?" Schuldigs
lazy form was stretched around the chair and he was soaking up the
sun.
"About, us." Schuldig's shot up.
"Us?"
Omi took Nagis hands and Nagi smiled.
"There shooting at us!"
"I'm insane, not
stupid!" The bullets were flying, glancing off the sides of the
bike, missing them by inches.
"Hey, is that Omi?"
"There is no us." Schuldig's stood up and crossed his
arms.
"I fucked you, end of story."
"Nagi!" Ken screamed out the name, Nagi whirled around, big blue eyes filled with a question.
"Excuse me!" Yohji stood up now.
"You were the
one who I almost ditched, you followed ME into the bedroom.m you were
MINE, I had you."
Nagi held up a hand and stopped the racing bike, Farfarello jumped
off and Picked up ken with a strength that Ken couldn't say even Aya
had. bullets ripped through Farfarellos left arm, sinking into Kens
side.
Ken screamed out in pain, feeling blood rush.
"Hey!" Schuldig's pushed Yohji.
"I belong to
know one! I can have as many people as I want, why should I settle
for you, dick face. I am the one who decides who I want to be with,
and I would not, as of now. make you and me an 'us'."
Omi cried out and Nagi frowned deeply in concentration, erecting a
telekinisik barrier to protect them.
Farfarello pushed a table
over, people were screaming, kens side hurt as Farfarello lay him
back down on the pavement. Ken cried out, the bullet twisting in his
side.
"Stay here." Farfarello brushed the hair out of
Kens face. Ken blinked.
"I'll be back," Farfarello
kissed Kens forehead and was gone before Ken could question him.
Schuldig pushed Yohji against the wall, Yohji grabbed a
knife.
'Pleas don't make me kill you.' he thought.
"Die!" Farfarello sped out of the barrier without Nagis consent. Nagi flinched as his former teammate pushed his way through to attack the gunmen. Omi shot two down form inside the barrier.
Schuldig took both Yohjis arms and forced the other back into the corner, easily controlling the older blonds unmuscled arms.
Omi was down, his arm had been grazed, enabling him to pull the string back on his bow. Farfarello tore around the massacre site, innocent sandbyers were horrified, masses of buddies lay around the street square. Nagi was getting weak. Just hold up a few more...
Yohji flinched back, expecting to be struck in his helpless position.
Nagis barrier broke.
Nagi cried out, the last of his strength
zapped, he felt to his knees and his head was throbbing, his mind was
fuzzy. Not now, don't black out. Stay awake. Screams listen to the
screams.
Schuldig kissed Yohji, Yohji melted into Schuldig with relief and tears spilt onto Schuldigs Shoulders.
"Nagi!" Omi ran over to his partner, feeling the barrier
break in a big pop.
Omi knelt over the young boys form and lifted
the dark haired Youth into his arms.
"Go! We must go now!"
Farfarello was right behind Omi with Ken in arms. Ken was hanging
onto Farfarellos neck and looking quite determined.
"Get the
bloody car started you twit!" Omi ran, he ran towards Ayas red
car. Police sirens pursuing him.
"I don't think you could of killed me, your too week. Give in
with a simple kiss."
"You have won the battle,"
"But
not the war." Schuldig snickered and plucked a strand of blond
hair making Yohji tilt his head, exposing his neck.
"Not home. I drive." Omi tossed the keys to Farfarello,
placing Nagi in the front seat, Farfarello gently pushed Ken in
beside Omi.
"Keep him unstraight. And buckle up."
Farfarello slammed on the gas petal and darted into a dark, narrow
alleyway.
