Xana: Wow…so. It's been like…A YEAR? *Jumps behind an army bunker* Don't kill me!
Youji: *eye roll* She has a perfectly excusable reason for being absent for so long…*glares at Xana* Right?
Xana: Well actually yes. Because of the past year and the crappy economy, my family had to cut back on a lot of things to help with our financial issues. So I had to go without internet for a YEAR. Plus, my computer died on me, so I got a new one! And I had to re-write this entire chapter, so I missed a lot in it.
Youji: She will DEFINITELY be updating more now, what with the new computer and her internet back.
Xana: Yep! So if you are still following this story, then I pretty much love you right now. And I am SINCERELY sorry!
Youji: SHE IS!
Xana: alright. So warnings for this chapter…Eh, I'd say a stalkerish Ritsu? Moronic Kio?
Youji: Haha…moronic Kio…anyways! I will now give the disclaimer! Xana no owny the Loveless! Only plot! On with the chapter!
Chapter 18-Reunion
Ritsuka slowly opened his eyes, feeling as though he had about ten different raves going on in his head. Least to say, his migraine sucked ass big time. Inching his way into a sitting position, Ritsuka blinked a couple times, hearing shouting coming from the other side of his wall. Kio and Soubi.
Sighing, he swung his legs over the side of the bed and walked across the room to the door, needing to use the bathroom really bad.
"…ADOPTED?"
'Ah…that was Soubi.' Ritsuka thought, as he did his business.
"What? You're the only one who's allowed to adopt?"
'And that would be Kio…Hmm…can't those two ever get along?' the small raven thought, grumbling about blondes and their mental issues (A/N: No offense to blondes by the way).
Turning on the tap, Ritsuka yawned, washing his hands, stomach grumbling for food. Gently drying his hand with a towel, the small boy looked into the mirror before ruffling his hair, making it stick at impossible angles.
'I need a hair cut.' he twitched at the thought before running a brush though his dark locks.
Wait a second….
"KIO ADOPTED?" Ritsuka squealed and rushed out of the bathroom, only to slam face first into a solid object and fall back flat on his ass.
"Oof!"
Frowning, the young Aoyagi rubbed his sore behind before slowly climbing back up to his feet to glare at the blonde he had ran into.
Only he didn't come face to face with either of his roommates. He didn't even come face to face with a blonde!
Instead, looking back at him were light blue eyes behind thin framed glasses, long black hair with gray tips framed a thin, yet delicate face. Matching ears twitched among the long locks. And Ritsuka new these features all to well.
"Y-Yayoi?"
Seimei…just couldn't believe it. Here he was, signing a lease to an apartment. An apartment. While Natsuo ran from room to room squealing like a girl, Youji laying on his stomach, stroking the carpet and whispering loving words to it.
"Alright then , the lease is all set up. I do hope you enjoy the apartment. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to give me a call." the landlord said, shaking Seimei's hand before leaving. Seimei sighed before hearing a snort and turned to see Natsuo snickering.
"What?" Seimei asked, frowning at the read head.
"?" Natsuo asked, full on laughing. Youji just ignored the two, still showing the carpet some love, not a fan of the road anymore.
"I couldn't give him my real name. So I made one up." Seimei stated, looking around at the room before groaning. He didn't have time to just lay back in a new apartment.
He still hadn't found Ritsuka. And he wasn't giving up anytime soon. He'd keep looking. With or without Youji and Natsuo's help. Turning to look a the two small boys, his mouth dropped open. They were rolling around on the floor making out.
Frowning, Semei grabbed his back pack and pulled out a water bottle and started to spray the two. "Hey not on the damn floor you two!"
His only reply was a hiss and a snarl.
Ritsuka could only stare at the boy that was now sitting on the opposite couch across from him, Kio sitting next to the boy, glaring at Soubi while Soubi glared back from his place next to Ritsuka.
Never in his life had Ritsuka heard such silence…and it was driving him mad. Truly it was, and the silence wasn't the only thing killing him. Did Kio know about the online auctions? Did he buy his best friend just like Soubi did to him?
Or what if while he was gone, Yayoi had lost his family in some freak incident, and had been put up for adoption? Did it mean that Kio really didn't know about the auctions, and only decided to adopt out of loneliness? With these questions unanswered, Ritsuka couldn't really say anything to his friend, and it was frustrating!
"So, Yayoi. How exactly did you meet Kio?" Soubi asked, smiling down at the boy.
Yayoi swallowed, unsure of what to say. "Well, uhm…"
"Oh give it a rest Soubi!" Kio snapped, rising to his feet, causing Soubi to raise an eyebrow.
"What? I'm just trying to be friendly," Soubi snapped back, his gaze back to Yayoi, "So, you know Ritsuka huh?"
Yayoi immediately glanced over at Ritsuka before nodding. "Yes I do."
"How do you know each other?" the tall blonde asked.
"Well…we went to elementary together with our friend Yuhi." Yayoi suddenly turned to Ritsuka, "Why did you leave Ritsuka? Yuhi, he was really worried about you! So was I!"
The small Aoyagi didn't know what to say, Yayoi was upset, and his other best friend, Yuhi, was also upset. But could he really tell the truth? Not knowing whether it was safe or not to mention the auctions was really messing up his chances.
"Well…why are you here Yayoi?" Ritsuka shot back.
At this, the small neko hesitated, eyes darting everywhere, anywhere, as if searching for an answer. That's when both Soubi and Ritsuka perked up a bit. Kio knew of the auctions. Yayoi's actions were good enough.
Soubi turned to look at Kio, who was avoiding his eye. "You bought him on an auction too, didn't you?"
Kio sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Well…"
Soubi glared daggers at the blonde. "That's where the rent money went!"
"Hey! Maybe if you'd start paying attention to the bills and rent you wouldn't have noticed it missing!"
"Well, maybe if you didn't live up to the "blondes are stupid re-!"
"GUYS!"
Both blondes turned to look at the now annoyed and desperate Aoyagi Ritsuka. "Please! For once stop bickering like a married couple!"
Soubi could only sigh and hang his head. "Alright Ritsuka, I'll settle down. Just for you."
Rolling his eyes, Kio folded his arms over his chest and looked away to the wall. He didn't understand why Soubi's underwear was in a bunch. Sure, he'd bought some kid…well…heh okay a pretty cute kid, off of an auction. But still! It's not like Soubi didn't buy Ritsuka either! Right?
"Sheesh, Soubi. Since when did you become a hypocr-"
"STOP IT!" Ristuka screamed, in a very girlish way.
Three pairs of eyes turned to look at the small boy, for neither of the three had ever heard Ritsuka's voice go up so high. Blushing furiously, Ritsuka turned his head away, not liking the stares.
"Can't you two just get along for one second? You two do nothing but argue!"
Yayoi could only look between the his best friend and the two strangers in front of him. Ritsuka talked as if he had grown up with these two men, when he really had grown up at home. With him and Yuhi. And that bothered him.
"What the hell is wrong with you people?"
Ritsuka turned his gaze to the small boy in front of him, only to be met with a cold, dead gaze. "What are you talking about Yayoi?"
"What am I talking about? I'll tell you what I'm talking about! You act as if being bought off an online auction is an every day thing!," he then turned to the two blondes, "And you two! Buying children off an online internet for…for…sex? You have issues! Serious issues!"
The entire room was left in silence, the sound that could be heard was soft panting from the small neko who was probably going through a nervous breakdown. Ritsuka gently reached out towards Yayoi, who pulled away.
"You don't even have your ears or tail…do you?" he said sadly, looking down as his ears flattened against his head.
"Yayoi-"
"You're going to take mine away, aren't you." he asked, his attention fully on Kio.
Kio hadn't expected that question, because he never did plan on taking away anyone's ears. Looking from Ritsuka to Soubi, he turned to Yayoi and shook his head slowly. No way was he going to rape some poor kid.
"No, I would never do tha-"
"Then why am I here?" Yayoi screamed, whatever sanity he had left was completely gone.
Ritsuka could only stand there stunned. He'd never once heard Yayoi, shy and quiet Yayoi, scream in his entire life. Kio could on sit there, mouth opening and closing without a single sound coming out.
The small kid had a point. Why was he here? He hadn't really thought about that. He had been to caught up in the moment of getting back at Soubi, that he didn't really have a sensible reason for purchasing the boy offline other than the reason just stated.
Kio slowly rubbed the back of his neck, " Ah…well your not here to be molested, I can guarantee you that," He glared at Soubi with every word.
"THAT'S IT!" Soubi roared, jumping up and hurtling himself across the coffee table at Kio, who was thrown backwards in his chair.
"Soubi!" Ritsuka gasped, jumping up as Soubi began to strangle the blonde.
Running over, the small Aoyagi tried to pry Soubi off of Kio, who was turning blue. Yayoi could only stand and watch the scene before him, something bothering him about what he was witnessing. It seemed so…familiar….
'Oh my dear lord. It's a Simpsons moment….' he though, horrified that that was his only thought at the moment.
Shouldn't he be worried about maybe escaping? Or that Ritsuka was acting as if this was a daily happening.
'It probably is for him.', he thought darkly, watching his best friend with sad eyes. 'Ritsuka…what have you been going through?'
Ritsu stormed down the hallways of the now empty school, dead set on getting to his office, where he held all the student records. All he had to do was get Ritsuka's file and look up the address listed.
Then, he could get his hands on the small neko boy. His mouth watered just thinking about having the boy to himself, god knew he would be doing more than drooling when he actually had the boy.
Kicking the door open, the furious and lustful principal slinked into the room, ignoring the loud banging of the door hitting the wall. Sliding himself into his seat, he pushed himself across the room to the large file cabinets and opened the first drawer, flipping through the folders.
'Let's see…Abe…Adachi…Anzai…Aoki…Ah! Aoyagi.'
Pulling out the file, he slammed the drawer shut and once again pushed himself across the room, returning to his spot behind the desk. Laying out the file, he skimmed through the papers until he found one name that he needed. The name of the apartment.
Oji Green Hill (1)
Soubi pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration, while four words repeated in his head like a mantra.
'Kio's. Ass. Is. Dead. Kio's. Ass. Is. Dead. Kio's. Ass. Is. Dead. Kio's. Ass. Is. De-'
SMACK
"AGH, BITCH ASS FUCKER!" Soubi swore loudly, rubbing his cheek furiously.
"Hehehe…"
"KIO!" he roared, about to lunge at the blonde before Ritsuka grabbed his arm sleeve.
"Soubi stop! Now is not the time for this! Can't you see that Yayoi is in a fragile state right now? He won't come out of the bathroom!" looking back at the locked door, Ritsuka grew more worried for his friend.
Kio let out a sigh as he stood, waltzing into his room and coming back out a few seconds later. "Here." He handed the small boy a bobby pin. Confused, Ritsuka looked up at him.
"Oh my lord. Pick the lock!"
"Heh? How in the world do you expect me to know how to pick a lock?" Ritsuka demanded, hands now placed on his hips. Soubi turned to Kio, waiting for the answer.
"Yes Kio, how do you expect him to know?"
Kio sighed, rolling his eyes as he gave his answer. "Well, Soubi, since Ritsuka has been molest-ahem, I mean "hanging out" with you, I figured he would have picked up some of your…talents."
"That's it Kio. Your ass is grass." Rolling up his sleeves, Soubi stalked towards the blonde man, focused on his goal of killing him.
"So-Sou-Chan you're just kidding! Right?" No answer.
Gulp.
Turning to Ritsuka, Kio looked at him pleadingly. "Right?"
Shrugging, Ritsuka turned his back to the two older males. "Don't know. I'm too busy "picking the lock" as you put it."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Xana: Okay so as I said before, I had to completely redo this chapter since my computer decided to fry its self to death during the Dark Ages (my year without internet) so hopefully this chapter was to your liking? Oh, and I didn't have this chapter beta'd soooo if there are mistakes and such, please ignore them :]
Youji: AND lets hope you are all still WITH us and this fic!
Xana: Exactly! So, hate on me if you want. Just R&R! Thanks a lot guys. Youji. Say goodbye.
Youji: BAH BYE! *waves*
.:.*†XanaSentiya†*.:.
(1)- Oji Green Hill is actually a real apartment complex in Japan. It's located in Aoyama :]