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Chapter 10:

"I love you,"

The words took their time reaching Mikage's brain and even once they were there, the blond had no recognition of what exactly to do with them. It was probably the first confession of his life! Thus he stared at the elder speechless, who soon returned the gaze at his silence. Mikage was surprised, there was no doubting that but more than that an insignificant part of him was relieved to discover that this 'Ayanami-sama' was human after all.

Unable to tolerate the younger's silence after the first biggest confession of his life he eagerly leaned closer to the teen for a kiss. When the silverette's face clouded his vision and was only inches away, Mikage finally blinked to reality but just to realize he was too late.

"A—" was all he could usher before Ayanami snatched his lips, pressing the back of his head with the bedpost. "Mm…wai…t…why…"

"Why what?" The elder was intrigued by the one word question for once. Little did he know that the question was for the blond himself.

"Why…don't I feel …reluctant…?" The blond asked himself with a faint blush creeping on his countenance cutting the elder out of the picture momentarily. 'We've kissed so many times—I've lost count, yet I never seem to…hate it. Even now it's eliciting a new electrical nerve impulse that I've never felt before. Or is it because of what I've heard just now?' the blond brainstormed.

Ayanami wanted to laugh but refrained from any arbitrary actions and instead saw that as a green light. On the contrary he couldn't stop his facial muscles from turning into a very wide grin from the unpredicted excitement.

"Heh. Once the body is connected, the heart often follows*…is that what they say?" The chief simply declared a possible answer to Mikage's question, confident the blond would definitely be his.

The cadet cognized deeply on that. 'Is that true…?' The next time he glanced at Ayanami he was in a new shock all over again. The elder was already tucked into the sheets, pretending to be fast asleep facing the opposite side. 'What?! Who makes a confession like that and then doesn't stick around to hear the answer?' The blond sighed and decided it was best to leave it off for tomorrow, maybe that's what Ayanami-San wanted too. With that said he slowly lowered himself under the sheets and faced the opposing way as well.

In reality Ayanami had to tune out because he was positive he would jump the teen again in those circumstances, hence this time for the sake of the kid, he'll grant him time to think about the true meaning of being his one and only lover.

Mikage had time to think alright: unwillingly the whole night to be specific. The entire time he lay cautiously on the edge of the bed, bewitched by his thoughts and ongoing questions that he didn't catch a wink of sleep. It was only after the sun had risen that his eyes inexorably dozed off.

Exactly ten minutes later, it was Ayanami's time to get up. Even on vacation there was hardly a thing as 'sleeping in.' His body and soul had been long habitual of the military timely and orderly manner of life. He quietly sat up, forgot to glance at the sleeping blond and walked to their joint bathroom to clean up, disrobe and gather his uniform. After hardly seven minutes he was all polished and re-entered the bedroom to notice a delicate figure asleep on his bed. It took him a split second to recall that the teen was sharing a room and bed with him. When was the last time he allowed any one in his bed? It's no excuse that he would forget that fact.

He looked at the time, there was plenty of time before breakfast was served in the large VIP dining hall. Most of his equipment, files and the like was back at his office at home…therefore with nothing else to do, he silently sat on one of the chairs across the bed and next to the window, directly in front of Mikage's sleeping face and decided to affectionate the blond with his stares.

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After he made a call to the ship's catering department for a request to serve breakfast in his room, a soft knock on the door disturbed his comfortable position on the chair from watching the teen to standing up and answering it.

"Breakfast for two!" A cheerful girl announced, pulling in a food cart loaded with elegant looking meals and tea cups.

Too bothered to speak, Ayanami brought his long gloved index finger to his lips and looked at her uninterested in her enthusiasm. "I'll be taking this, thank you." He maneuvered the cart inside and shut the door gently. The maid only stared back with an affected blush on her chubby cheeks even after the door closed.

Rolling the cart all the way to the bedside of Mikage, he sat on the edge of the bed this time, before it, preparing to spread butter on toasts on a plate for them. After all this, he poured hot steamy ready-made tea into two half quart sized cups. There were also small cinnamon rolls and blueberry waffles to complete the perfect western breakfast. Of course there was also customized Japanese breakfast if the clients preferred it since it was a luxury cruise.

The elder glanced back at the blond's face who was still asleep much to his impatience. Seeing his eyes closed and body so still only convinced him that the younger might be dead and that thought itself was throwing him on a rampage. Aside from what his experience was causing him to perceive, he wanted Mikage to open his eyes and look at him already. Noticing the tea filled cup still in his hand, he glimpsed back to Mikage for a moment before trying something out of curiosity. He scrupulously brought the warm cup to the other's cheek and allowed it to graze the other's flesh. It didn't take three seconds for the blond's nerve stimulators to run in action and cause a response, waking him up at the same time.

The younger snapped his eyes open with a sudden gasp, almost sitting up as well.

"You're awake," Ayanami retrieved the cup back to himself and stated with satisfaction.

"Er…" Mikage had no idea how he was forced out of his slumber but was well aware of the time, by assessing the breakfast all set up and the brightened room. Very reluctantly, he commanded his muscles to rise and crawl out of bed, also avoiding to hit the elder who was sitting at the foot of his legs. "Uh…um…I'm sorry, I must've—overslep—excuse me." His mind was obviously still asleep but tried to formally excuse himself from his boss to the bathroom.

"Mikage-kun." The elder didn't fail to call out before the younger scurried away. He turned immediately, clutching a side of the gown. "Don't be long." It sounded more like an order than a statement. The blond nodded and dashed away.

As demanded he washed himself multiple times to eliminate the sleep in his eyes and quickly dressed into his day old uniform before returning back.

"Sit," The chief attempted to make a soft expression and gestured him to take a seat beside him. Mikage did as he was told and quietly took the plate of toast offered to him.

'Did Ayanami do all this?' The teen laughed at the thought but nonetheless enjoyed the first bite of his toast.

"Have some tea." The elder handed him the cup and plate.

"Thank you…" Mikage cautiously reached out for it with nervous hands. The silverette was staring at him which made him involuntarily take a big sip of his boiling tea. The blond wished he never did that because that caused him to burn his tongue, automatically flinching and spilling some of the tea over his knees and hands. After his tongue the next subject he immediately took note of was his uniform. Fortunately it was saved due to the napkin that he spread over his lap prior to eating breakfast.

'Thank God my only suit was saved…' Mikage mentally sighed in relief. 'Never did I fear such a scarcity of clothing until now.' He mused.

"What is wrong with you?" Ayanami asked rather desirably.

"I'm sorry!" The teen could only apologize in response.

"Never mind that, rinse your mouth." The silverette's fingers reached for the other's chin but before it could touch anything Mikage abruptly stood up.

"Yes! Excuse me!" The younger found himself rushing back to the bathroom again. He shut the solid white bathroom door and stood over the sink with a pounding heart. 'What the hell is wrong with me?! I couldn't have been anymore obvious! But it's not my fault—I was nervous!' Wait. 'Nervous…from what…?' Conveniently he recalled what Ayanami had said the night before:

'Once the body is connected the heart often follows…'

'Looks like it's becoming reality already,' The blond grimaced as he rinsed his mouth with cold water. Subsequently, he slid the door open and stood close to the lining to peek at the silverette busy with the food cart. 'He doesn't seem like the playboy type…I mean besides the fact that he's really handsome, prestigious, and wealthy—he's also quite a dark intimidating existence but at times like this it almost appears as though that was a fake nightmare. …does he really love me? Why him? Why me…? Why is he the only one that can make me feel like I'm special...?' He appeared to be attracted no less but more than half of him was yet telling him to stay away as far as possible if he wanted to even hold on to the word 'normal.'

"What are you staring at?" Ayanami crushed his introspections.

"N-nothing." Mikage replied casually and returned to the elder's side.

"Here, no more tea for you." Ayanami handed a plate with food instead. The blond inwardly laughed at himself at the his carelessness that took place before.

"Thank you." He smiled gracefully at the gesture with his eyes closed. The silverette was taken aback by that breathtaking smile and could only gaze at it dazed. Infact his ambitious cold eyes didn't budge the entire time from the moment the younger took the plate, sat down and took a bite. He watched as his happy pale lips nibbled on his food and the enjoyment which danced in his hazel eyes. He wanted to so badly make all these features his, no he yearned for every part of the blond to be under his command. However, momentarily the elder could just watch over from the bedside and accept that as a privilege.

******…******

Mikage was able to gain Ayanami's trust for a little while and sneak out of the room to the ship's outside lounge to chill with the strong breezes and socialize if not anything else. The elder also had to meet with an importance presence and therefore was probably more lenient towards his decision. To his luck he spotted Yufuin and immediately approached him jovially.

"Hey!" The blond high-fived.

"Oh, there you are. I was wondering where you were at during breakfast," the other turned towards him and posed.

"Eh?"

"What, did you oversleep? Breakfast was served in the cafeteria downstairs." Yufuin explained. The teen stood and thought a moment, 'how come he never had any idea of that? That's apparently due to the fact they had breakfast in bed... This had to be Ayanami's doing…but why? He probably doesn't favor public places—yeah that must be it.' The blond convinced.

"Must be it." Mikage joked.

To Be Continued...

Mikage hasn't answered yet but don't worry that's all intentional. Sorry for the not so enthusiastic chapter if that's what anyone's thinking, I promise things will heat up in the following chapters. Hint: you get to see a threatening and jealous Ayanami! Oh wait, or have you already seen that lol? XD

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