Email: swythangel@hotmail.com
Title: The Gift (A Christmas Surprise for Aya)
Type: 3/4
Teaser: Its Christmas, and this is what happens when Omi wants everyone to be happy…Ken wrapped and put in a box for a certain someone…
Rating: PG (just to be safe)
Spoilers: itsy bitsy spoilers like Aya-chan and Sakura…
Warnings: Shonen Ai maybe Yaoi in the next parts :>
Disclaimer: Weiß Kreuz is not mine…I keep forgetting to put disclaimers and I don't want to be sued….
Keywords: Ken, Aya/Aya, Christmas
hums to herself>Its new year and I still haven't finished this Christmas ficcie…lalala! Gomen everyone, its just that I was so immersed in my holiday activities….gomen, gomen!
Oi! This is supposed to be humorous cries>but somehow it isn't as funny as I want it to be sniff>
Still I hope you guys still like it…because I loved all your comments minna-san! Tell me what you think onegai!
The Gift
(A Christmas Surprise for Aya)
Part 3
Aya trudged into the apartment and shook the snow out of his coat before going up the stairs. He was depressed. As he always was every time he went to the hospital to see his dear imoto lying so quietly on the hospital bed, unable to give him even a small smile.
/Aya-chan…/
But at least for this night, he might be able to forget the sadness, even for a few hours. He was going to have Christmas dinner with the other Weiß and the thought of seeing Ken again lifted his spirits up more than he wanted to admit.
He stepped into the hall.
"Kurisemase Omedeto, Aya-kun!"
"Merry Christmas, Aya."
"Merry Christmas, Youji, Omi." Aya said, allowing a small smile to enter his otherwise stoic face. /Where's Ken? Is he sick?/ Ken was always one of the first to greet them whenever there was a holiday. Hell, he even greeted them 'Happy Hanukkah'…whatever that was. The fact that he wasn't there to greet him now caused Aya to worry.
"Where's Ken?"
Omi who was leading him cheerfully into the decorated living room was the first to answer him.
"Oh that's right, I almost forgot! Ken-kun has a date tonight. He called to say that he won't be able to make it to our Christmas dinner and told me that we shouldn't wait up for him."
"Oh." Somehow Aya couldn't help the disappointed tone that entered his voice.
"And about time for Ken to get lucky too." Youji chimed in gleefully, seemingly ignoring the disappointed tone in Aya's voice. "He hasn't gone out on a date since God knows when."
Ken had a date. Aya knew he should be happy for Ken but he couldn't bring himself up to be. Not when he loved Ken. Yes, he admitted it to himself. He did love Ken and he didn't try to deny it. Being an assassin made him aware just how fickle life could be and that life was better spent without self-denial. Therefore he had admitted to himself that he loved Ken. Telling it to the others and more importantly, to Ken, was another matter altogether.
Ken had a date. He was sinking into depression again. This Christmas sucked. He wanted nothing more than to lock himself up in his room and suffer in silence.
/Get ahold of yourself, Aya. You can't let Youji and Omi down. Not when they're trying so hard to make this a very nice Christmas./
***
"Isn't it time yet?" Ken whined to himself. He was cramping up big time in the box with his legs folded up and his arms carrying the boys' individual gifts to Aya. The ribbon was also causing his shoulder to itch. He couldn't even move his legs that much to ease the cramp, afraid that he might punch a hole through the box.
"Never again. Never again." He chanted. It was no fun being made to sit in a stuffy box with no one to talk to but himself. For the nth time since Omi and Youji had stuck him inside this box, he wondered why in hell he ever agreed. And then he imagined Omi's voice telling him again…
/Don't you want to make Aya-kun happy, Ken-kun?/
/Of course I do./ And that's the only reason why I am still in this box suffering. In Ken's opinion, Aya could use the laugh this silly plan might elicit from him and if it meant that Ken would look like a silly jack-in-the-box, so be it. Although, he still couldn't understand why Omi couldn't be the one in the box. He was sure the younger Weiß would fit more comfortably inside unlike him who was all scrunched up.
He fidgeted a little and winced. His legs were cramping up and going numb due to the cut-off circulation of blood. With his luck he felt like he would fall flat on his face the minute Aya opens the box. He really believed in that possibility. Ken was just the teensy tiny bit clumsy. He wouldn't admit it to Youji of course who told him that he was a walking disaster waiting to happen. Ken sniffed. He was *not* a walking disaster. Could he help it if offending things kept getting in his way, causing him to trip?
If the powers that be were kind, he'd get by with only a stumble tonight. He snorted. He found it highly unlikely. More probably, he would tangle himself up in his legs and fall face flat on the floor. In the worst case scenario, he could fall on the reverse-edged sword he was going to give Aya and injure himself. He scowled. It wasn't a very good scenario.
/Please! If there is a God, please don't let me fall flat on my face. Not with Aya watching./
Granted, Aya saw him everyday and witnessed his mishaps in Koneko. But tonight was different. Tonight was for Aya, an attempt to make him forget his comatose imoto even for just one night. And if he ruined it by being clumsy, it would probably bring down Omi's ire on him and heaven knows how the kid could sustain a grudge for weeks.
Actually, Omi wasn't the chief reason. Something inside Ken wanted this to be perfect for Aya. He wanted to see a smile on Aya's stoic face, something to soften the cold beauty of his features. Aya rarely smiled but when he did it was a wondrous thing to see. Like a rose opening in the morning light. And when Ken had seen it, he had wanted to try to put a similar smile on Aya's features. To lift Aya from his depressing thoughts. But everything he did always ended up getting botched. If he tried to juggle balls or did antics to amuse Aya, he invariably crashed into something breakable. If he tried to just be cheerfully bright, the redhead would only grunt a reply. Nothing he did seemed to make Aya laugh or smile. And Ken really wanted to be able to make Aya smile.
And Omi and Youji's silly plan, they said, would accomplish that. Ken shifted yet again and pain lanced up his scrunched up body. /If this doesn't make Aya smile, I am going to stuff this ribbon down Omi and Youji's throats. Damn! What's taking so long? Anymore and I'm not going to be able to move at all./
***
Omi dragged Aya up the stairs bouncing in anticipation. They had just finished eating their Christmas dinner and it was now time to open presents. Omi could hardly contain his excitement.
Although Aya had tried to hide his disappointment when Omi had told him Ken would not be at the dinner, Omi had noticed, as did Youji. This reaction made Omi and Youji happy. Their plan was going as scheduled.
If it was anatomically possible to pat himself on the back he would have. He wanted everyone to be happy this Christmas and it seems like it would come true. Youji-kun was happy, he was happy, Ken, well, Ken-kun was always happy as long as they were happy…and Aya-kun will be happy once he sees his gift.
Wai! Omi couldn't wait! He bounded up the stairs and went straight for Aya's room, turning the knob. Youji-kun was right behind him. Like Omi, Youji was strung tight with excitement.
"What are you doing Omi?" Aya finally said, surprised at the youngest and oldest members of Weiß. He was wondering what Omi and Youji needed inside his room.
Omi hesitated a moment and apologized. "Gomen, Aya-kun. We should have asked permission first but we were too excited. May we enter your room?"
Aya nodded. There wasn't anything wrong in it after all. But he was still wondering why on earth they wanted to go in.
The answer presented itself when Aya followed the two in. In the middle of his almost spartan room stood a huge red present, a really *big* present.
"Surprise! Merry Christmas Aya-kun!"
Omi and Youji were grinning at him hugely as he stared at the gift. /What the hell could this be?/
Youji seemed to have read his mind when he spoke up. "Why don't you open it now Aya? I'm sure you're curious."
"Yes, why don't you, Aya-kun? It's a present from Youji-kun, me and Ken-kun!"
As Omi mentioned Ken's name, a shadow covered Aya's features.
"Open it now, Aya-kun!"
"Let's do it tomorrow Omi. There's no hurry."
"Nani? Why would you want to wait until tomorrow?" Youji blinked in surprise.
A blush appeared on Aya's pale cheeks. "I just thought we should wait up for Ken."
Omi exchanged a look of alarm with Youji.
/Fucking shit! That is *not* a good idea./ "Uh, Aya? I'm sure Ken won't mind if you open it now." /In fact, Ken would prefer you open it now. I'm sure he's already irritated and mentally cussing in there./
"Youji-kun's right, Ran-kun, in fact, Ken-kun specifically said that we should open our gifts even without him. Besides, tomorrow won't be Christmas eve anymore."
"But it will be Christmas day, Omi."
"Still…"
Ran turned a fixed glare at the two, the glare that brook no arguments, the argue-and-die glare.
"Let's wait for Ken."
Omi and Youji watched Ran helplessly. Their plan was falling down just because Aya decided he wanted Ken there when he opened his present.
/Goddamn it! If he tries to wait for Ken to show up, hell will freeze over before that happens. What are we going to do?/
/Shit! What a time for Aya-kun's stubbornness to rear its ugly head. Ai-ya! Now Youji-kun and I have to formulate plan B. Damn! I predict Ken-kun will have a lot to bitch about when he gets out of that box. Kami-sama, help us!/
"Anou, maybe you're right, Aya-kun. Maybe we should wait for Ken."
"What?" Youji had turned to Omi with an incredulous look in his eyes. Omi tugged at the older man, running out of the room. "Well, if we're going to open presents early tomorrow morning. We'd all better get some sleep, ne? Oyasumi, Ran-kun!"
"But, but…" Youji tried to protest but was dragged out by Omi who was stronger than he looked, managing to drag the older, taller and heavier Weiß out of the room.
Omi whispered to Youji. "Shut up, Youji-kun. Do you want Aya-kun to get suspicious. We have to think up a new plan or Ken-kun will kill us.Let's go to your room and sort things out…"
TBC