Beautiful Alone
By: Raiha-chan
Spoilers: None for this chapter.
Disclaimers: Weiß Kreuz and all its characters belong to Koyasu Takehito and Project Weiß. "Beautiful Alone", the first ED song, does not belong to me either. Do not sue me for I have nothing. Sad, really.
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--- Chapter Three ---
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"To every life, there's always an end,
But I close my eyes, I still see your face; beautiful...
And I throw a rose as they now lower you down
But I still believe I'll see you again
I wait for the day that I can once more hold you tight
Until then, I can't cry this pain away
Until then, memories are all I have..."
I hate that bastard. I really, really hate him.
Currently, I was busy sulking in a corner, away from my family and friends. It was my sister's birthday today. I decided to be really nice and threw her a little party, inviting nearly everyone she knows.
But somewhere along the line, our old tradition of "embarrass the birthday boy/girl!" was changed to "embarrass the birthday girl's younger brother!" Not fun.
Especially when you have that jerk spilling out nearly the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me before, to my parents and friends. And Grandma. Yeah, she gave me a good look after the story was finished.
But I don't blame him. I just hate him, that's all. I blame myself more for telling him in the first place. I've met him just two months ago and there I was, telling him a secret that I never told my own sister. And, contrary to popular belief, my sister and I are pretty close.
Damn jerk. Maybe he'll choke on some food and die.
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"Brad?" a soft voice drifted through my thoughts, and I pulled my head up from where it was laying on my hand. I blinked sleepily up at Hikaru.
"Wha~at?" I drawled out, lazily. The black-haired boy chuckled then pull up a seat beside me. Strange how just 2 months ago, I didn't think we'd be friends at all and here we are, the best of friends.
"I'm sorry," Hikaru murmured softly beside me. "But it just came out without me realizing it and by the time I did, I couldn't pull it back anymore."
"Yes, you could," I replied absentmindedly. "Only if you did, you would be eaten alive by those people." He laughed again.
"Sharing secrets again?" a feminine voice piped up. "Mou, the amount of time you two spend with each other! Should I be jealous?"
"Aki," was all the other boy said in response.
"Ara~? Was I interrupting something?" Aki pretended to be serious but her voice was laced with a very suggestive tone.
"Go shoot yourself or something," I retorted, leaning my head against my hand again in attempt to sleep. Aki laughed then lowered a hand down to ruffle my hair.
"You're so fun, Brad!" Aki was still laughing softly when she turned and walked away, her heels clicking against the floor.
I hate her, too.
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Maybe I should've explained myself a bit more. I met Hikaru two months ago when the Yoshida's were over. Remember the boy that kept staring at me when we met? Yeah, that's him.
Anyway, that night, the Yoshida's stayed for dinner (all thanks to Grandma). I had been wandering around Grandma's house aimlessly the hour before dinner was served and bumped into, quite literally, the boy.
He spoke for the first time since I met him and our friendship started right then and there. He really wasn't so bad once I got to know him. He just tends to give people the wrong impression.
"Brad, wake up, you're drooling on me," I heard a voice sighed, before I picked my head up. I looked around and saw that most of the people who attended the party were already gone.
"I wasn't asleep," I mumbled, laying back down on my 'pillow'.
"Really?" Hikaru shifted a bit, to get more comfortable. When he noticed that he couldn't, he gave a loud, exasperated sigh. "Brad, can't you find another pillow?"
"Nope, you're too comfortable," I smiled as I snuggled closer. Though I would like to know how I ended up sleeping against him in the first place.
As if he could read my thoughts, Hikaru said absentmindedly, "Here I was, just enjoying what little peace and quiet I can get, and the next thing I know, you decided to fall sideways. Onto me. Dammit, why couldn't you have fallen onto the other side?"
"Oh, so you would rather I fall against the hard and cold floor?" I turned my head to a side so he can see my pouting expression.
"Yes."
"Bastard."
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I yawned and stretched lazily. By this time, the party was already over and everyone had already left, including that cocky bastard friend of mine.
"Brad, if you want to sleep, at least go do it in your room," Grandma scolded, as she stopped in front of the couch. I mumbled out a soft 'mm-hmm' before I closed my eyes again. Next thing I know, someone was pulling on my ear.
"Grandma!" I jerked straight up, one hand cradling my injured ear.
"Did you not hear a single word I said, young man?" was all she said.
"Fine, I'll go sleep in my room!" Still rubbing my sore ear, I stood and made my way towards the stairs. Grandma called my name again. I didn't bother to turn, simply pausing at the foot of the stairs.
"This friendship between you and Hikaru," Grandma began. "Is good for the two of you. I'm glad you had such a nice young man for a friend."
Huh? I turned and fixed my grandmother a confused look, but she was already out of sight. I shrugged and continued upstairs, still a bit confused.
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I found out, a couple of days after the party, that my family and the Yoshida's have known each other for quite some time. Hikaru told me the story himself.[1]
It would seem that my great-grandfather used to know someone named Fujimiya Ran, who happened to be Hikaru's great-uncle. From what Hikaru heard, they were once really good friends. I guess they still kept that tie.
The story was somewhat garbled when Hikaru related it to me and when I asked him about it, all he said was that even he didn't know the entire thing. That was all his mother had told him and that was all she was willing to tell him, he said.
Ah, well, it's not like it's something very important.
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--- End Chapter Three ---
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[1] Regarding the family ties, here's how it goes: Fujimiya Ran's sister, Fujimiya Aya married Hidaka Ken (the pairing stuck XD). They had a son (Hikaru's grandfather) who then had a daughter (Hikaru's mother), who then married into the Yoshida family.
As for the Crawford family, let's just say they had all males (up until this generation at least), okay? ^^;; I didn't really work it out yet.