Ack, this chapter's kind of pathetic. OOCness, again. This kinda sucks.
A/N: The one thing I do like about this chapter is the little dirtier-than- usual innuendo I placed so conveniently in here. Yaoi, but do I need to tell you that?
Subaru in America
Chapter 7
"Ta da!" Hokuto exclaimed, presenting the dinner she had just prepared. "Traditional American cuisine: hot dogs and hamburgers!" She gave each plate a hot dog and a hamburger.
Seishiro smiled. "They look delicious, Hokuto," he said
"Thank you," she said in English. She seated herself next to Seishiro.
Seishiro took the hot dog out of the bun. "Subaru, remind you of anything?" He placed one end of the hot dog in his mouth and smiled alluringly
"Seishiro!" Subaru cried as Hokuto howled with laughter.
"I'm sorry," Seishiro said, taking the hot dog out of his mouth. "That wasn't very tasteful." When Subaru relaxed a bit, Seishiro quickly bit off the end of dog and cried, "Ouch!" He and Hokuto giggled and then Hokuto moved on to talk about her day.
Subaru glanced at his watch. It was 8:15. He figured it would take him fifteen minutes to get to the Johnson Place, so he had better leave immediately if he wanted to be on time.
"Hokuto," Subaru said, "I'm very sorry, but I have to get to a job."
The girl nearly choked on her hamburger. "What? You little liar! You're going on a date."
Before Subaru could protest, Seishiro turned to him, looking hurt. "A date? With someone else?" he asked in a pathetic, but not real, voice.
"No!" Subaru answered. "It's a job, I assure you."
"What kind of job?" Seishiro asked, putting the hotdog back in his mouth, smiling and winking.
"Seishiro!" Subaru cried, blushing profusely. "Not that! I'm exorcising this house. Supposedly the ghost has been possessing random people."
After taking the hotdog out of his mouth, Seishiro's face became serious. "I see," he said, thinking.
"Yeah, right," Hokuto tested. "You're seeing that girl. What's her name?"
"I'm not going there to see Alicia," Subaru stated. "She's going to help me find the ghost because she knows it better than I do."
Hokuto completely ignored his reasoning. "Ugh!" she cried. "I can't believe you're cheating on Seishiro."
"I am not!" Subaru objected.
Seishiro spoke, "Why don't I come along?"
Hokuto smiled sinisterly. "Yes, then you won't be going on a date with that little girl."
"I wasn't going to 'date' her!" Subaru said. "And I want Seishiro to come with me."
Seishiro smiled. "Good, but let's finish our dinner first, shall we?"
"Then we'll be late," Subaru informed.
Hokuto shrugged. "Boo hoo, so that chick has to wait an extra fifteen minutes. I didn't slave over a hot stove all day for you to get up and leave this delicious and nutritious all-American meal!" She stuffed her hamburger in her mouth like a wild dog.
Subaru rolled his eyes and began to eat while Seishiro continued to make inappropriate gestures with the hot dog.
"Sorry I'm late," Subaru apologized to Alicia, who was standing outside the house in a large coat.
"That's alright," she said with a smile. "You're not that late." She then noticed Seishiro. "Hello."
Seishiro smiled warmly. "You must be Alicia," he said, shaking her hand. "I'm Seishiro Sakurazuka, Subaru's…"
"He's going to help me," Subaru interrupted before Seishiro could say anything that might be dirty.
"Good," she said. "We could always use help when finding ghosts. It's nice to meet you, Mr. Sakurazuka." She paused. "Interesting name."
"Thank you," Seishiro said, rather abruptly. "Why don't you two go inside? I'll survey things out here."
"But…" Subaru began, but then remembered Seishiro was more of an observer than anything else, so he agreed.
Alicia and Subaru walked into the house. The girl took a flashlight out of her coat and shone it in the foyer. It was exactly the same as it was the previous day, which wasn't surprising.
"Subaru," Alicia said, "um, you live with Seishiro?"
Subaru nodded, but began psychically searching the house for any signs of the paranormal.
Alicia looked around the house nervously. "Oh," she replied. "With your sister?"
"Yes," Subaru answered, still searching.
"Okay," was all she said for awhile, then continued. "What's his relation to you?"
"Just a friend," Subaru responded, blushing.
Alicia sighed for a moment. "Good," she said. When Subaru gave her a confused look, she said, "I mean, cool. It's cool that your friend got to come here with you. Hey, he's the new teacher at the school, isn't he?"
Subaru nodded.
"Interesting," she said and was silent again for awhile.
Though curious as to what Alicia was getting at, Subaru knew he had a job to do. He continued his divination for ghosts quietly without Alicia questioning him, but didn't sense a single, bodiless soul.
"There's nothing here," Subaru said. "Nothing paranormal, anyway."
"Really?" Alicia questioned. "Do you think this whole haunting thing was all just a big hoax?"
Subaru scratched his chin. "Afraid so," he said, then shook his head. "I mean, I would have been able to sense at least some traces of a spirit."
"You can sense spirits?" Alicia asked.
Subaru's heart nearly stopped. He hadn't been careful. Now she knew he had psychic abilities and would think he was weird or worse, report him to that stupid paranormal newspaper.
She smiled. "Don't worry," she assured, "you're secret's safe with me. I assume Seishiro and Hokuto know?"
Subaru nodded. "Yes," he answered. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I…"
"It's alright," she said. "I understand."
With a smile, Subaru thanked her and they exited the house. Outside, there was no sign of Seishiro.
"Where is he?" Alicia asked. "We better tell him there's nothing here."
Subaru looked around and saw a figure leaning against a large, oak tree, it's leaves still intact, but browning. It was too dark to see who the figure was clearly, but Subaru knew it was Seishiro.
"Seishiro," he called, walking towards him. "I think this whole thing is a hoax, so let's go home. Seishiro?"
The man made no response, just continued to lean against the tree. Though he was still far away, Subaru could hear him breathing heavily.
"Seishiro?" Subaru said, starting to become frightened by Seishiro's strange behavior. "What's wrong?"
"Go home," Seishiro ordered, his voice shaking. Subaru couldn't see him, but he knew the man was trying to smile.
"Not without you," Subaru stated. "Tell me what's wrong."
By now, Alicia was standing by Subaru's side. She whipped out her flashlight and shone it on Seishiro. Subaru gasped. The man was standing against the tree, hunched over, clutching his arm. Beads of sweat trickled down his face, which had an expression of severe pain.
"Seishiro!" Subaru cried and began to run towards him, but Alicia held him back.
"Oh, my God," Alicia said, holding Subaru's arm. "This is the same as all the others."
"What do you mean?" Subaru asked, his eyes full of panic.
Alicia stared at Seishiro. "All the others who were possessed. Extreme pain, sweating; next he'll go crazy."
"No!" Subaru cried, getting himself free of the girl's grasp and running to Seishiro.
"Subaru," Seishiro murmured, his voice shaking even more, "go home now, before anything happens."
"I can't," Subaru said. "I have to exorcise that demon out of you."
Seishiro shook his head. He then moved his hand away from his arm to expose a dart planted firmly in his skin. Subaru gasped.
"You can't help me," he informed. "There's no demon here, but someone is shooting these darts."
Alicia cried, "No! Not those! Please say he's not the one…"
Before she could finish, Seishiro collapsed on the ground, panting desperately for breath. Subaru tried to right him up, but the man was too heavy for his weak arms.
"Seishiro!" he called. "Speak to me!"
This had never happened before. It was usually Subaru who fainted and Seishiro who had to save him. Subaru was so unaccustomed to this, he began to panic, desperately trying to shake Seishiro awake. But Alicia pulled on Subaru's jacket.
"We have to go right now!" Alicia exclaimed. "That dart has a drug in it that is designed to make a person go temporarily crazy. If we don't get out of here soon, I don't know what will happen."
"But…" Subaru protested, cradling Seishiro's head.
"No time for that!" Alicia cried and dragged Subaru away from Seishiro.
To be continued…
A/N: The one thing I do like about this chapter is the little dirtier-than- usual innuendo I placed so conveniently in here. Yaoi, but do I need to tell you that?
Subaru in America
Chapter 7
"Ta da!" Hokuto exclaimed, presenting the dinner she had just prepared. "Traditional American cuisine: hot dogs and hamburgers!" She gave each plate a hot dog and a hamburger.
Seishiro smiled. "They look delicious, Hokuto," he said
"Thank you," she said in English. She seated herself next to Seishiro.
Seishiro took the hot dog out of the bun. "Subaru, remind you of anything?" He placed one end of the hot dog in his mouth and smiled alluringly
"Seishiro!" Subaru cried as Hokuto howled with laughter.
"I'm sorry," Seishiro said, taking the hot dog out of his mouth. "That wasn't very tasteful." When Subaru relaxed a bit, Seishiro quickly bit off the end of dog and cried, "Ouch!" He and Hokuto giggled and then Hokuto moved on to talk about her day.
Subaru glanced at his watch. It was 8:15. He figured it would take him fifteen minutes to get to the Johnson Place, so he had better leave immediately if he wanted to be on time.
"Hokuto," Subaru said, "I'm very sorry, but I have to get to a job."
The girl nearly choked on her hamburger. "What? You little liar! You're going on a date."
Before Subaru could protest, Seishiro turned to him, looking hurt. "A date? With someone else?" he asked in a pathetic, but not real, voice.
"No!" Subaru answered. "It's a job, I assure you."
"What kind of job?" Seishiro asked, putting the hotdog back in his mouth, smiling and winking.
"Seishiro!" Subaru cried, blushing profusely. "Not that! I'm exorcising this house. Supposedly the ghost has been possessing random people."
After taking the hotdog out of his mouth, Seishiro's face became serious. "I see," he said, thinking.
"Yeah, right," Hokuto tested. "You're seeing that girl. What's her name?"
"I'm not going there to see Alicia," Subaru stated. "She's going to help me find the ghost because she knows it better than I do."
Hokuto completely ignored his reasoning. "Ugh!" she cried. "I can't believe you're cheating on Seishiro."
"I am not!" Subaru objected.
Seishiro spoke, "Why don't I come along?"
Hokuto smiled sinisterly. "Yes, then you won't be going on a date with that little girl."
"I wasn't going to 'date' her!" Subaru said. "And I want Seishiro to come with me."
Seishiro smiled. "Good, but let's finish our dinner first, shall we?"
"Then we'll be late," Subaru informed.
Hokuto shrugged. "Boo hoo, so that chick has to wait an extra fifteen minutes. I didn't slave over a hot stove all day for you to get up and leave this delicious and nutritious all-American meal!" She stuffed her hamburger in her mouth like a wild dog.
Subaru rolled his eyes and began to eat while Seishiro continued to make inappropriate gestures with the hot dog.
"Sorry I'm late," Subaru apologized to Alicia, who was standing outside the house in a large coat.
"That's alright," she said with a smile. "You're not that late." She then noticed Seishiro. "Hello."
Seishiro smiled warmly. "You must be Alicia," he said, shaking her hand. "I'm Seishiro Sakurazuka, Subaru's…"
"He's going to help me," Subaru interrupted before Seishiro could say anything that might be dirty.
"Good," she said. "We could always use help when finding ghosts. It's nice to meet you, Mr. Sakurazuka." She paused. "Interesting name."
"Thank you," Seishiro said, rather abruptly. "Why don't you two go inside? I'll survey things out here."
"But…" Subaru began, but then remembered Seishiro was more of an observer than anything else, so he agreed.
Alicia and Subaru walked into the house. The girl took a flashlight out of her coat and shone it in the foyer. It was exactly the same as it was the previous day, which wasn't surprising.
"Subaru," Alicia said, "um, you live with Seishiro?"
Subaru nodded, but began psychically searching the house for any signs of the paranormal.
Alicia looked around the house nervously. "Oh," she replied. "With your sister?"
"Yes," Subaru answered, still searching.
"Okay," was all she said for awhile, then continued. "What's his relation to you?"
"Just a friend," Subaru responded, blushing.
Alicia sighed for a moment. "Good," she said. When Subaru gave her a confused look, she said, "I mean, cool. It's cool that your friend got to come here with you. Hey, he's the new teacher at the school, isn't he?"
Subaru nodded.
"Interesting," she said and was silent again for awhile.
Though curious as to what Alicia was getting at, Subaru knew he had a job to do. He continued his divination for ghosts quietly without Alicia questioning him, but didn't sense a single, bodiless soul.
"There's nothing here," Subaru said. "Nothing paranormal, anyway."
"Really?" Alicia questioned. "Do you think this whole haunting thing was all just a big hoax?"
Subaru scratched his chin. "Afraid so," he said, then shook his head. "I mean, I would have been able to sense at least some traces of a spirit."
"You can sense spirits?" Alicia asked.
Subaru's heart nearly stopped. He hadn't been careful. Now she knew he had psychic abilities and would think he was weird or worse, report him to that stupid paranormal newspaper.
She smiled. "Don't worry," she assured, "you're secret's safe with me. I assume Seishiro and Hokuto know?"
Subaru nodded. "Yes," he answered. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I…"
"It's alright," she said. "I understand."
With a smile, Subaru thanked her and they exited the house. Outside, there was no sign of Seishiro.
"Where is he?" Alicia asked. "We better tell him there's nothing here."
Subaru looked around and saw a figure leaning against a large, oak tree, it's leaves still intact, but browning. It was too dark to see who the figure was clearly, but Subaru knew it was Seishiro.
"Seishiro," he called, walking towards him. "I think this whole thing is a hoax, so let's go home. Seishiro?"
The man made no response, just continued to lean against the tree. Though he was still far away, Subaru could hear him breathing heavily.
"Seishiro?" Subaru said, starting to become frightened by Seishiro's strange behavior. "What's wrong?"
"Go home," Seishiro ordered, his voice shaking. Subaru couldn't see him, but he knew the man was trying to smile.
"Not without you," Subaru stated. "Tell me what's wrong."
By now, Alicia was standing by Subaru's side. She whipped out her flashlight and shone it on Seishiro. Subaru gasped. The man was standing against the tree, hunched over, clutching his arm. Beads of sweat trickled down his face, which had an expression of severe pain.
"Seishiro!" Subaru cried and began to run towards him, but Alicia held him back.
"Oh, my God," Alicia said, holding Subaru's arm. "This is the same as all the others."
"What do you mean?" Subaru asked, his eyes full of panic.
Alicia stared at Seishiro. "All the others who were possessed. Extreme pain, sweating; next he'll go crazy."
"No!" Subaru cried, getting himself free of the girl's grasp and running to Seishiro.
"Subaru," Seishiro murmured, his voice shaking even more, "go home now, before anything happens."
"I can't," Subaru said. "I have to exorcise that demon out of you."
Seishiro shook his head. He then moved his hand away from his arm to expose a dart planted firmly in his skin. Subaru gasped.
"You can't help me," he informed. "There's no demon here, but someone is shooting these darts."
Alicia cried, "No! Not those! Please say he's not the one…"
Before she could finish, Seishiro collapsed on the ground, panting desperately for breath. Subaru tried to right him up, but the man was too heavy for his weak arms.
"Seishiro!" he called. "Speak to me!"
This had never happened before. It was usually Subaru who fainted and Seishiro who had to save him. Subaru was so unaccustomed to this, he began to panic, desperately trying to shake Seishiro awake. But Alicia pulled on Subaru's jacket.
"We have to go right now!" Alicia exclaimed. "That dart has a drug in it that is designed to make a person go temporarily crazy. If we don't get out of here soon, I don't know what will happen."
"But…" Subaru protested, cradling Seishiro's head.
"No time for that!" Alicia cried and dragged Subaru away from Seishiro.
To be continued…