Here's the next chapter, everybody! See? You didn't have to wait very long. Truth of the matter is, Isa and I are really enjoying writing this. You're reviews and encouragement helped speed along the process, too. ^_^
Now, sadly, I feel that we are going to have to resort to threats. See, we have a Weiss Kreuz Yahoo group. We had hoped that it would be an active forum for the smuttiest of yaoi discussion, but...There are only 10 people in the group, and they never talk. This obviously isn't what we had in mind, so...If nobody new joins our group within the next couple of days, Ran will come out of the body cast freakishly deformed, and Ken will be institutionalized. Actually, that's not a threat. It's a promise. Yes, we are being childish. Yes, we are evil. But we're the ones writing this thing, so...:-p The address for the group is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weisssluts/
Anyhoo, we hope you enjoy this chapter. And remember, the fate of this lovely couple lies in your hands.
~Koyasu
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The redhead walked into the hospital room, looking from Ken to the man that lay on the bed. "I didn't
believe it when they told me", she whispered, walking
to stand beside the dark-haired assassin. "Oh Ran,
what were you thinking?"
Ran could only glare at her as she looked down at him.
"We are not pleased, this puts a damper on our plans."
Growling, Ken glared at the woman as well. "Gomen!
Next time one of us decides to jump off a building, we
will make sure to schedule it with you first!" he
snapped.
"Don't use that tone with me, Siberian!"
"Stop!"
They both turned, looking down at Ran.
"You...both of you...are making my...head hurt."
Manx could only sigh, Ken's mouth twitched slightly as a smile
crossed his lips.
"This...all this..." He paused, violet eyes closing. "Why didn't...
you tell...me, Manx? Why didn't..."
"Why didn't we tell you about your sister?" she finished for him, seeing Ran look back up at her. "We figured she was better off not knowing about you."
"Better off?!" Ken snapped. "What right do you have to decide what is right and wrong for other people?!"
She frowned, glaring at Ken. "We have every right to do what we feel is best!"
"Not when it comes to Ran! You know he loves his sister more than anything! For you to flat out lie to him..."
Manx crossed her arms. "Don't question Kritiker, Ken."
"I'm fucking questioning everything about you people!"
Ran didn't know how much more of this he could take. On top of it, his headache was only getting worse. "Will both...of you...just stop?!" he growled. They both looked down at him, Ken hurt and Manx in mild shock.
"Why...?"
"Why am I here? To see what we are going to do with you."
"There is...nothing to...do with me. I'm worthless."
Sighing, Ken fell down into the chair beside the bed. "I wish you would stop saying those things", he whispered. "The Doctor wants to keep you in here a few more weeks, then they can shift you to a soft cast. Once that happens, you are going home."
Ran just breathed out. "Whatever."
"We will take care of him", Ken said, looking back up at the woman.
Manx shook her head. "There will be a caregiver assigned to him. Weiss is still an active assassin group. You will have to continue on missions, with or without Ran."
"What?!" Ken stood up, furious.
Ran sighed. "Please, don't...start arguing...again."
Manx glared at Ran's lover. "I will be back in a week and we can discuss this more then." She turned, walking out of the room.
"Sometimes I just really hate her!"
Ran looked up at his lover, then closed his eyes again.
"Are you going to be ok? I think I should go tell Omi and Yoji what is going on."
"Ken, I'm not...going anywhere", Ran whispered. "I can't...even...move!"
"True!" Kissing a pale cheek, Ken smiled. "I'll be back soon."
Ran sighed. He was tired of staring up at this same ceiling day in and day out. "I can't even watch TV", he thought bitterly. "I just
lay here and take what everyone dishes out to me. I wish they'd just put me out of my misery now. I'm already dead. I died the moment Aya turned me away."
At that thought, Ran just lay numb, praying for death.
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"Heartless bitch!" Ken fumed. "She didn't even seem worried about Ran!"
"Ken! You need to calm down"
"'Calm down'?!" Ken snapped at Yoji. "Gomen for not being the picture
of serenity! The love of my life could have died! He's being held
together by fucking plaster, and he cries more times in a day than I
can even keep up with! He's a mess, Yoji! A fucking, broken mess!
And all Manx seems to care about is how he's messing up Kritiker's
plans!"
"I know." Omi put his hand in Ken's. "I'm angry, too. This
isn't fair, but-"
"Oh, good! I've found you!" Dr. Kobayashi called to Ken, walking
briskly down the hall. "I have something to tell Fujimiya-san,
and...I want you to be there. He isn't going to like this."
Those last words hit Ken like a ton of bricks.
"What...what is going on? What isn't Ran going to like?" he asked, feeling the fragile hold on his
temper slipping.
Dr. Kobayashi sighed, knowing that the dark haired man might take the news worse than his lover would.
"I was looking at his x-rays, and what I saw wasn't very good. Even if Ran heals, he may not be able to walk."
"For a time, right?" Ken asked. "You mean it will be awhile before he can walk?"
"He may never walk again." The doctor replied.
Ken felt sick. He felt like he was drowning and couldn't breathe. He wanted to deny what he had just heard, but he wasn't waking up and the damn doctor was just standing there, watching him.
"Never?" He breathed out, his back hitting the wall. "Oh Ran..."
Nodding, the doctor looked at the other two men. "I'm sorry, I know this is hard but I need you there when I tell him. Please?"
"Yeah, we are coming." Omi walked up to Ken, wrapping his arms around the tanned assassin. "Come
on, we need to go support Ran."
"I know." Taking a deep breath, he followed the other three down the hall to his lover's room. The hardest thing he had ever done was to walk into that room and pretend like he hadn't heard what the doctor had told him. All Ken wanted to do was pull his lover into his arms and hold him forever, but that was impossible.
"Why...are all you here?" Ran whispered, glancing at the four men standing over him.
"Maybe they have come to tell me I won't live?" he thought, almost happy at the idea. Then he saw his lover's face and wondered once again why Ken hadn't been enough to keep him from jumping.
Taking a breath, the doctor looked down at the man in the bed. "Ran, I asked your friends to be here because
I need to speak with you."
"About?"
"We...well we were looking at your x-rays earlier and..." He paused, not quite sure how to tell Ran the news. Telling his lover had been easier; he knew the man would support him. "After looking over your files, we all agree you should heal, but..."
Ran hated that word, when his sister had been in the coma, the doctor would always come to him with news. Yes she was stable, yes she was getting better...but.
"But...she wouldn't wake", he thought to himself, violet eyes closing. "Oh, Aya, why did this happen?"
Opening his eyes, he saw the doctor still looking at him. "But?"
"But..." he said once again. "We are afraid you may never walk...again."
He didn't know how to respond to that new. It was a shock, but he should have expected it.
"Please leave..." he whispered, the doctor simply nodded, then walked away.
"Ran?"
"All...please all just go."
Yoji and Omi looked up at Ken. They could tell he was angry. "I won't just go! Ran, he's wrong...I know you can get better! I know you will walk again because you're Ran and I love you!"
"Love?" He whispered, violet eyes darting to the rich brown. "If you...loved me." He paused. "Should have...just...let me die."
"No, I will never let you die!" Ken snapped. "You are going to prove him wrong!"
"Why?" he responded, defeated. "Doesn't matter...all this is your...all your fault."
The tanned assassin felt as if he had been slapped in
the face. "What?"
"No!" Yoji looked down Ran. "Ken saved you! How can you blame this on him?!"
Ran breathed out, his eyes closing. "Should...just let me...die. Why did...why save me?"
"Because I loved you!"
"No." He whispered. "I'm nothing...I'm like this. It's...your fault!"
Ken couldn't take it any more. Shaking his head, he turned and walked out of the room.
"Ken-kun!" Omi ran after him, leaving Yoji alone in with Ran.
"You're fucked up, Ran", he growled. "Ken loves you more than anyone, and far more than you deserve! Want some advice?"
"No!" Ran snapped.
"Too bad, you're getting it. Get over your pity party and realize you have a lover who would die for you!"
Ran looked up, meeting deep green eyes.
"If you don't get that into your head, you're going to lose him." And with that, Yoji walked out of the
room.
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Manx sighed, walking briskly down the sidewalk. She was just as angry with Kritiker as Ken had been, but what could she do? She was only following orders. Still, it hurt her.
"Those four young men..." She paused mid stride, trying to regain her composure. "They are like sons to me. I hated seeing Ran like that. And what it was doing to poor Ken...How the hell can Kritiker expect Weiss to continue under these circumstances? Forgive me, boys. I am working to make things right."
Manx picked up her pace again, walking with purpose towards her destination. She was furious, and determined to help the young assassins as best she could. It was her idea to set Ran up with a caregiver. Kritiker had been sickeningly indifferent, saying that Ran had done this to himself, and they shouldn't be held accountable.
"Yes. Yes, we should. It's our fault this happened. If we had just...It will be okay, Ran. I'll make sure of that."
Manx walked into the large high school, easily locating the main office.
"Excuse me."
The secretary looked up. "May I help you?"
Manx nodded. "Yes. I am looking for a student. Fujimiya Aya."
Now, sadly, I feel that we are going to have to resort to threats. See, we have a Weiss Kreuz Yahoo group. We had hoped that it would be an active forum for the smuttiest of yaoi discussion, but...There are only 10 people in the group, and they never talk. This obviously isn't what we had in mind, so...If nobody new joins our group within the next couple of days, Ran will come out of the body cast freakishly deformed, and Ken will be institutionalized. Actually, that's not a threat. It's a promise. Yes, we are being childish. Yes, we are evil. But we're the ones writing this thing, so...:-p The address for the group is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weisssluts/
Anyhoo, we hope you enjoy this chapter. And remember, the fate of this lovely couple lies in your hands.
~Koyasu
~~~~~~~~~~
The redhead walked into the hospital room, looking from Ken to the man that lay on the bed. "I didn't
believe it when they told me", she whispered, walking
to stand beside the dark-haired assassin. "Oh Ran,
what were you thinking?"
Ran could only glare at her as she looked down at him.
"We are not pleased, this puts a damper on our plans."
Growling, Ken glared at the woman as well. "Gomen!
Next time one of us decides to jump off a building, we
will make sure to schedule it with you first!" he
snapped.
"Don't use that tone with me, Siberian!"
"Stop!"
They both turned, looking down at Ran.
"You...both of you...are making my...head hurt."
Manx could only sigh, Ken's mouth twitched slightly as a smile
crossed his lips.
"This...all this..." He paused, violet eyes closing. "Why didn't...
you tell...me, Manx? Why didn't..."
"Why didn't we tell you about your sister?" she finished for him, seeing Ran look back up at her. "We figured she was better off not knowing about you."
"Better off?!" Ken snapped. "What right do you have to decide what is right and wrong for other people?!"
She frowned, glaring at Ken. "We have every right to do what we feel is best!"
"Not when it comes to Ran! You know he loves his sister more than anything! For you to flat out lie to him..."
Manx crossed her arms. "Don't question Kritiker, Ken."
"I'm fucking questioning everything about you people!"
Ran didn't know how much more of this he could take. On top of it, his headache was only getting worse. "Will both...of you...just stop?!" he growled. They both looked down at him, Ken hurt and Manx in mild shock.
"Why...?"
"Why am I here? To see what we are going to do with you."
"There is...nothing to...do with me. I'm worthless."
Sighing, Ken fell down into the chair beside the bed. "I wish you would stop saying those things", he whispered. "The Doctor wants to keep you in here a few more weeks, then they can shift you to a soft cast. Once that happens, you are going home."
Ran just breathed out. "Whatever."
"We will take care of him", Ken said, looking back up at the woman.
Manx shook her head. "There will be a caregiver assigned to him. Weiss is still an active assassin group. You will have to continue on missions, with or without Ran."
"What?!" Ken stood up, furious.
Ran sighed. "Please, don't...start arguing...again."
Manx glared at Ran's lover. "I will be back in a week and we can discuss this more then." She turned, walking out of the room.
"Sometimes I just really hate her!"
Ran looked up at his lover, then closed his eyes again.
"Are you going to be ok? I think I should go tell Omi and Yoji what is going on."
"Ken, I'm not...going anywhere", Ran whispered. "I can't...even...move!"
"True!" Kissing a pale cheek, Ken smiled. "I'll be back soon."
Ran sighed. He was tired of staring up at this same ceiling day in and day out. "I can't even watch TV", he thought bitterly. "I just
lay here and take what everyone dishes out to me. I wish they'd just put me out of my misery now. I'm already dead. I died the moment Aya turned me away."
At that thought, Ran just lay numb, praying for death.
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"Heartless bitch!" Ken fumed. "She didn't even seem worried about Ran!"
"Ken! You need to calm down"
"'Calm down'?!" Ken snapped at Yoji. "Gomen for not being the picture
of serenity! The love of my life could have died! He's being held
together by fucking plaster, and he cries more times in a day than I
can even keep up with! He's a mess, Yoji! A fucking, broken mess!
And all Manx seems to care about is how he's messing up Kritiker's
plans!"
"I know." Omi put his hand in Ken's. "I'm angry, too. This
isn't fair, but-"
"Oh, good! I've found you!" Dr. Kobayashi called to Ken, walking
briskly down the hall. "I have something to tell Fujimiya-san,
and...I want you to be there. He isn't going to like this."
Those last words hit Ken like a ton of bricks.
"What...what is going on? What isn't Ran going to like?" he asked, feeling the fragile hold on his
temper slipping.
Dr. Kobayashi sighed, knowing that the dark haired man might take the news worse than his lover would.
"I was looking at his x-rays, and what I saw wasn't very good. Even if Ran heals, he may not be able to walk."
"For a time, right?" Ken asked. "You mean it will be awhile before he can walk?"
"He may never walk again." The doctor replied.
Ken felt sick. He felt like he was drowning and couldn't breathe. He wanted to deny what he had just heard, but he wasn't waking up and the damn doctor was just standing there, watching him.
"Never?" He breathed out, his back hitting the wall. "Oh Ran..."
Nodding, the doctor looked at the other two men. "I'm sorry, I know this is hard but I need you there when I tell him. Please?"
"Yeah, we are coming." Omi walked up to Ken, wrapping his arms around the tanned assassin. "Come
on, we need to go support Ran."
"I know." Taking a deep breath, he followed the other three down the hall to his lover's room. The hardest thing he had ever done was to walk into that room and pretend like he hadn't heard what the doctor had told him. All Ken wanted to do was pull his lover into his arms and hold him forever, but that was impossible.
"Why...are all you here?" Ran whispered, glancing at the four men standing over him.
"Maybe they have come to tell me I won't live?" he thought, almost happy at the idea. Then he saw his lover's face and wondered once again why Ken hadn't been enough to keep him from jumping.
Taking a breath, the doctor looked down at the man in the bed. "Ran, I asked your friends to be here because
I need to speak with you."
"About?"
"We...well we were looking at your x-rays earlier and..." He paused, not quite sure how to tell Ran the news. Telling his lover had been easier; he knew the man would support him. "After looking over your files, we all agree you should heal, but..."
Ran hated that word, when his sister had been in the coma, the doctor would always come to him with news. Yes she was stable, yes she was getting better...but.
"But...she wouldn't wake", he thought to himself, violet eyes closing. "Oh, Aya, why did this happen?"
Opening his eyes, he saw the doctor still looking at him. "But?"
"But..." he said once again. "We are afraid you may never walk...again."
He didn't know how to respond to that new. It was a shock, but he should have expected it.
"Please leave..." he whispered, the doctor simply nodded, then walked away.
"Ran?"
"All...please all just go."
Yoji and Omi looked up at Ken. They could tell he was angry. "I won't just go! Ran, he's wrong...I know you can get better! I know you will walk again because you're Ran and I love you!"
"Love?" He whispered, violet eyes darting to the rich brown. "If you...loved me." He paused. "Should have...just...let me die."
"No, I will never let you die!" Ken snapped. "You are going to prove him wrong!"
"Why?" he responded, defeated. "Doesn't matter...all this is your...all your fault."
The tanned assassin felt as if he had been slapped in
the face. "What?"
"No!" Yoji looked down Ran. "Ken saved you! How can you blame this on him?!"
Ran breathed out, his eyes closing. "Should...just let me...die. Why did...why save me?"
"Because I loved you!"
"No." He whispered. "I'm nothing...I'm like this. It's...your fault!"
Ken couldn't take it any more. Shaking his head, he turned and walked out of the room.
"Ken-kun!" Omi ran after him, leaving Yoji alone in with Ran.
"You're fucked up, Ran", he growled. "Ken loves you more than anyone, and far more than you deserve! Want some advice?"
"No!" Ran snapped.
"Too bad, you're getting it. Get over your pity party and realize you have a lover who would die for you!"
Ran looked up, meeting deep green eyes.
"If you don't get that into your head, you're going to lose him." And with that, Yoji walked out of the
room.
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Manx sighed, walking briskly down the sidewalk. She was just as angry with Kritiker as Ken had been, but what could she do? She was only following orders. Still, it hurt her.
"Those four young men..." She paused mid stride, trying to regain her composure. "They are like sons to me. I hated seeing Ran like that. And what it was doing to poor Ken...How the hell can Kritiker expect Weiss to continue under these circumstances? Forgive me, boys. I am working to make things right."
Manx picked up her pace again, walking with purpose towards her destination. She was furious, and determined to help the young assassins as best she could. It was her idea to set Ran up with a caregiver. Kritiker had been sickeningly indifferent, saying that Ran had done this to himself, and they shouldn't be held accountable.
"Yes. Yes, we should. It's our fault this happened. If we had just...It will be okay, Ran. I'll make sure of that."
Manx walked into the large high school, easily locating the main office.
"Excuse me."
The secretary looked up. "May I help you?"
Manx nodded. "Yes. I am looking for a student. Fujimiya Aya."