AN: Just had a letter from Krissie and she cleared her finals! YAY!!! I'm proud of you... I wish I was there so I could give you a hug... I'm still all mushy from reading your letter and I feel so incredibly good and I wanted to answer it straight away but I can't cuz a certain someone is home... Just wanted to say I love you...
I'm so happy that there have been so many people reviewing who have said they usually don't read TasxChi at all...Beware, it's all part of mine and Krissie's plan for world yaoi!!! Unless you all admit that Tasuki and Chichiri were made for each other Wonder Krissie will come and strike you down!!! ::gets delirious:: Oki, back to normal... I'm really glad if I've been able to convince someone with my writing...of Chichiri and Tasuki as a couple or just relationships between two people of same sex in general...
Double Reflections
Chapter 9
Houjun was sitting under a tree in the school grounds, enjoying the cooling evening. He was usually the only one who spent time outdoors and that secured him at least one peaceful moment daily. He loved watching the sunset, it always cleared his mind and at the moment it definitely needed a lot of clearing. Nothing made sense anymore: Genrou was protecting him, Tasuki cared for him... Had he ended up in some alternate universe? He really didn't care whether it was real or not, all that mattered was that he was happier than he remembered being for a very long time.
It was Friday night and that meant all the other guys in the dormitory would be out. He would finally have the computer all for himself. Houjun smiled. Maybe world really wasn't that bad a place.
***
"Hey, Kouji, hold on a sec, I forgot my jacket in the dorm!!!"
"At that rate ya'll forget yar ass if ya're not careful!!!" Genrou threw an angry look at his friend but he really didn't have time to waste on trying to find something more solid to throw at Kouji.
"Ya just keep yar big mouth shut, okay?" He didn't seem to be able to get even one original sentence out of his mouth nowadays. Well, not that he was exactly concentrating... His mind seemed to drift to Houjun no matter what he was doing or whom he was talking to. What was up with him?
Genrou raced to the computer knowing he would only have a few seconds. "Forget my foot...", he smirked. At least he would now have time to write a couple of lines.
" 'Chiri. What's past is past. Ya can't change it, no matter how much ya keep tormentin' yourself. Just let it go.' Tasuki raised his hand to wipe tears away from Chichiri's cheek. 'Ya don't have to be alone anymore. I'm here for you. "
That would keep Houjun alive over the week-end.
***
Houjun peeked in to the dormitory. When he was sure no-one was around he rushed to open the computer in a very uncharacteristically exited manner. He was already prepared for a disappointment when he saw how short Tasuki's new entry was but when he read what the other man had written...
Houjun couldn't help it. He just had to start smiling like some brainless first-year. World definitely wasn't that bad a place.
" Thoughts raced in Chichiri's mind. He felt so incredibly good for having finally found someone who seemed to genuinely care for him but at the same time there was a small voice in his head that just wouldn't leave him alone. It asked the same question over and over: why? Why would anyone in their right minds care enough for him to really want to be with him? He wanted to smile at Tasuki and tell him he would be alright as long as the bandit didn't leave him but he couldn't help himself. He just had to ask it.
'But can I really trust you?'
Chichiri desperately hoped he hadn't hurt the bandit who was only being nice to him but he just had to be sure. And it wasn't just that: he had already learned to care enough for Tasuki that he wanted to be able to be completely open with him. "
Houjun started feeling better immediately now that he had written his worries down. The best thing was that he didn't have to be scared anymore: he felt like he could really count on Tasuki understanding.
***
Genrou was grinning like a maniac. Houjun had trusted him enough to ask him if he could actually trust him! Not that it sounded so great when he said it like that, but he knew how much it meant for Houjun just to say anything to anyone so openly. Now he just had to hope he was worth Houjun's trust...
" 'Ya can't always be sure if ya can count on people or not. Ya just gotta take a chance. It's kinda like flyin'. Ya just gotta jump down from the cliff and hope everythin' goes okay. An' ya gotta believe in yourself. That's the only way ya can learn to fly. Who knows, it just might work...' "
Genrou felt like he was right on the edge of the cliff and he definitely didn't have a parachute with him. But Houjun had said he wanted to be completely open.
Right. Completely open. So it was time to stop playing almighty.
" This would definitely ruin his reputation as the toughest guy around, but if it was for Chichiri he really didn't mind.
Tasuki took a deep breath.
'Besides, I need you too.' "
AN: This is the first chapter I had to partially rewrite completely. The first draft was just awful, it pretty much included all the worst clichés in the genre of romance. I actually like the second half of this chapter myself, which is quite rare...I guess it was mostly because of an idea it gave me, though... Please guys, tell me what you think. It means a lot to me.
Oh, BTW, if there was too much grinning, there's a good explanation for it... Wonder why I just started thinking about Krissie... ^_~ ::goes away whistling innocently::
I'm so happy that there have been so many people reviewing who have said they usually don't read TasxChi at all...Beware, it's all part of mine and Krissie's plan for world yaoi!!! Unless you all admit that Tasuki and Chichiri were made for each other Wonder Krissie will come and strike you down!!! ::gets delirious:: Oki, back to normal... I'm really glad if I've been able to convince someone with my writing...of Chichiri and Tasuki as a couple or just relationships between two people of same sex in general...
Double Reflections
Chapter 9
Houjun was sitting under a tree in the school grounds, enjoying the cooling evening. He was usually the only one who spent time outdoors and that secured him at least one peaceful moment daily. He loved watching the sunset, it always cleared his mind and at the moment it definitely needed a lot of clearing. Nothing made sense anymore: Genrou was protecting him, Tasuki cared for him... Had he ended up in some alternate universe? He really didn't care whether it was real or not, all that mattered was that he was happier than he remembered being for a very long time.
It was Friday night and that meant all the other guys in the dormitory would be out. He would finally have the computer all for himself. Houjun smiled. Maybe world really wasn't that bad a place.
***
"Hey, Kouji, hold on a sec, I forgot my jacket in the dorm!!!"
"At that rate ya'll forget yar ass if ya're not careful!!!" Genrou threw an angry look at his friend but he really didn't have time to waste on trying to find something more solid to throw at Kouji.
"Ya just keep yar big mouth shut, okay?" He didn't seem to be able to get even one original sentence out of his mouth nowadays. Well, not that he was exactly concentrating... His mind seemed to drift to Houjun no matter what he was doing or whom he was talking to. What was up with him?
Genrou raced to the computer knowing he would only have a few seconds. "Forget my foot...", he smirked. At least he would now have time to write a couple of lines.
" 'Chiri. What's past is past. Ya can't change it, no matter how much ya keep tormentin' yourself. Just let it go.' Tasuki raised his hand to wipe tears away from Chichiri's cheek. 'Ya don't have to be alone anymore. I'm here for you. "
That would keep Houjun alive over the week-end.
***
Houjun peeked in to the dormitory. When he was sure no-one was around he rushed to open the computer in a very uncharacteristically exited manner. He was already prepared for a disappointment when he saw how short Tasuki's new entry was but when he read what the other man had written...
Houjun couldn't help it. He just had to start smiling like some brainless first-year. World definitely wasn't that bad a place.
" Thoughts raced in Chichiri's mind. He felt so incredibly good for having finally found someone who seemed to genuinely care for him but at the same time there was a small voice in his head that just wouldn't leave him alone. It asked the same question over and over: why? Why would anyone in their right minds care enough for him to really want to be with him? He wanted to smile at Tasuki and tell him he would be alright as long as the bandit didn't leave him but he couldn't help himself. He just had to ask it.
'But can I really trust you?'
Chichiri desperately hoped he hadn't hurt the bandit who was only being nice to him but he just had to be sure. And it wasn't just that: he had already learned to care enough for Tasuki that he wanted to be able to be completely open with him. "
Houjun started feeling better immediately now that he had written his worries down. The best thing was that he didn't have to be scared anymore: he felt like he could really count on Tasuki understanding.
***
Genrou was grinning like a maniac. Houjun had trusted him enough to ask him if he could actually trust him! Not that it sounded so great when he said it like that, but he knew how much it meant for Houjun just to say anything to anyone so openly. Now he just had to hope he was worth Houjun's trust...
" 'Ya can't always be sure if ya can count on people or not. Ya just gotta take a chance. It's kinda like flyin'. Ya just gotta jump down from the cliff and hope everythin' goes okay. An' ya gotta believe in yourself. That's the only way ya can learn to fly. Who knows, it just might work...' "
Genrou felt like he was right on the edge of the cliff and he definitely didn't have a parachute with him. But Houjun had said he wanted to be completely open.
Right. Completely open. So it was time to stop playing almighty.
" This would definitely ruin his reputation as the toughest guy around, but if it was for Chichiri he really didn't mind.
Tasuki took a deep breath.
'Besides, I need you too.' "
AN: This is the first chapter I had to partially rewrite completely. The first draft was just awful, it pretty much included all the worst clichés in the genre of romance. I actually like the second half of this chapter myself, which is quite rare...I guess it was mostly because of an idea it gave me, though... Please guys, tell me what you think. It means a lot to me.
Oh, BTW, if there was too much grinning, there's a good explanation for it... Wonder why I just started thinking about Krissie... ^_~ ::goes away whistling innocently::