Fandom: Gouhou Drug
Title: Nemuitteru kimi. (Sleeping you.)
Pairing: Rikuou + Kazahaya
Rating: PG
Description: (obscurely clamp fic challenge) [Complete] Rikuou and Kazahaya have been assigned to search for a lost article...only strangely, it's lost within itself also...
Disclaimer: Gohou Drug isn't mine.
Nemuitteru kimi. (Sleeping you.)
By Miyamoto Yui
Part 2 – Near and far.
During lunch time…
As Kazahaya sneezed once more, he gave a pout to Rikuou as they sat on the front steps of some university's library. He bitterly thought about the time they were leaving Kakei's office…
They both nodded and turned around to leave, but before they did so, Kazahaya impatiently asked, "Why did I have to be the one to wear this type of outfit?"
With not an answer of why or how, Kakei had just replied with a smile. "Don't worry, Rikuou will be wearing his own getup as well."
"Sure…" Kazahaya mumbled sourly to himself while checking Rikuou's profile. Then, he looked at the black, short-sleeved turtleneck and jeans that seemed almost too formfitting on his figure, showing the nice shape of his waist. He was also holding a sweater in his hands.
But he noticed that despite being both the same age, because of what they were wearing, he looked younger than he should have while Rikuou appeared to be a little older.
"If Rikuou weren't such a jerk, he'd actually be cute, wouldn't he?" Kazahaya thought. In the next second, he got embarrassed for even thinking that very thought.
Rikuou's eyes looked over at Kazahaya without turning his head. He smiled playfully. "If you're so cold, you should just wear this sweater."
"But it's yours," Kazahaya protested with his childish lip still sticking out a bit.
Hmph! With that, he looked in the opposite direction.
Rikuou just shook his head and unfolded the sweater. Squatting in front Kazahaya, he put it over his shoulders. "You're such a baby. You should just tell me, 'Oh Rikuou! Please give me the sweater!'"
The black-haired man laughed again and sat in his former place as Kazahaya eyed him and then the sweater. "Th-thanks….Rikuou."
Lifting his chin, Rikuou took his cell phone out once more. "Okay, so we're going to go in at exactly 12:37 when that scarf girl appears and we go get that book."
"Kokoro," Kazahaya sighed, glancing at his own cell phone. "Five minutes to go."
"Whomever or whatever, they seem to like Natsume Soseki, don't they?" Rikuou leaned back and looked at the blue sky above them.
"It's just a book," Kazahaya had tried to convince himself more than explain to Rikuou as a cold wind blew through.
"That book…" Kazahaya thought as he looked from side to side. "That book reminds me of something."
"Look at it from this perspective. Clear blue skies. University students everywhere." Rikuou folded his hands uneasily as if he were also disturbed. "And then…we're not even a part of this group of-"
"It's almost time," Kazahaya interrupted as he looked at Rikuou with a calm face, almost trying to hide his anxiety.
He just didn't want to hear the last part of what Rikuou had to say.
As they followed a girl with a maroon scarf, they entered the library and searched through the catalog for the book they needed. Then, they scoured through the shelves until they found a certain set of books.
"Which one are we supposed to get?" Kazahaya whispered to Rikuou.
Rikuou answered something inaudible, squinting at the books before him with much concentration.
Kazahaya's lips were a few centimeters away from Rikuou as he asked again, "Which one are we supposed to get?"
Rikuou turned his head and answered back just as closely, "Give me your hand."
Kazahaya, blushing beyond belief already, sighed as he gave his right hand over to Rikuou. Rikuou closed his eyes as he placed his warm hand over Kazahaya's. With a circling motion, he focused on which one they had to take.
"The red or the blue one?" Kazahaya questioned, seeing the colored auras emanating from the books.
"Purple." Rikuou opened his eyes and took both of the books after letting Kazahaya go.
With the ID card they'd been given, Kazahaya used it as a means for checking out the books. He smiled as the woman gave him a puzzled stare unable to distinguish what gender Kazahaya was.
As they were leaving, he looked at the ID carefully. "A girl…"
Whom he had just realized…
…was wearing the same outfit he was assigned to wear that day, but had similar facial features to his own.
He turned to Rikuou, who was peering at the picture over his shoulder with his cheek almost touching Kazahaya's.
The crisp wind blew once more and they resumed walking down the steps of the library. Kazahaya put the ID back into his pocket.
At that very moment he looked at Rikuou, he felt the urge to go and grab his free hand, but suddenly stopped himself.
Rikuou, still holding onto the books, also felt this way. He glanced at Kazahaya with a distant smile.
The same as whenever he thought of Tsukiko…
Kazahaya's heart felt heavy for some reason that he couldn't understand…
Tsuzuku…
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Author's note: Since when do Kazahaya and Rikuou begin to become so informal with their names? Hmm? * smiles* I'll tease ya later…
Oh, and what I meant by short was that I would try not to make this as long as Aching Desire. (38 chapters, and the longest fanfic I've ever written within a span of five months and five days. Yes, my lucky number is 5.) ^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
January 5th, 2003