Title: Autumn's Raine
Chapter 2: Raine
Disclaimer: I don't own the Gravi characters. Would be nice if I did… then, then I could write naughty YxS moments and say they were perfectly IC no matter how I made them act! Mwahahaha! ::blinks:: Um… yeah. Sorry. ^^ Don't own them, do own Raine. There. ::goes back to think about the naughty scenes::
Warnings: Yaoi, a little AU, and probably some OOCness. ^^ Sorry! I try!
Notes: Well, as promised here is the next chapter. ^__^ I don't want to say much here, because there are notes at the bottom… so, I'll let you read!
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Yuki's eyes slowly opened. He blinked a couple times trying to clear the sleep from them. Once he could see clearly again he glanced around the living room. It was morning now, the sun was shinning through the glass door and lighting up the room. Yuki's eyes fell upon the shoebox after a moment; the small Sprite was still sleeping inside. She looked a lot better. Her face wasn't as pale as it had been the night before.
Frowning slightly Yuki shifted, or tried too. He was still in a sitting position, one arm around Shuichi as the young singer curled against his side fast asleep. 'No wonder my back is sore.' Yuki sighed softly, slightly frustrated. He wanted to know how any of what happened last night actually happened last night. He had never believed in such things as Fairies, or Sprites, or anything like that. But now there was one asleep on his coffee table. He knew she was real; he had cleaned and treated real cuts last night. 'I don't understand.' Yuki shook his head, wanting to just forget about the Sprite for now. He'll deal with her when she is awake, and when Shuichi is as well.
Yuki began to shift on the couch once more. He carefully slid out from underneath Shuichi, gently laying his lover on the couch, trying not to wake him. Other then mumbling something incoherently Shuichi didn't make much of an attempt to wake. Yuki went down the hall, into the bed room, retrieved a blanket from the closet, and then went back into the living room to place it over Shuichi. He took a moment to look at his sleeping lover before he went into the kitchen to get himself a beer.
While walking into the kitchen Yuki let the last couple of months run through his mind. He had come 'home', to Japan, three months ago last week. Shuichi was gone on his tour for two of those months. The past month the two had been living together like the whole New York incident never happened. Yuki liked it that way; he didn't want to think of how he hurt Shuichi like that by leaving. He almost hated to admit it to himself, but he had fallen in love with the pink haired ball of energy. Though he didn't want to tell Shuichi that, no telling how the young singer would act. 'Probably yell "Yuki I love you too!" and cling to me for the rest of his life.' Yuki's mind chuckled.
As he was opening the fridge Yuki heard the faint sound of buzzing. He stood still for a moment, the sound stopping a second later. 'Must be a fly in the house.' He thought with some distaste. 'I hate bugs.' Reaching into the fridge Yuki pulled out a beer, as he was doing so the buzzing sound started again, this time getting a little louder. With a growl he slammed the fridge closed, but as he turned to head back to the living room he was greeted with the Sprite floating in the doorway to the kitchen. It was her wings that were making the soft buzzing sound as they flapped rapidly, almost like a hummingbird, to keep her in the air. He almost dropped his beer, though managed to keep a hold of it and just stare at her a little wide eyed.
"I'm sorry to have startled you." The Sprite smiled softly. She quickly flew over to the counter and landed. She smiled up at Yuki as the man turned to follow her movements.
"You didn't startle me." Yuki said, after taking a few moments to recompose himself.
"Oh?" She couldn't help but continue to smile at this human's actions.
"I wasn't startled." Yuki snapped back.
"Okay." She nodded, pausing for a moment to think of what to say. "Thank you for last night." She bowed. "I appreciate it."
"…" Yuki just stared at her for a minute and then nodded slowly. He couldn't help but stare at her, and she just stared back, with that smile on her face.
"You are very quiet." The Sprite pointed out. "Either you do not have much to say or…" She looked at him, and then nodded slowly, "…you have much to say, but are unwilling to share."
"What does that matter?" Yuki glared slightly at her, she was being rather forward.
The Sprite was quick to sense his agitation, her smile fading, "I apologize. I have been speaking out of turn." She bowed again, her wings twitching slightly before folding against her back. As she raised herself up again she was smiling once more.
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Shuichi took a few minutes to get his mind working once more. He wasn't sure where he was at first; only barely remembering falling asleep against Yuki. As another yawn passed his lips he sat up, rubbing at his eyes. Slowly his mind began functioning again and last night came rushing back like a bullet train. He had been on his way home from work when he walked into the park. It was there he had found a fairy, no she said she was a Sprite. She was injured and asking for help, thinking fast Shuichi had brought the Sprite home for Yuki to treat. The last thing he remembered was asking Yuki if the Sprite would be okay, Yuki said to go to bed and he did trying not to worry about her.
But he was worried now. Shuichi quickly glanced over at the shoebox and his eyes widened unbelievably at the site of it empty.
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Yuki was still standing in the kitchen, his back to the doorway and his eyes focused on the Sprite. He finally just opened his beer, taking one long drink, the Sprite just watched in curiosity.
"What is that?" She cocked her head to the side, almost like a puppy would. "Some type of drink, right?" She sniffed the air for a moment, and then frowned slightly. "It smells funny… kinda like Ale."
"It's beer." Yuki frowned.
"Ah, that would be why it smells like Ale." She nodded and smiled.
"Ah."
"YUKI!!!" Yuki was about to take another drink of his beer when Shuichi's voice could be heard from the living room. A second later, after the pounding of feet against hard wood, Shuichi appeared in the door way. "Yuki! Yuki, she's gone! What happened!? What if she left!?" Shuichi's eyes became wide at that thought, and soon he was crying loudly, "Oh no! Yuki why didn't you stop her!? What if- what if she got out and then, because she is still hurt, a big crow came out of no where and attacked her!?" He began to cry louder in despair, "Yuuuki she'll be killed!! Yuuuuuuki~!!"
Yuki could only shake his head and wonder how Shuichi said all of that without taking one breath. "She's right here, idiot." Shaking his head more Yuki stepped aside so Shuichi could see the Sprite standing on the counter. Her eyes were wide and she looked startled at Shuichi's outburst.
"She didn't leave!" Shuichi's tears stopped immediately as he ran over to the counter, smiling happily. "You're okay!" He placed his hands on the counter and leaned down to look at her closely.
"Yes…" The Sprite blinked, stepping back a couple steps so Shuichi's face wasn't so close. She placed her hand on her forehead for a moment, there was a slight pain running across her temple, but it soon disappeared and her hand dropped to her side once more.
"Don't get so close." Yuki sighed out before taking another drink from his beer.
"But, Yuki." Shuichi stood up straight, turning to pout at his lover. "I was worried about her. I thought she had left and gotten hurt!"
"I am fine." The Sprite smiled. "Your mate did a good job on cleaning and caring for my wounds. I will be as good as new by the end of the day I am sure."
"Mate?" Shuichi blinked, and then a goofy grin appeared on his face. "Did you hear that Yuki? She thinks we are mates! Yuki is my mate!"
"Don't be ridiculous." Yuki snorted, almost wanting to laugh at that.
"Oh?" The Sprite blinked. She slowly lifted one of her hands, placing two of her fingers on her bottom lip. "Oh, dear. Have I miss read your feelings?" Her deep blue eyes widened slightly.
"What?" Yuki looked down at her, ignoring Shuichi who was now clinging to his arm chanting the word 'mate' over and over.
"Well, when I woke up there was this strong feeling of love here." She covered her mouth completely for a moment, blushing in embarrassment. "I'm sorry." She bowed quickly, her blue-green hair falling over her shoulders.
"It was probably from the brat." Yuki pointed down at Shuichi, who was now rubbing his head against Yuki's arm as he hugged it. "He is always spouting out that he loves me." He snorted that part out.
"I do love you, Yuki!!" Shuichi yelled happily, hugging Yuki's arm even tighter.
"Would you let go already?" Yuki sighed.
"Not until my Yuki says he loves me too." Shuichi smiled up at him.
Yuki sighed even louder, "Let go."
"Nope! Not until Yuki says: 'I love you, Shuichi!'"
"Let go."
"Nope."
"Let go, brat."
"Aw, my pet name." Shuichi giggled, "Come on, Yuki, say 'I love you'!"
"No, now let go." Yuki now began trying to pull his arm away from Shuichi, but the singer only held on tighter.
Shuichi pouted, "Yuki doesn't love me?"
"Stop talking that way."
He blinked, "What way?"
"Yuki, Yuki, Yuki. It's annoying."
"You think I am annoying?"
"Yes." Yuki immediately regretted saying that, an instant later Shuichi had released his arm and began crying.
"Oh dear." The Sprite quickly took to the air once more, moving to float in front of Shuichi. "Please do not cry. I am sure he did not mean it." Her wings made a a louder buzzing sound each time she moved from left to right, trying to see Shuichi's face as the singer kept shaking his head no.
Yuki sighed. He placed his beer can on the counter before turning to his over reacting lover. He placed one hand on Shuichi's shoulder, the other cup his chin, turning it so Shuichi was looking at him. "I didn't mean it." And with that Yuki leaned forward and gave the other man a soft kiss. The tears in Shuichi's eyes disappeared at that moment, and a second later he was beaming and hugging Yuki tightly.
"Yuki does love me!!" Shuichi snuggled close to Yuki, who was rolling his eyes.
"Oh my." The Sprite blinked, floating back a foot from the other two. "You are sure quick on changing your feelings." She rubbed at her forehead a little, "A little too quick. It hurts."
"Eh?" Shuichi let go of Yuki, now happy with the 'answer' he got, and turned his attention back to the Sprite.
"Oh… Heh." She smiled a little nervously, moving to stand on the counter once more and making sure to stand a little away from the open can of beer. She didn't like the smell. "I suppose an introduction would help. Since it is the least I could do for the help last night." She bowed slightly, "My name is Raine." As she stood back up she was smiling even more. "I'm a water Sprite and the reason I said what I did a moment ago is because I am also empathic."
"Eh?" Shuichi's eyes widened.
"I can feel emotions." Raine explained, her wings twitching slightly. "Last night I had been careless. I wasn't really paying attention; this was the first time I had been to this part of Japan, and well… I didn't see that I was flying right towards a rose bush." She blushed, feeling rather stupid about that fact. "Well, I got this nasty cut on my stomach," She pointed down to said wound, "and when I tried to fly back home I kept falling, the cut was bleeding too fast and I didn't want to stop and let myself heal so my energy and powers were slowly draining away." Yuki blinked, this Sprite talked exactly like Shuichi, not stopping to take a breath. "Finally I gave up and just landed. I'm not sure when I passed out, but I knew that my powers were weak then and anyone could see me. But, no one even noticed me. That is, until you." Raine smiled up at Shuichi, "I could feel that you were a kind person in heart, so I called to you."
"Yeah! I heard you say 'help', and that's when I picked you up and brought you here, for Yuki to fix!" Shuichi nodded enthusiastically. "I thought you were a doll at first and I felt bad, I thought some child just threw you there and forgot about you. That would have been so sad! I would have put flyers around telling about the lost doll I had found." He nodded again.
"Oh?" Raine laughed softly, she liked these two humans. They were very entertaining. "Well, I thank you very much Shuichi-san." She bowed to him once more.
"Hey, how did you know my name?" Shuichi blinked.
"Well, you mentioned it earlier." Raine blinked as well, "When you asked Yuki-san to say 'Shuichi, I love you'. Right?"
Shuichi continued to blink, "Did I?"
Yuki rolled his eyes, "Yes. I need a cigarette." Yuki grabbed his beer and headed out of the kitchen, leaving Shuichi there still blinking and Raine watching Shuichi.
"I guess I did!" Shuichi began laughing.
Raine smiled, "You are very interesting. Both of you are."
"Eh?" He stopped laughing and looked down at Raine once more. "Are we?"
"Mm." She nodded.
"Well! I'm glad. You can stay here as long as you like. It would be nice to have someone else to talk to. Sometimes Yuki gets in these moods and he won't even look at me, let alone talk to me!"
"It's because looking at you causes me pain." Yuki snorted from the living room.
"Waaaah, so mean!" Shuichi laughed, leaning down to whisper something to Raine, "He doesn't mean it. He just likes to act tough, especially around guests!"
"I heard that, brat!"
"Aw, my pet name again!" Shuichi turned and ran into the living room. "Yuki loves me!" Raine stood their on the counter, just listening to the two in the living room.
"Hey, watch it!"
"Yuki!"
"You almost knocked over my beer, brat!"
"Sorry Yuki!"
"Hey! Now what are you doing!?"
"Getting closer to my Yuki!"
"Let go of me."
"No, Yuki is comfy."
Raine laughed when Yuki fell silent and all she could hear is Shuichi saying "Yuki" over and over again. 'They are definitely interesting. I think I am going to stay here awhile.'
===to be continued===
CCT: Well, there was chapter 2. ^__^ How is it coming along so far? I hope you aren't bored with it already. I promise the next chapter will have more Shuichi moments, if you know what I mean. ^__~ Hehehe. And I just wanted to say, I hope the way they are reacting to Raine isn't too OOC. I figured Shuichi would be more excited to have another person to talk to in the apartment, then having a Sprite (though later on he will like the Sprite aspect a bit more. Hahaha). And then Yuki would just want to ignore her, not really believing. Mmm, well that's what I think anyway.
Oh, and I wanted to thank everyone who reviewed the first chapter. ^__^ And to jestagal, a sprite is a type of fairy or elf. They are usually associated with the water element. It is said that Sprites have the job of going around and changing the colors of a tree's leaves in Autumn. I hope that is a good enough description. ^__^ Though, there are probably better ones out there.