Melting the Heart - Chapter 6
The room was dark with a cold metal stretcher sitting in the middle. On top of it was a body, freshly dead. Near the stretcher sat two cans - one had a dark, reddish liquid in it the other had a black liquid in it. Beside the cans was an assortment of paintbrushes.
Two pale hands reached out from the dark and gently caressed the body. Then one of the hands picked up a paintbrush, dipped it in the dark, reddish liquid and began to write on the body.
***
Hisoka sat and stared at the food in front of him. It looked.odd. He slowly picked up a small bite of noodles with his chopsticks and put them in his mouth. After chewing for a bit he decided they were going to be edible. Maybe not grade A noodles, but they weren't so bad that they couldn't be eaten. Hisoka flashed a smile at an expectant Tsuzuki who excepted it in his usual 'you-like-it-you-really-like-it' way.
After finishing dinner Hisoka threw the paper plates away and washed the pots. Tsuzuki sat at the table being bored. There just seemed to be nothing to do.
Hisoka had finished the dishes and walked into the bedroom. He returned carrying a book on various occult topics. It was a rather thick book that contained a lot of various information on Eastern and Western occult practices, from banned Shinto and Buddhist rituals to Egyptian curses to some dark pagan practices from Europe. Hisoka sat the book on the kitchen table and opened it to a spot he had been reading from earlier concerning a type of dark Egyptian curse. He had only read the opening paragraph to it thus far and all that concerned was how a name of a person could be used against them. However, as he read on he learned exactly in what way the name was used and what it did to the person.
Soon after death, no longer than one day, the body of the deceased was taken and his name was written upon the full of the front part of the body and the full of the back part in the blood of the person mixed with a dark pigment. Then, in black, around the name was drawn a seal containing the six secret names of the god of chaos. If all was completed successfully, the soul of the deceased was doomed to be trapped within that body forever unless the body was burned. Only through burning the body would the soul be released.
Hisoka was horrified at this revelation, yet glad he had found what seemed to be a lead to finding out what was keeping the souls from entering Meifu.
"Look at this," Hisoka said, waking Tsuzuki from his bored stupor, "I think I found something that may be helpful." He got out of his seat and walked around the table with the book to point the passage out to Tsuzuki.
"See this passage, what is says about how some in ancient Egypt would seal a soul inside its body?"
Tsuzuki read over the passage. It disturbed him greatly. Tsuzuki sighed in dismay at the idea that it was possible to keep the soul sealed in the body.
"I see.Then it really does look like Muraki is up to this. Very few on this earth would believe something like this and fewer still would attempt it. Unfortunately, Muraki falls into both categories. Tomorrow we should begin look around campus for any ideas to where Muraki is and expand from there." Tsuzuki sighed again.
"I agree. Hopefully we will find something soon. I want to get this over with. I hate dealing with Muraki," Hisoka said, raising his voice on the last sentence. Tsuzuki looked at him in concern. He had seen little emotion one way or the other from Hisoka concerning this case until now. He really felt sympathy for him.
Hisoka looked over at Tsuzuki, "I appreciate your sympathy, but save it," he said.
Tsuzuki blinked. He had forgotten all about attempting to conceal his thoughts and emotions. "Well.," Tsuzuki began, "what emotion do you want me to emit for you to catch hold of?"
Hisoka blinked; the question had caught him a bit off guard. Love is the emotion he would have liked to feel, but he felt too awkward voicing that to Tsuzuki. Instead Hisoka just turned around and walked off to the bedroom.
"You didn't answer me," Tsuzuki said, raising his voice to be heard, "now what emotion do you want to feel?" There was still no reply from Hisoka who had now laid himself across the bed. Tsuzuki got up from the table and made his way to where Hisoka was.
He too laid himself across the bed, facing Hisoka. "I'll guess then," he playfully announced. Hisoka still wore a look of indifference.
A smile played across Tsuzuki's face as looked straight into Hisoka's emerald eyes. He intensified his feelings of love. Hisoka's look of indifference changed to one of content. He surprised Tsuzuki by scooting closer to him and putting an arm around him. Tsuzuki responded by also placing his arm around Hisoka and giving him a gentle, loving tug towards himself.
Hisoka gave no resistance and they both laid like that for nearly half an hour, Tsuzuki rubbing Hisoka's back every so often. It was Hisoka who broke the semi-embrace, much to Tsuzuki's disappointment; he had been prepared to lie there for eternity if Hisoka had wanted it.
Hisoka rose from the bed and walked to the bathroom. Tsuzuki sat up himself and watched Hisoka from the bed as he washed his face. Hisoka patted his face dry and walked back to where Tsuzuki was and just stood there in front of him for a few seconds. "Thank you," he said finally and then made his way to his side of the bed.
He slipped off his shirt, pants, and socks and crawled into bed. Tsuzuki got up, switched the kitchen light and bedroom light off and returned to bed. He too got out of everything except his boxers and slipped in next to Hisoka.
Tsuzuki was surprised a bit when Hisoka scooted in a bit closer to him. Tsuzuki remembered telling himself that he wouldn't seek Hisoka in such a way, but he couldn't help falling for the blonde. It was odd that it seemed to dawn on him so quickly, to just pop up like 'that'. 'But maybe' he thought, 'it has always been there and recent events just make me realize it all the more.'
Hisoka stirred a bit, then said, in a small whisper, "You can seek me in 'such a way.'"
Hisoka just kept on surprising him tonight. "Are.you sure," Tsuzuki asked, believing it all to be going too smoothly.
"Don't doubt me," came Hisoka's cool reply. Hisoka's back had been turned to Tsuzuki all this time and now he turned and faced Tsuzuki. He looked straight into Tsuzuki's violet eyes, which were illuminated by the light from the city streaming in through the window. Hisoka gave Tsuzuki a light kiss on the lips, an enticing brush. Tsuzuki pulled Hisoka closer to himself and entangled their legs together. He then put a finger under Hisoka's chin, raising it up a little and gave Hisoka a kiss of his own. It was Hisoka's first kiss ever received with any pure love behind it; it warmed his heart.
"I'll get more passionate another night," Tsuzuki smirked before drifting off into sleep, quite content with everything that had unfolded in such a seemingly short time. Hisoka soon followed Tsuzuki in sleep, tinges of a smile upon his face.
A.N. Chapter 6 is finally done ^_^ I hope it was enjoyable and that getting Hisoka and Tsuzuki together didn't seem too rushed. I hope it felt natural even if it did kind of all come together in one night ^^;;; And now I'm going off to get some sleep. I'm literally lying in front of the laptop typing with my eyes closed I'm so sleepy ^^;;; G'night. Now off to start chapter 7..after I wake up XD
The room was dark with a cold metal stretcher sitting in the middle. On top of it was a body, freshly dead. Near the stretcher sat two cans - one had a dark, reddish liquid in it the other had a black liquid in it. Beside the cans was an assortment of paintbrushes.
Two pale hands reached out from the dark and gently caressed the body. Then one of the hands picked up a paintbrush, dipped it in the dark, reddish liquid and began to write on the body.
***
Hisoka sat and stared at the food in front of him. It looked.odd. He slowly picked up a small bite of noodles with his chopsticks and put them in his mouth. After chewing for a bit he decided they were going to be edible. Maybe not grade A noodles, but they weren't so bad that they couldn't be eaten. Hisoka flashed a smile at an expectant Tsuzuki who excepted it in his usual 'you-like-it-you-really-like-it' way.
After finishing dinner Hisoka threw the paper plates away and washed the pots. Tsuzuki sat at the table being bored. There just seemed to be nothing to do.
Hisoka had finished the dishes and walked into the bedroom. He returned carrying a book on various occult topics. It was a rather thick book that contained a lot of various information on Eastern and Western occult practices, from banned Shinto and Buddhist rituals to Egyptian curses to some dark pagan practices from Europe. Hisoka sat the book on the kitchen table and opened it to a spot he had been reading from earlier concerning a type of dark Egyptian curse. He had only read the opening paragraph to it thus far and all that concerned was how a name of a person could be used against them. However, as he read on he learned exactly in what way the name was used and what it did to the person.
Soon after death, no longer than one day, the body of the deceased was taken and his name was written upon the full of the front part of the body and the full of the back part in the blood of the person mixed with a dark pigment. Then, in black, around the name was drawn a seal containing the six secret names of the god of chaos. If all was completed successfully, the soul of the deceased was doomed to be trapped within that body forever unless the body was burned. Only through burning the body would the soul be released.
Hisoka was horrified at this revelation, yet glad he had found what seemed to be a lead to finding out what was keeping the souls from entering Meifu.
"Look at this," Hisoka said, waking Tsuzuki from his bored stupor, "I think I found something that may be helpful." He got out of his seat and walked around the table with the book to point the passage out to Tsuzuki.
"See this passage, what is says about how some in ancient Egypt would seal a soul inside its body?"
Tsuzuki read over the passage. It disturbed him greatly. Tsuzuki sighed in dismay at the idea that it was possible to keep the soul sealed in the body.
"I see.Then it really does look like Muraki is up to this. Very few on this earth would believe something like this and fewer still would attempt it. Unfortunately, Muraki falls into both categories. Tomorrow we should begin look around campus for any ideas to where Muraki is and expand from there." Tsuzuki sighed again.
"I agree. Hopefully we will find something soon. I want to get this over with. I hate dealing with Muraki," Hisoka said, raising his voice on the last sentence. Tsuzuki looked at him in concern. He had seen little emotion one way or the other from Hisoka concerning this case until now. He really felt sympathy for him.
Hisoka looked over at Tsuzuki, "I appreciate your sympathy, but save it," he said.
Tsuzuki blinked. He had forgotten all about attempting to conceal his thoughts and emotions. "Well.," Tsuzuki began, "what emotion do you want me to emit for you to catch hold of?"
Hisoka blinked; the question had caught him a bit off guard. Love is the emotion he would have liked to feel, but he felt too awkward voicing that to Tsuzuki. Instead Hisoka just turned around and walked off to the bedroom.
"You didn't answer me," Tsuzuki said, raising his voice to be heard, "now what emotion do you want to feel?" There was still no reply from Hisoka who had now laid himself across the bed. Tsuzuki got up from the table and made his way to where Hisoka was.
He too laid himself across the bed, facing Hisoka. "I'll guess then," he playfully announced. Hisoka still wore a look of indifference.
A smile played across Tsuzuki's face as looked straight into Hisoka's emerald eyes. He intensified his feelings of love. Hisoka's look of indifference changed to one of content. He surprised Tsuzuki by scooting closer to him and putting an arm around him. Tsuzuki responded by also placing his arm around Hisoka and giving him a gentle, loving tug towards himself.
Hisoka gave no resistance and they both laid like that for nearly half an hour, Tsuzuki rubbing Hisoka's back every so often. It was Hisoka who broke the semi-embrace, much to Tsuzuki's disappointment; he had been prepared to lie there for eternity if Hisoka had wanted it.
Hisoka rose from the bed and walked to the bathroom. Tsuzuki sat up himself and watched Hisoka from the bed as he washed his face. Hisoka patted his face dry and walked back to where Tsuzuki was and just stood there in front of him for a few seconds. "Thank you," he said finally and then made his way to his side of the bed.
He slipped off his shirt, pants, and socks and crawled into bed. Tsuzuki got up, switched the kitchen light and bedroom light off and returned to bed. He too got out of everything except his boxers and slipped in next to Hisoka.
Tsuzuki was surprised a bit when Hisoka scooted in a bit closer to him. Tsuzuki remembered telling himself that he wouldn't seek Hisoka in such a way, but he couldn't help falling for the blonde. It was odd that it seemed to dawn on him so quickly, to just pop up like 'that'. 'But maybe' he thought, 'it has always been there and recent events just make me realize it all the more.'
Hisoka stirred a bit, then said, in a small whisper, "You can seek me in 'such a way.'"
Hisoka just kept on surprising him tonight. "Are.you sure," Tsuzuki asked, believing it all to be going too smoothly.
"Don't doubt me," came Hisoka's cool reply. Hisoka's back had been turned to Tsuzuki all this time and now he turned and faced Tsuzuki. He looked straight into Tsuzuki's violet eyes, which were illuminated by the light from the city streaming in through the window. Hisoka gave Tsuzuki a light kiss on the lips, an enticing brush. Tsuzuki pulled Hisoka closer to himself and entangled their legs together. He then put a finger under Hisoka's chin, raising it up a little and gave Hisoka a kiss of his own. It was Hisoka's first kiss ever received with any pure love behind it; it warmed his heart.
"I'll get more passionate another night," Tsuzuki smirked before drifting off into sleep, quite content with everything that had unfolded in such a seemingly short time. Hisoka soon followed Tsuzuki in sleep, tinges of a smile upon his face.
A.N. Chapter 6 is finally done ^_^ I hope it was enjoyable and that getting Hisoka and Tsuzuki together didn't seem too rushed. I hope it felt natural even if it did kind of all come together in one night ^^;;; And now I'm going off to get some sleep. I'm literally lying in front of the laptop typing with my eyes closed I'm so sleepy ^^;;; G'night. Now off to start chapter 7..after I wake up XD