Weiß Reiter (White Riders)

By: Atsureki

Disclaimers : Just borrowing them! Don't ask, don't sue.

Warnings : AU, Shonen-ai, OCC, short crappy chapter *mopes*

Pairings : Aya/Ken, Yoji/Omi

Notes : Stuff in Italic are thoughts as usual.

Chapter 9. In The Pouring Rain

Yoji muttered as he shifted his body. He had never liked pain very much and he was fed up with having to stay in bed all the time. Although it did have its perks. The lanky blonde grinned. Omi was a great nurse and cuddling with him was heaven. For a moment he frowned slightly.

He shouldn't feel so at ease with their relationship but Yoji just couldn't be bothered with looking for faults. It had been years since anyone had made him feel so good so to hell with everything else. Besides how could loving Omi possibly be any worse than pimping himself out to any woman that was willing? Love. Yoji chuckled softly. Yes he did love Omi, he was falling in love with the energetic little blonde.

His past held secrets he had yet to share with Omi and that stood in his way but he had to believe that they could leave them behind. The lanky man sighed and looked around the barrack. How he hated that place at the moment. It was dusky, stuffy and lonely. What he wanted was a smoke, a drink and… He frowned. That was NOT what he wanted! Or was it?

Yoji shook his head and fell back against the bed. Was that really all his mind could think of? He sighed with annoyance. Omi wasn't ready for that and he wasn't so sure he was either. Cursing his one-track mind the lanky blonde closed his eyes to get some rest.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Omi walked, or rather bounced, towards the barrack while he sang quietly to himself. The sun was shining, birds where chirping and he was happy because… He grinned. Because Yoji made him happy. He still wasn't entirely sure what it was he felt for the tall blonde playboy but it was something he had never felt before.

Omi smiled to himself and opened the door. Ken and Aya had left early that morning and would be gone for at least four days which gave him and Yoji a lot of time to themselves. The little blonde walked up to his friend and the smile on his face widened. Yoji was asleep.

Carefully Omi toed of his boots and cuddled up next to the taller blonde. It felt so good to be so close to someone without having to fear being beaten. Yoji mumbled something and pulled Omi into his arms. Blue eyes closed and a low sound, almost a purr, rose from his throat.

This was where he wanted to be, it felt like the reason he had been born was lie in those strong arms with his head on that chest. Yoji's steady heartbeat lulled him to sleep.

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Aya glanced at the brunette that rode next to him and sighed. They had been riding for hours and Ken still hadn't said a word to him. It was so silly! Ken was stubborn and Aya had a feeling that he was scared too. And he had every reason to be the redhead realized.

The brunette had offered himself to a man before, he had given his heart and love to someone who had used him and then betrayed him. But Ken had to believe that Aya would never do something like that to him, right? The redhead sighed again. He had never felt the way he felt about Ken before and he was not going to just let it slip away from him. The brunette might be stubborn but so was Aya.

He glanced at his friend again and a small smile played on his lips. If Ken was trying to get to him by using the silence treatment he had another thing coming. Aya had spent years ignoring everybody around him, he seldom talked to anyone so if that was the game the brunette wanted to play then good luck to him.

"Would you stop staring at me!" Ken suddenly snapped and glared at the redhead with annoyance in his brown eyes.

"Hn," Aya grunted and met the angry look he got with complete indiffrence. You're not going to win this one Ken and I'm not giving up, he added in his head. Ken snorted and his whole face turned into a scowl.

"Moron!"

"Baka!" The brunette snorted again.

"Figures you'd cheat by using words I don't understand," he muttered sourly and Aya almost chuckled.

"Cheat?" the redhead asked with amusement in his deep voice. "Did someone make up rules while I wasn't paying attention?" Ken gritted his teeth and his eyes narrowed.

"Bastard."

"Jerk."

"Idiot."

"Nitwit."

"Moron!"

"Sorry Ken you lose, you've already used that one." The brunette's eyes turned black and his whole body tensed up.

"Fuck off Fujimiya!" he barked at the redhead and kicked his horse into a trot. Aya sighed and allowed Honey to follow the pace.

"You know if you'd just tell me what the rules are for this game you insist on playing with me I wouldn't get it all wrong," he said softly when he again was beside the angry brunette.

"What makes you think this is a game?!"

"Then what is it Ken? Exactly what are you doing?" Ken didn't answer but the anger in his eyes faded. The low rumble of thunder broke the silence and seconds later the rain started pouring down.

"Perfect," Ken growled and pulled out his coat. Aya did the same and huddled into it. It only took a few minutes before they were both soaked to the bones.

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It was a miserable night for Ken. He was soaked, the ground cold and wet, his blanket damp and his teeth clattered. Shivering he curled deeper underneath the blanket and tried to fall asleep. They had found some shelter but it didn't help much since he was already wet. The small fire didn't give him much warmth either.

Ken bit his lip to stop his teeth from clattering and glanced over to the redhead. Aya had fallen asleep almost immediately seeming completely unaffected by the raw damp cold. The brunette wanted nothing more than to go over to him and curl up against that slender body but his pride and stubbornness kept him from doing so.

He sighed deeply. It was no wonder Aya didn't feel the cold! He was made of ice, Ken was sure of it. Although… when they had kissed there had been nothing frosty about the redhead, nothing that suggested that he was anything but a warm creature.

He bit his lip and sighed again. Why couldn't he stop tormenting himself like that? It didn't do him any good and besides, he was the one who had said that he didn't want them to be together. But he knew that it wasn't Aya's fault that he was scared and unsure. Ken was being unfair but he couldn't help himself.

His past had once again messed up his life. It was like no matter where he went or what he did Kase would forever be there, lingering, keeping the brunette from finding any kind of happiness. Ken wrapped his trembling arms around himself and tried to relax. Eventually exhaustion and the cold dragged him into a restless sleep.

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Omi listened to the rain that hammered down on the roof of the barrack. It was a cosy sound that made cuddling up to Yoji's warm body so much nicer. The little blonde smiled to himself and buried his face against the taller man's neck. Strong arms were wrapped around him and a steady heartbeat pounded in his ears.

"You awake?" Yoji's hushed voice startled Omi and he lifted his head slightly to look at his friend. He met green eyes and nodded as an answer to the question. The lanky blonde gave him a soft smile and pulled down his face. Their noses touched and Omi's eyes fluttered close. He wanted to feel Yoji's lips on his, taste the older boy's mouth.

It was confusing him how badly he wanted that and there was part of his mind that had tried to reason with him a few times, telling him that what he was doing was wrong. But since he couldn't quite figure out exactly what he was doing he couldn't understand what was wrong about it either. For the moment he pushed it away as Yoji's lips found his and softly caressed them.

Willingly the petit blonde answered the chaste kiss. It only took seconds before it deepened and grew more urgent. Lips parted and tongues joined in. Slender fingers found their way underneath clothes and slowly brushed across pale skin. Omi let out a low moan at the sensation the older boy was creating with his mouth and fingers.

He never allowed anyone to touch his back but he couldn't find a reason good enough to stop Yoji, not when it felt so good. They broke apart when the need for air couldn't be ignored any longer. Omi arched into the taller blonde's caresses on his back like a cat and a satisfied noise rose from his throat. Green eyes observed him carefully filled with something that the younger one couldn't read.

"Omi," Yoji said quietly and a small concerned frown appeared on his handsome face.

"Yeah?"

"I just wanted you to know that I…" the tall boy paused for a moment, "that I love you." Omi's blue eyes widened and his whole body stiffened.

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Yoji watched for a reaction to his hushed words. Omi's eyes grew impossibly large and his muscles tensed. Neither one of them moved for a while. Had he made a mistake? Moved too fast? Gently Yoji caressed the short blondes back in an attempt to sooth him. Omi flinched under the touch as if it had burned him and shot to his feet. His blue eyes shone with fear and his lithe body trembled.

"Omi? I won't hurt you," Yoji said softly and reached out his hand. The flaxen haired boy before him cowered and took several steps back. "Omi please say something." He got no response except the stare from those big eyes. The tall blonde carefully got up and approached him. Yoji pulled the trembling body close to his and grabbed a hold of the back of Omi's shirt. "I would never hurt you," he murmured hoarsly. Before his words had died out he was pushed aside. Omi's hands came into contact with the wound in Yoji's side and caused him to growl in pain. "Fuck!" His hard curse seemed to hit the little blonde like the lash from a whip. Whimpering in fear Omi swirled around, ran out and into the pouring rain. Yoji stared after him. What the hell had he done wrong?

~TBC (if I can convince my bloody muse to work with me instead of against me *sighs*)~

Hm looks like everybody has problems here ne? Ken is being proud and stubborn when he should just give Aya a chance. Yoji is moving a little to fast and who knows why Omi reacted so badly? Actually I do *hehe* I left some clues to his behaviour in previous chapters sort of so you might be able to guess what went wrong.

Can Aya get Ken to trust him? Can Yoji do the same with Omi? And where did Omi disappear to? Is Ken alright all cold and wet? Oh the joy of questions… *bangs her head against the wall* Ja/Atsureki