Disclaimer: Subaru, Seishirou, and Hokuto are by the awesome Clamp.
Yui Miyamoto productions presents to you a romantic comedy called:
"It's all in the look."
Chapter 2 – Gohan. Er, somewhat.
Subaru grimaced (in a somewhat cute, pouty way) on the hospital bed as he watched his sister sitting to one side of him skinning an apple to appease herself.
He folded his hands and bent his head in defeat as Hokuto continued to complain as Sakurazuka-sensei came in with a happy smile and a tray with three cups of hot chocolate.
"Hokuto-chan," Subaru started as he cleared his throat. "I don't think you should have done that."
"Shouldn't have done what?" Nonchalantly, she said thank you to Seishirou as she took her cup offered out to her.
Subaru's cup was placed on the stand next to him as Seishirou leaned near the window. It was already nighttime, and you could have seen the lights outside already lit up.
"I think your sister's justified in what she did," Seishirou said as he took a sip of his hot chocolate.
He wasn't helping him either.
Subaru shook his head as he sighed. "If they say I can go home tomorrow, that's how it goes, Hokuto. It's not like I'm going to die from an injury to my sides?"
Hokuto, annoyed at Subaru's apparent ungratefulness, puffed out her cheeks and stopped skinning the apple she was holding.
A quarter of the apple came off with it.
She looked at Subaru. Hard.
"I know what's best for you, Subaru. I know you best!" she said matter-of-factly as she nodded to herself. "Don't you trust me?"
Eeep. He nodded.
Things could have gotten ugly if he didn't agree with her. His head would be the next thing that that swiss knife of hers (after all, Hokuto had all kinds of gadgets, knickknacks, and clothes) would touch.
He was still grateful those people who had hurt him weren't already dead by Hokuto's mouth and hands.
That's right! Our schoolmates!
Then, he blinked his eyes at her said in a deadpan voice, "You didn't do anything to those people…did you?"
Hope was in his eyes. Even a small one.
Hokuto then stuck out her tongue at him. "Oh, Subaru, do you think I would do that?"
She had done something. He sighed.
He didn't want to hear another story about hanging people from their feet. Why? Because they had made fun of his gloves when he was little…
And yeah, we'll leave it at that.
"Your sister wouldn't be so evil as to do that," Seishirou chuckled to himself, amused at the sight before him. Looking at Hokuto, he asked, "Hokuto-chan, you wouldn't do that, would you?"
In the back of his mind, he knew the answer.
He was a killer after all.
(Seishirou looks off-camera at the author. * Eep *)
Ahem, I mean, assassin. And so, he knew more than anything the look of one who would do anything to cease the life of another.
At least Hokuto still had some emotions left.
His were numbed away after all these years.
But this boy…
He wasn't helping him any.
Sumeragi was bringing them back with full force.
Subaru looked at Seishirou and nodded slowly in fear.
Seishirou laughed as Hokuto bellowed with a, "Ohohohoho!"
The stomach of the young Sumeragi cringed at what was before him. He almost felt sorry for himself.
All was quiet for a moment or two until Hokuto said, "I'm going home to pick up our stuff. We'll be camping out here for a few days."
Subaru touched her shoulder out of an unconscious reflex as he looked into her eyes. Pleading almost.
And with that gesture, the silent telepathy that only twins had was opened.
"Don't go. Please?" he said in his mind.
"Subaru, stop being silly," was the message she sent back as she then pushed his shoulders down onto the bed.
Blink, blink.
"No, Subaru. Not even your cute begging eyes will help you out on this one," she countered as she turned around with a smile.
Seishirou finally found the perfect time to intercept this funny conversation as he said aloud, "Are you sure you don't want me to drive you there and come back?"
Hokuto shook her head. "No, that's okay. It's too much trouble."
"It's no trouble at all," Seishirou pushed on.
"No Hokuto!" Subaru had wanted to shout. "Take him with you. Take him with you!!"
Apparently, he didn't block those thoughts so Hokuto gave him a strange look as she said, "Bye, but I'll be coming back in an hour, okay?"
Subaru nodded with no other choice.
With the closing of the door, Subaru's guard went up. Seishirou folded his shoulders as he looked at Subaru.
Subaru looked back and gulped. "Ye-yes, Sakurazuka-sensei?"
Seishirou just shook his head. "Nothing."
"Are you sure you don't have anything to do tonight?" Subaru innocently asked.
Seishirou smirked. Subaru's heart fell a few notches from its place.
But on he went to say, "I feel bad that you went through all this trouble for me."
Subaru fidgeted with his hands and he graciously bowed his head in gratitude. "Thank you, but you don't have to stay here with me."
Oh good! An excuse!
Subaru was a bit happy that he had for once been able to slip something without stuttering.
"Oh, but I have a reason to be here," Seishirou answered as he pushed himself of the wall and walked towards Subaru.
Subaru pulled on his hospital clothes. Then, he pulled them back as soon as he remembered where he should have pulled when the breeze touched his skin.
"Y-you do?" Subaru gulped.
"I haven't taken you out for dinner yet," Seishirou replied as he sat on Subaru's bed and folded his hands while looking cutely at Subaru.
"I-It's all right," Subaru stammered as he looked at Seishirou's face, which wasn't even blinking because his amber eyes were so focused on his green ones.
Guilt…
He almost wanted to eat dinner with him now…
And it wasn't out of gratefulness…
"Aah. What am I thinking?" Subaru tried to deny inside of his mind.
"Yes, what are you thinking, Sumeragi-kun?" Seishirou said as he unfolded his hands and reached out to pull the back of Subaru's-
Knock, knock.
(ACK! Subaru's what?! :p)
Seishirou immediately got off the bed and instantly was looking at the window as if he were waiting for someone. Subaru, on the other hand, was still recovering from the sudden rush of blood to his head that he weakly said, "Please come in."
A nurse came with a tray of food and smiled as she bowed and left.
Click.
Seishirou was still thinking, "What was I doing…"
His calm resolve was a bit tarnished at the moment.
Acting on his feelings…
And not of that of the shigoto that he must do…
How could he have done such a thing?
Subaru took a glance at Seishirou, took his fork up, and poked the thing in front of him that was supposed to be called food.
He put the fork down and pointed his head down.
Unable to keep his honestly from surfacing to his face, he glanced over at Seishirou again and gave a small smile.
No one…
Had ever given him that kind of resolve before…
Except Hokuto…
To stay in a hospital most of the night, even if he was teasing him all day…
"Come eat dinner with me then," Subaru finally let out, still looking at Seishirou.
Seishirou, who hadn't expected this, turned his head to Subaru with the same gently soft look he had given to him years ago when Subaru had said, "Aren't they in pain?"
Smiling and silent, Seishirou sat by Subaru thinking, "I think I'm beginning to understand why you're the heir…"
Tsuzuku…
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Author's notes: Gosh, I didn't know it had been two months since I've written an update! Well, not until some people were hinting to me that I should start up soon. ;_; Almost done with Deep Inside of You and Aching Desire…wish I had more time. I'll have it done by the end of the year! Or, I hope to. ^^;;;
Though I'm basing this on something real, and that's the disturbing part, but of course, there are a lot of things that are not, but we'll see if I can pull off making it reasonable in the TB (Au) world.
Hope you enjoyed this! Sorry that it's kind of short.
Shigoto – job
Gohan - dinner
Yui Miyamoto productions presents to you a romantic comedy called:
"It's all in the look."
Chapter 2 – Gohan. Er, somewhat.
Subaru grimaced (in a somewhat cute, pouty way) on the hospital bed as he watched his sister sitting to one side of him skinning an apple to appease herself.
He folded his hands and bent his head in defeat as Hokuto continued to complain as Sakurazuka-sensei came in with a happy smile and a tray with three cups of hot chocolate.
"Hokuto-chan," Subaru started as he cleared his throat. "I don't think you should have done that."
"Shouldn't have done what?" Nonchalantly, she said thank you to Seishirou as she took her cup offered out to her.
Subaru's cup was placed on the stand next to him as Seishirou leaned near the window. It was already nighttime, and you could have seen the lights outside already lit up.
"I think your sister's justified in what she did," Seishirou said as he took a sip of his hot chocolate.
He wasn't helping him either.
Subaru shook his head as he sighed. "If they say I can go home tomorrow, that's how it goes, Hokuto. It's not like I'm going to die from an injury to my sides?"
Hokuto, annoyed at Subaru's apparent ungratefulness, puffed out her cheeks and stopped skinning the apple she was holding.
A quarter of the apple came off with it.
She looked at Subaru. Hard.
"I know what's best for you, Subaru. I know you best!" she said matter-of-factly as she nodded to herself. "Don't you trust me?"
Eeep. He nodded.
Things could have gotten ugly if he didn't agree with her. His head would be the next thing that that swiss knife of hers (after all, Hokuto had all kinds of gadgets, knickknacks, and clothes) would touch.
He was still grateful those people who had hurt him weren't already dead by Hokuto's mouth and hands.
That's right! Our schoolmates!
Then, he blinked his eyes at her said in a deadpan voice, "You didn't do anything to those people…did you?"
Hope was in his eyes. Even a small one.
Hokuto then stuck out her tongue at him. "Oh, Subaru, do you think I would do that?"
She had done something. He sighed.
He didn't want to hear another story about hanging people from their feet. Why? Because they had made fun of his gloves when he was little…
And yeah, we'll leave it at that.
"Your sister wouldn't be so evil as to do that," Seishirou chuckled to himself, amused at the sight before him. Looking at Hokuto, he asked, "Hokuto-chan, you wouldn't do that, would you?"
In the back of his mind, he knew the answer.
He was a killer after all.
(Seishirou looks off-camera at the author. * Eep *)
Ahem, I mean, assassin. And so, he knew more than anything the look of one who would do anything to cease the life of another.
At least Hokuto still had some emotions left.
His were numbed away after all these years.
But this boy…
He wasn't helping him any.
Sumeragi was bringing them back with full force.
Subaru looked at Seishirou and nodded slowly in fear.
Seishirou laughed as Hokuto bellowed with a, "Ohohohoho!"
The stomach of the young Sumeragi cringed at what was before him. He almost felt sorry for himself.
All was quiet for a moment or two until Hokuto said, "I'm going home to pick up our stuff. We'll be camping out here for a few days."
Subaru touched her shoulder out of an unconscious reflex as he looked into her eyes. Pleading almost.
And with that gesture, the silent telepathy that only twins had was opened.
"Don't go. Please?" he said in his mind.
"Subaru, stop being silly," was the message she sent back as she then pushed his shoulders down onto the bed.
Blink, blink.
"No, Subaru. Not even your cute begging eyes will help you out on this one," she countered as she turned around with a smile.
Seishirou finally found the perfect time to intercept this funny conversation as he said aloud, "Are you sure you don't want me to drive you there and come back?"
Hokuto shook her head. "No, that's okay. It's too much trouble."
"It's no trouble at all," Seishirou pushed on.
"No Hokuto!" Subaru had wanted to shout. "Take him with you. Take him with you!!"
Apparently, he didn't block those thoughts so Hokuto gave him a strange look as she said, "Bye, but I'll be coming back in an hour, okay?"
Subaru nodded with no other choice.
With the closing of the door, Subaru's guard went up. Seishirou folded his shoulders as he looked at Subaru.
Subaru looked back and gulped. "Ye-yes, Sakurazuka-sensei?"
Seishirou just shook his head. "Nothing."
"Are you sure you don't have anything to do tonight?" Subaru innocently asked.
Seishirou smirked. Subaru's heart fell a few notches from its place.
But on he went to say, "I feel bad that you went through all this trouble for me."
Subaru fidgeted with his hands and he graciously bowed his head in gratitude. "Thank you, but you don't have to stay here with me."
Oh good! An excuse!
Subaru was a bit happy that he had for once been able to slip something without stuttering.
"Oh, but I have a reason to be here," Seishirou answered as he pushed himself of the wall and walked towards Subaru.
Subaru pulled on his hospital clothes. Then, he pulled them back as soon as he remembered where he should have pulled when the breeze touched his skin.
"Y-you do?" Subaru gulped.
"I haven't taken you out for dinner yet," Seishirou replied as he sat on Subaru's bed and folded his hands while looking cutely at Subaru.
"I-It's all right," Subaru stammered as he looked at Seishirou's face, which wasn't even blinking because his amber eyes were so focused on his green ones.
Guilt…
He almost wanted to eat dinner with him now…
And it wasn't out of gratefulness…
"Aah. What am I thinking?" Subaru tried to deny inside of his mind.
"Yes, what are you thinking, Sumeragi-kun?" Seishirou said as he unfolded his hands and reached out to pull the back of Subaru's-
Knock, knock.
(ACK! Subaru's what?! :p)
Seishirou immediately got off the bed and instantly was looking at the window as if he were waiting for someone. Subaru, on the other hand, was still recovering from the sudden rush of blood to his head that he weakly said, "Please come in."
A nurse came with a tray of food and smiled as she bowed and left.
Click.
Seishirou was still thinking, "What was I doing…"
His calm resolve was a bit tarnished at the moment.
Acting on his feelings…
And not of that of the shigoto that he must do…
How could he have done such a thing?
Subaru took a glance at Seishirou, took his fork up, and poked the thing in front of him that was supposed to be called food.
He put the fork down and pointed his head down.
Unable to keep his honestly from surfacing to his face, he glanced over at Seishirou again and gave a small smile.
No one…
Had ever given him that kind of resolve before…
Except Hokuto…
To stay in a hospital most of the night, even if he was teasing him all day…
"Come eat dinner with me then," Subaru finally let out, still looking at Seishirou.
Seishirou, who hadn't expected this, turned his head to Subaru with the same gently soft look he had given to him years ago when Subaru had said, "Aren't they in pain?"
Smiling and silent, Seishirou sat by Subaru thinking, "I think I'm beginning to understand why you're the heir…"
Tsuzuku…
---
Author's notes: Gosh, I didn't know it had been two months since I've written an update! Well, not until some people were hinting to me that I should start up soon. ;_; Almost done with Deep Inside of You and Aching Desire…wish I had more time. I'll have it done by the end of the year! Or, I hope to. ^^;;;
Though I'm basing this on something real, and that's the disturbing part, but of course, there are a lot of things that are not, but we'll see if I can pull off making it reasonable in the TB (Au) world.
Hope you enjoyed this! Sorry that it's kind of short.
Shigoto – job
Gohan - dinner