Triangular: 23
Author's notes: You might think things are going too fast or too slow. I hope you guys like this chapter, a bit of heartbreak and S/K moments. You do know what I mean, right? Okay then, let's get this thing going.
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It was a perfect spring Friday.
The spring breeze traveled along CLAMP Gakuen, sending hundreds of sakura petals dancing around the huge campus. The streets and paths were filled with discarded cherry blossoms, covered by beautifully arched trees that provided shade to the ones walking. The sun lazily shone through the cloudless blue sky, small birds chirping and flying around.
A smiling seraph ran down a tree-covered pathway, a grin pasted on his pale lips. He smiled even wider as he ran farther down the path, with the soft breeze sifting through his silky ebony hair, birds chirping all around him. As his shoes trampled on a few sakura petals, he once again smiled to himself as he thought about his newly found keeper.
A man with soft, but spiky ebony hair, elegant golden eyes held behind glasses, and a well-built body. Supple, warm lips that delivered sensual feelings, locking the innocent purple-eyed boy in tender and passionate kisses. He silently blushed, remembering the man's soft fingertips that graced his cream-colored skin with the lightest of touches, wonderful eyes holding the most heartfelt of stares. Thinking to himself, he smiled for a third time as he ran down the road, recalling the muscular, well-chiseled body that held him close in the warmest of embraces, making the aforementioned angel feel so comfortable – making him feel wonderful and welcomed.
For Shirou Kamui, his life has suddenly become perfect. It has been three months since their first real kiss, on that blessed day, at the auditorium. He had found someone who loved him for who he was, and also, he didn't fail on any subjects any more. Praying silently to God and thanking Him, Kamui continued down the road until a familiar voice reached his ears.
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The golden-eyed History instructor patiently waited for his student, sitting down on one of the benches under a sheltered pathway. He silently crossed his legs, readjusting his glasses as he kept his eyes on the large lawn before him.
He and Kamui were supposed to meet here right after class. The teacher promised his angelic student an afternoon at the nearby café, telling the purple-eyed bishounen that he'll wait for him at that secret place.
"Ah, Fuuma-san, I never thought you would be here."
Monou Fuuma looked up at the speaker, raising his eyebrows in inquiry. Recognizing the black-clad vice-principal, he smirked and leaned back on a post behind him.
"Seishirou-san." Fuuma coolly replied, casting his eyes on the supposed-to-be Sakurazukamori's honey-brown ones. "Why are you here?"
Seishirou smiled. "Is it wrong to take a stroll out here?" he asked, leaning against a nearby pole.
"No."
"So…" Sakurazuka Seishirou started, staring at the cloudless sky. After a few seconds, he turned to look back down at the seated History teacher, raising his eyebrows. "How's our plan?"
Fuuma looked back up at him. "What plan?" He asked.
"Apparently you have forgotten." Seishirou remarked, smirking once again. "Our plan to break my Subaru and your Kamui apart."
The golden-eyed teacher looked down at the cemented path. "Oh yeah…that plan."
"So, how did it go?"
Fuuma looked intently at his hands, now wondering on what to answer the vice-principal. Actually, he has forgotten about their plan, falling completely in love with his newly earned prize. He felt that it wasn't just about his lust for Kamui just like before – he really DID love Kamui, and this was the time to make his Kamui realize that. But some part of Fuuma scolded him for what he did – that part of him kept telling him that he stole Kamui.
'But who would I steal Kamui from?' He asked himself. Kamui was his from the very beginning – which Sumeragi just came in and butted him out of the picture. But now he was back in the picture, making everything go his way and Kamui fall in love with him.
Although deep inside him, he felt what he was doing was wrong. Kamui DID leave him, and Subaru entered Kamui's life. But there he went, doing everything he could to make his Kamui come back to him again. As he did so, he destroyed Subaru's life. He made Subaru's life a living hell – filling every bit of the supposed-to-be clan head of the Sumeragi Family with pain and misery.
He let go of what was supposed to be his. It was his fault. It was really Subaru's turn to get Kamui, to make the angel his, for Fuuma has lost his chance.
But Kamui was already his! There was absolutely no way he was going to let Kamui slip from his fingers yet again.
So this was his problem. So this was what was bothering him all along.
But he had another problem – can he admit all of this to Seishirou?
"Fuuma-san?" Seishirou mentioned his name, staring inquisitively at his subordinate. Fuuma shook his head lightly, shaking himself out of his trance.
"Yes…it's been working." Fuuma answered, deciding that a little lie wouldn't hurt. "My Kamui seems to have fallen in love with me." He said, smirking as well.
Seishirou leered at the younger instructor. "Is that so?" he asked, smiling devilishly. His plan has definitely worked – to make that brat hate Fuuma and make the brat suffer for making his Subaru captivated by his so-called beauty. His grin turned into a sneer as he heard hurried footsteps run away from where they were.
*
In utmost curiosity, Shirou Kamui stopped running and started to walk towards a cluster of trees. Once satisfied, Kamui shut himself up, eager to hear what they were saying for the voices sounded familiar.
"Ah, Fuuma-san, I never thought you would be here."
Kamui's eyes widened, hearing the deep, smooth voice of Sakurazuka Seishirou. Hiding behind a large oak tree, he leaned on it as he silently eavesdropped on the two's conversation.
"Seishirou-san."
Kamui's eyes dilated even more, realizing that Fuuma was indeed speaking to the supposed-to-be Sakurazukamori.
"Why are you here?"
"Is it wrong to take a stroll out here?"
Taking a single and solitary peek, Kamui tilted his head to see the two men converse.
"No."
Content with what he saw, Kamui leaned back on the tree trunk again.
"So… how's our plan?"
Kamui raised his eyebrows in curiosity. What was this plan Seishirou was talking about?
"What plan?" He heard Fuuma ask.
"Apparently you have forgotten." He heard Seishirou remark. "Our plan to break my Subaru and your Kamui apart."
Beautiful amethyst suddenly lost its sparkle. Possibly this was just some stupid prank Fuuma was pulling on him…
"Oh yeah…that plan."
Clenched fists became limp.
"So, how did it go?"
Kamui silently scolded himself, closing his eyes firmly and screaming in his mind continuously. But for some unknown reason, no matter how hard his mind scolded it, his body didn't move. He tried not to listen at the next reply, but his ears welcomed the next set of words, no matter how hard he tried not to.
"Fuuma-san?"
"Yes…it's been working. My Kamui seems to have fallen in love with me."
That was it.
Lilac orbs were suddenly brimmed with countless tears, widened to their fullest extent. It was all a lie, a plan – a hoax. All of what he went through was just a joke, a fabrication, fiction and nothing more. Was he that useless? Was his existence that pitiful and meaningless that he existed just to make a fool of himself? Was he just a speck of dirt that everybody stepped on, manipulated?
Kamui closed his tearful eyes firmly, clenching his fists as he bolted out of the small forest as fast as his legs could carry him. He didn't care if people saw him crying, saw him bawling as he ran across the campus without any knowledge of where to go. To him everything was a blur – a mix of colors that brought in more pain in his disastrous world. He didn't care anymore – everyone just made him miserable. No one cared for him – no one was worried if he died there on the spot.
But the thought of death didn't enter his mind. He just kept on running and running, sprinting away from the lies he has been made to go through.
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It was probably six 'o clock in the evening, the last of the sunlight glimmering away as darkness filled its place.
The supermarket was a busy place, with people walking down aisles and picking out items to buy. Meanwhile, on the other side of the supermarket, Sumeragi Hokuto was busy deciding on what to cook for dinner.
"Knowing that you're culinary inept, Subaru-chan," Hokuto teased, holding up a Japanese radish in her hand and waving it at her brother's direction. "I'll cook dinner tonight! Hmm…I wonder what should I cook…"
The younger Sumeragi twin sighed and helplessly leaned on their shopping cart. They've been there for half an hour, with him bleakly waiting for his sister to finish grocery shopping as he trotted behind her. Hokuto has been throwing in different products into their cart, making an irrelevant remark that led to another story and then to another.
"Can you hurry up, Hokuto?" Sumeragi Subaru asked, looking thoughtfully at Hokuto. "I want to get home."
"Gee Subaru-chan, you don't have to snap at me, you know!" Hokuto teased again, placing a hand on her hip.
"I'm not snapping at you, Hokuto-chan," Subaru tried to reason, standing up to his full height. "I just need to get back home to check those papers –
A pair of feminine voices interrupted Subaru's set of words.
"Mou! How come Nii-chan has to be LATE?! I mean, he was supposed to be here hours ago!"
"Maa maa, Yuzu-chan," A motherly voice, belonging to Kasumi Karen, reassured her troubled daughter, Shirou Yuzuriha. "I'm sure Kamui just had a few things to take care of back at school."
Subaru's eyes widened in curiosity, wondering on what would keep Kamui long enough to be in school at this time.
Hokuto suddenly looked up at the ceiling of the building. "Mou! Subaru-chan, it started raining! We better hurry up or else!"
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Loading the last of the paper bags onto the trunk of his white BMW, Subaru hurriedly closed it, making sure it was securely closed before hurrying to the driver's side. Once inside, Subaru drove away, intent on making it home as safe as possible.
*
"Aww, how come it has to rain today?" His twin sister complained, pouting as she stared angrily outside. The rain continued to patter outside as Subaru smiled, continuing to drive down the road to their house. "It was such a good morning and here comes the rain and wrecks everything! I even got myself wet!"
She pouted at her skirt, which had a few droplets of water splotched upon it.
"Hmph, sometimes rain isn't just good, you know?" Hokuto commented, turning her head to face her younger twin. But as she did so, Subaru hit the brakes as fast as he could, sending Hokuto reeling forward.
"SUBARU! You almost got me killed, you little –
But the younger Sumeragi didn't pay attention. His emerald eyes were cast up on a figure grasping a pole with the last of his strength, relying on it for support. Subaru, curious and concerned, stopped immediately beside the withering figure.
"Kamui…" Subaru murmured to himself, opening the car window. With the angelic tone of Subaru's soft voice, Shirou Kamui raised his head, a helpless look cast upon his face, his eyes pleading for help. His hair was matted onto his face; trails of blood sprayed on his skin, with his clothes completely wet and tattered as the rain continued to pour heavily. Hokuto herself was shut up as she laid her eyes on the poor lost little lamb.
"Su…ba…ru…san…" Kamui managed to murmur, smiling a helpless smile before closing his purple eyes out of exhaustion.
"KAMUI!" Subaru exclaimed, emerald eyes widening as he instantly opened his door and stepped out of it, just in time to catch the unconscious and battered student in his arms. He cradled his angel in his arms, attempting to wake him up. "Kamui! Kamui, what's wrong?!"
Kamui didn't respond. He just lied there, in the rain, in Subaru's arms, unconscious as the water droplets landed on his cold, cream-colored skin. This made Subaru worry, his hand pressed against Kamui's pale cheek as Hokuto hurriedly exited the car to join him.
"Subaru-chan, doushite na no? Naze da Kamui-chan ga…"
Author's notes: I think you guys are wondering why Kamui suddenly passed out…? Well, The explanation's placed on the next chapter! Please, r&R!!!
Japanese Translations:
Maa, maa, Yuzu-chan: something like 'Calm down, Yuzu-chan'.
Subaru-chan, doushite na no? Naze da Kamui ga…: Subaru-chan, what's the matter? Why is Kamui-chan…
Please, R&R!