A/N: Your author feels that she has developed something of an
angel-boi fetish (as well as a tendency to speak in the third
person). Admittedly not one as great as Cousin Anie's fairie-
boy fetish, but it exists nonetheless. Thusly this story is
oddly amusing and I enjoy writing it muchly. Feel happy, fans.
It's High Priority.
Now if only said fans would remind me that they exist . . . *pokepoke* Anybody out there? Then why aren't you reviewing?! Eh? Eh? Don't you love me?
Hey, and again if you've yet to read my notes: there WILL be shounen ai and possibly yaoi, there WILL most likely be mentions of pedophilia, and there WILL be Japanese names used. If any or all of this bugs you, then you probably aren't a CLAMP fan anyway. ^_~
"Hot Tea and Honey Milk"
Touya gave the large glowing wings on his back a dirty look even as he hit the brakes in front of his father's house. To his relief, they vanished instantly- the wings, that is. If the brakes had vanished- well, let's just say we'd have come up short a protagonist at press time, hm?
"At least SOMEthing's pretending to go right," Touya muttered, ditching his helmet and slipping off the bike. "Now then: how to explain the reason I forgot to pick up Sakura, didn't call to SAY I'd forgotten, and wound up with this nice new aura?"
Such questions, however, went straight out the window as he suddenly sensed a very familiar presence's approach; a strange, bittersweet one that he had not felt in far too long.
"Mother," Touya said softly as Kinomoto Nadeshiko materialized before him, wearing a beautiful white dress and a worried expression.
"Touya," she said in concern, reaching out to touch his face. "Your aura has changed. What happened to you?"
"Long, long story," he replied with a sigh. "But it's good to see you again."
"The others will be wanting a better explanation than that," Nadeshiko warned him.
"Tell me if you think of one," Touya requested ruefully, heading towards the front door.
He swung it open and found himself face to face with the sixteen year-old Li Syaoran, who was glaring like he'd been expecting the Devil, sipping a cup of willowbark tea, and nursing a killer hangover while at the same time suffering from the remains of an unfortunate case of jetlag. Oh, if his mother had only known.
"Out of the way, gaki," he grunted, pushing past the boy, who followed after him with a suspicious expression.
"Start talking, Kinomoto," he demanded. "You know I can sense it; now EXPLAIN it."
"Can't I at least eat first?" Touya complained.
"No!" Li snapped. "Not when your magic level has kicked through the roof and your aura is just screaming, 'Hey, look at me! I'm suddenly and inexplicably NOT human for the first time in twenty- three years!'"
"Buzz off, brat," Touya snarled, slamming the refrigerator door open and barely restraining the urge to be physically sick at the sight of the food it contained. Remembering Kohaku's words, he grabbed the milk and beat a hasty retreat. "What are you even doing here? You're supposed to be in Hong Kong."
"I did know that, you realize. I came to see Sakura," Li said exasperatedly. "My flight got in around two A.M., which is the only reason why I'm even awake and talking to you at this ungodly hour."
"It's already past nine, night owl. Did Dad pick her up from Tomoyo's last night?" Touya asked, pouring himself a glass of milk.
"No, she just stayed over," Li answered. "She was worried when you didn't show, but judging by your new aura, you had a pretty damn good reason not to."
Touya just waved him off and swallowed the contents of his glass in one go.
"Thirsty much?" Li asked dryly.
"Shut up," Touya muttered, already pouring a second helping.
"We want some too!" twin voices suddenly chorused.
Touya blinked and looked down to discover two eager black cats with large, hopeful eyes, pierced ears, and bracelets around their tails sitting at his feet. He blinked again; then turned to the cupboard and got out a bowl, filling it almost to the brim and passing it on to the kitties, who cheered in delight and attacked it.
"Really, I've stopped pretending that my life ever made any sense," Touya muttered. Nadeshiko smiled sympathetically at him from the kitchen counter.
"Oh, this one's a cutie!" the cat on the left enthused. "And check out his shoulders- they're almost as sexy as Shuichiro's!"
The one on the right grinned wickedly. "Yeah, but look at the kid! Isn't he adorable? You just know he'll grow up absolutely scrumptious!" Li blushed at that and both cats giggled conspiratorially.
"Do you know Kohaku?" Touya inquired, recalling that the angel had also mentioned the name Shuichiro.
"The bubblehead? Yup!" the left cat replied. "But what are YOU doing on Earth, angel-boy? Did God send you to bring her back?"
Li quirked an eyebrow at Touya, who just rolled his eyes at the idea. "Not even close," he said. "Besides," he added in a mean- spirited mutter, "are you SURE anybody up there misses her?"
The cats squealed in delight and gave each other high fives. "You so bad!" they crowed, their opinion of the young man increasing dramatically.
"Introductions, please?" Li asked mildly.
"I'm Ruri!" the left cat chirped.
"And I'm Hari!" the right put in, hopping up into his lap.
"Li Syaoran," he said, automatically scratching her behind the ears.
"Touya," Touya put in, already knowing they wouldn't care about his last name.
"Hey, pet me too, Syaoran-chan!" Ruri cried, joining her sister on Li's knee. "I'm just as cute as Hari is!" Li chuckled and repeated the treatment on her. Within seconds, he had both cats purring like motorboats.
"Oh yeah, this is good," Hari declared, rolling onto her back so Li could scratch her stomach. Ruri just sighed in delight and more-or-less melted over the boy's legs.
"Mm . . . They have very strong moon power," Li observed with a faint smile.
"Yeah, you're right. No wonder you're getting along so well," Touya agreed with him in a shocking and unexpected twist.
"You're no normal human," Ruri observed, batting lightly at the Chinese boy's hand.
"And so delicious too!" Hari purred, twisting around to nibble on Li's fingers. "He tastes as good as Master Koryu, Ruri!"
"Really?" Ruri's eyes lit up and she scrambled up onto Li's shoulders, where she promptly leaned over and 'kissed' him by licking his lips.
"Hey!" Li protested in surprise, blushing again.
"How totally cute! He's absolutely delectable!" Ruri said in delight. "I've never tasted such a lip-smackingly luscious human! Ooo, it's almost as good as getting to do whatever we want with Master Koryu!" she added with a giggle.
Hari squealed gleefully at the scandalous idea. "Let's adopt him!" she enthused. "He's so cute; Master Koryu will just LOVE him!"
Li's expression turned slightly nervous at that line. "Uh, anyway, Sakura should be back around one," he said quickly. "Your dad said I could wait here, but he had to-"
"Give another lecture, I know," Touya cut in, pouring himself yet another glass of milk and this time dumping in liberal amounts of honey. His mother beamed at the sight of the old Kinomoto feel-good recipe. The cats simultaneously blinked in puzzlement, though they continued cuddling up to Li.
"Your dad?" Ruri wondered aloud. "You mean God?"
"I don't think God gives lectures anymore," Hari muttered.
"Have you asked lately?" Li inquired dryly, stealing the milk and honey from Touya for his tea.
"He has a point," Ruri admitted.
"Well, I suppose I've got time to explain now, don't I?" Touya realized with a disgruntled sigh. To his surprise, though, Li didn't even seem to remember that he was in the room- the boy was too busy coddling the cats, who were quite delighted with the pampering and gave as good as they got.
Touya rolled his eyes and stole the milk back, downing the whole carton in one gulp.
"Dammit," he muttered, glaring accusingly at the empty milk carton as if it were somehow conspiring against him. "Why would it be too much to ask to be able to eat a damned cheeseburger?"
"Well, because we're out of beef," Li informed him. "And now milk as well, might I add. Check the cupboard, there should be a can of the powdered kind on the third shelf."
Touya gave him an odd look. "Why do you know more about the contents of my family's fridge than I do?"
"I've been here since two A.M., remember?" Li said dryly. "I've taken inventory of every closet and cupboard in the house, typed up a five-page shopping list on my Palm Pilot, cleaned everything I could get my hands on, and shampooed the carpet under every piece of furniture that wasn't nailed down. Twice."
"He slices, he dices, and makes julienne fries!" Ruri quipped.
"How adorably domestic!" Hari exclaimed, clapping her paws together.
Li smiled very slightly at their banter, but- was it Touya's imagination?- there seemed to be something strangely forlorn in his eyes.
* tbc . . . *
. : the road to hell is paved with un-reviewed stories : .
Now if only said fans would remind me that they exist . . . *pokepoke* Anybody out there? Then why aren't you reviewing?! Eh? Eh? Don't you love me?
Hey, and again if you've yet to read my notes: there WILL be shounen ai and possibly yaoi, there WILL most likely be mentions of pedophilia, and there WILL be Japanese names used. If any or all of this bugs you, then you probably aren't a CLAMP fan anyway. ^_~
"Hot Tea and Honey Milk"
Touya gave the large glowing wings on his back a dirty look even as he hit the brakes in front of his father's house. To his relief, they vanished instantly- the wings, that is. If the brakes had vanished- well, let's just say we'd have come up short a protagonist at press time, hm?
"At least SOMEthing's pretending to go right," Touya muttered, ditching his helmet and slipping off the bike. "Now then: how to explain the reason I forgot to pick up Sakura, didn't call to SAY I'd forgotten, and wound up with this nice new aura?"
Such questions, however, went straight out the window as he suddenly sensed a very familiar presence's approach; a strange, bittersweet one that he had not felt in far too long.
"Mother," Touya said softly as Kinomoto Nadeshiko materialized before him, wearing a beautiful white dress and a worried expression.
"Touya," she said in concern, reaching out to touch his face. "Your aura has changed. What happened to you?"
"Long, long story," he replied with a sigh. "But it's good to see you again."
"The others will be wanting a better explanation than that," Nadeshiko warned him.
"Tell me if you think of one," Touya requested ruefully, heading towards the front door.
He swung it open and found himself face to face with the sixteen year-old Li Syaoran, who was glaring like he'd been expecting the Devil, sipping a cup of willowbark tea, and nursing a killer hangover while at the same time suffering from the remains of an unfortunate case of jetlag. Oh, if his mother had only known.
"Out of the way, gaki," he grunted, pushing past the boy, who followed after him with a suspicious expression.
"Start talking, Kinomoto," he demanded. "You know I can sense it; now EXPLAIN it."
"Can't I at least eat first?" Touya complained.
"No!" Li snapped. "Not when your magic level has kicked through the roof and your aura is just screaming, 'Hey, look at me! I'm suddenly and inexplicably NOT human for the first time in twenty- three years!'"
"Buzz off, brat," Touya snarled, slamming the refrigerator door open and barely restraining the urge to be physically sick at the sight of the food it contained. Remembering Kohaku's words, he grabbed the milk and beat a hasty retreat. "What are you even doing here? You're supposed to be in Hong Kong."
"I did know that, you realize. I came to see Sakura," Li said exasperatedly. "My flight got in around two A.M., which is the only reason why I'm even awake and talking to you at this ungodly hour."
"It's already past nine, night owl. Did Dad pick her up from Tomoyo's last night?" Touya asked, pouring himself a glass of milk.
"No, she just stayed over," Li answered. "She was worried when you didn't show, but judging by your new aura, you had a pretty damn good reason not to."
Touya just waved him off and swallowed the contents of his glass in one go.
"Thirsty much?" Li asked dryly.
"Shut up," Touya muttered, already pouring a second helping.
"We want some too!" twin voices suddenly chorused.
Touya blinked and looked down to discover two eager black cats with large, hopeful eyes, pierced ears, and bracelets around their tails sitting at his feet. He blinked again; then turned to the cupboard and got out a bowl, filling it almost to the brim and passing it on to the kitties, who cheered in delight and attacked it.
"Really, I've stopped pretending that my life ever made any sense," Touya muttered. Nadeshiko smiled sympathetically at him from the kitchen counter.
"Oh, this one's a cutie!" the cat on the left enthused. "And check out his shoulders- they're almost as sexy as Shuichiro's!"
The one on the right grinned wickedly. "Yeah, but look at the kid! Isn't he adorable? You just know he'll grow up absolutely scrumptious!" Li blushed at that and both cats giggled conspiratorially.
"Do you know Kohaku?" Touya inquired, recalling that the angel had also mentioned the name Shuichiro.
"The bubblehead? Yup!" the left cat replied. "But what are YOU doing on Earth, angel-boy? Did God send you to bring her back?"
Li quirked an eyebrow at Touya, who just rolled his eyes at the idea. "Not even close," he said. "Besides," he added in a mean- spirited mutter, "are you SURE anybody up there misses her?"
The cats squealed in delight and gave each other high fives. "You so bad!" they crowed, their opinion of the young man increasing dramatically.
"Introductions, please?" Li asked mildly.
"I'm Ruri!" the left cat chirped.
"And I'm Hari!" the right put in, hopping up into his lap.
"Li Syaoran," he said, automatically scratching her behind the ears.
"Touya," Touya put in, already knowing they wouldn't care about his last name.
"Hey, pet me too, Syaoran-chan!" Ruri cried, joining her sister on Li's knee. "I'm just as cute as Hari is!" Li chuckled and repeated the treatment on her. Within seconds, he had both cats purring like motorboats.
"Oh yeah, this is good," Hari declared, rolling onto her back so Li could scratch her stomach. Ruri just sighed in delight and more-or-less melted over the boy's legs.
"Mm . . . They have very strong moon power," Li observed with a faint smile.
"Yeah, you're right. No wonder you're getting along so well," Touya agreed with him in a shocking and unexpected twist.
"You're no normal human," Ruri observed, batting lightly at the Chinese boy's hand.
"And so delicious too!" Hari purred, twisting around to nibble on Li's fingers. "He tastes as good as Master Koryu, Ruri!"
"Really?" Ruri's eyes lit up and she scrambled up onto Li's shoulders, where she promptly leaned over and 'kissed' him by licking his lips.
"Hey!" Li protested in surprise, blushing again.
"How totally cute! He's absolutely delectable!" Ruri said in delight. "I've never tasted such a lip-smackingly luscious human! Ooo, it's almost as good as getting to do whatever we want with Master Koryu!" she added with a giggle.
Hari squealed gleefully at the scandalous idea. "Let's adopt him!" she enthused. "He's so cute; Master Koryu will just LOVE him!"
Li's expression turned slightly nervous at that line. "Uh, anyway, Sakura should be back around one," he said quickly. "Your dad said I could wait here, but he had to-"
"Give another lecture, I know," Touya cut in, pouring himself yet another glass of milk and this time dumping in liberal amounts of honey. His mother beamed at the sight of the old Kinomoto feel-good recipe. The cats simultaneously blinked in puzzlement, though they continued cuddling up to Li.
"Your dad?" Ruri wondered aloud. "You mean God?"
"I don't think God gives lectures anymore," Hari muttered.
"Have you asked lately?" Li inquired dryly, stealing the milk and honey from Touya for his tea.
"He has a point," Ruri admitted.
"Well, I suppose I've got time to explain now, don't I?" Touya realized with a disgruntled sigh. To his surprise, though, Li didn't even seem to remember that he was in the room- the boy was too busy coddling the cats, who were quite delighted with the pampering and gave as good as they got.
Touya rolled his eyes and stole the milk back, downing the whole carton in one gulp.
"Dammit," he muttered, glaring accusingly at the empty milk carton as if it were somehow conspiring against him. "Why would it be too much to ask to be able to eat a damned cheeseburger?"
"Well, because we're out of beef," Li informed him. "And now milk as well, might I add. Check the cupboard, there should be a can of the powdered kind on the third shelf."
Touya gave him an odd look. "Why do you know more about the contents of my family's fridge than I do?"
"I've been here since two A.M., remember?" Li said dryly. "I've taken inventory of every closet and cupboard in the house, typed up a five-page shopping list on my Palm Pilot, cleaned everything I could get my hands on, and shampooed the carpet under every piece of furniture that wasn't nailed down. Twice."
"He slices, he dices, and makes julienne fries!" Ruri quipped.
"How adorably domestic!" Hari exclaimed, clapping her paws together.
Li smiled very slightly at their banter, but- was it Touya's imagination?- there seemed to be something strangely forlorn in his eyes.
* tbc . . . *
. : the road to hell is paved with un-reviewed stories : .
