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Summary: Well, basically Raven drank a potion that Rhyss made in ¡°her revenge¡± and now he¡¯s stuck with the person he hates the most, namely the great hero Van Flyheight, until Doctor Di can find a cure against the potion.
Pairing: Van x Raven
Rating: PG-13 for swearing for now.
Category: Romance/Humor
WARNING: Whew.. this is the sixth warning and I don¡¯t really think my readers need this warning anymore.. Anyway, here goes.. This is SHOUNEN-AI also known as SLASH, BOYxBOY LOVE fic. So if you¡¯re against this, you¡¯d better go away and read another story.
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Love or Hate: What is the Difference?
By. Firemoon
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Chapter 6: Matchmaking discussions, Zoid piloting, and comlinks
It was a nice day. Perfect for going outside, or read a book, or take a nap, or generally being lazy. And that¡¯s what most of the high-ranking officers – and most of the idle soldiers - were doing, being off-duty themselves.
..But one by the name of Colonel Karl Lichen Schubaltz of Imperial army wasn¡¯t a person that would do such a thing, even if he were on holiday or on leave, which was scarce in happening anyway.
Currently, he was sitting in his office, drinking a cold cup of lemonade – it was sunny, and his office did not have an air conditioner – and skimming through a report made by an officer concerning their latest mission completed. Even with the rising room temperature, he still kept his hat firmly on, and also in his full uniform. He looked up as a knock was heard, and finally sighed, setting the cup of lemonade back down onto the desk.
¡°Come in.¡±
Immediately the door opened with a high pitched whoosh, and a certain mercenary with shaggy brown hair poked his head in. He grinned at the blond-haired Colonel, his one lavender eye twinkling mischievously.
¡°So, Colonel, the reason why you called me up to this stuffy office of yours is...??¡±
Karl choose to ignore the sarcasm dripping from his title, and, after clearing his throat, answered the brown-haired man.
¡°It¡¯s about Van and.. Raven.¡±
¡°Aha, so you noticed too, eh?¡±
Irvine¡¯s grin widened as the colonel blinked, momentarily losing his ¡®I¡¯m high and mighty officer¡¯ look. Irvine came into the office, and closed the door noisily behind him. He looked around, frowning.
¡°Don¡¯t you have an air-conditioner here? It¡¯s hot.¡±
¡°Notice what?¡±
¡°Why, Van and Raven of course.¡±
Irvine dropped onto the remaining chair, still looking around rather disdainfully. Karl tiredly massaged his temple. The guy was annoying the hell out of him. He glared at the mercenary.
¡°The reason I called you here was because I¡¯ve noticed some.. things about Van and Raven.¡±
¡°That¡¯s what we¡¯ve been saying for the last 5 minutes.¡±
¡°I know, Irvine. Just give me a break here, ok?¡±
¡°Sure, colonel.¡±
¡°Call me Karl when I¡¯m off duty.¡±
Irvine grinned, leaning back onto the chair and supporting the back of his head with both his hands.
¡°So, what certain ¡®things¡¯ have you noticed then, Karl?¡±
¡°Well.. Raven actually has been helping out Van a lot lately, including the little incident in the kitchens.¡±
¡°What incident?¡±
¡°Well, let¡¯s see.. Oh yeah, Van was washing the dishes when he fainted due to the fumes from the cleaners they use – it IS enough to make you faint with dizziness, I assure you – and Raven apparently attempted and succeeded in reviving Van.¡±
¡°Ho-ho, interesting.. then what?¡±
¡°Then Raven washed the dishes himself.¡±
¡°What?¡±
Irvine¡¯s eye widened and bulged out, and he nearly toppled off balance as he frantically scrambled back to sitting straight in his chair. He spluttered in his hurry to get words out, and Karl watched behind his desk, more than slightly amused. Finally, Irvine gasped out.
¡°Raven? He washed the dishes? For Van?¡±
Karl was about to say something, but he was rudely interrupted by a certain younger brother who burst into his office without so much a warning. Thomas panted as he saluted sloppily, and he was grinning. Slightly.
¡°Hullo, big bro—Colonel, and Irvine.¡±
¡°Hey, Thomas.¡±
Thomas seated himself without any warning on Karl¡¯s desk, and he made an innocent face at his older brother.
¡°What? It¡¯s originally your fault to not have anymore chairs, and I absolutely refuse to sit on either of you¡¯s laps.¡±
¡°Haa.. sure, it¡¯s all my fault.¡±
Karl rubbed at his temples while Irvine grinned cheekily, slapping his own thigh at Thomas.
¡°Come on, me Tommy boy. Sit.¡±
¡°Stop that! It sounds more like to a dog.¡±
¡°Whatever.¡±
Irvine shrugged, grinning, and Thomas huffed, looking back to his brother.
¡°So, what were you two talking about?¡±
¡°Raven and Van.¡±
¡°Oh, thinking of those two, they are on zoid training system with Van¡¯s Blade Liger. Seemed like the Raven-guy was ditzing Van horribly.¡±
Meanwhile, the objects of their beginning discussion were kind of occupied that involved small-confined spaces and sweating.
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¡°Gods, Flyheight. Can¡¯t you do it faster?¡±[1]
Raven groaned, holding his head with both his hands as the Blade Liger dodged sideways again, missing the protruding rock narrowly. Van growled while trying to both maneuver the zoid to the left and ignoring the gray-haired teen¡¯s insults and naggings. Raven rolled his gray-violet eyes, as he raised his head again.
¡°I see you haven¡¯t been doing this much since I turned ¡°good¡±.¡±
¡°Shut.Up.¡±
Van wiped the sweat off his brow and leaned back as the familiar ding sounded, signaling a 3-minute break. Both of them were sitting inside the Blade Liger, after Thomas insistently talked Van into practicing, and Raven had to reluctantly follow, and had not stopped grumbling since.
Raven glanced at the spiky hair poking out from the pilot¡¯s seat below him as the said pilot sighed, leaning back and wiping the sweat off his brow. It was so fucking hot in this thing. They did not dare even to open the cockpit, in fear of being suffocated by the dry and hot desert wind. Raven blew a lock of sweat-soaked hair away from his eyes, and leaned back, sighing. Why couldn¡¯t they just go back to the base and take a nap? He couldn¡¯t sleep a wink last night because it was so hot, and his eyelids were starting to droop.
He scowled down at the dark haired youth, wondering for the millionth time how that scrawny little punk could have beaten him ¡°back then¡±. Van Flyheight wasn¡¯t that good with zoid piloting as he himself was, and his Zi-damned Zeek was the weakling of all the known organoids. And he stuck to that – this – screwed up blue zoid that¡¯s more than three decades old while Raven had one of the most powerful zoid in Planet Zi, the Geno Breaker.
¡°Hey, Flyheight?¡±
¡°Yeah?¡±
Van sighed; Raven probably want to brag about more things and put him down as usual. But what came out of Raven¡¯s mouth was quite unexpected and surprising.
¡°The last move you made was quite good. I¡¯m actually impressed.¡±
¡°Wha?¡±
Shit! Raven mentally smacked himself; no, that was an understatement. He stabbed, strangled, and beat himself to death mentally. How stupid am I to let Flyheight hear that? Raven smirked down at the shocked face of his arch-rival, his cold and distant mask already in place.
¡°But
other than that, I¡¯m surprised that you are even in the army. From what I have
seen, you should have been turning into a...¡±
He searched for a word; nothing came to mind. Van narrowed his eyes at the insult. He should have seen this coming. When Raven complimented him about his piloting, he had actually felt happy. Van sighed; obviously, it wasn¡¯t meant to be.
¡°Turning into a what?¡±
Raven¡¯s sadistic grin was the answer enough, and Van felt slightly panicky, as well as an unexplained flutter deep within his heart as the gray haired mercenary leaned down, his face mere inches from his own. Van blinked rather owlishly, and the mercenary cocked his head a little to the side, his deep violet eyes never leaving Van¡¯s onyx pair.
His lips are so close.. Van thought, almost incoherently. So close.. Then Raven leaned down further, and—
--and pressed the little reddish purple button on the control panel directly behind Van. Some of Raven¡¯s gray tresses brushed across his face, and Van blinked once more. Hmm, he thought, blinking rapidly to clear out his head which felt strangely fuzzy. What was that little button for..?? Then, everything fell into place.
¡°Oi!¡± [2]
Van quickly pressed another button on the control panel that immediately stopped his precious controls from getting to the ¡°evil¡± hands of Raven, and the taller teen growled deep within his throat, his violet eyes narrowing.
¡°Now what in Zi was that for?¡±
¡°Well you tried to take control of my Blade Liger!¡±
¡°I was just trying in ou!¡±
¡°Was not!¡±
¡°Was too!¡±
¡°Was not!¡±
¡°Was too!¡±
¡°Was not!¡±
¡°Was too—gotit!¡±
Raven jumped up from his seat and dove for the purple button again, smashing Van flat against the side of the seat. The gray haired boy pressed the button, laughing triumphantly. Van quickly recovered, and almost immediately he grabbed onto Raven¡¯s shoulders, smashing his face up against the bottom of the seat as the dark haired teen got back the control. Raven growled angrily as he grabbed one of Van¡¯s knees, pushing down on it as he struggled to get back up. Overall, they were soon in a rather.. promising positions, and anyone who saw them in their current position would have thought that they were engaged in some, um, sexual activities. [3]
The problem was, that someone was Thomas.
With a high beep, Thomas¡¯s head flickered into the comlink and the tawny haired male started immediately, his voice grave.
¡°Van? This is Thomas. Return at once to the base. A powerful sand storm is co—¡±
The tawny haired lieutenant¡¯s voice trailed off, and his eyes grew wide and his face tomato red as he gaped at the two males tangled up - for lack of better explanation – in the small, confined area of the Blade Liger¡¯s cockpit. Van and Raven stopped their struggling and wriggling about, and they too, stared dumbly at Thomas. He stuttered, blushing still furiously until it was the colour even redder than the Genobreaker, and hurriedly averted his eyes from the screen, staring at his feet instead.
¡°Ah.. um.. sorry for interrupting.. Er.. yeah.. just return quickly.. when you¡¯re done.. ok? Then.. well, um.. ok.¡±
With another beep, the line went dead.
Raven stared at the place where the comlink screen was a few seconds before, and he stared down—down—
-- right into Van¡¯s crotch.
At the same time, Van suddenly realized that his face was mere inches away from Raven¡¯s ass, with his arms around Raven¡¯s waist. He also realized that he was nearly lying flat. They quickly pushed away from each other, avoiding looking at each other¡¯s faces. Both of them were blushing furiously, even Raven.
The gray haired boy leaned back in his seat at the back, trying to ignore the red tint in his own cheeks and a strange feeling inside his heart. He cracked an eye open and called out monotonously to Van.
¡°You heard the younger Schubaltz, Flyheight. Let¡¯s go back.¡±
¡°..Sure.¡±
They did not say anything the whole time back.
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As soon as the comlink was disconnected, Karl turned his light green gaze back to Irvine, who was grinning madly. The blond colonel simply raised one of his golden eyebrows questioningly at the brown haired male, and Irvine chortled as he answered, wiping a tear off his eye.
¡°That, that looks on their faces then Thomas came up on the screen, was priceless.¡±
Karl shrugged, a grin slowly forcing its way to the colonel¡¯s lips.
¡°Well, it was certainly unexpected.¡±
With that, the two men cracked up laughing raucously, startling Thomas who was still flustered while putting away the equipments necessary for projecting the comlink onto larger screen. He huffed.
¡°Guys—¡±
¡°Did—did you see the look on Raven¡¯s face? He—he looked like—¡±
Irvine burst out into another fit of laughter, and Karl replied, his gloved fist banging on the table as he shook with laughter, gasping for breath.
¡°They looked as if they were caught snogging!¡±
¡°More like having sex, I think!¡±
Thomas flushed still redder at the two¡¯s remarks, and after glaring at his brother and the mercenary, he finally hmph-ed and left the room to check up on BEEK.
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[1]- Whoa, what did you think it was? *wink wink/nudge nudge*
[2]- *lol* I¡¯ve always wanted Van to say that! *lol*
[3] – Hm, maybe I could draw a fanart of this.. *perverted grin*
This is Firemoon reporting from months of Writer¡¯s Block. *salutes* I am sincerely thankful to all the reviewers who supported me throughout the whole affair of the Writer¡¯s Block, and I LOVE YA ALL! *hug/glomps* *bashed* Oh for Anubis¡¯ sake, Thomas came out HORRIBLY OOC. Just kill me, will you? *hands an axe/gun/knife/whatever*
I¡¯ve drawn and posted a fanart to the third chapter/fourth chapter of this fic, with chibi-ish Van and Raven each adorned with a black eye and thinking ¡°Bagayarou!¡± [it¡¯s something along the lines of ¡°stupid bastard¡± or something..] Anyway, if you want to see this, along with some other Raven pictures, go and see my bio. There are links there to my stuff. Enjoy! Oh, and I was busily typing up this chapter when I had a slight typo and got ¡°Blade¡± from ¡°Blade Liger¡± into ¡°Bald¡±! *lol* *cackles/chocks/dies*
Thanks to: Infiny/Mirha – Thank you! *hugs*, Tanzina&Mikana – I love you too! *glomps/bashed* Yeah, Raven¡¯s so sweet.. *drools*, darkleena – Thanks for the reviews!, TLD (aka Mirai) – Thank you! Yes, and I wrote more. *grins*, T.K. Kaiba – Well, they will get together at the END of the fic.. so not now. *grins sheepishly* But they WILL get together.. eventually.., Cherrygal3 – Um.. here¡¯s some RavenxVan? *drools/glomps both R and V* Luine – Oh thankyouthankyouthankyou so MUCH for the review! Love ya! *glomps* hAdOwCat – Thanks a bunch for the reviews! Thanks a lot! *hugs* abe-abe – Thanks! katze – Heh, Katze was my penname back in another site.. *grins* Anyway, thanks for the helpful comments and things. And as I said, kissing bit is gonna come out at the end, so sit tight for that! Luna – Thanks for the review! *glomps* Get the next Chappie done ASAP!!! – Yeah.. thanks! *hugs* AibouEnjeruAibou – Wow.. 0_o Thanks for the compliment.. I don¡¯t know what to say.. *sniff/cries* THANK YOU! LOVE YA! *hugs* Distant Stars – Yeah.. thanks a lot. Update your fic soon! Wanna see more of it! Time¡¯s mortal enemy – Wow. Good timing. Just before I was about to update.. Thanks a lot for the review, compliment and all!
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Yours Faithfully Fanfictional,
Firemoon
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