Traitor Ch. 4 : "Sweet Nothings"
"This is so good!" Tsuzuki managed to speak understandably through the three large forkfuls of cake he had crammed into his mouth.
"Mmhm!" Byakko agreed, currently working on a forkful himself.
Tohda watched the two eating, silent. He was imagining the many boxes left to be unpacked, and how there was no way it was all ever going to fit into the guest bedroom, let alone his entire house. When Tsuzuki had rescued him from imprisonment, and he had agreed to pledge his allegiance to the man as a shikigami, and had even worn the visor under contract, the Divine Twelve had grudgingly given him his own small home on the outskirts of the land that Tenkuu owned. He kept the place sparsly furnished, not caring much for the indulgences of Suzaku or SohRyu, not needing to have hundreds of servants and expensive, fancy clothes and furniture. He stuck to his plain, dreary black garb and cloak, and sometimes even wore his white shawl, whose intricate patterns reminded him of his matser and the many layers to his fragile soul. The only thing he really did indulge in was cooking; and his two guests seemed to appreciate it very much.
The spread on the table was astonishing. Two cakes and three pies, one topped with a thick egg-whipped cream and the other glazed strawberries; a bowl of melted chocolate sat steaming on a platter surrounded by squares of pastry meant for dipping; and three large mugs of hot tea, lemon and tangerine slices sunk to the bottom, were sitting in the middle of the table. Kijin emerged from the kitchen, telepathically balancing five saucers of the raspberry ice cream that Tohda had made earlier in the day. Tenkou came running behind him, holding spoons with little elegant snakes carved into the handles.
"Here we are." Kijin smiled politely as he set them down, and Tsuzuki gasped exaggeratedly, holding fists up to his mouth in glee. Kijin helped his little sister into a chair and handed her a bowl, then took a seat next to Tsuzuki himself. Byakko, who was sitting next to Tohda, reached for his own bowl, but couldn't quite make it, even after stretching his tail out. Tohda easily leaned over to the other end of the table and retrieved two bowls for the both of them.
"Aa, thank you Tohda-kun!" Byakko took his happily. "I can't believe how yummy all of this is... and you made so much! It's all very kind of you.." The Wind Shiki began to purr as he plopped spoonful after spoonful of the sherbert into his yawning mouth, little white feline teeth clinking over the metal of the spoon.
Tohda looked away, blushing slightly. Of course he made this much... it seemed like the only real thing he had left to his name that he could impress the tiger with. He had been stripped of all his pride, his long black hair, his palace, his power- this was all he could do now, to make himself seem like a worthy person, a worthy shikigami, to Byakko. And he intended to exploit this particular talent of his... especially since Byakko possessed the same insufferable sweet tooth that Tsuzuki did.
Tsuzuki hummed happily to himself as he ate, mixing the sherbert with pie and cake and stirring it all up together. Tenkou giggled as she watched him, and Kijin hid a slight laugh behind one slender hand. The ornamental decorations in his hair shifted slightly in the breeze, with Tohda opening a window earlier and all. The young shikigami finished his bowl and sighed happily. "I'm jealouse of you, Byakko-san... you get to live with Tohda-san while I repair your home. I had no idea that Tohda-san was such a good gook..."
"Mmm!" Tenkou agreed, little chubby cheeks puffed out in chewing, crumbs scattered across her petal-pink lips.
"And I'm so happy he said yes!" Byakko suddenly abandoned his ice cream to turn sideways in his seat and latch onto Tohda's arm, purring happily. Tohda was taken by complete surprise, and the hand that had been raising ice cream to his lips jerked forward as the tiger grabbed onto it. Raspberry sherbert splattered quiet comedically across Tohda's face, neck, and visor.
"Oh my." Kijin said with a coy look.
"Ano.." Byakko said in shock, looking up at the snake shikigami.
Tsuzuki was oblivious to all, drowning down his mixture of cake, pie, and ice cream.
"I- I'm sorry, Tohda-kun, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to-" Byakko began to fret.
"Aa... it's alright." Tohda said calmly, trying to keep the redness from rising in his cheeks. Byakko was still holding on to him, and their thighs were pressed together underneath the table.
Byakko seemed to suddenly make up his mind about something. "I can fix this!" He said with determination, a feline smile and a slight twinge of pink to his cheeks.
The white tiger leaned right up to Tohda's face and slowly lapped the ice cream off of one cheek, scratchy cat tongue effectively cleaning the pale skin of his fellow shiki. Tohda stiffened in an unnamed emotion, unsure of what to do, feeling a strange sensation sweep, once again, down through his body. Little tremors of anxiety and arousal flittered down his spine, the muscles of his back rippling with the movement. Byakko continued on, oblivious to tenkou's little gasp, Tsuzuki's munching noises, and Kijin's quiet "oh my." His purring became louder with each lick, till it was making the visor tremble.
"Aa..." Tohda tried to pull away, but Byakko's grip on his sheer shirt tightened. The white tiger's face was red, but he kept going, as if determined to clean up the mess he caused. Tohda's hand, lightly grasping Byakko's arm, began to shake. The white tiger moved form his face to his neck, slowly, slowly licking with his scratchy tongue, sucking up any little drop of the tangy, sweet raspberry sherbert. He gave a little playful nip right at the hollow of the throat, dipping into the impression of collarbones to scoop out the melted ice cream. Tohda shivered, and the visor hid his eyes, squeezed shut, but it couldn't hide his lips, parted and breathless.
Kijin, blushing, looked over at tenkou, who was staring in naive fascination.
He quickly covered her eyes.
"B- Byakko..." Tohda finally managed to gather up his wits enough to pull the Wind shiki away from him. Byakko came up looking hot and bothered, licking slowly at his lips.
"There." The shorter shiki purred happily. "All clean." His thigh was still pressed up against Tohda's rigid one, and he shifted it slightly, rubbing them together, letting the movement trigger a new flood of ki. Tohda nearly quivered, frightened at the tightening in his pants and the power that the younger shikigami held over him, making him weak.
"Mmm... that was so good!" Tsuzuki finally looked up from his bowl, and rubbed his tummy happily.
Byakko was still blushing a bit as he shifted back in his seat, looking down into his lap shyly. "Yes, it was..."
Tohda turned away, knowing very well what the tiger was talking about.
Tenkou giggled gleefully. Kijin sighed.
FIN
Aithor's Notes: Yay! Next chapter on it's way soon! And isn't little Tenkou cute~~ a future yaoi fangirl in training! XD PLEASE review! I am desperate!
Thank you to all who did review! It was thanks to you all that I found it in me to write this chapter!
And to Pichi-san: Hmm, let's see, I determined how Tohda would be (sexually) based on his past, his relationship with Tsuzuki, and how he reacts to others. I do have book 11 and it didn't affect my choices too much because Tohda doesn't have very many parts in it, only a few breif appearances in the background, lookign for hisoka, etc. Book 10 is really what I used the most. There's a cute scene in that one where Byakko is hanging off of Tohda as he sings about alcohol or something like that, can't remember... XD Anyway, I love these two together, because Byakko, Kijin and Tenkou are the only ones I think who don't look down on Tohda or hate Tohda anymore, blah blah. And maybe the guardian of the North, I forget the old man shiki's name... anyway, THANKS for reviewing!!!