Kinou, Kyou, ano mada iie Ashita 4 by Vanessa S. Quest

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Sena leaned into the counter, large droplets of water beaded into the wooden counter and soaked into his sleeves.

Kyou watched him from the back room with a placid look washing his face. Sena was beautiful standing there, but a feeling of ghosts ran over his skin. Was this what Aya did? Watch Omi like this? He was pretty sure that Aya and Omi had been lovers, and Aya had been the one to suggest Kyou work in the back room... did Aya stand here, like this? Watching his beloved? It felt like he was in his own world and yet in someone else's private room, and more so private thoughts.

"Sena, can you help me bring out the arrangements?" Kyou mentioned after a long minute.

The sixteen year old jumped from his position enthusiastic to have a task, just standing they're cleaning the counter and waiting for costumers was driving him mad.

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Sena loaded four heavy arrangements into Kyou's arms, Kyou smiled widely laughing as Sena held a broken white rose in his mouth pretending to do the tango.

All the while in the back of his mind were thoughts on his first mission. He knew he could kill if he had to, and he knew he'd protect anyone in need of protecting- especially Sena, he had sworn to Sena he was like his brother but he knew better. His brother, though he had been Sena's age was hardly similar. Something about Sena made him feel the urge to protect him though, he didn't want to admit it as love but what if it was?

His thoughts came back to what Aya had said, the whole scene burned into his mind.

Aya looked at Ken for a moment. Realization struck his face and he nodded, "Hai- we'll move out tomorrow, I found the location of their base, Kyou, you'll team up with Ken, Sena you'll be under my wing. The mission will go underway at 1900 hours. The location is a foreign trade company called Darangehend Warenhaus, it was owned by a German trading house but our targets acquired this location four months ago when the company was going under."

Kyou had nodded then, "Will all of our targets be there?"

"Supposedly, that is if this isn't a trap. I sent Laker word about our mission plan and she'll confirm it before the day's closing." Aya looked at his nails for a moment, "Our targets may be guarded by security, Rosen Kreuz and no telling how many others, all we have to do is kill the project heads and get out though, if it comes down to a confrontation with Rosen Kreuz try to avoid it, if unavoidable contact us to regroup, they're tough."

Sena poked Kyou's forehead. "Kyou-kun, what are you thinking about?"

Kyou smiled lightly, "I was thinking about how beautiful these flowers smell, what about you?"

The boy gave Kyou a cold stare and gave Kyou a brooding look. "Well *I'm* thinking about how much cat hair is all over the place."

The older man gave Sena a strange look, "What cat hair? Did I get some on me? Where is it?"

Sena laughed as Kyou looked over himself. "I didn't even see a cat...?"

Sena started to howl with laughter, "Hai, hai... I didn't see a cat either, I was just teasing is all." He let out a small, giddy giggle. Neither of them noticed Aya standing in the doorway to the apartment. He crossed his arms lightly and held his apron.

'Was that how Omi and I were?' He smiled lightly, critical of himself, 'we must have looked like idiots.' He looked upward into the ceiling, 'But we were happy fools.' His face turned stoic again. "Baka yaru! What are you doing? Put the arrangements in the freezer before they wilt."

Kyou and Sena froze in their tracks as they looked at Aya, "Hai, hai!"

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Yoji slid the gate down half-expecting for a pair of red heals and sleek ankles to meet him there before completely closing down.

Ken caught the glance in Yoji's eye but he knew better than to comment, he was very tempted to answer something like, 'If you want someone in pumps you could go to the bar or you could get me really drunk. I'm pretty agile in pumps- but also very lethal.' He thought against that on the grounds that he never had worn pumps and wasn't sure he was up for it either, though sometimes in Weiss he had to cross-dress even then his shoes were more platforms and at times just a wide heal- kind of like a wedge.

They both turned their heads up in shock when they heard a soft rapping sound on the tin shutter.

"Manx...?" Yoji breathed to himself in a bit of confusion.

Ken shook his head, he slid up the grate. Laker stood there in a wonting pose, she could have passed for Manx had she not started to walk in. Though her hair was short blue-black, she had Manx's charisma and charms all of this with Birman's beauty and grace and twice the attitude of both women. Persia had probably tried just as hard to find someone to replace the holes Manx and Birman's deaths had as he did for Omi's replacement.

"Konban wa, Laker."

"Moshi-moshi minna." The blue-haired woman said with a polite smile, "Meeting room."

Those two words rolled out an order as final as pressing the button to begin a lethal injection. Ken nodded once and closed the grate down, locking it and closing the second layer of armor before exiting the shop and turning the lights down low.

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"After the completion of this mission Persia has another mission set up that will require Balinese and Siberian to leave for Europe for an undefined period of time. He requests you make yourselves look as though you are on vacation. The hotels, flight, vehicle rentals and information is all ready for you, I will return after this mission to explain the course of action tomorrow night after you treat your injuries."

Aya nodded.

"We should be finished by 02:00 between expected travel time if we run into any complications, if all things go smoothly, by midnight."

She bowed, "Arigatou. I will check before I come in, so not to embarrass the new members, unless you feel we should not shelter them?"

Aya glanced to Sena and Kyou, "Sena, how endowed are you?"

Sena's face turned beat red in shock at the strange question.

"Judging by his reaction it may be more harmful if he is injured at your presence."

"I understand." Laker commented.

Ken sighed, "Shit. Does this mean we all have to make ourselves comfortable with our bodies AGAIN?!"

Aya rolled his eyes.

"Damn it Abyssinian, Balinese and I have to pack!" Ken glowered for a moment and then relaxed. "Fine, but this time I'm getting plastered and there better be no arguments!"

Yoji smiled in tune, "Same here! Maybe if I get drunk enough Sena here will look more like a girl..."

"HEY!" Sena gave Yoji an angry look.

"And what would you do to him if he looked like a woman Yoji?" Ken said with a voice resonating in taboo, though the tone was strictly a humorous one.

"...Well... you see," Yoji winked, "I don't believe in kissing and telling."

Kyou hadn't realized he had stepped between Sena and Yoji in a protective manner.

Aya smirked, he really might as well see if he could unnerve Kyou about this too, after all they ALL had to be comfortable with themselves, "And Kyou, have you seen boys naked before?"

Kyou's face went white, "N... Nani?! Watashi nai hentai!"

Ken let out a deep sounding cackle, "Orei, sure you aren't." He loudly whispered to Yoji to make sure everyone in the room heard it, "He likes it, you know he does, he's probably as big of a lecher as you Yo-ji."

"Hey! I am NOT a lecher- well, ok so I am but STILL! I'm not a pedophile. I like my women 18 and ABOVE thank YOU."

Kyou glared, "I didn't say I've SEEN boys naked let alone liked it! You misunderstand me! And I can't be a lecher! I'm a vir..." He bowed his head realizing he just admitted something very VERY embarrassing to relative strangers, "...gin." He let out a long sigh.

Sena looked at Kyou with large eyes looking disturbingly like Omi when Omi was contemplating something while he was hyper. "Me too."

Ken ruffled Sena's hair, "Well duh you're still a virgin, you probably just hit puberty."

Sena growled, "Did not!"

"What, you didn't hit puberty yet?" Yoji added.

Aya rolled his eyes, Sena was... a painfully fascinating reminder of his lover and from his lover.

Kyou glared at Yoji, "You know that's not what he meant!"

Laker cleared her throat loudly, "Hemm... so, I'll meet you back here at 03:00 Monday morning, meeting adjourned. Good night boys."

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08:00 rolled in, Sena wailed from behind his bedroom door. "But Kyou I don't waaaaaant to! Ken and Yoji will probably be mean and videotape it or something sick!"

"We will NOT." Ken said exasperated.

Aya nodded and added a solace, "Hai. I took all of the batteries and power chords."

Yoji swore violently, "Let me put it this way- get out NOW before I decide to turn the AC on, and make me coffee you lazy good-for-nothing slacker! Omi NEVER missed a beat, naked or not, and trust me... Aya made sure he was naked more than not..."

Aya's heal contacted Yoji's foot squarely making the playboy howl in temporary pain. "G... Gomen Aya."

"How do I know this isn't some hazing prank?" Sena complained, his naked body shielded against his locked door.

"Well, it is hazing but it's no prank." Aya explained.

Kyou wrapped his arms around his bare chest, "Sena, I'm just as new as you are and I'm doing it, right now. Why would I lie to you? Just come out here and get this over with, I'd really like to go back to bed before I go in to work."

Yoji smacked Kyou's ass, "Oh bullshit Kyou, you just rolled out of bed."

Ken pointed his finger upward and winked, "I knew he was one and the same as Yoji, you lecherous brethren! You both sleep in the buff."

"Ewwww." Sena made faces at the door, "How do you know that Ken-kun?!"

"Well, have you heard Yoji bitch about having to get up and put effort into clothing himself yet? You want to know why you HAVEN'T?"

"Because we're all naked and that would mean getting UN-dressed?"

Ken banged the door, "Listen smart-ass..." He rolled his eyes, "Just get out here, and he wouldn't have to UNDRESS either, he sleeps in the nude, TRUST me, summer here is a scary sight around noon."

"Ee... alright, but don't anyone laugh!"

"Matta!" Aya said before Sena could open the door, holding the handle closed and trapping the sixteen year old behind it. "Yoji, Ken, the water balloons, put them down NOW."

Ken poked his tongue out at Aya, "Aw god damn it you're no fun. If this was Omi you'd let us..."

Ken quickly protected his feet by hiding behind Kyou, Aya just let out a slow winding growl.

"Shove it Hidaka. Put the balloons DOWN."

Yoji and Ken let the balloons drop to the ground, careful to make sure they wouldn't pop. Aya released the door handle. "Come on out Sena."

Sena nodded, "Hai."

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Excerpt for Kasra's Contest (Higher Rating)

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Aya stepped into the kitchen, "Alright, get dressed. I think we've tolerated each other ENOUGH for today."

"Don't you mean we're tolerant of each other and accept our bodies?"

"No, no I don't." Aya said while slicing a tomato with his katana in a very angry, dangerous way.

"Um, Aya-kun are you angry or are you just making a salad?"

"..."

"Right, I'm going to get changed now, bai-bai Aya-kun!" Sena bounced away happily. Kyou felt the beginnings of a nosebleed as Sena bounced and jiggled as he went past.

Kyou's light charcoal-gray satin boxers clung to his thigh as he buttoned his white long-sleeved shirt.

"Ohayo Aya, can I ask you something?"

Aya slid his katana back down into the holster, his khaki pants hugged his waist seamlessly, his one-size-too-large black cotton long-sleeve button down shirt was left open to reveal his slim waist, defined chest and tight abs that Omi had once said put cheese graters to shame.

"It's three in the afternoon, how is it a good morning?"

Yoji tapped the coffee pot causing it to beep and hiss splattering hot liquids that were as valued as gold. "Iie! Coffee don't betray me, baby baby I need you!"

Kyou looked at Yoji strangely, "Where did he come from?"

"Well when a man and a woman love each other very much..." Yoji started, but halted when he saw Aya's glared.

"He was taking out the trash- and trying to bring the liquor back into the building undetected."

Yoji gave Aya the finger. "Bite me, I'm legal you know!"

"It's a good morning because I slept in until now only seeing Yoji and Ken at 8:00 AM and now."

Aya nodded, "Indeed, touché."

Kyou nodded with a smile, "Thanks, I try."

"Well, we all need to grab dinner and prepare for the mission tonight."

TBC.