Side Note - "Dude, you're not dead." "I'm not?" "No." "Duuude."
And Another - Just as a reminder and because it comes up a lot in this chapter, the mind talks in single quotations like 'this.' Remember.
Disclaimer - He's only three feet tall. Bilbo- Bilbo Baggins. Bravest little Hobbit of them all.
Make Me
Chapter Six
Yuki awoke with no knowledge of the time or date, though he assumed it hadn't been very long because the rain that was still tapping on his new tunnel housing. He sighed and stretched out his legs as much as he could, stopping once he saw that his shoe had obediently returned itself to his foot. At first he reassures himself that he had imagined it being missing in the first place, but soon puts that theory to rest when he notices the shadow on the top of the tube.
After hesitating for a moment, he decides it best to peak his head out and look at whose taken a seat on top of his shelter instead of making up wild theories of vampires and the like. As he squints against the rain to get a better view, the silhouette of a male forms in his sight and he soon realized who it was.
"Hatsuharu?" He made the rest of his way out of the tunnel, climbed on top of it and took a seat beside him. A moment or two passed without an answer and Yuki began to fidget uneasily in the silence. He heard him sigh and Yuki perked up slightly at the thought of him breaking the silence, only to begin worrying what it was he'd say. If he'd be mad for one- which it very much so seemed that he was. But, "I found your shoe," was all he said.
Yuki looked up at him and attempted to give him a smile in thanks, but doubted very much that Hatsuharu saw it. Yuki wasn't exactly one for wanting long silences, as anyone could guess, but Hatsuharu was often one to deliver them and Yuki couldn't think of a way to stop him besides his attempted thanks. His mind then began to wander over to why it was that Hatsuharu was mad at him in such a way and it promptly assured him that really, 'why wouldn't he be?'- which didn't make Yuki feel any less uneasy. Briefly he mused about leather shrinking in water before he finally dawned on the question of why Hatsuharu was out in the rain where he could stumble upon his footwear.
Yuki opened his mouth to ask him when he was interrupted by a different question, "Do you love him?"- which, needless to say, closed Yuki's mouth up again. 'Blunt much,' his mind snickered.
Yuki began to tap his foot nervously against the tubing and forced a small laugh, "Who?" 'Dude, you're a horrible liar.'
Hatsuharu narrowed his eyes at the distance, "You know who."
"Heh.. Do I?" 'Moron.'
"That's what they say." And Yuki was once again rendered speechless, except for his mind, who never was, 'Woah. You were actually right. They did all know! I have a new found respect for your paranoid delusions.'
"Well," He tried to save the already lost moment, "people do say a lot of things." 'Brilliance. They also say, "Hey, Yuki, you're a fucking moron."' Yuki wished that his mind could become tangible just once so he could kick it in the nuts.
Hatsuharu finally turned to look at Yuki, which, in turn, made Yuki look away from the glare he was receiving, "Don't play dumb with me." 'Oh, dear, sweet, naïve cow-man. He's not playing.' "You could have just told us," he continued, "instead of, you know, running away."
"I was just taking a walk," Yuki mumbled back. After a moment of silence again he began to feel Hatsuharu's eyes studying again as if hesitating on what to say next.
But instead of the retort Yuki was expecting from Hatsuharu, he sighed and leaned into him. "You could have told me," he said quietly, "not to get my hopes up." And despite the monotone voice that Hatsuharu often used, Yuki still felt a wave of guilt hit him right in the chest. He wandered his mind frantically for something to say, but he only found himself lost and decided it best to not say anything.
**
Kyou stumbled out of his thoughts at the sound of the door opening and shutting again, followed by wet footsteps. He sat up slowly, so as to not irritate his leg, and listened to see if he could figure out what was going on. Shigure and Tohru walked passed his room and down the stairs to greet the people, who Kyou could only assume, were Yuki and Hatsuharu. He tried to pick up what they were saying, but could only make out muffled voices, followed occasionally but Yuki's short replies. He wished that he could at least get to the stairs to see what was going on, but as he was contemplating a way of getting there and wondering if he could read lips, he heard another set of footsteps coming up the stairs and quickly lay back down and pretended to sleep, just in case they came inside and found him- attempting to- eavesdrop. But, to his surprise, the footsteps moved passed him, into a room and shut the door- leaving only more muffled voices coming from downstairs.
Kyou sighed. 'It seems they've all forgotten I exist again.'
**
A day passed when Yuki was not seen outside of his room and the morning after that he was still in bed when he heard a knock on his door followed by the sound of his name coming from the other side. He rolled over in his bed to see his door creak open and Tohru walk in. "Are you coming for breakfast?"
Yuki began to glare at her, but he stopped once he saw the scared look she was giving back to him, so he only sighed and said, "that depends on who came by here yesterday."
Tohru hesitated for a moment and began fiddling with the sides of he skirt. "Well, Hatori said that Kyou needs to exercise a little bit too and brought over crutches on the condition that we make sure he doesn't jump around anywhere."
Yuki rolled over. "I'll see you when he jumps off the roof again, then."
"You know," Tohru took a seat the foot of his bed, "Kyou does happen to live in the same house as you."
"Actually, that part slipped my mind. I was more worried about the crutches. The wood bit doesn't fit well with my vampire state, you see."
Despite Yuki's better efforts to scare Tohru away, she ignored his sarcastic comment. "My point is that you can't avoid him forever. And you shouldn't avoid him at all because you should just be yourself, you know?" She stopped for a moment before adding, "Plus, I don't think he knows."
"Really?" Yuki tried to conceal his surprise that no one had told him upfront, but that didn't mean anything. Kyou had amazing hearing after all.
"Yes," Tohru said with a smile and stood up. "So come down for breakfast, okay?"
Yuki watched as she closed the door behind her and sat up. "I think it would have been better if she really did think I was a vampire," he muttered to himself. 'I told you, you were a crappy liar.'
End Chapter 6
Side Note - Thanks for not closing the window after the Bilbo song.