By: Dreamer
"Just communication."
Just wild beat communication
While being pounded by rain
I held your damp shoulders to warm you
Everything just seemed to stop. Even time itself. After we broke our kiss I held her close as I picked her up, the rain had picked up its pace. And she was soaked to the bone. I raised my power level to the point where it would wake up our mothers. I didn't care, just as long as we didn't get sick. I disappeared and appeared back at in the kitchen where Kenji, Mom, and Vera had appeared as I showed up. Aires by this time was dead asleep in my arms.
"What's the meaning of this?" Vera asked rubbing her eyes. "You could raise the dead while powering up like that!"
Mom and Kenji said nothing, they were wide awake and saw why I had done what I did while Vera went on bitching that she needed her beauty sleep. I swear sometimes she can be so dense.
I then looked to the top of the stairs and Quatre standing there looking down at us. He came down the stairs and looked at Aires. His eyes widened as he saw the faint traces of blood that covered her shirt and arm.
"What happened to her?" He asked.
"I did it," I said softly, "it happened when I transformed the other day... I was trying to protect her from my mother's energy beam..."
When Vera heard this, she came at me with a wagging finger. She was ready to give me a lecture. Quatre turned around and grabbed her finger then put it at her side. He knew her well enough. At least she knew when to stop too, well most of the time anyways.
Kenji came up to me and took Aires away. I started to follow her up the stairs and into the bedroom but Kenji punched at me long enough so she could shut the door. She was complaining that guys couldn't be in there because she was going to put Aires into some dry clothes and went on giving me a lecture through the door. Once she opened the door for me, she stopped her lecture that went in one ear and out the other.
Kenji also noticed that I wanted some alone time and she went off to make sure that Gabe made it back okay. I could care less but I'll at least put up with him for my sister's and Aires sake too.
Your fingers tremble - what are they seeking?
In broken speech tell me why you want this pain
You no longer seem so grown up as your pretences fade
I reached out to touch her face but my fingers trembled. I guess I'm afraid of hurting her again... I didn't seem to care that I carried her home, reality has hit. I'm sure of that much. But why does she want the pain of being with me? I'll only spend the rest of life hurting her...
"You look cute like that..."
I looked to Aires face, she was awake. And she was doing a lot better than when she first woke up. Maybe because she's out of the rain. I give her a questionable look.
"You look like a lost child when you let your guard down. Don't ever change that, okay?"
I was caught yet again. At least it was by her alone. If Kenji saw it, she'd never let me hear the end of it. I nod my head to her, agreeing that I won't change that part of me. It will continue to happen because it doesn't happen often.
I want to protect this image of you
Believe that love will change sadness to strength
Don't be afraid of anything
This is the first time that his guard was down and he does look like a little lost child. I don't want him to change that. No matter what. I also want him to know that our love will overcome our sadness and change it strength later on down the road. I reached out my hand and touched his hand that was still stretched out.
"Don't be afraid anymore... you don't have to... what if Gabe saw you like this?" I asked knowing that it pissed him off.
I know it's the wrong thing to do but it at least he lost his look of innocence and regained his look of steel. I hated doing that to him but it got him to look straight ahead and not to dwell on the past.
Because no one's going to take away the shared feelings of now, our youth
Until the far way dawn, I want to spend the night nestled close to you
She tugged on my hand and she kept it up until I was lying next to her, soaking wet. She used her feet and brought her heaviest blanket from the foot of the bed to wrap around us. She rested her head on my damp chest and fell asleep to my heart beat. I stayed with her until dawn and I left her... knowing my father, Trowa, he'd freak if he knew I was with Aires all night. Usually he makes sure we're up on time... I left just being on the safe side. I know that Aires knows this, its not the first night we've slept in each other's arms in the house. In the cave it's one thing but at the house... if they found out usually that results into trouble. And I mean a lot. Kenji got busted for that with Gabe. She was grounded for a whole month! But Mom stole her away throughout the month that she was grounded. Just to get her out before she went psycho on everyone.