After taking his last sip of milk, Zero placed his glass over the small cabinet near their bed and sat near the sleeping Hiead. As much as he wanted to touch Hiead's face, he chooses not to. He didn't want to bother Hiead. After all, he knew how tired Hiead was after their FUN last night.
Zero decided to just go out of the room to perhaps, stretch his arms and legs. When he turned around, he saw Sawamura hopping happily out of his room.
"Oi, Zero-kun!" Again came Sawamura's usual greeting.
"Hey, Roose. What's with the genki-genki hop?" Zero teasingly asked Sawamura as if he's clueless.
"Uh well... Yamagi was kind of sweet last night." Sawamura looked down and blushed.
"O---h? Sweet, eh? In what sense was he sweet?" Zero was a bit curious. Whatever Sawamura says, he still can't see the image of sweetness in Yamagi. But it made him giggle to remember that Hiead never had this image too yet he finds Hiead sweet for some reason that he couldn't work out.
"He gave me this." Blushing, the candidate shyly showed his left hand to Zero.
It was a silver bangle that was clasped on his hand. Hues of envy clouded up Zero's mind. But he knew that Sawamura deserved that. From this, Zero proved that Yamagi was indeed sweet.
"What's the occasion?"
"That's the sugary thing, Zero-kun! There's no reason for him to give me this." Sawamura started playing the silver piece that was around his wrist.
"Oh didn't you give him fun last night? Isn't that his way of saying 'thanks for the experience, it rocked'?" Zero put both his arms in his back and walked around the other boy with his eyes subsequently blinking.
"Uh well. I'm not that good and..."
Zero bounced and pinched Sawamura's cheek. "Ahaha! You don't have to be good in moaning, right?"
"Huh? Zero-kun..." Sawamura turned red as usual.
Continuously, Zero lightly poked Sawamura's cheek. "Ahihi. Plus, you're cute to begin with so Yamagi has a reason to be thankful."
It was again the smile that Sawamura had that made Zero think that Yamagi really loved the boy. "Arigatou, Zero-kun."
Yamagi suddenly pops out of Sawamura's room. "Yo yo yo!"
"Oi, Yamagi. Or should I say Syrupy Sugar-coated Yamagi with a cherry on top?" Zero teased and gave Yamagi a pat on the shoulder.
When Yamagi looked at his lover, Sawamura only smiled innocently.
"What's up with that the silly nickname?" Yamagi scratched his head vigorously.
"Ahahahaha. Nothing." Zero whistled innocently as he grabbed Sawamura's wrist and waved it over to Yamagi's face.
"Ah. That... Well, I gave him that for three good reasons."
"Oh? Kindly enumerate... and Sawamura, listen carefully." Zero said, assuming that Yamagi is to say things that could make Sawamura's cheeks all rosy-like.
"One, because I want to." Yamagi raised his index finger as if to emphasize how smart his statements were.
Zero didn't seem to like the first reason. He kicked Yamagi's foot. "What kind of reason is that?"
"Hey, but that's reason number one. And number two is—"
"That better be good or I'll steal Sawamura away from you."
"Like Hiead'll permit you to, no? But anyway, the second reason is because the bracelet was on sale."
One of Zero's veins seemed to want to burst. "WHAT THE HELL!!!"
"What?" Yamagi was in the brink of confusion over Zero's actions.
"WHAT KIND OF REASON IS THAT?! THAT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE TO GOOD!!! THAT'S THE WORST REASON I EVER HEARD OF!!!" For a moment, Zero decided to shut up and turn his gaze on Sawamura who seems to be a bit hurt about the first two reasons.
At this, Zero shaked Sawamura. "Hey!!!!"
"Huh?" Sawamura gave out a forced smile.
"Ahem! Let me finish. The third reason is—"
"I am not listening to that. Good bye. C'mon, Sawamura. Let's eat breakfast before I give your lover a kick in his ass." Zero pulled Sawamura with him. The two walked passed Yamagi.
"Because I love him." Yamagi continued.
Sawamura looked back at Yamagi. "I love you too, Yamagi. Arigatou."
"GOOD JOB, YAMAGI! 100 points for you!" Zero beamed.
"I'm serious about that. Eat well, Sawamura." Yamagi leaned back against the wall and waved his hand.
"Hai..."
As Zero watched the two, he remembered the same sweetness of Hiead's tone each time he calls out 'Zero'. Compared to Yamagi, Hiead may not be that blatant about his feelings but he'd simply show it by actions. Actions that Zero never imagined Hiead would do for him. It was a complete change of heart for Hiead... and the immediate cause--Zero.
The two had breakfast together and talked about their 'nightly fun.'
On the other hand, Yamagi stretched his arms and thought of going to the practice grounds. He wanted to watch the last few matches before they were already allowed to fight in the real battlefield, outside Zion.
"Oh shit! How could I have forgot!" Yamagi went to his room and for a few minutes came back, bumping over Hiead.
"Ouch." Hiead firmly said, sounding as if he wasn't really hurt.
"Oi, Hiead!"
"Hey. Where are you going?"
"The training hall."
"I'll come with you." Hiead eyed the chip that Yamagi was about to place in his pocket. "What's that?"
"Ah this?" Yamagi pulled Hiead closed and whispered 'You know the camera recorder in each room? This is the memory chip in it. I'm gonna edit it.'
"Why for?"
'YOU KNOW!!! Keyword-Fun! If somebody finds out about this, I may not be able to become a pilot. I might be locked in some gay ward.' Yamagi explained sounding logically serious.
"Is there going to be a check for that today?"
'Yeah! It's a monthly check. So go and get the memory chip in yours and Zero's room already!' Yamagi's whisper came loud at each word.
"Ok." Hiead didn't really care if someone knew, but he cared much for his pilot-to-be career and he's not gonna drop it just because of a memory chip that can be edited for safety. He took the memory chip and walked along with Yamagi. "So shouldn't we edit this first?"
"I guess so."
The two continued on to the computer room where they were to edit the chip's contents.
As Yamagi did, Hiead inserted the chip in the port of the computer. He freely browsed on each event that had happened between him and Zero. Though it was a bit hard for him to just delete all these memories, he had to. But of course, he found a way to copy all the contents to another chip, which he labeled carefully to avoid confusion. As for the memory chip in the room, he proceeded on editing the details.
For a moment, he stopped the automatic command. He remembered the time when he and Zero were put to separate rooms. Zero stayed in the same room. He checked what was going on with Zero during that time. There he saw Zero, crying all the time and looking on the spot where he used to stay. From that, he believed Zero's uncontainable love for him. After browsing over the same event, he pressed the forward button. The next data was the day when Hiead decided to give Zero his next chance yet Zero locked himself in his room.
After watching this, Hiead deleted everything in the chip and stood up.
"Oi, are you done already? That was fast. Did you really--?" Yamagi curiously wondered over Hiead's piercing facial expression.
"Yeah. I'll just put this back in the room." Hiead banged the door.
'Huh? What's with him?' Yamagi was confused but then decided to look back on the data in the chip. He abruptly smiles evilly when he sees Sawamura's seductive moves over the computer screen. He wiped off his drool and immediately came back to editing the chip.
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"Ja, Zero-kun! It was fun talking to you. Guess Hiead's looking for you by now!" Sawamura merrily waved his hand at Zero.
"Hehe. You too! See ya, later!" Zero was too busy over saying goodbye to his friend that he didn't notice Hiead, who was waiting for him from behind. "Hiead!" He leaped up to his lover. Hiead just looked at him out of the corner of his eyes.
"Hiead?" Zero blinked at him.
Hiead let silence flutter over the scene before he harshly pulled Zero in the room.
"Itaiii!! Hiead, what's wrong with you?!" Zero was surprised about Hiead's attitude.
Hiead let Zero go and pulled out the chip from his pocket. He plugged the chip in the TV set and waited for it to load.
And the TV answered Zero's perplexity. He saw himself uttering the words 'Do I have to fool him' He remembered this event. His plans of deceiving Hiead were evidently seen in the screen.
Hiead pushed Zero over the bed. He held both Zero's wrists tightly. He made sure that Zero –was- hurt. Even though Zero wasn't struggling to pull away, Hiead would continuously bang Zero over the bed with his full force. He pinned him down and arched over him and kissed him. Blood and tears mixed trailing down Zero's neck.
"Now, you tell me what is wrong!" Hiead aggressively squeezed Zero's wrists tighter.
Zero could only try to keep the pain to himself and cry. He couldn't speak nor dare to look at Hiead.
"For one moment back then, I never thought you'd... Fuck you! Fuck you, Zero!" Hiead let the boy go.
"I'm so sorry... So Sorry, Hiead. I didn't---"
"Shut the hell up!" Hiead was too furious that he didn't notice that his own lips were bleeding.
Zero crawled over and hugged Hiead from behind. "Please..." He didn't mind the tears or the blood that stained his face. He didn't want Hiead to leave him. He had him and can't take to lose him.
Hiead shook his head and instantly kicked Zero off him. This caused Zero to bump over the bed. Hiead walked out of the room, leaving Zero unconscious and emotionally hurt inside.
Tbc.
Zero fans out there, I didn't really want to be THAT mean to Zero but... that's how the story goes. Sorry. -;; Next chapter's going to be the last so watch out!
Bonn, where the hell is my review?!
Don't ask me what a genki-genki hop is!!!