Love Through Time
By HalKJAkiko
Genre: Yaoi, AU (first three chapters), drama, romance, sap
Pairing: going to be major RuHanaRu
Status: on-going 6/9
Dedication: to be completed by RuHana day HOPEFULLY...so it's for them... and for myself for this is going to be my FIRST RuHana day...
A/N: I'm rushing, I'm rushing, I'm rushing!! It's tomorrow. The big day is tomorrow and yet I'm still on chapter 6! God bless me! Pardon the quality, ne? By the way, from now on, the story will be in normal view point.
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Chapter VI: The One
Rukawa jogged towards Sakuragi who was sitting on the beach, facing the sea which was lapping near his feet. He was looking at the sinking sun which bathed the crumpled-looking sea with rays that were as red as his hair and as soft as his eyes. He looked like a statue of Greek god, a perfect one.
Sakuragi sighed. After so many days of thinking and seeing Rukawa jogging almost everyday, he was beginning to wonder if Rukawa was the one. Okay, so he had started wondering quite some times ago. But this time he was really serious about it. How could it be that the one he was looking for turned out to be a guy?
/Maybe he has a sister. I will ask him the next time I see him./ Sakuragi decided and lay down on the sand that was warmed by the sun, closing his eyes.
Rukawa jogged closer and saw Sakuragi laying down and closing his eyes. He stopped a few inches away from the red-haired boy. Rukawa did not know how to approach Sakuragi, so he stood there staring at the peaceful face and the red hair.
"Huh?" Sakuragi suddenly felt someone watching him and his eyes snapped open. It gave him quite a shock to see the pale face of that kitsune staring down at him. It was even a bigger shock to see a tinge of colour creep up those porcelain-like cheeks.
"What are you doing here, kitsune?" sitting up in a hurry, Sakuragi asked.
"Do'aho."
"Hey! Don't call me that. I'm just trying to be nice here, okay?" Sakuragi fumed. "You stupid kitsune! Can't say more than five syllabi! And you even dared to call me stupid while you are the one spying on the tensai! Hmph!"
Rukawa's face increased a degree in temperature. He opened his mouth but no word came out. Feeling like an idiot, he closed his mouth quickly.
"What do you want? Hey, reply me, will ya? Stupid kitsune!" Sakuragi sulked. "Stop opening and closing your mouth like a goldfish! I should have gotten a video-cam to tape that down. I'm sure I'll get thousands of yen selling the tape to those good-for-nothing fans of yours."
"I..." Rukawa squeezed out a word from his tight throat. Words just seemed to lose him whenever he wanted to confront Sakuragi whether he really remembered him or not.
"You what? Don't waste my time. Che, if you are not saying anything, I'm going back to the centre," Sakuragi stood up, intending to go.
"No, wait!" Rukawa instinctively reached out a hand to pull at Sakuragi's arm.
Sakuragi felt as if he was been electrocuted as he stared at the pale fingers around his bronze coloured arm. He blushed at been touched by the kitsune. He did not know why he felt his heart skip a beat.
Rukawa, having realized that he was pulling at Sakuragi's arm, quickly let go of it as heat crept up his face too.
"Gomen."
The red hair boy felt a slight disappointment as the warmth of Rukawa's hand left his arm.
"Erm... it's okay. So...?" Sakuragi mumbled as he lowered his eyes from the contact he had made with Rukawa's fox-like eyes.
"I want... to talk," Rukawa's fingers fidgeted behind his back.
"Oh," Sakuragi let out a sound. "What about?"
"Erm... I..." Rukawa fell silent. The two tall youths stood in silence as the last ray of the sun disappeared. The wind blew, pulling at their clothes and hair. Neither moved.
"Sorry, can we sit down? My back kind of hurts."
"Hn."
They sat. Silence again. They stared at the sky together. The sky was a velvety black, prickled with tiny sparkles of stars. For a long time they sat in silence. A shooting star streaked across the sky and Sakuragi let out an exclamation.
"Quick! Make a wish!" He said and closed his eyes, clasping his hands together. Rukawa just looked at him and felt the corners of his mouth tugged upwards.
Sakuragi opened his eyes just in time to see Rukawa's face turn back to its stoic mode.
"Kitsune, you smiled."
"I did not."
"You did."
"Didn't."
Stillness took over the beach once more. Only the lapping of the waves could be heard.
"Do you..."
"What did..."
Both boys started and stopped at the same time.
"You ask first," Rukawa said.
"Erm... do you have a sister?" Sakuragi asked, laughing slightly with nervousness. He did not know if he wanted Rukawa to have a sister or not.
"Nani?" Rukawa was caught off guard. He did not expect such a question.
"So do you have a sister or not?" Sakuragi got a little agitated.
"I don't have one."
Sakuragi breathed out a sigh. Relieved? He did not know.
"Why?" Rukawa asked, not looking at the boy next to him.
"Nothing. What was your question then?"
"What did you wish for just now?"
"I... I cannot tell you," Sakuragi turned his head away.
"Oh."
"You say you wanted to talk. You have yet to say anything about it," Sakuragi quickly changed the subject.
"I..." Rukawa started. / What am I going to say? That I had been searching for him and I know that he's meant for me and I'm for him? /
"Tell me, Rukawa. Have you ever searched for someone for a long time and had still not found that person?" Sakuragi suddenly asked, still looking at the stars with a faraway look.
/ Does he know about me looking for him? Was he searching for me too? / Rukawa was taken aback. "Yes, I have. Kind of."
"It is very painful, isn't it?" Sakuragi's tone was soft.
Rukawa nodded. It was getting late, so Rukawa decided to leave.
/ Still I have yet to tell him. Stupidstupidstupid!/ He cursed himself.
"Kitsune! Rukawa! Wait up!"
Rukawa stopped in his track and turned around. Sakuragi was running towards him at top speed, his now longer hair flew in the wind.
"Tell me! Tell me if this is yours!" Sakuragi's eyes burned with anxiety as he shook Rukawa roughly. Between his fingers, a star sapphire pendant dangled.
Rukawa quickly searched his pocket and indeed the pendant was not there. He reached out to get the pendant from Sakuragi but the red hair boy just held the pendant further away.
"Give it back," Rukawa said, barely hiding the fretfulness in his voice.
"Where did you get it? Where? Tell me now!" Sakuragi was like an angry beast as he literally roared at the pale boy in front of him.
"It had been with me all this time."
"Are you sure?" Eyes his blazing with flames, Sakuragi fingered the pendant lovingly, like a mother cradling her newborn baby.
"Sakuragi... I have to tell you something," Rukawa started.
"No, I need to tell you something... the story of this pendant and what it means to me. I hope that after you have heard my story, you can tell me the truth about this pendant."
So he started. He started telling about his dream, about the girl, the eyes, the pendant. He started telling about how he searched for the girl. He started telling about how shocked and happy he felt when he saw the pendant on the sand beside where Rukawa had sat.
"Do you remember the date of the day you first had the dream?" Rukawa asked after hearing all that Sakuragi had to say.
"Of course I do." Sakuragi told Rukawa and the brunette's eyes widened slightly. Not because he was shocked, but he was amazed at how fate had planned everything and interlocked everything so well.
"That was the day I found the pendant," Rukawa continued with his story.
"So..."
"You're the one," Rukawa said. A slight smile crept up his face. He had finally told Sakuragi. He had finally told him!
"Ki...tsune," Sakuragi mumbled as he stared at the boy in front of him, the pendant felt warm in his hand and it seemed to glow in the moonlight.
"Hana... it is not just a blind search. I searched for you and I found you. I don't just like you because of some dream or some thoughts. After meeting you, I began to notice everything about you. I love you for you," Rukawa said and his lips curved up to a genuine smile.
Sakuragi gasped. It was that smile. It was as if he was seeing the girl again. Uncontrollably, tears spilled from his brown eyes.
"It IS you!" he cried as Rukawa embraced him.
Under the soft moonlight, standing on the soft sand of the beautiful beach with the wind in their hair, the two hugged tighter. Swaying slightly in the gentle wind, red contrasted against black; porcelain-like complexion against bronze skin; they painted a beautiful scene.
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Fin. 09/11/04
A/N: Have you notice that the chapters are getting shorter and shorter? Well, don't blame me, k? I'm rushing! My mum's nagging at me for using too much computer so that eats into my already very tight schedule! Just continue reading and continue reviewing! Thank you so much!