RoboticCity, Poetic love
Chapter 7: Kiba's Isle of Frost

They arrive at the restaurant and Omi says, "This is going to be my treat tonight, so you all don't fight with me! I know 108 forms of martial arts."

"When did you start taking martial art classes? You hardly get out of your lab." Takuya asks.

"Who said anything about taking class? I watched a whole bunch of marital art anime every night when Youji and Ken drag me home." Omi says. Takuya hits Omi on the head. The small boy let out a pretend cry of pain.

"What form of Marital Art is that?  'The Cry Of the Loud Monkey' ?" Hige asks.

"You're not paying for anything. You're still a baby." Takuya says to Omi.

"Who are you calling a baby, old man?" Omi shouts.

"Call me old man one more time and you will be on vacation for a week. No BoA for one week, baby."

Omi pretends to be crying, "you're so mean. I feel bad for you, Kiba. Your old man is so meannn…."

Kiba laughs. His father looks at him and says, "did you get a job yet, my boy?"

"Not yet." Kiba says.

"Don't worry. You will get a job in no time." Takuya says.

"Why don't you just come and work with us. You got a gift for it and you know it. I mean, the daffodils are blooming already. They are like calling you everyday." Omi says.

"They are not."

"They are too! Everytime we walk by those daffodils, they are going 'Kiba, Kiba, Kiba'... Ask the cat. Right? The daffodils are totally missing you." Omi asks Toboe's kitty.

"Meow." The kitty smiles.

"Omitchi, how many times do I have to tell you not to listen to the little voice in your head?" Hige asks.

"It's the flowers! I tell you! The flowers!!!" Omi shouts.

"Are you sure it's the flowers? It can be your computer screaming to me for help…you work her too hard." Kiba says.

"I will never hurt my BoA, I love her!!! Come on. Kiba. If you are on the Future Tech research team you can get your degree while you research. It will be fun to have you around." Omi says.

"Alright. I will go work on your lab. I have a hard enough time talking to robotic doors and desks, I'm not sure if I can talk to a robotic teachers." Kiba says.

"Good. I will see you tomorrow then. Now, what should Toboe eat?" Omi says. He looks out the window and sees Aya's car drive pass.

"What's the matter, Omi?" Kiba asks.

"I thought I saw Aya-kun's car drive pass, heading to the club district.... I wonder where he is going. he doesn't look like the partying type. Oh, well, I will ask him tomorrow. Hey, let's get Toboe some 4 cheese spaghatti, that's his favorite." Omi says.

Aya arrives at a bar and a bunch of girls grab onto him. "Hello, handsome, come have fun with us!" They are all giggling.

"Let go, now." Aya says with voice colder than robot.

"Who need you, there are plenty good looking guys around." The girls hiss and move onto the next target.

Aya walks up to a VIP room and says, "it's Aya, I come to see the Shark."

The door opens and the man inside says, "come on in."

Aya walks into the room and sees a man sitting on a sofa, with 3 girls over him. The girls look at Aya and giggle, "your little toy, Shark? He looks so tasty. Can we play with him too?"

"I don't play." Aya says.

"Get out of here. I need to work." Shark says to the girls.

The girls leave the room, the door closed and Shark says, "Did you get the data from that boy in the lab?"

"Yes." Aya takes the disk out of his pocket.

"I didn't think you can do it. You're good. What did you do? Fuck his brain out? I bet that little brat is a screamer, ain't he?" Shark laughs.

"Get your perverted fantasy away from me." Aya says.

Shark laughs annoyingly.

"I want to see her." Aya says to the Shark.

The Shark turns on the TV, showing a girl sleeping peacefully. Shark says to Aya, "you really love her, do you?"

Aya turns around and leaves the room. The Shark says, "you'll have the girl back when you get me what I wanted."

The next day, Aya gets to the lab to work when he sees Kiba looking at the files of the research. "What are you doing here?" Aya asks.

Kiba is going to open his mouth when the door flies open and Omi comes in, "hello! I miss you."

Aya looks at Omi, "……"

"Talking to BoA?" Kiba asks.

"Hehehe." Omi runs to his office.

"Hey! Kid! Stop running! You will scare the flowers!" Kiba shouts.

"Kiba-kun! Come on in. BoA and I have a project for you! Come on! Come on!!! COME IN HERE!!!" Omi shouts.

"Just how many cup of coffee do you drink and how much sugar did you put in it?" Kiba asks Omi as he walks toward the boy.

"Check this out! I have it in mind for months, but I don't have time to do it. You're a great choose for this project!" Omi cheers as he shows something to Kiba on the computer.

"No way! It can't be!" Kiba exclaims.

"What I told you! I'm the boy genius!" Omi laughs.

"I don't think I can handle this. I have to build a whole new section for these kinds of plants." Kiba says.

"Don't worry. We have robots to build everything you need. You will have the section in less than a month."

"You can build a whole Iceland in less than a month?"

"Sure. All you need to worry about is getting the flowers to feel comfortable. You have a gift at that." Omi says.

"Well, I will try my best." Kiba says.

"Listen, Kiba-kun," Omi says in a lower, more serious voice, "Toboe-chan's penguins had been living in his lab for the past 2 years since the North Pole lose their food source. There are a small number of fishes in the North Pole who can live on theses flowers. If you can make these flowers grow strong enough to be relocated at the North Pole, the numbers of those fishes will expand largely, and Toboe-chan's penguins can relocate back to the North Pole and live on those fishes. Toboe-chan will be very happy to see the penguins go home."

"Toboe will be very happy…" Kiba says.

"Yes, he will. So please work hard on this for Toboe-chan." Omi says.

"Thank you for doing this for me and for Toboe."

"Oh, yeah. Toboe and I are going to my friend Quatre's concert next Friday. You have to come with us."

"Are you serious? Quatre? The best musician ever walked on this earth? I love his music! I got ticket to watch his show last year. I was so disappointed he canceled the concert tour."

"Quatre is Toboe and my best friend. We're like the three musketeers.  Last year, when Toboe's parents were killed and Toboe was in hospital, Quatre canceled all his concerts to stay with Toboe in Future City."

"Oh…I'm sorry; and here I was complaining about the canceled concert."

"Don't worry. You didn't know. It's okay. Oh, hell, we were so scared. Toboe just lies on the bed; hooked up to a whole bunch of machines….The doctor said that Toboe might not wake up ever again. Quatre and I just sat next to Toboe for almost a month….we didn't take one step away from Toboe…"

Omi's sunshine smile is gone. Kiba never sees this side of Omi before. Omi sighs, "I was so worried about Toboe."

Omi suddenly looks so young and so small. Kiba gets up to him and give him a hug. Omi smiles and says, "It's okay! Toboe finally woke up! He opens his eyes and show how stupid those doctors are. Right? Oh, you should see Quartre and me that day…we were laughing and crying so hard at the same time..."

Aya watches Omi and Kiba from not too far away. He can't hear what Kiba and Omi are talking about and for some reason it really bothers him. He really wants to know what Omi is telling Kiba and he is wondering why the two of them are so serious.

And why in the world does Kiba hug Omi?

Youji and Ken come in and say cheerily, "Good morning!"

Aya grunts. Why does he have to work in a place where everyone is so damn cheerily before the clock even reaches 9am?

"Hey, Aya, what's the matter?" Ken asks.

"Nothing." Aya grunts.

"Are you sure? You look like you're ready to kill someone." Youji says.

Aya mutters and walks to the rose garden. Why the hell does care what Omi and Kiba talk about anyway? Maybe he is just nervous that Omi knows something is going on. He is stealing Omi's data after all; he should be nervous. Omi is trusting, but Omi isn't dumb. Omi might find out Aya is stealing information from the lab.

"I'm a criminal." Aya mutters frustrated. He hates himself.

"Well, I will go back to plant the Sakura." Kiba walks out of Omi's office.

"Aya-kun, can you come in here, please?" Omi calls. Aya gets into the office.

"How can you do this to me! You traitor! How could you!!! I trusted you!!! I thought you are my friend!!!" Omi shouts.

Aya's heart jumps, "Omi…I…"

"Oh, sorry. I'm talking to my computer. Anyway, can you do this for me today?" Omi gives Aya a file.

"Sure." Aya sighs. He doesn't know how long he can keep doing this. He isn't a thief and there is no way he can keep it up before he goes totally insane. He is going to have a nervous breakdown of worrying about being caught. What's more, he hates living in the guilty feeling of stealing from a pure-hearted, gentle and loving boy.

"Aya-kun, are you sure you are okay?" Omi asks, looking at Aya with his big, bright and soul catching eyes.

"I'm fine." Aya says. He turns around to leave when he feels Omi grabs his hand.

Omi's hand is as smooth and soft as silk. Aya feels like electricity shooting through his body as Omi touches him. He turns around and looks at Omi. Normally, he will just yells 'let go now!' to anyone who dare to touch him without his permission. But he can't, not to Omi.

Omi seems to have some sort of magical power around him, a shield or a protective spell or something to keep him from Aya's yelling. Aya just can't raise his voice when it comes to Omi.

"Aya-kun, if you need to talk, I will listen." Omi says.

"There is nothing to talk about." Aya mutters.

Ken and Youji come in and say to the boy, "good morning, Omitchi! So what do you have in mind for us to do this fine day?"

"Catch!" Omi throws them the disk, Ken runs and shouts, "10! 20! 30! Will he make it? Will he make it?"

Ken catches the disk and shouts, "yes! Touch down! He made it! And the crowd cheers!"

"Yeah!!!" Omi shouts and claps his hands.

"Anything else?" Ken asks.

Omi comes out and says, "oh, yeah! I forget! You two are coming with me to Quatre's concert next Friday. Don't forget your formal wear."

"Sure thing, we can't wait." Youji says.

"Say, Aya-kun. You like to come with us?" Omi says.

"I have something to do next Friday." Aya says coldly.

"Can't you do it some other time? Kiba-kun is coming too. It will be fun if all of you are there." Omi says. Aya twitches at the mention of Kiba's name.

"Fine, I will go." Aya mutters.

Omi smiles, "Thanks you, Aya-kun!"

"Well, we will start our work! Don't work BoA too hard now, Omitichi." Youji gets out of the lab with Ken behinds him.

"Can I get back to work now?" Aya says.

"Sure, but Aya-kun…if you're in trouble, or if you need help, you come and talk to me, okay?" Omi says sincerely.

"Hn…" Aya mutters and leaves. He walks out of the office and sighs. How can he steal from such a sweet and kind boy?

TBC…