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Once More With Feeling
A Little On The Subject Of Angst.
Subaru stepped back into the streets, after Kamui's little serenade. He was confused, slightly scared, and mostly heartbroken. Kamui could never understand what he was going through. Never. Then again, not many people could.
Closing his eyes as he walked down the street, Subaru let his memory unfocus, and he remembered what had happened earlier that day, at Ueno Park.
Why he had wandered there, he didn't know.
But he knew one thing, almost before he arrived. He was there. Sakurazukamori, but forever Seishirou-san. If he knew his nemesis would be there, then why had Subaru carried on walking? Indeed, if he had realised where he was going, why did he carry on?
Perhaps it was instinct, he told himself. Or perhaps some innate attraction to the Tree. Or perhaps an innate attraction to Seishirou-san? An emotional attraction.
No. Subaru wouldn't allow himself to think that. It was... beside the point. Besides, Subaru had to... deal with... the Sakurazukamori at some point, didn't he?
So then why did he stop when he saw the dark, billowing trenchcoat of the Sakurazukamori's, when he approached the tree. Why, then, did he not stop walking as the maboroshi lit up around them both.
And, worst of all, why did he not pull away as Seishirou smirked at him, catching his chin gently and pulling him down for a bitter kiss.
Subaru was disgusted with himself for not pulling away then. Disgusted, almost to the point of nausea. But he didn't waver. Then, least of all...
"So, Subaru-kun, you've come to visit me?"
"..."
"...Well? I deserve some kind of civility, do I not?"
"...Konban wa, Seishirou-san."
"Now, now, Subaru-kun. I doubt we need that honorific anymore, do we? Not since we know each other on such... personal terms.." The Sakurazuka's hand had moved down, and was resting on Subaru's chest.
"....Don't touch me."
"Why not? I can touch you all I like, because you're mine. I can do whatever I want. Even this..." Suddenly gripping the material of the Sumeragi's shirt, he threw him hard against the Sakura, in the center of the maboroshi. Hitting the tree, and sliding down the side of it, dazed, Subaru barely noticed the backing music waking, it seemed, from within the Tree itself. He did notice, however, his lips parting, as he started to sing.
Seishirou was smiling, amusedly, but the smile soon disappeared as he heard the first lines of the song whichever strange, fateful god or goddess had chosen for Subaru to sing.
"Haven't slept in a week,
My bed has become, my coffin,
Cannot breathe, Cannot speak,
My head's like a bomb,
Still waiting..."
Here, Subaru started to stand,
"Take my heart, and take my soul,
I don't need them anymore...!"
Pressing his fingertips together into prayer formation, he jumped into the air as he fired a blast of energy at the Sakurazukamori, just as the electric guitars and drums seemed to erupt out of no-where for the chorus...
"The one I love is striking my down on my knees,
The one I love is drowning me in my dreams,
The one I love, over and over again.
Dragging me under..."
Landing, Subaru looked up at Seishirou with tear-stained eyes, as a lonely tear slid down the Sumeragi's cheek. Seishirou started to walk towards him, having blocked the energy, as Subaru took the next verse,
"Hypnotised, by the night,
Silently rising beside me,
Emptiness, nothingness,
Is burning a hole inside me..."
Seishirou reached him and pressed him back against the Sakura. Subaru squirmed, but didn't really move at first...
"Take my faith, and take my pride,
I don't need them anymore...!"
Breaking out of Seishirou's grip, he tackled the Sakurazukamori to the ground, as the guitars started up for the chorus, holding him by the fabric of his shirt and hitting him back against the ground hard...
"The one I love is striking me down on my knees,
The one I love is drowning me in my dreams,
The one I love, over and over again,
Dragging me under...!"
Now bursting into full-fledged tears, Subaru seemed to freeze as Seishirou's arms crept around him and held him. Gripping his lover/nemesis's shirt, he sobbed into it as he sang, flawlessly,
"This bed has become my chapel of stone,
A garden of darkness to where I'm thrown,
So take my life..."
And here, he looked up desperately at Seishirou, tears streaming down his cheeks,
"...I don't need it anymore!"
"The one I love is striking me down on my knees,
The one I love is drowning me in my dreams,
The one I love, over and over again,
Dragging me under....!"
Wresting free of Seishirou, he backed up against the Sakura, leaning against it breathlessly as an invisible replica of Subaru's voice repeated the chorus against a dying backing band.
"...Subaru-kun...?"
"W-what...!?" Scared, almost terrified, as Seishirou rose and stepped towards him.
No answer, at first, from the Sakurazukamori, then he pressed forward. Capturing Subaru's lips in a savage kiss, he pinned him against the tree for a moment. Subaru was too fazed to react, at first, then he broke free. Vicious tears streamed down his face, and he looked positively outraged,
"Over, and over and over and over again....!"
And Sumeragi Subaru was gone.
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.:Lani:. There. A SubaruXSeishirou treatise for all the people who've been asking for it. -.-
.:Chibi Xandra:. Damn right!! I was starting to worry you wouldn't give us one!
.:Lani:. Ack! Where the hell did you come from?!
.:Chibi Xandra:. The void! That's where!
.:Lani:. O.o'' Sei-chan!! Get the scary one away from me!!!
.:Seishirou:. -.- You're on your own. Bitch.
.:Lani:. O.O How dare you!!! I'll write you singing a ballad if you do not help me!!!
.:Subaru:. -Evil grin-
.:Seishirou:. O.o'' -Bundles random Chibi person into a bag and zips it shut-
.:Chibi Xandra:. Aaaaaaahh!! Lemme out!! Subaru's there!! I WANT MY BISHOUNEN!!
.:Subaru:. O.O
.:Kamui:. -Offers Sumeragi a nightlight-
.:Subaru:. o.O
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