WARNING: This is a fictional story, obviously yaoi. If you don't like these kinds of stories please don't attempt to read this.
SUMMARY: Rukawa is in love with Mitsui but his ego kept denying it, until one fateful night that would make a bond they thought could never happen.
DISCLAIMER: SD is not mine. If it was then I wouldn't even sacrifice my sleeping hours just to get this done. All these fantasies of ours would've been in the TV series already and the blood bank might just get bankrupt from all the blood loss we'd cause.
A/N: This isn't my best work for this chapter but I have to finish it so I can already move on to the following chapters, IF I can still move on and write more on this… REVIEWS and criticisms totally appreciated!
And yeah, if ever I make another chapter, it would be posted probably in the last week of March or in the first week of April. I still have to study for our finals
P.S. Before I forget further, HOMOSEXUALITY is not an issue in the setting of this fic.
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Chapter 8Rukawa was quite skeptical when Mitsui just dragged him away from his flat towards his sempai's house.
"Where are we going?" Rukawa asked.
"To the Territories." Mitsui said with a bright smile. Rukawa's brow furrowed in confusion. Rukawa stopped walking. "Sempai."
"Hm?" Mitsui turned around to face his kouhai.
"My parents just died." Rukawa said plainly.
Mitsui didn't get the message clearly. So what?
He's still in the stage of mourning, sempai. What the hell do you think would be his reaction after being dragged away from his flat? Rejoice and be excited?
But instead of reasoning out, Mitsui smiled and took Rukawa's hand in his. "I know. That's why I'm taking you there."
Rukawa could only sigh in defeat as he was dragged. Fine.
Now they were standing in a sandy shore nearly five miles from Kanagawa and an hour and half past nine o' clock. And the beauty of what he was seeing struck Rukawa Kaede. The Territories as what his sempai said was truly remarkable.
"It's beautiful." Rukawa said as he stared at the vast view he was seeing. Both of them are currently standing on a sandy white shore. Miles away from civilization, miles away from pollution and miles away from man's wrath.
"It is." Mitsui agreed. "Come on, I'll tour you around."
Mitsui and Rukawa walked along the shore side by side, gentle waves brushing against their feet peacefully.
"You said this was your special place." Rukawa uttered without looking at his sempai. "Why did you brought me here?"
Hearing Rukawa's words made Mitsui smile. Why did he? He didn't even know. He just had the compulsion to bring his kouhai here. Instinctually, he would've been possessive about his Territories but his conscience tells him not to, so he decided to share it.
"Maybe because I can see you in me." Mitsui said realizing the truth in his words just then and there. "We walked the same path. Wonder why I didn't met you much earlier…"
Rukawa sensed the truth in what his sempai said. Why didn't we meet much earlier, sempai? Why? Rukawa stopped walking. He needed to face truth. He was sick of hiding and running away from it for the past decade.
Mitsui, who was busy looking for shell was already a few steps away before realizing that Rukawa stopped walking. He turned around and saw his kouhai stare at him and turned to look towards the horizon. "Rukawa?"
Rukawa closed his eyes as he listens to the waves brushing towards the shore, the birds flying above the ground and the warm wind slowly touching his face. He breathed slowly, trying to calm himself like he used to whenever he feels tense. He didn't usually do this before their games, even before they faced Kainan. But opening something that has been hidden for too long seems harder than running past an enemy on court.
Slowly Rukawa opened his eyes and opened his soul.
"Do you believe in God, sempai?" Rukawa asked solemly.
Mitsui was taken aback by the question. Of all the things Rukawa could consider, the test of faith it would be. "I do, why?"
"My father and his father believed so, too." Rukawa replied. "But, I think they don't believe in punishment."
Mitsui didn't reply. Was there a need to? He'd rather have the boy talk all the way.
"I am half Sicilian and half Japanese." Rukawa said bitterly. "A fact I never was proud of since I was born. My father is a Sicilian who flees here to Japan to hide for a crime he did. Here, he met my mother, Rukawa Saiyo. They met and fell in love and my mother gave birth to me."
"And I hated my father for that. I hated him for bringing me into this world. I hated him and his ancestral background. I hate being a Sicilian."
"Rukawa…"
"And now that my father's dead and his business left in the hand of his lawyer, I'm the… I'm the…." Rukawa was in the brink of madness in telling this, his hand rolling to a fist unconsciously from the pain it brings. He was about to utter the words when cold water suddenly came contact with him. Reflex made him close his eyes and protect his face with an arm. He quickly opened his eyes and saw Mitsui bending down in the water, laughing and scooping another handful towards him, which he quickly avoided.
Confusion was visibly printed on Rukawa's perfect face that only made Mitsui laugh more. Instead of scooping another handful, he instantly threw in a big kick on the water splashing more of it towards his kouhai who looked more puzzled and more beautiful with his raven locks dripping, partially covering his eyes.
"Semp— " Rukawa said but was abruptly cut short when another wave of water came clashing with him, resulting to his now half soaked clothes.
"Come on, Rukawa!" Mitsui called in the middle of laughing, "Already giving up the battle?"
Rukawa, who never turns down a challenge in his life, accepted the dare with a small grunt. He quickly distanced himself away from Mitsui and started throwing kicks with water towards his sempai.
Mitsui could only laugh more, enjoying what he was doing to his kouhai. He was already soaked in his clothes due to Rukawa's continuous kicking of water. "Too confident now, aren't we?"
"Hn." Rukawa answered while suppressing a small smile Mitsui barely noticed. But Mitsui's answer was what Rukawa didn't expect for a million of years. Still laughing cheerfully, Mitsui lunged towards him making Rukawa fall towards the water with a big splash, instantly bathing them both in cold summer water.
Rukawa's fall was unexpected, making him cringe from the impact of his fall. When he opened his eyes, all he could see was his sempai's face close to his. He just then realized that he was lying flat on his back against the sandy floor with his sempai above him, their faces lacking a decent distance.
"Sem…pai…" Rukawa stuttered while his cheeks started to burn.
Consciously, Mitsui brought his hand towards Rukawa's cheek touching it gently. Without taking off his eyes from the younger boy he spoke. "You know, you look more beautiful when your face isn't stained with tears."
Right then and there, Rukawa knew why his sempai suddenly cut his story short.
You got that correct, Rukawa Kaede. Sempai doesn't need to know about your past or anything. Nobody even needs to. So stop acting like a drama queen and get eon with your life! How are you going to live up to your infamous title? Being the Ice Prince and all?
"Do I?" Rukawa questioned, mischief hidden in his eyes.
Mitsui could only smile hearing the younger boy's query. He really doesn't end a war without a good fight, does he? Mitsui nodded in reply. "Yeah kiddo, you do."
TBC…
AN: Uhmm yeah… about Rukawa's past hehe I think that's the effect of indulging too much on the Godfather trilogy. And yeah, I've been drooling over Michael Corleone for the past what? I think seven hours since every movie runs at about three hours and thirty minutes. Hehehe… Al Pacino and James Caan are my kinda guys only as of this moment. XD Of course, I'm still loyal to my beloved sempai…
But! That past of him (no matter how out-of-place it may be) will serve as a purpose for the next chapter of their lives, which will be written, in the near yet absurdly far future. In other terms, soon enough to make you're your hairs turn gray… REVIEWS!