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And now that I'm done rambling...
Blossoms
By: Der Träumer
pt.4 "Misinterpretations"
Kiri knocked on Souji's door.
Souji answered the door. "Hi Kiri," he sounded exasperated.
"Can I come in?"
"No."
Kiri pouted and her ears drooped. "How come?"
"It's late."
"It's eight."
"Well…I need to wake up early tomorrow, so I have to get to bed," he lied. He wasn't about to admit to Kiri that he was starting to feel…peculiar when he was around her.
"Souji, you never…"
He cut her off and tried just being blunt. "Kiri, just go home."
Kiri'd never looked more rejected. Her ears, which were already drooping, drooped further, and her eyes dimmed to near gray.
Souji fumbled for a way to apologize without actually apologizing, but Kiri was already gone.
XxXxX
Kiri was almost home when the blow to the back of her knee sent her sprawling. A hand roughly grabbed the back of her shirt and slammed her into a tree.
Kiri yelped, black spots dancing across her vision, and when they faded she was staring into Riesho's narrowed eyes.
"R…Riesho," she stammered, "What's a matter?"
"Stay away from Souji," he snarled. Riesho's hand was now clamped over Kiri's throat.
"W...why?" she gasped.
"I don't want couples among the Shinobe!" He slammed her head against the tree for emphasis.
Kiri let out a strangled yelp. "Why do you care?"
"The insolence!" Riesho threw her aside.
Kiri tried to catch her footing, but failed and twisted her ankle, sending her to the ground.
Riesho stalked toward her. "It doesn't matter why I care! It matters that I said so!" He raised his hand to slap her.
"Riesho, wha' the hell is goin' on here?"
Riesho spun around. Jin stood there, his eyes narrowed and his mouth set in a frown (an otherwise very un-Jinly expression).
"Jin…uh…nothing." Of the Shinobe, Jin was the only member that Riesho cringed before.
"Tha's what I thought." Jin's expression softened as soon as Riesho was gone. "Ya okay?" he offered Kiri his hand.
She took it, but stumbled on her twisted ankle.
"I gotcha'," Jin caught Kiri in his arms to carry her home.
He set Kiri down on her doorstep. "Ya sure ya okay?" he asked, looking down at the small flora master.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said quickly.
Jin suddenly wrapped his arms around her. "Kiri, if tha' stupid baka tries ta hurt ye again, ya just tell me, 'kay?"
XxXxX
Touya had expected Kiri to come rushing over to ask how his "date" had gone, and when she didn't, he decided he should at least go over and thank her for Jin's etiquette lessons.
When Touya opened his door, the first thing he saw was the last thing he expected.
Kiri was wrapped in Jin's - his Jin's - embrace. Pain, hate, betrayal, and sadness overwhelmed him all at once. How could Kiri do this to him? He went inside to wallow in his anguish.
XxXxX
With a frustrated sigh Souji slammed his fist into the couch cushion. He did like Kiri! Despite Riesho's threats, despite how he tried to push her away, he couldn't deny his feelings for the wolf-eared demoness.
And he had just rather harshly told her to go home. God, he had to apologize to her.
He ran out the door, forgetting his shoes and shirt, only in his black cargo pants.
He stopped dead when he saw Kiri in Jin's arms. No, he thought, No, dammit, I pushed her too hard. I tried to hard to push her away, and now she's lost to me. Souji walked home solemnly, all the while berating himself.
His last thought before his tears dried up and he fell asleep was Damn Riesho!
XxXxX
Kiri sat down on the couch and kicked her shoes off, all the while thinking about Riesho's words.
Stay away from Souji.
I don't want couples in the Shinobe.
Surely he knew about what she was doing for Touya. If his goal was to prevent couples in the Shinobe, why not tell her to stop that too?
Ha ha, cliffhanger. Grrrr, i wrote that chapter a while ago and just got to posting it, so it doesn't seem as good as it did when i first wrote it. Anyway, hope you liked it.
Der Traumer
