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Chapter 3

Garfacksy shifted in his bed and inhaled deeply. Spiky hair tickled his nose as Nohiro shifted as well, and Garfakcsy moved his hand up Nohiro's back.......Both sets of eyes opened widely in shock. Garfakcsy had never had a heart attack before, but at that moment, he was sure that he came awfully close, while Nohiro felt as if his head was just slammed against a brick wall. Immediately, they took their hands off each other, and pushed away. They were disturbed to find that their legs were intertwined w/ each other and there was slight stickiness all over. After kicking each other like stupid idiots, to get their legs untangled, they then moved to either side of the bed, w/out thinking of getting off.

"Will you quit trying to rape me!!!" shouted Nohiro.

"Rape YOU?! Yeah right! Like I'd wanna get your disease!"

"I have no disease!"

"Of course you do! The disease of weakness and stupidity!"

"Oh go jack off!"

"Too late, already did it on you, it looks like!"

They both turned a crimson color, and they turned around so not to face each other, after that statement. Still the obvious thought of getting OFF the beddo (yes the beddo) didn't even cross their minds. Just then, Nohiro saw Miyabi flutter her wings from a nearby chair, which she had been sleeping on. Garfakcsy turned his body over which, he hadn't noticed much, had brought his and Nohiro's together (basically he rolled over).

"Ahh, man," Miyabi said yawning, "thought I'd never get to sleep, they just kept --- OH HEY NOHIRO-SAMMA!!!!" After realizing that they were awake, she quickly turned her tired face into a happy, lively-cheery-fun-loving face, completely innocent.

Nohiro panicked for a moment, he was already embarrassed enough as it was.

"Miyabi," he said, "just, uh, go back to sleep and uh,"

He was cut off by Garfakcsy who said, "It's too late man, looks kind of obvious."

W/ that, Nohiro grabbed a chunk of Garfakcsy's hair and yanked it.

"Idiot! Now it really is obvious!!!" he yelled.

"Oh, no!" Miyabi said w/ a sweatdrop at her temple, "I-I don't know anything, nope! Didn't see anyone, didn't hear nobody! Ok, well I'm going to go bathe in a sink now, he, he he!!!" W/ that, she flew into the bathroom and w/ some effort, shut the door, to leave the two confused, and still naked, boys in the bed (ha! Add that one to weird quotes).

It was then, that Nohiro realized that he was still holding Garfakcsy/s hair, though no longer pulling it. He let it go, remembering that at one moment, he he'd ran his hands through that same hair w/ such pleasure. The memory just sort of popped in really randomly, and it made Nohiro looked at Garfakcsy, making their eyes meet again. There was a slight pause, then Nohiro looked away, his face turning red. Garfakcsy noted this, and brushed away the death glare he was giving him, and replaced it w/ a look of curiosity, as he tried to see the look on Nohiro's face. When Nohiro refused that, Garfakcsy did something not even he expected to do. He took hold of the boy's wrists, and forcefully pushed Nohiro down onto the bed, pinning him, w/ his hands at either side of his head. Nohiro didn't know how to react, so he just stared.

"You liked it, didn't you?" Garfakcsy said. Nohiro blinked, he was speechless at Garfakcsy's words and actions.

Garfakcsy waited for an answer. When he got none, he said "You weird little bastard, you DID like it!"

For some reason, Nohiro detected a little bit of amusement in his voice. He thought of what that could mean, and his face became even redder. His thoughts were quickly erased by Garfakcsy's next move.

His grip on Nohiro's wrists lightened, as he brought his face down so their lips lightly touched. Surprisingly, Nohiro didn't reject it, but instead, found himself leaning forward, making the kiss more intense, while Garfakcsy moved his hand off Nohiro's wrist, to lace his fingers w/ Nohiro's. This sadly didn't last long however, for they soon realized what they were doing and quickly pulled away. Garfakcsy, still holding him down, gave Nohiro such a look of confusion, it looked as though he was about to cry (and I could have made him too). This didn't last long either; for Garfakcsy changed his face back into his normal 'mad and tough' look. He then got off.

"Ya know, you don't look it, but you're very twisted, faerie boy." He said ignorantly, which reminded Nohiro of why he hated him so much.

"You're pretty twisted yourself." Nohiro said back, turning around to face the opposite direction again.

After things were all cleaned up, Nohiro wasted no time getting out of that place w/ Miyabi. They took off down one of the side roads that would eventually lead them to a wooded area. Nohiro, who had been sick of weird things happening at inns and bars, decided to stay in the woods. Miyabi, despite how much she wanted to protest, decided to give Nohiro a break. For a while, Miyabi thought that things were going back to being normal and boring, until,

"He's following us?!" Nohiro yelled in shock. The small faerie stopped and turned in Nohiro's direction to see Garfakcsy walking some distance behind them w/ his hands in his pockets and an annoyed look on his face.

"What the hell!!??" shouted Nohiro.

"Relax pretty boy," said Garfakcsy calmly, still walking, "I'm not doing this for any romantic kind of reason, but I'm afraid I must stalk you."

"......(eye twitch)....."

"Don't look at me that way! It's annoying! My master, lord Kharl, has taken an interest in you, and I got stuck w/ the babysitting. So, I thought since we kept, uh, meeting up, you'd get suspicious sooner or later, and I don't want you getting the wrong idea."

So, it was settled. The traveling twosome became a threesome, eh, not in that way, y'know. Despite how much he hated it, Nohiro didn't protest on Garfakcsy following along. It wouldn't have made a difference anyway, for even if Garfakcsy himself absolutely hated it, he'd follow Kharl's orders w/out hesitation.

"Why is that?" Nohiro asked out loud when they had stopped in the woods, and had a camp going. Garfakcsy looked over to him.

"Why what?" he asked annoyed.

Just, why do you insist on being so devoted to that alchemist? Even if it means that you must do things that you hate so much? Stalking me, for example." Nohiro said. "Well," he replied "I happen to find 'that alchemist' very smart, strong and my ideal leader. I'd do anything for him."

"Your opinion I guess," Nohiro said. That statement made a vein in Garfakcsy's head pop out, but he let Nohiro continue, "It just sounds like you're a slave, w/ no freedom."

Garfakcsy smirked, "That's what you think Lord Kharl let's me do many things, if they're in reason, and in any case, I may serve him, but it's something I freely choose to do."

Nohiro fell quiet after that. Meanwhile, from a safe distance away, sat the beaming alchemist. He'd heard their conversation, and if he could, he'd have run over to pat Garfakcsy on the head. But, he wanted to keep his cover, and just hoped that his presents would go unnoticed.

"Hey," Garfakcsy said standing up off the tree trunk he was leaning against to perk his head up and look around. Nohiro, who had been watching him from the corner of his eye, turned his head to fully look at him. Miyabi also perked up.

"Is it a demon?" Nohiro asked.

Garfakcsy nodded, and added," it's slight, but somehow, familiar. It's too far, I can't really tell."

Just then, Miyabi flew up to Nohiro's shoulder, and tugged on a piece of his hair.

"Don't listen to him Nohiro! He's probably just trying to catch you off guard!" she yelled, pointing an accusing finger at Garfakcsy.

"Whatever! I know a demon when I sense one!" he yelled back defensively.

"Well I didn't sense anything!" she said back.

"That's probably because your little faerie brain doesn't have that much capacity."

"Oooo, using big words for such a little man!"

"Hey, you're in no position to be calling me little..."

"OK!" Nohiro said breaking the verbal fight, "If there is a demon, we shouldn't be giving away our location by arguing."

Of course, they agreed w/ Nohiro, and fell silent. After no demon was seen, heard, or sensed, they relaxed again, still in silence. Miyabi looked from Nohiro to Garfakcsy, and decided things were getting way too quiet. So, she flew to Nohiro's backpack, and began looking through it, w/ the light of her faerie wings allowing her to see through the darkness. Nohiro, curiously moved over there too, to see what she was up to. As he came, Miyabi pulled out two cups, and 2 packets of milfy (don't know what that is exactly, but it sounds a lot like hot chocolate) and handed them to Nohiro.

"Put these near the fire." She ordered and Nohiro did, before he asked what she was doing.

W/ some trouble, she pulled out Nohiro's pajamas, and gave those to him too.

"Ok, put these on, while I make some milfy before bedtime!" she said happily, then added, giving a mean look at Garfakcsy, "and out of the goodness of my heart, I'm making you some too! So ya better drink it all for my hard work."

"Do what you want." Garfakcsy said. It was sort of chilly in the woods. Not that he minded though.

Nohiro watched and smiled as Miyabi grabbed a water bottle and poured it into the cups sitting very close to the fire. Nohiro then decided it was getting pretty late, and began taking off the cloth that he used for a belt, but then stopped. He could feel two eyes on him and looked up to see Garfakcsy staring at him. When Garfakcsy noticed this, his eyes slightly dilated, and his face turned a slight pink. Though this wasn't' noticed by the darkness that surrounded them and the yellow and red light from the fire didn't do much either. Garfakcsy then became very interested in the small twigs on the ground in front of him, and fixed his gaze upon that. Nohiro couldn't help but smile slightly. It was a stupid thing really, they were both guys after all, w/ the same body parts and all, it's not like it was anything he hadn't seen before..... Ok, well, considering everything that's happened, that took on a whole new meaning. It made Nohiro suddenly feel awkward and uncomfortable to be changing in front of him.

Soon, the milfy was ready. Miyabi surprisingly, did not burn herself.

"This is good, what did you do to it?" Nohiro asked after taking a long sip.

"Oh, just a little TLC into making it and some 'seasoning'." She said. Garfakcsy, who was in the middle of drinking, raised his eyebrow. He didn't like the way she said 'seasoning'. He glanced over at the two, who were pleasantly chatting. I'm just being paranoid, he thought to himself.

After a little while, Nohiro announced that he was going to sleep, and that Garfakcsy shouldn't disturb him for any sick sexual reasons he might have. This was then followed by Garfakcsy's empty milfy cup hitting Nohiro smack in the face, and Miyabi yelling at Garfakcsy repeatedly.

When things calmed down a bit, Garfakcsy sat in the light of the fire, w/ only the sound of sparks crackling and crickets chirping in the distance, which kept the forest from total silence. Garfakcsy's gaze shifted over to the two sleeping. Miyabi was curled up on Nohiro's backpack w/ a small cloth, being used as a blanket to cover her, while Nohiro was wrapped up in his sleeping bag. His mouth was slightly open, and Garfakcsy watched his chest rise and fall from under this sleeping bag. Garfakcsy turned back to the fire where he noticed that he wasn't seeing it right. It was just like a big blur. Then, a need to hold onto something soon followed, accompanied by thoughts of loneliness. He realized he'd felt this way before, the feeling of being very alone, disappointed, and empty. It was because he was, despite how much he hated it, a human, and had been putting off emotions he had for a long time. Nobody in Arinas could satisfy this, not even Kharl. The feeling of being needed.

(Kharl: WHAT!? I need him! Me: No, not in that way, in a different way! A more, emotional way, which could also be a physical way once ya look at it. Kharl:........ Me: he wants a significant other. Don't mind me, I'm half asleep. Kharl: Ooooo, I get ya! Me: just ta clear things up)

Garfakcsy couldn't take much more. He'd been thinking too hard, and about too many things all at once (stuff we'd rather not discuss cuz it'd take too long). It was making his head spin, and remember, he was very dizzy and confused to begin w/. Then, out of nowhere, he heard his name being called.

Nohiro had been dozing off, when he breathed in a bunch of heat from the fire (have you ever done that? It's weird). He opened his eyes and closed his mouth only to notice the stars and trees that covered some of them, were spinning rapidly. It hurt his eyes, so he closed them, only to figure out that his head was pounding, and a strange knot was forming in his stomach. He sat up still w/ closed eye. He had been planning to say something like, "I feel weird," or "someone get me some Advil" but nooooo, instead he breathed out "Garfakcsy". When he got no answer, he unzipped his sleeping bag slightly and started to turn, when someone pushed him down. Staring up at the face, his head began to clear, even though he didn't know what he was doing exactly, but he felt like he was in a blissful dream (only it was real).

The next morning ^_^ ...

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH"

It briefly went to a scene of the tops of trees, w/ birds flying away from the outburst of noise coming out of two very loud mouths.

"What are you doing in my sleeping bag???"

"What are you doing on top of me??"

"(Yawn) hey whaz all the noise...uh.."

"Miyabi, I can explain..."

"Like hell you can! Your faerie boy over here took advantage of me!" yelled Garfakcsy. Nohiro blushed slightly. It did sort of look that way. Nohiro was lying on top of Garfakcsy w/ his head resting right above the smaller one's belly, and w/ his hand resting on top of Garfakcsy's chest. This made Nohiro very disturbed as he though of what he might have done down there...........