NOTES::
YaoiKitty: I'm glad the cuteness of the last chapter made your day better!! It made mine better…especially when I was writing while eating cheese…YAY YOU STARTED YOUR CHAPTER!! WAYTOGO!! Can't wait to read more of that…
Myca: Thanks! Yes, I assumed that it was the first time ever that Yi-Che has been in a fanfics! XD Maybe not…but you get the idea…you can see Gackt's poofy hair at Gackt.us or go to the Gakuhai livejournal (username Gakuhai…duh!!)…Oh great, now that's gonna randomly pop into my mind when I'm taking a Biology test…Number 34. Name the four types of Punnett Squares—(my mind) Hm…Gackt in leather underwear…NOWAIT. I'M TAKING A TEST!! And I completely made that question up…I don't think there are four types of Punnett squares…
And I wrote the beginning of this during history…which is boring…my teacher is so oblivious…
And then I heard, while in Kohl's, the song I used in the final chapter of Dakishimete by Stevie Wonder and I was all happy and thinking of my fic…and then they interrupted it with an announcement and I almost started screaming at the speaker…but that's just me…
I've reread my fic so many times and I find that…I write hilarious things that aren't meant to actually be hilarious…maybe that's just me…but Kristal said that she gets them too, so I don't know...
Chapter Six: Trouble in Paradise
A few hours later, Kei and Sho actually emerged from Osaka's with their spirits high. Kei's romantic evening was finally coming true and both of them were enjoying every moment of it. Sho wrapped his trench coat around him tightly, reminding Kei of his dream. To their surprise, or at least Kei's surprise, it was beginning to snow lightly. "Cold?" he asked, a smile on his face. It felt like his dream…but this was real. It was actually happening.
Sho wrapped his arm around Kei's and leaned his head on Kei's shoulder. "Not anymore," he replied, making Kei's smile broaden. He sighed. "It's so pretty out here."
"And peaceful." Kei added. They continued to wander around slowly, talking every once in a while, but not having any thorough conversations. It was far too perfect of a moment for words.
"Let's go to the park," Sho mumbled, starting to become drowsy.
"Just don't fall asleep on me. I could never carry you home!" Kei replied, making Sho laugh.
Once again she steals away
Then she reaches out to kiss me
And how she takes my breath away
Pretending that she don't miss me
"I won't."
"I don't believe you."
"Are you making fun of me?" Sho asked, lifting his head off of Kei's shoulder to stare at Kei. Although his cerulean eyes penetrated Kei's train of thought, he was far too used to it by now.
"Don't try to hypnotize me with that gaze, Sho," Kei said as they slowly entered the park. "I've proved that it's useless on me many years ago."
"Oh fine…" Sho said, giving up. His gaze turned to a finished mural. As they stopped to stare at it, Kei began to talk.
"In my dream, Yi-Che was still finishing it when we walked through." He said.
"Yi-Che? How do you know her?" Sho asked, staring again at Kei.
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
"You only mentioned her about six thousand times after I met you…and you complained about her brother, Son. But you seemed to have a bit of a crush on her…"
"I DID NOT!!!" Sho said, blushing slightly, trying to remember. Kei grinned, realizing he had hit a sore spot in Sho's mind, even though he hadn't meant it. "I really don't try to think about being at that damn orphanage…I was only there for about a year…and it sucked. I remember passing by here last week and they were having a private ceremony to unveil it…" They moved on past the mural and onto a bench that was somewhat close to where they had sat in Kei's dream, although this one was under a willow tree, which concealed them in darkness. As they got themselves comfortable, Sho once again leaned his head on Kei's shoulder. Kei wrapped a warming arm around Sho.
"I just remembered something I wanted to tell you," Kei said suddenly, breaking the peaceful silence. A few people were entering the park, Kei couldn't tell who. "I wanted to thank you for making up that excuse to Kurisutina that I couldn't get you."
"You're welcome," Sho said, pressing himself closer to Kei. His head was now resting in the crook of Kei's neck. "I knew that you couldn't make it, but I knew you'd try, even though you'd be risking your life."
"And that's how much I love you, Sho-chan," Kei replied, kissing the top of Sho's head. "I would risk my life just to get you checked out of the hospital." Sho laughed lightly. As he looked out into the park, he realized who the people were…
"Holy shit…" Sho whispered. "Kei—look!!" And so Kei did. As he looked, he froze…
And once again she calls to me
Then she vanishes in thin air
And how she takes my breath away (breath away)
Pretending that she's not there
"The Cantonese bastards…" Kei replied quietly. "But one of them isn't—oh my god…"
"Toshi…" Sho barely managed to breathe. His breath was coming in short gasps every five seconds, Kei counted.
"How'd they—how the hell did they find him…or even know it was him drugging the pizzas…" Kei thought out loud.
"What can we do?!" Sho whispered. Kei glanced at him, giving him one of those looks. "Right…" Sho said, his breathing starting to become normal once more. Slowly reaching down into his trench coat, he pulled out two loaded guns and handed one to Kei. Kei took it immediately, but began to listen to the conversation…
"…Where are they?" the tall man asked Toshi.
"I told you fucking bastards, I don't know!!" Toshi replied wrathfully. One of the men hit him hard on the back of the head.
"You goddamn know he's lying!!" the man said, kicking Toshi. Kei could hear Toshi grunt in pain, which made Sho flinch.
"You're the one who sells the drugged pizzas and we know it!" a different man said. Sho muttered, "Chan…" "Now, where are your business partners?! The stupid childish one—" Kei distinctly heard a hiss from Sho. "—and the other one that never gets hit!!"
"GO TO HELL!!" Toshi screamed, getting hit in the head with the end of a pistol.
"He's lying…he knows where they are…" the man repeated again.
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
"Where the hell are they?!" the man yelled again. Sho nodded to Kei.
"Who? Me?" Sho replied, stepping out of the shadows. He began shooting wildly, hitting only a few of Chan's men who fell over immediately. Kei stayed in the shadows, waiting for his cue. Sho stopped shooting after a moment, letting the deaths sink into Chan's mind. "What the hell do you want from me?" Sho asked, venom filling his words.
"Ah, the childish one!!" the tall man said in delight. Sho hissed at him angrily.
"You goddamn know it's an act, assholes!!" he replied angrily. As the men lifted their guns, Kei emerged, running at them and shooting wildly like Sho (except with more accuracy), killing them instantly. As he ran over to Toshi, Sho began to shoot, killing even more of the men.
Somebody's got to see this through
All the world is laughing at you
And somebody's got to sacrifice
If this whole thing's gonna turn out right
"Stay low, Toshi," Kei said over the noise of the bullets.
"I can't move, I'm tied up!!" Toshi replied, gesturing towards the ropes that bound his arms together. Kei sighed and cut him loose.
"I can't believe how many people Chan brings with him…" Sho said as the last one fell. "But the son of a bitch skipped away with someone else…his right-hand man…"
"Who, Son?" Toshi said, standing up, rubbing his wrists gingerly. There were deep red marks where the ropes had been. "Thanks," he said to Kei. "How I loathed him at the orphanage…"
"Tell me about it," Sho replied as they quickly exited the park.
"How'd you guys know I was there?" Toshi asked.
"We had a hunch," Kei replied. "And how'd they find you?"
"They called Happy Pizza and I wasn't there and the owner gave them my address…" Toshi replied, shaking slightly. He rubbed the back of his head, looking at his hand. "Wonderful. I'm going to bleed to death."
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Bleed to love her
"C'mon, Toshi," Sho said, urging him to walk faster. "We'll take you to Shinji's bar and fix you up…" He shot a glance at Kei, who was slowly walking behind them.
"You go ahead. I'll follow behind to make sure they aren't following us…" Kei lied. He knew that Sho figured out it was a lie. He gave Kei a look of deepest regret, mouthing 'I'm sorry' and urging Toshi on faster. As they disappeared around a corner, Kei stopped walking, leaning up against a tree.
Bleed to love her……
His perfect evening with Sho was ruined. It wasn't Toshi's fault, either. It was Chan and his men. All they wanted to do was to get rid of Sho and Kei and the town was theirs…they were just trying to scare them away. It wasn't going to work. Kei had only one thing to live for. The only way they would scare him to death would be if they killed…Kei stopped his frantic thoughts. He didn't even want to imagine if they knew his one weakness…Sho.
Sho was his weakness. Kei had always been strong before he had met Sho. Nothing could break him…no one could threaten him. Once he knew what Sho was capable of, his heart of stone crumbled and he found love…love that was only fleeting in his "lifetime". It pained Kei to think of what he would do after Sho died…he tried not to think about it, but it all came flooding back this evening…Sighing deeply, Kei continued on, beginning to run to Shinji's bar, hoping that no one had actually followed them……
……About a half-hour later, the four of them were seated in Shinji's bar, wondering what to do about the Cantonese.
"There's no way we can scare them away…" Toshi thought out loud.
"They're just trying to scare us," Kei said, thinking.
"The only one of us that has no weakness is you, Kei…" Shinji said. Kei looked at him, blushing slightly, although it was hidden by his hair.
"The sun…" Sho said, not looking at Kei, so he hadn't realized what Kei's actual weakness was.
One day you'll look to see I've gone,
For tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun.
"Right, right." Shinji replied. "But how can we stop them from trying to scare us?"
"There's no way I'm leaving Mallepa…it's the only place I have…" Toshi said sadly. His head had some bandages wrapped around it, blood already seeping through. His wrists were also bandaged up.
"The only thing we could do would be…kill Chan…and then Son…Son would take over after Chan dies…" Sho said, although everyone was reproachful about this suggestion.
"Don't you think that's a little difficult?" Kei asked.
"Kei…" Sho said, finally turning to face Kei. He tried to act as distant as he could towards Kei when they were around Shinji and Toshi. "We've done stuff like this before…how hard could it be?"
"Let's think…very. Because we can't use the drugged pizzas anymore…they know that's us doing that…" Kei replied. He wasn't blushing anymore, but thought that him and Sho were doing a good job of faking their distance in their relationship.
"So? There're other ways to do this!!" Sho spat at him, but Kei could see that he was aggravated and not actually mad at him.
"Can you think of any? I sure can't!!" Kei shot back.
"Let's see—" Sho began, angrily. "We could—"
"Can we just drop this for the night, please?!" Toshi said loudly, rubbing his bandaged head. "I've got a headache anyway…"
"Okay…" Kei and Sho said together quietly.
"I should be going anyway…make sure your doors are locked tight!!" Kei said, heading towards the door. Shinji just grimaced and headed into a back room. As Kei and Shinji disappeared, Sho stood up, making to leave.
"Sho," Toshi said, making Sho stop suddenly, holding the door halfway open.
"What?" he asked.
"You're in love with him, aren't you?" Toshi asked, referring to Kei.
And now the time has come so my love I must go,
And though I lose a friend in the end you will know, oh
"What?!" Sho said, trying to sound as though he thought Toshi was crazy.
"It all adds up, Sho…" he mumbled.
"Toshi, you're talking crazy," Sho replied, trying his best not to blush furiously and give away his cover. "You need sleep."
"No I don't. I'm thinking perfectly clear…" Toshi replied, beginning to slur his words.
"No, you aren't…you're slurring your words…" Sho replied, slamming the door shut. "Stay here for the night, let Shinji and his wife take care of you. You'll feel better in the morning…" Sho opened the door again.
"You're in love with him, I know it!!" Toshi called to Sho. Sho simply slammed the door shut behind him, taking off, running as fast as he could. He couldn't keep it up for long, his asthma was kicking in. Ahead of him, as he collapsed onto the pavement, he could see a familiar figure.
"Kei!!!" Sho called, coughing. Kei whipped around, his eyes widening. As fast as he could, he ran back to Sho, sinking to his knees next to the crumpled man.
"Are you alright??" Kei asked, supporting Sho as he tried to stand up.
"Kei—Toshi's onto us…" Sho said as they slowly began to walk.
"What?!" Kei said, shocked.
"Toshi's onto us…he stopped me from leaving…and asked me if I was in love with you…" Sho said, coughing.
"You didn't tell him, did you?"
"No…" Sho replied, his coughs lessening. "I told him he was acting crazy and he needed sleep…"
"That works…" Kei replied, thinking. "God, how can he know??"
"I don't know," Sho replied quietly, trying to hide his tears. reaching out for the doorknob. Kei led them both into the dark house, turning on a light switch. He helped Sho sit down on the couch. As he went to the fridge and began to rummage around, Sho began to talk.
One day you'll find that I have gone,
"Kei…you're weakness isn't the sun, is it?" Sho asked, thinking.
"Well, it is…but that's not my fault." Kei replied.
"What is?"
"You, Sho-chan." Kei replied, blushing furiously and he came and sat next to Sho on the couch.
Sho was silent. "…Why didn't I know…"
"You should have…I mean…I—I love you…you're the only person I've ever loved so much that I'd risk my life just to…just to bring them home from the hospital…" Kei said, blushing even more furiously. As Sho looked at him, he realized he had never seen Kei blush so much. "I figured you knew that you're my weakness…"
But tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun.
"I—I never thought, Kei-chan…" Sho replied, leaning over and kissing Kei's cheek. "I just assumed it was just love and that's all."
"It—it isn't…" Kei said quietly. He was wondering why he was acting the way he was. "I mean…I love you so much, Sho…wouldn't you think you'd be my only weakness besides the sun? It goes so much deeper…so much deeper than just 'love', Sho…you're my reason I live on…you give me a reason to live…I was suicidal before I met you…and that all ended when—when I knew that I loved you…"
"I don't think that deeply…" Sho replied, making Kei laugh.
"I know that…" Kei managed to say, trying to fight back the tears. However, it wasn't working. Tears began spilling down his face, but he didn't mind. He wiped a few of them away with the back of his hand, but it was useless. "God, I haven't cried like this is years…" he said, giving Sho a watery smile. Sho forced back a small smile, leaning forward and kissing away Kei's tears, making Kei laugh.
"How is that funny?" Sho asked, kissing Kei lightly.
One day you'll find that I have gone,
"I don't—know…" Kei hiccupped. Sho grinned, never before hearing Kei hiccup. Kei, ashamed of his feelings pouring out of him, buried his hands in his face. Sho felt horrible. Slowly, he wrapped his arms lovingly around Kei, pulling him into his warm embrace. A sob escaped from Kei's lips, making Sho tighten his embrace on Kei. He kissed the top of Kei's head, gently rocking them both back and forth. Minutes passed and the sobs slowly ceased.
As Kei looked up at Sho, Sho knew that Kei was pouring out years of bottled up emotions into Sho's warm embrace. His face was drenched in tears and his eyes were puffy. "Thank you," Kei whispered, smiling slowly.
"You're welcome, Kei-chan." Sho replied, leaning down and kissing Kei on the lips tenderly. "I'll always be here for you and I'll love you forever…" Kei's smile faded, hearing the word 'forever', but the thought was lost when Sho's soft voice broke through his thoughts. "You should never bottle up your emotions like that, Kei. It can be dangerous."
"I'm—not the type—who shows emotions—easily," Kei said softly through his deep breaths.
"I know," Sho replied quietly. Kei leaned upward and pressed his lips to Sho's softly, reminding himself of when they told each other their love…
When Sho finally pulled away, he looked down upon Kei's face and realized that the vampire had fallen asleep in his arms. His face was drenched in tears still, his eyes closed, his mouth slightly agape. He looked angelic just lying there in Sho's arms. "Kami-sama, your beautiful, Kei-chan," Sho whispered, brushing a strand of hair gently out of Kei's face. "I love you and nothing can stop me from loving you…Kei, I don't care if I die and you live, I love you, no matter what!!" Sho sighed, kissing Kei gently. Slowly he closed his eyes and slipped in to the dark abyss of sleep……
For tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun......
I was literally shaking when I wrote the Toshi part…it just suddenly hit me that I should do something so drastic…but I faked you all out…you thought I'd kill Toshi, didn't you!! I knew it!! :DDD
It's a sad cute scene…I was literally close to tears while writing it…but that's just me…now onto the extended version of ROTK!!!
(returns) Aw…I can't help but cry at the end of Return of the King…it's probably my favorite movie of all time…
Lyrics are Bleed to Love her by Fleetwood Mac…I gotta admit, a lot of these lyrics have been FM…I have no idea why…and I'll Follow the Sun by the Beatles…