Torture Chamber
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Chapter 14: Red Lights
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K felt like shutting the box and throwing himself out of the carriage as the silence dragged on. The horses hooves and quiet talk around them dimmed, leaving only the two blond men.
Yuki stared at the ring, mouth hanging open a slight bit. That had certainly been unexpected. A second before, he'd been listening to a cabby screech at another car, but all the other sounds seemed to have gone.
"This isn't…" Yuki started, finally looking up at K's eyes. "Because of my family, is it?"
"No." K shook his head. "This is because I love you and…" He sighed, setting the box down again and taking one of Yuki's hands. "I was thinking, on the drive to Kyoto. I tried to remember how like was with Judy or without you…" K shrugged a bit awkwardly, he wasn't used to expressing his feelings so much. "I couldn't do it. I started thinking about you again. I don't think I can live without you, love."
A fuzzy feeling, just like those mentioned in some (few) of his books), warmed Yuki's mind and turned it to slush. After all the dialogue had sunk in, Yuki let go of K's hand and brushed it over the other man's cheek. "I love you too, and yes I will." He pulled K's face down, placing a feather-light kiss on his lips.
K's eyes shut and he felt like he was going to die.
Yuki was going to marry him. It didn't matter when (though he'd prefer soon), and it didn't matter where, because Yuki had agreed to marry him.
Placing another kiss on K's lips, Yuki smiled a little bit. He touched their temples together, pressing their noses together as well. "You know what?"
"What?" K asked, pulling Yuki closer. The ring lay nearly forgotten between them, glinting in the light from the lamps overhead.
"You're twice as cute when you're shy," Yuki teased, a large smile growing across his face.
Rolling his eyes, K couldn't help but smile. "Can I put the ring on you now?"
"Oh, right." Yuki said, looking down at the ring box. He'd nearly forgotten about that little circle of gold.
K picked up the box, pulling the ring from its velvet perch. Taking Yuki's hand, he slipped it onto the proper finger. It fit perfectly, just as K knew it would. After all, he'd taken one of the author's rings to get the right size.
As he stared at the ring, Yuki thought of what it meant. He and K would be married, legally binding and all that. "How does it look?" He asked, wiggling his fingers in front of K's face.
"Perfect." K reached up and caught Yuki's hand. He kissed the finger with the ring. "How does it feel?"
Yuki watched K kiss his finger, a half amused and half happy expression on his face. "Heavy, but I'll get used to it. I'll probably look at it every day and wonder who in their right mind would marry me."
K grinned. "Who said I was in my right mind, love?"
"Certainly wasn't me." Yuki said, "But you haven't shot anyone in over a day. I'm getting a bit concerned."
Sighing in mock despair, K forced a pout. "I know. I think I'm going through withdrawals. Maybe I should shoot that cabby that drives by everyday. He's been eyeing you."
"Everyone eyes me." Yuki said with a sigh. "It's not their fault. I'm so sexy, can you really blame them?"
"No, but I can shoot them."
Yuki chuckled, taking K's hand. "does that mean I can shoot whoever eyes you?"
K smiled, lacing their fingers. "I don't see why not." They passed the dark carousel and the baseball fields. The end of the park was approaching, and the noises around them were beginning to rise again. Cars honked in the distance, music from hidden speakers boomed, and the ever-present sound of voices loomed around the last corner of trees.
The driver of their carriage dropped them off in the same place where he'd picked them up. With a tip of his hat, he congratulated them before leaving.
Yuki hadn't let go of K's hand for a long while. He leaned up, kissing K's chin where he could reach without yanking him down. "Love you."
"Love you too." K leaned down, catching Yuki's lips with his own.
Pressing against K's lips, Yuki's mouth parted easily. He ran a hand over the front of his fiancé's shirt.
A small noise found it's way past K's barriers, and he deepened the kiss. Mm…His Yuki. He'd have to take him back to the apartment soon, give him a proper reward.
Groaning softly, Yuki slipped his other hand over to hold onto the back of K's neck. The one with gold wrapped around his ring finger. He'd have to get K a ring so everyone else would know that he was Yuki's and completely off limits. Or he would he would have to shoot them.
…Wow, K was really rubbing off on him!
Pulling back from Yuki with a reluctant sigh, K slipped an arm around the other man's waist.
Yuki nodded, raising a hand to hail one. When a cab stopped, he smiled before opening the door.
What was going to happen when the reporters caught sight of the ring on his finger? How much longer before he and K were spotted together and splashed all over the cover of Tokyo Times?
He slid into the seat, still smiling. Who the fuck cared about the press? As long as he was happy and K was happy, he didn't.
K gave the cabby his address, settling back with Yuki. The cab started, slipping into traffic with ease. The person behind them honked, angry about being cut off.
The music that the driver was playing was upbeat and happy, and K sat in the happy stunned silence of one whose like had just changed in the best way possible.
And then the cars smashed into each other with the angry screeching of metal on metal and peeling tires. K threw himself on top of Yuki, protecting the baby and his fiancé the only things on his mind.
Glass rained down on his back as the rearview mirror caved and shattered, and a startled cry of pain escaped him as something hard and sharp sliced through his shirt and into the toned muscle of his shoulder.
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The angry red lights of the ambulance screamed as they raced through the streets. Late-night pedestrians looked on, used to the sounds and lights. One passed by daily, so it wasn't important. If it was, it would be on the morning news and they would find out then.
As the paramedics raced out of the car to behold the horrific crash. Several cars and taxis were crushed together. Other rescue teams were using the Jaws of Life to free victims.
The nearest taxi looked to contain three people. When the Jaws had freed the driver, one paramedic rushed to check for any signs of life. No luck. His head had gone through the windshield.
Upon getting the other two out, they discovered them to be two men. The paramedic who had gone to that car's eyes widened. Fuck! One was pregnant, but both were alive. He called to others to help him out, carefully taking them from the crunched metal. The taller one had taken a jagged piece into his shoulder, thankfully missing his stomach organs. The other one…they couldn't be too sure of.
The three men placed both on stretchers, taking them away in two ambulances while more came their way. With speed, they could save the man and his baby. As one man strapped an oxygen mask to the shorter man's mouth, he kept a straight neutral face. He had a baby at home. As his eyes fixed on the monitor, he said a silent prayer.
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When K woke, it was to hushed, worried voices. He didn't know where he was, but he could tell he was moving. All he could see was a curved wall and dark flashes from what he could only assume were windows.
His back and head ached, and it wasn't a dull throb he could live with. Both pounded and stabbed as whatever he was riding in hit a bump, and he tried to roll over to see where he was.
The reaction was immediate.
Pain spiked, voices stopped and he groaned.
Fucker! That had hurt!
"Don't try to more." Someone said from above him. "You've been in a car crash, coming out of Central Park. You're on the way to the hospital."
K frowned as much as he cold. Car crash? Central Park?
It clicked into place, and he tried to push himself up. Straps held him down and his left arm gave out after a second of strain.
"Where's…Yuki…?" He managed, shutting his eyes against the pain.
"Yuki?" The voice was confused.
"Blond…sexy, pregnant…"
"Oh…" The voice saddened, and K inwardly screamed. Bad sign! "He's in another ambulance."
"Condition?" K croaked, throat tight.
The voice came reluctantly. "Condition unknown."
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TBC
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Suqua says: Ooo. Even worse than last time. Ooooooo. No killing us allowed.
Okay. I promised, I know.
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