NOTES:
Yaoikitty: Yeah, but Gackt wasn't naked in my dream...he was just kinda...there. Yes, you should feel bad for Kei in the last chapter. Feel bad for Sho at one point in this chapter. And yeah, I do the start/stop of smut in this one, too.
Essenity: Oh I HATED Health class. I had to take it last year! I'm glad I don't have to take it anymore. But that sounds amazing. I wish I could have been there. XD You would have probably seen me drooling (if anything would have actually happened.)
Fujipuri: Oh yes. He did say the little three-word sentence. They could get it on, but they won't. Not yet, at least. xD There's a hint. But if you were reading one of my fics and didn't think there would be smut, you are very strange indeed. xD;;
Tsuki: I think ficreaders/writers want them to get it on. xD I know I do. But they're both "Wtf. Does he love me?" so they're a little uneasy. I totally have nothing else to say to you because...I emailed you, so yeah.
Just...read the chapter. AND DON'T THROW ANYTHING ELSE AT ME!
Chapter Five
Two years later……
"Happy birthday, Sho." Kei said to Sho who had just walked into the kitchen. Sho rubbed his eyes vigorously and smiled at the vampire.
"Thanks, Kei." Sho replied, walking over and hugging Kei. "I see you made another cake for me…" Kei grinned and pressed his lips to Sho's.
"Isn't that our tradition?" Kei asked as Sho sat down on his lap.
"Ever since my sixteenth birthday."
"And it's now five years later and it's now a tradition." Kei told him. "And since you're twenty-one now, you should be all grown-up." Their quarrel that had happened two years before was still fresh in Kei's mind. On days when Sho would have to go to visit his friends, Sho's words still echoed in his mind—
Just because I'm nineteen doesn't mean I'm grown-up, Kei!
"I think I am…" Sho said, smiling at Kei. He wrapped his arms around Kei's neck and rested his head on Kei's shoulder. "I'm surprised we've kept our relationship a secret for this long. I was sure someone would find out."
"You're still worried that everyone will hate us, aren't you?" Kei asked him softly. Sho merely sighed. Kei wasn't surprised. Sho had been dodging the question for two years. They had kept their relationship a secret from Shinji, Toshi, Yi-Che, and Son, but Kei knew they would find out sooner or later. He just hoped that they wouldn't be mad at him or Sho. "If they hate us, we can just run away and live our lives away from them." He paused and added, "Well, you can live your life…I'll be stuck here…"
"Kei—don't say that!" Sho said angrily, sitting up and staring at Kei. "I hate it when you say that!"
"But it's true, Sho."
"But it doesn't have to be," Sho answered softly, leaning forward. "You can always make me like you, Kei-chan." He breathed on Kei's lips.
"Sho—"
"Shh." Sho interrupted him, pressing a finger to Kei's lips. "Please don't answer, Kei. Not yet."
"Sho—"
"Kei—what about my birthday kiss?" Sho smiled.
"You're so childish." Kei said with a smile.
"Mm hmm." Sho said, pushing Kei into a kiss. Kei pulled the man close and let his hands trail down Sho's bare chest.
"You never wear a shirt to bed, do you?" Kei asked him as they pulled away. Sho grinned.
"Nope." Sho replied, turning around on Kei's lap and picking up a knife to cut the cake with. Kei wrapped his arms around Sho's waist as the twenty-one year old cut himself a piece of cake.
"Cake so early in the morning?" Kei said, resting his head on Sho's shoulder, kissing his neck softly; Sho shuddered but nodded.
"Only your cake." He replied, taking a huge bite out of the rather large slice of cake. Kei shook his head, amused.
"Just please don't go all hyper on me, Sho."
"I'll try not to." Sho said through a mouthful of cake.
"And I'm not kissing you when your mouth is full of cake." Kei commented. Sho merely glared at him and swallowed.
"Do you think I'd ask you to?" Sho asked him, taking another bite of cake.
"Probably." Sho swallowed quickly.
"Jerk." Sho coughed.
"Now that's not nice, Sho-chan." Kei said, kissing Sho's cheek. "After all, I could easily kill you."
"Oh but you don't want to kill me, do you?"
"Maybe…"
"Kei!" Sho whined like a five year old, making Kei laugh.
"I don't want to kill you…" Kei said as he kissed Sho's shoulder. "I wouldn't mind doing other things to you…" He whispered, noticing Sho blush furiously out of the corner of his eye.
Sho changed the subject rather quickly. "Do we have anything planned for today?"
"Hmm…not that I know of. Shinji and Toshi said they might stop by, but that's all I know." Kei replied, closing his eyes. "I need to go to bed."
"Haven't you learned how to make the cake fast by now?" Sho asked him, turning around and licking his lips clear of any remaining frosting.
"Yes, but it still takes a long time for it to cook and cool down and then I have to make the frosting and then you told me you wanted sprinkles on it so—"
"Okay, okay." Sho interrupted, wrapping his arms around Kei. "So it took you the whole night…"
"Yeah. And I'm really tired." Kei yawned and let Sho scoop him into his arms.
"Shall I carry you to your room then?" Sho asked, standing up, Kei in his arms.
"Aren't you already?"
"…Yes." Sho replied, walking down the hallway to his room. When he entered his room, Kei sighed.
"This is your room, Sho." Kei commented as Sho laid him down on the bed and gently pulled the covers up to his shoulders.
"I know." Sho said, lying down on top of the covers next to Kei. "But you're absolutely freezing and my room is warmer than yours." He brushed Kei's hair away from his face and rested a hand on Kei's chest. "I'll be right here until you fall asleep." Kei smiled and closed his eyes.
"I'm glad we met, Sho…" Kei whispered with his eyes still closed. He snuggled closer to Sho and sighed. "You're the most important person in my life…" Sho smiled and kissed Kei's cheek softly.
"Go to sleep, Kei-chan…" Sho whispered, kissing Kei's forehead. "I'll watch over you, don't worry."
As Kei slowly slipped into a dream, he breathed, "I love you, Sho…"
"Kei, I—" But Kei had already fallen asleep. "I love you, too." Sho replied, knowing Kei wouldn't hear him. Slowly, he pressed his lips to Kei's. "As long as you love me, I don't need a birthday present." Sho whispered as he stood up. He walked out of his room and closed the door softly.
"…Wonder where Sho is…" a voice said from out in the kitchen. Sho grinned and walked towards the kitchen.
"Hey." Sho said as he walked into the kitchen. Shinji and Toshi were sitting at the kitchen table; as soon as they saw Sho, they grinned.
"Happy birthday!" They both said as he sat down.
"Thanks!" Sho replied with a smile.
"What were you doing?" Toshi asked him.
"Oh. Kei was tired so I helped him to bed." Sho said.
"He's still pretty weak?"
"Yeah. He said he might go feeding tonight." Sho answered.
"I'm surprised that he hasn't hurt you, Sho." Shinji said.
"Kei would never hurt me!" Sho told him.
"But that monster has a mind of its own." Shinji told him.
"He's not a monster." Sho said through clenched teeth. Toshi stared at him for a moment, wondering why Sho was sticking up for Kei, but he just shook his head.
"Why's he so tired besides not enough blood?" Toshi asked before a fight broke out between the brothers.
"He said he stayed up all night trying to finish the cake."
"Are you sure he wasn't trying to secretly feed off of your blood?" Shinji shot at him.
"Shinji!" Toshi snarled. "Don't be a moron!"
"I'm not; I'm just saying Sho shouldn't be sleeping when that monster is awake!"
"Nii-chan!" Sho said, hurt. He stared up at the ceiling, trying to conceal the tears in his eyes. Once he had calmed down and Toshi had yelled at Shinji long enough, Sho said quietly, "You don't like Kei, Nii-chan."
"I don't trust him with my little brother!" Shinji spat at him. "He could try to kill you!"
"He wouldn't do that!" Sho shot at Shinji.
"How would you know?"
"Because—" Sho couldn't say "Because he loves me". He knew Shinji would throw a fit. "Because I trust him. You should, too!"
"Why should I trust him!"
"Ever since I've lived with him, he hasn't hurt me. Not once. So why do you think he'd suddenly hurt me?"
"I—"
"You don't like him because he's not like us. He's…he's different and you think you're better than him."
"Sho—"
"You know I'm right. Why can you just leave Kei alone? He's never done anything bad to you, Shinji. He saved your life when I brought him home. He's never even hurt you! What do you have against him?"
"Well—"
"What do you have against him?" Sho repeated angrily.
"Why are you sticking up for him?"
"I TRUST HIM." Sho yelled. "WHY CAN"T YOU!" Shinji didn't say anything in response; he simply sat there and thought about what Sho was asking him.
"Sho?" Toshi said quietly.
"Do you trust Kei, Toshi?" Sho asked, turning to stare at his best friend.
"I've always trusted him, Sho. You know that!" Toshi replied. "I was just wondering if you wanted your birthday pizza."
"Let me guess. There's a 'special birthday surprise inside' and the special surprise is drugs so I'll pass out and you can rob me?" Sho said, smiling.
"Umm…no. It"s just a pizza."
"From Happy Pizza." Shinji remarked. "Which means you probably made it and you probably 'accidentally' put drugs in it."
Once the three friends had something to eat, tensions calmed down and they all enjoyed themselves. "How the hell did Kei not hear you screaming at me?" Shinji asked Sho. Sho shrugged.
"No idea. I think he can block out any sound he wants to?" Sho replied, sipping his can of Coke. He turned to Toshi. "Are you sure you didn't drug the pizzas?"
"Positive."
"They tasted kind of funny."
"They did." Shinji agreed.
"I did not drug them!" Toshi shot at the brothers, who were laughing. "Fine, then. I won't give you your present."
"PRESENT?" Sho exclaimed, his laughter stopping abruptly. "I'll be good!" Toshi smiled in triumph and went to go get his present. Shinji did the same, leaving Sho alone at the table. "Kei, I hope you did hear me sticking up for you." Sho whispered to himself.
Toshi and Shinji returned a few minutes later with one large present. "Ooooh. It"s so big!" Sho said as they sat the package down.
"Just open it." Toshi said. Sho opened it quickly and messily, gasping when he looked inside the box.
"Holy shit…" Sho said.
"It"s real, too." Shinji told him.
"How did you afford a sword!" Sho asked, pulling the sword out of the box and turning it over in his hands.
"It"s too long of a story." Toshi said. "Let's just say you've got it now."
"You stole it."
"No!" Toshi said. "Why do you think I steal everything?"
"Because you do." Shinji and Sho said at the same time, making Toshi laugh……
Shinji and Toshi left a few hours later once they had Sho's sword safely on a shelf in the family room. As they left, Sho sighed and looked at the clock on the wall, which said it was six in the evening.
"I see you had a lively day." A sleepy voice said from the hallway. Sho spun around to see Kei standing in the hallway still slightly asleep, smiling at him.
"Did you hear me yelling?"
"Barely." Kei replied, walking into Sho's outstretched arms and letting the man embrace him warmly. "I heard you stick up for me, Sho."
"You did?" Sho asked, hugging Kei tighter.
"Yes." Kei replied, looking up at Sho. "Thanks."
"You're welcome." Sho said.
"Would you like your real birthday kiss?" Kei asked him.
"Yes, please." Sho replied with a grin. Kei leaned upward and captured Sho's lips in a kiss. Kei pressed himself against Sho and ended up pushing their bodies onto the couch. Sho slid his tongue into Kei's mouth and let his hands wander underneath Kei's shirt. Kei wrapped his arms around Sho's waist and pushed his fingers underneath the waistline of Sho's pants, but didn't go any farther. The pair on the couch didn't notice Toshi standing in the open door, watching them with a shocked look on his face. Before they could noticed him, he closed the door and left, keeping what he had just seen a secret. He didn't want to tell Shinji. He didn't want Shinji to be pissed off at his best friend.
Kei pulled away slowly and looked at Sho, whose cheeks were flushed. "Now that is a birthday kiss." Sho told him, grinning. Kei laughed, tracing a finger down Sho's cheek.
"So did you have a nice birthday without me?" Kei asked Sho, his finger tracing underneath Sho's shirt.
"Not as nice as it could have been if I was with you." Sho replied, taking Kei's free hand and kissing it softly. "I miss you too much when you're sleeping." Kei blushed slightly, but Sho didn't notice.
"I thought you said that you were going to be by me the whole time I was asleep." Kei said, lifting Sho's shirt up slightly and kissing his stomach.
"Mmm—I never said that!" Sho said, trying to hide a moan of pleasure.
"I thought you did…" Kei said softly, his kisses trailing lower and lower.
"I thought I didn't." Sho replied, entwining his fingers in Kei's hair.
"Well, whatever you actually said, it doesn't matter. I had a good sleep." Kei said, dipping his tongue in and out of Sho's navel. "But I wish I would have been up."
"I'm almost glad you weren't. I was happy I could yell at Shinji."
"He really doesn't like me, does he?" Kei asked, sliding up the couch to lie down next to Sho. Sho just smiled.
"I'm not sure. I think I made him think."
"Good…what about Toshi?"
"He trusts you. He told me."
"So I guess I'm not hated by everyone…"
"No, you aren't." Sho told him, smiling warmly at Kei. "I hope my next birthday is better."
"It will be, Sho." Kei said. "It will be."
AOL Radio is my hero now. They finally made a JRock channel. And it's playing Porno Graffiti (Go Steady Go!) so yay And it says artists coming up and Gackt is totally up next. And I try to guess it and I scream when I get it right (which is every time xD). I've never actually heard Go Steady Go! before. But I love it. xD
And Klaha's gone missing. Mana's really worried. If any of you see him, please send him back here. Mana's ready to break any second. I'd feel bad if he wasn't annoying the crap out of me. Maybe I'll let him do the author notes for the next chapter. Yeah. I'll do that. xD So be prepared for randomness and good grammar and stuff. Because Mana's like that.
REVIEW PLEASE! AND DON'T THROW THINGS AT ME. IT'S NOT NICE. xD;; (jams to Money by Pink Floyd) (They're playing crap on the JRock channel)