Chapter 4
Lost
((Daisuke's POV))
Itai! Hurts… When I got used to the pain, I thought about other things. Or, I tried to. What am I? I feel like something's missing. My hind leg hurts.
I opened my eyes and looked at the painful limb. There's something red coming out of me. It's what's causing the pain. I knew I had to get rid of it. After pondering for a while, I bent my head and licked the wound, wincing as the pain flared up. But it felt like I was helping, so it must be good, right?
((Satoshi's POV))
I was sad. I didn't really know why, but I was.
Half an hour later, I started functioning. I remembered what I had done. I went too fast. I shouldn't have done that. Gomen nassai, Niwa-kun.
I wonder where he is. Wait! If I'm here, then he must be gone! I have to find him!
I raced off, not caring that I was still in my boxers and the girls were staring at me. They could stare all they wanted; I had to find Niwa-kun!
It wasn't hard to follow his trail. The springs were a ways from town, as hot springs don't ever pop up in convenient locations. And a boy running through the woods without trying to hide was easy to trail.
I must have really scared him. He would never be this rash otherwise. But he reacted perfectly! What does he feel? Why the Hell did I have to do that? Shit!
Soon, I saw blood. A little ways later, was Niwa-kun. I froze. "Niwa-kun? Daijobu?"
He was sitting in the middle of the woods, licking a wounded leg as an animal would. What happened to him? He raised his head and gave me a deer-caught-in-the-headlights look; pure and unhidden fear. I lost what little hope I had held onto. It had been an dream, a fanciful illusion when he kissed back.
((Daisuke's POV))
I froze as I heard a strange language near me. I looked to where it had come from and froze. I was scared of him. No explanation, no reason, just fear. He was bad, like a wolf. And I was a deer, his prey.
All this emotion ran through my mind in the blink of an eye. I struggled up onto my legs (all four of them), and ran. He gave chase. Everything in me was screaming to get away, and I tried, but a sharp pang in my injured limb brought me down before I could get anywhere.
"Ah!"
I looked up at him, hoping that whatever he was going to do to me would end me quickly and at least somewhat painlessly. My breath was heavy with pain. My limb was hurting more, now. It was unbearable. I shut my eyes, held my breath, and waited for him to kill me.
((Satoshi's POV))
I didn't know what was wrong with him, but whatever it was, I didn't like it. I wrapped my arms around him, trying to reassure him. "It's alright. Everything will be okay." I said in soothing tones, over and over.
Finally, he relaxed into my arms. I looked at him. He was unconscious from blood loss. I looked at his right leg, which was still bleeding freely. Perhaps if he hadn't been licking it, he would have been okay, but it looked infected now.
I wondered what was wrong with him. He wasn't too smart, but he wasn't stupid, either. This wasn't like him. And he would normally at least try not to show he was afraid. Did I really traumatize him that much?
((Daisuke's POV))
When I woke up, my hind leg still hurt, but I was more comfortable on the whole. I opened my eyes. White. The sky was falling! The clouds were almost close enough to touch!
"Ah!" I screamed. I felt someone touch my front leg. I looked in that direction. It was the one that I was scared of. But he didn't seem to want to hurt me. Why had I been so scared?
He had hair like the sky on a clear winter's day, and eyes like mountain brooks in the first days of Spring. His skin was almost white, but not quite.
"Ohayo, Niwa-kun." he said gently. "Are you feeling better, now?"
I blinked twice and tilted my head. I sort of understood him, but not really. One thing was clear though: He was worried about me. I decided that he was a friend, though a voice in the back of my mind warned me that it wasn't a good idea. I didn't want him to worry about me, so I smiled.
((Satoshi's POV))
He looked confused, then smiled. He didn't seem to want to talk to me. But the act was good. If he had talked to me, I would have believed that I was forgiven. He laid there and held my hand. Even though I was there to comfort him, it felt more like he was comforting me.
"Who this?" he said two simple words, but they were terrible. He was gone. Only a shell, a body with no memory was left. I felt tears well up in my eyes, but blinked them back quickly. Even without his memory, I didn't want him to see me cry. Well, I didn't really know if he wanted to know about himself or me, so I told him about both of us.
I pointed at him. "Daisuke." I said, knowing that I was treating him childishly, but also knowing that that was the only way he would understand me. Then I pointed at myself. "Satoshi."
He tried to repeat me. He pointed at me. "Sa…to…si." He smiled. "Satosi!" Even though he didn't quite have it right, he was so proud of himself I had to smile. He pointed to himself. "Dai…ski?" I blushed brightly and looked down. He looked down and moaned. He could read my moods like a book, and then imitate them. It was probably because he didn't know what he should be feeling.
But that didn't change that his moans could always get right into me. It was God's cruel little joke, that all the girls in the school spent their lives trying to get me, but he had me wrapped around his fingers without even knowing what he was doing to me.
"No, it's good." I said reassuringly. He smiled. Damn! He was just too cute! If I didn't know better, I would think he was teasing me. Damn those beautiful lips, those feminine thighs! Damn the way he's so innocent yet so sensual at the same time! And most of all, damn the way that he's always so vulnerable!
I needed to get away from him before I was driven to try something like last time. I spent so much time trying to protect him, but after all that, I couldn't protect him from myself. I got up.
"I'm leaving." I said coldly. I walked away and opened the door. I was about to shut the door behind me, when I felt a hand on my wrist. I turned to see Daisuke, staring up at me with wide eyes.
"Me too?" he said slowly, trying the words. I was won over instantly. I hid a smile. "Fine. We're going to the hot springs, and you're not going to bother me."
I headed to our room with Daisuke following me like an obedient puppy. Oh what I wouldn't do to make him my bitch…I shook my head to dispel such thoughts. I couldn't think like that! He was depending on me to take care of him until his memory came back. When we arrived at the room, I threw him his swimming trunks. He tilted his head and stared at them. "What this?" Oh shit! He doesn't remember anything!
I walked up to him. I took a deep breath. "You can't go into the water wearing that, you have to wear these instead. You have to take off that and put on this instead. He blinked, then pulled down his boxers right there. It was very arousing to see him strip in front of me. He looked at me and blinked. I handed him the swimming trunks.
He took them and looked at them for a while before I got fed up. I took the swimming trunks. "Lift your leg." I said. He did, and a put the swimming trunks on him. It was the last thing I should have been doing, and it was terrible to be less than an inch from touching his thighs without doing so. I avoided contact at all costs.
He looked at me, puzzled, but followed along. When he was ready, I looked for my own swimming trunks. I found them, and decided that, to make it seem like he hadn't done anything wrong, I would change in front of him, too.
I removed my shirt first, then my jeans, and finally my boxers. Daisuke watched with mild curiosity. I put on my swimming trunks. I was blushing madly. I walked past him to get the towels, when he stopped me.
I looked at him, puzzled. He reached up and turned me towards him. My face must have matched his hair, I was blushing so deeply. He leaned up and opened his mouth. My heart was going a mile a minute.
Cliffie!
Satoshi isn't the only one I torture! You, my precious reviewers, get it, too. Of course, I will be inspired to write faster if you leave me reviews!
monchi Things will get better for Satoshi, I assure you. Just not yet. . About Dark, think about it. He's a pervert at a hot springs resort. What do you think he'll do?
darkest moon Here it is. And I promise, Satoshi will continue to be teased. Whether he likes it isn't part of the question.
Everyone says 'Poor Satoshi.' Well, that's not about to change. I'm sure he appreciates your pity, though.
Once again, the next chapter isn't coming out until I get reviews. And it will take longer anyway, because the next chapter isn't written yet.