Title: The Library

Fandom: Weiss Kreuz

Genre: Romance/General

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: Omi/Nagi

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Weiss Kreuz.

Status: chapter(s) 10/10

Summary: In which, Crawford announced the decision to join forces with Weiss and work for Kritiker. Manx confirmed the news. Aya and Crawford were seen kissing when Omi and Nagi came home from school. Nagi and Omi were relieved...

It was one week after the meeting at Starbucks between Aya and Crawford. Their discussion on the future prospect of their teams having a mission was rather short; it took less than fifteen minutes to reach an agreement and they eventually moved the conversation from the teams to their so-called relationship.

Omi arrived home from a flower delivery trip to find the Kritiker agent, Manx, standing in the middle of their mission room situated in the basement. Instinctively, Omi's eyes flickered to the clock hanging on the wall and frowned. He searched his mind for any possible situation that didn't involve a mission but had the agent coming over, but could find none. Giving up on the notion of figuring things out himself, he decided to cut straight to the point and ask Manx for the answer.

"Is there going to be a mission tonight?"

Manx looked puzzled for a moment, before realization set in. Shaking her head, she said, "No, it's not a mission. However, I do have some news..."

"News?" Omi echoed, bewildered.

"Yes, this might come as a shock, but after much consideration we have decided to accept Schwarz's proposal on the idea of merging Weiss with their group. Hence, from this day on, they will be part of Kritiker and are going to be your fellow team mates," Manx announced, checking for their reactions, her own feelings hidden.

The response was spontaneous, Yohji snorted, Ken gaped, Omi looked lost -– only Aya maintained a cool mask of expression. It wasn't until Manx cleared her throat and tapped her foot impatiently did they finally snap out of their trance-like states. During this period of time, the members of Schwarz had been ushered into the mission room but none of the members of Weiss paid them any attention.

However, before she could say anything more, Ken interrupted, "We're going to merge with Schwarz? But why?"

Manx sighed, "I'll let Crawford explain his reasons later. Now can I continue? I want to get this over and done with, I'm really short on time now."

"Do continue..." Yohji interjected, holding Ken as he tried to get the latter to calm down.

Meanwhile, the members of Schwarz were eyeing their reactions amusedly, except for Nagi and Farfello. Farfello had been sedated and left alone to play with his knives away from the Weiss. In the meantime, Nagi had settled himself comfortably next to Omi and listened to Manx's further announcement.

"Right, the two group will be merged as one effective today. Each time there is a mission, it will be optional for the members. A member has the right to choose not to do it, and in turn, someone else from the group will have to replace that person who has withdrawn. It would be best to keep four members involved; as for who will be doing what duties, I'll leave it entirely up to you people to settle among yourselves." Manx paused to allow them some time to absorb this new information.

"Also, whether or not will you guys be living together and doing what type of jobs as a cover-up is something I'll leave it up to you people again, as long as you drop me a notice when it has been settled. Taking into account that Weiss and Schwarz were originally two different groups, we'll keep both leaders in the group -- partly to avoid conflict, and also partly to encourage teamwork in the newly formed group. Well... that's all to this issue. I'll leave you guys to your own discussions," Manx said, as she turned towards the exit with a flip of her long red hair.

Yohji walked Manx to the back door of Koneko Flower Shop, while Schudich was ordered to keep an eye out on Farfello. Crawford and Aya discussed the various issues that would need to be addressed. In the meantime, the two youngest members decided to brainstorm for ideas for their upcoming group project and were in the middle of a discussion. Ken headed upstairs to do the laundry and probably to clear his mind; the news of Weiss merging with Schwarz seemed to have the most impact on him.

Yet, Ken also realized it was probably the best solution for both Omi and Nagi, especially when their relationship was blooming. His face blushed scarlet as the memory of him walking in on the two boys' kissing session flooded through his mind. Shaking his head forcefully, he tried to rid himself of that recollection and focused on the task at hand instead. However, nothing could have prepared him for the sights he was about to witness over the next few weeks.

Two weeks had passed since Manx dropped the bombshell of their merging. Ken was still feeling awkward, as the members of Weiss had agreed on moving into the Schwarz penthouse -- only after considering Farfello's mental stability, of course. There's no way they could have transformed the rooms of the Koneko Flower Shop into a cell-type of room for Farfello on the latter's bad days, and so, the only wise solution was to use the current one over at the penthouse. However, Weiss still kept on with their cover as florists by opening up the Koneko in the morning. It was only at night that they returned to the penthouse for rest.

Despite the fact that it had already been weeks since their union, and at least a week since Ken and the rest of the members of Weiss had moved in with the Schwarz, he was still feeling uncomfortable. The fact that he'd nearly walked in on the two young boys kissing was bad enough, but he now had to endure Yohji and Schudich's moans of ecstasy at night. This was because he had his room next to Yohji. The only source of comfort was that Nagi occupied the room opposite him, making him felt better. He would have had a nervous breakdown if he were to open up the door every morning and find himself facing their second official leader, Crawford, or that Irishman, Farfello.

Yet, nothing could have prepared him to witness such a sight later. Crawford was kissing his leader, Aya, openly in the kitchen while the latter was trying to make breakfast for them. How Ken wished that he just die there and then, or probably dig a hole and hide in it until the two leaders stopped their public show of affection. He would have stomached it better if it had been Schudich and Yohji, since they were the ones with reputations of being playboys, but the sight of his two leaders kissing was anything but normal in a sense. He'd always thought them to be cold-blooded assassins; who knew they could kissed with such passion?

Ken was jerked out of his reverie when he felt someone walking into him; he turned around to find the two youngest members staring at Crawford and Aya with unreadable expressions. Omi was caught between amusement and surprise, while Nagi was more of embarrassment and shock. However, Ken wasn't able to tell Nagi's reaction as accurately as he could do with Omi. After all, despite being around Nagi for some time, he was still having problems with reading the younger boy. It was probably due to the young boy's tendency to mask emotions under all kinds of situations.

As if sensing that they had an audience, Crawford finally released Aya from their bruising kiss. Turning around and eyeing all three of them with a raise of an eyebrow, the latter greeted them, 'Good Morning'.

Neither of the young boys spoke. They merely nodded in silent acknowledgement. It wasn't until Aya left the kitchen for the bathroom and Crawford was anywhere but in sight that the two boys erupted into laughter. They laughed so hard that they nearly knocked their heads on the table. Ken ogled at them for some time before breaking into laughter himself -- as much as he hated to admit, but it was indeed hilarious. Who would have thought it? The two leaders weren't so cold after all...

/Looks like the merge between Weiss and Schwarz might have worked out after all.../ Ken thought, before biting into his toast.

There was a snort, before he heard a nasal voice say behind him, "Of course, it would work... Why else do you think Crawford would suggest something like that? He has the gift of precognition, he must have seen it in his visions..."

Ken groaned out loud. How could he have forgotten that they had a telepath living under the same roof as them! His groan seemed to cause the two youngest members to break into laughter again, for the second time in a row.

The rest of the day passed by eventfully. Nothing much happened, unless you counted the number of times Schudich tried to irritate Ken by prying into his mind.

Nagi and Omi shared a smile, before turning their attention back to their assignments again.

Owari

Date started: 11/09/05

Date completed: 11/09/05