Ken and I
By: Hentai Y. Slave
Genre: PG-13, shonen-ai, fluff, humor, AU
Pairing: implied RanXKen so far, will develop later (I hope)
Summary: Chp3! Companion fic to "Ran and I", done in Ran's POV. Follow Ran's thoughts on some of the events that happen in the daily lifes of Ran and Ken (AU, fluff, shonen-ai, RanXKen, Ran's POV)
Notes:
Author: OMG! (hugs precious paper in arms)
Ran: (wince) What?
Author: I've just discovered my draft for chp3! I totally forgot that I had made one! AHHHHHHHH. (happy glow)
Ran: ...
Disclaimer: (grumbles) I.DO.NOT.OWN.WEISS.KREUZ.OR.ANY.OF.ITS.CHARACTERS. Happy? But I do own this fic. Mwahahaha.
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Chapter 3: More soccer! Love rival? Bath!
Finally, I have finished my work at the flower shop. I head over to the soccer field near the playground (fond memories of picture taking there) where Ken is coaching soccer to a group of kids. He has been doing that for a few years ever since that day when he happened to walk pass that field. He got pestered by them to join them in their play and, impressed by his skills, they had asked him to be their coach. Now that Ken's school break has started (he passed his exams thankfully), they have requested more of his time. Can't blame them; Ken is irresistible.
By the time I reached the field, the practise has already ended and I spotted Ken sitting on a bench, packing his things into his bag. I approached him silently; he looked up and gave me a warm smile. I don't know how he does it, but he always recognise my presence and acknowledges it even though I'm fairly certain that I was quiet. It was like he felt me coming. I settled myself next to him as he bend down to put the soccer balls back into their nets. I was about to open my mouth to speak when...
"Kenni-chan!" A voice squealed out sharply. I turned my head in the direction of the voice and saw one of the soccer kids running towards us, face plastered with a joyous smile. She was a fairly cute girl with bright blue eyes, black hair tied in a single pigtail...with her shoes and hands covered in mud from playing soccer. I made a mental note not to let any of the soccer kids touch me. Ken looks up as well, smiling fondly at the girl with his I-love-small-kids-they're-so-cute smile. When the girl's short feet finally reached us, Ken kneeled down to her height and gave her his you-have-my-full-attention look. No wonder the kids love him.
"What can I do for you, Yukino-chan?" Ken asked sweetly, giving her a wide grin. I tried to give her a smile as well. 'Tried' being the keyword here. I'm not very good with people, kids included.
To my surprise and amusement, Yukino-chan shuffled her feet and took a deep breath. After a moment, she looked Ken in the eyes with a dead serious expression and took his left hand in both her tiny ones. Ken blinked in surprise and he gave this confused (yet utterly adorable to me) look.
"Kenni-chan," Yukino-chan started to say, gripping Ken's hand tighter.
"Y-Yes?" Ken asked in slight hesitation. I cringed slightly, but there was more yet to come.
"Can I be the most important person in your life?" She asked. You could practically see the shine in her eyes. I mentally scowled. The little brat probably learned that line from some cheesy love drama serial. I could feel my left eye twitch a bit.
Ken gave a soft laugh at her confession, one that is of amusement rather than of mockery. He gave a reassuring pat to her head when she looked downhearted.
"I'm sorry Yukino-chan, but Ranni-chan over there already has that position, " Ken replied in all honesty, with a tilt of his head in my direction. I can't help but blush slightly at his statement. He probably did not meant it in a romantic sense, but the fact that he said it...well it just sent butterflies to my stomach and a warm tingling feeling through my body. I, Ran Fujimiya, am the most important person in Ken's life.
Yes, I'm gloating. I'm not even going to deny that.
"But Yukino-chan can be the next most important person!" Ken added in all good cheer, standing and lifting the girl into the air such that she giggled and beamed in equal delight. Then she looked me over and shot The Look in my direction.
Great. I'm being sized up by a kid. A five year old giving me The Look, one that promises a challenge to knock me off my position on the throne of her 'Kenni-chan's most important person'. I narrowed my eyes to glare at her, mentally signalling to her that this is MY Ken. Yes, my Ken. Ken is mine, got that? A small kid will not intimidate me.
And I am not acting possessive. Stop laughing or I will slice you up with my katana.
Anyways she seemed to get my message (either that or she was downright frightened by my glare) and gave a small 'Eep!' before hiding herself behind her Kenni-chan. Ken saw my glare and gave me a disappointed look, indicating that I was too mean to the little brat. If I was like any five year old I will probably point my finger at her and whine, 'She started it!' but I'm not. I settled for looking away instead. He gave an exasperated sigh and put Yukino-chan down, saying his goodbye to her when her parents finally arrived to pick her up.
After Ken said his goodbye to the very last kid, he started to pick up his things, ready to leave. I voluntarily picked up his bag for him. Amongst the bag and the net with the soccer balls and his soccer cleaves, the bag was the cleanest. But it still smelled. I held it as far from me as possible. Ken chuckled at my action, obviously reading my thoughts.
Yes, I like to be neat and clean, probably to the point of obsessive compulsiveness. I get pretty annoyed when I see a mess, especially one made by Ken. I mean, after living with me for so long, he should know by now that he shouldn't do things that I dislike. That includes how he 'picked' his way into my room that day, through the connecting door. I spared him a glance as we made our way home, before I turned back to my thoughts again.
He probably didn't know this, but he really scared the hell out of me that day. One of our neighbours had a break some time ago, and I thought the thief was going to strike at our house that night. But no, just little Kenken, who decided not to trouble me by asking to borrow the shirt directly like NORMAL people do but sneak in adventurously. This is Ken I'm talking about here; he could have requested to borrow my katana and I would lend it to him without the blink of an eye...
On second thought I would hesitate a bit, but only because he might hurt himself with it. No other reason. It's not that I am possessive of my katana or something.
What did I say about laughing at me!
Anyway, even if I had given him permission, knowing Ken he would still have chosen to pick the lock and sneak in instead. He probably does not realise it, but he tends to do things in a complicated manner, to the point of it being too much of a challenge to him. Tell him to make lunch and he will try to whip up a full French cuisine course. Only to have the kitchen catch fire. Tell him to do the laundry and he will try to formulate a certain command for the washing machine. Only to spoil it. And the list goes on and on.
While that is said, the thing is that Ken is not messing things up on purpose. He is just trying to make things better for everyone, the only reason being that, well, he cares. Now who the hell can fault him for that? Silly Kenken. Sometimes I feel like clobbering him.
When we reached home, I gave him the order to wash up quickly. He gave me a mocking 'Yes, sir' in return, heading upstairs to his bathroom giggling. He knows as much as I do that he is both tired and smelly after a day in the field, and he welcomes a much-needed bath. I put his bag in his room before heading back to my own bathroom for a bath.
Before I could go into the bathroom, I heard a small knock from the door before it opened slightly. I mused slightly at the fact that he did not use the connecting door, even though I left it unlock after that incident. Yes, I do not keep it locked anymore, now that I know that it is useless to do so. There were a couple of reasons why I was confident that he would not sneak in again. Firstly, because he was aware of how irritated I was over that incident (not angry. There is a difference because I can never get angry with Ken but I can be irritated about it.). Secondly, now that I know about it, it is no longer a challenge for Ken to try and sneak pass me, the 'Kendo Master' as he terms, to get stuff. Remember what I said about Ken's tendency to do things the complicated way.
Ken peeps his head in cautiously, shyly asking to borrow a towel. As I was passing him one, I noticed how he stole a glance at my bathroom, before he retreated a bit too hastily back to his room. I can't help but grin. One thing that turned out well from that incident was that I SAW my Kenken blush when he accidentally witnessed my near-naked form. An expression that was mixed with embarrassment and awe. I have known him for the longest time to read every niche in his expression.
And I know that he likes what he sees.
He is probably confused and in denial, but at least I know now that I have a chance. While we both can pretend that nothing transcended in that incident, we both know that the attraction is there. Happy with my current thought, I head for my bath and, without hesitation, leave my bathroom door open.
End or TBC?
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Author's notes:
Ran: So who is the love rival as mentioned in the title? (Prepares katana)
Author: (blinks) Her. (Picks up Yukino-chan) But it's only for this chapter. She's not gonna appear again. I think.
Ran: ... (curses)
Author: Aww Ranny's just jealous of little Yukino-chan XD Anyway, you people are probably wondering what's with the note I made up there. Well the truth is I did a draft for this chapter long ago and forgot all about it XoX. If this were an anime, chp 2 would be a filler episode O.o
Review Replies:
To Rie: Thanks for your review! I wanted to portray kenken as cute as possible, and ranny as lovesick as possible. Increases the fluffiness of the fic XD glad you liked it.
To dark: O.o (imagining that ranny really did that) heh heh perhaps sometime in the future :) thank you for reading this fic too!
To RanKen lover: lol everyone wants ranny to kiss kenken :) but it is a bit too early for that ne? Thanks for reviewing!
To amethyst rulzz: Now I know people actually read the replies :) I haven't updated that fic actually...I seemed to have run out ideas for Ken's POV (gasp) but I'm sure something will pop out soon (stares at Ken for ideas)
Ran: (grabs kenken) MINE.
Author: Oops. R & R pls! I love reviews. Makes me grin like an idiot XD