Neko on the Tree
Part 2-Jealousy
by YYY
Kazahaya runs up the stairs and shouts, "Rikuo! Rikuo!"
"What's with all the noise?" Rikuo walks out and sees a bunch of Yakuza firing their guns at the Kazahaya.
'What the hell?" Rikuo says. He grabs Kazahaya and uses his power to shake the whole building. All the Yakuza falls down. The two boys take the chance to go grab the Yakuza's guns. The Yakuza tries to fight Rikuo but they're no match for the strong guy without their weapons.
Kazahaya dashes downstairs to check on the wounded man. Kakei is already there getting the man bandage up.
"Hello, boy." Kakei smiles, "I take care of his wounds already. The paramedic is coming here to take him to the hospital. He is going to be fine."
"Thank you. I was worried about him." Kazahaya says.
"I'm sorry I left you at the store. But you can take care of yourself; and this man will die if he doesn't have medical attention. So I left you and went to the back to get the medical supplies." Kakei says.
"That's quite alright! I took care of myself!" Kazahaya beams.
"Hmm, tell me. Who was the one who was screaming my name before?" Rikuo asks.
Kazahaya makes a face at Rikuo.
The paramedic comes and takes the man to the hospital. Soon afterward, the police come and take the Yakuza to the police station. Kakei asks Kazahaya, "why don't you let me take care of the disc for you?"
"Thank! I was wondering what I should do with it." Kazahaya says and gives the disc to Kakei who takes it away. The petite boy starts cleaning up the store. Everything on the shelves fell down when Rikuo shook the building and Kazahaya goes to put everything back on the shelves..
"My kitty!" Kazahaya shouts as he gets to the X'mas tree. The tree has fallen and the kitty that was on top of the tree is ripped. The petite boy shouts madly, "Rikuo! You ripped my kitty!"
"In case you forget I was only trying to save your life! Do you want me to let the Yakuza shot you?" Rikuo shouts. He doesn't understand why Kazahaya is so obsessed with a stuffed toy kitty.
"Don't yell at me!" Kazahaya shouts.
"You're the one who started yelling first!" Rikuo shouts. He is tired from using his power and fighting the Yakuza. He has no energy to argue with Kazahaya so he gets back upstairs and gets onto bed.
"Stupid boy, getting all work up with a stupid toy cat." Rikuo mutters as he falls asleep.
Rikuo hears strange noise in the middle of the night. He wakes up and realizes the strange noise is actually the grouching of his stomach. He has skipped dinner and now he is very hungry.
The mascular boy sits up and sees that Kazahaya's bed is empty. (I don't believe this. How long can he stay upset over a toy cat?) Rikuo thinks as he gets off his bed and goes down the stairs. The lights in the store are off, but Rikuo's eyes are very good and he can sees well despite of the darkness.
Everything in the store is back up in the shelf already. (Wow, the boy is fast, I guess it can be nice to have someone with the speed of a cat when cleaning up big messes.) Rikuo thinks while he walks to the front of the store. The X'mas tree is already back up and Kazahaya is sitting in front of the tree.
"Hey! Are you still mad at me? Don't be such a baby and come back to bed." Rikuo says as he puts his hand on the petite boy. Kazahaya is sleeping and he doesn't hear a word that Rikuo says. He just nuzzles his face on Rikuo's hand and continues dreaming.
"You're cute as a newborn kitty when you're asleep." Says Rikuo as he gently caresses Kazahaya's hair.
"Aww…isn't that cute?" Saiga says behind Rikuo. Rikuo jumps and shouts, "don't sneak up on people in the middle of the night!"
"Sorry, did I ruin your tender moment?" Saiga says.
"We're not having a tender moment!" Rikuo says.
"Hey, popcorns! Looks like he is making a popcorn chain for the X'mas tree, how cute." Saiga says. There is a bowl of popcorns in front to Kazahaya; and in the feminine boy's hand there is also a piece of string with couple piece of popcorns hanging on it.
"The boy must really loves the tree to work so hard on it." Says Saiga. He takes some popcorn, eats it and says, "Hmm…not bad. Did he pop the popcorns himself?"
"Apparently he did." Rikuo says as he picks a couple pieces of popcorns out of Kazahaya's hair. He can just imagines Kazahaya standing in front of the popcorn popper as popcorn flies everywhere. The petite boy must be screaming and shouting while popcorns pop all over the place.
(It must have been pretty cute…) Rikuo thinks. He chuckles at his mental image of Kazahaya.
"Hey, it's that toy cat that he puts on top of the tree." Saiga says. The ripped toy kitty is sitting next to Kazahaya.
"That thing must be a gift from someone really important." Saiga says.
"Why would you say that?" Rikuo asks.
"Well, he never buy any toys, right? So someone else must have brought the cat for him." Saiga says, "and if he would put that cat on top of the tree that he works so hard on, he must really loves the person who gave him the cat."
"Oh, who cares about a stupid boy and his stupid cat?" Rikuo says as he picks up Kazhaya.
"Why so bitter? Are you jealous that the boy has someone so important to him?" Saiga smirks.
"I'm not jealous!" Rikuo says while he carries Kazahaya back up the stairs.
TBC…