Alright, now we can find out what Eyes' father did to the poor boy. I hate torturing Eyes, despite what happens in most of my fics. In this one I have him raped, in my other one I almost kill him and then put him in the hospital. He must really hate me... as do probably all of his hardcore fans. I'm really suprised I haven't been flamed once for everything I've done in my fics, thanks for not hating me guys! Here's the next chappy; as always, Kanone makes everything better.
honey bunny boo: I know, poor Eyes. I really will burn in hell for what I've done to him so far; and what I'm gonna do to him in this chappy, though it's already kind of been done, by his father...you'll see. I'm glad you still like it even though I'm torturing him right now, thanks for reviewing!
alpha2nd: Like I said before, the thing with the Blade Children's father isn't really important to this fic, I was just putting that in for anyone who did know about it, so they didn't complain. And I don't think they ever discussed it in the anime; in fact I'm sure they didn't. If you're really curious you can go to www (dot) burechiru (dot) com. There's a bunch of info on the Blade Children there, including the manga. Unfortunately, I went to check it out today and they're on hiatus, but whenever it gets working again, you should check it out! And I do agree that the Hunters should pay, even though the one that did that to Eyes definitely got what was coming to him. Now that was fun to write. Thanks for reviewing and my foot is getting better...I think.
This first part is from the last chappy:
Eyes sighed, knowing that he would have had to tell Kanone this eventually. Eyes was actually suprised that he was able to keep it a secret this long, but knew that Kanone deserved an explanation of why his friend just zoned out while he was being raped. Eyes looekd away for a second and then back to Kanone, ready to explain, "My father..." He began.
If it was possible Kanone focused in on Eyes even more when he spoke those two words. Eyes had never talked about his family to anyone. Kanone had tried to get him to talk about it at first, but never pushed it, figuring that Eyes would tell him when he was ready. Now it seemed he was, but Kanone noticed he was still hesitant about it. He placed a hand on his friend's slim shoulder and Eyes looked to him, "It's alright, Eyes. Just take your time." Kanone tried to sound patient, but he was really anxious to hear what Eyes had to say about his father. Even though given the situation, Kanone couldn't expect it to be anything good.
He wasn't disappointed. Eyes sighed and looked away again, "My father used to rape me when I was younger. It was only for a few years before I couldn't take it anymore and ran away. But it happened nonetheless. During that time I learned to go somewhere else in my head while he..." Eyes sighed again, "When the Hunter forced himself on me and I realized that I couldn't get away, I just did what I did back then. That's why I looked like I did, I was used to it." With those words Eyes looked back to Kanone to see a look he had never seen on his friend's face before; pain.
Kanone snapped out of his daze when he heard Eyes speak his name. He had heard every word but couldn't believe it. Then realized that was why Eyes had never talked about his family; it was too painful to remember. Even though Eyes didn't say so, Kanone could tell by his tone of voice that he would rather not remember that part of his childhood. No wonder he had been so grateful when Kanone said he would take him in. Realizing that he had yet to say anything Kanone looked at Eyes, "I'm so sorry, Eyes." Kanone said before he could stop himself. That sounded so fake, so rehearsed; that's what anyone would say if they heard that news. But Kanone wasn't just anyone to Eyes, so he came up with something better, "I can understand why you wouldn't tell me such things. What I meant to say was I'm sorry that you had to go through that again." Kanone now hugged Eyes so the younger boy couldn't see the tears forming; he wanted to be strong for his friend, "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you or that I didn't teach you to protect yourself better. I honestly never thought that I wouldn't be there when you were in trouble. I feel like I abandoned you." He choked out the last part before blinking several times and sniffing back the tears that threatened to make their presence. Why hadn't he been there? Why hadn't he noticed that Eyes wasn't next to him anymore? Why had he failed his friend; the most important person in his life and allowed him to be hurt? Kanone felt terrible, but somehow the next few words Eyes spoke took all of that away and replaced those horrible feelings with a warmth Kanone didn't know he could feel.
"It's okay, Kanone. I don't blame you at all. You did your best and you have never once let me down. I have always trusted you with my life, and that won't change. When you relaized I was gone, you came for me. That means the world to me." Such simple words, and yet they comforted Kanone.
"But why?" Kanone thought, "How could something so simple, something that anyone else could say, mean so much?" Kanone realized that it wasn't the words that meant so much, but the person that spoke them. Kanone had loved Eyes for so many years, ever since he met the boy. Kanone couldn't quite explain it and while usually things that he didn't understand either annoyed or scared him, Eyes did neither. Eyes simply filled the hole that made up Kanone's heart; his innocence even though he was aware of the dangers around him, even though he had faced many of those dangers, that innocence was what made Eyes so unique. Kanone knew that none of the other Blade Children were that innocent, it was impossible; even Ryoko who, at a very young age, had sworn never to kill and had upheld that promise to this day. No one was as pure as Eyes, in Kanone's opinion, and the latter wanted so desperately to protect the former that he had fallen in love with all of the triats that, in any one else, Kanone would have despised. The weakness, the naiivity, the innocence; all of those things that were so undesirable made Kanone want Eyes all the more. No, Kanone didn't understand it at all, but you don't have to understand something to know it was true. And Kanone knew that he loved Eyes with all of his heart. The only problem was that Kanone had no idea how the younger boy felt. He knew that Eyes trusted him, which was a big part of love, but he didn't know if the silver haired boy truly loved Kanone, or if he just admired him. "Only one way to find out." Kanone thought. But he didn't want to scare Eyes, he didn't want that at all. Now was probably not the best time to tell the younger boy how he felt, but Kanone wanted to know what Eyes thought of him so badly. He decided to go for it, but to try a more gentle approach, "Eyes?" Kanone asked.
Eyes had closed his eyes again, but Kanone could tell by how he breathed that he wasn't asleep. Sure enough Eyes opened those beautiful blue orbs that Kanone adored so much and looked at the boy beside him, "Yes, Kanone?"
Just the sound of his voice was enough to make Kanone smile, "Eyes, I need to ask you something." At the boy's questioning expresion, Kanone continued, "Eyes..." he hesitated for a second unsure of how to approach such a delicate topic, but then continued, not wanting to worry his friend, "What do you think of me?"
Eyes was taken back by the question. What did he think of Kanone? What kind of question was that? Eyes could only answer truthfully and hope he didn't scare Kanone, "Kanone, I think you're wonderful. You're the best thing that ever happened to me and I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't come along. You saved my life that day and I haven't forgotten it. Kanone..." Eyes hesitated now, not too sure if he should tell Kanone how he really felt. He decided in favor of his heart this time, not wanting to ever keep anything from Kanone, "I love you." he whispered.
Kanone barely heard the words and at first thought that he imagined them, but when Eyes glanced up at him hopefully, Kanone knew that he had just confessed his feelings and was now waiting for a reply. Unfortunately Kanone couldn't talk at the moment, afraid that he would say too much and scare Eyes off. So instead Kanone simply leaned down and kissed him gently, still very aware that the boy's injuries were fresh. Eyes attempted to raise his arms to wrap them around Kanone's neck and pull him in closer, but winced at the pain that shot through his shoulders. Kanone pulled away when he felt Eyes tense up, afraid that he had hurt him. Kanone looked Eyes over and then back to his eyes; those wonderful eyes that showed only his love for Kanone, "Did I hurt you?" Kanone asked, fearing that Eyes was hurt more than he originally thought.
Fortunately Eyes shook his head, "No, I'm fine." he said, softly rubbing his shoulder.
Kanone smiled and placed a hand over Eyes' and kissed him again. Pulling away, Kanone heared Eyes sigh softly, and then whimper at the loss of contact, "You should rest now, you're still hurt. I'll be here if you need anything." Eyes nodded and layed back down, but couldn't go to sleep knowing that Kanone was right there but out of reach. Kanone sensed this and slid into the small bed with Eyes, wrapping his arms around his new boyfriend and kissing the top of his head, "Better?" Eyes nodded and Kanone smiled softly as the two dozed off, content in each other's arms.
How was that for fluff? I decided to give poor Eyes a break; he needed it! The next chapter probably won't be quite as fluffy, but we'll get to see how everyone reacts to the news. I can't think of anything too interesting that I'm going to do right now, but hopefully I'll think of something before the next time I update. Review!