Writer's note: Say, have any of you noticed that whenever someone is updating a R-rated fic, there is no notice of it in the "just in"-section? That, would be a problem for you after I will change this story into R-rated one… You wouldn't know for sure when this fic has been updated, now would you?
All those, who want to read my NC-17-fics at my site: please, please, please! Read the instructions carefully! Or, you can go to AdultFanFiction.net! Your call. ^_~
Again, I apologize for the delay… I've been correcting "few" fan fics' Japanese words and their spellings in the middle of this fic, mainly correcting my IY-fics and other WK-fics as well.
All in all, pretty soon… Ran and Omi's "friendship" will step to the next level in this fic… ^.~
Pairings: Ran + Omi / OMC x OMC / others may appear in later chapters
Rating: PG-13 (for now. This fic will turn into a R-rated in later chapters!)
Category: Multi-part, shônen-ai, yaoi, definitely an AU, slight of angst in this chapter
Fiction note: Takes after the ending of the anime. Remember, that this is a sequel to the prequel "Something Much More"-fanfic. Every soul has someone. Every soul needs someone. Ran is becoming more his old self again… and less the Abyssinian of Weiß.
Warning: This fic contains mild male x male relationship. If you're bothered with that please, leave! Those who aren't bothered and are matured enough, enjoy reading the fic! ^_^
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A Weiß Kreuz Fanfiction
LONELY SOULS
Chapter 6: Friends and Flirting
Written by M.K. a.k.a. Fall Angel © 2003
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"So… Omi-kun has a crush on oniichan, huh? And it also seems that oniichan is interested on him as well… Hmm…" Aya hummed thoughtfully in her room, sitting on the bed with her legs crossed and leaning against the headboard.
It didn't surprise her when she discovered Omi's little secret. Quite opposite. She had her suspicions since the day she met Omi at the hospital. Back then; she noticed certain things about Omi. Whenever he was close to her brother, he - in his own way - was nervous and occasionally, he was blushing slightly, but he always turned away so neither of them could see his blush.
It was so obvious for her. And so was her brother, but she did have slight difficulties to "read" her brother's facial expressions and reactions when he was close to Omi. He had learned how to hid them during these two years.
But still. Even thought he had learned how to hide his feelings from the others, but not from Aya She could still "read" her brother's body language and even the slightest facial expressions his face showed.
So far, she has to come to a conclusion of few things about her brother so far. He didn't like it whenever she (or any other girl at the shop) was flirting with Omi and checking him out like any other teenage girl.
Aya giggled.
This leaded to one thing: Ran was jealous. Which also leaded to another conclusion: her dear brother is interested of Omi after all. He just wants to keep his feelings in control… or is there another reason?
Anyway, it's up to Aya to do something about her brother and his love interest, since he was still the same stubborn fool after all this time.
"Well, then… it seems that I've a mission of my own…" Aya giggled, and began to come up with a scheme how to hook up those two together. After minutes of thinking and planning, Aya thought it was better to continue with her "flirting" with Omi… until she can face with her brother… trapping him into the corner. 'Oooh!! This is going to be fun!'
"I'm going out now! Are you sure that you can handle my shift as well as yours afterward, Ken-kun?" Omi asked one more time to be sure of. He talked with the brunette man earlier today, about his plans with Ryoji by the phone and asked if he could do his shift for him. Ken agreed to do it so that Omi would have some time-off from the shop and not being cooped up into his room all the time.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm sure. Where are you going to meet him?"
"Actually, he's already outside." Omi titled his head forward the window. "He got the driving license already."
"Wow. That's a sports car!!" Ken exclaimed, seeing the red car outside in the street.
"He must have got it from his parents. They're quite rich, if I remember correctly. (Not to mention his boyfriend…)"
"What was that, Omi?" Ken turned at his friend, to be sure what he just heard.
Omi blushed. "W-well… I-I… You see… er…" A car horn went off in the street, signaling Omi to hurry up. "I gotta go now, Ken-kun! Ja na!"
"See yah, Omi!"
"Eh? Where's Omi-kun going?" Aya asked when she stepped into the shop at the same time when Omi left.
"Meeting his friend who's at outside right now…" Ken stretched his arms up.
"Wow… Omi-kun's friend sure is wealthy…" the girl said, looking after the car with awe. "Does this mean that you're stuck with two shifts?"
Sigh. "Yeah. But hey, I can bare it. At least Omi can go out once and a while. He hardly goes out nowadays…"
'Mou! Now I can't act a "flirting sister" in his and 'niichan's shift! Then again… I may not need to…' Aya glanced at her brother who came into the shop as well.
"Ken? What are you doing here? It's not your shift yet," Ran frowned at the ex-soccer player behind the counter. 'It's Omi's shift now…'
"I know that, but you see… I promised Omi that I would do his shift today for him, 'cause he was going to meet his friend today," Ken explained.
"Hm. I see." The frown on the scarlet-haired man's eyebrows increased, which Aya noticed to be different from his other frowns, her brother is not happy about this. Ken didn't notice the different because to him, all Ran's frowns are the same to him.
'Now is my chance to use my acting talent!' Aya thought quickly. "A shame! I was going to ask Omi-kun out today now that I'm free from homework!"
Ran's eyebrow twitched.
"I was planning to ask him to go to the amusement park or to the movies with me…" Aya said, blushing slightly. 'A little blush doesn't hurt to show…as long as it isn't overly done…' the girl thought, 'It was a good thing that I go to that drama class at school…'
Ran's eyebrow's twitching increased, but he managed to control it before Ken or his sister noticed it.
"Well, you could've asked him before he went out… What I heard from him was that he and his friend were planning to watch a movie…" Ken mumbled thoughtfully. "At his friend's place."
That did it.
Ran slammed the box he was carrying onto the counter, frowning. If the shop were quiet enough at the moment, you could have heard him growl from his throat. Very low growl, but nonetheless a growl.
Ken and Aya both snapped out of their conversation at the same time when Ran slammed the box down, looking quizzically at him - well, Ken did but Aya didn't because she knew what was going on with her brother. Well, well. It seemed that Ken's words - which were said by accident - made her dear brother pissed off.
Heh.
Aya whistled, looking thoughtful as she went through couple of things she had planned for her brother and Omi in her mind:
Step 1: act like a 'sister-in-love-with-brother's-love-interest'. Status: complete, in different way.
Step 2: annoy Ran enough to confirm his feelings for Omi-kun. Status: almost complete.
Step 3: corner Ran to confess his thoughts of Omi-kun. Status: in progress.
Step 4: repeat step 2 and 3 when facing with Omi-kun. Status: in progress.
Step 5: a happy couple! =3 (Hopefully…)
A silent giggle escaped from her lips as she turned around so neither Ken nor Ran saw her smile or heard her giggle well enough. Gee, talk about a personal mission here! It was for her brother's own good. Sure, she has noticed that he was happier now that she's with him again, but still… he needed someone to love him, and he wanted to love someone - as in love love, not sibling-love.
And there's one person, who have caught her brother's eyes: Omi.
- At Ryoji's and his boyfriend's place -
"Well then! This is one way to end our fun for the day! Pizza and a good sci-fi movie!" Ryoji smiled like a madman - only when it is about movies and junk food. It was his boyfriend's fault that he once brought junk food for him.
"I don't understand, why you eat such food?" Omi said as began to eat his noodles. "I can't stand eating then… well… once and while but not all time, that is. Yôji-kun also makes or brings junk food, whenever he it's his turn to cook, and we have to tolerate them."
"Are you kidding me!? This stuff's great!" He proved it, by gobbling up his pizza slice, making Omi grimace.
"You've your opinion about junk food, and I've mine. End of discussion, okay?"
Munch. "Deal! Now, before we start the movie… how are things going on with you? You know… with your love-of-your-life?" The greenish-blue-haired youth winked, nudging at Omi.
Omi blushed. "Not… good."
Blink. "Nani?!? Oh, for god's sake, Omi… you're a hopeless… Haven't you done anything that I told you??"
"I've… tried to find a good moment, but every time I found one, I missed it. Not to mention that there's Aya-chan…"
"Aya-chan? Is this the same person we're talking about or someone else's name? (Or have you thought up a pet name for your man?)"
Sweatdrop. "(No. It's not a pet name.) Aya-chan is Aya-kun's imouto."
"Ah." Silence. "How come his name is the same as his imouto?"
"Er… she was in a coma for two years and… um… by taking his sister's name was… kinda… remembrance of his sister. I think" 'Please, believe it. Please, believe it.'
"Sou ka?"
"Hai."
Silence.
"Well? Are you still going through it? I mean, confessing your feelings, and then jumping into his---"
"Gack!! Ryoji-kun!!!!"
"Okay, okay," Ryoji laughed. "I was just kidding…"
"Mou… you're worse than Yôji-kun. Are you sure that you aren't some distant relative of his?"
"Never heard of him in my entire life."
Omi stared him doubtfully, "You sure?"
"For the last time, yes!" Ryoji groaned as he put the DVD into the player. "Do you want to continue with our conversation about your dream man or watch the movie?"
"Watch the movie."
"Aw, shoot! And I was hoping to talk about dead-gorgeous man of yours all day long…"
Blush. Blush. "Ryoji-kun!! Hidoi!!!"
"Heh-heh-heh…"
Later on that day, Omi returned to "Koneko no Sumu Ie" feeling a little bit exhausted, but not as exhausted as the ones at the flower shop.
"Eh? Ken-kun? Are you… all right? You look a bit tired…" Omi worriedly asked his friend, seeing the tired look in his face.
"Daijôbu, daijôbu Omi! Nothing to worry about! (Except that Aya's being a slave-driver… again, only that he's worse than before…)"
"Aya-chan?"
"Iya, iya! The male Aya! Oohhh… Perhaps we should call him 'Ran', instead of 'Aya'… this is getting so confusing…"
"I'll say… But why Aya-kun was so hard on you…?"
"Hm? Oh, not just me, but also with Yôji. Only Aya-chan was the lucky one who managed to get away from her brother's wrath. (Lucky her…)"
"You still haven't told me why Aya-kun was like he was today…"
Ken only shrugged. Having no clue either. "Beats me. He just… was more pissed-off that usual."
"Weird…"
"Ah! Omi-kun!" Out of nowhere, Aya wrapped her arms around the honey-blonde youth, startling him out of his wits. "Okaeri!!"
"Eh??? Aya-chan!"
"It was so boring here when you weren't here! Ken-kun was no fun at all!"
"Oi!"
"And Yôji-kun was nowhere to found… Bet he had a date again…" Aya huffed in annoyance. "Like always, ne Omi-kun?"
"That's an unfortunate truth," Omi nodded, starting to feel pretty uncomfortable with Aya's snuggling closer to him. What was going on here? Is… Aya trying to hit on him?!
A chilling feeling ran through his spine, which made Omi to look over his shoulder to look at the eldest of the Fujimiya siblings.
Uh-oh.
The poor youth really didn't know what is going on here, but one thing is for sure: he doesn't like the look on Ran's face.
Not a good sign.
"Anoo… Aya-kun… I…"
"Manx's here," Ran said, his eyes never leaving Omi or his sister hanging on the youth. Cold. Omi could feel cold shivers under his gaze.
Ken stepped in front of the scarlet-haired man, looking worried all the sudden. "M-Manx? She's here? You mean it's…?"
"Time for you to get to work, Weiß," said the red-haired woman by the doorway as she was leaning against it, looking at the three men and a young girl.
Two youngest members of Weiß looked at each other, both surprised of this unexpected visit. Also, worried about their future. What will happen to them now?
To be continued…
Next: Chapter 7: After the Mission
Translations:
1. -kun = a suffix used for people of equal/younger age and equal (social) standing
2. (o)niichan = older brother
3. ja na = see yah!
4. mou = a mild curse, or an expression of frustration or anger; drat, rats, geez, gawd
5. nani? = what?
6. -chan = a suffix meaning cute or little, a common endearment; used to address children, (close) younger friends and relatives, mainly females
7. imouto = little / younger sister
8. sou ka? = really?
9. hidoi! = awful, mean; it's mean / that's mean
10. Koneko no Sumu Ie = Kitty in the House
11. daijôbu = I'm all right / I'm fine
12. iya = no, that's not it; stronger than 'iie'
13. okaeri = welcome back
14. anoo = an interjection; well, um
Second draft: October 25, 2003