XO'MagickMoon'OX
A/N: Yae, another two-chapter update! I've just been feeling very inspired lately. Oh, plushies and thanks!
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Enjoy the next two chapters!---
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I couldn't seem to sleep that night. Kyo's tears were rolling down my neck, leaving hot trails in their wake. I was uncomfortable after receiving no relief from the pressure in my lower regions, but I would not sink so low as to take care of it myself. Besides, not only would I probably wake Kyo up in the process of getting out of bed, but I would have to keep my voice down so as not to wake Shigure and Honda-san. Too tasking. Maybe I could will it away like last time … but whatever; I could deal with it later.
My fingers idly slipped through Kyo's hair, although he'd fallen asleep almost five minutes ago. I couldn't even begin to explain how disappointed I felt about him not going through with … well, you know. But, I would never make him do something he didn't want to do, or wasn't ready to do. I think … I think I was in love with him.
My eyes rolled up to the ceiling as that sentence ran through my head again. Yes. Yes, I was in love with Kyo. I don't really know how it happened, but it did. And to think, it all started with a stupid vocabulary test, which I'd failed. But somehow, the F seemed worth all that I'd gained since then.
But Kyo … Kyo was still unsure, confused. I wasn't certain how he felt about me. He might still hate me, for all I knew. The very thought made my stomach churn nervously. But, when he was kissing me, he seemed to care, he seemed to feel something on a deeper level. Or maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me, making me feel what I wanted to feel other than what I knew to be true.
Or maybe I was just thinking too much into it. Things would play out in due time, for better or for worse. I guess living the cursed life I led, I didn't tend to depend too much on Fate and liked to have control of my life. But maybe … maybe, just this once, I could put a little faith in Kyo, and hope he would come to love me like I loved him.
I checked the time, noticing how the red, digital numbers on my clock seemed to mock me. It was three in the morning. I had to be at school in four hours. I sighed.
The strain against my pajama pants hadn't subsided. Oh, I was in for a long night. Maybe I'd have a nightmare, and it would go away. Or maybe I'd have a different kind of dream, and it would take care of itself. The thought kind of disturbed me, what with Kyo laying on top of me and all. I don't think he would appreciate that.
Regardless, I closed my eyes and tried to sleep.
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Knock, knock. "Yuki-kun!"
I groaned. What was that noise?
"Are you awake, Yuki-kun?"
Oh, I knew that voice. It was …
"We're going to be late if you don't get up soon."
Agh, what was her name? … It was a her, right?
"Come on, Yuki-kun! I think Kyo-kun left early again."
Oh, the hell with it. I was not a morning person. I replied with something incoherent, but I think she … he … it … took the hint that I was awake and left. I rubbed my eyes and blinked up at my ceiling, trying to will my mind to function. It was no use.
There was something on top of me. Something warm—I looked down—and orange. Oh, it was … uh … it was … Kyo? Kyo, right? I think … I don't know. Whoever they were, they were stirring and groaning tiredly. The person looked up at me, and even with my sleep-drugged mind, the garnet eyes were recognition enough. "'Morning," I murmured, smiling.
"'Morning." He sat up and stretched … like a cat. Kyo stretched like a cat. I found that funny, but the signal that would usually tell my body to laugh never really left my brain. He rolled off my bed and left without another word, while I took the next thirty minutes to get up, shower, and dress. It vaguely registered with me, somewhere in the back of my mind, that my little "problem" from last night had seemed to have gone away while I'd slept. There didn't appear to be a mess in my pants or on my sheets, so I could only assume that that was the case.
Finally, by some miracle, I found myself stumbling down the steps. I hadn't gotten nearly enough sleep last night; I was more disoriented than usual. It might take me an hour before I actually truly woke up. Great. Just great.
That was the last time I let Kyo come to me in the middle of the night.
I knew I'd never follow through on that personal promise, but it didn't matter right then. I just felt like blaming someone for my current state of uselessness. Nothing wrong with that. So long as I didn't accidentally wind up knocking Kyo through the roof.
"Yuki-kun!" that same voice from this morning called.
I saw … uh … Honda-san? Yes, that was her. I saw Honda-san come towards me, looking worried. She said, "Come on, we have to go! We're going to be late!" She pulled my arm, yanking me into the kitchen, saying, "It turns out that Kyo-kun didn't leave after all. He just came downstairs a few minutes ago."
"Here."
I blinked as something red and round was shoved into my hands. I looked down at it. It was a … something edible, if I remembered correctly. I brought it to my lips and sunk my teeth into it. Yes, definitely edible. Whatever it was.
"Let's go," said the same person who had given me this … um … edible something. I turned my gaze to meet a pair of scarlet eyes, watching me guardedly. "What's wrong with you?" he snapped.
I blinked again. "Um …"
"Oh, I think Yuki-kun's just … tired," Honda-san provided with an uneasy smile.
"Still? Shouldn't he be awake by now?"
I shoved passed Kyo unsteadily, murmuring, "'s all your fault."
I almost missed his smirk as I stumbled out the door. My feet felt like lead. I really wanted to be back in my room, falling asleep. Mmm, sleep.
Somehow, with insistent pushing and tugging from Honda-san and Kyo, we reached the school and slid into our seats a second before the bell rang. My head fell onto my desk as sensei walked in. She began to take attendance.
Her voice faded into the recesses of my mind as sleep overtook me. That is, until something poked me in the shoulder. I batted it away. It poked me again. I groaned, reaching over to grab whatever it was that was poking me. I found someone's hand and reflexively pulled them forward.
"Wha—!" Crash. Oops. "DAMN RAT!"
"Kyo, I will not allow that language in my class."
"Sorry, sensei."
"Yuki, please sit up."
I sighed and picked my head off my desk, looking around dazedly. I turned to see Kyo glaring at me from his seat across from me, rubbing his shoulder. "Last time I try to help you," he grumbled, averting his gaze back to the front of the room.
I shrugged, the fact that I should apologize never really registering with me.
"Okay class, pop quiz."
But that did.
Dammit, pop quiz! On what?
"Vocabulary."
Dammit.
"I'm going to call on you and give you a word, and you have to give me the part of speech, definition, one synonym, and one antonym."
Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit—
"Yuki, you first."
God must hate me.
"Writhe."
Writhe? Um … "Verb?"
"Are you asking me or telling me?" Sensei raised an eyebrow.
I sighed. "Verb," I said definitely. "Uh … to … to … to twist, as in …" Come on, wake up! I know this definition, but I can't think! "… as in … pain, struggle, … or … or …" I could feel my face heat up embarrassedly. Embarrassedly … "… or embarrassment! To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment. Uh … synonym: squirm. Antonym: … be still." Okay, so "be still" was two words, but that's the best I had.
Sensei seemed to be thinking something over in her head, before she nodded. "All right. A."
I leaned back in my chair, sighing with relief. I think I was awake now.
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Hehe, FYI, those are my actual vocab words (though we aren't quizzed like that ... thank God). But not all of the words are that easy. Vocab comes in handy. I've used vocab words like "propinquity" in this story. I was very proud of myself for using that word.
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