I've just got to say that irish rock and glow sticks rock! I know that seems quite random, but I'm listening to irish rock and I jsut found glow sticks tonight, so not all that random...Though my cd is scratched to hell... oh well, now I have Green Day... which is scratched as well...damn! Oh well, I'll take care of that, you enjoy!
Red Kistune Flames: Pointless is good; that was the message I was trying to get across, lol. Heh, I can tell you he's up to no good, but what kind of no good? Hmm, Ayumu won't be happy with it...I'm gonna shut up before I say too much. Thanks for reviewing!
A/N: Joy, we get to see Eyes again this chappy! He'll also come fully equipped (I dare you to laugh at that) with a flashback.
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Blue eyes scanned the horizon as the Blade Child walked along a nearly deserted path leading to a quiet, wooded area. Eyes always enjoyed the woods ever since he was young, though that was probably just because Kanone would always walk with him. They would talk about everything that popped into their heads, and most of the time it would be about things that Eyes really had no opinion on. Kanone always talked about life and fate, but Eyes had always just followed Kanone's lead on those matters, so he usually just agreed with whatever Kanone said at the time. He remembered one instance where he had tried to disagree with Kanone, and the latter had told him that he was too young to know better. True, he was only 6 then, but Kanone was only a year older.
That was back when Eyes was naive and believed whatever his best friend and mentor told him. That was what he was supposed to do, right? Follow Kanone's lead and believe whatever Kanone believed? Then how did they end up walking such different paths? Eyes stared down at the ground, rememebering one time...no, the only time he and Kanone had had an actual fight. They had always had small quarrels, but never a fight...not like that one.
Flashback
"Kanone?" a much younger Eyes asked, glancing to his side where his boyfriend was walking beside him.
"Hmm?" came the response, as nonchalant as the boy who murmered it.
"I've been thinking..." he began, nibbling his lower lip, wondering if he should voice his thoughts or not.
"Thinking?" Kanone asked, slightly amused, "Eyes, you know you don't need to think, that's what I'm here for. As long as I'm by your side, you only need to listen to my advice and you won't go wrong." he said, confidently, not noticing the slightly hurt look on the younger one's face.
"I can still think, though." Eyes objected, "I'm very capable of thinking, and I doubt you could give me this answer anyhow." he stated, defensively.
"Oh, couldn't I?" Kanone questioned, "Try me." he challenged.
"I don't want to challenge you, I just want you to hear me out." Eyes tried to explain.
Kanone, however, was having none of it, "Listen, Eyes, if you're confused about anything, just ask me and I'll tell you."
Eyes glared a little at his boyfriend, "It's not a question." he informed Kanone, "I simply wasn't sure of something, but it seems you have made my decision for me."
Kanone smiled, "That's what I'm here for, love." he replied, glancing at the angry, piercing gaze, "What?" he asked, completely oblivious.
Eyes could have slapped Kanone right then and there, but just turned his attention to the road ahead, "Nothing." he replied, not fooling anyone. A little ways ahead, there was a fork in the road. Both boys knew that the left path took them home, while the one on the right led to unknown and potentially dangerous places. When they reached the fork, Kanone paused as he always did. He always paused just for a moment before either his fears or concern for his companion (usually it was the latter reason) drove his feet to the left path, to home. Today was no different, and Kanone went on towards safety. Eyes, however, hung back and glanced down the right path, a little mesmerized by it's mystery.
Kanone turned back to the silver-haired boy, "Eyes, come on, we should get home." he said, waiting for the younger one to follow him. Instead, Eyes glanced to Kanone once more, and headed down the right path. While the left path had been beaten down to make it easier to walk, the right was something akin to a jungle, and as soon as Eyes started to follow the path, he disappeared from Kanone's sight. A little alarmed, Kanone called out for Eyes, "Come on, Eyes, you know it's dangerous to go off on your own, especially when you don't know where that path leads." he called, wondering what had gotten into the younger one, "Only a fool would go off on by themselves." he added.
"Then I'm a fool." came the reply, "I've been a fool my entire life by following someone who has no respect for me. The only thing that's changed is I'm no longer your fool."
Kanone stared at the overgrown divider between him and Eyes, angered that he was being so stubborn, "Fine then, be your own fool, and get killed doing it." he snapped in a rare moment of pure anger and frustration. With that, he headed home. Even if Eyes didn't follow him right away, he'd have enough common sense to come home eventually.
Well, at least he'd thought he would. Four hours later, though, Kanone was starting to worry at seeing no sign of his boyfriend. He knew they were having a fight, though he still couldn't see Eyes' problem, "I've never lead him wrong before, why did he go off like that?" He thought back to their conversation. Eyes had seemed quite angered that he didn't listen to what the younger one had to say. The only reason Kanone had taken the responsibility of teaching Eyes the ways of their world was to keep him from having to worry about anything. What had been on his mind that was so important that he would get this upset over?
Kanone flinched as a sudden burst of lightening fell from the sky, shortly followed by a loud rumble of thunder. This worried Kanone anymore, Eyes hated thunderstorms. The younger one could always tell when it was about to storm, and he'd always find Kanone if they weren't already together, and the older one would wrap his arms around his boyfriend and reassure him that everything was alright. It wasn't even that Eyes was so childish that he was afraid of the thunder and lightening; he just hated loud noises and thunder was about as loud as it got.
Another flash of lightening and a louder crack of thunder sent Kanone to his feet, "I'm going out." he called to anyone who was listening.
That someone just happened to be his mother, "Where in the world are you going in this weather?" she asked, telling him that he wasn't going wherever it was he had planned, "It's raining like a banshee out there, and the thunder and lightening aren't helping matters. Do you know how many trees are struck by lightening in that forest out there alone?" she asked.
Kanone waited until she was done with her lecture, then turned his attention back to her, "Eyes is out there." he said simply.
The woman in front of him faltered, "Oh...well, hurry back, then." she said, knowing there was no way to stop her son from going after his boyfriend.
Kanone just smiled, "I will." and turned to leave the house. ten minutes later of bracing himself against strong gusts of freezing wind and rain that felt like hail, Kanone reached the fork in the road. He went down the right path without hesitation this time, and made his way, slowly, through the vines and fallen tree limbs. He eventually came to a small opening in the side of the rock wall that ran down the other side of the path. Ducking through, he immediately spotted Eyes, who had his back turned to the opening, and was curled up in the tiniest ball you could imagine. Kanone quietly went to him, and wrapped his arms around the younger one, ignoring the jump it got, and the tenseness that didn't immediately fade away. Though, the latter was a bit hard to ignore seeing as how he regretfully knew the cause of it.
Eyes was about to speak when a loud crash of thunder cut him off. He flinched, and curled up in Kanone's arms, turning part way to look at the older one, "How did you know where I was?" he asked, a lost look in his eyes.
Kanone smiled, "I didn't exactly, but I figured you were somewhere out here." he replied, "Sure enough, here you are."
Eyes looked up at Kanone, "You came all the way out here and you weren't even sure I was here?" he asked, a little more confident, "Why?"
Kanone kissed his forehead, "Why?" he repeated, "Because I love you, and I know how much you hate thunderstorms. I didn't want you to be out here alone." he explained. Eyes' face fell just the tiniest bit, and Kanone continued, "More importantly, I wanted to apologize." he added, "I shouldn't have just assumed that I could handle all of your problems, and instead of helping you with it, I just made it worse."
Eyes nodded in agreement, "I just..." he was cut off by Kanone covering his lips with his own.
"Shh, let me finish." he said, "I realize now that can't always tell what's on your mind, and when I don't, I promise I'll listen when you want to tell me."
Eyes waited a second more to make sure he was finished, then smiled the tiniest bit, "Thank you." he whispered, and laid his head on Kanone's chest, closing his eyes.
"You're not going to tell me what you wanted to earlier?" Kanone asked, a bit confused. He would have thought that after all of this, the least Eyes would want to do is tell him what was on his mind. After all, it was what started this whole thing.
Eyes just shook his head, "I don't need to." he replied, "I just got my answer."
Kanone was beyond lost now, "You told me it wasn't a question." he recalled. He was answered with a soft 'it wasn't' before the silver-haired one fell asleep. Kanone just wrapped his arms around the smaller one tighter, and closed his eyes as well. He might never know what Eyes wanted to ask him, but he trusted his boyfriend to know what he needed to know.
End Flashback (wow...that was a long one, but a very important part of their past, so it was neccessary!)
Eyes sighed, he sometimes still wished Kanone would appear next to him whenever it would storm. He wasn't afraid anymore, but he still missed the closeness. It was the reason he hated storms now, too many memories reminding him of something he no longer had. Kanone had changed a lot that day, and had started to ask Eyes' opinion on a lot of things. He had stopped telling him how to lilve his life, and started guiding him along the correct path, letting him make his own decisions. Somewhere along the way, though, Kanone had fallen off that path, and now Eyes wished deperately that he could find him again to guide him home.
Eyes decided that perhaps the woods weren't the best idea, and opted to just go back home. On his way, as those same thoughts began to return, he saw Kanone crossing the street in front of him. Something seemed odd, though, he seemed...in a hurry. That didn't make any sense, Kanone was never in a hurry. Deciding that stalking his ex was much better than sitting at home thinking about him, Eyes followed Kanone's general direction, taking a slight detour as to not appear suspicious. Also, if Kanone decided to take a look around suddenly, he didn't want to be caught (seriously, what's the point of stalking if you're just gonna get caught?). He followed Kanone to what looked like an abandoned warehouse. He walked past the alley that Kanone turned down, and waited around the corner.
After a minute, Eyes peered around the corner to see Kanone entering the building on the left, which was the one currently giving Eyes his shelter. Looking around the other side of the building, he spotted a ventilation shaft that lead into the exact building he wanted to go into. Staring once more at the vent that covered the narrow tunnel that lead into the large building, Eyes easily removed it, and entered the building, intending to find out what Kanone was up to.
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Sorry that this chappy was mostly just that flashback, but I can't really continue on with this fic until I find something out. It won't be too long, and if things go according to plan, then the next chappy will be up soon. If they don't, then I'll have to think, and that might take a while. Review!