DISCLAIMER I don't own any of the characters in this fan fiction but I have the honour to use them… please forgive me if you don't like it.
I do own Hotaren though; I hope you like her… kinda.
Chapter three - Your call
Spinel leaned back in his hind legs as he stretched and suppressed a yawn that managed to escape on the last minute. "I'm going to bed… I'm beat." He announced as he let his large wings droop, the panther looked to the angel for a respond but none came seeing as the angel was deep in meditation. "12.43" Spinel looked away from the clock. "The others must be asleep." He concluded as he walked to his bedroom.
Five minutes later Yue dropped to the floor. "Argh this is stupid!" He scowled as he made his way to the door, he has tried to train his wings, stance, kicks, punches, blokes, he tried to read, memorise and meditate, but still he felt uneasy. There was something about the day's events that kept him preoccupied… but what was it? Yue heard the click of a door close and as he turned to the sound he noted that he had just walked out of the mansion, without a second though he hid his wings as he went back to wearing the jeans and shirt he was wearing earlier, the air was a little chillier but he didn't mind the wind nipping at his skin as he made his way to the park once again, suddenly as he got to his destination he realised what he was bothered about. Touya's face flashed in the back of Yue's mind as the 19 year old passed the bench where he and his brother sat when they had gone for their walk with Syaoran; finding a spot to sit Yue took his sneakers and socks off and let the cold water wash over his feet as the stream run slowly, laying back on the grass Yue noted for the first time that there wasn't a moon that night; pouting a little in disappointment he closed his eyes and concentrated on the sounds that went around him.
'His legs run faster, but soon his body screamed to slow down. He couldn't slow down though, he had to continue, and he had to go faster. Just a little further, argh if only he could see past the fog that was descending faster with every step that he took. But he could feel his way, he knew that he was getting closer, just a little further, just a few more steps. "Stop!" Yue jolted to a halt as he felt a pang of pain in his heart; something happened, something terrible… one uneven step was followed by another as the angel approached the figure that he could see. The mist was clearing mockingly as it revealed a trembling man, he was kneeling and his back was towards Yue. "Ano…" the angel was at a loss of words as he tried to catch the attention of the person before him, but before he could think of anything to say, the young man fell on his side, unconscious. "Touya!" Yue's voice was shaking in alarm as he looked at the face that was so familiar to him now.'
"Touya!" Yue bolted up to find himself in the park.
"I'm here." The deep voice moved closer to the pale young man making Yue jump, Touya was kneeling a few inches away and his eyes where darkened in worry and a little confusion. Yue didn't care, he jumped up and wrapped his arms around the older boy's neck in relief and to make sure he was really there. "Thank God you're ok." He whimpered as he buried his face in the arch of Touya neck.
Realising his actions he pulled back and sat down again his back to Touya. "What are you doing here?" He managed to ask after the silence stretched a little further than comfortable for both men.
"You called me." Touya stated simply making Yue turn to him once again. "Well I wasn't sure that it was you at first. I just felt something pull at me from inside. When I felt the urge and necessity of the call I rushed to that voice and found you here, asleep; I wasn't sure if I made a mistake but you seemed to be having a bad yume so I stayed, then you called my name. I knew it was you… it has been you all along." Touya looked at the pale and very confused teenager before him.
"What do you mean all along?" Yue asked the question that shone in his eyes.
"I have been getting similar... effects for the last couple of weeks, demo this week it was more intense. It must have been you needing me. Or maybe I need you?" he tilted his head at the possibility as he considered Yue for a few seconds.
"Perhaps we need each other?" Yue turned back to the lake and wrapped his arms around his knees as he though about spending time with the dark boy.
"Perhaps" Touya echoed before moving closer to the younger boy; placing two fingers under the pale chin he turned Yue's face so that they looked at each other, inching closer Touya guided his finger across the angel's face and traced the lock of hair behind his ear then his fingers continued their path along Yue's jaw making the uncertain teenager catch his breath.
Yue closed his eyes to the ripples of pleasure that Touya send sizzling through his entire body with just one touch, expecting his lips to be caressed by the older boy's own he waited for the fulfilment to come but instead Touya kissed him on the forehead then stood up and left.
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"Baka… you should have stayed." A voice inside the 20 year old man scowled whilst another disagreed. "Iie, you shouldn't even have gone there in the first place." Touya shook his head to make the voices stop but they continued to bicker.
"Chotto! I don't regret going and maybe I should have stayed a little longer but had I done that I would never be able to leave." Touya finalised the discussion and in the end getting to terms with how he felt about the situation at hand.
"Kaa-san, what are you doing up?" Touya asked as he entered the kitchen to find his mother sitting on a stool as she looked out the window.
"I went to thank you for today, and you weren't in your bedroom so I figured you went to see Yue." She smiled as Touya chocked on the name.
"What made you figure that?" Touya blinked a few times to make sure he wasn't dreaming any of this.
"My sweetness, I'm your mother. Besides I saw the way you kept watching each other today, he was somewhat intrigued by the way he was drawn to you, and you… well you kept a watch on him to make sure he was ok." Nadesiko had that smile that whispered prove-me-wrong-if-you-dare.
"But we only met today." Touya tried to argue although he had already lost the battle and his attempt to get an upper-hand was futile.
Nadesiko smiled wider, "So I'm right." She stated simply.
The boy nodded after a few hesitant seconds. "Hai, he called me." He added softly.
"So what happened?" the mother prodded gently as she identified the confusion that danced in her son's eyes.
"I realised that he had been calling for me for the past few weeks… oh kaa-san he needs me so much and I, I… I need him too." Touya went to his mother like he had done so often when he was a child when he needed help. Nadesiko took her son in her arms and embraced him closely as he held on and searched for something reasonable or at least a little understandable.
"Kaa-san what is it that I'm feeling for Yue?" Touya pulled away slightly to look at his mother as he asked her the question that was mockingly swimming in his head.
"I can't answer that for you my son, but I can say that whatever happens between the two of you, never forget that you need each other... a circle is never complete if it's missing a half." Nadesiko kissed her son gently on the cheek as she moved to leave him with his thoughts.
Touya nodded as he tried to understand what his mother had just said. "Kaa-san, why did I feel him when he called for me?" Touya looked to his mother once again.
"The bond between Yue and you is stronger than you know. Just don't try to push him away if things get confusing especially now that he needs you so much. He still hasn't come to terms with his return home." Nadesiko smiled as she left Touya before he asked her how she knew what she knew, or any other question that he may have.
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Yue finally broke away from his mindless wandering around the park and made his way home. "Home" he toyed with the idea as a smile tinted his lips and Touya's face flashed in his mind once again. Walking up to the front door he realised that he had no way of entering the mansion in his state unless he woke up his master and siblings. Extending his wings Yue made his way to the window that he had left open making sure that no-one could see him. Once inside the initiation room Yue closed the window and hid his wings, he started to make his way to Spinel's bedroom but a hint of guilt made him think twice, finally the angel stop at his own door instead of proceeding down the hall concluding that he could speak to his brother in the morning, Yue finally entered his bedroom and went straight to bed, falling fast asleep as soon his head hit the pillow, Touya being the last thing on his mind.
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A scowl creased the olive skin as the red eyes flashed with anger and jealousy. "Gomen Kinomoto demo Yue's mine." The dark angel's eyes flashed once more as she saw Touya enter his bedroom. Then turned to go back to find Yue at the park.
It took Hotaren fifteen minutes to realise that Yue had left the park and was probably at the mansion by now, but as she made her way to Eriol Hiiragizawa's mansion she heard her mistress call upon her.
Changing her direction the blank wings bitted hard against the wind as she flew to her own home a few streets on the other side of the park.
"Kaho-sensei… did you ask for me?" The young girl dropped on her knee letting her wings and midnight dress pool around her.
"Hotaren, where have you been?" Kaho tilted her head slightly as she focused her gaze on her creation from the high-back chair she was sitting on, her red kimono matching her pinned up hair perfectly.
The angel of darkness looked up to meet the eyes of her mistress, the eyes often understanding and soft, where now clouded with hints of anger and the challenge that dared the girl to hide her actions. "I was watching." The girl half admitted, not daring to voice her full answer in fear of what her sensei would do.
Kaho looked away in what seemed to be disgust as she nodded. "You were watching Yue again; you deliberately disobeyed me, after I distinctively told you to leave the angel of the moon alone." Kaho's voice was level but it stung the young apprentice more than if her mistress had shouted.
"He didn't know that I was there." Hotaren tried to defend herself quickly but Kaho jus smiled mockingly letting the girl know that her attempts were ineffective.
"You have made his life hell… your obsession has kept him from being happy and you from being close to him. The more you deprive him of human contact, the more he will recent you. He wants to find the one that belong with him, he doesn't want to be thrown into a relationship, especially with someone that refuses to let him live." Kaho's honesty cut deeper than a knife, but strict training and educational manners kept the angel of darkness from lashing out or even walking away from the redhead.
A little voice that whispered that there was more to Hotaren's stay than respect for her creator was kept carefully concealed under layers of darkness and jealousy deep in the mind and heart of the 18 year old.
"Leave him alone." Kaho ordered the girl, Hotaren nodded and left for her bedroom, but her mind was far from obeying her mistress, no she had to stop Touya from getting close to her Yue… "Yue will belong to me and me alone." The angel vowed.
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Yume Dream
Chotto Cut it out
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