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.
Chapter four - Understanding
"Doushite?" Sakura's voice asked as it drifted from the hallway. "Iie, you're joking." She giggled as she paused a few moments to let the person on the other end of the phone finish explaining the piece of information that obviously couldn't wait, since they were calling at sinfully early hours, Touya groaned as he put his pillow over his ears trying to muffle the voice of the 17 year old. "Iie, really?" Sakura laughed.
"Kaijuu, for the love of all that's holy take your call somewhere else before I do something I regret." Touya shouted as he hurled his pillow at the door to highlight his menace.
"What was that… you don't want to see Yue? Ok let me just tell him that." Sakura shouted back as she whispered some words into the phone.
Yue! Touya shot from his bed, wrapping a towel around his waist in the heist to get to the door. Yanking the door open he came face to face with a smug Sakura and Yue.
"Touya, is it ok if I talk to you." Yue asked unsure about his actions yet overlooking Sakura's prying obstruction and keeping his eyes distantly cool.
Touya in the other hand narrowed his eyes as he indicated for the girl to give them their privacy, with a sharp jerk of his head towards the stairs.
Sakura in turn pouted but did as she was told as she knew she couldn't get away with spying on her brother.
As the youngest Kinomoto descended the stairs, Touya moved into his bedroom to let the silent teenager enter. Picking up the clothes that he had left by the foot of his bed the night before, Touya made his way to the chest of draws and took out a fresh set of clothes to wear. "Would you mind if I took a quick shower?" He asked Yue, who was currently looking out the window.
"Iie, go ahead I can wait." Yue focused his gaze on a distant spot in the sky as he felt the hot flush sneak up his ivory skin.
Touya nodded as he rushed into the bathroom and got into the shower, hoping that the cold water would cool him down as he pictured Yue in his bedroom, he seemed to belonged there somehow… looking out the window, sitting at the desk, and laying in the - "Iie" he scowled himself as he twisted the cold water tap to full blast, but it was pointless he had the image of Yue sleeping in his arms imprinted in his mind.
Yue sat down on the bed, careful not to mess up the small task he had just done, as he waited for Touya but too soon the older boy was walking out the bathroom in jeans and a shirt, a morning's shadow of a beard highlighting his strong jaw, indicating to the angel that the young man had rushed his cleansing.
"Gomen… I didn't mean to be of a nuisance." Yue jumped up aware that he had been sitting on the bed that Touya had been sleeping in no less than 15 minutes prior, the older boy was now standing before him, making everything look much closer together than they had been earlier.
"Don't apologise, you're not a bother at all." Touya breathed out slowly, unable to keep the image of Yue in his bed from appearing every time he blinked.
Yue chewed on his lower lip nervously as he looked for something to talk about, then his face relaxed a little as he remembered the reason for his visit. "Touya I just wanted thank you for being there for me… and I wanted to apologise for throwing myself at you the way I did." Yue lowered his eyelashes as a clear pink flush appeared on his cheeks once again making his sharp features smooth out slightly.
"Hey, I told you not to apologise." Touya moved closer and pulled Yue into his arms. "Have I told you how kawaii you look when you blush?" Touya prodded the angel to look at him as he rested his forehead against Yue's.
"Iie, we only met yesterday. You haven't seen me blush before." Yue answered innocently, missing the point of Touya's question.
"Fair enough, have I thanked you for doing my bed?" Yue giggled as his blush intensified and Touya smiled at his own accomplishment.
"Do you want to tell me what the yume was about?" Touya pulled back slowly as though not to scare Yue into his shell. Nonetheless Yue's eyes filled with alarm for a split second as he looked at Touya. "If you voice your yume, it won't come true. Although I haven't voiced mine and it already came to be." Touya smiled softly.
"What was your yume?" Yue looked at the older boy with curiosity and anticipation reflected in his grey eyes.
"That I was holding you in my arms… but there's just one thing that's missing." Touya looked pointlessly towards the ceiling as if he were thinking.
Yue frowned tip-toeing to see if he could find the answer in Touya's diverting eyes. "What would that be?" He finally spoke as he gave up.
At this enquiry Touya looked down, a sneaky grin plastered on his lips. "This" he bend down and took the angel's lips in his own, deepening the kiss with every passing second. Yue soon relaxed into the embrace and kiss of the older boy after the initial shock he received when Touya surprised him with the gift that he had been waiting for, pulling closer to his lover as he matched the hunger that Touya felt, tasting, tugging, and touching until Touya had to pull away to breath. "That's the best morning kiss I have ever received in my life." Touya drawled as he nipped on Yue's neck, "the best kiss, period." He studied his declaration as he pulled Yue a few inches of the floor and sat him on the bed then stood back, considering his next move.
Grey eyes watched as the taller boy concluded on sitting behind the angel. "Have you been kissed often?" Yue asked after Touya sat down a tint of jealousy evident on his lips making the dark boy laugh, his chest moved rhythmically as he leaned back slightly pulling Yue with him.
"Iie, I'm very picky about who gets my undivided attention." Touya admitted as he rested his chin on the shoulder of the younger man. "Are you going to tell me about your yume?" He tightened his embrace as he pulled Yue closer to keep him from running, as he felt the angel withdraw. "I promise nothing bad will happen."
Yue turned his head slightly to look at Touya as he considered the proposition, "You promise." Yue's light voice contradicted his cold eyes as he searched for an answer.
"Hai, didn't I just do that." Touya entwined his long fingers with the pale trembling fingers of his newly found partner, a small smile playing on his lips as he noted the way in which their fingers linked together, and how their bodies fit perfectly like two pieces of a puzzle.
Yue hesitated for a few second as he decided on what to do. Isn't Touya the one you've been looking for? You have to trust him, that's what this whole love business is about - being able to trust and talk to each other. A small voice advised wisely within his heart. I have to agree on this one. Besides the dream is about him, it's only right to let him know; especially if something can be prevented from happening. His mind agreed readily but the last words made Yue's frown deepen. I wouldn't let anything happen to him. He shot back. Then tell him. His heart and mind all but screamed together. "I was looking for someone, someone that I seemed to need urgently." His voice was neutral but something about the way that Yue's body tensed told Touya that there was more to this nightmare that was far from being a harmless dream. "I couldn't see where I was or where I was going so I relied on my sense of direction… the pain was getting too much… it hurt so much, I had to stop, I didn't want to see the cause of my pain or find the source of my need. I… I had… I couldn't resist - I saw you and… and you were hurt - because of me." The platinum tears flowed unchecked and Yue didn't move an inch as he seemed to be caught up in a world of his own.
Touya was numb, Yue's dream seemed harmless but something inside his soul chilled, something seemed to be grasping at the back of his mind for feelings and words to understand the new situation.
"Touya-san?" the voice broke the apprehensive tension that had been building in the room, Yue swept at his tears and tried to stand up but Touya held on tightly.
"Hai kaa-san?" Touya smiled at the white haired teenager with support dancing in his eyes as he pressed his lips lightly on the back of his shoulder.
"May I come in?" Nadesiko's voice asked once again.
"Hai, of course you can kaa-san" Touya answered back unblinkingly.
The door opened slowly to reveal Nadesiko and Sakura whom was startled momentarily by the view that greeted her then the teenager reflected the sincere smile that her mother held on her own face. "Good to see you two getting along so well." She teased gently as she followed Nadesiko into the bedroom.
"Dame da Sakura." The mother frowned slightly, her smile still intact. "Gomen… Yue is nice to see you again. There is just something that I need to ask. What happened to Hotaren?" Nadesiko's smile vanished as she questioned the young man.
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The blood that ran in her veins froze, but she knew that she hadn't misheard the Kinomoto mother. She watched as Yue himself froze at the sound of her name, his eyes turning from their usual cold grey to a fiery deep midnight grey-hued, anger was mixed with hate and disbelief. Touya on the other hand looked confused but unconcerned as he listened to his mother. Hotaren who had moments before being angrily plotting revenge for what she had witnessed in her pool of black poison that showed the present events that were taking place; she had been forced to watch from afar as Yue and Touya's relationship developed - something she hadn't expected to take place until later, being convinced that Yue was as cold and distant as he made out to be, but she wasn't counting on Touya to take his mother's advise and be so forward about his own feelings.
When Touya had taken her angel into his arms Hotaren all but screamed in frustration and when they kissed she was more than willing to curse the young man on the spot, but she knew better… she knew that if she had used her powers, Kaho would have felt them and the sensei would have stopped the attack from reaching it's target. Hotaren also knew that if that happen it would only be a matter of minutes until Kaho would remove her magical abilities or even her very existence. She had to control herself for the time being.
Now the dark angel sat in the privacy of her room, baffled by the question that Nadesiko had asked the angel of the moon, how did she know about her? Did she know Kaho-sensei or had she known Eriol-sensei before the previous day, that doesn't make sense, why would Kaho or Eriol talk about us to a human.
"How do you know about Hotaren?" Yue's voice was cold but respectful bringing back the dark angel from her thoughts, echoing her question.
"That's not important right now; I just need to know… where is she?" Nadesiko persisted as she refused to answer the angel's question.
Yue looked at the older woman "I don't know." He admitted as he looked away.
Hotaren watched as Nadesiko nodded slowly before smiling again. "Ok, I'll invite Eriol-kun for lunch, we can discuss details later." She left.
"Hotaren!" a voice called from the other side of the door making the angel jump.
"Hai" she called back after a wave of her hand and the image dissolved.
"Kaho-sensei wants to see us." The voice came again.
"Coming Kia" Hotaren pushed the pool under her bed before moving to the door.
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"Yue, are you alright?" Touya pulled the angel back from his reverie as he moved further onto the bed dragging his companion with him.
Laying himself down on the double bed Yue looked at Touya who had propped on an elbow to get a better view of the figure on his bed. "Touya… I have a little secret… keredo I'll prefer to tell you a little later - could you wait until then?" Yue's eyes pleaded softly making Touya smile as he nodded. "And you will always love me even if you don't like my secret?" He asked half expecting Touya to say no.
But Touya just nodded then he took Yue's hand on his own and kissed the palm, "zutto. Because there is nothing in this world that can change how my heart feels." Touya continued the trail of kisses and nipping along Yue's jaw, to much of the young man's delight.
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Doushite - Why?
Dame da - Cut it out
Keredo - But
Zutto - Always
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