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"You stupid son of a bitch" Mumbles emitted from beneath a pristine white jacket as Subaru walked the pavement. The annoyance seemed to be directed at both himself as well as Seishirou. "That cocky arrogant misfit" Every time the name crept into his mind, Subaru would start to lose control of his emotions and swear.
Feeling cold, wet, and plain miserable, Subaru stepped into a bar.
"One drink" He told himself, he promised. No more than one.
The warmth hit him like a swirling fog and he longed to lose himself in the embrace of the heat, the cheer and the laughter. Too close to Christmas time, too close for comfort. Even at times, he longed for the security of someone to share it with but Subaru knew the impossibility of such a situation presenting itself. He was simply too wrapped up in Seishirou to think about any one else.
He slid his weary body onto a counter stool.
"What'll it be?" The bartender asked.
"Just give me something to drown my sorrows."
"Ah," The bartender smiled knowingly, "First timers"
"I'm not. My brain isn't functioning at the moment." Subaru choked back the insult.
"Nah, I know your type pretty well. Goes for those classy and fancy pieces, dresses well, speaks well but can't get what they want. That's why you're here instead of snuggling up in your darling's arms."
Subaru would have decked the guy if not for the cheery smile to know that it was a joke. However, the words spoke closely to home and he winced a little.
He nursed the drink, then cautiously took a sip. The clear liquid blazed a trail of fire down his throat and he struggled to breathe.
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Smiling, Seishirou watched from outside the pub.
Smoothing down his hair, he thought to himself, "My Subaru will never be a drinker."
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"What's your problem, baby?"
Subaru cleared his watery eyes and stared at the girl standing next to him. Maybe girl was a much too young, woman was better. Her dark black hair swirled around her, and the clear honeyed coloured eyes hid a deeper meaning. Even her clothes drew his attention because they were something Hokuto would never ever wear or design.
"Can I sit down, pretty boy?" Again, the woman asked, indicating the empty stool beside Subaru with a booted foot.
"Be my guest." Subaru did not really care, thinking that the place must have filled up during his undignified choking and the woman needed a place to sit. He gave her a baffled look when he realized the bar was only three quarters full.
"Is this yours?" She took his glass of yet unknown beverage and threw it down her throat. Laughing again at his expression, she signaled the bartender.
"Give me a shot and something stronger for my baby."
"Baby? Who's baby?" Subaru just could not make out what was happening.
"You're really very cute." With that, she laid a hand on Subaru's thighs as her fingers worked their way up.
Subaru jerked back as if he were scalded.
"Don't touch me!"
"Why not, baby? Don't tell me you've never been picked up before? This is a bar and all the men want to be you!" She swept her arm and Subaru hid a blush as he noted the expressions of envy, awe and resentment on the faces of the men around him. He took a closer look at the woman, noting again her beauty and the something else in her eyes.
Realization dawned upon him.
"Seishirou, what kind of sick joke are you playing?" The woman was really too like Seishirou.
"Oh my god, you've got a girlfriend already. Don't tell me, she dumped you right? I know how to make her jealous."
"Do you know how to take a hint?" Miserable, Subaru slumped in his seat, his fingers playing with the new glass of potent mixture the bartender had served up.
"Come on, tell Jessie what your bad girlfriend did. I know how to make you feel better."
"How would I know? Stupid idiot's apparently the love of my life because I can't seem to let him go." He chugged down the drink and did not wince at the burning sensation because he was simply too lost in his own pain to care. The bartender cleared his drink and presented him with another and that was swigged too.
"Him?"
"Boyfriend, lover, stalker, killer, pain in my ass, sex maniac…whatever you wanna call him."
"Any chance of me helping you forget him?" Jessie lay a suggestive hand on his lapels of his shirt.
"You could try." The alcohol was rushing to his head, and Subaru was not clear of what he was saying or doing, thus resulting in his drowning of his third drink. What happened to his promise of one drink?
Given the go ahead, Jessie slid smoothly into Subaru lap and her hands curled into his hair, drawing them both closer. Subaru looked up confused, green eyes meeting honeyed ones. Lips touched his, setting him on fire. His hands touched smooth shoulders, small and slim waist, and Subaru leaped out of the stool. Jessie slid into a heap on the floor, all traces of smoothness and tolerance gone.
"You're not him." With that, Subaru got up, dusted himself and walked as steadily as he could manage under the damaging influence of alcohol across to the door.
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He leaned outside the pub, his head touching the cold walls as he watched the first sprinklings of snow scatter the ground, covering up all traces of the black and grey with white.
"Gah" Subaru could not take it any longer and slid into a heap on the sidewalk. His head was spinning and he just wanted to die.
"Interesting description of me, though I'm not sure I liked it… after all, how would you know if I was the pain in your ass if I've never showed it to you?" Seishirou looked down at Subaru from where one was standing and the other was sprawled on the ground.
"You smug bastard."
"Now now, Subaru baby… mind your language."
"None of your bloody business."
"None of mine? None of mine? I should jolly well think it's my freaking business if you went and had sex with that girl!" The calm expression gave way to fury.
"Actually, it won't be. I have my own life too, anyway, why would you care? You certainly didn't when I all but presented the chance to you this evening." It was Subaru's turn to be calm even when his brain was failing him.
"You wouldn't dare. You need me more than you ever thought you did."
"Don't dare me Seishirou, don't dare me." Subaru did not address the second part of Seishirou's statement because he was afraid of what he would say under such circumstances. He struggled to his feet.
"See, you do need me." Seishirou slung an arm around Subaru's waist and hoisted him upright on his feet. Subaru's arms instinctively tightened around the other's and Subaru placed his mouth close to Seishirou's, his breath warming the distance between them even as Seishirou tried to squelch the beginnings of desire that came from within.
"Come on, we're going home." Seishirou prepared to walk off with Subaru but Subaru stopped him. Calmly, Subaru unwound his arms from around Seishirou's and smiled, lifted up his arms… and flagged a cab.
Baffled, Seishirou could only stare.
"See, Seishirou darling, I don't need you, but the question is, do YOU need me?" With that, Subaru stepped up to the curb where the cab was waiting but before leaving, pressed a soft kiss to Seishirou's lips and slid inside the cab.
2-1 with Subaru in the lead, not that anyone was keeping score.
A/N: not sure if this chapter was to anyone's liking but well, we'll see how the reviews go and I'll take it from there. thanks to those who reviewed the first chapter, I was presently surprised.