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Having slept off the effects of the previous day's escapades, Subaru found himself contemplating the bottle of Merlot that stared at him from the recesses of his refrigerator. Surprisingly enough, the expected hangover had cleared pretty quickly, but Subaru had put that down to the fact that he had slept past the afternoon, and had awoken just in time for dinner to witness the setting of the sun. He shrugged, why bother about the passing of a day with nothing productive done when all his days were merely a repeat of each other? Soon, the monotonous nature of life would kill him. Literally.
Grasping the Merlot in his hands, he settled down to watch the sunset. Pretty hues and light spun everywhere and Subaru was enough of a romantic to wish…
Sudden pink mixed with orange.
"You didn't bring out two glasses."
Subaru looked away from the sunset and towards Seishirou.
"No, I wasn't expecting company." Subaru made no move to get up from his position of comfort. He chose instead to pour the full blooded red into his glass, swirling it around with an air of nonchalance. It was easy for him to do so because his senses were far from numb, the run ins with Seishirou were far too frequent for him to deal with.
"I don't like it when people ignore me."
"I don't like it when people start to whine." Subaru took a sip, relishing the flavour.
"I'm not whining."
"Why don't you listen to yourself sometime?"
"Why don't you learn? You never can stomach drink well."
Subaru regarded Seishirou over the lid of his glass. "I'm at home, it's so much safer to drink at home than outside, or was that something that never crossed your mind?"
"Are you sure about it being safer?" Seishirou took a step forward, bend down so that the two of them were at eye level.
Subaru did not reply.
"Well, at least let me drink with you." Seishirou lifted his hands and smoothly took Subaru's glass. Their hands met over the stem and Subaru shrugged off Seishirou's touch. His balance faltered and he went dangerously close towards Seishirou.
"Have you been drinking before this?" Subaru asked, noting the smell of alcohol on the older man's breath. He was THAT close.
"Why yes, but I unlike you, can stomach drink." Seishirou's eyes glinted with the coming swirls of the black night.
"Seishirou, I never said you couldn't stomach drink, I'm just wondering what a combination of wine… and me… would do to your system."
"If I wanted to be insulted, I would have gone to the Dark Kamui." The comment about Subaru passed over his head before he realized it.
The reference not lost on Subaru, Subaru muttered "I'm sure the Dark Kamui provides you with more than insults."
"I'm sure you'll like to know." The wineglass was refilled, and Subaru leaned in, tipping Seishirou's hand with the glass to his mouth. In the dark, with the light from streetlights flooding in small patches, there was an aura present about Subaru, his face half shrouded in darkness.
The drinking continued in silence, with the two facing each other, sometimes contemplating the opposite, sometimes staring into space without acknowledgment.
Seishirou lurched forward after a while, a smile on his face, his head almost falling into Subaru's lap. Leaning forward, Seishirou grabbed Subaru, kissing him hard.
Subaru pushed the latter away, laughing a little.
"You're drunk, Sei-san."
"So are you, Subaru-kun."
Wine removes inhibitions. The care free nature of their words spilled over, sounding almost endearing.
Seishirou made another grab for Subaru, succeeding this time as Subaru squirmed in his hold.
"Such pretty eyes, and even prettier mouth…" Murmured Seishirou, his fingers tracing the contours of Subaru's face. The result was a heart melting kiss, a soft sweet one where tongues melt, fire flickered and burned. Seishirou dipped a finger into the wine, letting it drop from his finger into Subaru's mouth. Hands touched, gripped with an almost urgent intensity. Subaru struggled to get up and wrapped his arms around Seishirou, content to hold, to feel. He felt warm, for an instance, he could hardly remember that the warm came from something that provided a fake stimulation of free inhibitions.
While Subaru was content with just that, it was clear from Seishirou's actions that he was not. Hands went under Subaru's shirt, touched gently, all the while showering butterfly like kisses on Subaru's face.
"No…"
"You're such a tease, Subaru-kun." Seishirou paid no attention to Subaru, intensifying the sensation his mouth was giving to the Sumeragi. His mouth left Subaru's lips, making its way down to Subaru's collarbone. Subaru weakened and responded. Soon, it was he that touched Seishirou, hands that left bruises in their eagerness to touch. Slight bruises. Subaru's mouth grew hot and the only sensation he could feel, could understand, was Seishirou. He moaned, welcoming what Seishirou was offering, letting Seishirou lock his arms together as the latter kissed him more passionately and more intensely than Subaru ever thought Seishirou was capable of.
And then the warmth left him.
"You wanted to know what a combination of wine and you would do to me?"
Standing up, his shadow towering over a dazed and rapidly getting upset Subaru, Seishirou straightened his clothes.
"Nothing, except a sheer sense of delight in knowing that nothing ever changes,… and Subaru, does this not prove that YOU need me?"
Subaru stared, the words he had spoken the night before tossed back into his face.
"You twisted my feelings, you made me want you."
"Excuses, excuses. But you must admit, you certainly do stir this slight feeling in my gut." Seishirou tossed out one final tidbit for Subaru to mull over before vanishing.
Subaru groaned and turned to the only solution he could find. Only to realize that Seishirou had taken the wineglass with him.
"Damn" Subaru muttered before collapsing on the floor in a drunken sleep.
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A/N: Sorry for such a late update. And the main thing about this chapter seems to be the dialogue. (as with every single of TTD's chapters) Appreciate the dialogue! Haha, I'll reply to the reviews in the next chapter. Please please review to keep me going! And don't you think that somehow what Sei is looking for is the physical while Subaru wants the emotional? I shall think about making it balanced up in the next few chapters. And yes, as a final note, I love all my reviewers. And would also like to add that I'm currently high on vodka at this moment. So pardon any weirdness in the chapter.