A/N: This is installment 2 of Bouquet. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: Don't own, not making any money!
Ratings: PG
Genre: Angst
Warnings: none
Main Characters/Pairings: Kyou and Akito
Author: Kurai Himitsu
Fuller's Teasel
—Misanthropy—
The room was dim and Kyou stood near the center as black opal eyes raked down his exposed profile. He shuddered, vaguely wondering what the hell Akito had wanted, and the goddess smiled darkly to herself, her eyes narrowed to slits. "Kyou, Kyou," she murmured, half singing to a tune only she could hear as she weaved toward him; it made the Cat's hackles rise. "Kyou-kun, all alone—Kyou-kun with your bracelet of bone—Kyou-kun, Kyou-kun…"
"What the hell do you want?" growled the Cat, nervous and on edge.
Akito merely laughed and continued her song. "Kyou-kun, Kyou-kun—all alone with bloody stones—Kyou-kun, Kyou-kun…"
"Hey," snapped Kyou, fidgeting in his place. "Shut up already!"
A few feet short of touching the Cat, Akito stopped; her dark smile widened, almost serpentine now. "You like to be alone, don't you, Kyou?"
His fists clinched at his sides and his crimson eyes darkened. "Of course not! I hate it!"
"You like it," pressed the goddess, cocking her head slightly so her raven tresses fell to one side. "You push everyone away—that's good."
"What the hell are you talking about—"
She didn't stop; it was as though she hadn't heard the Cat at all. "That's good," she repeated, "Because then it won't hurt when I lock you in that cage—that cage especially for you." She smiled a little, dreamy almost. "I won't have to listen to you cry, or yell. You like to be alone, don't you? Is it because you realize you're a monster? Is it because you hate people? Is it because that monster hurt you?"
"Oh shut up!" Kyou's eyes narrowed, his spine tensed and electrified with white-hot anger and annoyance. "You're one to talk, bastard! You hole yourself up in your room and whine when it doesn't turn out like you want!"
Akito was frowning now; the dreamy look was gone from her face as she glared. "What do you know?"
Kyou snorted. "I know you're just a brat who can't stand anyone." Kyou stopped, a peculiar look crossing his face. He relaxed, his muscles loosening as he calmed. "You hate people, don't you? You're the one with a problem, aren't you?"
"You are mistaken—"
"No," interrupted Kyou, his expression one of interest. "No, I'm not. You really do hate people—but you need them." Akito was becoming more and more livid with every word that Kyou spoke and he could see that. He smiled like a child who had finally completed a puzzle that had for so long remained unfinished. "And that burns you up, doesn't it?"
"Get out—you don't know anything!" Akito's eyes were narrowed and angry, her nostrils flared and her lips pursed. "Get out! Get out!"
Kyou only smiled and chuckled softly to himself as he left. Akito stood, panting, near the center of the floor, her opal eyes wide and almost…afraid. She shuddered, wrapping her arms around herself and drifting to the open window. As her eyes gazed through the glass, it occurred to her—perhaps…the Cat was right…
A/N: I hope you enjoyed it! Please, review!