NOTES:
Anne: Haha. Bulgarian. xD That still makes me laugh. ...Did you say grapes? I'll have to send you that clip of me, Kris, and Mel watching Bel Air. We're being weird and Kris says, "They're like grapes! ...They're like grapes I want to eat them! (pause. Look at camera) I'm talking about Gackt's lips." I did realize that I I didn't say what Kei was wearing. I think it was his black leather pants and Safe Sex Forever shirt. Sho is like me. He blushes at every compliment or waves it off and disregards it. xD I don't understand Sho's train of thought at all. But I guess delicious reminded him of the boiling chocolate he tasted which reminded him of it on his fingers which reminded him of his rings which then reminded him of the "wedding ring"...?
Essenity: What, you're referring to my boyfriends? HE'S ONLY MY SECOND ONE! ...Spiffy isn't a word? Seriously? Woah. I did not know that. Oh well. We'll just pretend it is. ;D And LJ is addicting. I'll update mine more once my friend actually makes me a better layout. I'm beginning to miss my Moon Child/KeixSho/GacktxHyde one.
Fujipuri: Strawberries make me giggle now because of that chapter. xD I'm such a loser, aren't I? And I'm glad I could brighten up your day with some hott asian vampire smut. Hey! That should be a new technical term! Hott Asian Vampire smut! Don't wonder what'll happen for too long...you might not like it. ;-; (hides behind Mana...or the hide fairy from the Celebration (Long Version) PV!)
YaoiKitty: ...Your review is like...totally cut up. So I have no idea what you said, but I'll just agree with it and add, "Yeah. I thought so. And Vanilla is quite the perverted song. As is Dispar."
Not as many reviews last chapter. Probably because it's now rated M and people don't realize they have to click the all ratings button when they browse for smutty Moon Child fics.
Chapter Seven – Missing
Groping around next to him to find his companion missing, Sho sighed and rolled over, finally managing to open his eyes. The mattress next to him was empty; Kei had obviously already gotten up to take a shower. "Dammit. He's going to use up all the hot water," Sho muttered to himself, rubbing his eyes to wake himself up.
"I took a shower nearly an hour ago, so I'm sure there's plenty of hot water left," a voice said from the doorway. Sho sat up and smiled at Kei, but his smile faltered when he noticed that the vampire's attire was strangely different. He was wearing a green, long-sleeved peasant cut top and loose jeans. Never before had Sho seen his lover wearing jeans.
"…You wearing jeans?" Sho asked as Kei climbed over the covers to lie down next to him and nip affectionately at his neck.
"Mmm—I figured since we're married now, I can let loose and do whatever the hell I want!" Kei said proudly. But when Sho looked at him, he simply laughed and hugged Sho warmly. "But that was one of the best nights I have ever had."
"It wasn't the best?" Sho asked with a pout.
"Okay, okay. It was the best I've ever had with you," he replied, but Sho stared at him.
"W-with me?"
"Yes, Sho-chan, with you."
"You mean…you've been with someone else besides me?" He whispered.
"Well, Luka—" Kei tried to say.
"You've had sex with Luka?" Sho asked, utterly horrified at the thought. He stared into Kei's eyes and could suddenly hear moans of passion in his mind and flashing pictures before his eyes. Tangled sheets, flailing limbs, Kei's moans and moans that definitely were not his own. "STOP!" He screamed, breaking eye contact and clamping his hands over his ears to block out the sounds within his own mind. Kei stared incredulously at him.
"You really think that in those thirty two years I spent with Luka, we didn't have sex once?" Kei asked; Sho shuddered at the words.
"I can't even imagine you with him! He's disgusting and—"
"I'M JUST AS DISGUSTING AS HIM!" Kei yelled, standing up and glaring at Sho. "And so are you! He made me, I made you, we're all intertwined! His blood is in my veins and my blood is in your veins!"
This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
"I don't goddamn care!" Sho furiously exclaimed. "I thought I was the only person you've ever loved."
"You are! I never loved—"
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!" He yelled angrily. Kei was about to yell back, but he swallowed hard and took a deep breath.
"So you're not going to listen to me—"
"No, I'm not," Sho said, crossing his arms over his bare chest.
"—Because you think I'm going to make up—"
"Yes!"
Kei glared at Sho; it was a glare that made Sho cower slightly. "Fine," he said, suddenly strolling out of the room. Sho stared after him, confused for a moment, before he leaped out of bed, grabbed his robe, and ran out to find Kei pulling on his red jacket. "If you don't want to listen to me, then I'm leaving."
"Fine! Leave then!" Sho fumed.
"Until you want to hear what I have to say, consider me gone," Kei said before he opened the door and walked out into a rainy Mallepa afternoon, letting Sho slam the door closed behind him.
"Dammit, Kei!" Sho yelled at the closed door, knowing the vampire couldn't hear him. Not knowing what else to do, he suddenly kicked the door and stormed off to take a shower…
It was nearly nine at night and Kei still hadn't returned home. Sho was sitting on the couch, slowly regretting what he had said. He kept glancing back at the clock, then to the door, hoping Kei would return and he could apologize, but by now, he realized that he would have to go find Kei.
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know
Sighing, Sho wandered over and put on his trench coat, walking outside. With a turn of a key, locking the house, he made his way down their driveway to find his best friend…
After almost three hours of searching everywhere in Mallepa where Kei might be, Sho was down to one last option and he hoped it wasn't true. "The hospital," he whispered to himself. Sighing, he turned around and headed towards the building he despised. He passed the usual flower shop where Kei always had bought him flowers. "It used to be right next to Shinji's…oh my god." Sho froze in his tracks and stared at what used to be his brother's bar. "A strip club? They turned it into a strip club?"
Several women clad in form fitting tank tops, short skirts, and high heels walked out of the front door and towards him. "Hello," The blonde one said to him. Sho gave her a weird look; she simply batted her mascara-covered eyelashes cutely at him and smiled. "Looking for a fun time?" She asked him, throwing her hair behind her shoulder slowly.
"I'm not really interested," Sho said shortly. The two women that followed her looked angry and stalked off, but the blonde didn't give up easily.
"Why not?" She asked with a pout. The woman reached out and grabbed Sho's arm, but he wrenched it away.
"Because you're working in my deceased brother's bar!" Sho snapped.
"But you don't want to come in and see how it's improved?"
"No!"
"Why?"
"Because I'm looking for my husband, thank you very much!" Sho snarled. The woman looked taken aback; she staggered a few paces.
"You mean you aren't a man?" She asked. Sho simply stormed off down the street.
"Damn whores," he muttered under his breath. The hospital was now in view and Sho began to run, heading towards the emergency entrance. Sighing in disgust because he had to wait for a stretcher to go through before him, he bolted straight for the desk. The nurse gave him a weird look.
"And you are?"
"Sho," he said, gasping for breath. "I'm here to visit—Kei."
"I'm sorry, but visiting hours end at eight and…" The nurse stopped and typed something into the computer. "…Oh."
"What?" Sho asked, his stomach plummeting.
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
"It seems as though Dr. Matsumoto has given you permission to Kei's room at any time," she said. "He's in room four sixty-six."
"Thank you," Sho said with a small smile before running to the elevators. He heard a faint 'NO RUNNING!' from the nurse at the desk, but he ignored it and stepped into one of the elevators.
Managing to make it to room four sixty-five, Sho found Kei. "Oh Kei…" he whispered, walking forward. The vampire was fast asleep; his breathing was so shallow that a thin tube was connected to his nose. Walking over to the front of the bed, he grabbed the status chart. "Damn, if only I could read these things…" He placed the clipboard back on the front of the bed and sighed.
Suddenly there were several nurses in the room surrounding him and trying to pull him out of the room. "You're not allowed in here!" "You have to leave!" "Visiting hours are over!"
"DAMMIT, LET ME GO!" Sho screamed. "I'M ALLOWED IN HERE! LET GO!" His anger turned into sorrow and he let out a soft sob. "Let me stay…KURISUTARU…SHE'S GIVEN ME PERMISSION…" But the nurses wouldn't listen to him.
"STOP!" A familiar voice screamed above his own. The nurses froze and turned to find Kurisu standing in the doorway. "Sho has permission to be in here, as does Kei if Sho were in his situation. Now leave him alone and get out of my site," she hissed. The nurses scurried away and shut the door after them.
"Thanks," Sho said weakly.
"Please don't thank me, Sho," Kurisu whispered, suddenly looking melancholy. She held out a small envelope grasped in her shaking hand. "You…you aren't going to like what's in here." Sho stared at her for a moment before ripping the envelope out of her hand and opening it up. Inside was a folded piece of paper. Unfolding it, he found Kei's familiar handwriting:
Sho,
If I knew you were going to overreact to something so stupid, I would have never started showing you my memories in the first place. I thought you would be more mature about what my mind holds, but I guess not. You're still a child in your actions and I should have realized that at the beginning.
I understand why you are mad. You are mad because I have had another lover besides you. But Luka was nothing compared to you, my Sho-chan. We have something that Luka and I didn't; we have love. Pure love. Love that cannot be broken by anything. Luka and I never had that. In the beginning he had to force me just because of his need—his lust for sex. Luka was not a fun or happy person to be around, but you are.
I find it rather ironic that you explode at me for having sex with Luka when you had sex with Yi-Che and you have a daughter. Did I explode at you when you told me? No, of course not. I simply smiled and accepted what you did in the past, knowing that your stupid actions were because of a stupid thing I did.
I can't tell you I'm sorry for running out because I'm not. I did what was right. If I would have stayed there, things would have been said that weren't met and we may have possibly killed each other indirectly. I didn't want that.
I love your childishness, but you need to grow up just a little bit, Sho. I fell in love with the ten-year-old Sho whose words and actions were so grown-up. But somehow, those mature words were lost and you became a seven-year-old once again without the help of the amnesia five years ago.
I never would have expected something like this to happen after such a romantic night…
Kei
Sho looked up at Kurisu, but she was staring intently at Kei's monitors purposely. Folding the paper back up, he realized that the envelope was still rather heavy. He tilted the envelope to the side and held out his hand to catch what had been placed in the envelope along with the letter.
A silver ring.
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore
He stared at it for a moment before he glanced down at Kei's left hand to find it bare of any rings. His eyes welled with tears as he looked down at the ring he had given his love the night before. "No," he whispered. Kurisu turned around and stared at him, a saddened look on her face. "No, no, no, no, no…" Sho slumped into the chair behind him and put a hand over his eyes as he began to cry. Kurisu waited a few minutes, her heart breaking slightly every time Sho sobbed, before she walked over and placed a hand on Sho's shoulder. Sho looked up at her. "W-why is he here then?" he asked quietly. Kurisu didn't answer. Sho watched as she put a hand into her pocket and pulled out a small piece of paper and handed it to him. Slowly, he read:
Now you can go what I've had to go through so many times…
"Wh-what's wrong with him?" Sho asked, looking up at Kurisu.
"He…he asked me to," she whispered. "He told me what had happened, he wrote the letter, he placed the ring in the envelope as I got everything ready…"
"What's wrong with him?" Sho repeated loudly, silent tears still streaming down his cheeks.
"He asked me to…put him in a chemically-induced coma. He said he was hurting so much emotionally…he wanted to sleep through the worst of it," Kurisu said, becoming teary-eyed. "I told him it wouldn't work, but he wanted to be put in it anyway. He didn't care."
Sho looked over at Kei with wide eyes. How could he do such a thing to himself? Setting down the envelope and ring on a tray, Sho walked over and kneeled down next to Kei's bed. "Why couldn't you listen to Kurisu?" He whispered to the still figure. "Why didn't you realize that putting yourself in a coma won't get rid of the pain? God, Kei…you're still so selfish…"
He suddenly felt horrid; memories of years before appeared in his mind…him telling Kei he was too selfish, Kei yelling at him and telling him he would kill himself for Sho…
As he let out a soft sob, Kurisu pulled him up and guided him back to the chair. He sat down softly, burying his face in his hands. Kurisu sighed and kissed Sho's cheek gently. Sho looked up at her. "It'll be okay, Sho," she said reassuringly. "It won't last the full 24 hours it's supposed to because he's a vampire." Sho nodded and pulled his knees up to his chest as Kurisu left the room. He slid out of his trench coat and closed his eyes.
All throughout the night, morning, and afternoon of the next day, Sho had read and reread the letter Kei had written him, hoping that the more times he read it, the more it was likely that his love would wake up.
Kurisu had come in several times to try to comfort him, but it didn't work. "I'll be back in two minutes to make you feel better," she had told him nearly fifteen minutes before.
On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
"The only thing she could bring me would be Kei," Sho whispered to himself. After a few moments of silence, the door opened and Kurisu walked in with a tray and a smile on her face. She set the tray down on Sho's lap and grinned when Sho let out a squeak.
"I figured it would make you happy if I brought you a big bowl of ice cream," she said as Sho smiled brightly at her. "They were out of vanilla, so I got you cookie dough." Sho set the tray on the table next to him and he hugged Kurisu tightly.
"Thanks," he whispered, his voice rather hoarse from all of the crying he had been doing. Kurisu smiled and hugged him back. But when she tried to pull away, Sho wouldn't let go. "Don't leave," he whimpered. "Please. Just stay for a few more minutes. I…I need company."
"Can't the ice cream count as company?" Kurisu said jokingly into Sho's neck. Sho laughed softly and let go of Kurisu.
"Sorry," he said quietly, looking away. "I guess I just feel alone and needy right now…"
"It's okay, Sho. I know how you feel."
"Who have you lost?" He asked.
"My very first 'friend'. His name was Luka," she replied.
"Wait. As in the Luka Kei had sex with?" Sho asked angrily.
"Yes. And I did, too, Sho," Kurisu said loudly. "It's normal for vampires to create that sort of bond. It's sort of like claiming territory if you want to think of it that way." Sho's eyes fell to his hands in his lap.
"I never thought of it like that…" he breathed.
"That's what Kei was trying to tell you, but you wouldn't listen," she said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "He told me about you 'proposing' to him." Sho looked up at her.
"What did he say?"
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
"He said that when you got down in front of him on one knee and asked him…" She paused for a moment. "He said it was the happiest he had ever been in his entire life." Sho smiled softly. "He said he would have never expected something so perfect, so romantic from you." She watched a tear slide down Sho's cheek. "Hell, if you did that to me, I'd think it was the most amazing thing in the world."
"Thank you for telling me that," he breathed, wiping away his tears. Kurisu smiled warmly at him.
"Now you relax and eat your ice cream, Sho. Kei would want you to," she added with a wink before she left him alone again. Sho grinned at her and grabbed the bowl and spoon and slowly ate the partially melted ice cream.
Once the bowl was empty, Sho wiped his mouth and set the bowl back on the tray. He glanced over at Kei who was beginning to stir. He watched as Kei's breathing began to quicken and his eyes began to flutter. Finally, they slowly opened and stared up at the blank ceiling. Kei let out a soft moan as he turned his head to look over at Sho. "H-hi Sho," he said weakly. Sho suddenly stood up and glared at Kei.
"Piss off," Sho hissed. With that, he stormed out of the room and bumped into Kurisu, but he continued to walk to the elevators. He hadn't noticed that Kurisu was following him until he had stepped into the elevator and sunk to the ground, crying. As the doors were about to close, Kurisu pushed them back.
"What happened?" She asked, but Sho simply shook his head and wiped away some of the tears on his face. Sighing angrily, Kurisu made her way back to Kei's room, letting Sho leave the hospital. She found Kei sitting up in bed with tears slowly streaming down his cheeks.
"H-he still hates me," Kei whispered softly. Kurisu just sighed and went over to Sho's trench coat, realizing the vampire had forgotten it in his rush to storm out dramatically.
"Great. Now I've got two sulking vampires to look after," she muttered to herself…
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you...
I got the idea of the chemically induced coma from an episode of House. I've had this idea for about three months…or whenever that episode was from. And yes. You all probably want to murder Sho, but don't worry, it'll all be okay...or will it:D
I tried to upload this earlier today, but there was a random error and it wouldn't work at all, so now it's almost 9:30 at night and my legs are throbbing with pain because I just played two hours of intense hockey. o.o
Lyrics are Far Away by Nickelback. Thanks to Anne for sending me the lyrics and the song!
No memories for the next few chapters, so they may seem a bit out of place. I may try to sneak some into the next chapter if there's enough room...It's going to be sort of long if I decide to cram all of the things I have planned into it. Oh well. I'll figure it out. I hope you all enjoyed a very fast update! You won't get one for a while now...long talk with parents cut down my computer time...even though I'm on winter break right now. I'll figure something out.
Reviews are nice and keep me warm in this cold Michigan winter weather!
Kei facts:
Himeko: Kei's mother.
Ryuuto: Kei's father.
Haruki: Kei's younger brother. Two years younger than him.
Maori: Kei's older sister. Five years older than him.
Mei: Random pet cat they got two weeks before the falling down the stairs incident. Secretly Gackt's cat.
Kei's Birthday: ------ --, 1954 (you'll find the date out later); Turned into vampire: 1973 (was 19); Is currently 89 years old in the year 2043.
Anniversary: May 5, 2038
