NOTES:
Hiroyukishinji: I'm glad you're hooked. Your dedication chapter is probably coming up sometime soon. I have to see who else has to be dedicated...Sho's more perverted? xD Well, I may agree with you there after you read this chapter...
Fujipuri: I think they will be taking turns from now on, because I love Sho's memories. I was going to have Sho-kun's memory of when Kei came back, but he talks about it in this chapter, and I changed it around, so I don't think I'll be able to. But we still have to go back to the chest because I realized I forgot to add some stuff...xD; And I'll write the story as soon as I'm inspired!
Anne: You don't feel like reviewing anymore? o.O Don't stop reviewing or else I won't be able to write! I don't know when you were drunk before because we live on different continents. xD I really want to see all of their pictures in the photobook because I think they'd be so adorable and really cute and I'd have to hug them for being so freaking cute. And watch Lost! I love it so much!
Yaoikitty: I miss Pierrot, too! They're still in my profile because I dearly miss them and people keep IMing me and asking who Pierrot is and I just shoot them in the face. xD
Shin: Thanks! And my birthday is also Kei and Sho's anniversary, as one of my reviewers reminded me of the day after. xD Oh well. And I love my cute chapters. They make me happy. And I don't like sad chapters, but I write them anyway. Usually it depends on my mood.
Puptastic25: Thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you like my story!
Essenity: I never stuck with Coke. Actually my mom forced me to drink Sprite when I had an upset stomach and I still don't like Sprite. xD
Yvonne: I wish I had pie, too. I should make some for my history teacher's birthday next week because he said that he loves pie. xD I'm not weird or stalking him, he's just one of my favorite teachers. But anyway...I don't care if you talk about Tae Kwon Do, it doesn't bother me. I actually find it interesting, so don't worry. And tell your friends that I love them! And thanks for the luck for my test!
Hoshino Haruka: What fic? The birthday one at GacktxHyde? Oooh. I hated that one for some reason. But I have about twelve other in-progress fics that I haven't uploaded there...I haven't had finals yet, just my AP test, which I talk more about at the end of this chapter.
Ryu: You sound so formal in your reviews. It's cute! ;D But I'm glad you like it and I'm glad you're actually reading it. Oh. And warnings for this chapter on things you shouldn't read…unless you have a problem with making out scenes or utter pervertedness, you'll be fine.
This chapter is dedicated to Essenity…because she's another one of my longest fans. And she's insane and obsessed, like me! Next chapter is dedicated to...Shin...because...I say so.
Chapter Twelve – They Say It's Your Birthday
The next morning, Kei woke up to find Sho awake already, but moaning softly in pain. "You're hurting?" Kei asked as he leaned over the side of the bed to grab something on the floor.
"Do you actually realize how long we were going at it last night?" Sho asked, wincing as he shifted his legs to a more comfortable position.
Kei simply smiled and lied back down on the bed. He moved closer to Sho so he was able to kiss him. Slowly he leaned upwards and brushed his lips past Sho's, whispering, "You forgot something." As he said that, he took Sho's left hand and slipped a ring onto his finger. The brunette's eyes widened and he looked down at the nearly identical ring Kei had just given him.
"Kei-chan…" he breathed, pulling the vampire into a kiss and rolling over on top of him. "I love you so much…" Kei grinned and ran a finger over his lover's kiss-swollen lips. "This isn't going to end in another fight, is it?"
"Not unless you've slept with someone other than me or Yi-Che," Kei told him, brushing the vampire's braids behind his shoulders. Sho smirked and leaned down slowly.
"None that I know of...unless they drugged me so I don't remember," he breathed.
"Why didn't I think of that before?" Kei said to himself.
"Because you love me too much to do that to me?" Sho suggested as he rolled onto the bed next to Kei. The vampire purred and cuddled closer to Sho.
"Happy birthday," he whispered, making Sho grin.
"I assume your birthday present to me was last night?"
"Only part of it," Kei replied with a wink. "We still have that pie you made a week and a half ago…"
"Really? I thought you ate it all!" Sho said as he sat up with the vampire still on his lap.
"So what do you want to do besides eat pie?"
"I'm not sure," Sho mused, putting a finger to his lips thoughtfully. "Let me think while we get changed and eat pie." Shaking his head in amusement at Sho's answer, Kei entwined his fingers with Sho's and walked to their bedroom to get changed. When they reached the dresser, Sho pulled Kei backwards and wrapped an arm around his bare waist. "Want to pick my outfit for me?" He breathed in the vampire's ear.
"Mmm…I like the one you're wearing now," Kei replied with a smirk.
"But I can't walk around naked! This house is too cold!" He complained as Kei kissed the back of his hand.
"No it's not. It's summertime and we haven't turned on the air conditioning yet…" Kei told him, walking forward and picking a white tank top and white leather pants. "And wear this. I always love when you wear white…"
"White gets stained easily! …And I have a feeling these pants will get stained," Sho quickly added in a sensual tone that made Kei shudder.
"J-just put them on," Kei managed to stutter as he put on a pair of tight black jeans and a light blue tank top. When he turned around to scold Sho, he found that the taller vampire had already changed into the white outfit and was holding out his arms, beckoning Kei into his embrace. The vampire took a few steps forward and gasped in surprise when Sho suddenly lifted him off of the ground and cradled him in his arms as though he were a small child. Laughing lightheartedly, Kei wrapped his arms around Sho's neck and smiled as he was carried out into the kitchen.
When I see your smile
Tears roll down my face
I can't replace
"Aren't I supposed to be pampering you and not the other way around?" he asked when Sho let him stand on his own feet and get out the half-eaten pie.
"You said it's whatever I want and I wanted to carry you!" Sho replied as he got out two plates and two forks and set them down on the table.
"I've always loved your logic," Kei commented, looking up at Sho with his chocolate-colored eyes and winking. Sho blushed and gave Kei an awkward grin. He watched Kei cut two pieces of pie, his smile slowly fading, his gaze becoming distant.
"D'you think we'd be celebrating differently if I wasn't a vampire?"
"I don't know, maybe," Kei said with a shrug of his shoulders. "We'd still be living the same lifestyle…" He sighed as he set the pieces of pie on the plates. "Shinji and Toshi might come over to celebrate and we could have had a little party for you." Sho smiled softly and when Kei handed him his slice, the older vampire nearly dropped it when he saw how serious his lover looked.
"I want to keep watching that tape, Kei," he said solemnly. "I don't care if it has Nii-chan and Toshi on it. I'll cry if I have to. It's been almost five years, I shouldn't be crying anytime I hear their names or think about them…" Kei blinked; Sho hadn't called Shinji 'Nii-chan' since he was a young teen.
"That's what you want to do today? Watch the tape?" Kei asked, setting the plate down and putting a hand on Sho's cheek. The vampire nodded firmly. "Well then, I guess we didn't need the pie to help us think." Sho laughed softly and was glad when Kei pulled him into an embrace. "So, you're turning 37 today?"
"Mmm hmm," Sho replied, his smile widening.
"So what would you like me to do to you 37 times?" He asked in a seductive voice. Sho blushed as a variety of images popped into his mind.
"Now that I may have to think about while eating pie." Kei laughed brightly and leaned upwards, kissing Sho softly. Sho gripped Kei's shoulders tightly as their kiss deepened and their tongues entwined. Low moans escaped their mouths when Kei took a step closer and their heated bodies melted together. He wrapped his arms around Sho's waist as they devoured each other's mouths.
After a few minutes, they pulled away, keeping their eyes closed and their mouths close. Breathing heavily, Sho smiled until he was pulled into another kiss by the vampire, his knees nearly collapsing underneath him. When Sho's knees began to shake, Kei chuckled and pulled away, looking up and staring into cerulean eyes.
"I'll take 37 of those kisses," Sho managed to gasp.
And now that I'm strong
I have figured out
How this world turns cold
And it breaks through my soul
"Mmm…we'll have to sit down for the rest of them, then. Otherwise you'll keep collapsing to the floor," Kei replied, licking his lips and smiling wickedly.
"Shut up and let me eat my pie!" Sho retorted, turning around and sitting down at the table.
Fifteen minutes later, the vampires were seated on the couch, arms circled around each other for moral support as the tape began to play from where they left off before. But suddenly, Kei pressed pause on the controller and turned to stare at Sho.
"Are you sure?"
Sho turned to him, piercing cerulean eyes staring deeply into his own eyes. "I'm sure, Kei-chan," he replied in a hushed voice. "Just push play." Knowing that Sho wasn't going to back down, he quickly pressed the play button and had to stifle a laugh.
"I swear I won't say anything…" Kei said before Sho had the chance to yell at him or hit him.
"…I do have to admit that I look quite dashing in a Santa suit," he commented, staring at the television.
"Don't forget the beard, too."
"Shut up."
"Merry Chris—KEI, YOU BETTER NOT BE RECORDING!" A young Sho yelled at the camera. "I look ridiculous in this outfit!"
"It was either me or you and we all voted you, Sho," Shinji said from off-camera. Sho turned his head and glared.
"I feel like an idiot."
"Because you are an idiot!" Toshi exclaimed from the couch behind Sho.
"Why don't you try wearing the whole Santa suit, stuffing a pillow down your shirt, and putting on a scratchy fake beard and see how it feels, Toshi!" He retorted, crossing his arms over his chest and sitting down in an armchair.
"Here's a better idea—why not make Kei wear it?" Shinji suggested, staring at the camera and smiling wickedly.
"How about no because I'm the one manning the camera," Kei replied from behind the camera. The screen twirled around and Kei was onscreen. "Merry Christmas whenever we watch this again," he told the machinery, waving—
"Merry Christmas," Sho whispered to him, kissing his cheek gently. Kei smiled and pressed his lips to Sho's.
And I know
I'll find deep inside me
I can be the one
"Christmas in July…"
"Of course!"
—"So Santa," Kei said, turning the camera back around and aiming it at Sho, who shot him an evil glare. "Are you going to pass out the presents or what?"
"Not if you keep calling me Santa I'm not," Sho snarled.
"Fine, Sho, you can take off the Santa beard at least," Shinji said, walking over to their small Christmas tree and eyeing the presents. "Shinji…Toshi…Toshi…Toshi…Sho…Kei…Kei…Sho…Santa." He threw the small package at Sho, who was now beardless and caught it with ease.
"And it really says Santa on it…thanks, guys," Sho said miserably. "I'm never going to live this down, am I?" The camera wobbled slightly as Kei put it on a tripod so it would stay still without him having to hold it.
"Don't look at me! I didn't write it!" Toshi told him as he went and claimed his own stack of presents.
"Neither did I," Shinji said, handing a fair amount of presents to Kei, who was now under the watchful eye of Sho.
"Okay fine, it was me, Sho," Kei told him as he sat back down. "I was just having a little too much fun decorating your presents."
"It's okay," Sho replied in a quiet voice. Shinji eyed the camera warily.
"Are you going to record this whole thing?" He asked. Kei turned and looked at the camera.
"Knowing us, we'll end up fighting over something and you'll waste about three hours of tape," Toshi said, already opening a present.
"DON'T START YET!" Sho shrieked at him, throwing a pillow at Toshi that hit him in the side of the head.
"Don't throw things at me!"
"Don't yell at me for throwing—"
"I see your point, Shinji," Kei said, standing up and walking to the camera. With a final goodbye wave combined with yelling and shouting from behind him, the camera turned off.
"We're all losers, aren't we?" Sho asked.
"Yes we are. Now be quiet and let's keep watching the video!" Kei said, turning Sho's head so that he was looking at the TV. Suddenly onscreen was a twenty-four-year-old Sho sitting on the couch.
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up for you forever
"Oh no…" he breathed.
"What?" Kei asked as he paused the video.
"I remember what this is," Sho replied.
"Do you want to not—?"
"No. I want you to see this," he told the blonde vampire. He took the controller away from Kei and pressed play.
"Hi Kei," a young Sho said to the camera in a meek voice. "I-I'm not sure if you'll ever watch this or if you'll ever find this tape, but I have to tell someone or something or I won't be able to take it anymore…" He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his gaze was soft and a loving sparkle was in the cerulean depths.
"Two years ago, you ran away and left me here all alone. Living in our apartment that we had been sharing for nearly fifteen years was too much to bear without you there. I ended up staying at Toshi's until his girlfriend got on my nerves. So I went to Shinji's, but he was leaving for his honeymoon with Kaori, so I just went back home. And then about six months later on a stormy night you came back home, half-dead and drunk out of your mind. I had to lock you in the bathroom just so you wouldn't run away while I went to get a victim for you.
"When I came back with the unconscious man, you had gotten out of the bathroom and were standing in the family room like you were waiting for me to return. When you said, 'I'm back,' I nearly cried right there. I hugged you so tight like I'd never let you go and I swore to myself then that I wouldn't let you go. I didn't care how many times you gave me the immortal speech or how many times you pushed me away…I still don't care. And then I realized…"
Sho took another deep breath, his bottom lip quivering. "I love you, Kei." A tear slipped down his cheek slowly. "I can't help it," he sobbed, eyes filling with tears. "You may have raised me like your own son, but my feelings progressed a-and—" He paused for a few seconds, regaining his composure. "You're my true love…my whole heart." A heartfelt sob escaped his lips when he added, "Please don't throw that away…"
Wiping the tears from his face, he smiled softly at the camera. "I would have told you, but I didn't want to scare you away. I…should go now. It sounds like you're back from the store already. Just…remember that I love you. I always have and I always will." He stood up and walked off-screen and the camera suddenly turned off.
"You…" But Kei was at a loss of words. He turned to Sho and captured him in a deep kiss, his arms wrapping around Sho's neck. Sho sighed and kissed his lover back. "I will never throw that away, my Sho-chan," he breathed against Sho's lips when he broke away for a moment. "Besides…you're my true love and my whole heart…" Sho smiled warmly. "…Did you just moan?" Kei asked, confused.
I'll be there for you
Through it all
Even if saving you sends me to Heaven
"No…" Sho replied. When they heard yet another moan, they both turned to look at the TV. Sho's eyes widened and he clasped a hand over his mouth while Kei turned bright crimson. For on the screen at the moment was definitely a recording of two people in bed. The only thing that was visible (since the camera was placed at the foot of the bed by the angle) was two pairs of feet and the white sheets the bodies were under.
"You taped po—" But before Kei could finish, the people in the bed suddenly moaned something that they both could understand.
"Oooh…Kei…mmm…"
"Sho…"
"YOU TAPED US?" Kei yelled, turning off the TV and glaring at Sho furiously.
"I didn't mean to!" Sho replied, anger in his voice. "I really didn't Kei! You have to believe me…please…" When the vampire began to look desperate, Kei shook his head and climbed onto Sho's lap.
And seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling
All for us
"You're such a bad boy, Sho," Kei breathed seductively, leaning close to Sho and making the brunette shudder. He placed a hand flat on Sho's chest and pushed so that the vampire was lying on the couch. As he slowly laid down on top of his lover, he added, "Recording us in bed…tsk, tsk…"
"Maybe you should…punish me," Sho managed to gasp, Kei turning him on way too much.
"I think I may have to," he replied, lying against Sho. "But…how do I punish you?" He brushed his lips teasingly past Sho's and smirked wickedly when the vampire whimpered. "Teasing will do just fine…"
"No!" Sho whined. He placed both of his hands on the back of Kei's head and crashed Kei's lips against his own. "It's my birthday wish that you don't tease me." The blonde vampire smiled and kissed Sho's cheek.
"Fine, fine. Just promise me you won't record us again…"
"I promise!" Sho replied, a mysterious glint in his eyes.
"I don't trust you…" Kei purred. In a flash, he hit Sho on the head with a soft pillow.
"WHY YOU—!" Sho yelled as Kei down the hallway, the younger vampire on his tail, ready to hit him back…
Days grows longer
And nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one…
Lyrics are The Acoustic Song by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Because I love them now. And 30 Seconds To Mars.
Well, I made it through the AP History test on my birthday. 80 multiple choice and three essays, the DBQ (document based question) was one of the hardest in the past decade, or so my teacher said. But I got through it, even though my hand cramped up in the middle of the third essay and a shooting pain went all the way up to my shoulder when I tried to write something.
So I'm off of hiatus because we're just watching movies in History now. And there's only about 20 days of real school left! I'm taking my driving test today at 2:45 and I still have to practice parking. Wish me luck!
Review and make me happy because I feel like I've abandoned you all!
