Challenge #2

Gaki

By Kaori


Challenge: Any canon couple, no romance, and mention Syaoran's sword.

Genre: Humor

Rating: PG-13

Canon: Yes, after the series.

Length: 1,144 words


A thin red pen was within the grip of a strong tanned and ink blotched hand, spinning round and round between the index and middle finger speedily. Occasionally it would spin around his ring finger to his pinkie and swiftly move back and forth to rotate atop his thumb knuckle, all the while staying balanced and whirling gracefully.

"—it has to do with his blood?" Bewilderment glued itself to Yukito's face.

"Eh?" Touya's dark gaze landed on his study partner for a brief second before it was back on his physics paper, pen still twirling about his fingers. "Who?" he nonchalantly asked.

Yukito poked Touya on the arm teasingly. "Li-kun of course, who else do you think I'm talking about?"

The pen he had used for correcting fell onto the table with a clatter the moment the hated name was spoken. The university student jerked up and glared at his smiling friend, a vein pulsing dangerously in his temple.

"What about the gaki?" He gritted his teeth together so hard his jaw was beginning to hurt.

"His bloodline, do you think it has anything to do with it?"

Touya was missing something. He knew he should have paid more attention to his boyfriend. He sent Yukito a blank look, blinking slowly as he tried to calm his rising blood pressure.

The snow bunny waited expectantly for an answer, oblivious to Touya's confusion. Minutes passed by in silence. Yukito opened his eyes in confusion when only silence met his ears. "He's very good for Sakura-chan isn't he?"

A grunt answered him. With an angry scowl, Touya swiped the pen off the surface and glued his face to his paper, intent on ignoring Yukito as long as the unpleasant topic was going on.

"He's very good at fighting for someone so young—" Yukito beamed cheerfully, oblivious of Touya's turmoil.

A dark brow twitched and a hand trembled. Breathing in harshly, he yanked his paper off the table, crushed it into a small ball and threw it into the trashcan with as much force as he could manage. The ruined loose leaf bounced harmlessly off the wall and landed cheerfully on the ground with a small spring, just in front of the bin. "Kuso," he cursed under his breath. Another sheet was crushed in his hand and he wasted no time to viciously tear it apart.

"—and he seems very skilled with his magic, I believe he set your sleeve on fire one time," Yukito tapped his chin contemplatively. "Not to mention—"

Enough! Enough, enough, enough! Touya blocked his ears, attempting to block out his boyfriend's praises of the wretched gaki. He already had enough of it with the kaijuu; he didn't need his boyfriend to join in. It was so horrible he was tempted to run out onto the streets to scream out to the heavens. It was disgraceful for such words to come out of Yukito's mouth!

Still breathing heavily, he pulled out a new sheet of lined paper, a goal in mind. Determinedly, he held out his right hand and set to work, mind focused and set to the task at hand.

His hand darted across the page rapidly, messily writing down the title.

Despicable Gaki Traits

He grinned with satisfaction that he managed to write that down; already his anger was just simmering lightly. Yukito stopped with his rambling and looked over at Touya. "To-ya, you're awfully quiet, daijoubu ka?"

He paid no heed and continued to scrawl down his thoughts, justifying them as he went along.

Gaki-ish

The gaki was a gaki.

Thief

Stole kaijuu away from him.

Rude

He had no manners whatsoever.

Neanderthal

Only knew how to grunt and glare stupidly for the most part.

Idiot

He had no brain either.

Tried to hurt kaijuu

No one could hurt Sakura but him.

Arrogant

Arrogant people annoyed him.

Can't fight

Karate was better than his style of fighting.

Gaki

Once a gaki always a gaki.

Show off

Thinks winning stuff toys with fake guns and hoops was something to be proud of.

Annoying

Just looking at the gaki was enough to tick him off.

Short-tempered

The gaki seriously needed to take some anger-management classes.

Made kaijuu cry

No one was allowed to make her cry but him.

Has sword

He would slice the kaijuu open one day if he keeps waving it around like the arrogant gaki he was.

Bi

He had a crush on Yuki and now he's with my kaijuu.

Likes soccor

Gaki disgraces the good name of soccer.

Kid

He wasn't fond of kids either.

Set sleeve on fire

Stupid pyromaniac, it was expensive to buy a new one. Not to mention every time they touched (from bumping into each other forcefully or by barely dodged punches) he felt electric shocks run through his body painfully.

Stalker

He was always around the kaijuu whenever he saw him.

Gak—

"Maa, maa To-ya, you should calm down before you rip a hole in the poor paper." Yukito skillfully slid the piece away from the crazy man and read over it. A lighthearted laugh escaped him as golden orbs scanned over the contents.

"You know To-ya," Yukito poked Touya's cheek, a teasing grin stretching across his lips, "He sounds just like you, except for the sister complex that is."

"NANI?" Roaring fires burst to life in dark coal eyes, a vein ticking dangerously on his temple.

"Saa, now that I think about it, you two might pass as brothers!" He suddenly clapped happily, "Hey! You'll be brother-in-laws in the future!"

Yukito was blind to Touya's rage, eyes twinkling happily behind closed lids. It was only when a loud crack echoed in the room did he open his eyes again. Touya had snapped his biro in half, red ink leaking out and seeping hungrily into his tense skin.

The bunny sighed, "To-ya, perhaps I should send you to the anger-management classes with Li-kun. Sakura's sending him next week." He grabbed a few tissues and busied himself with cleaning up the mess, "That's the second one today."

The dark-haired man did nothing but glare at the wall, seething quietly.

Time passed by peacefully, and once Yukito had thrown away the last shard of the pen as well as the list, they were back to drafting their thesis. Touya had calmed down again, exactly the same as before but with new red ink stains to join the blue. A black pen twirling around his fingers once again for added stress relief.

And then Yukito decided to break the tranquility, the bright smile still pasted on his cheery face. "It's surprising really, the similarities."

Touya shrugged, assuming he was talking about their thesis topic.

"Sakura-chan also said he had big feet."

CRACK!


Written in about an hour in the early hours of the morning. It's rather strange considering I rushed it.