Chapter 5
Youji looked down at the sleeping redhead currently using his lap as a pillow with a sense of guilt. He knew he was meant to be working in the flower shop; the fangirls were due to arrive in ten minutes. He should have been downstairs getting ready for them instead he was having an uncomfortable afternoon being used as a pillow. Not that he minded Aya using him like that.
Youji loved to watch Aya sleep. He was able to admire Aya's beauty without said redhead telling him off for staring and after two months since he and Aya had really got together he'd never once got sick of watching. He would have been content to spend the rest of eternity in the uncomfortable position of pillow if it meant he would have Aya there for him to ogle.
Youji smiled as he gentle brushed the hair out of Aya's face and to gently play with it content for the moment to ignore that fangirls and have a peaceful afternoon.
"Aya-kun, Youji-kun why isn't the shop open?" Omi bellowed as he opened the front door announcing his arrival home.
"Yeah! When I close the store I get shouted at!" Ken added. Omi must have met Ken at the park after Ken's football training.
Youji sighed as his latest idea went flying out of the window and the sense of guilt washed over him again. He looked down at a still sleeping Aya as he made himself more comfortable on Youji's lap undisturbed. Youji continued to stroke Aya's head as if he was a kitten, loving the feel of the silky red locks in his hands.
"Oh so you're in here. Why's the shop closed?" Omi asked as he entered the living room and spotted Aya and Youji
"Shush!" Youji demanded "Aya's asleep you don't want to wake him up"
"Well you two seem comfortable or at least Aya-kun does," he went to sot on the chair facing Youji.
"I've not been able to move for the last three hours. My butts gone numb"
"I didn't need to know all of that Youji-kun. Is Aya-kun ok it's not like him to sleep during the day especially when he has work," Omi asked with a worried tone.
"I think he's fine he hasn't said anything. We came to have lunch and Aya choose to take a nap. I think it's because of how many missions we keep getting. He's not been getting enough sleep."
"I know that feeling. I was up till three this morning catching up all my work," after a pause he added, "you'd of thought our talking would have woken him by now"
"Nah he could sleep through anything"
"And I suppose you're the one to know all about Aya-kun's sleeping habits don't you? Although maybe it's you who's been keeping him up all night Youji-kun"
"You're too young to know about things like that and aren't you meant to be in the shop after school today?"
"I'm older than you think Yotan and you should be working too," Omi said all too sweetly
"Do you feel like waking Aya? Do you have a death wish?" Youji asked with a smirk
"I say we all take the afternoon off. Aya can catch up on his sleep and I can do some work. My teachers don't like the excuse of 'sorry I had work last night' for handing in homework late"
"Hey what's everyone up too?" Ken asked as he came in the room, "and why is Aya using Youji as a pillow?"
"Well we have decided that we are taking the afternoon off," Omi said as he clapped his hands
"But Youji's touching Aya and he's still alive. It's a miracle," he said as he watched Youji absorbed in gently brush Aya's hair with his fingertips and as Aya let out a small sigh of contentment in his sleep.
Sensing that perhaps the elder member of Weiss wanted to be alone with his sleeping lover Omi stood and grabbed Ken's arm "Come on Ken we'll go make dinner". He dragged Ken out of the room leaving Aya and Youji alone.
Something Omi said about Aya being ill had made Youji think. Recently he could not help but notice that Aya seemed to tire more easily and he was sure that he had heard him vomiting this morning but Aya had denied it claiming that he felt fine. He remembered worriedly the drug that Dr Kawaguchi had injected into Aya three months ago. It was hard to believe that three months had already passed since that incident. It truly was amazing how fast time went by when you were happy.
That was a strange feeling for Youji: happiness. He knew what it was like but he hadn't felt true happiness like the one he did know since Asuka. He hadn't felt so at peace in a long while he'd almost forgotten what it was like. Aya was the one making him feel so content with life. Youji really hoped that everything was ok with Aya. He really didn't want to lose another person he loved.
"Arghhhhhhhhhh!!!!" the high-pitched scream from the kitchen jolted the sleeping man awake
"That you?" Aya asked sleepily as he fluttered his eyelids open.
"Do you know how cute you are when you just wake up?" Youji asked making Aya blush "even cuter when you blush" he bent down and lightly brushed his lips to Aya's, "and it wasn't me it came from the kitchen".
He kissed Aya again, happy when Aya sat up on Youji's lap and wrapped his arms around Youji's neck
"Do you think we should go find out who was screaming?" Youji asked
"No if it was important they would scream again"
Aya brushed his lips to Youji's again just as Ken ran into the room screaming, "Help there's a giant spider in the kitchen! It's huge! Kill it!" he spotted the now awake Aya and noticed his current position straddling Youji, "Oh sorry I think I just walked into one of those parallel universe things. You know one where Youji makes out with guys and Aya actually does the human contact thing"
"Ken-kun I refuse to kill that" Omi told Ken as he entered the room not reacting to Aya and Youji "It's a real thing that has a conscience. It has a mother who would miss it. I can't hurt it! Plus it's tiny"
"Omi you're an assassin. You take lives, its your job!" Ken said really not wanting to face the spider himself. "And more importantly when did that happen or is it some kind of practical joke? Although how you managed to convince Aya to play along is beyond me," he said pointing at Youji who now had Aya sat at his side.
The doorbell rang and Omi left the room to see who it was.
"I really feel like eating some pickled ginger," Aya said after a few seconds to cover up the awkward silence that had developed.
"You hate the stuff" Youji replied
"I know but that's why it's weird"
"Manx is here!" Omi said as he bounced into the living room, "She has a mission!!"
They all followed him out of the living room and downstairs to the mission room, all apart from Aya who made a quick stop in the kitchen and was disappointed to find no pickled ginger but soon followed the others.
"Your target Weiss is Michael Miller, head of the Japanese branch of Global Corp, an European company that manufactures pharmaceuticals. He had been kidnapping innocent people and using them to test more interesting drugs on. White hunters in the dark, hunt the tomorrow of the dark beasts." The screen turned blank.
"I take it you're all in?" Manx asked as she detached herself from the wall she had been leaning on and handed out the folders containing details of the mission. "Good now if you don't mind I have to be somewhere five minutes ago". She left up the spiral staircase.
"Aya are you ok? You look odd." Omi asked concerned as he looked at the second eldest member of Weiss.
"What do you mean odd?" Youji asked as he turned to look at Aya. "I have to admit I agree with Omi". Youji reached over to place a hand on Aya's forehead.
"I'm fine" Aya snapped as he stepped back to avoid Youji's hand and turned to head towards the stairs. "Tell me when you've sorted this out" and with that he left.
"Youji-kun, what's wrong with Aya-kun?" Omi asked as he moved towards the computer. "He's not been himself for a while. I think he's ill"
"I don't know but you know what Aya's like. He doesn't like to open up to people especially about how he's feeling. How many times have you heard me call him the 'ice king'? I wish he'd open up to me. I know he's not telling me things but . I don't know. I can't force him to." Youji shrugged his shoulders at Omi.
"I thought things had been better since his birthday?" Omi asked as Ken shot them a quizzical look
"Am I missing something?" Ken asked sounding confused
"Ken you do pay attention right?" Youji asked slowly as if speaking to an idiot
"Of course why?" Ken answered innocently
"Ok finished!" Omi interrupted as his fingers moved quickly over the keyboard, "I got the targets schedule. He'll be at 'Club Noir' Youji why don't you go tell Aya."
***
As darkness descended on the streets of Tokyo the assassins of Weiss took up their positions for their latest mission. Omi and Ken were to watch from the outside for any sign of the target while Aya and Youji would be inside.
Aya hated the place as soon as he walked through the door. The music was too loud and was making his head pound, it was too crowded, it was dark and smoky. He knew the only way that he would spot the target would be if he were to bump into him. He panicked slightly when he noticed that Youji had moved from his side but spotted the familiar blond hair over by the bar.
"Oi, Aya, do you want a drink?" Youji shouted over as Aya followed him to his new location
"No" Aya replied scanning the club
"Come on Aya he's not meant to be here for another 30 minutes and we've got Omi and Ken watching out for him. Blend in a bit. You don't want to be suspicious."
"Fine. I'll have a water," he said still scanning the crowd.
"Two beers please" Youji told the waiter who'd come over to serve them.
"I told you I wanted water" Aya said turning to face Youji as the waiter opened two bottles and placed them on the bar.
"Aya you don't go to clubs to drink water." Youji said knowingly
Aya leaned back on the bar as he felt his head begin to swim.
"Aya are you ok you look pale?" Youji asked concerned
Aya clutched at the bar but it didn't help. His eyes rolled up into his head as he collapsed on the floor.
To be continued
Youji looked down at the sleeping redhead currently using his lap as a pillow with a sense of guilt. He knew he was meant to be working in the flower shop; the fangirls were due to arrive in ten minutes. He should have been downstairs getting ready for them instead he was having an uncomfortable afternoon being used as a pillow. Not that he minded Aya using him like that.
Youji loved to watch Aya sleep. He was able to admire Aya's beauty without said redhead telling him off for staring and after two months since he and Aya had really got together he'd never once got sick of watching. He would have been content to spend the rest of eternity in the uncomfortable position of pillow if it meant he would have Aya there for him to ogle.
Youji smiled as he gentle brushed the hair out of Aya's face and to gently play with it content for the moment to ignore that fangirls and have a peaceful afternoon.
"Aya-kun, Youji-kun why isn't the shop open?" Omi bellowed as he opened the front door announcing his arrival home.
"Yeah! When I close the store I get shouted at!" Ken added. Omi must have met Ken at the park after Ken's football training.
Youji sighed as his latest idea went flying out of the window and the sense of guilt washed over him again. He looked down at a still sleeping Aya as he made himself more comfortable on Youji's lap undisturbed. Youji continued to stroke Aya's head as if he was a kitten, loving the feel of the silky red locks in his hands.
"Oh so you're in here. Why's the shop closed?" Omi asked as he entered the living room and spotted Aya and Youji
"Shush!" Youji demanded "Aya's asleep you don't want to wake him up"
"Well you two seem comfortable or at least Aya-kun does," he went to sot on the chair facing Youji.
"I've not been able to move for the last three hours. My butts gone numb"
"I didn't need to know all of that Youji-kun. Is Aya-kun ok it's not like him to sleep during the day especially when he has work," Omi asked with a worried tone.
"I think he's fine he hasn't said anything. We came to have lunch and Aya choose to take a nap. I think it's because of how many missions we keep getting. He's not been getting enough sleep."
"I know that feeling. I was up till three this morning catching up all my work," after a pause he added, "you'd of thought our talking would have woken him by now"
"Nah he could sleep through anything"
"And I suppose you're the one to know all about Aya-kun's sleeping habits don't you? Although maybe it's you who's been keeping him up all night Youji-kun"
"You're too young to know about things like that and aren't you meant to be in the shop after school today?"
"I'm older than you think Yotan and you should be working too," Omi said all too sweetly
"Do you feel like waking Aya? Do you have a death wish?" Youji asked with a smirk
"I say we all take the afternoon off. Aya can catch up on his sleep and I can do some work. My teachers don't like the excuse of 'sorry I had work last night' for handing in homework late"
"Hey what's everyone up too?" Ken asked as he came in the room, "and why is Aya using Youji as a pillow?"
"Well we have decided that we are taking the afternoon off," Omi said as he clapped his hands
"But Youji's touching Aya and he's still alive. It's a miracle," he said as he watched Youji absorbed in gently brush Aya's hair with his fingertips and as Aya let out a small sigh of contentment in his sleep.
Sensing that perhaps the elder member of Weiss wanted to be alone with his sleeping lover Omi stood and grabbed Ken's arm "Come on Ken we'll go make dinner". He dragged Ken out of the room leaving Aya and Youji alone.
Something Omi said about Aya being ill had made Youji think. Recently he could not help but notice that Aya seemed to tire more easily and he was sure that he had heard him vomiting this morning but Aya had denied it claiming that he felt fine. He remembered worriedly the drug that Dr Kawaguchi had injected into Aya three months ago. It was hard to believe that three months had already passed since that incident. It truly was amazing how fast time went by when you were happy.
That was a strange feeling for Youji: happiness. He knew what it was like but he hadn't felt true happiness like the one he did know since Asuka. He hadn't felt so at peace in a long while he'd almost forgotten what it was like. Aya was the one making him feel so content with life. Youji really hoped that everything was ok with Aya. He really didn't want to lose another person he loved.
"Arghhhhhhhhhh!!!!" the high-pitched scream from the kitchen jolted the sleeping man awake
"That you?" Aya asked sleepily as he fluttered his eyelids open.
"Do you know how cute you are when you just wake up?" Youji asked making Aya blush "even cuter when you blush" he bent down and lightly brushed his lips to Aya's, "and it wasn't me it came from the kitchen".
He kissed Aya again, happy when Aya sat up on Youji's lap and wrapped his arms around Youji's neck
"Do you think we should go find out who was screaming?" Youji asked
"No if it was important they would scream again"
Aya brushed his lips to Youji's again just as Ken ran into the room screaming, "Help there's a giant spider in the kitchen! It's huge! Kill it!" he spotted the now awake Aya and noticed his current position straddling Youji, "Oh sorry I think I just walked into one of those parallel universe things. You know one where Youji makes out with guys and Aya actually does the human contact thing"
"Ken-kun I refuse to kill that" Omi told Ken as he entered the room not reacting to Aya and Youji "It's a real thing that has a conscience. It has a mother who would miss it. I can't hurt it! Plus it's tiny"
"Omi you're an assassin. You take lives, its your job!" Ken said really not wanting to face the spider himself. "And more importantly when did that happen or is it some kind of practical joke? Although how you managed to convince Aya to play along is beyond me," he said pointing at Youji who now had Aya sat at his side.
The doorbell rang and Omi left the room to see who it was.
"I really feel like eating some pickled ginger," Aya said after a few seconds to cover up the awkward silence that had developed.
"You hate the stuff" Youji replied
"I know but that's why it's weird"
"Manx is here!" Omi said as he bounced into the living room, "She has a mission!!"
They all followed him out of the living room and downstairs to the mission room, all apart from Aya who made a quick stop in the kitchen and was disappointed to find no pickled ginger but soon followed the others.
"Your target Weiss is Michael Miller, head of the Japanese branch of Global Corp, an European company that manufactures pharmaceuticals. He had been kidnapping innocent people and using them to test more interesting drugs on. White hunters in the dark, hunt the tomorrow of the dark beasts." The screen turned blank.
"I take it you're all in?" Manx asked as she detached herself from the wall she had been leaning on and handed out the folders containing details of the mission. "Good now if you don't mind I have to be somewhere five minutes ago". She left up the spiral staircase.
"Aya are you ok? You look odd." Omi asked concerned as he looked at the second eldest member of Weiss.
"What do you mean odd?" Youji asked as he turned to look at Aya. "I have to admit I agree with Omi". Youji reached over to place a hand on Aya's forehead.
"I'm fine" Aya snapped as he stepped back to avoid Youji's hand and turned to head towards the stairs. "Tell me when you've sorted this out" and with that he left.
"Youji-kun, what's wrong with Aya-kun?" Omi asked as he moved towards the computer. "He's not been himself for a while. I think he's ill"
"I don't know but you know what Aya's like. He doesn't like to open up to people especially about how he's feeling. How many times have you heard me call him the 'ice king'? I wish he'd open up to me. I know he's not telling me things but . I don't know. I can't force him to." Youji shrugged his shoulders at Omi.
"I thought things had been better since his birthday?" Omi asked as Ken shot them a quizzical look
"Am I missing something?" Ken asked sounding confused
"Ken you do pay attention right?" Youji asked slowly as if speaking to an idiot
"Of course why?" Ken answered innocently
"Ok finished!" Omi interrupted as his fingers moved quickly over the keyboard, "I got the targets schedule. He'll be at 'Club Noir' Youji why don't you go tell Aya."
***
As darkness descended on the streets of Tokyo the assassins of Weiss took up their positions for their latest mission. Omi and Ken were to watch from the outside for any sign of the target while Aya and Youji would be inside.
Aya hated the place as soon as he walked through the door. The music was too loud and was making his head pound, it was too crowded, it was dark and smoky. He knew the only way that he would spot the target would be if he were to bump into him. He panicked slightly when he noticed that Youji had moved from his side but spotted the familiar blond hair over by the bar.
"Oi, Aya, do you want a drink?" Youji shouted over as Aya followed him to his new location
"No" Aya replied scanning the club
"Come on Aya he's not meant to be here for another 30 minutes and we've got Omi and Ken watching out for him. Blend in a bit. You don't want to be suspicious."
"Fine. I'll have a water," he said still scanning the crowd.
"Two beers please" Youji told the waiter who'd come over to serve them.
"I told you I wanted water" Aya said turning to face Youji as the waiter opened two bottles and placed them on the bar.
"Aya you don't go to clubs to drink water." Youji said knowingly
Aya leaned back on the bar as he felt his head begin to swim.
"Aya are you ok you look pale?" Youji asked concerned
Aya clutched at the bar but it didn't help. His eyes rolled up into his head as he collapsed on the floor.
To be continued