Ugh, I have to go back to school later...stupid college night. I only got to write out part of this, but hopefully it will be enough to have it finished by the time I have to leave. I still have...almost 2 hours. Oh well, enjoy!
CeTe: Well, I couldn't leave poor Eyes with Chase for too long...I also couldn't leave him nameless! You know Kanone, he's just so charming...Eyes will just open up to him, right? Hmmm...it's possible. Thanks for reviewing!
alpha2nd: Okay, you're not violent, whatever you say; just don't hurt me! Hehehe, and you are keeping Kanone in character...but Kanone is violent (unlike you). I couldn't help but have Kanone name him. Besides, don't you feel even more sorry for him because he didn't even have a name? And as for who will realize their feelings for each other first...well, read and find out (it should be at the very end of this chapter...should be, that is). And don't hurt yourself to the point of not being able to update, that would be tragic (being serious now). Thanks for reviewing!
Prosperpina: Yay, new blood! Just kidding, the EyesKiyotaka thing won't happen for a few chapters, but I assure you it will happen eventually! I hope you're not expecting any fluff, though, because that's not what I had in mind...EyesKiyotaka fluff would be very odd... And if you feel bad for Eyes, then I'm doing my job! (you know what I mean if you've read either Happiness of those who believe or Fond Memories...I whoop Eyes good in those.) Thanks for reviewing!
Umino No Kyo: Hehehe, Kanone's a rich boy...lucky Eyes. So, so cute, too, you're right about that. Yep, I'm done with Chase...torture him to your heart's content...that goes for everyone! Will continue writing to avoid becoming a victim of god knows what kind of torture! Thanks for reviewing!
After the incredibly relaxing bath, Eyes was tired again, but also hungry. His stomach growled to alert everyone of this, and Kanone laughed, "Hungry?" He asked.
Eyes nodded, a little embarrassed, though he wen't sure why; he hadn't had any food in a week. Chase had given him just enough water to keep him alive, but hunger had taken its toll. Black circles were forming under his dull blue eyes from both hunger and exhaustion; though Eyes wasn't completely sure they weren't bruises. He had also become incredibly weak and drained of any energy he might have had. Kanone led him to the living room, and told him to wait. Eyes understood his intentions, "You're...going to make me food?"
"Of course, you look too tired to cook, and I don't want my house burned down." Eyes looked slightly hurt at this comment, Chase had always told him the food he cooked was horrible. Oddly enough, he always made the boy cook, "I'm sure you're a wonderful cook, Eyes, you just look worn out." Eyes simply shook his head to let Kanone know he wasn't offended. He probably should have been, but Kanone didn't seem to want to insult him; maybe he had just been joking. Eyes had learned to take everything people said and did seriously so he didn't quite understand sarcasm. He knew what it was, but just didn't quite know when people were being sarcastic and when they were being seriuos. Usually Chase told him to do extravaggent things which, when a normal person heard the order, would have assumed it was sarcastic and unrealistic. When Eyes heard the order, however, he jumped right to it; Chase had never been sarcastic with him, always painfully serious. Kanone seemed like the kind of person to be sarcastic and always joking around, though, so Eyes would just have to learn.
Everyone else had already eaten dinner, so Kanone just warmed up some leftovers. He felt kind of bad feeding the starving boy scraps, but figured Eyes wouldn't care; he looked like he would eat anything by this point. He carefully carried in one plate and two bowls full of various foods, and sat it down in front of the now drooling boy. He would have made more, but didn't want Eyes to eat too much at first. Kanone wasn't sure if it was true, but he'd heard that if a person hadn't eaten any nutritious food in a while and then at a lot at once, they would just throw the food up. He wasn't sure exactly why or if it was even true, but he didn't want to chance it with Eyes. The boy looked at the food, but showed impossible self restraint and stayed in his seat. Kanone felt sorry for him, knowing how hungry he was but still not taking what he knew had to be his. Kanone sat down beside him on the couch, "Well, eat up. I do have one rule though, if you're eating in the living room, you have to sit on the floor. I've had too many spills on my couches and I'd like to keep these nice."
Eyes immediately nodded and slid down to the floor, not caring what he was being served or where he had to eat it at; as long as he had food. He mumbled a quick 'thank you' to Kanone before starting to basically inhale the food. Well, he would have, except there was one little problem...he didn't know how to use a fork. Eyes hesitated and started blushing, how could he not know how to use a fork? He had watched Chase use one a couple of times, but never actually held one in his hands. The food (if you could call it that...more like solid, regurgitated mush.) that he was fortunate enough to get his hands on every once and a while required no utensils except his hands.
Kanone saw that Eyes was hesitating and wondered what could be wrong, "You remember how to eat, don't you?" Eyes nodded, wondering if this was more sarcasm, and then looked up at Kanone shyly then back down to his plate; he wanted the food so bad. He would have just dug in with his hands, but knew that that act would show his extreme lack of knowledge when it concerned manners. Though, he'd never needed manners before, what had changed? Why did he want to impress Kanone and not have him disgusted with him? Kanone saw that Eyes still had made no move to eat, "I know he's hungry, the poor thing looks like Chase was very effectively starving him to death. So what's the problem, I wonder? I gave him a fork...Oh." Kanone smiled and placed a gentle hand on Eyes' shoulder, "You've never used a fork before, have you?" Eyes looked down and shook his head, even more embarrassed. Kanone refrained from laughing and slid down next to him, grabbing his fork and then his hand. He put the fork in his hand properly and then let go. Eyes nearly dropped it, but grasped the utensil tightly and allowed Kanone to guide his smaller, much paler hand that was holding the fork to a piece of food. Kanone showed him how to stab the food and then reposition the fork slightly to make it easier to shove the food in his mouth. Eyes did this and his mouth watered at the taste of extremely good cooking; much better than anything he had ever made. How could Kanone be so perfect?
Eyes had always been a quick learner, he had had to in order to survive in this world. He didn't hesitate any longer and started shoving food into his mouth, quickly yet still (somehow) elegantly. He looked up to see what Kanone was talking about earlier about wanting to preserve the living room's furniture; it was a very cozy living room and stains would ruin it for sure. The theme was a beige/tan color with tan carpeting and a slightly darker tan couch and chaise. Besides that there were several other chairs that were placed throughout the room, all either tan or gold. It would have been pretty boring except for the rug that sat over the carpet in the middle of the room; it was square and took up about 20 of the floor space. Unlike the rest of the room, the carpet was several shade of blue, black, and white. It went well with the navy blue curtains and made the cherry table in the center of the room blend in. There was a large TV in the corner of the room, and most of the furniture was turned towards it. There were several elegant floor lamps with sleek, black posts and a couple of matching table lamps throughout the room, their light bouncing off the brighter colors and reflecting back to light the room nicely. Eyes finished his dinner and stood up to take his dishes out to the kitchen. He paused, however, since he didn't know where the kitchen was. Kanone saw this and stood as well, "Follow me." He said, leading Eyes into one of the biggest kitchens he had ever seen (not that he had seen many kitchens). It certainly beat the kitchen, as Chase had so jokingly called it, back at said man's farm. The one there was basically a box with a small gas stove and minifridge in it. Since Chase ate out at fancy resturaunts and didn't give a damn about the others, there was no need for a big kitchen. Kanone's kitchen, however, was huge; at least as big as the living room. There was nothing really special about it, it had the basics: fridge, freezer, stove, dishwasher (thank god), microwave, toaster oven, etc. The one thing that really caught Eyes' attention was how clean it was. Nothing at Chase's farm had ever been clean, everything here was; Eyes really needed to stop comparing the two, it was a bit insulting to Kanone to even consider him in the same race as that scumbag. Eyes walked over to the sink and placed his dishes in it and turned the water on, intending to rinse them off and place them in the dishwasher. Kanone's hand on his shoulder stopped him, "The dishwasher is full of clean dishes right now, I'll just throw those in with the dishes from breakfast tomorrow."
Eyes glanced at Kanone, "I could just put away the dishes now." He offered. He felt like he needed to do something for Kanone, he had been so nice. Besides, Eyes' dishes were the only ones in the sink, and it seemed out of place to have dirty dishes in a kitchen this clean.
"Don't worry about it." Kanone said, chuckling, "You've still got to be exhausted. Am I right?" Eyes nodded, "Alright then." Kanone reached the top of the stairs (I think I forgot to mention the house is two floors), and stopped in front of his door. Eyes glanced at him again and Kanone explained, "You have three options (hehehe, sound familiar?). You can sleep with the others down that way." He pointed to his left, "You can sleep in your own room, down that way." He pointed to his right, "Or...you can stay with me." He said, almost too quickly, and motioned to the door in front of him.
Eyes thought about it, he definitely didn't want to stay with the others, he didn't know them well enough; however, he didn't want to be by himself either. He was a little afraid that Kanone may get the wrong signal if Eyes chose to stay with him, though, "I'll just sleep by myself." Eyes answered, knowing that wasn't what he truly wanted. He didn't know why, but he wanted to be by Kanone; just being around the older boy made him feel better.
Kanone knew this as well, but didn't want to push Eyes and scare him off, "Alright, well if you change your mind, you know where I am." Eyes nodded and headed off towards one of the empty rooms, disappearing behind the door.
Eyes closed his door and glanced around his new room. It was a lot like Kanone's excpet where Kanone had maroon, Eyes had dark blue. His eyes swept across the room and he moved silently to his bed. He sat down on it for a second and then layed down, crawling under the covers. He was exhausted, but still able to notice that this bed wasn't quite as comfy as Kanone's, the sheets, pillows, and blankets weren't quite as soft; it wasn't as inviting. There was more of an ominous feel to it than a comforting one, and being alone didn't make him feel as safe and secure as being next to Kanone did. Deciding that this was no way to get a decent night's sleep, Eyes got up, made his bed, and quietly walked out of his room and down the hallway a little ways to Kanone's room. He knocked on the door softly and heard Kanone ask who it was, "It's me." Eyes replied.
Kanone smirked, he would have expected the boy to hold out a little longer before coming back, "Come in." Kanone called and replaced his smirk with a smile as Eyes entered his room, "Change your mind?" Kanone asked, knowing the answer was obvious. Eyes nodded slightly, still unsure of his decision, and slowly entered the comfort of Kanone's room and closed the door behind him. Kanone was sitting up in his bed reading, but put his book down and instead turned on the TV. Eyes flinched at the sudden bright light and loud sounds coming from the strange invention. Kanone smiled at the startled boy in front of him, "It's alright, come here." Eyes relaxed into Kanone's silky voice and moved to him. He stood before the bed, not sure of where Kanone wanted him. The older boy smiled and scooted over, patting the soft matress next to him, "You're not just going to stand there all night, are you?" Eyes shook his head and crawled under the covers, edging away from Kanone slightly. Kanone saw this nervousness and put an arm over Eyes' shoulders, and watied for the boy to relax. Seeing that no harm was going to come to him by staying, Eyes slid over to rest his head on Kanone's chest and closed his blue eyes which had brightened considerably since he had arrived.
Kanone turned on a movie for the two to watch, but was soon interrupted by Eyes talking, "Kanone?" He asked, looking up to said boy. Kanone looked down at him and waited for him to continue, "What is love like?"
The question took Kanone by suprise, but he recovered quickly and gave an answer to the best of his ablilities, "I think love has to do with a number of different aspects. Trust is a major factor, of course. But there's other things to consider, like the person's personality and beliefs. And when you're in love, there's just something that clicks. You know that the person you feel these things for is the one."
Eyes considered all of this, "Have you ever been in love, Kanone?"
Kanone wondered where these questions had come from, "No, Eyes, I haven't. But I know that's because I haven't found a person that I've felt all of those things for."
A few moments of silence passed and the two watched the movie that was on, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, before Eyes spoke again, "Kanone?" Another pause, waiting for Eyes to continue, "I...I think I love you."
Eyes had been laying his head on Kanone's chest, but Kanone had yet to wrap his arms around Eyes like you would in a position like that. He did this now and softly kissed the top of Eyes' head, "Goodnight, Eyes." Kanone said, a little worriedly; no one had become this attached to him for a while, which was good. He didn't need that to happen again.
I'm not sure that was worded quite right. I didn't mean for it to seem like Knaone didn't want anyone to be in love with him; he doesn't...but not for any reasons that you know of...yet. Hehe. Anyway...that's all for now, folks!
