Write date:11-01; 11-02
Hello, greetings, ohayogozaimasu! (jp Good morning)
Spring's finally here! Thank goodness, an update!
* Timidly puts the chapter down, cleaning the dust off, then bows *
Seriously this chapter was sitting half typed, half fixed, for ages, along with the rest. The only thing that's not half done is my hiatus, who is nicely procastinating my work in all glory!
That aside a thank you goes to Dlbn for the review! Arigato! Please have some candy...
Dlbn: Yea, doing drunk Nagisa and Soubi was really amusing, and I'm kinda surprised that the Chromosome part was laughable, I feared that not most people will understand, because it's biology thing... Glad you enjoyed :)
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The window was broad open showing the ivory moon, which glowed greatly, as the vague clouds glided through, often hidding it's radiance. The calmness of the ever silent night drifted by. Slowly minute after another minute, granting rest and sleep, although not to everyone it seemed...
Soubi layed wide awake in Ritsu's bed, as his sacrifice seemed to have no problem sleeping, nuzzling the pillow, pulled to Soubi's side.
The man's elbow still twinged taking a vast part of his concentration. The man smirked at that, recalling sensei's teachings- to except and tolerate pain. It failed, even though Ritsu-sensei believed they would never falter, putting a never ceasing mental strain. He was wrong.
Soubi experianced pain and it poisoned his focus. It was a change. That meant Soubi finally got rid of the haunting past he had of his teacher.
Right now, as he layed in the same bed and Ritsuka's body twirled into that hideous man, Soubi used to despise. The blond's mind didn't linger in the memories... it just let them go, unfolding a new page of his life. Soubi couldn't find the strength to hate Ritsu anymore. Maybe it was his brainwashed mind, or Ritsuka's influence, his own dullnes? Still the fact remained-Soubi felt nothing more but pity for his sensei.
Ritsuka was with him. That's all that mattered.
The young man sighed, turning to Ritsuka, placing his head on the teenager's slim back. Soubi drawed the sheets closer to himself and closed his eyes, trying to clear his brain off of any thoughts. So he could sleep.
Right at that moment Nagisa's yearning gaze from that evening stained his memories. The blond grunted, shutting his eyelids tighter. Trying to erase it. That was wrong... so wrong.
X X X
"Oh, good morning." Nana greeted Soubi and Ritsuka walking in the immense hall, full of students sitting on the low window seats and heading toward the cafeteria, that opened it's huge doors far on the left.
"Good morning!" Ritsuka responded with a smile.
"So how did you slept?" The programmer everted her gaze, expecting the hall, her curious pupils peered through one group of enrolles to another in search of someone.
"Pretty well, thank you for the cake yesterday."
"Don't thank me, it was Nagisa's idea." Nana fixed a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Nagisa's?" Soubi wondered, walking closer to Ritsuka's side.
"Yea." The female nodded, tilting her head to the side, to see behind them." She gave me the idea to visit you, especially with all the downfalls you had Soubi, she wanted to cheer you up."
Soubi fought back a flush, that tinted his cheeks. What the hell was up with Nagisa? Did she really felt sympathy for him after all those years of hatred...
"Ah I see..."
"So you should be grateful to her if it made your reunion nice." She suddenly backed away waving a hand in a defensive manner." I'm sorry. If we were rather boring company, moreover had little in comman and besides perhaps you to wanted to spend the night alone and..."
"No it's okay. I'm grateful, that you came around thank you." He bowed slightly.
"Well if it's like this, then quit with the formalities." Nana lowered her gaze at Ritsuka, offering a handshake." We're already friends then. Ne?"
"I guess." The teenager took her hand.
Soubi smiled at that action, or perhaps of seeing Ritsuka's happy face after such a long time being departed. He looked around noticing, how the number of students and their chatter increased excessively.
And again Nana spun around on her heels, her head still not spotting that one person. Worry clouded her face, as the woman turned back to Ritsuka slowly and warily as if she done something wrong.
"Nana-san are you okay?"
"I. I'ts... fine R-Ritsuka-kun..." Her face didn't exactly portraited her words on the opposite, it got even more anxious.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Soubi rephrased Ritsuka's question with a cold emotionless tone."I've noticed you've been looking for someone."
"Well I wouldn't call it looking I'm just curious."
"About whom?" Ritsuka pryed in. Though before Nana could answer a manly arm caught her fingers, layed on her waist and another supported her shoulder. The light haired female agaped from the sudden attack, backing away and almost stumbling on the male behind her, who was none other than Kunugi.
"We meet again!" He nodded to Soubi and Ritsuka, leaving his palm from Nana's waist, then rummaging through his pocket, getting out a candy, his keys and paper wrappers fell in the process.
"Want a candy Ritsuka?" He extended his prize to the boy, who flushed from Kunugi's sweet, yet deep stare.
Soubi noticed the definite change in Ritsuka as the boy shyly wrapped a tail around his leg. Takehito was cunning and attractive, Soubi had to hand it to him. Though he will not share Ritsuka with him in any circumstance.
"Thank... Thank you Takehito-san."
"Have a good breakfast!" The temporary headmaster pat the boy's head, in the meantime pushing Nana's shoulder slightly and heading off with her.
Ritsuka still stared at their direction even when they mixed with the croud. Soubi woke his sacrifice up.
"Come on Ritsuka..." Soubi took his arm as the boy nodded.
"Hey Ritsuka, Soubi what are you doing here?" Came an amused Midori's voice- the sacrifice of Breathless. His fighter, Ai, bounced behind him.
"Didn't thought to see you here again!" Midori chuckled, smirking at the light haired man, that hid slight disgust, because the former Beloved fighter took another sacrifice.
"You to Soubi..." He blurted and continued to catch up with Ritsuka, Ai listened wagging her tail hastily as the trio made their way to the cafeteria. Soubi tailing along.
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Kunugi Takehito hurriedly dragged Nana through the corridors.
"We...need. To talk..." Nana shot him a dim stare.
"Yes. I know." Takehito replied calmly, with a pleased expression, turning her to the staircase on the edge of the hall. He then quickly slided her to the staff room below the stairs.
"Here?" Nana's mood dropped rapidly." Are you serious? It's cold there. You know I'm afraid of chill." She faced him, as the dark haired man fished for the right key in the hoop.
"Don't worry I will not let you freeze. Trust me." Takehito muttered, finally finding the right key and clicking the door as Nana shivered from a cold breeze coming her way.
When they entered what seemed to be a staff room, filled with tools and boxes, Takehito leaned at the wall.
"Now. Why were you searching for me?" He tilted his eyebrow.
"I. Ah." Nana felt lost of words caressing her blond hair.
"Well?" Takehito put his keys in his pocket again, sounding serene." You can tell me anything, were alone, there are no prying eyes if it's something personal."
"Then," The programmer haulted shyly, blushing and marching to Takehito, running a hand through his abonement, whispering." can we stop this game of hide and seek?"
"What?" Takehito sounded confused as Nana rubbed his belly with her slim, pale palm. He felt quite claustraphobic at Nana closing the exits. He could see the front door open though.
"I love you Takeihito." Nana grumbled to his ear." Why must we hide from everybody? For how long?"
"Be patient, I don't want for this to come out too soon."
"Why?... Because you're afraid of others opinions, you're reputatation?"
The dark haired man didn't protest just watched her actions silently.
"I love you Takehito. I can't stop thinking about you. I feel horribly sick if we're separated. Why can't you understand? This secretive relationship is causing me pain."
She leaned at his chest as the man steadied his palms on her shoulders. Nana burried her face in his well built chest, murmuring.
"Do you even love me?"
"Of cource, you know it already." He tried pulling her closer to seal the free space around them, though Nana didn't move one bit.
"Then prove it."
"With pleasure... Just test me, I'll do whatever you wish for."
"Will you?"
"Tell me what you trully want and I'll do whatever is in my power to achieve it."
Nana ceased, her hands falling down. She thought for a moment, before lifting her eyes to the dark haired lover, who faced her again, holding a warm face.
"Well thought of my atonishment?"
"It's nothing like that." The female blushed, taking a piece of his sand colored shirt and fidgiting with it. "I don't know.. "
Takehito cocked an eyebrow at her. A silence followed after. And then the breaths faded. He kissed her, while lifting her chin up and caressing her cheek with the other hand. Nana's eyes leaked out tears as she gave in the embrace, allowing Takehito to have infinite control over her body. The female looped her hands around his neck pulling him closer in.
So this was his answer.
"You're cold." Takehito gasped into her lips, leaning his hand further down her collar bone then onto her chest."I'll make you coffee, if you come to my place."
"That would be perfect!" She exhaled hardly catching for air, feeling her body tense from the breeze."but... could I..."
"Yes?"
"Stay the night..." Nana blushed, reverting her eyes from him.
"You don't have to ask. Besides, I can not let you get sick."
Nana chuckled at that, pecking Kunugi on the lips, then covering her sides with the man's large grey coat, leaning at him.
"Then let's go..."
It was safe. Takehito gathered the missing warmth that deserted her body, he brought it back, he gifted her endless happiness, in a state that she had never witnessed. And awakened her heart with a mementous pulsation, a kind Nana never experianced before in her life.
If she was a poet, Nana would say that Takehito gave her wings, the kind that Daedalus built for Icarus, with a mission to escape the Crete island and obtain freedom. Even if this taboo love will poison and cloud her mind, making her fly to high to the sun, causing the wax to melt, hence casting the feathers away, eventually leaving Nana to helplessly meet her demise. The light haired female svore to not feel guilt scrapping at her heart, to hold her head high no matter what the cruel fate might bestow upon them, as a punishment. Although that was only what her heart told her, though she wasn't a poet, until now probably- everything seemed anew and bright...
Needless to say, Nana was endlessly greatful for Takehito's love, forever in his debt... If only he'll love her...
X X X
"Now when I think about it..." Midori mused, trying to hide the disgust that crept down his face, seing signs of cauliflower in his salad- he absolutely detested it.
"Yea?" Ritsuka perked up, swallowing.
"It's hard to believe it's been a whole year since we thought, remember when we had to bring you to the academy?"
"Mhm... Kind of..." The other dark-haired sacrifice raised an eyebrow, trying to remember and confirming to himself that so much time had actually past." Seems like ages ago..."
"And you still went to Septimal Moon." Midori taunted, handing his salad to Ai." Then why hadn't you took our proposal in the first place?"
Ritsuka looked away momentarily, wagging and curling his tail in incomplete spirals.
"Trust issues, of cource." Ai giggled.
"Hey, okay I know...That's in the past..."
"If you say so... Anyway it would be fun to have another go..."
"Another what?"
"Sparing match!" Ai clapped her hands together, with sparkling eyes, ( only a heartless person could say 'no' to those)as her partner nodded with a confident look in his eyes."It would be beneficial for us to learn more from Soubi, because he's a... You know, graduated... And Midori could teach you to become a better sacrifice!"
"Really?!" Ritsuka's tail ceased it's dust brushing." That would be great!"
The breathless pair exchanged high-fives, squeeling and whispering a joyful yes. But then to Midori's displeasure his fighter, suddenly nodged his shoulder.
"Although I doubt what you could learn from him!"
"Hey stop it! Don't blame me for the last fail!" He grunted, keeping his head low in shame, as Ai and Ritsuka began snickering.
Soubi sat a little further watching his sacrifice fool around with the Breathless pair. He would have came along to the discusion, thouh the twenty-year-old felt unwanted. So he just waited out, picking at his food, though scattering it more than actually putting into his mouth.
The man sighed, glancing up at the clock to notice that twenty minutes had gone out. Someone messed the clock up, to Soubi it felt more like a whole eternity since he entered the cafeteria. The constant shrieks of the children ripped at his ears.
Soubi just wished to talk to Ritsuka again... Though the power to exceed it vanished, as a horrid scream pierced the room.
The racket and panic began spreading, students left their seats looking for the source of the voice, others began making up scenarios, the leftovers pleaded for their life imagining the assaulter which attacked their principal.
The terror didn't ceased, it progressed quickly.
"Ritsuka..." The blond called his sacrifice, as the teen's and Breathless figures dissapeared from their seats.
Soubi stood up not knowing what to do.
The children pushed him and fell on top of each other. This was terror, panic, despair, selfishness and greed to survive...
Hell was spreading upon life.
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Ok, guess it's ramble time again. Daedalus and Icarus are from a greek myth: " Daedalus and Icarus" I don't own it... Anyway have a good weekend! And we'll see each other, again soon!