It's me once again . Finally I decided to write chapter two… I've been super busy lately. Sorry for taking so long to actually write it out
Disclaimer: I still own Katsuka and Chioshi, and Ritsuka's new teacher Mrs. Kaname 8B. I'll still be making more so, WATCH OUT!
2. Trust Me
Water spilled over his slender body, meeting the drain of the bottom of the bathtub, going into a swirl as it emptied itself away from the porcelain tub. The steamy mist of the showers water piled over the waterproof curtain and into the entire bathroom, making clouds of smoke.
Lathering the beautiful colored ebony hair, which was now a nice midnight black, soapsuds clung to his famine waist and frame, some sliding down his figure and into the whirlwind of water. Ritsuka sighed sleepily, leaving his hands in his hair as he began to lather his cute childish ears.
He sighed irritably, placing his head under the showerhead as he allowed the water to entirely wash away his senses, the soap and his shiver. The boy watch as the warm liquid trickled down his body, going into each crevice of his body, down his thighs, around his ankles and into the tub.
One last sighed escaped his fourteen-year-old lungs as he turned the tap off, stepping out as he wrapped a towel around his waist, grabbing an extra to take care of his hair. Orchid hues gazed around his empty house. Usually his mother was awake at this time, trying to get him ready for school. But is what he said that one day in grade six finally taking affect? Is she actually allowing him to do things on his own for once?
There wasn't going to be any true answers for that, but he was guessing it was a yes. Trying to hurry himself to get ready, he almost tripped over something in his room. Frustrated, he looked down to see what it was. Digital camera.
'I haven't used this in ages..' He thought to himself coldly, sitting on the edge of his bed in only his shirt and boxers, flicking through the different images he had taken. Most of the pictures had been uploaded and plastered onto some Bristol board and tacked there neatly. It was weird that most of them were of either Soubi, or him and Soubi together.
"I'm crazy." He muttered half-heartedly, a small bit of blush crept up his cheeks as he gazed towards his assortment of photos. Soubi was really photogenic, always looking perfect in any kind of photo. 'Probably looks perfect unclothed too..' His face reddened immediately as he tossed his camera aside, regretting himself saying that.
The boy menacingly, stood up, pulling on a pair of jeans and walked to his door, but stopped immediately when he heard knocking on his porch window, turning to see what was going on. He figured it must've been Soubi, since he knew he was meeting him there, but didn't he know how to use the front door?
Quizzically, he walked over to his window, pulled the curtain across and almost jumped back with a heartbeat. Ritsuka's chest pounded with surprise, it was Soubi, but he least expected him to be looking like that. "What happened to you…?" He asked as the blonde male walked into his room and sat on the floor beside his bed.
"Nothing important.." Soubi muttered, closing his eyes as he waited, but re-opened them when he felt a towel being laid across his damp hair, a weak curious smile forming through his masculine lips.
"You could've at least dried yourself off…" He mumbled, trying to dry the blonde males hair as much as he could. Ritsuka wasn't proceeding as usual. Since Soubi wouldn't sit still, he just stopped, handing the male the towel.
Instead of drying his own hair he turned around to Ritsuka, standing up and neatly dried his hair, causing the ninth grader to blush uncontrollably. He sighed, pushing Soubi away, and turned his head.
"Don't mother me." He protested, keeping his head low as damp strands of raven fell over his eyes. The boy sighed, moving his gaze towards Soubi who had a smoothening, but calm look on his serious face. It made the boy tingle without ease.
"Is that an order..?" He asked him with a slight grin on his face, walking back towards Ritsuka as he kneeled down infront of the boy, slinging his arms around Ritsuka's petite shoulders, letting them hang loose. Soubi's lips looked so smoothening and sweet, soft and moist, and tempting at all the same time.
"Yeah, that's an order Soubi. Now please, can we go to school?" Ritsuka protested, trying to remove the tall male from him but it wasn't helping at all. Soubi was much too strong for the likes of Ritsuka, so he immediately gave up.
"Could you at least say good morning? You worry too much Ritsuka…" He whispered comically, leaning in on the boy as he watched the child's face become pinker and pinker. His lips were only an inch away from Ritsuka's until he breathed. "Onegai..?"
Ritsuka was becoming to breath a little more calmly now, although there was rage running through his veins. 'What's Soubi thinking at a time like this..?' He asked himself questionably, then his mood changed automatically, turning his face into a light, tender smile.
"Ohayo gozaimasu.." Ritsuka whispered, turning his face away but it immediately met Soubi's once again as the older male grabbed his chin and made him forfeit.
It made Ritsuka melt with tenderness, gazing into Soubi's reassuring protective light blue eyes. They were always filled with a hint of compassion, just as they always did when they gazed back into Ritsuka's young, fear filled orchid hues.
"Arigato, Ritsuka. Ai shiteru.." He whispered before his lips met Ritsuka's, pressing them longingly onto the child's. For some reason this one was a lot better then the last. Was it because it was right in the morning, or was it because Ritsuka was so used to it by now?
Without hesitation, Ritsuka kissed the male back, although he didn't know what to do. He'd never had to worry about something like this before, and it didn't seem Soubi was giving up. But his eyes widened curiously when he felt Soubi place a tender, firm hand on his soft pink cheeks, brushing his bone, and slid to his neck.
Ritsuka thought for some further actions, he was entirely confused on what to do. It made him much more embarrassed because he wasn't reacting to any of Soubi's actions, making him seem like the toy and not the partner. But everything made him completely melt when he felt Soubi's firm lips part his, allowing a passageway for his moist, strong tongue to enter his mouth, lightly tapping his.
Immediately Ritsuka's face reddened without ease, pulling away as he gasped for a whole entire wave of air. His eyes looked towards Soubi, they were filled with confusion but Soubi's seemed to be filled with satisfaction. He didn't understand.
"Let's go." Ritsuka ordered, brushing past Soubi towards his bedroom door but was stopped when Soubi grabbed his arm, pulling him into an embrace and lifted him to his feet. He sighed irritably, guessing the older male was going to take him through the window.
He was entirely right. Soubi then walked towards the window, leaping from the balcony and hit the ground with a soft, stable thud. The child let out a sigh of relief, wiggling his legs as if to tell Soubi to let him down. Which wasn't working.
"Soubi! Put me down, I don't want anyone seeing us…" He thought for a moment. "That's an order Soubi.." Ritsuka whispered, and suddenly he felt his feet on the ground, dusted himself off and stood up straight.
His eyes shifted towards the house next to his. 'Chioshi..' Ritsuka thought curiously, wondering if the female was hoping to walk with them, he would've but today wasn't the day. The boy's eyes then relocated themselves to Soubi, nodding as he grabbed onto the males hand and began to walk.
Campus was practically empty when they arrived, especially for a high school. They came pretty early to begin with as well, so they as well past the time by looking for the female named young Urima Katsuka. The two of them searched aimlessly, searching for the group of friends.
Far in the distance he spotted them, but Katsuka wasn't there. Curiously he tugged on Soubi's sleeve, dragging him over to the group of girls who seemed pretty scared at Soubi's earless state, but then calmed themselves down immediately.
"What do you want twerp?" One of the girls scoffed, grinning at Ritsuka and then looked up to Soubi, a brighter grin forming across her face. "Is that your boyfriend?" She was brunette, earless, and a real snob.
Ritsuka didn't answer but his eyes moved to Soubi. He seemed completely calm and took heed into talking to the girls. His words were reasonable, calm, and distant, almost as if it was a mere phone call.
"We're looking for your friend Urima Katsuka, do you know by any chance where she might be?" Soubi asked the female calmly, keeping a protective stance beside Ritsuka, keeping a hand plastered on his shoulder.
The female scowled, looking to her friends who shook their heads when she looked at them, her charcoal hues meeting Soubi's as she shook her head, crossed her arms across her chest and gave him a rude glare.
"Why should we tell you?" She asked him coldly, ignoring his 'nice' attitude towards her, but little did she know it'd all change by the click of a button.
"Because if you don't we know exactly how to kill this friend of yours. So, unless you want your friend to die I suggest you tell us." Soubi responded just as light, although his tone kept friendly.
It was starting to confuse Ritsuka irritably. He was unsure if they were toying with each other or the female really didn't know where Katsuka was. Then again, she doesn't seem like the type of person to tell him, even if she did know where she was.
"Well why don't you ask her where she was then.." The female scowled and walked away with her group of friends, then pointed in a direction where the crimson-haired female appeared, a look of confusion was on her face as she approached Ritsuka, and then she smiled a broad friendly one.
"Ohayo Aoyagi-kun." She smiled brightly, lowering her head in respect as she greeted the ninth grader. Slowly she raised her head, looking over to Soubi and her happiness immediately faded, eyeing the earless male down.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." He whispered softly, lowering his head in respect to the twelfth grader and gave her a light smile. When he did so, his beautiful blonde locks fell over his cheek bones, causing them to fall over his eyes and then replaced themselves to his shoulder when he stood up straight once again.
Katsuka nodded warily, her raspberry hues moving from Ritsuka to Soubi and then to Ritsuka again. She seemed utterly confused, not knowing exactly what was going on, but she wasn't going to tamper with anything to find something out.
"Well, uh, I'm Urima Katsuka.. But you can call me Katsuka. You are?" The female questioned Soubi, eyeing him down bit by bit; she seemed to really like the male's appearance.
"Agatsuma Soubi." Soubi responded with a light although forced smile, trying to keep himself together as he began to caress Ritsuka's shoulder.
It didn't bother Ritsuka, but it'd bother him if the female noticed. He didn't like to be, close to him when other people were around, it always gave them weird ideas and they always thought the wrong of everything. The boy sighed, giving the female a light smile. They had some time to talk.
"I just came to ask, would you be a threat to Ritsuka? I want to know because I know you're apart of a very dangers organization and I'm afraid that you and you're partner may be of some harm to Ritsuka during school hours."
Katsuka looked at Soubi quizzically, trying to figure out exactly what he was saying. Then her eyes lit up, eyeing down her wrist and pulled her sleeve down. She knew exactly what he was talking about.
"I don't think I will be… I haven't found my partner yet." Katsuka whispered softly, lowering her head in dismay but immediately raised it again when Soubi grabbed her arm, eying down her scarred skin.
"Is this your given name? Weightless?" He asked her curiously, running his slender fingers across her supple skin, making her shudder slightly when he did it. When he let go she retracted her arm to her side, nodding slowly.
"Yeah it is. But like I said, I haven't found my partner yet. I don't think I will and even if I do, I don't plan on doing those stupid battles. They'll be a waste of my time." She scowled softly, although she did it nice enough not to make it look like she was being rude. Katsuka was being amazingly honest with what she was saying.
Ritsuka and Soubi were both quiet for a moment, exchanging glances before they both set out a sigh in unison. Their eyes met and the only one to look away was Ritsuka, his face reddening with blush.
"I'm guessing you two are partners..?" She asked them curiously, a light smile surpassing the sad look in her eyes. Katsuka was amazingly pretty, even sad, she still took on the look of a goddess.
Ritsuka didn't answer, but Soubi did. "Yes, we are partners. You probably want to find yours don't you. I feel you're lonely without them." He said softly, walking over to the female and placed a light tenderly assuring hand on her shoulder. He bent down so his eyes could meet hers. The combination between the raspberry and the blue was amazing.
"It has nothing to do with you." She whispered, pushing him off and gave him a light grimace. Katsuka had no intentions of being rude; she just didn't want people interfering with her love life, or even her life to begin with.
"I'm sure it does, but Ritsuka and I will be more then happy to find them for you." He told her softly, pulling out his cell phone and held it out infront of her. "Enter your number in here. We can talk when you want." Soubi proclaimed with a light smile.
All of this kindness was making Ritsuka jealous, and sad at the same time. He'd never seen Soubi have such kindness towards a female before, especially if they were one of them. He figured she was a different kind of partner though. She didn't seem to have a very large aura around her, so it seemed like she was an extra.
When she was done entering her number, she pulled out hers, handing it to Soubi. "You can tell Ritsuka to enter his number into mine as well, and get my number from yours. If he has a cell phone at least." Katsuka said softly, then it made her laugh when she realized their names almost sounded the same, just the first two letters were different.
After everything was entered into the each of the cell phones, they were all handed back to the rightful owners. They stood there quietly, chatting amongst themselves, but the topic on spell battles immediately went away, turning into stuff about their lives, and other things.
Ritsuka's attention was distracted when he felt a light tapping on his shoulder and turned around to check whom it was. "Chioshi!" He exclaimed, a bright smile welding through his lips as he gave her a welcoming 'good morning' to her.
"Oh wow, Ritsuka. So my cousin is your new girlfriend?" Katsuka squeaked with pleasure, walking beside her cousin and nudged Chioshi, getting a growl in return.
Ritsuka rolled his eyes as he blushed ferociously, but his eyes turned towards the school when the bell suddenly rang. He was starting to get separation anxiety, knowing he'd have to wait at least seven hours until he got to see Soubi again. "I'll meet you inside Chioshi." He said to the sapphire haired female when he watched her and Katsuka trail off into the building.
"How about I take you to lunch. My treat?" Soubi suggested, pulling Ritsuka into a slight embrace before they parted.
"I'd like that, Soubi." The boy whispered, leaning up to kiss Soubi on the cheek before he left, but Soubi turned his head so instead Ritsuka kissed his lips.
The boy blushed slightly, grabbing the male's lips for a fraction of time before he pulled away, a light satisfied smile running across his face. "See you at lunch Soubi?" Ritsuka asked him softly, already beginning to walk away.
Soubi nodded, walking away as well. "I'll be waiting Ritsuka." He said as he stopped at the gate of the school and mouthed the words. 'I love you' to the boy, chuckling slightly when Ritsuka's face reddened. Although a shock of happiness hit him when he saw Ritsuka's immediate response.
"I love you too, Soubi." Ritsuka whispered towards the blonde male and disappeared through the school doors, leaving campus and everyone was inside.
Students spilled to the front of the classroom as most of them came up with pieces of paper in their hands, placing it on Kaname-sensei's desk. She seemed pleased with the amount of interviews the students handed towards her, guessing she'd have to read a lot.
There was a change of seating plans already in the class. Many students were unhappy about the arrangement except for Ritsuka and Chioshi. However they got to sit right beside each other. It seemed Ritsuka could focus better with the female next to him, being able to actually pay attention to the teacher.
"So, Ritsuka. How much did you write about me?" She asked him in a hushed tone, her emerald hues lightly up with curiosity.
"I wrote as much as I could. You're little bit complicated." He grinned slightly; turning his orchid hues towards the teacher who was blabbing about how much fun she'll have teaching them and such. It was different at this school since one teacher was for every subject, except for gym and music.
"I wrote almost two pages about you Ritsuka. I think you're so fascinating. I can use about two words to sum up everything about you." Chioshi whispered once again, although her face was turned towards the blackboard, but her eyes were still on Ritsuka.
"And those words would be?" He asked her curiously, leaning down in his desk to rest his chin on his already folded arms, his ears perking up with interest.
"Completely amazing." Chioshi smiled, now looking away from him as her face reddened with embarrassment. People seemed to have heard who she was talking to and put her arms over her head, making only her ears pop out from the shield.
In response to the stares he blushed as well, trying to make it look like he was doodling in his notepad. Although he was writing things down, stuff people would do if they had a crush on someone. But this crush wasn't exactly young Chioshi or her cousin Katsuka. Soubi.
Class for once didn't take as long as usual, and the next minute he realized it was second period. Each class took seventy-five minutes each, and ninety-nine percent of the time it was wasted on being taught the subject or anything unrelated. It wasn't the fact that it bothered Ritsuka, but they were there to learn, right?
The boy's head rose slightly when he felt a small nudge from the left side of him, gazing into the females emerald hues when she stared at him glamorously. "Ritsuka, will you help me?" Chioshi asked him softly, hoping he'd agree to accompany her to this problem she needed help with. Her eyes were full of determination.
Ritsuka nodded with a light smile as he sat up perfectly straight, leaning over to examine the fraction the girl needed help with. For the longest time he sat there, staring at the girl as she talked, listening to her magical voice over and over again. He didn't realize that she was done until she said his name again.
"Ritsuka? Are you alright?" She whispered lightly, tapping her pencil on his palm a few times to catch his attention.
"Gomen.." He muttered, looking at the problem and then nodded. "Look you do this." Gently, he took the sheet from her and wrote down an easier way to the fraction, putting different things over top and wrote down different formulas. Ritsuka figured it would help her out a little better then the questions information that it was originally giving her.
Her eyes lightened up slightly when he passed the sheet back, placing the pencil on the desk infront of her. A moment passed until she finally got herself moving in on the question, answering the few problems Ritsuka had set up to her. Triumphantly, she showed him her results.
"That's perfect." He exclaimed, giving her a bright smile of glee. "Would you like me to do that to the rest of the questions for you?" The boy asked her curiously, he'd do it for her to help her out at any cost.
"No, thanks. I got it figured out." Chioshi smiled as she turned back to her sheet and began to scribble down the answers. Her head lowered as she concentrated, causing her sapphire locks to fall neatly over her cheek bones, brushing past them and hung freely infront of her eyes.
Small little waves of happiness brushed through the boy's body as he watched her every movement. He found there was something about the girl that always made him smile. Was it the family she was inherited from? Or was it just a gift that was set directly upon the magnificent girl.
His heart raced as he thought about different things, thinking about future things for his life. A hope to keep his friendship with everyone, that'd be perfect in his point of line, making his life entirely wonderful. All he needed was that special someone. 'Soubi.' The thoughts of the blonde male ran helplessly through his mind.
For about another thirty-minutes he sat there, doodling nervously in his notebook as he waited for the school bell to ring to show that it was lunchtime. Ritsuka had told Chioshi earlier that this once he wouldn't be able to eat with her, letting her know that Soubi had offered to take him out for lunch.
"I'll see you afterwards, alright?" He assured her, making her face enlighten with happiness when she saw the cuteness in Ritsuka's smile. The boy nodded gratefully when she agreed, taking off down the hallway.
"Ja ne, Ritsuka!" She hollered as she took off within the crowd of different schools.
Everything was quiet as he walked onto campus, movement was something that wasn't going on outside. Even the smallest bird couldn't be seen. Where was Soubi? His instincts told him Soubi was waiting by the gate, although he couldn't even sense a small appearance.
He wandered aimlessly, looking for the older male. "Where are you…" Ritsuka said worriedly, keeping his orchid hues fixed on different locations of the schoolyard. Then he turned around, only to be face to face with Katsuka.
"Have you seen Agatsuma-san?" She asked Ritsuka curiously, bending down so their eyes met. Her smile was very devious and it made Ritsuka shiver from top to bottom.
"No, I'm looking for him myself… We're supposed to be going out for lunch." He told her coolly, trying not to give too much away as he continued the conversation with the senior.
"Aww, that's too bad. He invited me to lunch too." Katsuka grinned, placing a tender hand on the boy's petite shoulder as she brought a hand to her eyes, gazing enduringly around the yard. "Man, he's late." She growled deeply, dropping her arm to her side as she sulked from her proper standing position.
His eyes glared at her for a moment, although he was madder at Soubi right now. 'Damn you, you never said you were bringing her along..' Ritsuka thought to himself furiously. The boy had wished it was only a he and Soubi lunch, but the female was coming along too.
"There you are Soubi!" Her voice piped up when she saw the blonde male come into the clearing, running towards him but stopped before she collided with him. "What took you so long?"
His eyes glanced to the girl for a moment but looked over to Ritsuka, noticing the anger within the ninth graders face. "Gomen nasai.. It seems I lost track of time." Soubi explained, walking past the female and towards Ritsuka.
A hand lifted slightly before Soubi could come in contact with him, showing he didn't want anything from the male at this point. So far, he needed to calm down, just ignore Soubi for now. He'd be fine later on in the day. "Let's go." Ritsuka said coldly, already beginning to walk through the school gates and onto the sidewalk.
Raspberry and Sapphire iris' watched as Ritsuka walked off, glancing towards each other as they shrugged unknowingly. Reluctantly, they followed to where the boy was walking exactly, trying to figure out why in the world he was acting in such a manner.
It was unquestionable at the moment; Ritsuka's actions were out of jealously. Finding that having the girl there as well would take away from his alone time with the older male. Now everything that he was hoping was ruined. "Stupid girl." He muttered annoyingly, continuing to walk at his quick pace, not daring to look back to the two people that followed behind him.
To the café that Ritsuka was headed to, didn't seem like a long walk, especially at the rate the young boy was walking. He seemed to be in a hurry, although he knew once the two followers actually walked into the store he'd be entirely calm. As he sat down, everything inside of him lurched with annoyance, seeing different people looking at him made it even worse.
His eyes glowed with frustration as he watched Katsuka and Soubi walk into the café and sit infront of him. It took some time until he could finally speak, letting out a small sigh as his ears lowered themselves on his head. He was fine, for now, although he was still mad Katsuka came.
"I know you want to know why she's here." Soubi said immediately, keeping his eyes focused on Ritsuka at all times, making sure he never looked away for even the slightest second.
Ritsuka nodded immediately, finally deciding to look into Soubi's sapphire hues. It comforted him when he did, just as long as he didn't look towards the female. For a moment, he was unsteady, and then he straightened his tenseness, and was entirely fine.
"Well you see, we wanted to discuss things over about her not having her fighter unit. Really, it's horrible to be without one." He said lightly as small smile crept through his lips, adding some expression to his seriousness. "We wanted to also to find a way to help her. We can always battle together and have her practice, even if she never does find her partner."
"I bet you know who her partner is anyways, just not consciously." Ritsuka said bluntly, keeping his orchid hues on Soubi for some attention, keeping himself in line and kept him calm.
"That's not necessarily true Ritsuka. Sometimes it depends on the series." He reminded the child, glancing over to Katsuka, as she seemed to watching both of them closely, although it wasn't a deepening stare.
He stayed quiet for a moment, not being able to think of a comeback to what Soubi had just told him. It frustrated him to be wrong, although being right all the time never got him anywhere, it only kept him in the same place.
"But how do you know she's not a bad player like the rest of them..?" His question was smart for once, although most of the time his questions were good ones as well. He eyed down Katsuka, trying to figure out if this female was like the zeros or not. Even if she wasn't she still had the choice to be a bad pair with her partner, or good, something like him and Soubi.
She growled irritably, straightening herself in the chair and leaned forward, causing her crimson hair to fall neatly infront of her, sliding in between the crevices of her breasts. "Look, I don't intend on hurting anyone. Trust me. I'm a good seed. It depends on how much the others piss me off anyways." Katsuka grinned, leaning back into her chair as she examined her fingernails.
Both Soubi and Ritsuka sighed in unison. They weren't getting anywhere if Katsuka was going to act in such a manner. It definitely didn't help if she wasn't going to pass any information to them either. All they could do is wait until the time came.
Ritsuka jumped slightly when a waitress came up behind them, holding a notebook in her hand and she gave them a bright creepy smile. "Good afternoon you three. What would you like?" She asked them brightly, readying her pen.
It wasn't too long until lunch was over and thank goodness, the three of them had themselves filled for the day. Their departure was a normal one, but it seemed Katsuka would be hanging around them a little more often then she usually would be, only to find her fighter.
"She seems alright.." Ritsuka said meekly, trying to tell himself that she wasn't a bad person then what she seemed. To him anyone could be putting on a silly act to make someone like him or her, but the minute they find someone who is bad to begin with their coldness comes out as well.
Soubi smiled smoothly, brushing an assuring hand over his cheek as he gazed deeply into Ritsuka's eyes. "Don't worry about it. I won't let her harm you." The male assured him, stopping his hand on the bone of Ritsuka's face and slid it off of his cheek, dropping it lightly beside his hip.
"You better not.." He hissed, looking away from the male for a moment as he glanced over to his High School in which many pupils were organizing themselves through the front door, almost causing some of the freshmen to tumble over one another.
He sighed with a light smile, letting his eyes shut into a small closure. It bothered him to think Ritsuka didn't trust him with his life, but then again Ritsuka really was always the stubborn type to him, and he didn't know why after three years he had never come to trust Soubi fully. Really, it tore him apart.
For a moment he stayed silent until he leaned forward, letting his beige locks fall over his cheeks and infront of his eyes. "Ritsuka, I won't let anyone hurt you. If they I will kill them with my bare hands, alright?" By this point both of Soubi's hand were in his pant pockets and there was no sign of a visible smile on his thin lips. This subject was nothing to smile about, and he really wanted the child to trust him.
Ritsuka's eyes flickered back to Soubi for a moment, his lips curved upwards holding back a small smile, but he didn't want to show Soubi that he had given into his kindness, he was too soft and sometimes it was stupid how easily he could be fooled. "Okay Soubi, I trust you. Will you come pick me up after school?" He asked the elder student warmly, grabbing onto Soubi's sleeves and stared back into his sky-blue iris'.
Only a fraction of time passed before Soubi nodded and stood up probably causing Ritsuka's grip on his sleeve to loosen and let the young child's arm subside to his hips, causing his head to rise as Soubi ascended a little bit taller. "Of course I will come pick you up after school." He responded in a soft, but intriguing tone, turning his back to Ritsuka, although his head still faced in the child's direction.
A nod followed after Soubi's leave, letting his orchid hues watch the blonde male walk through the school gates and finally allowed him to accept that he wouldn't be seeing Soubi for another two to three hours. Nothing but a lonesome sighed followed the freshmen's sullen breathing, letting his body weaken slightly from exhaustion. By the looks of it, he might as well enjoy the rest of his day. It was only a Tuesday, though he figured the next three would be gone faster then you could say, I want Saturday to come.
As soon as Ritsuka walked into his classroom, the annoying chatter of his classmates filled his ears, making both sets of his drums ache with annoyance. Though the minute he heard the chiming voice of his most favored classmate he considered the pain something very little and worthless.
"How was lunch Ritsuka?" Chioshi asked him curiously as she sat in her desk next to him, folding her hand together, propped up by her elbows and perched her chin on top, letting her bright green eyes dazzle underneath of the fluorescent classroom lights.
The boy's ears lifted slightly to her voice and he sat up properly, making sure he didn't slouch as he talked to the female. "I guess it went well. I mean, I guess I spent it with your cousin as well. She stayed with us the whole time." Ritsuka told her in pure honesty, making the slight bit of disgust arise in his throat. He still couldn't get over the fact that he couldn't have a lunch to himself with Soubi.
"My cousin? Oh, you mean Katsuka. Well, once she finds someone she likes she has a tendency to follow them around everywhere." She smiled, un-twining her fingers and sat up, pulling out her sketchbook that was inside her desk. The minute she opened up the book, the boys eyes beside her widened with amazement. "What? Haven't you seen my work yet?"
He swallowed slightly as he shook his head, still trying to get over the amazing art this girl performed. In all his life he actually hadn't seen someone draw so well except for Soubi, and even Soubi was an amazing painter and drawer. "No, I haven't. May I?" Ritsuka leaned forward to talk to her, finding that the room got louder by the minute.
Chioshi giggled slightly and closed the sketchpad, and slid it into her desk. "How about later okay? Maybe sometime if you ever decide on coming to my house. I have a whole collection you'll like." The girl told him in a promising fashion. She always kept her promises, and she was more then happy to have her neighbors come over for a visit.
A small hint of redness formed across Ritsuka's small cheek as he nodded, forcing his embarrassed self to smile even the smallest bit. He would be more then happy to go to Chioshi's house, even if it was a female. For some reason being at a girl's house didn't bother him. He had no intentions of having any 'close' relationships with girls, but if he did it'd be more or less something like very, very close friends.
When the teacher walked into the room, everyone quieted down, guessing they were used to the teacher yelling at them every so often. This class for the afternoon was art, and young Aoyagi was rather interested in what Chioshi had in store for her assignment. Ritsuka wasn't the best of artists, many people could tell. Though he was excellent at photography, and he loved calligraphy as well.
The rare cute smile formed across his lips as he watched the girl beside him. She rather paid close attention to the teacher, and she seemed like a role model for the rest of the girls in his class as well. For some reason he wished he had that effect on some of the other boys in his class. Kind of like when he was in sixth grade. He was labeled 'cool'. Only by one person of course, then again maybe others were just too jealous to admit it.
Like the day before, the class went by at a normal pace, and for once Ritsuka learned something in art class, since they had a double period of it, he got to spend most of his time practicing on the skills he barely had. Though this time around, his caricature of his partner looked so similar it shocked him. As soon as he saw Chioshi's drawing, his heart sank although his eyes widened with admiration.
"Do I really look like that…?" Ritsuka asked her astonished, taking the sheet of paper from the female and examined it. Of course she was drawing a picture of him, though in all his life he never imagined that he actually looked like that. It was an amazing drawing and he never saw himself in that kind of way.
The girl giggled softly and retrieved her piece of art from him. "Not really. I added my own features, but I put exactly what I see of you Ritsuka… you make me smile when you smile, so I had to do something that would make me smile." She whispered to herself as she held the drawing closer to her chest closing her eyes. "Ritsuka you make me feel wonderful when I talk to you, and you seem like such an amazing friend. I never got that from someone before.."
Immediately from her words his face reddened with immense force, causing him to hide his face in arms, attempting to hide the brightness of his cheeks. Ritsuka didn't know how to respond to Chioshi's kindness, there had never been a time where someone had actually done something like this for him… except for, "Soubi." Without realizing it he said the name a loud and the blue haired female leaned towards him.
"Soubi? Oh, you mean that blonde adult you've been around lately?" She smiled half-heartedly as she tried to catch his eyes, failing irritably as she sat back properly into her seat and closed her eyes as she sighed. "I think you should hang out with people your age Ritsuka. I mean, not that he doesn't seem like a good person, but you're fourteen, normally people our age are going around with their soul mates and being teenagers."
He pretty much ignored what she said to all his extent, although he caught some of it and it only made him bury his face much further into his arms, letting his ears flatten themselves along the sides of his head. Chioshi was right about some of it, about him hanging around Soubi at this age. He wanted to explain to her how much this 'adult' meant to him, and what kind of change he's applied on Ritsuka's life.
Silence came from the girl for a moment as she placed a hand on his forearm and tried to catch his eyes again, and succeeded. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say something to hurt you…" She whispered apologetically and leaned back into her seat once again, spreading out her work and stared dreamily at it. Her stature was so perfect, and even though she appeared to be sad at the moment, a slight curve of a smile was still visible on her lips.
As slow as time could ever move, it stayed at it's slow pace. Even though art was a double period, until the end of the day, it was droning on, making it seem like two minutes was a half-an-hour. It was irritating, and he wanted to get moving so quickly. No one in the class had realized what time it was, and silence soon be-filled of the room.
"Soubi.. Where are you…"? His voice echoed within the darkness, tears streaming down his eyes as he walked aimlessly through the pathless area.
"You're almost there Ritsuka, but hurry… you only have a certain amount of time."
"Certain amount of time!? What are you talking about!?" Ritsuka whimpered slightly, thinking of what might become of his Soubi. "What's happening to Soubi!?"
"Run, run Ritsuka. It's your fault Soubi is dying. You weren't there to protect him. What kind of sacrifice are you?" The voice broke out into hysteric laughter and boomed through the young boys ears.
"No! Soubi I'm coming! Don't die on me!!!" Tears flowed down his cheeks, causing his eyes to puff up with immense redness, and his legs were becoming weaker as he ran, and then a burst of light illuminated where he was standing.
Finally he could see, and there in the distance, in a great puddle of blood lay Soubi, the crimson liquid flooding the cement around him. His legs picked up, and just as he got into a good run, he tripped and fell, face first into the wet cement. It had started to rain.
"Soubi.." He moaned, clenching his face, which was starting to bleed greatly, holding the facial wound with his one arm. When he crawled over to the dying male, placing his hand over the stomach wound. "Don't die on me Soubi!!" He shouted over the silence, a speck of his own tears spattered against the blondes face. Causing him to stir.
"Why… Ritsuka? I thought… you loved me…" He whispered, his sapphire irises staring into the pitch-black sky, as if asking the heavens if he was sinned.
"No.. I… Soubi.. What are you talking about…?" He was starting to shake non-stop and he took his hand away from Soubi's wound, noticing a knife being creating in his clenched fist. Suddenly he was becoming sick to his stomach, looking down to the blade in his hand and the constantly bleeding wound in Soubi's chest. "I didn't do this!" Ritsuka tried to explain what he didn't know, his tears becoming invisible in the falling rain.
"Ritsuka.. I love you…" Was Soubi's last words, and his head fell hard onto the cement since he was propping it up to see Ritsuka, and his eyes were spread open, blood pouring from the openings in his body.
"No, No Soubi, Don't leave me! DON'T LEAVE ME! SOUBI!!"
Suddenly his head rose, faces all stared at him and tears were falling down his cheeks, and there was blood on his face and hands. 'What happened…' He groaned to himself, noticing where there was blood he was digging his nails into the flesh, and the tears that fell made his face feel so sticky, and he couldn't explain what had happened.
"Ritsuka!? Are you all right?" Chioshi was at his side the whole time, attempting to wake up the poor boy. Horror was filled over her face as she kneeled beside him on the floor, her emerald hues glittering with worry as she noticed all the blood that was on him.
"I'm… fine.." He lied, getting up from where he sat and gathered his things, hulled them under his arm and walked out of the classroom, saying not a word as he left his shocked classmates. There was nowhere he could go for now, except for Soubi's apartment when he found the male. If his mother saw him in this state she'd freak. "I need to clean up…"
The tears on his face transformed into sticky glue, causing his hair to stick tightly to his skin, as soon as she washed himself as good as he could've he exited the washroom, walked over to his locker, stored all of his things and continued down the hallway. Ritsuka's wounds were still bleeding, his nails lately had been very sharp, and he had seemed to puncture his flesh deeply.
When he finally pushed open the front door of the school no one questioned him, and still he continued walking, holding the bleeding wound on his face so it didn't look too horrible. Although it didn't help at all, the blood still spewed from the wound and through the crevices of his fingers, finding the ground as he paced. Then it began to rain, and silently he cursed at the sudden weather change.
"Soubi.. where are you…" He whispered, finding a wall at the side of the school and slid down it, just until his bottom hit the ground. Tears began to slide down his cheeks again and he closed his eyes, pulling all of his body weight towards himself as he waited. Soubi would come sooner or later, hopefully sooner. He promised to come for him after school anyways.
Then the rain began to fall harder, pounding greatly upon his head, and within minutes he was completely drenched, shaking, and alone. No matter what, he would wait for Soubi, hoping that he would be taken under the safety. His whole entire body began to tremble, but he wasn't afraid of it, and he laid his head back against the wall, watching as the droplets of rain met his eyes, and body, continuing to threaten him to leave his spot.
"Not until he comes…"
Damn, I'm sorry for taking so long to actually finish this one D: I wanted to complete it so badly. But things got caught up with me. Reading books, trying to write other stories I plan on publishing sooner or later. Hopefully you like this one as much as my first. I worked just as hard. Ta ta for now 3
Thanks for going this far with me .