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A dark room. A gleaming, bloodstained razorblade. Pure silence. Haru shook hi head to clear the tears from his eyes, and threw the razor at the window, hard. He tried to get his black side under control as the setting sun glittered on the shards of broken glass that fell from the now shattered window. He paced for a while, rubbing his aching head with hands that were stained with blood from his wrists. After a while he felt himself relax as he flopped on his bed. He was his white self again.
He sat up and flipped on the TV, calming down, fighting his emotions. He settled back against a pillow, ignoring the bloodstains, and focused on the program on the screen. Almost immediately he buried his head in his hands. Ice skating. Why did it have to be ice skating? He stood, reaching out to switch the TV off. Suddenly something caught his eye. Orange. That orange hair! That skater, right there, it was the cat! He watched as the press crowded round Kyo. The cat shoved past them, the camera following him as a person in a hooded coat reached towards him. Then the cat was gone from the screen. Haru fell back onto the floor. Hooded coat…That was my coat…Yuki!? Yuki…with Kyo? A tear dripped down the ox's face. His heart broke one more time.
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"Shigure? Shigure, are you awake?" Akito's voice was tender as he sat beside the dog's bed and gently took his hand. Hatori swiftly removed the bandages from Shigure's face, surveying the damage. It wasn't as bad as the amount of blood had suggested. Shigure may even get some of his eyesight back- but no more than Hatori had. The dog's good eye flickered open and he squeezed Akito's hand. He grinned at Hatori, and tried to sit up. Hatori reached to help him, but Akito slapped his hands away, helping the dog himself. As soon as Shigure was upright, Hatori began to anoint his wound with some eye-drops, and Akito began to talk to him, so softly Hatori couldn't hear. It sounded vindictive in any case, and knowing Akito it probably was. The dog nodded. Akito smiled. Hatori finished his work and left. He needed to find Ayame. He had to see if his lover was alright.
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"Shigure, what do you propose we do with that cat?" Akito's smile was over-sweet. Shigure grinned back, his eye glittering with malice. He had a very good idea of what would happen to Kyo.
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Kyo entered the living room, and immediately burst out laughing. Ikuto had Yuki sat on the floor by the sofa, and was shoving his entire 300-card Pokemon card collection under his nose, explaining how Meowth was his favorite because he was a cat and Ikuto loved cats and had an imaginary friend called Yoru who had blue cat ears the same color as Ikuto's hair. The other boys were madly asking him questions about ice skating. They loved ice skating. The girls had taken the opportunity and were sitting on the sofa above Yuki's head. They had every hair accessory and piece of make-up they owned (not much seeing as they only got it for Christmas and birthdays), and were giving the rat a make-over. The poor rat was glaring at the laughing cat with an I'll-kill-you-later glare. Wading through the crowd of kids, Kyo grabbed Yuki's wrist and pulled him to his feet. The kids groaned and tried to drag Yuki back as cat and rat locked hands and ran up the stairs, laughing. They locked themselves in the bathroom, still laughing as the more determined of the kids started to bang on the door. Kyo grabbed a face-cloth and started to wash the make-up off Yuki's face. "Sorry 'bout that. The kids love new people, and they always get so hyper when I come here!" he giggled again and the rat smiled. He had been having fun. He had smiled and laughed as if he had not a care in the world. Kyo kissed his cheek, his eyes asking a silent question as to the look in Yuki's eyes. Yuki explained, "I'm forgetting my place. I'm nothing but trash for my master to throw away when he gets bored with me, and his way to getting rich. I shouldn't be having fun…but I don't care what he does to me for this. I wouldn't miss meeting your family for the world." Kyo grinned and kissed Yuki again. When they broke apart, he wound his hand in the rat's silver hair, twirling the silky strands. "Kyo" the mouse began, as if he was unsure of how to continue. "Kyo…what do we do about the final? You need the money for your family…but I don't know if I could compete against you, knowing that. And then Akito will punish me, for not beating you." Kyo sighed.
"I don't know. I don't think I could compete with you either. I love you too much for my own good, Yuki." The cat smiled. "But I know I have to get the money to help Maria with this place…" Yuki planted a small kiss on the corner of the cat's lips.
"We'll think of something. We have to."
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Akito stood up, heading for the door. "I'll go get Yuki. He'll be dying to know what you have planned for our little Neko-monster."
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"Ayame?" Hatori covered his eyes at the sight of his snake, crying and shivering, all alone in the cold hallway. Getting his emotions under control, he sat at Ayame's side, and the snake wrapped his arms round the dragon's neck.
"Ha-Hatori, I-I...Love you, Hatori." He sobbed into the doctors white coat, and Hatori allowed his own tears to overflow his eyes.
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"Yuki's gone!" Shigure heard Akito's screech from down the hall. He grinned. Now the little rat would have a share in the punishment.
Whats Akito going to do to Yuki and Kyo? Whats he going to do to Hatori and Ayame? What will our skaters do about the finals? Find out in the next installment of...ICE!!!
Hehe. couldnt resist a slightly odd ending there.
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