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'There are times I feel compelled to question myself. To stop and think about why I do what I do. Why I live like this. Why I ever got involved with the angel known as Eiri Yuki.'
I smile at that word. Angel. He is that. An angel with golden wings stretching out towards the sun.
Oh how I hate that sun.
It warms his soul, sending sunlight and love into those deep crevices and wounds that I've worked so hard to dig and carve into his flesh and soul.
He's being healed.
He's slowly slipping away from being my fallen angel.
I can't take that. I won't take it.
"Eve?"
'That sun. That... sanity... I'll break it apart.'
"Eve?"
Eve lifted her eyes up to that of her fiancé.
'He looks nice...'
"Are you alright, Honey?"
She cocked her head at him, a confused look forming in her green eyes as they ran over his expensive suit.
'He may be lousy in bed, but that man does have a taste for fashion.'
"Huh?" She asked
"You've been standing in the doorway for 15 minuets."
Eve blinked a few more times, taking in her surrounding. Sure enough, she was in the front hallway, halfway between toeing off an expensive high heel, her bag clutched loosely in her hand.
"I–." Eve began, blinking again "I'm alright."
Jon stared at her, askew for a few moments, and then shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"Here." He said, extending his hand "Let me take your bag."
"No!" Eve said, a little hastily "No..." She repeated, calmer "I– I've got it... And..."
She stopped short, looking down in the hallway, spotting a shining pair of dress shoes, too small to be Jon's.
"Jon? Do we have a visitor?"
Jon nodded.
"Yes, someone for you actually."
Eve's breath caught.
"For me?" She asked
He nodded, geusturing towards the living room. Eve smoothed the wrinkles out of her dress, and walked further into the house, her heels loudly sounding through the hall towards the living room. Her breath caught when she got there.
"Hello Eve. It's been a while."
Eve swallowed, feeling her pulse increase.
'What's he... doing here? How'd he find me?'
"Eve?" Jon asked "Is everything alright?"
Eve shook her head to clear her thoughts. She then looked up at Jon, placing a chaste kiss on his cheek.
"Yeah." She said, turning to face her visitor. "But... I think Mr. Seguchi and I would like to be alone for a while."
"See, baka? I told you this would happen."
Shuichi sighed, wincing in fear of his lover, grateful that Yuki was unable to see his face. Yuki was leaning over a chair in the bathroom, his arms and chin resting over the back of it while Shuichi tended to the sunburns on his back.
"Does this help?" Shuichi asked, gently rubbing aloe into his lover's back
Yuki nodded, reluctantly.
"We wouldn't have to go through with this if you'd listened to me."
Shuichi was once again grateful that Yuki couldn't see his face, as a smile graced his lips. He was swiftly swept up in the earlier hours at the beach, when he finally convinced Yuki to come out from under the umbrella. Well, more like forced, when he took the umbrella and ran away with it, Yuki in close pursuit behind him.
Eventually, Yuki gave up, and agreed to childishly spalshing around in the water with his young baka, taking his revenge out on him by hoisting him up in his arms several times and dunking him under the water. They'd even spent the rest of the day building a sandcastle, which Yuki imagine still stood because of it's massive size.
The two probably would have continued to stay at the beach, if not for Yuki begining to feel pain in his back, and coming home to the realization that he was severly sunburned, not only on his back, but even the backs of his legs.
"Do you want me to tend to your legs now?" Shuichi asked softly.
After a beat, Yuki nodded, not wanting his lover's skilled fingers to leave his back, but becoming uncomfortable by his legs cry out for attention.
"You'll have to lay down." Shuichi replied
Yuki nodded once again, standing up, severly relaxed, and walking, almost floating into the living room, where he lay down on a large fluffy rug, pulling a pillow off of the couch and placing his head into it.
"Shu." Yuki said softly
"Hm?" Shuichi answered, kneeling next to him
"Before you start, can you do me a favor?"
Shuichi nodded, then upon realizing the action would be lost by Yuki's closed eyes, spoke:
"Yes."
"Get me a beer and a notepad and pen."
Shuichi cocked his head at the strange request, but none the less, abided and retrieved his items.
Yuki had felt a burst of energy and creativity at the simple touch of Shuichi's hands. Shuichi was like his personal muse, and ideas and thoughts were coming to him at an alarmingly fast rate.
"Yuki? Can I stop now?'
"No."
"My fingers hurt."
"No."
"My wrist is starting to cramp up."
"No."
"And my knees are..."
"NO!"
Shuichi gasped a bit, but nonetheless continued working, a bit slower than usual. Yuki mentally scolded himself for being so harsh, but he knew that if Shuichi left his skin, he would loose all inspiration.
After a while, Shuichi could take it no longer, and let his body fall to Yuki's who was strangely still.
"Shu?"
"My fingers are too sore."
"Shu."
"And my knees are sore from being on them for so long."
"Shu?"
"And I.."
"SHUICHI!"
Shuichi's violet eyes snapped open.
"What?"
"You're laying on my back."
"Yeah?"
"My SUNBURNED BACK!"
"Oh!" Shuichi shouted, immediatly getting up and moving to the aloe again, spreading a large amount on his hands, and brought his hands roughtly back down to Yuki's back.
"Ow!" Yuki yelled, rolling out of Shuichi's way and standing "Son of a bitch!"
"Oh! I'm sorry Yuki!" Shuichi said "Here, I'll be gentle. I promise."
"No..." Yuki said, sighing and rubbing his fingers through his hair "The moment is lost. I'm taking a shower." He muttered, walking away
"But... you already took..."
"I'M TAKING A SHOWER!" Yuki yelled, slamming the bathroom door
Shuichi winced, realizing that Yuki must be in a lot of pain, since this was even crankier than normal. His eyes then caught Yuki's temporarily abandoned notebook from the corner of his eye. He looked over at it, and picked it up, smiling at the contents.
"It's been a while Eve."
Eve crossed her arms, staring across at Tohma Seguchi, her eyes narrowing.
"You're looking well. I like the hair."
Eve smirked, cocking her head, but not replying.
"You look like you're living pretty well too." Tohma continued, looking around the room, fingering things "You always did have expensive tastes."
"Well, you know, I like the finer things in life."
"Hm." Tohma said, looking almost amused "A new life, new house... new husband?"
"Fiancé." Eve corrected, eyeing the ring on her finger
"You don't love him." Tohma stated
"You know, it's funny just how convincing money can be." She replied, cocking her head to the side "Anyhow, it s no concern of yours. What are you doing here? Better yet, how did you find me?"
"You're not known for being able to keep a low profile... Eve." Tohma answered, letting the name roll off his tongue "He doesn't know, does he?'
Eve shook her head, her blonde hair swaying from side to side.
"Jon... lives what I like to call... a selective life." She replied "He only hears and sees what he wants to hear and see. He wanted a beautiful, nice housewife. He sees a beautiful, nice housewife."
"Not much for modesty are we?" Tohma asked
Eve shook her head again.
"Never was." She replied "But that still doesn't answer my question." She said, pacing the room, her heels clacking loudly
"I just went down the list of all the attractive, wealthy men in a 100 mile radius. Narrowing it down was pretty easy. He had to be rich; obviously; attractive, famous, powerful, and single."
"That last one is a toss up." Eve admitted, and off of Tohma's look explained "You'll find that I really don't care if a guy is single or not. I can easily get rid of a spouse."
"Not Shuichi."
Eve winced at that name, but forced herself to remain cool.
"That's because he hangs to Eiri like a leech." She said disdainfull
Tohma laughed softly. Eve shifted, her bag becoming heavy in her hands.
"Is it hard?" He asked after a while
"What?" Eve asked, her hands running over her dress, once again smoothing it
"A nervous habit." Tohma commented, before continuing "I mean, is it hard to remain... sane?"
Eve blinked a few times.
"I don't know what you mean."
"Kyoko. You're legally insane."
Eve hissed.
"Don't call me that."
For a momet, Tohma's eyes lost the happy-go-lucky shine that they'd had, and his glare rivaled that of Eve's. But then the look softened once again.
"Sorry, my mistake." He replied, continuing "Is it hard to remain... normal? To not..."
"Freak out and kill people?" Eve asked "A little."
Tohma was taken back by her calm. He swallowed a little, taking in her form, which looked so different, before continuing.
"Those are expensive shoes."
"They were a gift." Eve replied, grinding her heel
"You shouldn't do that. It'll wear them down."
"There's more where they came from."
Tohma chuckled, his eyes bore an amused look.
"Nice dress... beautiful things..."
"You forgot about my china dinner sets and my three BMW's. What's your point?"
"You have it pretty good." Tohma continued, nearing her slowly "So, I'm going to give you some advice." Once again, his eyes lost their shine, and darkened, flickering with rage "Keep it. Stay here, Eve. Don't come back to Tokyo. To Eiri. Stay in this beautiful mansion with your expensive things and nice husband–."
"Fiancé." Eve corrected.
"Stay, and hold onto what little sanity you have left. Becuse if you do return... it won't be Eiri coming after you. It'll be me."
Eve smirked.
"Wow Tohma, I'm almost impressed. The big bad president of NG coming to scare me. I'm flattered." She took a step towards Tohma, causing him to step back "But, first mistake: Coming here. Don't ever come to my home, and threaten me. You don't understand what kind of power I have right now, and just how badly I've been itching to use it. Second mistake: pissing me off. I do as I please, Tohma, I always have, and I always will."
Tohma swallowed, taking yet another step back as Eve continued advancing on him
"I'm not... the same... Eve you once knew. I'm so so much worse. Oh, and a small correction. I have no sanity left. And I don't care about this life. I care about one thing, and one thing only."
"What?"
Eve grinned, crossing her arms and dropping her bag, which landed with a loud, clink.
"Me." She continued "I will always do what I feel is best for me. And if that happens to be staying here, so be it. But, if it so happens to be going back to Tokyo, and taking what I want from who I want... hm... well what are you going to do about it?"
With unexpected quickness, Eve's foot darted upwards, kicking Tohma in the chest and sending him stumbling back into a chair and knocking it over backwards. Eve oved over to him, stepping her expensive heel on his chest.
"You fail to realize that you are now a fly in my bloody web. And I'm the black widow creeping in on her prey. And I, quite frankly, have you wrapped around my little finger, whether you realize it or not. I have connections in this country that you couldn't dream of. Extending far past my idiot husband."
"Fiancé." Tohma corrected
Eve grinned, pressing harder, causing the keyboardist to gasp in pain.
"I'm telling you now Tohma, don't go head to head with me. Please?" She asked, dropping to her knees and stradeling him "Because I have nothing to loose. And you, on the other hand, have everything." She leaned in closer to him, nipping his ear, whispering "if I were you. I'd learn to choose my battles rather quickly."
And with that, she stood, stepping away from Tohma, turning her back towards him as he got up and fixed his clothes adjusting himself back to perfection. Tohma sat up the chair they'd knocked over, and walked towards the doorway.
"Oh," Eve called after him "If you happen to see Eiri. Blow him a kiss for me. And tell him to remember The Chaos Theory."
"Take my advice Eve." Tohma warned, getting further and further away
Eve sighed, running her fingers through her hair.
"Big mistake..." She muttered "If only you knew Tohma, just how much worse you've made things."
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A.N. Sorry it took so long with the update, been busy and all. But this is a nice long chapter, so it should hold you over for a while. Thanks for all the reviews, I really appreciate it!