Yoh and Hao stood immobile for some time, looking right into each other. Hao started the talk:
"What in a whole wide world you were thinking?!" he asked, his voice angry and threatening. Yoh, once again, felt dumfounded. What was he thinking in asking such things?!
"Meaning?" Yoh crossed arms on his chest and looking to Hao angrily.
"Meaning, do you remember what baa-san told you about Anna?" Yoh's jaw fell open.
"What the hell?" Hao's patience almost reached its end.
"The hell is that you're not allowed to take her if she doesn't want it!" Hao stepped closer, now their eyes very close "do you want this engagement to be broke off?" he said, his voice low and dreadful.
"No! But she's…"
"She's what?! Acting differently? No duh, she'd been living this way for long time, so what do you expect? That she'll leap into your arms straight ahead?"
"Now you're saying that she'd done right thing?! Unbelievable!" Hao groaned to this.
"No! What I am saying is that she's not the same Anna that you've known. Now she's popular and can have any guy she wants. And now suddenly you show up and raising rights as her fiancé. That's exactly how you cannot act if you want her to stay with you!" Yoh felt like punching this voice of truth: his emotions were still stirred but Yoh's sense was coming back and he could recognize the original truth. However, he decided to not see it.
"What am I to do now?! Go and say sorry to her?" Hao shook head.
"No. You must give her time. And do not talk to her today or tomorrow, whatever. She'll just get worse" Yoh arched an eyebrow.
"How come you know so much about it?" Hao smirked to him.
"In contradiction to you, I'm able to get the most obvious things. Night, Yoh. I believe you have many things to set up in your mind" Hao turned around and went upstairs, leaving Yoh to fight his own battles.
But instead of going to his room, Hao went on, reaching the door of Anna's room. He silently slid them open and closed behind him. Hao saw Anna standing by the window, only in her silky black night-gown. The summer nights were warm enough so she left the window open. Hao closed to her silently; Anna didn't even notice him until he slid his arms around her delicate waist and rested his head on her shoulder. Anna let out a gasp, her body tensing under Hao's grip.
"How are you?" Hao asked her silently. Anna didn't say anything: she was searching for a right answer to express her emotions, but nothing came to head. She felt completely lost.
"I…don't know…" she whispered. Her body was still tensed. Right now Anna lastly felt like relaxing, since she felt such guilt in front of Hao "are you mad at me?" Hao let out a sigh.
"A bit. More like extremely jealous. But I think I understand why you've done it" Anna's eyes widened. How on earth he…? She quickly turned around and rammed her gaze into Hao's warm brown eyes. Warm? But he's supposed to be mad! My gods, what the hell is wrong with me?!
"How? How the hell you could know?" she hit him into chest with her hands in fists, like trying to hit the unbearable truth from him, but it was hopeless. She burst into tears, because she didn't understand how Hao could not be angry at her. Yoh was. Hao hugged her tight around shoulders, making her stop.
"Hey, baby, it's ok. I'm here. I'm not mad. I couldn't be" Anna felt how hot tears are washing her cheeks. The blonde didn't understand why she was crying: it was she who done this stupidest thing in a world. But Hao understood. He knew she was crying because he wasn't mad at her, because he forgave it all to her and Anna wasn't used to that. She rarely was forgiven, not to mention her beneficent.
"Hao, you idiot. You shouldn't do this" she whispered "you should just go away and leave me be" Hao looked to her face and wiped some tears from her milky cheek.
"But you need me now. How can I leave you in this condition?" Anna gasped to him, more tears flowing across her cheeks.
"Hao…I…I'm so sorry! I don't know what the hell came to me…I just…" Hao cut her off by placing finger on her lips.
"I understand. It's ok. When you're ready we'll talk, ok?" Anna nodded. She still couldn't get it how Hao could be so understandable. He should be angrier than Yoh! But then it occurred to her.
"Hao…oh this might sound silly, but…I know why you can forgive me" Hao smiled to her with a sweet smile. This kind of smile was for her and only her.
"Because of our past?" he asked as if predicting Anna's thoughts. The blonde nodded, not looking to his eyes.
"Yeah. I think that the connection between us is stronger than we thought" Hao's hug tightened as if trying to protect Anna from something. That something was his family and…the world.
"Maybe. But we'll talk later, ok? You need to get some sleep" he led her to the bed and covered her with silky covers. Anna didn't let go off his hand.
"Stay with me. At least for a while" Hao smiled and nodded.
"Hai. I love you, baby" he bent to kiss her.
"I love you too" the blonde whispered before falling asleep.
Next day, Hao woke up from the sound of banging doors. He quickly ran downstairs, to find extremely pissed off Yoh. Hao understood immediately what happened.
"Don't tell me…"
"Yes, I tried" Hao sighed and punched his forehead with palm.
"I-D-I-O-T! I can't get it whether you want to save this marriage or not?!" Yoh rolled his eyes.
"It would be lots easier if she wouldn't act like a slut!" Hao groaned.
"Ok, I got the idea. Where had she gone?" Yoh shrugged shoulders.
"I don't know, but I'm gone as well" he said, walking to the door. Hao ran after him.
"Where?"
"To drown my feelings" Yoh said and banged the door in front of Hao.
"Jeez, where the hell this house has gone into?" the brunette guy ran upstairs, quickly dressed up and ran to the garage. His jaw fell open from the sight: his brand new MERCEDES was gone.
"Stupid baka, Yoh! If I'll find a single scratch on it…" his eyes caught another sight: it was black motor cycle in the corner of the garage. What? I don't remember this… He walked to it and saw a flying scull artwork. Hao stroked his fingers through it, admiring the perfect lines. He noticed one thing on it, an author's name: Anna-chan: catch me when I'm dead. He smirked to that. Wow, Anna's good at the aoristic (things that are drawn on car, motos and so on…)… This is wonderful… Hao traveled his eyes across the motor bike and caught on keys in lock. He opened the automatic gates and turned on the motor bike: the sound of engine flew through the air. Hao flew out of the garage, the gate closing behind him.
The brunette guy flew through the streets, knowing where he might find Anna. He reached the old stables and hopped of the motor bike. Hao ran through the stables to the box where Anna's mare would usually stand: it was empty. Hao quickly saddled his chocolate brown steed Katsu and rode of.
The guy ridded for about ten minutes until he reached an isolated lake he'd never seen before. There, sitting on the edge of it, he spotted a blonde girl. He urged his steed to her. As he stopped right behind her, Anna didn't even turn to face him: she knew Hao would come.
"I know you'd come" she said. Hao hopped off his steed and sat by her side.
"Another fight with Yoh?" he asked as if not knowing. Anna let out a sigh.
"Yeah. Where is he now?" Hao shrugged shoulders.
"I don't know. He said he would be drowning his feeling, so he must be somewhere in a bar, drinking his head of" Hao said this casually, but inside he was worried. After all, Yoh was his otouto. Anna let out another painful sigh.
"Hao, I think he presages that we're together. If he wouldn't…" Anna stroked palm through her face "he wouldn't be so…angry and…hateful" Hao had to admit it.
"I think you're right, but he still doesn't know. And what could we do about it?" he took Anna's hand into his. Anna squeezed it, feeling how his energy interviews and mixes with hers.
"One thing I will do for sure" the blonde squeezed her eyes shut "today I'll leave for Izumo to break off our engagement" Hao looked to her as if she was crazy.
"What? No, Anna its not…" Anna shut him up by placing her lips onto his. Some tears broke out, streaming down her face.
"I still won't be able to live without you. I love you way too much" she said in a whisper. Hao stroked his hand through her cheek, feeling wetness on it.
"My Anna…You're so silly. This is gonna be a suicide" Anna touched his forehead with hers.
"All my life was a suicide. This one will be only a drop in a sea" Hao kissed her gently.
"Where will you go? If you'll break off the engagement, Asakuras will drop of into street. I can help you, but…" for second time Anna broke him off with a kiss.
"Don't worry, I had it all figured out. I have some property and drafts left from my parents so I could live from it. I never used them so I'll have enough until I'll end up university" Hao sighed.
"Ok, but I still think that this is suicide. I mean, well…" Anna nodded.
"I know, but you done a suicide for me yesterday as well. You know it could've ended in a disaster" Hao smiled.
"Yeah. Anyway, I still was wondering, who was that guy you've kissed that night?" Anna almost held her blush.
"He was…oh the heck…his name's Katashi Kinoshita" Hao's eyes widened.
"Isn't he the guy…" Anna nodded.
"Yep, he is" Hao didn't want for this conversation to go any further so he just kept silent.
"I cannot tell why I am so attracted to him. He scared the hell out of me"
"Well, you cannot figure out many things about yourself" Hao teased. Anna poked him into the jaw.
"Hey, look who's talking" Hao smiled mischievously.
"Yeah, we both are complicated. Anyway" he lifted Anna from the ground and threw her over his shoulder. Anna screamed, trying to get free.
"Hao, you baka, what the hell you're doing?!!!"
"Being complicated" Hao caught her mare and lifted Anna onto her. He then took his steed and hopped onto it.
"Now, we will go someplace" Anna arched an eyebrow.
"Where exactly?" Hao only smirked.
"You just follow me" he urged his steed and ridded off, Anna following him.
After about fifteen minutes, the couple was driving home on motor cycle. As they returned, Hao took Anna by the wrist and led her upstairs to her room. Anna still felt dumfound.
"What the hell are you doing?" she asked as Hao closed the door behind him.
"I told you I'm being complicated" Anna rolled her eyes.
"Meaning?"
"Meaning, I'm going with you to see baa-san at the Izumo, but before that" he pulled her to his body "I've decided to have some wild and hot sex with you, since Yoh had a chance to touch you more than I would like" Anna laughed to him.
"You are crazy, Hao-kun, but that's why I like you" she said. Hao raised an eyebrow.
"What was that? Hao-kun? My gods, I'm blessed!" he lifted Anna from the ground and carried her to the bed, falling on it. They rolled over, tearing the clothes from each other. Anna wanted Hao and Hao wanted Anna. Not much more to be told. After all, both were so passionate that sometimes, both were scared that of this passion that would consume them each time they're together…