Did You Consider Love?
Summary: It had happened more and more often. I was standing beside him, and it felt oddly natural…
Chapter 5: Rescued
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran because it belongs to the wonderful Bisco Hatori.
Warning: Contains both heterosexual and homosexual content. If you dislike it please just don't read this fanfiction. There are plenty of other ones to read.
I started this chapter a little dirty so uh… yeah…
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Somehow, he had entered the four walls of the pristine world. White and black, simplistic shades that would not accept anything less than that which was pure. In some ways, he was sure that people would find this place frightening, feeling so empty and bare, the two hollow colours seeming to swallow any freedom within it. Yet he would have only used one word to describe it fully, even if it did sound foolish. This room that was so cold and clean, in his eyes, he could only see it as being stylish.
However, the amber-eyed man had no time to contemplate this as his attention was held by the cold man that inhabited this pure room. His feet had only been able to walk back a mere meter before strong hands had reached his shoulders, sending him falling to the ground. Thankfully the impact was light; for he fell onto a thick black quilt; soft and somehow reassuring. The young man could hardly utter a protest; his cheeks flushed with embarrassment and dried tears.
The cold lips touched against his and almost all sense was lost. Kaoru felt his mind slip away, gripping at the blue blazer of the dark-haired man on top of him. Desperately, he pulled their bodies closer, surprised by the force he used for the simple attempt to gain nothing more than the feeling of warmth. He wanted it badly, and his heart indicated it by beating so rapidly that the blood rushed to his ears. In a matter of moments, he knew that is was not enough and was glad to oblige the intruding tongue that traced itself against his bottom lip.
"Kyouya, Kyouya!" That was when Kaoru snapped to his senses, his heart pounding with fright. Thankfully he could appreciate the fact that his senpai had thought ahead and locked the door that served as an entrance to the large room. The womanly voice called again for the dark-haired man and soon the couple that had collapsed on the floor stood again. "I'll be there in a minute Fuyumi-neesan."
It took only half a minute for the man with gleaming spectacles to fix his ruffled clothes and all that time Kaoru observed silently. For being a horny teenager just a second ago, the older man composed himself quite quickly, as if nothing had happened at all. There was not a single heavy breath or any flushed skin from the man, and this bothered the boy with auburn hair greatly. It was as if he hadn't felt anything at all…
Opening the door, a young woman with wavy black hair and sweet dark eyes entered the room, quickly waving to Kaoru as a greeting before turning back to her younger brother. "Kyouya, you-know-who has called again!" Smiling pleasantly, the woman with dark-hair giggled and moved away from the door, giving room for Kyouya to pass her. "I left the phone just down the hall for your privacy, so don't look so annoyed!" joked Fuyumi. Kyouya walked out of the room calmly, looking slightly displeased, most likely because of the obvious person who had phoned him.
So Kaoru was left alone, in this large empty space, with Kyouya's older sister and irking thoughts of what she meant by you-know-who. She was no doubt related to Kyouya but for some reason, something about her seemed much more comforting. Kaoru offered a smile to her as she approached him, gesturing to take a seat at the near by kotatsu. Kaoru took a seat back under the black quilt that he had been previously on. He smoothed the fabric over his legs, hoping that Fuyumi had not noticed its wrinkled state.
"So you are one of the sons of the Hitachiin family!" Kaoru could only smile helplessly, at the older woman, who took a seat across from him, for he did not really want to continue this conversation. He knew where it was going, like all other conversations he had with strangers; questions about the company, comments about fashion and the success of the Hitachiin designs. He was sure that Kyouya's sister had no ill intentions but still, when it came down to it, this typical discussion was a bore for him.
Frantically, amber eyes dashed about, looking for anything else that could be spoken about. For heaven's sake, Kaoru would rather talk about the lamp in the corner instead of how much money his family was making. Lucky for him, Kaoru spotted something of mild interest; a large stain beside him on the floor. In a wealthy family like the Ootori's, surely they could afford to clean this mess up. Maybe they had just not noticed it or something.
Kaoru coughed, pointing towards the brown stain on the floor and commented nervously. "Wow, there is such a big stain here on the rug…" Kaoru knew how badly it sounded but at this point he didn't quite care. However, he was in for a surprise. Amber eyes widening, Kaoru could only take note of the young woman with black hair smiling gently. Her eyes softened and the expression that she had was almost like that of a mother's. She soon broke the peace by laughing foolishly.
"That will never be cleaned as long as Kyouya is in this house!" Fuyumi laughed, her face softening. "That tea stain is a very special memento to Kyouya." Kaoru arched his brows in curiousity. Why would something like that be special, to anyone? It was as if Fuyumi had sensed his confusion and soon she spoke again. "I am not very sure what happened exactly, but this stain came about the first day Kyouya ever had a friend come over to the house." Kaoru turned to the young woman, still confused as ever. Closing her eyes, Fuyumi smiled happily. "You must know of him if you are in the club that Kyouya participates in." Something froze inside Kaoru as he took a deep breath. It was so obvious…
"It was the first day that Tamaki-san had visited."
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Kyouya sighed as he entered his room, letting his blazer slide off and into his arms. Tamaki had called him about some trivial matter involving Haruhi and whether she was in some sort of dire commoner trouble. So that conversation had gone, for a full twenty minutes with Tamaki crying foolish obscenities and Kyouya reassuring the blonde lord with blunt logic. Kyouya was not interested in discussing the girl; the fun wore off after the thirtieth call.
Looking up, black eyes peered over the room. It appeared his sister had left, but not the other guest. Kyouya spotted the blue blazer, a size or two smaller than his, along with a black schoolbag lying on the empty kotatsu. Kaoru was still here it appeared, yet the boy was nowhere to be seen in visible sight. Kyouya walked slowly, taking time to drop his own jacket onto the kotatsu, and let his opaque eyes look towards the stairs leading up to his bed. It was the only place other than the empty space before him.
Indeed, at the second floor, the man with glasses spotted the auburn-haired teenager. The young man with amber eyes sat on the blue sheets of the rather large bed, staring intently at the picture frames that sat on top of a ledge just above the head of the bed. The brown lashes of the young man blinked and he smiled a weak smile grasping one of the frames in his hands. Kyouya arched a brow at this motion and stepped forward, silently taking a seat beside Kaoru.
Kaoru jumped as he realized that his upperclassman had caught him. Blushing, the younger Hitachiin twin placed the frame back onto the ledge. Kyouya looked to the photo, noting that Kaoru had been staring at the picture of him and Tamaki from their trip to Kyoto. It truly was a stupid photo, one of the blonde king jumping onto the shoulders of the distressed shadow king, and pointing a silly peace sign into the camera. Surely the Hitachiin twin could not be jealous…
A devilish smirk fell onto Kyouya's face as he made his predatory advance, pinning Kaoru's slender arms beneath his own. The young man with amber eyes fell to the bed, red as a tomato yet trying to maintain a sense of calmness to the man in front of him. This amused Kyouya to no end. "So you are still interested?" Kyouya took his time, lowering his face closer towards the blushing teenager's. "In the relationship between Tamaki and me?" (1)
A slender brown eyebrow arched itself and Kaoru smiled daringly, albeit the fact that his wrists were pinned to either side of him. "If I was, would there be anything you have to say about it?"
Kyouya chuckled, holding a hand up to his lips. He then reposition himself, face hidden in the shadows, his warm breath washing over the younger teenager who trembled while trying to maintain his brave stance. Ready to ravish the boy again, Kyouya leaned in but paused mere millimeters away, noticing the cold sweat, nervous eyes and slow breathing of the other man. Kaoru's mind was definitely elsewhere.
The man with black hair let out a heaving sigh and rolled over onto the other side of the bed beside Kaoru. Kyouya merely smiled and stared at the stars that lay beyond the glass panels of his ceiling. Adjusting his glasses, the black eyes still stared out but Kyouya addressed the perplexed expression of the young man beside him. "You just want to talk don't you?" Kaoru sat up, crossing his legs and looking to the man beneath him. "But you aren't really interested in what I have to say are you?"
"No, I am not." Kyouya noted the cringe from the single Hitachiin twin. "But it is possible for you to change that."
"Well I doubt that," joked Kaoru, running a hand through his hair, "But since you offered… Today was the first time I had ever noticed Hikaru, noticed the fact that he was the more mature one of us." Kyouya blinked at the younger twin who stared out in a lost haze. Surely of all people, Hikaru mature? It didn't seem to be a likely possibility but the younger Hitachiin twin smiled softly, causing Kyouya to smirk. He could be proven wrong by the other man.
"Hikaru told me today, in front of Haruhi that I should just grow up." Kaoru laughed a dry laugh that slowly faded away. He soon bit his lip softly in irritation. "He told me that just because I was frustrated, I shouldn't take it out on other people." The man with amber eyes laughed again, his head beginning to droop between his arms. "It is so funny, since Hikaru does that all the time right? But…" Kaoru paused, his breath catching as he thought of the proper words to say. "But Hikaru saw past it. He saw how selfish I was being. He probably saw how childish I was acting."
Kaoru stopped, laughing a little more before falling back into the downy pillows beside Kyouya. The dark-haired man lay silently, with no emotion visible on his face yet questioned how such a statement could make the young man beside him suffer the indignity of weeping. He could tell that his thoughts caused an unbearable silence for the auburn-haired boy, and Kyouya could see it clearly as he turned to glance at his kohai. Rolling his black eyes, the shadow king decided to question Kaoru, for it did not make sense.
"What is wrong with being selfish?"
It was sarcastic, short and curt, an expected response from the Shadow King and according to what Kyouya believed; should either annoy the teenager or cause him to be silent without a response. However the response from the auburn-haired man was something to be unexpected. Kyouya felt two gentle arms hold his shoulders tightly and a warm body falling above his own. They made contact, and black eyes could only stare in mild shock as Kaoru embraced him gently, chuckling quietly into his chest. Surely his comment was not made to comfort the boy so why-
Kaoru sat up, on top for the evil lord and reached down his hands, fingers softly trailing the pale check of the man beneath him. He then grinned, laughing again and pinched the cheeks of the black-haired man, who was left astonished. Him of all people, the cold-hearted-money-making-scheming-business man, was being pinched on the cheeks like some little toddler? Kaoru soon let go, and Kyouya was ready to retaliate but paused as he saw the man with amber-eyes smile at him with a hint of melancholy.
"When I saw how much you must have been in love with Tamaki, even keeping mementos in your room, I told myself it was useless." Amber eyes darkened, the soft voice nearly fading away into thin air. Kyouya watched the pale lips above him move and strained to listen to every word, grasping and connecting whatever he could from the younger twin. "I told myself that you loved him too much, that I didn't stand a chance… But when you tell me stupid things like that, I don't want to give up. Hikaru was telling me to not be so selfish and now you are telling me its okay to be selfish."
Kyouya could hardly keep track of what Kaoru was saying. Somehow it had moved from his own love life to Kaoru's problems. The raven-haired man would have no time to compile the new data as a hand reached for the white collar of his school uniform and lifted him up. Deep yellow eyes stared into his own and Kaoru smiled mischievously exclaiming, "You better take responsibility for allowing me to act like a child, because now I am not going to give up on you, even if that would have been the easy way out."
The easy way out? Well sure, if Kaoru had given up on him, Hikaru wouldn't be suspicious about his brother and Kyouya would no longer have to- Black eyes widened as the dominating presence of the auburn-haired man closed in. The amber eyes of the young man were dark and intense, his usual submissive self long gone. Certainly he had kissed the younger Hitachiin on a few occasions but for some reason, this new approach startled Kyouya. Startled to the point that one would witness, for the second time, the youngest Ootori son taking action based on emotions and not logic.
The long arm extended itself, and a swift hand managed to push back the chest of the yellow-eyed boy. Kaoru blinked in his crouching position above the Shadow King, who merely looked away, glasses shining in the thin white light from the night sky. Kyouya was glad that he skipped out on the choice of wearing contacts in such occasions as these. He coughed, not looking towards the man above him and spoke quickly. "It's uncomfortable."
Kaoru blushed, only taking that moment to realize his domineering position over Kyouya. Stuttering a few slurred apologies, the sensible Hitachiin twin rolled back over onto the other side of the bed, hiding his head in his arms. Kyouya sighed, a single hand clenching the white fabric of his shirt. Breath… and talk.
"So you are staying the night correct?" asked a slightly tired voice.
"If it wouldn't cause any trouble," came the nervous response.
"Then we should finish up our school work. We have wasted enough time as it is." Kyouya managed to regain his ability to stare down at the auburn-haired man again, black eyes hiding any previous shock. "Go down and get your materials then." The younger Hitachiin twin with his flushed face nodded, lifting a leg and hopping straight off the bed, nearly dashing down the stairs.
Kyouya sighed, lifting his trembling hand to his cheek. It was warm… A small smile crept to his lips as the ebony-haired man pulled at his shirt, temporarily ridding it of wrinkles. Kaoru Hitachiin was no child, for no child would be playing such a dangerous love game with the youngest Ootori son willingly. Kyouya leaned back again and stared the sky through glassy windows, smirking in that annoying smug way of his. He would have to rethink his battle plan, for Kaoru had much more to offer than he thought.
He then turned to watch the stuttering auburn-haired teenager rush back up the stairs with a few books in his arms and a pen in his hair. Kyouya smiled softly and Kaoru nearly jumped at the gentle expression, dropping his papers to the ground. Kyouya could only keep his small smile as the younger Hitachiin twin stringed together nervous apologies while picking his materials up. The young black-haired man stood up, walking over to help.
Kyouya held a hand to his chest as he casually approached the auburn-haired man. Even after so many minutes and in front of the current foolish display, Kyouya Ootori's heart was still beating fast. Indeed, Kaoru Hitachiin had won today's round in Kyouya's game.
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That's all for this chapter. I know I usually write more but this is all the material I wanted to include. I took way too long, I know. Feel free to stone me. When will I update? I really am not that sure but hey, thank you all for taking the time to read and please review. Oh and I apologize if the writing seems more disjointed than usual… I sort of wrote like 500 words in 2-3 week intervals so I wasn't on the same wavelength each time you could say. Haha… thank you again and I hope you all are having a good summer. xD
(1) – This is proper grammar just to note… I just don't want someone commenting on it… heehee.
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