Finally got this done. I've been procrastinating with my Spiral fics, badly. I managed to... something this one out... no word would have sounded good there... pump, squeeze, push...? Stopping, stopping now.. please ignore that. And enjoy!
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rumor: XD, he might be sick in the head. Yeah, from what we can tell, Kiyotaka's a good brother... just when absolutely no one else but Ayumu is around. I'm not sure if that's good or not, but.. Ayumu's convinced it is. Thanks for reviewing!
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It had been a few days after the news of the Narumi's mother's death. Ayumu had been rather quiet and Kiyotaka had been just as silent, though his lack of conversation was never a surprise. Currently, he was being annoyed by an ever-pestering redhead, who just wouldn't seem to leave him alone. Belial pouted as the king ignored his attempts to get his attention.
"You shouldn't reject me," the younger boy said, looking to the brunette.
Kiyotaka sighed, "Why?"
"Because it's mean, I haven't done anything to you."
"You're annoying," the elder pointed out.
"So? I'm better than that perv that always tries to get at you."
Kiyotaka knew he meant Kai, "I don't think so."
"Why not?" Belial whined, "He'll just use you, you know."
The king shrugged, "So?"
Nothing he was trying was working, though he knew it wouldn't. He moved onto the arm of the chair Kiyotaka was sitting in and ran a hand through his mahogany tresses, chuckling slightly at the annoyed expression he received. "You really hate me, don't you?"
"No." Belial blinked, and at his confused expression, Kiyotaka rolled his eyes, "I don't care about you enough to hate you."
The redhead sighed, "So mean."
"Am I interrupting something?" a new voice asked. The two looked up to see Kai leaning against the doorway, watching the scene with amusement.
"Yes, go away," Belial told him, narrowing his eyes. He didn't hate many, but he did hate Kai. It was only for the simple reason that Kiyotaka loved Kai, despite what he might say. Belial knew that no matter how much Eyes tried to get close to the stoic boy, he'd never amount to what Kai meant to him. No matter how much anyone tried to get to him, no one would matter as much as the tan-haired man. That was why Belial hated him more than anything, so much so that he couldn't even stand to be in the same room with him for long.
At Kai's nonchalant 'nah', Belial looked to Kiyotaka and pouted again. Looking between the two for a moment, Kiyotaka turned his attention to Kai, "It's been a while since you've been here."
At being ignored for Kai, burnt orange eyes narrowed once more and he made his departure. Now alone with only Kai, the brunette relaxed a bit. The elder man chuckled and tilted his head, "Being as annoying as always, I assume?"
"When is he anything else?" the king asked, rhetorically. Kai just chuckled again in response and took a seat in Belial's place. This time, though, when a hand was run through his hair, Kiyotaka leaned into the touch just slightly.
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"Hey," Ayumu greeted, looking up as Eyes entered the castle.
The silver-haired boy smiled and nodded to him, "How are you doing?"
The brunette offered a small smile in return and shrugged, "Better than yesterday."
"That's good to hear," the soft, British accent noted and return the hug he received.
"Here to see my brother?" Ayumu assumed, tilting his head.
Eyes chuckled and nodded his confirmation, "Yeah, if he's not busy."
Brown eyes rolled, "He never is, he just pushes all of his responsibilities off on others."
"Doesn't sound like a very good leader," he noted.
Ayumu thought about it for a moment, "Well, I guess he isn't, but at the same time, he isn't a bad one, either." Kiyotaka generally didn't care about things enough to worry over them, but things never really went bad while he was there, either. "He's in the library, but he's probably with Kai." They both sweatdropped at the thoughts that sentence implied, "Uh..you might want to knock first."
Eyes shook his head and chuckled slightly, "I'll make sure to," he promised, and set off in the direction of the library. Once he arrived, he lightly knocked and winced slightly at the harsh 'what?' that answered him. He always wondered why the older boy was so cold and withdrawn, but just shook his head of the thoughts, "It's me," he said softly.
Kiyotaka raised an eyebrow and stopped Kai's hand from making its way any further up his shirt. Taking the hint, the elder took a seat on the couch opposite his friend, chuckling at how naive Eyes was. Did he not realize the two of them were practically together? Or perhaps he was the naive one, thinking they were practically together when Kiyotaka would rather be with Eyes. After a moment of thinking on it, the golden-eyed man scoffed to himself at the idea-- how could Kiyotaka choose that little, timid brat over him, someone who had been there with him since he was a young child?
"Come in," Kiyotaka ordered, and watched as the door swung open. Eyes took a few steps into the large room and nodded to the brunette, casting a glance to Kai, and wondering why he was half-smirking/half-glaring at him.
After a moment of the three trading sideways glances at each other, Kiyotaka turned his attention back to Kai, "Would you mind giving us some privacy?"
The tan-haired man waved a hand as he stood from his seat, "Yeah, yeah," he said, offhandedly, heading out the door. He cast one glance back at Eyes before shaking his head and exiting the library, shutting the door behind him.
"How have you been?" Eyes asked, taking a seat where Kai had just risen from.
Kiyotaka shrugged, "Fine." He'd never been one for small talk, and mostly ignored anyone that tried to discuss it with him.
Unfortunately for Eyes, he had no real reason to stop by other than he had missed the king and wanted to see him. Though, as the silver-haired boy nodded, Kiyotaka didn't seem particularly bothered by the silence. Closing his vibrant, blue eyes, he thought that perhaps sometimes words weren't needed.
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"Have a fun silence?" Belial asked the youngest Rutherford as he exited the castle a couple hours later. Silence was okay for a while, but it got to Eyes after a while, and he excused himself with little more than a nod from the brunette.
The redhead was waiting outside the castle when Eyes left, and his inquiry caught the boy's attention. "Pardon?"
"Well, you can't say it was a conversation, you two barely talked," Belial informed him.
"Why do you know?" After thinking of exactly why Belial did know, Eyes shook his head, "Never mind. Here to see Kiyotaka?"
"Hm...no."
Blue eyes blinked, "Oh...alright, well, I should be getting home.."
"I'm here to see you, obviously." Belial's words stopped Eyes from advancing further down the path that led to his and his brothers' home.
"Me? What for?" Secretly, the young boy was overjoyed. Even though he knew he belonged with Kiyotaka, Belial was fun to be around and his conversations were always interesting, though more often than not, it left Eyes blushing.
A delicate, manicured hand came to cup a pale cheek and tilted the boy's face up. Their eyes locked, and just the intense gaze of burnt orange eyes spread a soft rose color across that same cheek. "I need a reason to see you now?"
Eyes blushed more, just slightly, at how he must have come off. Belial was here to see him for no reason, and he had demanded an explanation. He shook his head, "No, of course not."
"Then why ask?"
"I just...thought you would have had a reason, is all," the younger boy explained quietly, "Most do."
"I'm hardly most," Belial reminded, which was very true. Everything from his appearance to his attitude was abnormal. Perhaps that was what drew Eyes to him so much.
Eyes nodded slightly in agreement, "I suppose that's true."
A soft chuckle reached his ears as a kiss was placed to his cheek, "Well, you need to be getting home, don't you?"
There it was again. That irresistible charm, the way he could turn simple words into something much more meaningful. Every conversation with him seemed like it brought Eyes years closer to him-- he couldn't believe, when he thought about it, that he'd only known the redhead less than a month.
"Not really," he replied, knowing what was coming.
"You said you did," he pointed out, tilting his head.
"I know... I just..." Eyes was at a loss for words, which seemed to happen often around this boy. He was just trying to make an excuse to leave because he thought Belial wasn't there for him. Did he secretly do it in hopes that the older one would say that he wanted him to stay and talk with him? Eyes shook his head-- Belial made him think a lot more about his intentions and feelings that anyone else.
"You just...?" He was still expecting an answer, even though it was as clear as day.
"I...am not sure anymore," the silver-haired boy admitted, rubbing his head, "I just know I didn't mean it."
"Why say it if you don't mean it?"
"Almost everyone says things they don't mean."
"Are you almost everyone? And here I thought you were different, maybe I was wrong..."
A hand clamped around Belial's wrist as he turned to leave, "I'm not...at least, I don't think so."
"You don't think?" came the next question, Belial choosing to hear only the words that suited him.
"I do think..." He sighed, "You're very difficult to talk to."
Belial chuckled again, "I know."
"Regardless... I should be getting home, I'm sure Azel will start to worry if I don't get home soon."
"Of course," the orange-eyed boy agreed, tilting Eyes' face up once more and locking their lips in a chaste kiss before pulling away and leaning against the castle wall, "I'll see you later, angel."
Eyes flushed darkly and, instead of trying to mesh words together, simply nodded and turned, continuing on his way.
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"You aren't home often," Kanone noted, looking up as a certain tan-haired man strode into the room he was occupying.
Kai shrugged, "I'm with Kiyotaka often."
"You're in their land more than you are ours, that's not very fitting," the brunette pointed out.
"Yeah, yeah," the boy's father waved him off, "Not like it matters, nothing ever happens here."
Kanone sighed, "It's going to be weird being married to your boyfriend.. why aren't you stuck in this thing?"
Kai shrugged, "Because I'm the one who arranged it? You can't arrange a marriage with yourself."
Olive green eyes stared at the older one for a moment, "Yes, yes you can. People do it all the time."
Golden-inspired orbs rolled, "Not like this. Besides, I figured Kiyotaka would have given up the position by now."
"So why aren't I arranged to marry their prince, you know, since I'm a prince?"
"Because their prince is underage, and it wouldn't look good for the future king to be a pedophile," he pointed out.
Kanone groaned and buried his face in his arms, "You just like to watch me suffer."
Kai chuckled and ruffled his son's hair, "Just a little," he admitted, "But look on the bright side."
"...there's a bright side?...that benefits me?"
"Of course. At least Kiyotaka won't cling to you."
"No, he'll just ignore me, that's not much better," the teenager pointed out, "Besides, now I can't be with anyone I want to be with."
"Being royalty isn't about doing what you want to do," the older (and supposedly wiser) of the two informed him.
"I so got scammed on this deal," he complained, batting away the hand that insisted on messing his hair up even more.
"Maybe, but how do you think I feel? My boyfriend's getting married to my kid." He thought this through, then chuckled to himself.
An eyebrow quirked and Kanone glanced up at his parent, "Do I want to know?"
"Well, if worse comes to worse, I suppose I could just get you two in a threesome." Kanone groaned again.
Yes, it was spontaneous, and even though Kai is a relatively minor character, so is Kanone. The fic will still revolve around the Eyes/Belial/Kiyotaka love...thing... it's not a triangle x-x, Eyes is falling for both of them and Belial wants Kiyotaka and is seeming to flirt with Eyes... and no one knows what Kiyotaka wants. Wonder how it'll end...XD, ha, I know! Yes, fear it, I actually have the end of this thing planned out. And it's coming up soon, only three chapters left. Hope you enjoyed!