Ken hated Valentine's Day with a passion surpassed by none…well most years he loved Valentine's Day, because it was a day filled with love and passion for him and his koibito. This year was different, this year he hated the dreaded day almost as much as he hated he koibito. Well he didn't hate Aya it was quite the opposite in fact, he loved Aya with all his heart and soul because being with the redhead filled him with a quiet joy that made the hell they all shared a little more pleasant. What he hated was the flu, now that he loathed with a passion. The flu was an evil vial thing. The fact that Aya had the flu on one of his favorite days of the year made him rather dislike the day. Now there was the few small facts that made him hate the very day; one was Aya was the biggest pain in the ass when he was sick, they were short one person on the busiest day of the year, their little shop was crammed with fan girls, Sakura had been bugging him for five days strait asking him if she could see Aya, one of the delivery trucks shorted them 500 flowers, he hadn't slept in three days, and then there was the small fact it was raining hard meaning he couldn't go outside. All of these things lead to Ken's loathing of his once special holiday.
"Ne Ken-kun is Aya-san feeling better yet?" Sakura asked him her sickly sweet voice pushing him closer to murder.
"Ne ne Ken-kun is Aya-kun sick?" Another girl asked and he gave a curt nod.
On most days it was a bad idea to tell the girls that one of them was sick on the day from hell, Valentine's Day, it was down right stupid.
"I make really good soup I'll bring him some!" One girl shouted with over enthusiasm.
"That's no fair I want to make Aya-san soup!" Shouted another girl.
I was getting bad but Ken was almost tempted to just let the girls fight it out. Maybe it would kill some of them off then he wouldn't have to worry about all of them. The idea of the girls killing one another off in a mob to deal with his rather vile boyfriend brought a small smile to his face. He knew he had to stop it before things got really ugly and things in the shop got broken which would make his already irritable lover down right horrid.
"LADIES!" He screamed quieting down the shop in an instant. "We are all very skilled at making our own food and why I'm sure all of you make perfect dishes and Aya would love your well wishes it's out of the question. There are only four of us and we only have so much space in our small kitchen. As of today we have more than we can handle due to all the great sweet gifts you have given us. I'm sorry but we can not and will not accept any more gifts for the rest of the week." He bowed slightly hoping it settled things at least for a little while.
The shop was more subdued after his little speech, which was a small miracle he was all too grateful for. "Ne Ken-kun are you and Aya-san still engaged?" Some girl asked him and he nodded curtly. "Oh, so I guess we don't get anything for white day then. Who gives the gift on white day?" He was not going to answer. Luckily he didn't have to. Yohji who was supposed to be forcing food and medicine down his koi's throat came bolting into the shop ducking and hiding behind him. Not far behind the blond was his enraged fevered lover who was gripping his katana tightly. "Kenken he just went crazy!" Yohji said as Aya moved toward him at a slow labored pace. "You tried to poison me!" He glanced to Yohji who shook his head. "I just tried to give him some medicine!" He rolled his eyes then noticed something very dangerous. Aya was wearing nothing but boxers.
He held his breath counting slowly to himself hoping to reach a level of calm before he killed someone. First one girl gasped then another. Next thing he knew his sick lover was fighting for his life or what little remained of his dignity. "EEEEEEEEEEEEENOUGH!" he screeched and the girls paused while he got a good grip on his koi's katana. "He has the flu you harpies! He is sick and the fact that you are trying to take advantage of him makes me ill. The shop is closed as of now so get the hell out before I do something I may or may not regret in the morning such as hacking your pretty little heads from your necks!" He'd never seen the shop clear out so fast in his life.
He took a few deep breaths trying to regain what little composure he had. He hated Valentine's Day. Yohji started to chuckle then fell to the floor laughing. "Kenken that was beautiful." He glared at the blond and Omi meagerly walked over gently taking the sword from him and setting it off to the side. "Ken-kun are you ok?" He nodded once then scooped up his lover carrying him up the stairs. Aya's hot forehead pressed into his neck. "You were great koi." Aya said softly and he snorted depositing his koi on their bed. Aya looked at him with pleading violet eyes and held his arms up. He glanced at the bottle of medicine and crossed his arms not giving in. "Did you take any of the stuff Yohji tried to give you?" Aya gave him a dark look but shook his head. He rolled his eyes and carefully poured out one dose of medicine. He held it out to his lover. "I'm not cuddling, kissing, or sleeping in this bed until you take some." Aya gave him a dark look but took it and drank it slowly glaring at him the whole time.
Ken let out a small sigh then crawled into the bed snuggling into his koi. "I love you Ran and I want you to get better." Ran smiled and kissed him tenderly resting his head on his chest. "I love you too Ken kitten." He smiled slightly stroking crimson locks. "I got you something. I got you something for Valentine's Day since it is also our anniversary." He looked down and Ran held open a small box that had a small plain gold band. The inside of the band was inscribed,Ran and Ken Forever with their flowers gently resting next to their names. "I thought you might like to replace the one that got lost." He looked down at his naked finger that had felt empty with out his ring that matched Ran's ring. The bands with the little crimson stones he bought two years ago and purposed to his love and this very day. "We don't match then." He said softly and Aya smiled at him holding up his hand that now held two rings. "Yes we do." He traced the two rings softly while Aya slipped the new one on his finger. "I have another surprise." He blinked and Aya pulled out the ring he thought was long gone. "I found it when I gave up and cleaned out your closed a few days ago." He smiled and slipped in on his finger pulling his lover close and kissing him deeply. Maybe Valentine's Day and a sick Ran weren't so bad after all. Aya let out a hacking cough into his mouth while accidentally biting his tongue. The flu still sucked though.
a happy little contiunation of my holiday tradition. One of my friends requested that Ken have V-day for once so hope you like it and see you again next year!