CHAPTER 5

'What are those? Is that man seriously looking at me that way?! What is he?! No!! - Did you really? No way, Nuh-uh. No way. He didn't!? – What the hell where you thinking you whore!! Now we're bus- Ahh such a nice breath- And then he said that he'd rather take Stacy out tonight but I was the one who stood by him while I was the one who bailed him out last wee- Demo! That was my last fry! Grr- "So I played for happiness and kissed a million stars. And we always seek after love and peace forevermore.!" – Shit!!! That was my toe!- oops, heh- Now he's got a knife? Run! No don't spit up. This is the worst movie I've seen sinc- Oh damn that kid's hot. Where does he live? I wonder if he'd mind if I took a little peek tonight?-' Kazehaya shot bolt upright sporting more than a fine layer of sheen on his forehead. Though no noise escaped his panting lips, the terror of his surprisingly strange dream was evident in his shaking hands. Completely lost as to why he was sleeping in the first place, much less asleep in his bed. A slight numbness in his right foot drew attention to the slightly snorting hulk that occupied a portion on his bed. Rikuo slept half on his bed and half on the ugly, blue, plastic chair. 'Why the hell is he here? And why am I here? I know I was working and all but...'

Glancing around the room for anything that might jog his memory about the situation, or at least provide some form of information. Now utterly lost Kazehaya glanced once more at the roommate asleep on his leg. He was chewing on his ring finger that was nearest his mouth and giving off the smallest of grunts here and there. 'What could he be dreaming?' Kazehaya idly wondered to himself. Since there were no answers to be found until Rikuo woke or Kakei-san or Saiga-san arrived, Kazehaya figured to have some fun while he still could. Gently reaching down to touch Rikuo on his exposed forehead Kazehaya attempted to find out what was running through his head.

Pushing through the fog of Rikuo's barriers Kazehaya finally watched Rikuo enact his fantasies. He stood to the side, almost as a spectator. He knew that if Rikuo ever noticed him that Rikuo could actively dream of Kazehaya and when he woke could probably figure out what he had done. So to avoid an explosive situation he simply stood out of Rikuo's view and stayed very, very, still. 'Heh chocolate. I should've guessed' Kazehaya mused to himself. Before him Rikuo sat on a comfy pile of pillows in some sort of traditional style room. The tamaki mats were covered with unopened chocolate bars. All of them Cadbery and surprisingly a handful of them were caramel filled, but those few were placed on a pillow all to themselves. Slowly he saw Rikuo reach for a bar and unwrap it with the most childish grin on his face. Kazehaya had never seen an actual smile on Rikuo's face. A smirk? Yes, many times. A glare? Yes. A tweak at the corner of his mouth? Once. But an all out smile? Never… until now.

Discarding the wrapping to some location to his left which, because this was a dream, conviently turned right back into an unopened chocolate bar. And thus Kazehaya realized the cycle of his dream. Open. Eat. Toss. Pick-up. Repeat. For such a simple process Rikuo seemed so utterly content. As though nothing in the world could pull him from his place on the floor with his sugary treats. But why was he looking around? He seemed somewhat confused. 'Rikuo?' Kazehaya wondered to himself. Moments later Rikuo made eye contact and confusion turned to shock only to dissolve into a look of contentment once more. 'How did..?' Kazehaya began but was cut off by Rikuo's vision of himself.

"How did, what?" He questioned though he did appear as confused as he sounded. The almost surreal look of contentment still plastered to his face.

"You mean.." 'I forgot in dreams there is no inner monologue' "nevermind." Kazehaya felt like slapping himself in the face for forgetting that simple fact. Knowing exactly what he was going to expect when Rikuo awoke he figured "Might as well enjoy this," Kazehaya conceded.

Shoulders slightly slumping he shuffled his way next to Rikuo and sat himself on a pillow with almost soundless Plop.

"Here, eat now before they go away." Rikuo offered with an almost wicked grin. Not a smirk but an all out grin.

"Arigatou… Rikuo-kun I've got a question for you," Kazehaya began a bit hesitantly.

"Hmm?" Rikuo replied without seeming to take notice of Kazehaya's nervousness.

"When you woke me up by nibbling on my neck-," The blonde began

"Heheh"

"- why did you get off of me?"

"What's wrong? Did you want me to keep going?" Rikuo asked knowing well that the answer was a solid yes.

"Well Yes and.. no. But I really just wondered because, you know, you left me in a very awkward position." Kazehaya forced out trying his best not to stutter. This line of conversation was uncharted territory for him afe rall.

"And you prancing around me and making fun of me in the bathroom was less unbearable?" Rikuo pointed out still avoiding the question that was posed.

"Okay... but that was funny. And I was kinda taking revenge on you because I was frustrated and all." Kazehaya stated honestly.

"Well I guess it was because I wasn't sure." Rikuo conceited.

"Sure?"

"Yeah about where this," Rikuo emphasized with a gesture of his hands in the space between the two, "would go. And besides if I was left to my own devices…"Rikuo trailed off letting his imagination take control momentarily. While Leering at Kazehaya and then glancing around the male to the piles of chocolate and back at Kazehaya's body; images of Rikuo's imagination flooded around the two in every direction causing Kazehaya to almost choke on his chocolate.

"… And I don't wanna do something that you'll regret." The leer passed and Rikuo contented himself with munching on the imagined chocolate.

"Rikuo… what was that look?" Kazehaya questioned the obvious. The idea the Rikuo could even be somewhat interested in him way beyond his comprehension up to that point.

"what?..." Rikuo intoned, thoughly confused by the question. "Ooh. You've never seen that before have you? Nobody's ever looked at you with desire? Never had their every single thought run across their face as their longing began to blossom?"

"You've got quite the vocabulary.. ano.. no." Kazehaya conceited.

"You really are a virgin aren't you?" The dark haired man asked with no less than outstanding mirth on his face.

"..maybe.. but sex isn't the only thing that matters in life!" Kazehaya replied trying to sound convincing and strong willed towards the end.

"Aww poor Kaze-kun.." Rikuo drawled out.

"It's not like I'd ever gotten the chance.." Kazehaya said more to himself then Rikuo, almost as if in an attempt to justify his virginity and lack of experience to himself.

"Nobody around?"

"Hai.. it was just me and my sister. Always just us two. Who was there to be personal with? Besides I'd pledged-" Coming to a sudden realization of the amount of personal information that he was surprisingly ready to reveal, Kazehaya abruptly stopped him self.

"Pledged what?" Rikuo questioned. His interest was peaked by the sudden halt to Kazehaya's history. Having forgotten the chocolate the slowly faded into obscurity and in an attempt to coax out the rest of the information more and more pillows appeared and the room took on a soothing color and appearance. Trying his best not to make any sudden movements Rikuo gently scooted closer to Kazehaya.

Kazehaya didn't know if it was the suddenly overly comfortable atmosphere, the wonderfully soft coushins, the prospect that Rikuo wouldn't remember anything that happened in his dreams, or if it was the incredibly loving touch to his right hand, but he decided now was as good a time as any to unload all of the mounting concerns and uncertainties of his life.

"My last name is Tataki."

"That seems somewhat familiar," Rikuo mused to himself.

"They are one of the larger corporations in Japan. They have dangerously strong ties with the government. They actually specialize in Technology. Of all sorts really. The entire company is run by my family. If you include all of my cousins, second cousins, three times removed relatives, we make up a grand total of over 10,ooo of us. And the vast majority of them work for the company in one way or another. Me and my sister, Kei. We were.. special. You obviously know my abilities, but there is also my sister. She holds real potential apparently. I honestly don't know exactly what she can do. But once a month she'd undergo 'intensive experimentation.' I don't know exactly what happens to her during those times. But I was absolutely not allowed to know or talk about it." As Kazehaya paused to let the memories flood him, Rikuo took the opportunity to chew over what he was going to say next. 'Well I did find him near dead outside, with no practical skills what-so-ever. Maybe he got kicked out.. but he did say when that man come that he wasn't ready to go. Kaze.. did you run away?'

When the question didn't pull the blonde from his musings Rikuo gave the hand he was holding a gentle squeeze. This worked and Kazehaya's eyes refocused on the construct of Rikuo that was sitting, almost on edge, in front of him.

"oh right… well At one point, and mind you we lived in a severely closed environment, every moment of almost every day was spent with my sister. My assumption was that the corporation wanted us to marry eventually and bear a child with even more remarkable abilities, but I was playing with my sister and she had climbed a tree near the perimeter of the grounds. And I swear she almost flew up that tree. I've never seen anyone with better balance then her. It's remarkable what she could do when she wanted to." Kaze said in a slow and almost monotonous voice adding a dash of emotion with a small chuckle at the end.

"Well that day we found that the uppermost levels of the tree could see far out into the city. A city we've only seen in text books by that point. So as you could assume it was an amazing discovery for the both of us. Our first ever glance into the outside world. And we discovered it all on our own. It quickly became 'our spot.' Well later that same year winter came. The same winter that I met you Rikuo." Kaze added with a small smile when he glanced up at his roommate's dreamself.

"Well it was decided that we had 'come of age' and needed to be married soon. And considering the fact that I've only spent my entire life with my dear sister, it was easy to guess what was going to happen. I love my sister but.. I couldn't put her to that fate. I had been through testing for my ability and not only did I not wish to bear a child with her but nor would I want my child to be taken and tested, or forced into a life similar to mine. I wanted to live. I want to find my own path and way to life. Unfortunatly my sister accepted the news with joy. Unbound joy.. she wanted to spend the rest of her life with me. But that is so wrong. I was, am, so sure that she isn't really in love with me. Not like she thinks. Maybe they did something to her during her 'excursions.' I don't know… but I fled. The night after I found out their plans I ran. Using the tree I took a Very dangerous drop to the ground below and tried to run." Kazehaya confessed before beginning to feel the beginnings of regret coil painfully around his stomach, realizing what vital information he had just freely released.

Okay so this is as far as I have done now. And there is a reason that Kaze's powers are so sensitive.

So let me know. Ye-Ne? Like-Hate?