Gazelle woke up the next morning by the sunlight shining on to his face. There was a knock on the door and burn came in.
"did I woke you up?" He asked as he closed the door.
"No." Gazelle smiled. "It was the sunlight." Gazelle sat up.
Burn smiled, "wash up. Breakfast is ready."
Gazelle stood up and went into the bathroom.
"I'll be outside waiting for you." Burn said.
"Ok." Gazelle said from the bathroom. After hearing that, burn went out and waited for him there.
Gazelle opened the door and closed it.
"You're done?" Burn said as he leaned against the wall.
Gazelle looked up at him and said,
"yea. Let's go."
Burn stood up and walked with gazelle down the hallway.
"Burn."
"Yea."
"You want to tell me something don't you." Burn looked at gazelle. Knowing that he could not hide from him forever, he spoke.
"ok, my father doesn't want you here." Burn looked away guity. "I tried to-"
"It's ok. I know you've tried your best." Gazelle bent his head till his eyes can't be seen. His eyes started being watery. He did not get what was the old man's thinking. Did the old man did not like him? Or is it because gazelle was geting in the way? Gazelle did not not. I did not want to know. Even of he knows. He will still going away. He might never get to spent time with burn. He might end up turning into foam if he did not marry burn! Wait! Could it be that, burn is getting married! The old man did not want me to be at the scene as I might stop the marriage! Why! Doesn't he care about other people! I'm a life here! I'm gonna turn to foam and it's all thanks to him! Gazelle thought. Tears dripping down his face and dissolve into the wooden floor.
Burn noticed gazelle's tears and lift his face so he could see it. "Please don't cry gazelle. I promise that I will visit you everyday. Gran booked a room for you at a nearby hotel. We're going to see each other. Aren't you happy?"
Gazelle sniffled and smiled. "Really?" he asked partly smiling.
Burn kissed his forehead, "yeah."
Gazelle wipped away his tears with his arm. "Let's go!" Gazelle grab burn's arm and ran down to the dinning table.
Rean was sitting at the table with all the children sitting around it. She was telling everyone about the marriage she was going to have with burn. Everyone was unhappy about this. They support burn and gazelle being together when they first set eyes on him, but not rean. Even heat and nepper was glaring at rean with hatred in their eyes. Rean did not notice the children glares. She just continue blabbering about the marriage. At about this time, burn and gazelle came down the stairs.
They overheard most of her speech.
"Rean!" Burn roared. He could not believe what she said. Burn felt like kicking a soccerball in her face but manage to fight it off. He stomped in front of rean and spatted at her. Leaving gazelle standing there. Gazelle knew she was lying about burn liking her and agreeing to the marriage, but it was hurting her heart from the inside. It was as if an arrow was shot at his chest and out from the other side. His heart felt like it was ripped apart. Gazelle stared crying again. He ran back to his room.
"Gazelle!" Midorikawa stood up. He sent a glare at rean and ran after him.
"Reize!" Burn called him.
Midorikawa turned around and looked at burn. Hr gave him a thumps up. "Don't worry." Midorikawa said as he winked at burn. "Just leave it to me!" He ran up the stairs after saying that. Gazelle. I know how you feel. Cause I feel the say way. Midorikawa thought as he ran to gazelle's room.
"Gazelle..." Burn said.
The children all surounded rean, scolding her. They could not stand her attitude towards this. They want to let off what they've been thinking. Rean just stared back at them wide-eyed.
His eyes soften. He did not really wanted to tell gazelle about this, but he could not keep it forever. Hiroto patted his back, "Don't worry. You're gonna marry gazelle and not rean." he said was a smile. "you remember our little chat. It's time for the plan to start. You told Gazelle about him moving already?"
"Yea."
"good. Then we just have to wait till the day comes." Hiroto winked and his tongue sticking out.
"I hope it'll work."
Gazelle slam the door shut behind him, sat down and lean against it. His tears kept falling down continuously. He did not want anyone to come and comfort him. He just want to be alone. Just then, midorikawa knocked on the door.
"Gazelle! Please open the door!" Midorikawa shouted as he bang the door with his hand.
"Leave me alone! "
"I understand how you feel!"
"No you don't! You don't understand how it feels to have your heart torn into pieces just by a few sentences! You don't understand the pain i'm going through! You don't understand anything!"
"I understand." Midorikawa eyes stared to tear up. Hearing what gazelle just said made his heart felt what he had gone through these past few days. He did not want to remember them again. Neither did he want to feel it again, but in order to comfort gazelle. He too must feel the same way again. Midorikawa's tears dripped on to the floor.
"I undertsnad how you feel too fall in love and not be loved back. It hurts deeply."
"midorikawa..." Gazelle listen to him.
"I too am in love with someone. You know hiroto right? I have a crush on him."
"gran..." Gazelle wide eyed. Midorikawa felt the same way as me. He's crushing on hiroto! Those words made gazelle listen attentively to Midorikawa. He stood up and opened the door.
Midorikawa wiped away the tears rolling down his cheeks. He smiled showing his teeth. Midorikawa walked in and sat down on the bed and Gazelle sat down beside him.
"once I felt heartbroken. I know I have to live up to it. This is how life works. I just stopped crying and smiled. I thought about the times I had fun before I was crushing on hiroto. That made me feel better." Midorikara stood up and grab gazelle's hand. "I'm going to bring you to a place where I feel the most safest to pour my heart out." He grin and pulled gazelle out of the front door.
the two ukes were at a cliff. On the cliff there is a tree. Midorikawa walked up tot he edge. "This is the tree I planted when I was younger. I always shared my memories together with it." Midorikara turned to look at the tree. "Hey! Long time no see! I've brough a friend along with me. He'll tell you about his life. Listen to him ok." Midorikara smiled. He looked down at gazelle. "Go on!" He grined.
Gazelle looked at the tree. It looked steady and strong. It even looked beautiful with the sunset shining on it. He smiled. Gazelle sat down beside the tree and started telling it about his life.
"You know, I was grown up living with good parents. They always gave what was best for me. I had a good life in fact. It turned into a sad one when I turned 13. I went to the surface and met Burn by the beach. It was love at first sight. I told him to keep my secret and he did. The next day, I swam to the surface again just to see him, but we can't spent time with each other as he and I were different. I had a tail and he had legs. I asked the sea-witch to give me legs and I got them, but at a price. I must marry him or I'll turn into foam. I got to spent time with burn anyway. I even got to sleep in a really simple enviroment. I'm really happy with my life. Until, the old man, kira, wanted burn to marry rean, his teammate, He wanted me to move to another place so that I will not interrupt the wedding. Doesn't he know that I'll die if I don't get married to burn! I know he won't cause he doesn't care. He didn't even know about me! You might wonder who I am. Well, I'm a merman. From the sea kingdom. Prince Suzuno fuusuke. This might be my first time chatting with\ you, and it might be my last." Gazelle stood up. "Anyways, thanks for listening."
Gazelle turned to look at Midorikawa who was staring blankly in shock. "Midorikawa?" Gazelle asked, cofused. Then it change to a shocked look too. "Dam! Midorikara! I can explain!"
"You're a merman!" Midorikawa shouted.
"y-yes I am."
"Oh my god! I've been friends with a merman and I don't know about it! Don't tell me that burn knows too!
Gazelle nodded.
"Oh my god!" Midorikara stood up and shook hands with gazelle. "I'm sooo sorry gazelle-sama! Please forgive me for not-"
"Please don't beg me. You did not do anything."
"But it's my fault! You're the prince! You should give me some sort of concequence. I'm not fit to-"
Midorikawa was stopped by gazelle's hand over his mouth. "Don't shout anymore. My race should be kept a secret. Understand." Gazelle said. Once midorikara nodded, Gazelle remove his hand over midorikawa's mouth.
"Let's go! Gazelle-sama!" Midorikara stood behind gazelle. "You should go first."
"Please don't treat me like a prince." Gazelle's red vein pops out. Midorikara started sweating profusely. "s-sorry! Gazelle-sama! I'll never do that again!"
"Just go." Gazelle told midorikawa.
"Hai!" Midorikawa skipped forward. Followed by gazelle.
Burn was at the living room wondering where Gazelle gone to. He was worried sick about him. It was already past dinner time and he was hungry. Everyone already had their dinner except him and hiroto. Hiroto ran out to find them but with no luck. They both decided to wait for them in the living room. Both of them fought over who should hold the phone and it lead to them taking turns. One of them mourned when the other took the phone. Burn was tapping his feet on the floor and that irritated hiroto.
"Please stop tapping burn. It's irritating."
"Then let me hold the phone!"
"It's my turn!"
"I'm worried about gazelle!"
"I'm worried about midorikawa!" Hiroto blushed. "I-i mean I'm worried about b-both of them." Hiroto looked away.
"So you like Midorikawa, huh?" Burn slowly lean towards hiroto.
"n-no! I-I don't!" Hiroto was still blushing.
"don't deny it"
"i-I'm not!"
"hump." Burn looked away smirking.
Hiroto still could not stop blushing. He have to admit he was crushing on midorikawa, but he could not admit it as he did not know if midorikawa feels the sme way. This past few days midorikawa has been avoiding him. Running away when he called him. Knocking on his door but no reply. Chatting with him when he is around but was being ignored. Hiroto wanted to know why and he have to find out fast so he could confess his love for him. At around this time, Midorikawa and gazelle came home.
"Gazelle!" Burn stood up and ran towards him. "I thought you;re sent back to-. I mean you were kidnapped. Hehe..."
"I was not. Just chatted with midorikawa." Gazelle and midorikawa looked at each other and smiled. This sent hiroto and burn to sent a death glare at the other uke.
"So, your no longer angry with me?" Burn asked gazelle.
"Nope! I understand now, I'll move but we will see each other again. Right!"
"right." burn grinned.
"Then, let me help you pack your bag!" Burn grab gazelle's hand and they both walked to gazelle's room but no before burn pat hiroto's shoulder and mouthed out "good luck".
Hiroto and midorikawa looked at them leaving. Hiroto wanted to confess his feelings to midorikawa. He gulped and said," ah..midorikawa. I-I need to tell you something." Hiroto hands and neck were wet by his sweat.
Midorikawa blushed a slight pink. Hiroto could not see it. "uhm..go on."
"mi-"This was stopped by midorikawa's tummy gumbling. "hehehe... gomen gomen. I never got to eat dinner.. hehehe.."hiroto smiled and said,
"i'll heat up the food. I'm also hungry too."
They both went to the kitchen.
The next day, was the wedding day. Burn and gazelle were at the hotel room unpacking gazelle's things. Burn kept quiet the whole time. Gazelle was worried.
"Are you alright? Burn?" Gazelle asked with concern in his voice.
"huh? ah. Uhm...I'm fine yea, I'm fine hehe.." burn put up a fake grin.
Gazelle was still worried about burn but continued unpacking. Untill burn's handphone rang, burn answered the call. "Hai." Burn said with a sad tone in his voice. With that, he hung up. "Sorry gazelle, I have to go back to the ophanage." Burn stood up and walked to the door. Before he opened it. He turned to gazelle with sadness on his face. "Remember Gazelle, I always like you even if I'm married to rean. Understand?" burn said as he carless gazelle's cheek. He didn't even know that I'm marrying today. Gran, your plan better be good. After that, burn left the building.
Gazelle sat on his bed, bored. He actuallt thought of spenting the day wiht burn, but he was busy and midorikawa was not answering his calls. He sighed. He wondered what was happening at the ophanage, but he could not go back as kira will chase him out. Just then, his doorbell rang. Who is it? Gazelle thought as he walked towards the door. He opened it and saw midorikawa wearing a white dress panting. Midorikawa looked up, "Gazelle-sama! You have to follow me! Burn's gonna marry rean!" Gazelle stood there, wide eyed.
Done! The next chappie will be the last. Thanks for reviewing people!
