Author's note: Thanks a lot to all the people who left some reviews. It made me realize there's actually more than one person that reads my story. :
As to answer monamonalisa17's question... This is the actual story but the past of Yufumi that wasn't fully explained would be further elaborated in the next chapters. ( snippets mostly)
And don't worry my dearest readers, I'm not planning to add too much OC's. There's just three of them, though if I ever decide to add more I promise therr'll be just one. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR.
(Author's POV)
Tsukasa Eirin greeted every guest that came his way even if he didn't know all of them. He spotted and welcomed some cousins, aunts and uncles he saw but he never stayed in one place for a chat.
Toshiki trailed behind him quietly while offering drinks to the people his companion greeted.
With a smile playing on his lips, Tsukasa moved like a jaguar. He moved from person to person swiftly without seemingly being rude about his haste.
Everyone who saw the Eirin heir quickly noticed how charming and a bit too happy he seemed to be.
"You seem happy today, Eirin-sama." Toshiki remarked. Apparently, Tsukasa wasn't listening. It answered the question the butler-like teen was wondering. There was no doubt. Tsukasa was currently absentminded.
"Tou-san, I've already greeted everyone. Can I go now?" Tsukasa asked bluntly. He didn't care whether he sounded too keen to leave.
"You just got here and you're already leaving?" Judging by the tone his father used, he was expected to stay for a few more minutes which made his smile vanish instantly.
"Who do you want me to meet this time?" Tsukasa sounded annoyed. He never used to show his displeasure but his father was making Yufumi wait.
"One of your uncles of course! I have arranged for you to live in one of his houses in Tokyo. You'll be studying there the day after tomorrow. You need to meet new people." The answer his father gave him punched a hole to his stomach. If his father had told him that the day before, he would have been celebrating and hugging his father from sheer happiness but his father told the news a bit too late. He found a reason to stay now.
Tsukasa just stared at how his father talked to his uncle with a big smile on his face. He would hate to break it to his father but he has to stay.
"Gomenasai Tou-san. I can't go now. I just found a new friend here! Plus what about Toshiki-san?" He pointed as the clueless guy. "He'll be really lonely here!"
Shocked at his outburst, his father seemed to think hard for just a second then he glanced at him as if he was thinking it over hard.
"Please?" He pleaded. He will not leave Yufumi!
"Alright! Alright! I've decided. You better tell that friend of yours to pack up and do inform Toshiki of where you'll be dragging him to." His father sighed in defeat. "Your uncle will be departing before morning. One of our private planes would be escorting all of you to the airport then all of you will probably be there in no time. So pack up now." At that note, Tsukasa hugged his father as gratitude and rushed to look for Toshiki to inform him of their *ahem* willing departure.
"We'll be going to where?! You don't seem to understand Tsu- I mean Eirin-sama that I want to stay here! Unlike you, I'm perfectly satisfied and happy here." Toshiki outraged but Tsukasa was undeterred. He tried to explain it the best he can, but the other teen seems to have a rather thick skull that he couldn't penetrate.
He needs Toshiki. I mean, who would cook for them?
He took a deep breath. He must do this.
"Just because you want to be a butler doesn't mean you have to stay away from other normal people out there in Tokyo. I'm pretty sure you can still act like a butler in the school we'll be transferring to. I heard they have role-playing clubs there." He pointed out. Hopefully, his childhood friend would get his senses back from wherever he buried it.
"You have no right to ridicule my dream, you idiot. I never teased you when you told me you wanted to be a hermit and now you're making fun of me?" Apparently, his friend seemed to have buried his common sense way deeper than he imagined.
It was time for Plan B.
"Toshiki, we both know my father always gets what he wants but you look like you forgot the fact that I'm his son. I'm going to get what I want or I'm going to drag your ass to Tokyo, got it?" Tsukasa threatened. He matched it with a glare. Toshiki huffed in response.
"You know that that doesn't work on me. What got you so worked up this time? And don't call me Toshiki, call me Toshiki-san. You never earned to address me in that kind of way." The butler-wanna-be let his pretences drop before he put on the glasses he hid in his pockets.
"I found a friend but since my father wants me to be far from this isolated mansion I really have to bring him with me, you have to go with us to Tokyo and study there so my father would let me keep him." Tsukasa explained. He smirked. The wanna-be finally showed his true nature.
Toshiki was a sly guy. He'll trade anything for information when he's not too busy pretending to be a butler.
"And what will I get from going with you Mister Romeo?" Toshiki asked curiously. They both know that Tsukasa never makes a big deal out of small things.
"I think I could haggle a laptop and a few things out of my father's pockets." Tsukasa declared. He knows the other teen loved gadgets.
"Deal. As long as I get a new laptop and my own room I won't make a fuss." Hook, line and sinker. The extra demands from the shady friend of his were nothing.
Plan B worked.
"I need to meet this new friend of yours." – Until he said that.
Tsukasa was a bit reluctant to let Toshiki meet his precious new found friend but he had no choice. He can't get to the other guy without bargain material. Sorry Yufumi.
"He's in my room." Tsukasa grudgingly said. Toshiki was surprised since the Eirin heir never lets anyone in his room.
"He's special." Tsukasa stated as they made their way to his room. Toshiki couldn't help but agree.
(Tsukasa'sPOV)
I felt thrilled as we walked up the stairs. I was finally going to get back to Yufumi-kun... though I have some extra baggage called Toshiki.
"First rule, never ever insult him. Second rule, you are not allowed to get too close to him. Third rule, show some respect you got that? Or else I'm going to-"
"I get it, Tsukasa." Toshiki interrupted. He sounded a bit annoyed. He better be. I'll be doing my best to get him out of Yufumi-kun's sight as soon as I can.
"I found him in the forest. He's so cute, like a small snow bunny wandering in the dark. I thought he was a yuki-otoko at first because it was so-"
"We're here, finally. He's in your room right?" He asked. I glared at him. I was just about to start the tale on how I found Yufumi but he decided to spoil it.
I swung the door and stepped in. I saw Yufumi fiddling with my laptop on my bed. The mere sight of him instantly calmed me down.
"Yufumi-kun, I'm back. What are you looking at in my laptop?" I absentmindedly asked as I plopped down on my bed and sat right next to him.
He was looking at some weird site but I didn't pay attention. I was paying a lot more attention on how I could get closer to him without being noticed. He didn't seem to mind.
"Nothing at all. I hope you didn't mind me using this laptop of yours." He said with that gentle voice of his. Of course I didn't mind. Why would I?
I was just about to tell him what my father told me when a nuisance decided to intrude my moment with him.
" Hi. You must be the new friend Eirin has been talking about. I'm Toshiki, a friend of his. Nice to meet you." Toshiki interrupted. I have to restrain myself from strangling him. I have no idea why but something makes me want to rip the smile off his face.
Yufumi looked s bit startled and he looked at me, I shrugged my shoulders and he got what I meant. He immediately knew I had no choice. He was amazing.
"It's nice to meet you too, my name is Yufumi." He proclaimed then he stood up and shook hands with Toshiki. He was small compared to him since Toshiki and I were of the same height.
Toshiki looked intently at Yufumi before giving my new friend a full-blown smile. And yes, I was irritated at the sight.
"It was really nice meeting you but I have to be quick now since I have to pack up. Your new friend" Toshiki pointed his finger at me "decided to drag me to your escapade to Tokyo. We, as in the three of us, will be studying there." He said with a hint of amusement. I looked at Yufumi's face expecting to see surprise, but he wasn't. In fact, he looked interested.
"I see. Ja'ne Toshiki-san." Yufumi bid the nuisance goodbye. Toshiki left with a smile on his face, which was very irritating.
Yufumi looked at me, folded his arms and raised his eyebrows. He looks so cute...
"Looks like I have no choice but to go with you. Sleeping for hundreds of years practically erased my existence even in some mafia sites. The best thing about it was the fact that technology drastically improved. So this thing is called a laptop huh? Good thing I'm great at learning on how to operate new things... " He said with a happy tone. But what concerned me was that he was sleeping for what?!
"I've been sleeping for hundreds of years after I supposedly died. I don't know why I woke up and I don't even know why I'm still alive but all I'm sure of is that I'm happy because now I won't have any hit men targeting me and I could start a whole new life." He read my mind. I know I'm supposed to be panicking and asking him a whole lot of questions but there was only one thing my stupid brain decided to function with: Yufumi was going to start a new life...with me?
Yufumi was going to start a new life with me. Yufumi was going to start a new life with me. Yufumi was going to start a new life with me. Yufumi was going to start a new life with me. Yufumi was going to start a new life with me. Yufumi was going to-
"Will you stop grinning like a fool?" He stared at me as I have gone insane. I haven't gone insane! Seriously, I was just being a normal human being.
"So...no one knows you anymore?" I asked curiously before I started packing my clothes.
"Not a soul except you. Geez, aren't you supposed to be shocked?" He said with a resigned voice.
His past was quite confusing but all I know is that he's special. That's all. Is it a bad thing to think of him as nothing more than that?
"Well do you want me to?" I winked at him. He gave me a defeated smile. Why was he making a big deal out of his past anyway?
"Once a hit man, always a hit man." He declared in monotone. He looked like a demented doll as he continued on rolling on my bed. It was funny thing to watch, but a bit disturbing.
"You could always get back to the mafia world. And could you please stop worrying about what happened before? The past is the past. You should just worry about what happens to you now. You can't change the past but you can change your future." I stated as I pack shirt after shirt. It was at that time did I regret all the clothes I bought. I was on my third suitcase already.
"You really are something. I'm glad I met you. It must be fun to have a brain like yours. Worrying about nothing that doesn't concern you and being calm in everything. You're right, I could go back to being a hit man but the only reason I became a hit man was because being in a famiglia was fun." I looked right at him after he said that. An idea popped in my head but before I could voice it out he interrupted.
"My current situation is pretty hilarious too. A professional hit man is now nothing but a student." He rolled on my bed. I was almost done packing when I caught him staring at me.
I had a very brilliant idea, you see. And I kind of grinned insanely when I thought of it.
"Then let's create a famiglia with just the two of us. Wait, scratch that. There are already three of us! There's Toshiki and me then you! It's perfect. A three-man famiglia!" I suggested. It was a brilliant idea.
"You silly thing! A Mafia famiglia isn't something you could just create in a minute. It's not some normal club or organization. A Mafioso kills people and does bad things to other people. It's full of politics, murders and trouble." He sounded weird. I stared at him. Was he serious? I know about all the troubles being in the so-called Mafia world can bring. I'm not a kid.
"So what?" I asked with a smile. I don't really care if I become one of those 'Mafioso'. All I care about is being with my friend. Was that so bad?
"I don't know if you're being an air-head or being plainly stupid. Why do you want to be in a mafia?" He asked exasperatedly. I could see the worry in his lilac eyes and the frown that seemed to decorate his doll-like face.
"Same reason you do. You said so yourself, being in a famiglia sounds fun." I stated. He looked at me for a minute before he buried his face in the pillows on my bed. Why was he being furious? Was there something wrong with what I said?
"What's your problem? If you don't want me as a 'famiglia' you should just say it. I promise I won't drag you down. I can handle myself just fine." I finished packing right after I told him my concerns.
"No it's not that. I just don't want anyone to be hurt." I heard him say and I couldn't help but smile at his antics.
"Then I won't get hurt, and I'll tell Toshiki to be careful too. We could just start up as a really small kind of famiglia, the kind that no one attacks. Even in the mafia world, as long as we don't have anything they want, they won't bother us right?" I asked. I know I'm right. Every kind of 'world' always has an unspoken rule like that. I looked at him what I said that, in response he gave me a lopsided smile.
"It's hard to explain things to you. You have one hard head you know that? But I guess you're someone that I need you to be. I can never stay out of trouble so I need someone like you who will never get fazed. Maybe we could do what you said sometime. I can stay out of the game if I need to." He sounds defeated with what he said. What he suggested was alright for me as long as he won't leave me out. As long as I'm by his side, I won't make a fuss.
"Well, are you satisfied now mister-I-slept-for-hundreds-of years?" I asked him. After all, we can't just leave the mansion without settling the problems he has.
"No. I'm satisfied." He gave me a tired smile as if talking to me was a very tiring thing to do. I smiled back.
I don't care if I'm going to get into one heck of a trouble. If he goes in, I go in too. There's just something about him that I can't leave behind, something that I need to protect.
...and he's special. I don't care if he even slept for thousands of years. All that matters is that that I'm here with him. And if he ever decides to sleep for months, I'll be there when he opens his eyes offering company and *ahem* a rosary if he wants to.
The mafia world better be prepared if Yufumi decides to join in, cause I'll be there to back him up.
And I won't think twice to kill anyone who ever lays a hand on him.
Author's Note: Sorry for the kinda late update. I used to update everyday but I had no time last Saturday and Sunday. Though I made this chapter longer that what I used to post to make up for it.
And if you have any questions as to why Tsukasa seemed a tiny bit reaction-less, I purposely made him like that.
Please review. I need motivation.
Motivation leads to longer chapters!
