NOTES::
I'M SORRY, I GOT DISTRACTED BY SCHOOL AND SUMMER ENDING! As well as some end-of-summer/start-of-school drama. And college applications and AP Composition are eating at my writing time. And a bunch of people just quit at work, so I'm working like crazy on the weekends. I'll try really hard to update as fast as I can, though, I promise!
Chapter Thirteen – Possibly The Best Day Ever
Sho woke groggily the next morning, moaning as he stretched because his back cracked several times. Luckily, his movements didn't wake up his lover or his lover's new puppy, both of which were still sleeping peacefully. Sighing, the brunette turned and glanced at the clock on the bedside table; he had beaten his alarm by nearly twenty minutes, which gave him an idea. He shifted again so he could lean over and kiss Kei's shoulder, gently waking the vampire up.
"Good morning," he purred as Kei's eyes flickered open and the vampire whimpered in protest of being woken up at such an early hour of the morning. "Mmm…come on and get up with me."
Kei was still too disoriented to make any sort of intelligible response.
"Because," Sho answered, guessing what the blonde would have said. "I want to take a shower with my sexy angel before I have to go in to work…" Kei's eyes shot open at this and he nodded in agreement.
What seemed like moments later, Kei then found himself being stripped of his pajamas and then stood up in the shower, his back pressed against the tiles of the wall as Sho's mouth began to attack his own. But the vampire was still too tired to kiss back fully and Sho realized this.
"Kei-chan," Sho murmured against the corner of Kei's mouth. "Can't you wake up any more?" Kei gave a little grunt and closed his eyes; this was way too early for him to be coherent. "So are you saying you want me to wake you up…?" The blonde could hear the lust and seduction dripping in his lover's voice and he didn't give a response, which was enough of an answer for Sho.
Prison gates won't open up for me
On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'
Oh, I reach for you
Full lips pressed against his own, trying to coax his into life by moving in a rhythmic motion, a deft tongue licking at the seam of his lips. Kei let out a tired moan as he felt Sho's hands wander down his sides, arms pulling him tight against Sho's body as Sho's hands gripped at his rear possessively.
"Mmm," Kei purred, pulling out of the kiss and resting his head on Sho's shoulder. Sho sighed and took a deep, calming breath. This was not going how he had planned.
Sho reached out behind him with one of his hands and turned on the shower (since he had yet to do so). As he adjusted the spray's temperature, Kei began to stir. But before the shorter vampire could do anything, he was being forced under the warm spray. He let out several loud coughs as he inhaled a large amount of water.
"Sho!" Kei sputtered, trying to get out from underneath the showerhead, but Sho had his arms pinned to his side and his grip was firm.
"Wake up, Kei-chan," Sho said playfully as Kei continued to gasp for breath, hair becoming wet and plastering itself over his face. Kei shook his head vigorously, trying to open his eyes and get the hair out of his face, but it didn't work. Finally, Sho pulled him against his own body and crashed their mouths together; this time, Kei kissed back with all he was worth. They devoured each other's mouths as though their only sustenance was the taste of the other.
"That was completely unnecessary," Kei finally said, pulling away from the kiss and crossing his arms over his chest.
"You were leaving me unsatisfied," Sho murmured, leaning forward and brushing his lips over the sensitive part of Kei's neck. The shorter vampire choked out a moan and let his guard down as Sho blindly reached for the bottle of body wash on the edge of the bathtub.
"How are you this awake in the mornings?" he groaned, eyes sliding shut and arms slipping around Sho's neck as the brunette began to spread the fragrant gel soap onto his skin.
"Because I need you so badly right now," Sho replied, gasping as Kei took some of the soap and rubbed it between his hands, which then wrapped around his arousal.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Kei whispered sexily as his lover backed him against the wall and he slung his slicked legs around Sho's waist…
Well I'm terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can't hold my soul in
All I need is you
"Kei-chan," Sho murmured after their bout of lovemaking while they both reveled in their post-orgasmic bliss. "What kind of person were you before you were a vampire?"
"What do you mean?" Kei asked, not bothering to open his eyes. "I've shown you my memories."
"You've shown me memories, yes," the brunette agreed. "But I want to know in your own words, not your own thoughts. I mean…did you have a girlfriend? Were you attracted to men back then, or am I an exception?" Kei could hear the smile in Sho's voice at the thought of himself as the single exception.
"Yes and no on your last question," he answered. "I didn't find women extremely attractive, but I wasn't attracted to men either. I guess…the time before Luka created me…I suppose I was that boy. The boy who would have gotten down on one knee and proposed once I realized that there was someone I wanted to spend my life with. I would have wanted them for eternity, even when the word didn't have quite the same connotations.
"There was one girl," Kei confessed, turning in Sho's arms to bury his face into Sho's neck. "One girl I really liked that I wouldn't have minded if I was stuck with her. Ryoko," he said the name with contempt in his voice. "But she was so conceited and snobby. I wanted someone like, well, like Maori's personality."
"So why did you 'want to be stuck with her', in your words?" Sho queried, intrigued by Kei's eagerness to open up to him.
"…I don't know…"
"And what happened when you saw me for that first time?" the brunette queried with a chuckle.
Come please I'm callin'
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'
"It wasn't right when I saw you. More like the one time when you were seventeen and barged in on me in the bathroom because I had locked you out for taking too long and all you had on was a towel around your waist and I suddenly realized how breathtaking you were," Kei replied, flushing. "Of course I loved you before then, but that sort of…sealed it." He could feel Sho's chest heaving as he stifled his giddy laughter.
"So you realized how sexy I was…" Sho taunted jokingly, fingers rubbing at Kei's shoulder absentmindedly. But Kei ignored the comment and continued on with what he was going to say before.
"When you got down on one knee and proposed to me that evening after I made dinner for us…" Kei paused, his voice breaking with emotion just thinking about it. "God, you don't know how happy that made me. Because you were doing what I had wanted long before you were even born. I was going to be married to the person I knew I wanted to spend eternity with. Even if the marriage isn't exactly legal…"
The blonde looked up at his lover to find that Sho's eyes were closed tight, tears leaking from the corners, and he was fighting hard not to sob. "I never thought…" Sho tried to say, but a violent sob obscured the rest of his words. Kei placed a finger over Sho's lips.
"Shh," he murmured, replacing his fingers with his lips and he kissed his lover tenderly. Sho shook his head and broke out of the kiss.
"If you…would have told me that…before you had told me that you had slept with Luka…" Sho said, ignoring his silent tears. "I wouldn't have acted like such a jerk…" Kei smiled and brushed Sho's bangs out of his eyes.
"But you acting like a jerk brought us closer together," Kei replied, turning around in Sho's arms and leaning back against the brunette's strong chest.
"Mmm…today's going to be a good day," Sho said softly, kissing Kei's wet hair. "I can feel it…"
Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
"Guess what, Sho!" Izzie's voice rang through his still-temporary office. Sho looked up from his computer screen and grinned at the hyper nurse.
"Will you at least wait for me, Iz?" he heard Kurisu's voice from behind the tall blonde. The pink-haired vampire pushed her way around Izzie. "Iz here oversaw something and I had to stop her from coming down here and telling you beforehand." Izzie stuck her tongue out behind Kurisu's back, unwise to the fact that Kurisu knew anyway. "Stop that," she said; Izzie turned pink.
"So what's my surprise?" Sho asked quickly, glancing between the two women.
"Go ahead," Kurisu said with a sigh.
"Your new office is done!" she burst out in a loud voice. "You get to move!"
Sho's eyes widened in shock, but his face melted into a genuine smile that had Kurisu grinning as well. The brunette walked around his desk and hugged the female vampire tightly. "Thank you," he breathed in her ear so quietly that Izzie wouldn't be able to hear.
"Everything's set up so you can call Kei once you move in," she whispered back to him. "Now go give Izzie a hug."
Sho did as he was told by Kurisu and turned to Izzie, but the blonde already had her arms wrapped around his neck. He laughed and spun around in a circle, holding Izzie against him securely. "You're happier about this than I am!" Sho said as he set her back on her feet.
"I'm excited for you!" she replied.
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
"Don't you want to go see it, Sho?" Kurisu asked softly. Sho grinned and nodded furiously.
"Come on, Izzie," Sho said, grabbing the blonde by her elbow and dragging her down the hallway. Izzie simply laughed and let herself be led around like a dog.
"Are you going to call Kei?" Izzie asked timidly as they stopped outside of Sho's new office.
"Once I see my office, yes," he replied, stepping past her and opening the door quickly, letting out a gasp of surprise and delight.
The room was large and white and furnished with the latest furniture, wood-finished desk, and laptop. There were several plush chairs lining the nearby wall for visitors to wait in before they were to go in and see Kurisu, but Sho was happiest with the chair behind his desk; plush, white leather with armrests and when he sat down in it, he was delighted to find out that it leaned back rather far. The brunette was also thrilled to see a phone on his desk as well.
"No windows," he heard Izzie murmur to herself, but then she spoke up. "So? Do you like it?"
"I love it!" Sho exclaimed, grinning. "Should I call Kei now?"
"Of course," she replied, watching with elated brown eyes as he picked up the new phone and dialed home. After only one ring, Kei picked up.
"Good morning again, angel," Sho said softly. "Care to guess where I'm calling from?"
"Well, if it's not on the other side of the front door, then I'll be disappointed," Kei replied with a chuckle.
"This morning wasn't enough for you?"
"Nuh uh," he said. "But let me guess…the hospital?"
"Too vague, love," Sho chided.
"A hospital bed?" Kei joked. "Relapse of your now nonexistent asthma?"
"You wish," Sho joked back. "Come on, take a real guess."
"Hmm…" Kei paused for a moment. Sho looked over at Izzie, who was practically bouncing in place, watching his facial expressions. "Your office. The new one."
"Yes!"
"How is it?"
"It's wonderful and everything is pure white," Sho raved. "But it's not exactly perfect…"
"What's wrong with it?" Kei asked, sounding confused.
Say it for me
Say it to me
"Well, you're not here with me!" the younger vampire replied as though it was the most obvious thing; Kei laughed.
"Shall I stop by so we can…ah…christen it?" he murmured in a deep voice.
"How about tomorrow? Today's already been amazing enough…" Sho suggested.
"Fair enough," Kei agreed. "Will you be home early tonight, Sho-chan?"
"I'll try, but I can't promise anything, you know…"
"I know," the blonde said with a sigh. "I'll stay up."
"I love you, Kei-chan," Sho said tenderly.
"I love you, too, Sho," Kei replied before they both hung up. Sho's cerulean eyes met Izzie's brown ones, which were twinkling happily.
"When you talk with Kei…" she started, blushing slightly, "Your eyes light up and anyone could tell that you two are in love." Sho blushed crimson and grinned sideways at her.
"Anyone but Meredith," he added, which made the nurse laugh. "Kei's coming in to visit tomorrow, so you can meet him."
"Oh good!" Izzie said, clapping her hands together. "He'll have to watch out for some of the staff, though…"
"Oh, I'll warn him, don't worry…"
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me
The front door opened slowly late that evening (actually, it was early morning), so its squeaky hinges wouldn't wake Kei up. However, a loud boom of thunder shocked Sho and he jumped into the house, slamming the door behind him. The brunette cringed, expecting to hear Belle start barking or Kei to wake up with a start, but nothing happened. Sighing quietly, Sho shed his wet ivory trench coat and turned around, stifling a gasp.
Kei was sitting at the kitchen table and looked as though he had been waiting up for Sho. Mainly "had been" because his head was resting on top of his arms on the table and he was fast asleep, one of his hands gripping a nearby mug of coffee.
"I wish I had a camera," Sho whispered, a smile creeping onto his face. His lover looked too adorable. Deciding to wait to move the vampire, Sho grabbed a cooler he had brought home with him and carried it over to the kitchen. As silently as he could, Sho lifted it up and placed it in their nearly-empty freezer. Continuing along in the same manner, the younger vampire ventured back into their bedroom and changed into his standard pajamas: a pair of dark blue sweatpants.
He returned to the kitchen and knelt down next to the snoozing vampire, running a hand through the silky blonde strands. Kei stirred, but did not wake; he simply leaned into the familiar touch. "Angel," Sho whispered, the hand that had been in Kei's hair sliding down the vampire's slouched spine while his other hand removed Kei's grip from the coffee mug.
Sho wrapped a secure arm around Kei's torso and carefully shifted the slumbering blonde across the tabletop, moving the vampire's limp arms to wrap them around his own neck. As soon as Kei's head touched Sho's shoulder, he let out a soft moan and moved, nuzzling his nose into Sho's neck lovingly.
Heaven's gates won't open up for me
With these broken wings I'm fallin'
"Sho," Kei murmured, pressing a sleepy kiss to Sho's neck as Sho wrapped Kei's legs securely around his waist.
"I'm home," Sho whispered as he stood up, Kei securely in his arms. "Now let's go to bed and we'll talk in the morning, okay?" He knew that Kei had drifted back into slumber, but he felt the need to talk to his lover as though he was awake still. "And I hope you're training Belle to sleep in her cage and not in our bed…"
When he arrived in the bedroom, their bed was thankfully vacant, so all Sho had to do was pull back the covers without waking Kei. "And when you come visit me tomorrow, you can meet Izzie," Sho continued as he carefully slid into bed and pulled the covers over them, Kei on top of him. "You'll love her, she's so sweet…"
Sho rolled onto his side and detached Kei from him, brushing a few blonde locks behind the vampire's ear. "I love you," he whispered, pressing his lips to Kei's in a goodnight kiss…
And all I see is you…
Lyrics are Savin' Me by Nickelback because I'm in love with them suddenly, especially the song Rockstar.
OKAY I MEANT TO UPDATE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, BUT IT SNUCK UP ON ME TOO FAST. So I apologize for the lack of update that is going to follow this chapter.
And that may or may not be the same Ryoko as the one in the Takano Yuri commercials with Gackt. xD But anyway, parts of Kei's little speech are from Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer. She is seriously my god. I can't even describe how amazing her book series is. If you guys love vampires and lovey-dovey crap (which you should because you're reading my fic, of course!), I strongly recommend her series. It starts with Twilight, the New Moon, and Eclipse just came out on Tuesday (August 7 (and wow I wrote this a long time ago xD!)). No smut and no slash, but it's amazing. And it's in the Young Teen section because it's for romantic teenage girls like myself. xD
And sorry that I skipped out on the smut, but it's been almost TWO MONTHS since I updated and I felt like I owed you guys. The phase is ending on Thursday, so I'm studying like crazy for tests to bring my grades up because I didn't do good on some of the earlier tests…
Reviews are appreciated! I'll try to be a better writer and update more!