Guarding Destiny 2
Baaang!
Hiroki snapped his eyes open from the deep sleep when hearing banging and rustling noises somewhere in his apartment. For some reason he felt the noise was coming from the kitchen and sat up, confused. What had happened? Who was there? Was it a robber? Hiroki rubbed the side of the head trying to figure this out and had wide eyes as what had happened flew back into his head. He had helped a man out yesterday, Nowaki. Apparently he was still there, doing something in the kitchen. Wondering what the hell the kid was doing Hiroki had gotten dressed and walked out of his bedroom towards the kitchen.
"Nowaki?" Hiroki asked in the hallway
"Hey Hiro-San" a voice came from the kitchen, "I'm in the kitchen"
'I figured as much' ran through Hiroki's mind and walked into the kitchen, stunned at the sight
"Good morning Hiro-San" Nowaki said with a big grin
Still stunned, Hiroki had asked the man what he was doing, and Nowaki smiled
"Well, I'm so thankful that you had helped me out, I wanted to make you breakfast" Nowaki said stirring something in a pan, on the stove, with a smile. Looking up to Hiroki, the smile has disappeared on Nowaki's face, "I didn't wake you did I?"
Hiroki blushed slightly and rubbed the back of his head
"N-no not really; this is around the time I usually get up anyways" Hiroki said seeing the man smile
"That's good" he said and noticed that Hiroki was looking at his bandaged wounds
"How are your wounds?" Hiroki asked
"They're fine, don't hurt anymore" he said, way too fast for Hiroki's liking
"Well we better get them changed, though I need to get more padding and disinfectant. I'm going to the store, be back in a while" Hiroki said grabbing his jacket and leaving
"Hiro-San wait!" Nowaki said, biting his lip when the other had already left. This wasn't good, what was he going to do? Nowaki turned the food on low to simmer and looked around to see what he was going to do. Nowaki saw a knife next to the sink and picked it up. The only way, Nowaki thought before putting a kitchen towel in his mouth and took off the bandage. Using the knife, Nowaki had cut where the deep wound was making the man let out a tiny cry of pain as he bit down on the rag. Nowaki started panting and put the bandage back on. Nowaki quickly washed the knife and washed his hands before going back to making breakfast. Hopefully he wouldn't find out what I am... he would hate me like all the rest. That thought had gone through Nowaki's mind since last night. He wouldn't be able to handle if Hiroki had hated him like the rest; Nowaki would be alone… no one to care for him; only want him dead. Nowaki got out bowls to put food in them when Hiroki would return home. Five minutes later, Hiroki had returned home with the items he had gone to the store for. Nowaki looked up to Hiroki and smiled
"Do you want some breakfast now?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki shook his head
"After I change your bandages" Hiroki said and Nowaki nodded. Walking with Hiroki towards the bathroom, Nowaki realized why he doesn't want for Hiroki to know what he was… it was because he was developing a crush on the man. Nowaki knew it would be hard for him if Hiroki started hating him, now that he was developing feelings for him. Nowaki's mind was on Hiroki the whole time Hiroki was redoing the bandaging.
"All done" Hiroki said and Nowaki snapped out of his thought and was stunned.
"Th-thank you Hiro-San"
"No problem, now what about that breakfast?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki smiled
"Thought you would never ask" Nowaki said as the two headed to the kitchen. Hiroki sat at the table as Nowaki put some food in both bowls and placed one of them in front of Hiroki. Hiroki looked at it and noticed his mouth watering. The food looked incredibly good and juicy as well as the smell. Hiroki picked up a fork full of the food and put it in his mouth and froze as it was one of the best tasting foods he had ever put in his mouth and he had been to a five-star restaurant with his love, Akihiko. Even thought the thought had felt like needles stabbing through his heart, he smiled
"This is really good Nowaki, where in the world did you learn to cook like this? I mean this is really good, better than most five-star restaurants" Hiroki said putting more food in his mouth seeing the other man blush slightly
"R-really? It's that good?"
"Yes, where did you learn to cook like this?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki smiled
"At the orphanage I grew up in" Nowaki said and Hiroki looked confused
"Orphanage? But weren't you growing up with your parents? You did say they were… crazy, right? Hiroki asked confused and Nowaki mentally froze
"O-oh right, they were crazy, enough the child services decided to take me away because they might hurt me or something on the lines of that… They sent me to an orphanage when I was five" Nowaki said and Hiroki sighed
"Sorry if I brought back unwanted memories" Hiroki said and Nowaki smiled
"No it's ok really; I learned everything I needed to survive on my own from them, until I was 15… I decided to leave" Nowaki said
"Why?"
"I guess I didn't want to be a burden to them" Nowaki said hiding the real truth on why he had left the orphanage.
"Oh, so how old are you now anyways?" Hiroki asked
"18" Nowaki said and Hiroki looked shocked since this kid looks so much younger than he is, "how old are you?"
"22" Hiroki asked and Nowaki nodded
"What do you do for a living?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki sighed
"Being an assistant professor at the M-University" Hiroki said and saw Nowaki smile happily
"Wow, and you're so young too" Nowaki said and Hiroki shrugged as if it wasn't that impressive. Hiroki finished the meal and Nowaki took both bowls and placed them in the sink and washed them. Hiroki then had gotten a call from Professor Miyagi
"Hello?"
'Hey Kamijo~! I need you back at the office, I need help with something'
"What is it? You know I have today off" Hiroki said
'Pleeeeease? You know what had happened last time right? The dean practically handcuffed you to me and forced you to stay remember?'
"First of all that was you, not the dean, you kinky asshole, and second, get it right in the first time so we don't have that type of thing happen"
"B-but"
"But nothing, you're the professor; I'm just your assistant"
'Yes my assistant. You're supposed to ASSIST me… please come over'
"God, fine" Hiroki said hanging up before anything else. He just hadto be an assistant for a man who is as stubborn as a mule… not to mention he is the most pervert man he knows, other than Akihiko, "well I have to go to work"
"Really?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki nodded
"You're welcome to stay here if you want to" Hiroki said and Nowaki shook his head
"No, I'll go home" Nowaki said and Hiroki nodded and the two left the house.
"So, I might see you later" Hiroki said saying bye to Nowaki and leaving in the opposite way from the way Nowaki was heading.
When Hiroki got to work and entered his office, he was glomped by Miyagi, the professor that he is an assistant for.
"Ka~mi~jo~!" The man said not getting off making Hiroki a very irritated man and tried to push the other man off
"God damn it Professor, do you have to do this every freaken time!" Hiroki asked and growled when the professor was still on him, "Get the hell off of me!"
This time the professor listened and grinned
"What's got you all bunched into a knot?" the professor said earning a glare from his assistant.
"What the hell do you think? It's my day off and because of your incompetence I have to be here!" Hiroki yelled as his mind was saying he wanted to hang out with Nowaki more. Hiroki suppressed any blush that was about to come onto his face and saw the professor stared at him
"What?" Hiroki asked
"You're the kinda person that goes to work during Christmas" the professor said and Hiroki suppressed his the sadness that was temping to show on his face.
"So?" Hiroki asked in a whisper. The reason for him to work on Christmas was so that he didn't have to celebrate it in his lonely apartment and only think of how his love was spending time with the one he loves.
"So? So, you mad at me for calling you into work is completely strange for you unless…" the professor said smiling down on Hiroki
"Unless what?" Hiroki asked a little confused from the smile, since it isn't the usual smile the professor has… it was the exact same as when… oh no… when he found out about how he was in love with Akihiko
"You found yourself a woman" the professor said making Hiroki glare at him. Woman? If you call Nowaki a woman…When that thought crossed his mind Hiroki thought of how Nowaki was cooking and really bubbly but afraid to call the police. Wait what? Did Hiroki mentally say he found someone?
"You know I'm not like you" Hiroki said making the professor grin
"Yes, you are gay, I know" Miyagi said and Hiroki blushed deeply and stuttered
"I-I-I'm not gay! I just happen to be in love with a man!" Hiroki said making Miyagi laugh
"A guy in love with another guy is called gay darling" Miyagi said in a fake gay voice making Hiroki growl
"Shut up!"
"Ok, ok, so what was the real reason you were mad when I called you in here?" Miyagi asked in curiosity this time, no teasing evident. Hiroki sighed and sat down
"Well…" Hiroki started, telling the story of how he met a stranger who was hurt and how he helped him by leading him to his apartment and wrapping the wounds up. Not to mention how he was nervous for him to walk 10 miles or so to get to his house at night when the change of him being jumped is so high. The only part he had left out was when he tried to call the police and how Nowaki didn't want to because the police were in on the beating. Miyagi listened to the story, growing shocked and amused
"This is the first time you ever let anyone in to your world in seconds after meeting them" Miyagi said and Hiroki sighed
"You're not the only shocked one; I was pretty shocked as well" Hiroki said and Miyagi smiled deeply
"You don't think you are developing feelings for him do you?" Miyagi asked and Hiroki blushed from embarrassment
"Do you think that I fall in love with any guy!" Hiroki asked and Miyagi chuckled
"For one, I never said that, and second, I never said 'in love', I said 'feelings'" Miyagi said with a smile and Hiroki glared
"You implied it!" Hiroki said and sighed "I'm still in love with Akihiko…"
"When are you going to stop torturing yourself?" Miyagi asked lighting a cigarette and in hailing the smoke
"What?" Hiroki asked confused and slightly hurt as Miyagi blew out the smoke
"… You're only hurting yourself Hiroki, I mean come on. If I was in that type of situation where I'm in love with someone who loves someone else, I would give it up" Miyagi said and Hiroki had tears form
"I-I know… I know damn it!" Hiroki said sighing irritated and sad… he knew Miyagi was right, he should give his love up before the famous author before the author does something to shatter his heart completely and he would shut off the world completely, not even the author himself would be able to get into his mind.
"Hey, you know, I wish for you to be happy… I just hope this kid is the one who can do it. He might have superpowers… to make you break out of your shell and be let into your world has to have superpowers" Miyagi said and Hiroki sighed not knowing if he was ready to let go of the love he feels for Akihiko and move on or not.
"What did you need help with professor?" Hiroki asked changing the subject to the reason why he was called into the office.
"This" Miyagi said not wanting to upset the man anymore than he already thought he had. As Hiroki was thinking about his love for Akihiko and Nowaki appeared into his mind. Hiroki was mentally blushing as his exterior was calm and helping the professor? Was… was he developing a crush on a man he only knew for less than 24 hours? N-no he couldn't… he dedicated his love to Akihiko and it would remain that way.
TBC