Chapter 7
When Nowaki got home, he was nervously pacing back and forth; fearing for his lover's wellbeing. This Hiyake was someone you did NOT want to be enemies with; and if she was here, she would hurt both of them. This thought caused Nowaki to bit his lip. He needs to be protecting Hiroki, and knowing Hiyake, Nowaki had to keep watching over him, even sink as low as to follow him around like a stalker would. Nowaki jumped slightly when the door opened and turned to see Hiroki and glomped him.
"Hiro-San~" Nowaki said and Hiroki pushed him off slightly
"H-hey what's with the glomping?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki smiled and looked to him
"I just missed my Hiro-San" Nowaki said with playful eyes. Nowaki didn't just miss Hiroki, he was nervous if Hiyake had gotten to him first. Nowaki then kissed Hiroki, "I love you Hiro-San"
"M-me too" Hiroki said blushing deeply. Hiroki walked to the kitchen, "I-I'll make dinner tonight"
"Oh~" Nowaki said walking over to the kitchen counter, looking like a dog happily wagging its tail, "I never tried Hiro-San's cooking before, I bet it's better than mine"
"I wish you are excellent at cooking" Hiroki said gathering things to make dinner
"Really?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki looked up from the cooking ingredients to see Nowaki
"Yes, I do say that every day" Hiroki said and Nowaki smiled and leaned over the counter and kissed Hiroki causing him to blush
"You're so cute Hiro-San, I love you so much" Nowaki said earning a slight glare from his lover
"Not right now"
"What?" Nowaki asked confused and Hiroki let out a sigh
"Knowing you, we wouldn't have time to eat dinner and…" Hiroki said blushing, knowing he doesn't have it in him to say the word
"Make love?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki blushed deeply. Nowaki was always so direct.
"You know I wasn't going to, yet, I'm curious of what Hiro-San's food would taste like" Nowaki said and Hiroki shook his head slightly in the loving way
"Hey while I make dinner, why don't you relax and sit down?" Hiroki asked and saw that Nowaki shook his head
"I wanna watch you" Nowaki said grinning, loving when his lover blushes. Hiroki didn't say anything and started cooking. Hiroki couldn't believe he was able to cook anything with his lover staring at him like he did, but he did. At the dinner table, Nowaki grinned happily as Hiroki placed a bowl of food in front of him
"Here" Hiroki said and Nowaki smiled
"Thanks Hiro-San~" Nowaki said and eagerly took a spoon full of food into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing the food, Nowaki smiled and looked to Hiroki shocked
"This food is—"
Hiroki looked up, "bad?"
"No, it's fantastic" Nowaki said eating more, "When you said your cooking is worse than mine, you were wrong. This is the best food I ever had"
Hiroki blushed deeply and continued eating. Hiroki thought Nowaki was lying to make him feel good about the cooking at first, but when he looked up to see his lover enjoy the food so much, he knew Nowaki told the truth. But this did not mean that Hiroki agreed with Nowaki's statement; Hiroki still believes Nowaki's cooking surpasses his in detail, color, taste, practically everything. Hiroki wouldn't dare say it; he knows how stubborn Nowaki could be.
"Hiro-San" Nowaki said looking up to his lover, "You're amazing. I mean look what you've accomplished. You know many things and have a job as an assistant professor; all at a young age" Hiroki finished eating more of the food making Hiroki blush deeply. After dinner, Nowaki grabbed the dishes and washed them even though Hiroki wanted to do them. After the dishes, Nowaki wanted to make love with Hiroki, but Hiroki explained that they should rest their stomachs before that type of exercise. So the two sat on the couch turning on the TV and Nowaki pulled Hiroki closer.
"You know Hiro-San, I wouldn't be able to handle it if you left me" Nowaki said and Hiroki looked to him confused
"You know I wouldn't, why say that?" Nowaki asked and felt Nowaki shrug slightly
"I don't know" Nowaki said gently placing a kiss on Hiroki's neck, "I love you"
"Me too"
"…Hiro-San?" Nowaki asked in a tone that Hiroki knows too well, He knew exactly what Nowaki wanted; letting out a sigh, Hiroki nodded
"Yes" Hiroki said being pulled into a kiss and lead into their bedroom for a night of passion and love making.
Afterwards, the two were in a deep sleep and in a few hours, Nowaki woke up in a dark place, which seems to be an alley way. The question of how he got here ran through his mind as he stood up
"Look who's finally awake"
The voice made Nowaki freeze and looked ahead to see a dark orange haired lady, in her 20's, who was very familiar.
"Hiyake… what the hell are you doing here?" Nowaki asked seeing the one named Hiyake smirk
"This" Hiyake and all the sudden Hiroki appeared next to her, in a sleeping form making Nowaki freeze more. So many things ran through Nowaki's mind.
"Wh-what are you doing, what did you do to Hiro-San?" Nowaki asked fearing for the worst and the lady started laughing
"Nothing yet, he's a deep sleeper that's for sure" Hiyake said and took out a gun and aimed it to Hiroki's head, "And it seems like he'll always be in a deep sleep"
Nowaki had wide eyes and tried to move to run over there to save his lover, but noticed he couldn't move an inch
"N-no don't, please!" Nowaki said and the other laughed and was about to pull the trigger and Nowaki had wide eyes, tears forming.
"NOOOO!" Nowaki yelled
Bang!
Nowaki gasped deeply, sitting up. He had wide eyes as he noticed he was back into their bedroom and looked to the side to see Hiroki sleeping peaceful. Nowaki took a deep breath, silently thanking god it was a dream, but the dream… it was so real. Nowaki felt tears form in his eyes
"Nowaki?"
Nowaki looked to Hiroki to see he was awake, rubbing his tired eyes and looked to the time which was 4:30am
"Sorry I woke you" Nowaki said smiling slightly in guilt and Hiroki looked to him to study him, since Nowaki wouldn't wake up that easily
"What happened?" Hiroki asked as he saw tears in the other's eyes
"N-nothing, just a bad dream" Nowaki said laying down, pulling Hiroki to his chest, "nothing to worry about, let's go to sleep"
"Ok" Hiroki instantly fell asleep and Nowaki sighed kissing him on the head
'I won't let anything happen to you' Nowaki thought knowing what he had to do.
The next morning, Nowaki was making breakfast and Hiroki came in. Hiroki looked to Nowaki and noticed he looked more tired than usual.
"Nowaki, are you ok?" Hiroki asked walking over to the counter, "You look tired"
"Oh, I didn't sleep well last night" Nowaki said; 'didn't sleep well' as in didn't sleep at all watching out if Hiyake would come.
"Oh, because of the dream?"
"Well… kinda, and looking at your cute sleeping face" Nowaki grinned and Hiroki blushed
"I-idiot, don't sat embarrassing stuff like that" Hiroki said. After breakfast, Hiroki left for the university and 10 minutes after that, Nowaki left towards Hiroki's work. If Hiyake knew their phone number, she would most definitely know where Hiroki works. Nowaki sat behind a light pole across the street from Hiroki's office's window. Nowaki was watching out of anything would happen, like if Hiyake would appear. Nowaki knows it would be stupid of her to make a move like this during daytime when many people are here, but then again Hiyake wasn't that bright. Nowaki looked to the side when hearing a sound and saw a teenage boy standing next to him
"Who are you?" both asked simultaneously and Nowaki smiled
"I'm Nowaki" Nowaki said sticking his hand out and the teenage boy shook his hand
"Shinobu, what are you doing here?"
"Watching out for someone that's important to me" Nowaki said feeling like he met or knows this kid and saw Shinobu glare
"Better not be Miyagi!" Shinobu said and Nowaki looked confused for a second and then it clicked
"Ah I remember you"
"What? We never met" Shinobu said confused and Nowaki smiled
"My lover, Miyagi-San's assistant, told me about you" Nowaki said and Shinobu glared slightly
"So why are you stalking your lover then?" Shinobu asked sitting down, "I mean, I know Miyagi isn't my lover… yet anyways, but aren't lover's supposed to trust each other?" Shinobu asked and Nowaki looked to him
"I do trust Hiro-San!" Nowaki said and heard a 'huff' coming from Shinobu as they sat
"Yeah, that's why you're stalking him" Shinobu said in sarcasm and Nowaki sighed
"I do trust him with all my being"
"Then why are you stalking him?" Shinobu asked curious and Nowaki took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly
"Someone I know from my past is back and she doesn't take to kindly to the fact that I have a lover and she might, no she will hurt Hiro-San. So I'm just watching out if anything happens" Nowaki said sighing and noticed Shinobu looking at him
"Ex-lover?" Shinobu asked and Nowaki shook his head
"Hiro-San is my only lover" Nowaki said and fliched deeply, "and eww… No way in hell would I ever consider her as a lover and not just because I'm gay" he said. There were at least ten good reasons he would NEVER go out with Hiyake.
"She jealous then?" Shinobu asked and Nowaki thought about it and shrugged
"I guess you could consider Hiyake as jealous" Nowaki said sighing and saw Shinobu freeze
"H-Hiyake…? D-Did you say Hiyake?" Shinobu asked "As in the dark orange haired?"
"Yes? How did you…?" Nowaki asked confused and Shinobu stood up
"I-I have to go" Shinobu said and Nowaki stopped him
"Wait why?" Nowaki asked and Shinobu looked to him with slight fear
"If she knows I'm here… that witch will kill me, literally" Shinobu said shocking Nowaki
"What did you do?" Nowaki asked in the 'shocked but not shocked tone'
"Well, a while ago I kinda did something" Shinobu said grinning "something, I think is funny, to her and for it I know my life is on the line"
"I'm not even going to ask what you did; wait how the hell do you know Hiyake?" Nowaki asked stunned as a person like Shinobu knows Hiyake and saw Shinobu shrug. Nowaki could tell that he didn't want to say
"Was going to ask the same thing to you, but I seriously have to go" Shinobu said and groaned deeply, "If she's after you and your lover… then that means I can't see Miyagi, damn it" he groaned out and Nowaki chuckled slightly and let his arm go seeing the boy run off.
'Shinobu I'll contact you if she finds out you're here' Nowaki thought not knowing what the kid had done to Hiyake, but it got him curious to why Shinobu, no anyone, would do something to piss off a person like Hiyake like that, it was pure suicide. Nowaki sighed and looked back to the building across the street to his lover's and the professor's office window.
The same thing continued for many days, 5 days to be exact. Nowaki stayed up every night watching out since it was a 50% increase that Hiyake would make a move at night than during the day. And every day that Hiroki worked, Nowaki would watch out behind the light pole across from Hiroki's office. One week had passed and Hiroki walked into the kitchen in the morning only to see his lover face planted in a pan of sizzling food. Hiroki had wide eyes and ran over to him
"NOWAKI!"
Nowaki jumped up at the sound of his lover's yell and looked around; noticing the food on his face, Nowaki sighed tiredly
"S-sorry Hiro-San" Nowaki said tiredly and Hiroki sighed and picked some items that Nowaki was cooking with
"Nowaki go get cleaned up, I'll make breakfast" Hiroki said and Nowaki looked to him with a shocked tired look
"But—" Nowaki started and saw his lover glare at him
"No buts, you nearly killed yourself by falling asleep in a burning pan of food" Hiroki said placing the food to the side of the burner and Nowaki sighed
"S-sorry" Nowaki said tiredly
"Just go get cleaned up" Hiroki said and saw Nowaki nod like he was about to doze off
"H-hai" Nowaki said walking to the bathroom and Hiroki sighed throwing away what little food that was left in the pan and got out some eggs and other breakfast food items and started cooking. Hiroki was wondering why Nowaki was thistired. He never seen the man even look like he was tired since he was all hyper and bouncy. When Hiroki finished making breakfast, he saw Nowaki, all clean, walking to the table and sitting down. Hiroki sighed and put some food in front of his lover. Hiroki noticed that Nowaki was more than tired since he wasn't all excited and hyper to eat his food like last time. Hiroki started eating and sighed
"Hey Nowaki, is everything ok?" Hiroki asked and Nowaki looked to him
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I never seen you this tired before. You're not all hyper to eat my food like last time and fell asleep in a pan of hot food" Hiroki said in a normal tone but Nowaki could hear the concern behind his voice and smiled
"I'm fine, just" Nowaki said yawning "haven't been sleeping well lately"
"You should go to sleep; you'll wear yourself down to nothing if you don't try to" Hiroki said and Nowaki nodded
"Only if you're with me" Nowaki said and Hiroki blushed and looked to the side
"Well today is my day off, so…" Hiroki said trailing off and Nowaki smiled. After breakfast, Hiroki did the dishes. Hiroki walked to the couch in the living room and sat down and Nowaki walked over and laid down on the couch, head on Hiroki's lap. Nowaki yawned slightly as Hiroki turned on the TV; volume low enough that someone could sleep during it, but high enough so Hiroki could hear it.
"I love you Hiro-San" Nowaki said before falling into a deep sleep. Hiroki sighed and muttered the same thing before gently stroking the other's hair. 4 hours had passed and Nowaki woke up and sat up
"Finally, gees you must've been extremely exhausted" Hiroki said and Nowaki looked to him to notice that they were in the same place they were in when Nowaki first fell asleep
"How long was I asleep for?" Nowaki asked rubbing his head slightly and Hiroki looked to the clock
"I'd say around 4 hours" Hiroki said and looked to Nowaki who was shocked, "Are you feeling better?"
"Yes, much better" Nowaki said and kissed Hiroki, "Thanks Hiro-San"
"N-no problem" Hiroki said flustered and got a phone call from Miyagi
"Hello?"
'Kamijo, I need your help'
"What, again? Do you have something against me, making me come in on my day off?" Hiroki asked irritated and Nowaki knew it was Miyagi again
'But I need help, you can finish what you and your lover are doing later'
"W-we're weren't doing anything!" Hiroki said bright red and heard a chuckle on the other line
'Yeah, that's what you always say'
"Soon you are going to do those things with that little stalker of yours" Hiroki said sighing
'I am not! I'm not gay~!'
"Over reactor, I'll be there in 10 minutes" Hiroki said snapping his phone shut and sighed and looked to Nowaki, "I guess I have to go in"
"It's alright" Nowaki said kissing Hiroki, "It is your work; I'll go to the store since I kinda wasted food this morning"
The two got ready and left down the street. Nowaki kissed Hiroki because they were about to go different ways
"D-don't do that in public, moron!" Hiroki said and Nowaki chuckled and waved before heading down in a different direction. Nowaki sighed and walked down the street seeing a deep sky blue haired girl was walking down the street towards him
"Nowaki?" she asked and Nowaki looked to her confused
"How do you know my name?" Nowaki asked confused and she smiled and ran to him and hugged him
"I knew it was you" she said
"Who are you?" Nowaki asked and she let go of Nowaki and looked shocked that he didn't know who she was but it hit her
"Oh right you don't know me" she said and stuck out her hand, "I'm Uzumaki" she finished and Nowaki shook hands with her
"How do you know me?" Nowaki asked and Uzumaki smiled
"I'll tell you, but not here, is there somewhere more private?" Uzumaki asked and Nowaki nodded and lead the teenage girl into the woods. She climbed up a tree and sat on a branch as Nowaki leaned on a tree that next to the branch.
"So how do you know me?"
"Daddy told me" Uzumaki said and sighed when seeing the confused face on Nowaki, "I'm your younger sister"
Nowaki had wide eyes as this struck him deeply, "Wh-what?"
"I'm 13 so… I was born sometime after… you know" Uzumaki said and Nowaki was still stunned
"Then… why are you here?" Nowaki asked and saw Uzumaki fall back and was hanging off the branch by her legs.
"I'm here to tell you that Hiyake is here" Uzumaki said and Nowaki groaned
"I know that"
"She has been here, but I had stopped her from making any moves. She found out and now I can't stop her anymore..." Uzumaki said sighing and pulled herself up and sat on the branch again. Nowaki had wide eyes
"How?"
"I found out that she called you and left a note, so I decided to try to stop her" Uzumaki confusing Nowaki
"Why, you don't even know me that well" Nowaki said
"Yes, but you are my brother" Uzumaki said and sighed, "I'll try to help with stopping her, but she is definitely going to make a move in the next day or so, so be prepared or she will kill Kamijo Hiroki"
"Thanks Uzumaki, I have to go" Nowaki said running away to the direction to the city to buy groceries any go watch Hiroki as he has been doing. Uzumaki watch him run away and had a confused look on her face
"Why didn't he just… oh well" she said hopping down from the branch and started walking off. She hoped that Nowaki would be able to stand against Hiyake and save his lover.
TBC