Thursday, October 25, 2007
(Chap 6: Sexual Tension Mounts Aboard the Bad Luck)
Tick... Tick... Tick... The pendulum on the grandfather clock sitting in the corner of the dinning room marked off every second that went by. It had been twenty whole minutes since either Eiri or Shuichi had said a word. Eiri was sitting quietly; chopsticks in hand with a bored expression painted on his face. Shuichi on the other side of the table had placed both of his legs underneath his butt and was now fidgeting impatiently with his fingers.
Eiri continued to ignore the obviously uncomfortable and slightly A.D.D Shuichi while bringing little portions of the gourmet meal that was fixed for his enjoyment to his mouth at an agonizingly slow pace. Finding it sadistically pleasing to torture the pirate captain with the silent treatment Eiri had shot down every attempt at civilized conversation Shuichi had made in the last half hour. Eiri took guilty pleasure in watching the pirate squirm.
Shuichi let out an audible sigh and once again tried to start up a conversation. "So, Eiri, did you like my scandalously small undies?" The stoic blond nearly chocked on the mushroom he was munching on and began to cough. Shu leaned across the table and started to beat Eiri on the back. Once the Mushroom was dislodged from Eiri's esophagus he grabbed his glass of rum and downed the whole thing in one gulp.
After Eiri had regained his composure he gave the pink haired man a glare that caused Shu to smirk in satisfaction. "Well at least I got a reaction out of you."
"Congratulations." By Eiri's sarcasm you could tell that he was not pleased at all. 'Thanks to that baka I will never be able to forget that image of that small, slinky, smooth thong just barely covering his... Fuck! Will it ever end?' Eiri could feel his cheeks heat with a blush and chose to turn toward the window to cover his embarrassment.
Shu took notice of the slight blush now creeping over Eiri's perfect, pale cheeks. "So now that you can no longer ignore me, tell me about yourself." Eiri scoffed, Shu rolled his eyes and drew his sword out of his waistband and pointed it at Eiri, "That was an order not a suggestion."
Eiri glowered at the dangerous weapon pointed at him. Weighing his options he guessed he had no other choice, but to spill it. "I'm twenty three, rich and good looking. I can get any woman I want and am involved in a never ending competition with my father to see which one of us will piss the other off more." Finishing his speech Eiri once again turned his head toward the window to continue to give the captain the cold shoulder.
Shu smiled brightly, "Now that wasn't so hard, now was it?" Eiri rolled his eyes and continued to avoid eye contact. Shuichi stood from his seat and walked around the table to the window that seemed to so fascinate the blond. Leaning against the sill he placed his head on his fists and stared out at the ocean floating by. "I'm nineteen, a pirate captain. The only woman I come in contact with is my sister, I believe you've already met, and the ones aboard the ships I capture, which are few and far in between." Shu took a deep breath and didn't notice that Eiri was now watching him intently. "I don't have a father to piss off and I'm not sure I ever did." With that last statement Eiri once again turned back to the window and stared out at the blue-green water.
Shu sighed once again, straightened up and walked back to the table, taking a seat. Eiri used his peripheral vision to watch Shuichi move away, taking note that the normally energetic pirate was now mellow and slightly withdrawn. 'So the happy-go-lucky pirate king is deeper than he lets on.' Eiri was a bit intrigued, but damned if he was going to show it.
Hiro was trying with all his might to listen while the anal-retentive green haired Suguru went over their financial report. Ever since Hiro had laid eyes on the unconscious body of Suguru lying on the deck of a conquered ship with blood trickling down his face from a gash above his right eye Hiro had felt this over whelming urge to protect the small, but sharp man. Not to mention a growing attraction that Hiro tried desperately to cover up.
Suguru was the first captive Hiro had taken an interest in. Upon storming the deck of the crippled ship Hiro discovered Suguru's incapacitated body lying amidst the rubble caused by their cannon fire. Hiro picked the small man up and carried him aboard the Bad Luck. He had placed him in Hiro's private courtiers and watched over him till the green haired man had regained consciousness and opened his eyes. To say that Suguru was irate and frightened would be an understatement. Upon focusing his blurry vision on Hiro he scent him flying across the room with a fierce uppercut and grabbed the closest blunt object to him to use as a weapon.
Once Hiro had recovered from the shock of the blow he shook his head to clear away the stars and took in the sight before him. Suguru was standing on the far side of the room with his legs shoulder width apart and his arms out in front of him wielding a brass sculpture of a fish like a deadly weapon. Hiro took one look at him and then burst into laughter.
From that moment Hiro and Suguru grew to be fast friends and could always be seen either holding deep, heated conversations or fighting like cats and dogs. To say the least Hiro had never felt happier when he leaned that Suguru had chosen to stay aboard the Bad Luck as a member of its crew.
Hiro was trying his hardest to concentrate. Suguru was off on a tangent about Shuichi's poor financial record keeping all the while totally oblivious to the adoring looks Hiro was bestowing upon him. Although they were good friends Hiro had never once let on that he felt more than friendship toward Suguru and Suguru didn't show feelings in that direction either. Hiro was watching Suguru's full, pink lips dance with each word uttered from his delicious looking mouth. Many a night Hiro had laid awake dreaming of those lips and wishing he could feel them pressed against his, just once.
Suguru stopped his tirade to take a well deserved breath, which was when he noticed Hiro still staring intently at him, with a distant dreaming look in his eyes. "Hiro, are you feeling alright? You look a little... weird."
Hiro jumped at the sound of Suguru addressing him. "I'm fine, fine. So what's the verdict? Is Shuichi in for a financial lecture or is he off the hook?" Hiro took a sigh of relief as Suguru went off on another rant completely forgetting his companion's look of longing. 'Good save. Maybe next time I'm alone with him I should...' Hiro shook his head, it would never work; Suguru doesn't feel the same way about him.
"Hiro, are you listening?" Suguru stood in front of the first mate with a frustrated look in his eyes.
"Yeah I am. So you want me to go get Shu?" Hiro stood up and walked toward the door to go and retrieve his rather unlucky captain.
Suguru stepped forward as Hiro pulled the door open, placing his hand on Hiro's shoulder Suguru breathed, "Hiro..." The tall red head stopped when he felt the sudden jolt of lightning waltz down his spine at Suguru's touch. Suguru quickly withdrew his hand as if he were burnt and met Hiro's dark intense gaze. "Uh... Tell Shindo-kun to bring the maps with him." Hiro nodded and departed only leaving his lingering scent.
Suguru sighed in defeat and threw himself into a chair slumping all the way to the edge of the seat. 'Why is it so hard to just say what I want?' Suguru could still feel Hiro's warmth radiating in the room and through his hand. Every time Suguru was around him he found himself rambling on about things that didn't even make since. Hiro was the only person alive that could cause Suguru to miscalculate a simple equation. Huffing in frustration Suguru turned toward the scattered sheets of financial forms and began to crunch numbers like his life depended on it.
Shuichi was sitting quietly watching Eiri continue to contemplate the ocean when a quiet yet firm knock sounded on the dinning room door. Hiro, not waiting for an answer, pushed the door open and stepped inside. "Captain, Fujisaki-kun wants to speak with you."
Shuichi sprung out of his chair and flew at Hiro. Clutching onto the front of Hiro's neat and pressed shirt Shuichi began to whine, "Hiro, don't let him yell at me again! He's just going to lecture me about finances and you know I don't understand a single thing about it!" Hiro patted him on the head and began to pry the little pirate off his front.
Eiri was watching the display with a strange since of jealousy. Never before in his life had he felt jealousy towards another man for the attention of someone. He found himself imagining what it would be like to feel Shuichi clinging to him that way. What it would be like to have that small lean body underneath his. The warmth of his skin breaking through Eiri's cold exterior to bring them both to a mind blowing- 'Fucking Shit!' He did not just imagine what he thought he did. 'Holy Fuck! What the hell is wrong with me?' Eiri was completely horrified that the thought had even crossed his mind! Shaking his head Eiri chose to ignore what has just happened and pretend that the thought had ever crossed his conscious brain.
"Come on Shu you know Suguru won't let you off that easy. You have to go and at least feign comprehension." Hiro finally pried the pirate king off of him and was now pulling him by the hand toward the door.
Shuichi was not happy. "I should have made him walk the plank." Muttering under his breath Shu let Hiro guide him toward the door.
Shaking his head Hiro let go of his friend and stepped through the passage, "You say that every time Suguru asks to talk you about finances."
Shuichi muttered something neither of the men could hear then turned toward Eiri, "Well, Eiri, it was nice talking with you. Next time I invite you to lunch I expect a full conversation." Shuichi turned to exit then he quickly spun around as if he had forgotten something.
Before either Hiro or Eiri knew what had happened Shuichi had lunged toward Eiri. Pressing his full, luscious lips against Eiri's, Shu ran his fingers through Eiri's silky blond hair. When the shock wore off and Eiri began to respond Shu broke the kiss and darted out of the room leaving Eiri with half lidded eyes and tingling lips.
Once both captain and first mate had disappeared Eiri sat in silent astonishment. 'He just...' Eiri had never felt a shock of electricity like he had when his lips had locked with the pink haired menaces. Shuddering, Eiri brought a hand to his lips and traced the outside of them. 'Soft.' Flicking his tongue out of his mouth Eiri ran it over his assaulted lips. He tasted a sweetness that caused warmth to travel down his chest to his abdomen.
He recalled how the warmth had jolted from his lips throughout his whole body when their skin had touched. The way Shuichi's scent filled his nostrils and hazed his mind; the overwhelming urge to clutch at him and pull him closer to deepen the kiss.
'Oh shit. What am I going to do now?' Eiri has found himself in the unfortunate position of being unexplainably attracted to his captor. He must suppress all urges and feelings toward this vixen of a pirate. But oh, how he wanted to feel that lithe body pressed beneath his panting and moaning. 'No! No! None of that!' Eiri could not afford to think that way about Shuichi, it was way too risky. But I suppose it doesn't hurt to imagine as long as you don't act, right? Right!?!
The NG Trading Company had just docked its flag ship in its home port on the western coast of Japan. Seguchi Tohma debarked along with his wife Mika and immediately boarded a carriage to take them straight to the Emperor. He was not going to let some pirate ruffian abduct his brothers-in-law under any circumstances. Seguchi-san was going to fight and he was going to use all of his powers to bring that little Pirate ship down. Tohma was willing to spare no expense on retrieving his family; he would even employ the whole Imperial navy if he had to. Nobody threatened him and took what was his and lived to tell the tail; nobody; not even a pink haired Pirate King. Tohma was willing to fight the whole Pirate King Assembly to get his brothers back.
Through all the money he was going to spend and all the stress and trouble it would be to retrieve his brothers in the end it would be well worth it when he watched a lifeless body with a main a pink hair swing from the gallows.