Thank you all for your very kind reviews. I'm sorry this is a little late than normal. This is the last one that I have ready to go so the next chapter might take a little longer. I'm playing with it only because it only took up one page. That's horrible for me. I don't even know why these chapters are so short. They end when they want to I suppose lol. Anyway ONWARD!
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Chapter Four
Slow motion seemed to take over. Every passing minute felt like an eternity for Yukito. He knew that no matter what he was finding Toya. Sitting crossed-legged on the floor with no light but a single candle behind him, Yukito searched every part of the town. He knew that it'll take substantial amount of energy to block Toya's waves from him. He could hear the phone ringing in the distance, but he ignored it. Nothing mattered. He didn't care that all the customers were standing outside of the shop, angry or displeased. He didn't care about losing a day's worth of money. But, most of all, Yukito didn't care about how Flower used to be. The vengeance he was feeling interrupted his senses several times already today and it continued to cause him conflict.
The candle burnt out, snapping Yukito out of his trance. He sighed and reached over for the phone. Sakura still hadn't called back. She was doing some fortune telling with the cards before going out to look for any clues with Li. She offered for him to join them, but Yukito declined. He felt he had a better opportunity finding Toya through his senses. He placed a new candle on the dish and lit it. Closing his eyes, Yukito focused now on the north. This was his last part of the town to look before he started all over again. Through the cloudy vision, he could see Sakura's and Lie's aura. He moved away from them, ignoring the gray aura of non-magical individuals, he searched every building and street for Toya's soft blue aura.
Even though Toya was part of the non-magical group now, he still had a blue aura from his previous power, and the fact that Yue placed a marker on him. It didn't matter, though, because he couldn't find his lover anywhere. The doorbell rang, indicating that someone was down at the back entrance to his apartment. Thinking it was Sakura, Yukito got up and walked downstairs to let her in. He opened the door and saw Henry standing on the other side. "Oh, Yukito, are you two feeling alright? I noticed that you weren't open today."
Nervously backing away some, Yukito kept the door in his hand. "Toya's sick. And with all the customers waiting, I didn't think I could handle them on my own."
"Is that so? Did you want to come down to the bakery. I can give you some bread for him?"
Shaking his head, Yukito moved back into the doorway. "That's okay. We have plenty of bread from before. I got to go, though, I have soup on upstairs."
"Alright. Tell Toya I hope he feels better."
"I will. Thank you." Shutting the door quickly behind him, Yukito leaned against it for a few seconds before starting back upstairs.
"I don't know why you let him get away with that. Toya wouldn't like what happened between you and Henry."
"That's why he can't find out. I could deal with him like this."
"When he attacked you and even now, why won't you let me take over?"
Yukito walked back into the living room. "I didn't notice that I was preventing you," he lied. "It must be a strange reaction in my mind."
Yue grunted. "I want to kill that bastard."
"Let it go. He hasn't done anything since then."
"Well, the next time he comes near you, I'm going to teach him a lesson."
Yukito sat down on the couch and curled his legs up, He held them closely to his chest, trying to get the memories locked back up where they belonged. A part of him wanted to unleash Yue on Henry, but that day Henry didn't seem like himself.
Yukito remembered the very busy morning they had. With the upcoming graduation, their little store was receiving request after request. Toya was tired from the countless customers and wanted to celebrate their first triple digit customer count. Yukito decided to head down to the bakery not only for their daily bread, but for a special cake that he secretly ordered for his lover.
The bakery was empty and barely looked like they were open. Henry wasn't at the counter, but that wasn't something he never accoutered. He walked through the backdoor and into the kitchen. "Henry?" he called, but silence answered him. He was about to turn around and leave when someone struck him from behind. The hit didn't knock him out, but he did lose his balance and fell to the ground. Yukito flipped over on his back just as Henry slammed his body down on him and grabbed his arms. "Henry, what are you doing?"
"Shh. Relax. Everything will be okay." Continuing to struggle with the stronger man, Yukito felt Yue pounding in the back of his head, wanting to be let out to help Yukito. Fear prevented Yukito from complying. He was afraid of what Yue would do to Henry, but what he fear the most was that Henry might be too much for Yue. He didn't want anything happening to his alter ego.
Finally after enough struggle, Yukito managed to knee Henry in-between the legs. Tearing his shirt as he got up, Yukito ran from the building. His heart beat rapidly as he turned the corner and hid at the side of his apartment. He didn't hear Henry coming after him, and he calmed down even more. Yukito glanced at his watch and noticed that Toya would be closing the shop soon. Not wanting his lover to see him like this, Yukito ran up the back stairs and into their apartment. He changed out of those clothes and into a jogging uniform just to pretend like he came upstairs to change. He took the torn clothes and hid them at the back of the closet until he had a chance to throw them away without Toya knowing.
Toya never questioned what happened. He believed Yukito when he informed him that the bakery was closed by the time he got there. Yukito never returned to the bakery. In fact, Henry never even acted like anything happened whenever he visit them at their store. It was like it was all a dream. A nightmare he never wanted to relive.
Yukito curled up more on the couch and closed his eyes. His body was exhausted, and he didn't know why. He shouldn't be falling asleep. He had to find Toya, but his body refused to listen. Slipping down further on the couch, Yukito entered into a dream world.
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There you have it. I know it seemed like a filler chapter, but you'll see how it fits later on. I like adding a few other conflicts in with the main plot LOL. Thank you for reading please review.
Angel Dove
