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"...And I don't want you to misunderstand..."
It was around 7 p.m. The Club Cafe started to get crowded and everyone where giving themselves into the enchanting music from loud speakers and the odd power of alcohol overdose. All Ichigo's and Kaien's friends were pretty drunk themselves, though, to the orange head's irritation, Aizen Souske, not-so-friendly close friend of his lover, was completely sober. He was always following Kaien, whether he went to dance or to the bathroom or just sit near the table. Ichigo sighed, knowing the other didn't mind the pushy company of his sempai. He probably got used to it a long time ago, during those 3 years of 'rainbow friendship'. Ichigo made a disgusted face at the thought. Just when he was taking another sip of his Cola, he noticed a sudden closeness of Kaien and Aizen and it seemed like the first wanted to say something. The brown head nodded a few times and went to the cloak room, while Kaien left the crowd and sat next to Ichigo with a big smile on his face.
"That was surely fun! We should come here more often!" Kaien laughed, completely ignoring the annoyed look Ichigo was giving at the Aizen's direction. "You should move your ass, Ichigo!"
"I don't feel like dancing." Ichigo claimed, making his secret boyfriend pout. He turned his eyes to the aquamarine gaze and made a small smile (which for Kaien is a rare sight!). "I like watching you dancing better." The sentence made the other softly blush, as he chuckled and playfully hit Ichigo's arm. The orange also chuckled, but blushed when he felt the other's breath tickling his ear.
"Then next time I'll dance only for you. When we are alone." At the lust-filled whisper Ichigo got furiously red and instantly picked up his glass. Taking a big gulp, he breathed nervously as he felt Kaien's lips giving a small kisses along his neck. When he felt an odd sensation near the sensitive spot behind his ear, he squeaked, making his lover laugh and stop his action. "Unfortunately, I have to leave for now. Souske-sempai and I have to work on our project." Ichigo huffed and his scowl deepened. He thought that Kaien forgot about it, being too occupied with the fun. And that would mean he won't come back with him for a night. 'This sucks... Stupid Aizen.' Ichigo breathed heavily and nodded reluctantly. "Don't make a face like that~! This shouldn't take me too long. I'll be back somewhere around midnight." Ichigo blinked and sighed in relief. So he wasn't intending to sleep with that two-faced moron...
"Then I'll be waiting." He answered and placed a small kiss on other's lips. "But don't you dare to be late."
"I won't." Kaien looked around, probably in fear that somebody could see him and Ichigo being so close. Everyone were too busy with themselves, so it was alright. He smiled for the last time and walked towards the entrance, where Aizen was holding his and his own bag. They laughed at something and both disappeared behind the door. Well, everything became lonely to Ichigo. He looked at the clock and decided to call it a day, when somebody grabbed his arm and dragged him to the less crowded space. It was one of Kaien's friends, Kiyone. She didn't look too good. Well, at least not too sober.
"K-Kiyone-san?" Ichigo quirked a brow at the sight of smashed up girl. 'Wait, hadn't Kaien told me that she was attracted by me?' The though gave him creeps and he backed away. Very slowly.
"Nice party, ne~?" The short girl laughed and took a sip form probably empty can of beer, which she was holding from the beginning. "Too bad boys left us. But, after all, they have their lovey-dovey matters~!" The sentence made Ichigo blink in confusion.
"What 'lovey-dovey' matters?"
"Wha~? You didn't notice, man~? Look at them! Aizen-sempai has always been beside Kaien, no matter what happened. And Kaien feels so comfortable with him! And their eyes are shining every time they're together. Through all those 3 years, I'm telling you~! I bet they're secret lovers~!" Of course, Kiyone said a lot more, but that was the most understandable part of her speech, that Ichigo caught. "I swear to my socks, the most handsome guys are always gay. Hiccup!" And with that statement she left Ichigo alone, accidentally falling into Sentarou's arms and dancing in slow rhythm. Well, this was strange. This was totally strange. Kaien and Aizen? No, it couldn't be right. Kaien wouldn't be with Ichigo if he was with Aizen. But then, it would mean... What, Aizen would be attracted to Kaien? Ichigo paled at the thought. Paled and got angry at the same time. 'This theory would fit. Fuck, it would fit like hell!' Deeper scowl came to his face. There was no way he would let that two-faced son of a bitch take advantage of Kaien.
~~~~~~AIZEN'S APARTAMENT~~~~~~
"Doesn't it look too simple?" The sea-eyed boy whined while looking at the sheet of paper with a drawn project on it. It was a strange composition of geometrical shapes, creating a twisted scene of a man and a woman, floating in the air, mixed with water. However it seemed complicated, Kaien and Aizen knew exactly what was shown. "This picture is not good with geometrical abstraction."
"That's all I've come up with, Kaien-kun." The taller man sighed and took away the project from other's hands. "If we want to set it in the right time, then I guess this style would fit the best." Kaien scratched his chin in thought, still not convinced by the conception. "We don't want to confuse the juries, right?"
"I know, but still..." Kaien took the project back and pinned it to the wall. Since the last week this project had become the most difficult task both boys ever challenged. Kaien wanted to do everything right, without any mistakes or weird impressions. He knew Souske was worried as well, seeing how the idea became less and less interesting in his eyes. "I think almost everyone will go with a simple abstractive style. Either geometrical or organic. We have to think about something else."
"But what else would fit? Those times were mostly about bizarre stuff. And strange squares and lines." Aizen whined, though he knew that Kaien was too stubborn to give up that easily. He'd find all sorts of solutions for the problem, even if it would mean his death.
"Maybe we should make it surreal?" An idea showed up in his mind, too good to be ignored. Souske looked at him in surprise, making his friend smile in determination.
"Surreal?"
"Yeah! Like Salvador Dali, Max Ernst or Yves Tanguy. With this style we'd be able to interest the juries."
"But wouldn't it be too time-consuming? We won't end it." Aizen tried to fight against the idea, but Kaien's face of excitement and fresh ideas made him doubt. "Besides, surrealism is a very precise and hard work. And, considering how big we want to make it, it's impossible."
"Nah, you're seeing everything from the dark side." Kaien came closer to sempai and wrapped arm around his shoulders. "And you forgot that you and I are pretty good with realism, so surrealism won't be that hard, too." Aizen narrowed his eyes, still unsure about the whole idea. "Come on~! Pretty please?" The sight of his friend, making a cute puppy look with his big and shining aquamarine eyes, forced the older boy to sigh and give up.
"I really can't understand you." Souske laughed and put his hand on the other's head, ruffling it.
"Nah, I'm just irresistible." Kaien laughed back and sat on the sofa, glad that his plan would soon come to life.
"No, you're just taking the advantage of me being too kind, Kaien-kun." Aizen joined Kaien on sofa.
"That too." Both of them laughed and started their usual talk about everything and nothing. Kaien was really happy, that he won't go to the Art Academy alone, that he'd have at least Souske-sempai with him. The other also couldn't complain. 'Since Ichigo's arrival, everything has finally started to look up!' The black haired boy thought, while drawing another project, this time in surreal style. When he was reaching the end, a clock rang 11 times in a row. He read the position of hands. It was 11 p.m.
"Something happened?" Aizen asked when he saw his friend not working.
"A-Ah, nothing. It's just that I have to check the time, I'm supposed to go before the midnight." Kaien smiled reassuringly and came back to his work.
"What? You're not staying here?"
"Nope. Sorry, but not this time." The older only nodded, eyes suddenly darkening. It'd never happened that Kaien willingly come back home. And if he did, then he'd tell it right away. There must have been another reason. Aizen thought a little, before the answer came. A very annoying answer.
"You're going to Kurosaki-kun at this hour?" He questioned and observed the other's reaction. Out of nowhere, at the sound of that name, Kaien softly blushed, but it was obvious he wanted to hold it back. "Am I right?"
"Y-Yeah..." This time the blush was released, spreading at great speed and deepening. That reaction didn't please Souske, at all. He knew there was something between those two, just by the way both looked at each other. "It's not a b-big deal, really." Kaien scratched his head nervously.
"I won't force you to talk if you don't want to, Kaien-kun." Souske put down the scrapbook Kaien was holding and took the other's chin to turn at him. "But I'd rather you didn't hide anything serious from me. No 2.: Say anything and I'll listen to it, remember our rule?" Kaien nodded, smiling softly at the memory of making up the rules. It happened at the very beginning of their friendship, when Aizen wanted so badly to befriend the black-haired boy. Thanks to that rule Kaien told him almost everything about his life. Of course, he had to pay back and did the same, but the rule was more helpful for Kaien to open up in times of confusion and depression.
"Well..." He bit on his bottom lip, uncertain of Aizen's reaction. "The thing is..." He made a few deep breaths, hesitating to say anything. "Ichigo... uh... About Ichigo... Remember when I told you about him for the first time?" Aizen nodded instantly. "I wasn't completely honest with you." He dropped his look, ashamed to face his friend directly. "When that evening he jumped at me and... you know... I didn't dislike it." He looked from the corner of his eye at the other, probably dumbstruck at the strange confession. Yet, he didn't say anything. "In fact, I made me think if I was or not attracted by Ichigo. But I made a huge mistake. I negated my feelings, trying to convince myself that I don't like men and that Ichigo is still my friend. This couldn't go any longer and Ichigo pushed me away." Kaien laughed a little, covering his face with one hand. The other, surprisingly, was taken by Souske in a comforting gesture. "When I realized that I want to be with him, my parents told me that we were supposed to move. Nevertheless I tried to tell Ichigo about my... love... but it was definitely too late." Kaien uncovered his face, showing its nearly crying state, when a cheerful smile appeared. "But after those years he found me. I don't care if he wanted or not. I was still wanted by him and that mattered only." Kaien laughed, but stopped immediately. He looked at his companion, whose face wasn't readable at all. Kaien swallowed, not knowing what the other was thinking. "I'm sorry if I burdened you with this story. You probably think I'm weird or something."
"I don't think that I would talk to you if you weren't weird." Aizen laughed and squeezed the other's hand. From his face it seemed that he didn't mind it at all, so Kaien breathed out all the air he was holding, fully relieved. However, it was just a facade. Inwardly, the older male was disturbed. "But I'm quite... shocked... by the fact that you're with him."
"He he... Well, I didn't predict it either." Kaien laughed, but was abruptly interrupted.
"No, I don't meant in that way. What I thought was... Didn't he hurt you? You let him be with you just like that?"
"I..." The talk became confusing. Suddenly, million thoughts were running through the black head. Surely, if two days ago he was more rational than emotional, then he would play it in other way. He wouldn't let himself fall into Ichigo's arms that easily. 'I've been telling myself that if I happen see your fucking face, I'll just pretend you're a complete stranger and ignore you... I'd probably do that.' Kaien shook his head at the reminiscence from the day before. "I haven't forgiven him for what he did. And he knows that." Aizen quirked his brow. "Some time has to pass, before I'd be able not to think about it. However..." He looked at the brown eyes with a flashing determination and hope. "We'd been together for long enough before my departure to know that he won't do that again."
"And what if the same scenario repeats?" Aizen was slowly losing his patience. There must have been something, that would make Kaien think badly of Ichigo!
"It won't." Kaien shrugged.
"But hypothetically."
"...then, I guess..." He didn't want to think ill of his lover. But if it was just a hypothesis, then... "...I wouldn't be able to look at him again." Aizen nodded, inwardly glad that there was a hope. He smiled warmly at his friend, wrapping his arms in a tender, almost romantic hug. Kaien blinked at the sudden act of care, but decided to let it go.
"If you're happy, then I'm as twice happy." Souske looked from above, giving his large, glowing smile. Kaien narrowed his eyes. There was something wrong with this face. He couldn't read it at all. He had just just a depressive monologue, so why Souske-sempai was smiling so happily? 'No, I doubt it means something. Shit, I'm becoming paranoiac.' Kaien laughed inwardly at the seemingly stupid thoughts and smiled back at his friend. "Whatever is going to happen to you, remember that I'll always be by your side, Kaien-kun." The raven haired blinked again. This over-kind attitude was too confusing. 'Could he be... Nooo, maybe Souske-sempai is just worried? Paranoia. I really need to see psychologist.' Kaien scowled at himself. His Sixth sense wasn't deceiving him so far, so what was bothering him?
"Thanks." He answered at the odd confession, trying to free himself from the strong hug. "I'm glad that you're my friend, Souske-sempai." He gave up fighting, letting himself fall into the embrace. Sooner or later, the other will release him for sure.
"Yeah..." He put his hand and started smooth the raven locks. "I'm your friend."
~~~~~~NEXT DAY~~~~~~
It was the beginning of the third day in Tokyo. Time was unstoppable, only a month left to begin the real student life. Ichigo wriggled a little in his bed, consciousness slowly coming back to him. He shivered a little, feeling himself not being covered by the blanket. And that wasn't the only fact he found uncomfortable. The place near him was suspiciously empty and cold. As if nobody even lay with him. He groaned at the hollow place. 'Maybe he stayed with that bastard, after all...' The thought was bothering him. Didn't Kaien say that he would come back around the midnight? However, he didn't wait and went to sleep. So maybe seeing him sleeping made the other go? 'Wait... I didn't even give him a spare key! Fuck, he's going to be mad...' The tanned boy started stretching his muscles, preparing himself to wake up and face up to the new day.
"Hey!" Just when he wanted to move, a strange whine appeared from the front. "Shit, I was just about to finish..." His eyes snapped open. "Couldn't you sleep a little longer?"
"K-Kaien!" Ichigo jumped in his bed from shock, seeing his lover sitting near an easel with big format sheet of paper and holding a pencil.
"Who else did you expect? A tooth fairy?" Kaien growled, obviously pissed off at Ichigo. "As promised, I came here before the midnight. And as far as I remember, SOMEONE said he would wait for me." Ichigo sweat-dropped. 'He really is mad...' Kaien glared for a moment, before turning his gaze on the paper and drawing some lines.
"Look, I'm sorry. I was quite exhausted and accidentally fell asleep." Ichigo tried to explain his actions, but felt completely ignored as his boyfriend didn't looked beyond the paper. Giving a long sigh, he stood up and moved near Kaien, carefully embracing him, so he wouldn't interrupt in drawing. "Don't be angry. I'll make it up for you." The movements of the hand, holding pencil, stopped and sea eyes landed on the orange haired boy, whose unusual adorable behavior drew the attention.
"Humph." Kaien pouted, not finding any nerves to fight Ichigo's affections. "I'd better be good." His boyfriend chuckled, giving a small kiss on the pale cheek. And hugging tighter. Kaien's glare backed away, not feeling angry anymore. His eyes landed on the picture and a scowl came to his face. "Eh, there's no point in continuing when you're awake..." Ichigo blinked a few times and also turned his face to the picture. The ocher orbs widened in shock. Right in front of him there was an exact, yet small, replica of himself, holding a pillow tightly and sleeping calmly.
"Wow..." Ichigo muttered. Back in the times in Karakura, Ichigo knew Kaien's interest in arts and he saw almost every picture he made. But what was in front of him couldn't be compared to anything. "You surely improved a lot..." Kaien laughed at the compliment.
"I'm still not as good as I'd like to be. Though thanks to Souske-sempai I've learned a few tricks." Ichigo twitched at the sound of the idiotic name.
"I see..." His scowl deepened. That bastard must be also quite talented if Kaien had to learn from HIM. "It reminds me of something. What is this project you to are working on?"
"Huh? I didn't tell you?" Ichigo shook his head in negative response. "We're participating in a contest from the Art Academy. The task is to make a painting, inspired with the style of 20th century. Our will be surreal and big as hell." Kaien explained. "The deadline is in two weeks and our project is quite ambitious, so we have to hurry. Lots of work awaits." His head dropped in depression, thinking how much he's supposed to do. Ichigo hummed and caressed the raven locks.
"Everything will be fine. I'm sure you'll make it on time." However, he felt quite annoyed by the fact, that Kaine would be forced to spend more time with Aizen.
"I hope so... Today I'm meeting Ukitake-sensei to show him our final project. With his approval we'll be able to start our work..." Kaien freed himself from Ichigo's embrace and stretched himself, yawning. "Haah, I didn't get much sleep last night. I'll make some coffee." He went to the small kitchen and picked up a kettle, pouring some water inside. Ichigo observed his lover whole time, from preparing his coffee to taking a big sip and sighing in refreshment. The stare was nailing Kaien's back, so he turned around and locked his sea eyes with the brown ones of his boyfriend. "What?" He smiled, despite the confusion. Ichigo straightened his back and drew himself closer to Kaien, giving a suspicious smirk.
"Nothing particular." He made another step closer and put his hand on a held cup of coffee. "Though actually something goes in my mind. Care to guess what I mean?" The distance was closed immediately.
"I would be really dumb if I didn't know." Kaien smirked as well, wrapping his arms around the tanned neck and drawing his face near the other's ear. "Didn't you have enough of it?" He whispered seductively, slowly tracing his hands down the clothed muscle chest and stopping on the bottom edge of shirt.
"I won't get tired of you that easily." Ichigo lifted his shirt up, leaving him half-naked. The cool, pale fingers traced softly along well-shaped muscles, making the other desire to desperately attack the pale neck, but was harshly pushed away. Giving a questioning look, his eyes met the lust-filled storm inside the sea orbs and a mischievous expression of his lover. Before he could do anything, the pale hand pushed his chest, making him fall on the chair. "What the..." Before he could say anything, Kaien stood in front of him, slowly swung his hips in a slow dance while taking his own shirt sexily. While doing it, the sea eyes never left the body of sitting Ichigo, as if they tried to hypnotize the already fascinated boy. The watcher could feel a strange heat building up within, as the sight of dancing boyfriend was almost enough to make him lose his self-restraint. Just when the short show ended, Kaien slowly approached the chair and sat on Ichigo's lap, still not breaking the eye connection. "Kaien..." Nothing else could escape his lips, when the face of his lover moved near his neck, lips occasionally kissing, biting and sucking on the tanned skin. Ichigo wanted to do something as well, he wanted to grab those black locks and, finally, kiss the other's lips till they'd be deliciously red, but still needy. But something refrained him from moving his hands. He looked behind, finding out that his hands were tied up to the chair with his just-pulled-off shirt. Kaien's grin grew wider. The face of shocked/turned on Ichigo was the most priceless thing he ever saw. But that wasn't enough. He wanted to torture. "AH!" Ichigo moaned loudly, when the other's hand harshly went under his pants, grabbing the forming need and moving slowly. The pants were instantly removed, giving a slight relief to the heated up boy. "K-Kai-Ah!"
"You like that, Ichigo?" Kaien breathed out, satisfied by the sound his love was making. He didn't get any sensible reply, but was rewarded with another long moan. Tied up hands started to move, as if they wanted to set themselves free. Through the moans Kaien caught a whine. "Something's wrong?" The pace was quickened, making full strokes along Ichigo's member. Again, nothing else but moans were heard. The tanned face was covered with a blush, gradually deepening its color to an equal shade of blood. His mouth was parted, sucking for great portions of already hard to reach air, as his veins pulsated rapidly. Ichigo was too much overwhelmed with the sensation, that he didn't notice a tiny flash in aquamarine eyes.
"Aah... AHH...HAA!" All sweet sounds of lust became higher and shorter at the rough sensation below the waist. "K-Aaah-Kai...En...Ah! Mmm'close. Ahh!" Before he could say anything else, Kaien captured his lips in a mind-blowing kiss, violating lips and intruding other's mouth with his tongue. The state he had put Ichigo in, made the orange head completely submissive and on Kaien's mercy. Just by the way Ichigo wasn't the dominating one made Kaien rapidly want to do more, to feel more, to take more. But then, everything stopped. Before Ichigo could finally fall into blissful high and before Kaien could lose his self control, the black haired stopped his hand from any movements. The loss of sensations resulted immediately with a whine, as the strong chocolate eyes slowly opened. "Haa..haa...Kai...?" The gathered heat was too unbearable. He wanted to get rid of it. But, to his surprise, Kaien stood up and walked to his abandoned shirt, quickly dressing up. "Wha-What are you doing?" Ichigo breathed out, flushed from the earlier actions and obviously lost. The expression on his lover's face suddenly changed from lust-thirsty to casual smile.
"I have an appointment with Ukitake-sensei, remember?" Kaien shrugged, picking up all his things and throwing it into the bag. "It'll take me 30 minutes on feet to reach him, so I have to go now." He grinned, obviously enjoying the horrified/heated/shocked/confused face of his tied up lover.
"WHA-!" Ichigo could be a great definition of the term 'mixed feelings', because he himself couldn't tell what was he supposed to do. "WHAT THE HELL? Don't tell me you're going to leave me like that!" It was hard for him to decide, whether he was more worried about him being tied up to the chair or being in a nearly-orgasmic state.
"I'll be late if I don't go now." Kaien grinned innocently, slowly making his way to the flushed orange head. "Besides..." He put his face closer, brushing the tip of nose with the other. "...take it as a punishment for not waiting for me. Good thing Urahara-san was kind enough to let me in or you'd be in bigger trouble." Ichigo grumbled something under his nose, dropping his eyes from shame, while trying to release his hands. "If you hadn't slept on technique lessons, then you shouldn't have problems with undoing this knot." Ichigo blinked in fear. 'Fuck, he'll really leave me here...'
"Fuck you..." Kaien blinked at the angered sentence of his lover, but laughed hardly afterwards. The way Ichigo was furious made him unbearably adorable. He stopped his laughing and whispered in the tanned ear.
"We can arrange that later... If you are nice." Unsuspecting the seductive reply to his curses, Ichigo quickly came back to the shade of the reddest red, still not calmed down after the earlier teasing.
"I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!" The orange head shouted at his lover. Kaien laughed , slowly disappearing behind the door.
"Bye-bye, my love~!" Kaien winked and sent a kiss through the air, leaving completely the apartament number 15. Oh, how he loved infuriating Ichigo. He could live only for this.
"WAIT! COME BACK, YOU MORON!" The only reply to his cries was a cheerful laugh from the corridor. 'Fuck, he'll pay for it!' The problem he was dealing with now as the throbbing need and uncomfortably tied up hands. From the view Ichigo could already say, that the knot wasn't something he's met before. To tell the truth, techniques were his most hated subject. Curses were escaping his lips as he tried different methods of untying himself. 'I swear he'll be dead...'
"H-Hello?" With an insecure knocking, a timid, girlish voice appeared from behind the door. Ichigo froze. 'No shit...' "I've heard some strange cries. S-Sir?" The door were slowly opening. Ichigo panicked, trying to cover any unwanted flesh exposed. 'God, please, don't let her come inside...' The owner's assistant, shy Ururu, insecurely stepped into the room, before turning her gaze on the orange haired. "Is everything al-KYAAA!" Her face became redder than tomato as she confronted the proud naked glory of Ichigo. Before the boy could say anything, with a scream of terror, the young hotel keeper ran away. 'This is... fucking... embarrassing...' Ichigo started to do everything with the knot, afraid that somebody else might come in. Oh irony, actually someone, again, knocked on the door.
"Excuse me, Kurosaki-san? Are there any problems?" 'Fuck! Not hat'n'clogs guy!' Before Ichigo could say that everything was under control and no need to come, the owner of the hotel, Kisuke Urahara, entered the room, gracefully waving with his green and white fan. However, the man stood in awe as his resident was not only completely naked and tied up to the chair, but also fully... excited. "Ou la la~! Did I interrupt with something~?" Probably not only face, but also whole body, got covered with a blush of embarrassment, as Ichigo pathetically brought his knees up to hide his erection. What Kaien did to him was an ultimate humiliation... Could this day get any worse?
'I promise I won't fall asleep again...'
AG-RO-TAG's NOTE!
Ichigo! Don't think the day could get any worse!... Because it might happen, really xDDDD
This time I tried to make this chapter Kaien-centered. I also wanted to show you his 'relationship' with Aizen. Seemingly innocent, don't you think? But our great detective Strawberry figured the evil Aizen out! And now he needs to fight for his love!
And Kaien is evil xDDDDD Poor Ichigo, even though it's my work, I quite feel sorry for him ;P
How will it turn out? Stay tuned for the next chapter!