Sorry about the lack of updates. OTL
Chapter sixteen
Meanwhile, Yuui and Syaoron were walking to one of the restaurants for dinner. The blonde had to get ready and when he was just out, the brunette was waiting at the front door with a single rose in his hand. Needless to say that while it was a bit dorky; it had sentimental meaning to which Yuui gave points on either way.
"Here." Syaoron smiled before leaning over to kiss the blonde. "Hope you like it."
Returning the kiss, Yuui sported a deep blush as he took the rose and fiddled it in between his fingers. "You're just full of surprises, aren't you?" He smiled.
"Well I was walking by a flower shop and couldn't resist." He shrugged smiling. "Come on, let's go."
"Okay." Yuui took a whiff of the rose and blushed. "I never gotten a single rose before. It's...nice..."
"I thought about a bouquet, but it seemed a little much."
"Anything you give me, I would treasure it." Yuui blushed as he looked away.
Syaoron blushed as well; happy for the blonde.
This time around, Yuui picked a restaurant that was more into the center of the city. It wasn't a fancy restaurant but since Syaoron went out of his way to go last time, he would too. Because fair was fair.
"Looks great." If the line was anything to go by Yuui had picked one of the best places in town.
"It's nothing." Yuui chuckled. "I just know someone here who is basically the manager and we used work with each other when we started out but unlike myself he branched out into management and ta-da!" He smiled. "And I get some benefits from time to time."
He shook his head impressed. Yuui knew everyone it seemed. Sounds good for us then."
"It is since," Yuui reached into his pocket and pulled out a card. "I still have my VIP Pass for the upper level of this place."
"I didn't even think this place had a VIP section." He looked around. The people here were dressed up somewhat it seemed, no tuxes or anything, but definitely not jeans either.
"That's me and my friend's little secret." Yuui whispered with a finger to his lips. "Besides, this is one of the places I never took my...past boyfriends to so it's a decent place to wind down if I have the time."
He nodded in understanding as the blonde flashed his card to one of the servers.
"Right this way." The server gestured to the couple to follow him. They were led to the side of the place where a door that was labeled Do not open. But the handle had a slot right on it and with that card, the server swiped it and it clicked; the door opened. The server gave Yuui back his card. "Right this way up the stairs, Mr. Fluorite and I'll tell Sakura that you are here."
"Thank you very much." Yuui nodded as he took Syaoron's hand. "Come on." He smiled.
"I'm really impressed Yuui." He grinned as he followed after is boyfriend.
Going up the stairs, Yuui blushed. "Like I said before, it's nothing." He shrugged. "I just...it's a friend thing..."
"I know." He nudged him playfully. "Still cool."
Giggling, Yuui grabbed a door handle that was on top of the staircase. "As if." He opened the door and out was the VIP floor. It was not too fancy but very unique and mellowed out. There were tables but there were a couple lounges and couches for those who are looking for a 'closer' feel for dinner and one of them had Yuui's name on a holder. "Well here it is." Yuui smiled at Syaoron. "What do you think?"
"I feel like I'm dating some kind of big shot." He chuckled before motioning for Yuui to have a seat.
"Oh please, I bet you can do better." Yuui denied the compliment with a smile as he sat down with Syaoron on the lounge.
"I highly doubt that." Sliding in beside the blonde he took Yuui's hand in his.
Smiling softly, Yuui squeezed that hand. "I don't."
"Yuui!" A loud cry erupted at the front of the room. A tall man, similar in build to Kurogane came in smiling wide. His long white hair pulled back by a headband. "I was wondering why I hadn't seen you in awhile." He glanced at Syaoron and winked. "Guess I can see why."
"Sakura!" Yuui laughed. "I thought I saw a giant coming in!" He joked. "I see you're doing great as well." He blushed. "Syaoron, this is Sakura, my long time friend. And Sakura, this is Syaoron, my boyfriend."
They shook hands. "Nice to meet you. Yuui doesn't usually bring his dates here so you must be pretty special." He smiled. "Now, you know what I have here, do you want to order for the both of you or should I grab a menu?"
"I think I'll order for the both of us. Much more special that way." Yuui chuckled as he looked over at Syaoron. "Sound okay to you?"
"Sounds great, I'm leaving tonight in your hands." He said in surrender. "Well I can make off menu things too, just whatever you want really."
Yuui gave Syaoron a smile of gratitude before taking a menu off Sakura's hands and leaning close to the taller man. "In that case, I'll have some of this." He pointed a item. "Some of that." He pointed to two another items. "And for dessert, a large sparkling sundae for two. Oh and a bottle of the best wine you got." He smiled at the white-haired man.
"I'll get it out for you asap. I'll send some appetizers out too while you wait." Sakura said after laughing at how Yuui acted like it was his restaurant.
"That'd be wonderful." Yuui smiled brightly which surprised even the taller male a bit. "Thank you very much~!"
"Don't mention it." Grabbing up the menu Sakura grinned before he left the couple to themselves.
Sighing happily, Yuui leaned back on the cushions.
"Guess you're not telling me what you got?" He smiled, snaking an arm around the other's waist.
Blushing a bit but moving a bit closer to Syaoron, Yuui chuckled a bit. "Nope~!"
"So you went to the hospital today right?" He had heard about Kurogane and how Fai had been at the hospital on and off visiting him.
"Yes." Yuui now can deem Syaoron and very special person as the other people in his past relationship never wanted to talk about his brother or his friends. "Kurogane's doing just fine. Poor guy has to stay for another day but from what I heard, he'll be staying with me and brother for a while."
"That's good. He probably won't be 100% for awhile longer."
Yuui sighed sadly. "Yes and I kinda felt bad because brother told me that Kuorgane made a chicken pot pie for him." He looked away. "I bet Kurogane doesn't do much cooking on his own so for him to do that for brother just proves how much he actually likes brother...and that was ruined in the attack."
"I'm sure Fai doesn't really care about it." Kurogane on the other hand probably did, seeing as his hard work had gone to waste.
"I know but, I bet that dragon did. I mean how often can a dragon cook and from the heart no less?" Yuui felt very bad for Kurogane. Poor guy already had the guts to ask Fai out and when things go well, shit breaks loose and now the dragon has a stab wound on his chest. "I just can't imagine what it was like for him, nearly bleeding to death; cursing the heavens all because he actually wanted to do something for brother."
"They didn't know it was going to happen. They'll just make it up to each other." He suggested, having heard about the incident on the news.
Yuui smiled a bit. "You're right." He rubbed his eyes. "But it wasn't easy for brother, seeing Kurogane in a pool of his own blood. I had to throw his own shirt since it was mostly doused in it."
Syaoron shook his head. He couldn't imagine. "I'm glad everything's alright now." Minutes later Sakura returned a small platter in his hand. "To start you two off I made some curried chicken tea sandwhiches." He smirked. Yuui was known for his more traditional ways of cooking while Sakura liked to toss in whatever and hope for the best and whatever was good he put on the menu.
Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Yuui smiled as he took the plate. "Thank you, Sakura." He then smiled at Syaoron. "Let's eat."
"Your drinks will be out soon and don't give me that look. You'll like it." He smirked before leaving again.
"Bye!" Yuui waved at the taller man before going back at Syaoron. "Don't mind him, he's just spontaneous." He whispered with a giggle.
"You two act like old friends." He grinned before grabbing one of the small appetizers.
"We are." Yuui chuckled as he took the appetizer. "He just likes to mess around. Unlike Ioryogi; another friend I knew, he's a joker."
"Feels like you know everyone." He joked before taking a bite. There was the taste of oranges and cream cheese and a number of other things.
Admitting that Sakura knew what he was doing, Yuui chuckled as he swallowed. "I knew a few somewhat and others more. I'm a friendly person."
Syaoron nodded in agreement as they ate. Their drinks came later and soon enough the rest of their meal.
Soon enough, dessert came. It was a one huge sundae like Yuui ordered but the kicker was that it was covered in colorful toppings; doused in chocolate sauce and had a few sparklers just lighting up on the sides of the glass. It was like a sweet firework.
Syaoron smiled wide, feeling like he was in some diner instead of a high end place.
The sundae was placed in front of them as the room light was dimmed to add the effects to the sparklers. Yuui looked at Syaoron with a blush and a gentle smile.
"Do we take the sparkles out?" He asked, almost not wanting to bother it.
"Don't bother, they are harmless and they go out quick." Yuui chuckled as he gave Syaoron a red spoon. "Here."
"I know that, just didn't know what to do with them." He grinned before takign the spoon and giving Yuui a kiss.
Returning the kiss, Yuui shrugged. "Well when they do go out, I'll just use them like chopsticks for my hair." He patted his blonde mop. "More fun that way."
He shook his head in disbelief before scooping up some of the ice cream and offering it to the blonde.
Blushing, the blonde blinked before glancing sideways.
"Well?"
"..." Yuui leaned forward and took just a small bite out of it before turning away.
Sticking the spoon back in the dessert he chuckled and pulled Yuui close. "Wasn't that bad was it?"
"N-No..." Yuui looked away but didn't pull back from the embrace. "It's just...a bit e-embarrassing
"There's just the two of us here." He countered grinning before he began to eat.
"Hmph." Yuui looked away; trying not to feel more embarrassed then he was already.
"Come on, you ordered it, help me eat it." He suggested.
"Fine, fine." Yuui rolled his eyes as he picked off a broken bit of a cookie from the top and popped into his mouth.
"I think after tonight I won't be able to eat for a day or two."
Yuui chuckled as he wiped some chocolate sauce and licked it from his finger. "Don't worry about that. I think we can find /something/ to burn off some of the food." He smirked a bit.
"You think so?" He smiled in return. In such a short time they had grown even closer and Syaoron couldn't have been happier.
"I know so." Yuui blushed with a bright smile. He reached up and cupped the side of Syaoron's face. "I uh...I never thought I would genuinely feel this way for anyone even after...um..."
That grabbed his attention. "I know and I'm glad."
Looking at those brown eyes, Yuui started to tear up a bit. "I uh...I don't know what to say really except...thank you..."
Shaking his head he leaned in to kiss Yuui. "You don't have to apologize."
Feeling those lips on his, Yuui couldn't help but chuckle. "I sor-um...right." He had to stop that at some point. "I'm still a bit used to having someone treating me so well despite my flaws. It's nerve-wrecking, really."
"That's dating." Leaning back he picked up his spoon again.
"Not what I've been going through." Yuui muttered as he got another spoon and started eating.
"Don't worry so much." He said, hand on the other's thigh comforting.
Feeling his body heat up just a bit, Yuui smiled. "I'm trying not to."
That was as good as he was going to get for now. So instead he focused on the sundae, asking Yuui about his day.
Dessert came and went mostly well for the two and after paying ( Yuui paid for it as he refused Syaoron from paying a single cent) and some more pleasantries with Sakura, the two left the place with full stomachs and light hearts. The night was still young as the moon was still raising. Yuui had Syaoron's hand in his and was leaning close to him.
It was good they hadn't called a cab so he could at least be able to walk off the meal.
But as they were half-way through the city, a tall, suited up business man was walking up to them in the opposite direction. He was on the phone; not noticing the blonde but the blonde sure noticed him and his body and heart froze up at the sight of that man. But the man passed them without a second thought as soon out of the way. Yuui was stricken with fear and pain.
"Yuui?" He stared after the man as he continued on down the street. "What is it?"
Gulping, Yuui closed his eyes. He started taking deep breaths. "N-Nothing..." His voice cracked a bit.
"Did you know him?"
Soon tears ran down Yuui's face as he covered his eyes. "P-Perhaps...but it's not a big deal..."
Syaoron wasn't an idiot and it didn't take him long to figure out who exactly had walked by them. "Don't cry over someone like that."
"I'm not!" Yuui argued. "It's fine, really..."
He paused before he nodded silently. "Let's get back to your place."
Nodding, Yuui started walking quickly; just wanting to forget the moment.
They made it back within ten minutes Syaoron not sure what to think.
TBC
I hoped I warned everyone that there will be angst.
Hopefully...