Title: ...it's in debate. Got ideas?

Author: Jaded

Chapter: 2/?

Pairing: Sho/Kei

Rating: PG-15

Warnings: un-beta-ed, language, unusual situations and misuse of objects in some chapters.

Disclaimer: Gackt owns Moon Child right? (I guess that means he own Kei too huh? *wiggles eyebrows*)

Jaded's fore- words: This is the next chapter of this story, and I just have to say I really have no idea where it's supposed to be going! :) Basically I'm just letting the chapters write themselves. Maybe the muse will strike me after people review or when school starts again. Or when I stop vegetating in bed. Although the sleeping does cause me to dream and those are always interesting! ;P And I hope you'll all be happy to know that I proof-read this chapter, so there should be slightly less typos and grammatical errors than the last.

"So why can't I drive?" Sho whined after Kei had forcefully removed him from the driver's seat of their car. They were heading home with the boy soundly sleeping in the back and Kei had insisted that he drive them home.

"First of all you don't have a license and drive like a maniac." Kei started to explain only to be interrupted by Sho's mumbled comment of:

"Never stopped me before."

Kei threw him a glare that just made the man with braids pout even more.

"And secondly you're the one who insisted on bringing the boy home so you get to take care of him for the time begin."

"But he's sleeping right now! There's nothing for me to take care of." Protested Sho while turning in his seat to look back at the slumbering pink haired boy curled around a tattered backpack they had found under him. His shirt and shoes had been successfully placed back on his body and the coat was still being used as his blanket.

"Yes there is. You need to make sure he sleeps well and wake him if he has nightmares and be there when he wakes up and has no idea where he is. Until we find out how long he's staying and adjust to his sleeping patterns that's what you have to do."

" . . . flying . . . stupid puppy monkey . . . evil toe . . . chased . . . Barnicky . . ."

Kei quirked an eyebrow as he listened to the sleepy mutterings of the unconscious male in the back of their car. He almost smiled at the grimace of discombobulation Sho's face wore.

"So now we know he talks in his sleep." Kei stated to further press his point.

"Are you gonna bet on that Ace?" The boy questioned in his sleep.

"What Ace?" Sho asked, looking at his vampiric friend for answer, as if he knew it. The boy seemed to have heard him though.

"In poker. I'm gonna win."

"We're not playing poker." Sho said matter-of-factly. The boy rolled over.

"Oh."

A few minutes passed and they were only five minutes from home.

"Well that was interesting." Kei forced out trying not to laugh at the confusion present in Sho's expression. He looked adorably hilarious. The young man had never been around someone who talked in their sleep. "I wonder if we can get his name while he's sleeping."

"Nope," was the boy's muffled response.

"So much for that." Sho huffed and flopped back to a normal sitting position in his seat for the remainder of the car ride.

When they arrived back at their flat it was a couple hours before dawn. Kei swiftly flicked off the ignition and removed the keys before walking inside and leaving Sho to carry the boy and his things into their home.

Sho stepped into the living room and found it empty so he carefully deposited the young male's body on the sofa before going to look for Kei. He found him in his room sitting with a glass of water on his rarely used bed. His red coat was on the mattress next to him.

"Kei?" Sho gently called from where he was standing in the doorway. The vampire glanced up at him for a second. Sho knew he was listening. "Where should the kid sleep?"

The blonde shrugged. Anywhere would basically be fine. He could sleep on the sofa even though the vampire didn't recommend it. He could take Kei's usual residence on the daybed. Or he could sleep in the unused bed in Kei's room.

"He could sleep in here. It would probably be best." Kei told Sho instead of what he was thinking. He heard the boy- no, man, shift weight as he waited for something more from the vampire. Kei just continued staring at the wood floor in front of his feet.

So Sho sighed and stepped out of the doorway to head back to the living room. It would work best if the boy slept in Kei's room, Sho reasoned with himself. Then Kei could sleep on the daybed like normal and the boy wouldn't feel so weird waking up in a new place what with the privacy the bedroom offered in comparison to the living room.

There was only one problem Sho found out when he reached his destination. The boy had already squished his body between the couch cushions and the back of the sofa and was now halfway hidden underneath them while the cushions hung halfway off the couch. It seemed like the boy could sleep anywhere.

"Or we could just leave him where he is." Kei suggested, making Sho jump since he hadn't sensed the vampire standing in the room right behind him.

He spun around to find the blonde dressed for bed in a white peasant shirt (one he wore often), a pair of baggy black pants, and the same black boots he wore everywhere. Only since he had changed his clothes the laces were untied and loose.

Sho just shrugged his shoulders as if to say "Whatever," and turned his back to Kei, who had stepped up beside him, to trudge to his room. Suddenly feeling tired after the strange happenings each step for Sho was more of a stumble.

On his way out he happened to glance at the clock on the wall next to the short hallway that led to his bedroom. It was almost two hours passed the time they normally arrived home.

"'Night," Kei softly uttered and Sho paused just outside his room. The light flicked off behind him and he hesitated before returning the nightly farewell and opening the door to his bedroom. Then he was in the comforts of the small place that was entirely his own with the door gently shut behind him.

He just barely able to fumble out of his clothing and into his pajamas (a black wifebeater and a pair of sweatpants) and take out the hair-tie holding his braids together before collapsing into his welcoming bed. And what a luxury it was, king size and covered in red satin sheets that he had insisted on getting. The cool fabric of his royal blue comforter soothing against his cheek.

Too tired to climb under the covers and sleep correctly Sho just blindly reached up with one arm to pull a pillow down the bed to sleep on. It wasn't long after getting comfortable that he was sleeping soundly.

But in the other room Kei lay awake both in fear of the haunts of his subconscious and the guilt he was feeling. That night he hadn't drunk nearly as much blood as he led Sho to believe. It was getting harder each day to live with his lifestyle and he was starving himself more often than not. But he didn't want Sho to worry so he acted like everything was all fine and dandy.

Across the room on the other side of the partition the boy thrashed around for a minute before curling up again, breathing deeply. Kei sighed as he listened, wondering why Sho wanted to bring the boy home. It was understandable of course but still there was the nagging, insecure 'Why?' in the back of his head.

It was that anxiety that eventually lulled the vampire into a restless sleep.

The next day Kei didn't wake by nightmare like he had been doing as of late. Instead it was a slow climb to consciousness where he only registered a couple things at a time.

The first sense that came back to him was hearing and the noises outside the flat registered in his mind as the bustle of people. Next was a kind of insight that told him the inner workings of his home were slightly off. Then he felt a small warm body shift against his chest. And it smelled like the boy he and Sho had found the night before.

That was definitely a cause for alarm and Kei's eyes shot open as his mind kicked into full awareness. He looked down at his chest to see a mass of hot pink and ruffled black nuzzled into his shirt. With more observation he found the boy to be completely curled up next to him. The boy's knees pressed into Kei's side when he shifted.

Suddenly he heard a snicker and jerked his head to the side to look through the bars that served as an artistic half-partition. And there stood Sho in his pajamas trying to laugh quiet enough not to wake the boy. Silently the younger male pointed to the trail of couch cushions and the one open backpack that led to Kei's bed.

Kei glared at the other man. Sho was immune to the look though and just continued to giggle behind his hand.

"Kodak moment." He whispered humorously before his silent sniggering was blown into a full cacophony of laughter.

The boy had suddenly flopped onto his back and successfully punched Kei in the nose. He then proceeded to stretch his whole body out with a long yawn. Sho's laughter redoubled as he watched the boy's right leg shake like a cat's did when it stretched.

"Are you sure we didn't bring home a cat, Kei?" The male with braids questioned through his hysterics.

Kei rolled his eyes at Sho and the boy groaned in annoyance as he finished his stretch. One hand dropped off the side of the day bed and onto the floor where his fingers brushed against a piece of fabric laying there. Slowly the boy fingered it before his fist clenched in the dirty material. He lifted his hand above his face before he dropped the cloth on to his face and inhaled deeply.

By then Sho's chuckles had died and Kei was able to exchange a confused glance with him. Cautiously the vampire reached over and slowly pulled the blanket away from the boy's face so as to not startle him.

The boy just blinked twice in the soft glow of the lamplight that seemed to have been on for a while. He didn't move and he didn't acknowledge either of the other two males. All he did was stare blankly at the ceiling as if waiting for something to happen.

"What's your name?" Kei decided to ask. The boy turned his head. Brown and green met with chocolate before he answered.

"David," he paused after speaking and seemed to decide on something. "Vang. D-David Vang."

Kei quirked his eyebrow at the given name. It wasn't anything Japanese, Taiwanese, or Chinese but it was spoken with a perfect Japanese accent. Kei had asked the question in Mandarin.

"I'm Kei," the vampire introduced himself, reverting back to Japanese. He gestured to the other male who was looking on (and feeling jealous for some odd reason). "That's Sho. We found you last night asleep in a crate of marijuana."

"Oh . . . I'm hungry." David responded with, as if food was the answer to everything. Then he rolled off the side of the bed, but instead of getting up and walking around to find the kitchen or asking for someone to show him where it would be he crawled around the wall part of the partition to his backpack.

He stuffed the ragged blanket he was dragging behind him into it and placed it close to the wall. Then David was shuffling on his knees toward the couch cushions. When he reached the first one he began sliding it across the floor toward its twin. He reached it easily enough and stacked the first one on top of it. Seconds later he pushed the cushions into the side of the couch and was lifting them up into their respective resting places.

He'd done it all on his knees and when he was finished he turned around and plopped down Indian style in front of the sofa. Why he didn't just sit on it, nobody knew.

Sho and Kei had watched every movement he made with curious gazes and now those gazes were met with one of their own as hazel eyes stared expectantly at the two.

"So you and your friends were in the park when a bunch of people started screaming and running and the three of you started running and screaming just for the heck of it until there was gunfire and then you were separated and then someone's pet aardvark attacked you and you ran for your life before falling into a crazy man's hole that he dug in the ground and was stuck there for three days when a group of people all dressed like clowns helped you out and asked you to play Juliet for a kink play so you bolted as fast as you could and have been looking for your friends until last night when three drunken men tried to rape you and you ran into the warehouse we found you in to take a nap?"

Sho breathlessly finished the narration-in-question-form, trying to get straight in his head all that the boy had said. David nodded as he chewed the spoonful of cereal in his mouth. The three of them were comfortably sitting in the kitchen, Sho and David at the table and Kei on the counter. David swallowed the mouthful before speaking again.

"That pretty much sums it up," he stated, still nodding. "Well, except for the fact that when the Chinese men tried to rape me and I ran one followed my and I drank his blood before I took a nap."

Kei's head snapped up to look at the boy in suspicion and Sho's eyes grew to the size of frying pans as his jaw hit the table in front of him.

"You're a vampire?" Sho exclaimed looking to David for affirmation.

"Not really," the pink haired boy started as he scratched the back of his head. "I'm only part vampire; the offspring of a vampire that got knocked up by another one."

"You have parents?" Sho asked, wondering why the kid was sleeping in a crate of marijuana if that was the case.

"No. I used to have parents. They both died when I was young. I had been kidnapped and thought to be dead so they both committed suicide."

"How old were you?"

"Uhm . . . Three?" David lifted his bowl up to his lips then and emptied the milk inside.

"What was it like? Having parents?" Sho inquired as he watched the boy. His parents had given him up when he was extremely little.

"Nice I guess. I don't remember much but what I do, I know I like. I used to miss them but then I found a new family and grew up. Sometimes I wish I were back in their arms. Then I realize that if I was I couldn't have my friends."

Kei had been listening closely to the boy since the comment about him being part vampire and hearing that last sentence struck something in him. He knew what David was saying about wanting to go back but forgetting momentarily about the important people occupying his life in the present.

He would often wish he had died with Luka, or never been turned, or never even been born. But where would Sho be without him and where would he have been without Sho? At this thought Kei felt something suppressed begin to creep back out of its cage and immediately squashed it. But that emotion reminded him of something Luka had told him and he voiced it.

"What genders were your parents?" It was his first question since they had all made themselves comfortable in the kitchen and Sho gave him a weird look as if to say 'The same genders as all parents are!' David answered the question in stride though.

"Male."

Now Sho was really shocked. Male vampires could have children?! As in get pregnant and give birth, children?! That was just too weird. But Kei just seemed to be nodding as if something had been confirmed.

"What else do ya got to eat?" David asked, getting up to look in the fridge.

'Jesus Christ,' Sho thought to himself. The kid had already eaten three waffles, a pack of Pocky, a tub of frosting, five tomatoes with salt, a sandwich with tomatoes, lettuce, ham, turkey, cheese, and onions, two bowls of cereal, and drank a gallon of orange juice. How much more could he eat?

Kei watched the boy with almost disgust as he sat back down at the table with a grape Fanta, a jar of pickles, and a jar of cocktail onions. How could someone eat so many different variations of food at once without throwing up?

"Why do you eat so much?" The blonde vampire asked as David removed an onion from the jar and began peeling off a single layer after sucking all the vinegar off of it.

"Uhm, well," he chewed and swallowed before continuing. "I haven't eaten in a while and last night I drank blood, enough to compensate for the many days I'd gone without, and now I need to eat enough food to balance that out. I can't have one without the other or I could get extremely sick. Been there, done that, it sucked."

They sat in silence for a bit after that, both of the older males watching as the boy ate half the jar of pickles and the entire jar of onions. Then he downed the bottle of grape soda without pause. He finished and looked at the mess in front of him before standing up and cleaning off the table by first throwing away all garbage. It wasn't long until he had picked everything up and even wet down a rag with scalding hot water and wiped everything down.

Pinky would've probably taken out the garbage and swept and mopped ceiling and floor if Kei hadn't stopped him with a hand on his shoulder as the rag was hung over the faucet to dry. David looked at him with a frown and a slight blush. He was confused about why the blonde had stopped him but also embarrassed, like he'd been caught doing something he didn't know he wasn't supposed to.

"Why don't you go get cleaned up. I'm sure we've got some clothes around here that would fit you when you're done showering." Kei gently suggested with a small quirk of the lips. He didn't want to upset their guest.

But David didn't seem to be upset in any way at all. He just smiled thankfully and nodded his head. Kei led the way to the bathroom, leaving Sho sitting there smirking because even though the vampire had insisted that he was going to take care of the boy Kei was doing it for him. Minutes later Kei had prepared everything for David to get cleaned up and was emerging from the already steaming room.

"What's he trying to do? Burn all the dirt off?" Sho asked with amusement when Kei returned to the kitchen, lighting a cigarette.

"It would seem like it, wouldn't it." Kei nonchalantly responded with, not really paying attention. Comfortable silence befell upon them when Sho realized after that, that Kei wasn't in the mood to talk, and he lit up a cigarette of his own.

After going for more than a week without one, showering for David was like a warm wet heaven that didn't involve sex. Well that's what he thought as the scalding water poured over his pale skin in rivulets that left trails of pink in their wake. He stood under the stream for a couple more minutes before stepping out from underneath and turning on the cold so the temperature dropped to lukewarm, a stark contrast against David's heated skin.

It was a slow wash after that, starting with his pink hair. He lathered shampoo into the grimy locks, the foam dripping onto his shoulders only to be swept down his thin figure by the cascade of water. Then he was scrubbing his body while watching in delight as his skin turned red and burned when the water flowed over the newly flushed area. When he washed his face his touch was obviously gentler. He finished the whole thing off by massaging conditioner into his clean locks of hair and rinsing.

The drain was plugged then and the water temperature went as hot as it could. David sat down with his back to the showerhead and let the water pound against his back, neck, shoulders, and head. He chose a couple of songs from his mental playlist and suddenly everything else faded but the gentle beat of water and his thoughts.

A knock on the door and words he couldn't hear roused him from his meditative state. He didn't know how long it had been but when the door opened David barely felt the gust of cool air. He didn't feel it because the water pouring from the showerhead was colder and the water in the bathtub had risen past his navel. From that though he guessed he'd been in the shower for quite some time.

"David," Kei called into the room. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." The pink haired boy answered. His voice was thick from not using it so he cleared it and tried again. "Yeah, I just lost track of time."

Sho glanced at the clock on the living room wall before looking over to Kei who was laying on the daybed and smoking. His eyes were glazed as he stared at the ceiling.

"He's been in there a while," Sho began. Kei turned his head and looked at him. "Do think he's okay?"

"How long has it been?"

"Almost an hour and a half."

Kei frowned and swung his legs over the edge of the leather bed. He silently slipped his unlaced boots on and stood, walking toward the hallway.

"I'll check on him." Was all he said.

The vampire stared at the door in front of him before raising a hand and knocking softly. No response.

"Are you okay?" Still nothing. "I'm going to come in now."

Kei opened the door a crack and peered around the door. His frown deepened when he heard the sound of water hitting water and noticed all the steam had disappeared from the air.

"David, are you okay?"

This time he received a hoarse response. And a then the boy cleared his throat.

"Yeah, I just lost track of time."

Kei stepped fully into the bathroom and shut the door behind him. He was feeling a bit worried now. How did someone lose track of time when cold when they were surrounded by cold water?

He stepped up to the edge of the bathtub and pulled back the curtain. There was David sitting down underneath the spray of water that was getting colder by the second with blue tinged skin. He blinked up at Kei as if he had just woken up.

"'m sorry. Didn't mean to use that much water." He said, looking almost embarrassed but mostly sleepy. Kei continued frowning but didn't respond. Instead he reached around the stream and turned off the water. Then he rolled up his sleeve and plunged his hand into the freezing water to unplug the drain.

When that was done and the drain was gurgling as water was swallowed, he turned back to David. The boy hadn't moved an inch except to let his head drop back down. The blond was confused now.

"You're going to get sick if you stay there." David sheepishly turned his head.

"I can't move." He whispered. "Don't have the energy to."

Kei reached over for the towel he had set out for the pinkette boy and draped it over his head and shoulders. Then he lifted the petite boy out of the bathtub and set his feet on the rug. David wobbled for a second but stayed upright, which Kei was happy to notice.

He moved the fluffy towel so it was wrapped tightly around David and began rubbing the boy's body. When David was dry Kei sat him down on the toilet lid and used another towel to dry his hair. The pinkette just sat there indifferently as he was slowly able to move his arms and legs.

A t-shirt was slipped over his head and he helped Kei pull his arms through the sleeves. The towel was now pooled around his waist. Then he was lifting one leg at a time as the vampire was slipping a pair of boxers and loose pants onto them. The articles were pulled up to his thighs before Kei was helping him stand and pulling them up the rest of the way.

Everything was done in a comfortable silence, both males used to what was being done. Kei had taken care of three kids after all (really only two because Shinji wouldn't let the 'monster' near him). This had happened to David before so he was just used to people having to help him.

"Did you fall asleep or something?" Kei asked as he grabbed a comb from a drawer and began leading David toward the bathroom door.

"That's what most people would call it because I wasn't fully conscious of my surroundings. But I actually was thinking so deeply that I blacked out. Sometimes it only happens for a couple minutes but other times it's for hours."

Kei only hummed in intrigue as they exited the bathroom. Sho looked at them as the blond vampire sat down on the couch next to him and David kneeled on the floor between Kei's legs. Then he watched feeling a spike of unexplained jealousy as Kei gently took his time combing out the tangles in David's hair, not knowing why he felt as though Kei was ignoring him.

Jaded's After Words: I lied. :) I didn't really proofread it. Got distracted and annoyed less than halfway through. Oh well. :3 I hope you liked the next installment of this story! Please leave reviews!! Uhm I don't like this chapter this much but it :) basically wrote itself! :)

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