I'm BACCCCCCCCCCCK! Finally right? I'm so sorry the wait's been so long. As you guys know, I've been away nearly all summer so I couldn't post for you guys. But now I'm back! So enjoy :D
Ritsuka's hands trembled in his pockets as he walked down an unfamiliar route. He bit his lip and clenched his hands into fists in his nervousness.
The cat ear boy checked the address Kio had given him for the 50th time that morning; he was getting close.
Ritsuka had been getting odd looks thrown at him for a while now; his unhealthily skinny frame and dark circles around his eyes gave the impression of someone who hadn't eaten or slept in a very long time. That was true in some regard at least.
As he spotted the apparently building Kio had described, he hesitated. Was he really ready to see Soubi yet? But that thought was quickly shaken off; he had been searching for two years right? After two years of chasing after anything that came his way he couldn't just stop because he was nervous.
Running up the stairs quickly, Ritsuka was afraid he'd chicken out if he had time to think about it, the black haired boy stopped in front of apartment 376. That was the number Kio had told him.
Dream images of a bleeding, dying Soubi touched his consciousness as Ritsuka raised his small hand to knock. Kio had said he was bad off, but how bad off did that mean? Or maybe this was a trap set by Ritsuka's brother?
Synchronicity had to exist because at that exact moment Soubi, alerted by a small noise from outside, was looking out his window to reassure himself that Seimei hadn't come back to take him away again.
Ritsuka felt his heart nearly stop in surprise as he was suddenly being picked up and embraced in warm arms. "Soubi?" he said tentatively. The small middle-schooler looked up to be captured in a trance by the dreamlike beauty he saw.
Watery blue eyes expressing all the pain and brokenness of the last two years were settled under long lashes. In his haste Soubi forgotten to put on his glasses, that and his tangled hair gave him the appearance of having just woken up from a dream.
The pair were locked in each other's eyes as a gentle breeze swept a few locks of hair into Ritsuka's face. Soubi hesitantly moved this hair to the side, his heart skipping when his long lost kitten didn't try to push his hand away.
"Please tell me I'm not dreaming..." the blond man whispered, breaking the silence. Brought out of his shock by the quiet words, Ritsuka hugged the figure who was carrying him tightly. The small neko buried his face in Soubi's broad chest and took in his scent longingly. Putting his small hand on the slightly gaunt cheek and turned his head to look at his former fighter.
As he looked up, Ritsuka's eyes brimmed with tears of mixed emotion. "Soubi..." he whispered. "I'm sorry Ritsuka. I'm so sorry. I'll do anything to make everything up to you." Soubi said guiltily; the blond man couldn't bare seeing Ritsuka upset. But the neko boy only wrapped his arms around Soubi and embraced him tightly. "Shh... This is enough, Soubi." Ritsuka sounded a bit choked up as he spoke, like he was trying not to cry.
Soubi returned the embrace quickly, burying his face in the ebony black hair. "I promise I'll never leave again..." he murmured softly through the silky strands. "Good" was the barely audible answer. They stayed like this for several minutes, wrapped in each other's arms.
"I love you, Ritsuka." Soubi held his breath as he told the cat-boy this for the first time in two years. "I love you too" Soubi felt his heart skip a beat and tears begin to well up in his eyes.
In the month that Soubi in Seimei's company, the blond man had been abused horribly. Physically; Soubi had crisscrossed scars across his chest, and his left thigh, but the thickest web of scars was on top of the Beloved scar that had been carved into pure skin years earlier.
Blows and slices certainly hurt, but it was the mental abuse that caused the most lasting damage. "He never loved you, why do you think he never confessed anything to you, Soubi? Because he feels nothing for you. You're just a tool, and now you don't even need to exist. No one wants you anymore. No one ever did." But suddenly all these nightmares were challenged by four small words. "Ritsuka... R-really?" "I've had two years to sort through my feelings, I know how I feel now." As Ritsuka spilled his feelings to the older man, he noticed Soubi's shoulder begin to shakes slightly. This was soon accompanied by a dampness on Ritsuka's shoulder and choked sobs. "Soubi, why are you crying?" "I-I don't know" said Soubi shakily as he sank to the ground; Ritsuka still held in his arms.
They stayed like this until Soubi calmed down enough so that were no more shaky sobs and a river of tears dwindled to a trickle.
Once he was able to speak, Soubi let go of Ritsuka, helped him stand, and got down on his knees in front of the neko. "Will you take me back? I'm so sorry for everything I've ever done wrong." There was a very audible plea in Soubi's voice as apologized. "Soubi, of course I'll take you back, you idiot. Why else would I have looked for you all this time?"
THE FLUFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. *drowns* So how was it? You guys like it? Tell me in a review! Also, I'm not sure about how long to comtinue this fic, i could wrap it up in another chapter or two but what do you guys think? hm?