ReL- 2
Kido's POV:
I awoke as the morning sunlight hit my face through a broken window. I was sleeping on a couch in the base. Kano was sleeping on a nearby chair. A mask covered the right side of his face. He probably put it on for comfort during the night, he really loves those things.
I walked to his spot on the chair. His mask fell to the ground, revealing his sleeping face. His catlike eyes were softly closed over his eyes while his hair was softy (and adorably~) strung everywhere on his face. His mouth breathed almost silent breaths while staying slightly open.
I sighed before bending over to pick up the fallen mask. The white inside beckoned me. I carried it to the couch where I sat criss-crossed on the edge cushion farthest from him. I examined the inside and outside of the red and white mask. The slits-for-eyes looked so catlike... just like his.
I placed it over my face and felt the smooth wood brush my forehead, nose, and chin. It smelt so... good. I mentally slapped myself.
'What am I doing?!' I asked myself.
'Do I really like him? What was that dream about anyway? It must have been a dream, I mean, our lips almost TOUCHED. I almost KISSED Kano Shuuya. No... I did kiss him... on the cheek! Why would I do that? I must have been tired. It was a dream, wasn't it? Why did I feel like I WAS Kano? Man, I shouldn't eat ice cream before bed.
His eyes fluttered open. The mask was still on my face.
"Kido? What are you doing with my mask?"
"Nothing..."
He walked over to me, the mask was held to my face with my hand. He stood in front of me for a second, then reached behind his back and brought out a second mask to put it over his face too.
'Where did he-?'
I pulled the mask off my face and grinned at him. He pulled his off and sat next to me. We talked about our plans for the day.
Kano walked out of the room. Seto entered immediately after. He looked over me.
"Interesting dreams eh?"
"How'd you know?!"
He smirked "just a guess, or mind reading... or something."
I sighed, I felt like I was going to cry of embarrassment.
Kano's POV
Kido was acting weird. But... cute.
'What are you thinking Kano!?' I yelled to myself.
'Oh who am I kidding? I can't lie to myself! Yeah, I liked her, so what?'
It was night. This morning, I had woken to see Kido wearing one of my masks... how cute... I ran along the rooftop to see a figure sitting at the edge of a building. I ran to see what it was. I landed on the edge of the building it perched upon. It turned to look at me.
"Kano?"
"Kido?" Why was she up here?
A wind blew our hoods down. I stood at the edge with her. She sat down, and I followed. I heard a faint beat humming through her headphones.
"Can I listen?" I asked.
"Oh..." she searched to her ear to find an earbud. I tilted my head in to her. "...Here," she flatly said while plugging it into my ear. The words came into my ear.
"No Rest For the Wicked? You still listen to this?"
"Of course. It brings me back to the days."
"Yeah... me too," I softly replied.
We sat there for a long time. She giggled quietly and turned to me. "Hey Kano."
"Hmm~?"
"Looks like a storm's comin'."
"Oh... I see..."
Clouds edged closer as I felt a raindrop set on my nose. Thunder rolled in the distance.
"Shit."
"It's just thunder, Kido."
"No... You're right... I'll just forget about it tonight. I'll stay awake."
Back in the orphanage, Kido was so scared one night during a lightning storm that she disappeared and couldn't come back for two days. She needed me and Seto to be near her constantly after that.
We jumped along the rooftops just before the heavy rain appeared. Kido went to her room right away.
Two hours of the heavy storm passed. I went to check on her, but her door was locked. I rolled my eyes and went to the fire escape outside to climb into her room's window. So she locks the door, but not the window that leads outside to the thunder? How childish...
I entered to see her bed on the other edge of the room. She wasn't sleeping yet. Her body faced away from the window. Her sweater was removed, she wore her pants and a thin t-shirt.
Kido's POV
I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear.
Not again...
I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disappear. I can't disa-
A warmth met my body as it tensed in fear. I turned my body to see the culprit. What the- ? Kano's cat eyes stared back at me.
"Why are you here?"
"After the night you disappeared, you used to need me to sleep in the orphanage. I can't stand one more night of your sleepless nights."
I thought to myself for a second before my body relaxed again. "You're ridiculous."
"No, you are. You can't even control your power for one night."
"You can't use your power either!"
He pulled away to look down at me, "hmm?"
I closed my eyes tight, "you claim lying is your specialty, but you don't know one when you see one!" He was so clueless! I like him, why doesn't he see it?
"Maybe I'm lying to hide my knowledge."
My eyes shot open to glare at his neck. We weren't thinking the same thing, were we? He pulled himself out of the hug and stood out of the bed. I followed to stand as well.
We glared at each other through the darkness. I could feel his cat eyes examining me. He closed the gap and held me in an embrace. My arms stayed at my side. He rested his chin on my head.
"You're too cute when you get angry," he said.
My heart skipped a beat, he felt this. And hugged me tighter. "Kano..."
"Hmm?"
"Why did you really come in here?"
He loosened his embrace to look at me. He smirked, "so you finally figured me out, took you long enough."
I grabbed the edges of his hood and felt the thin fabric between my fingers. I looked straight and blankly started, "Kan-"
He touched his finger to my lip. I couldn't help it, I bit the tip of his finger hard enough to make him move it away before I jumped into his hug, knocking him backward.
We laid on the ground, I laid on top of him as his lips connected with my bare collar bone. They curled into a smile upon realizing his position. I raised myself to hover over him, just like the end of the dream. He managed to flip us over so he would hover over me. He lowered his lips to kiss mine.
Kano's POV
They were soft, just like in the dream I had last night. I was so sad to find that the dream with the fence and the moonlight was just that... a dream. It was weird though, I remember feeling as if Kido's emotions were in reach during that dream.
Seto's POV
As I heard rustling in Kido's room, I wondered if my trick worked. I had been watching the two by the fence last night, and because of his ability (in addition to his natural state of lying) he was able to subconsciously warp both of their memories into dreamlike. I then continued to lead them home afterwards. Hmph, I've been reading too many ships lately. -(3)/