My exam has done! I did it! I still doesn't know my ranks though, will be announced tomorrow ^_^
I'm so sorry for all that reviewed in chapter 6 because I cannot reply any of the review. But I do see them from my phone's e-mail notifications. It motivate me even further to write, even though it's exam time. I will put the reply in the bottom.
Beta'ed by Oracleshadow.
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Chapter 7 : Their Contract –How It Began-
And just like what Akashi had said, the next day became truly hectic. Many people, most of them were vampires, went to their office. They were just handing some paperworks to Akashi, but of course, they cannot help but greet the light blue haired male. Saying congratulation or have a happy life and such.
They even suggested on throwing a party for Akashi, which Akashi politely decline. The people continued to come, even when it was evening. Each one of them brought some paperworks, as if the paperworks was intentionally split so that many people could come to see them.
"Another paperwork?" Kuroko asked after the thirty-fifth person walked out from their office.
"Yes. Tetsuya, take this." Akashi said as he gave Kuroko a bouqet of flowers, the thirteenth one.
"Such a waste... Where can we put them? The office is already full from those big bouqets from before." Kuroko said, glancing at his back where many of the flowers were put in the corner of the office.
"Just throw them at some graveyard. I'm sure that those people in the graveyard will be happy." A voice that certainly was not Akashi's or Kuroko's said.
"Aomine-kun. You can't do that." Kuroko said, looking at Aomine who was looming at the office's door.
"Really? I didn't know there's that kind of rule." Aomine said while strolling inside the office before sitting at the couch.
"Of course you won't know, Aominecchi! Have you ever received flowers before? The answer is a big no!" Kise said suddenly. Following Aomine, he too, sat at the couch.
"Are you picking a fight with me?"
"Who knows?"
"Kise you little..."
"Both of you, shut up." Akashi said in a commanding tone, and both of them silenced themselves. "What is your business here?" He asked.
"Ah... Can you please tell all the people that came here to see you, newly weds, to stop throwing their personal mouse here and there? It starting to get on my nerve." Aomine said lazily, setting on a laying position on the couch.
"Ah... What Aominecchi means is that the people who came here to see Akashicchi and Kurokocchi are planting bugs in almost every corner of the halls and rooms. Aominecchi's ears are pretty sharp so he could hear those devices crickling and making some electronic noises." Kise explained. "My ears only caught the noise if I'm close to it."
Akashi and Kuroko looked at each other for a moment. "We knew." Kuroko said. Not even least perturbed by the new information. "Akashi-kun had warned me yesterday, and it was proven by a few bugs inside those flowers. That's why we're keeping the flowers here."
"The bugs won't work here. This place has a strong barrier." Akashi said.
"Yeah? but I'm sure they had anticipated that." Aomine said in a challenging tone.
"And what they didn't anticipate is that Tetsuya just changed and strengthened it." Akashi stated.
"Eh?" Both Aomine and Kise asked in unison. "When? Why didn't we realize it?"
"Last night." Akashi replied. "I realized Tetsuya's self-made barrier is stronger than our usual one. It's more light, yet more sturdy. The composition of the magic is more complicated yet it doesn't take too much energy to make them. And it has a self regenerative ability. Once it has been breached, the barrier will regenerate by itself and build a stronger one." He explained.
"Eh? Self regenerative ability? Isn't that the same as..." Kise didn't managed to finish his words.
"The barrier is linked directly with me, so it have some similar characteristics as me. As a vampire." Kuroko said. "And I don't create this barrier alone. When Akashi-kun and I shared our memory, I found out that Akashi-kun was also searching for a method to create the 'unbreachable' barrier."
"Accidently, mine and Tetsuya's idea are backing up each other. It was done right after we talked about the whole thing." Akashi continued. "So, we're experimenting the barrier in this office. And, it worked."
"So that's what it's all about..." Kise mumbled. Head nodding in an understanding way as he smiled knowingly. Though Kise's display of understanding brought a bad aura to Kuroko and Akashi.
'It's good that he understood, but... What I could get is that Kise-kun understood this in a wrong way'
"It's so sweet..." Kise suddenly said.
'What's so sweet?' Kuroko thought.
' There's nothing sweet from my and Tetsuya's explanation.' Akashi thought.
' What is he talking about?' Akashi thought again.
'We're still talking about the same thing right?' was Kuroko's final thought before deciding he would ask the blonde what is he talking about.
"W... What do you mean, Kise-kun?" Kuroko asked rather uncomfortably. Afraid of the nonsense answer that Kise will give.
"Of course it's so sweet. Since both of you are male and cannot produce a child, both of you created this barrier! This is the result! The fruit of both of your time and energy! The ultimate barrier! This is Akashicchi and Kurokocchi's child!" Kise exclaimed while Kuroko and Akashi could only freeze hearing Kise's nonsensical explanation.
"Kise-kun... I didn't know that you're this stupid." Kuroko said, deadpanned.
"Ryouta..." Akashi hissed darkly. The room's air became heavy, and an eerie silence filled it. Aomine tried to ran away, but he found himself unable to move at Akashi's command.
"Do not move, Daiki."
"Y...yes!"
"Ryouta... I order you to shut your mouth this instant. Never speak unless I told you so and until I decided otherwise, you cannot speak until your eternity end." Akashi commanded. Kise opened his mouth to protest, but found himself unable to.
"Akashi-kun, you didn't have to go that far." Kuroko said, that made Kise smile. "But while you're at it, can we cut Kise-kun's blood supply for this month?" Kuroko asked monotonously.
"Hmm... That sounds good, Tetsuya. These will at least teach him a lesson." Akashi agreed.
"But..." Kuroko stopped, looking at Kise before continuing. "It's quite pitiful for him in this state. How about making him mute for just one week?"
"One week? That's too short for an immortal being like us."
"And we could quadruple his work for the rest of the month. Also make him forget abut this whole fiasco."
'Quadruple?' Kise thought.
'Kise is sure being cursed by some of his fangirls. Or maybe some unknown God like playing with Kise's fate.' Aomine thought.
"Alright then. You can do whatever you want to do with Ryouta. I already had my share of his idiot act. Just command him, and his body will do whatever you want to." Akashi said.
"Then, follow me. Akashi-kun and I had quite a lot of works that we didn't manage to finish because of all the people that came here, wasting our time with pointless conversation." Kuroko said as he walked towards his desk. Kuroko gave Kise his works, and promptly asked Kise and Aomine to get out because they still had work.
"One last thing. You two don't have to answer this if you don't want to." Aomine said, in the doorway. "Did the two of you really contracted each other without feeling anything? Without any kind of affection? Without any kind of love, platonic or just a simple interest?"
"Why did you ask that, Daiki?"
"No real reason, just wanna know." Aomine replied, before walking away with Kise. The room was silent for a few minutes, before Akashi moved towards the couch.
"Come sit with me, Tetsuya." Akashi said, and Kuroko nodded. Both of them sat next to each other, not saying anything.
"What..." Akashi started. "What do you think of Daiki's question?"
"I think it's only normal for him to ask that." Kuroko replied. "Maybe it's because we haven't told them that we had met before, at the public library. But about the feelings Aomine-kun said..." Kuroko didn't finish his sentence.
"Yes. The base of this contract should have been feelings. Purely feelings." Akashi explained. "So, it's actually impossible for doing this contract without any feelings involved."
"Don't you already know my feeling from my memory?"
"That goes to you too. But some things are better to be talked. We would feel more secure that way."
"Then... I will tell you the truth." Kuroko said. "I admit that I feel interested in you. You always entered my thought after that one conversation at the library. But at the same time, I felt insecure. Knowing someone I didn't know paid attention to me and described my features just from a simple observation skill somehow scare me."
"But your eyes, it's somehow pulled me. Not because of the different irises colors, but because of the depth. I got a feeling that something is hidden between them. Something dark, something so... dangerous." Kuroko explained.
"Thank you, Tetsuya." Akashi said, holding Kuroko's hand before letting it go. "My first impression of you is that you seemed invisible to the other eyes. I saw something different about you. Actually, your light blue hair did remind me of the characteristic of a Kuroko, but I still had doubts. Assumptions after all, are dangerous." Akashi said.
"But if I have to describe my feelings, it would be difficult to explain. Shortly, you got me charmed by your eyes." Akashi said again. "Your eyes is so blue, like the sky. Looking at them is like looking at the sky, stretched around the horizon. So transparent and tranquil. So quiet. It seems endless, but I'm trapped inside that 'endlessness' everytime I look into your eyes."
Kuroko and Akashi at the same time, turned around, facing each other. Seemingly wanting to say something but nothing coming out from their mouth, both of them just stared at each other. Revealing on what those eyes were saying. Both of them were too caught up with each other's eyes. Forgetting the time, forgetting their work.
It all started, when their eyes met each other.
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