| Title: Of Past and Present Author: Kitsune Spirit Warnings: Sap, Romance, Shounen Ai, not much, G Part 22 ~Halloween revelations~ After hanging around the house most of the day, Kisei and Lav had come and visited Kalen and Zechs. They had finally decided on what they were going as. Lav this time a silver youko. Kisei smiled proudly, somewhere in his mind he was concocting wicked thoughts that would involve his recently made youko lover, he grinned in anticipation; they only had four hours before they would meet everyone to go into the town for the carnival. It was a tradition in that area, each year something or other was planned for the event. That year a ball plus many stalls littering the streets for the celebrations. It was a time for respect and also fun. Children had been running around for the last few days gaily laughing and talking about their costumes. Zechs and Kalen had both remained secretive to what their costumes would be neither realizing how much they thought alike or how interesting their night would become. An hour before they would meet with the others, Kara had come over to help Zechs with his costume, he had spent most of the day making it and putting it together hoping it would look all right. He suppressed a shiver, never would he have had this idea if he hadn�t had the strange dreams that last week. He hadn�t spoken to Kalen about them not wanting to feel silly, but inside he had felt sad, the dreams had tormented him, the last making him cry, some making him happy. Tonight he would go as one of the men from his dream, noting how they looked slightly similar in features, more remarkable how the other man was to Kalen. Not once did he ever make the connection between them. Not until he unveiled his costume to Kalen. Kalen had been busy himself, his costume quite difficult, he had paid a dressmaker to make the main body of his costume for him, the kimono. It had been expensive but he thought it was right, if he could just honor the man from his dreams, the man who died because he loved so much, he hoped that he could love Zechs that much. Kalen had taken out his earrings, removing nail varnish. Looking in the mirror he recognized himself as the man he once was; he looked vulnerable, different. He smiled though; he knew he would never be the man he was then. He had Zechs now, he had his brother, he had friends and he couldn�t have been happier. Leaning into the mirror he placed a gold-hooped earring into his ear. It resembled very slightly to the one Kala-nesh had worn in his dream; He had picked up on the small details that were associated with the man. Even the symbol on the front of his costume was the same; the gold sash tied around him shining as it caught the light. He kept his fox form; he was as similar to the man as he wanted to be, what difference would his ears make or the tail hidden beneath his kimono. If anyone asked he could just say he was a kitsune priest from long ago. He laughed slightly, running his fingers over his reflection in the mirror. His amber eyes shone with happiness, a smile gracing his lips as he went to leave the bathroom. Stuck in his bedroom Zechs fiddled with his hair glaring at it when it wouldn�t go how he wanted. His hair was a lot shorter than the man�s from his dream. It was a pain to put up, finally calling for Kara who was in her �sex bomb/she-devil� outfit. Both her and Ennvie coming as �seducers� of men. He grinned at her as she helped tie his hair, forever asking where he�d gotten such a wicked idea. �You know Zechs, Kal's gonna go nuts for you when he sees ya, I hope you�re wearing something under this,� she waggled her eyebrows at him before laughing. He smiled at her a blush forming. �Yes Kara, I�m wearing underwear, I wouldn�t want you unable to resist me now, ne?� Zechs grinned widely as Kara blushed crimson. �H�Hai Zechs, wouldn�t want foxy getting jealous.� Zechs had to laugh only the girls and Kalen�s brother got away with calling him that, but only Zechs with patting his head like a puppy. Dressed he looked at himself in the bedroom mirror, still trying to get use to the Japanese socks and sandals which were causing him some discomfort. /Should have worn them in/ he thought, walking around the room. He wasn�t sure how Kalen would react; he didn�t look the least bit Japanese and hoped his lover wouldn�t be offended by the costume. /Why would he be offended you twit/ Zechs thought again, belittling his inner voice. �Ok Zechs, time to go�. Kara pulled him out of the bedroom almost running into Kalen�s back. �Hey Kalen, looking cool, are you sure you and Zechs didn�t arrange this?� she looked him up and down, he was wearing a kimono and sandals much like Zechs�s, his hair mixed in with the gold of his sash and as he turned his amber eyes shone at her, smiling. �Well Kara, we did keep it from�� he stopped as he met Zechs�s gaze, both mouths falling open in shock. Ennvie sauntered in from the kitchen �Wow, hey guys�what�s wrong?� both men hadn�t moved, still staring at each other, mouths opening and closing. �Zesian.� �Kala-nesh.� Both stared, Kara breaking them out of their daze. �Huh?� |