| Part 4 After the long drive back to the apartment Weiss shared, Ken rubbed at his now sleepy eyes. Pulling himself wearily out of the van he walked round the side to open the back door only to have his arm grasped. �It can wait till morning�. Ken looked at the gorgeous if cold redhead and nodded. �Ok�. He dropped his hand and picked up the small bag he�d been carrying and dragged it along the path up to the apartment stairs. Not finding his keys he growled to himself and realized he�d left them inside. �Ran�. Could you open the door�? I kinda left my keys inside the place�. He blushed at the glare he got from Ran and shifted out of the way as the redhead stomped towards him. His trenchcoat blowing behind him with the movement and Ken couldn�t help but watch. /I�m an idiot/ he sighed. And after the door was open he walked in, almost missing Ran�s �baka� as he took of his coat. Dropping his bag to the floor he walked inside the dark apartment, switching on all the lights only to be plunged into almost darkness when Ran turned most of them off. �You don�t need them all on�. Ran closed and locked the door, deciding both of the other band members weren�t there so they�d have to stay out for the night. He was sure Yohji wouldn�t care, he had his own apartment. After the band got together, Manx had moved them all in together, thinking it�d be easier to keep them and mesh them as a team, Ken had wanted to make friends, and he�d succeeded so far, apart from Ran. Turning to look at the tall redhead he sighed again. �Will you stop doing that, what is it?�. Ken blushed at being caught. �N-nothing�. Just thinking�. �Will do it more quietly�. The redhead unbuckled his coat and went to his room, the door closing behind him and plunging the apartment into silence, only the reverberations of clothing being taken off and then covers before the light was switched off. �G�nite Ran�. Ken called, only to be answered with a knowing �Hn�. Sniffing he went to his own room, he didn�t know what he�d done wrong and just guessed the redhead wasn�t interested in becoming his friend. He sniffed again, sadly as he in turn got ready for bed. Ran meanwhile was propped up in bed. Covers around his waist as he listened to Ken go to bed. A frown marred his features as he heard the sniff. In all honesty he wanted to be Ken�s friend, maybe even more but he was too afraid of being hurt or rejected or doing the same to Ken. He was unsure if it�d work and decided to not take the chance, playing it cool seemed easier and natural to him. He just hated to see the younger boy sad, even if he couldn�t show it. /I�m sorry Ken/ He turned once, pulling the cover to his chin as he closed his eyes. Taking a long time before sleep dared to claim him for another dreamless lonely night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was only ten and Omi and Nagi sat eating their third ice cream of the night. They found they had much in common including the love of computers. After speaking about their latest software, best games, and things that would confuse the most computer literate of all, they turned to their own lives. Questions were asked and answers given. Omi had even told him Farferello freaked him out and Nagi had to giggle. �I first met him when I was 14, I�d been singing in my school church choir and Takatori had been at the same thing with an associate, he decided my solo was good and wanted to try me out with his band. Of course the school said I should, providing they got half the cuttings of the deal if I ever got signed. Takatori agreed and two days later he took me to meet the band. First I met Brad; he put me at ease, seemed ok, and then Schu. He was kinda creepy in an odd way, but he seemed ok and then Farfie turned up 10 minutes late. I thought I was gonna wet my pants�. They both fell into a fit of giggles, Nagi following Omi who almost spewed his cola everywhere. �I know what you mean, he�s quite scary looking�. Nagi nodded. �First thing I saw was this silver haired guy, licking a knife and growling at Takatori I almost ran out of there�. He grinned and laughed as he took another bite of his chocolate sundae. �I thought he was gonna bite me, he walked up to me, looked me over, saw the cross I was wearing and freaked out. Brad had to calm him down and I soon took the cross off. I didn�t realize what he was like and Takatori hadn�t told them what kind of choir he found me in�. Nagi smiled at the memory, when Farferello had freaked out on him he was a little spooked. He hadn�t really believed in god but the school he was at, decided to make it compulsory for the children to wear crosses. *Didn�t realize a pupil would meet a certain god hating madman ne? * �It was ok though, he seemed to calm down and we sung well and I got a contract. Farf was a bit odd to me but he soon got over the incident and we kinda became friends. It was odd but the band were one of my real friends, though Brad looked after me like a guardian more. He decided I should go to a private school after about 4 months and he and Takatori got me in on a special computer deal. I was surprised I�d only just turned 15 then. But it seemed ok and I even moved in with all three of them in the end, though we hardly spend time at the apartment anymore, and Schu has his own place�. Omi went on to describe his past slightly, with the band and school and found out that Nagi was an orphan like he. Though he�d been abandoned rather than his parents die like Nagi�s. Omi had been found by Manx singing along the street and she�d snapped him up. He supposed they were a bunch of mismatches but at least they all spoke the same language. Nagi found it annoying when Farferello started cursing Schuldig in Gaelic and Schu in German. Crawford seemed to know both languages and would always calm them down. It was never a dull moment especially when Schuldig had wanted Brad. Though that had all been forgotten if Yohji was anything to go by. Grinning, Omi and Nagi left the ice-cream parlor, after a few hours at the arcade center, Nagi invited Omi to stay over at the �Schwarz� apartment, he didn�t think the others would mind especially at the late hour. And so he called home� ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Farferello lay sleeping on his stomach, tired and limp *not that way hentai�s* After they had got home he�d been pounced as he made a snack, leading the fire alarm to go off as the toast burnt. After being thoroughly fucked and enjoying every minute he�d been allowed to sleep. Crawford lay next to him, half-slung over his back. An arm was wrapped around his waist as they both slept. Hugging protectively and possessively. The shrill ring of the phone woke Farferello up. �Fuck�. He yawned, rubbing his single eye as he looked blearily at the clock. It was only midnight and yet he had been fast asleep. Turning his head he found Crawford sprawled across him and poked the arm around him. When he got a grunt in reply he smirked �Phone�. �You�re closest�. Was the sleepy answer as Brad pulled him tighter to his chest and nuzzled his neck. Farferello let out a puff of air and searched for the phone in the dark. When he picked it up he answered with�. �If that�s Schu I will cut you into pieces and sprinkle you on slugs�. �Um, hi Farfie�. Nagi replied, sweat dropping at the other end. �Ug�Nagi?� Crawford looked up and pulled the phone from his lovers� grasp. �You know this is a school night right?� he asked as he searched for the lamplight, almost blinding himself from the blaze when he flipped the switch on. �Hai, gomen I forgot the time, you see I was out with Omi and�.� �Who?� Crawford yawned and stuck his tongue out at Farferello who started to pull faces at him. �The youngest from Weiss, well you see I lost time and Ran and Ken left him, and I was hoping he could stay tonight as it�s to late for him to go home, he won�t be any trouble and I�ll sleep on the couch and�.� Crawford yawned. �Whatever, just come home�. All he wanted to do was snuggle up to his now giggling lover. �Could you pick us up? We don�t have enough money for a taxi�. Crawford mumbled in something other than English, pausing and yawning. Farferello who�d taken the phone from Brad answered. �Sure kid, where�?� after a pause and answer from Nagi he replied. �Give him 5�. Sure, you owe me�. He yawned and put the phone down. �Arcade center�. He pushed Crawford off the bed, he was unprepared for the sudden jolt and landed on his ass with a thud. �Ow�. He looked up with shock and poked Farferello. �What was that for? And why do I have to pick the lovebirds up�. He sniffled and pouted earning him a smile and wink from Farferello. �Less you want me to drive�. Farferello grinned, last time he�d drove he�d almost beaten a guy up for cutting him up. �I�ll do it�. Crawford stood, slipped on pants and his coat, mindless of a shirt and grabbed his keys from the stand at his bedside. �You owe me one�. He kissed his lover before he left to pick them up. ~~~~ Farferello had just began dozing when he heard the door slam shut, giggling and cursing followed. He padded to the door and opened it slightly. He looked out, glad he�d put pants on during Crawford�s departure and saw the three of them. He waved as Nagi saw him and grinned at Omi who gave him a small shy smile before being ushered into Nagi�s room. �No hanky pankie or you�re out�. Crawford grinned at both boys blush as he left them and returned to his room. Pushing Farferello in he closed the door, dropped his clothing haphazardly to the floor and pulled his lover back to bed. �No more interruptions�. He yawned as he once again snuggled up to his lover. Not caring what the kids were up to. �Night guys�. Nagi called from the sofa. He smiled as Omi waved and shut the door. He�d just taken a chance and had given the genki boy a chaste kiss to the cheek and had been rewarded by a big smile and one in return. He settled down to sleep with the largest grin he�d had in some time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile, though separated, Schuldig and Yohji slept on, thinking about what was to come and the imprint of the other on their mind. |