Title: Cocoon
Author: Mizuki 
Edit: Candice
Mirror: yes
Band: Pierrot
Pairings: AU, KiritoXAiji incest. Similar to my DEG's fic raison d'etre! Just becoz I'm in the mood for writing KirXAi!
Note: would you please correct my mistake if you find one please?
Comment: Please gimme some comment! I beg you! It's my first Pierrot's fic ne... hope it'll be a short fic becoz i can't bear to write too many long fics in once! >< Even I have so many homework awaits but I still have to write down this fic first! I dun care! >< This story is from many different POVs ne.

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Prologue

[Kiri]

Today was a very special day for me to always remember.

The first day I broke free from the cage of Kirito's sub-consciousness.

The day I could move and use that body all by my own will, not Kirito's.

The day I was allowed to see the world outside, no need to see things through Kirito's sight.

And it was also the day I could talk to the person I love....

Getting confused with my rantings, aren't you? Maybe I should tell you my story at the very beginning... from the moment I woke up from the darkness of Kirito's sub-consciousness this morning....

At first I opened my eyes, lying still and staring at the white ceiling above. At that point I still hadn't realised that Kirito wasn't in charge.

For the same reason that usually I wasn't allowed to move by my own will, therefore I laid still on the bed, doing nothing and waited for Kirito to rise and begin the day. But no matter how long I waited, there was no response from him either.

"Oniisan! Time to get off the bed ne~" I heard Aiji's voice calling out to me.

"Hai!"

But who's the one speaking? It wasn't Kirito!

Although I was still not very sure about what happened, I made my way to the bathroom instantly. Without thinking, I took a towel to wash my face until realisation hit me suddenly...

Is that me who was doing all this? Me and not Kirito??? What's up?

I took a deep breath before looking into the mirror to see my reflection. Trying to get a better look of my own face, I managed a smile, and my reflection smiled back at me... I curled my lips once more just to make sure that I WAS the one who was moving my facial muscles. After that I finally dared to say that now I was the one who's in charge!

Great!

Usually when Kirito was in charge, the only thing I could do was sat at the corner of the "cage", which is our "mind" (as I had said before, I was always locked inside Kirito's sub-consciousness.) and watched him hanging around outside day after day, but now I was free!

So I could do things I want eventually!

Thinking about that, I couldn't help but smiled again at my own reflection in the mirror.

Usually, I could only see the outside world though Kirito's eyes, but now it seemed that Kirito had been sleeping inside his sub-consciousness... Therefore, I'm on my own now.

At least I knew that Kirito won't be returning for several hours, I still had time to do anything all by myself.

It's just great!

I walked over to the dining hall with a lighter heart. The first thing I'd noticed was that it was a sunny day. I saw the sunlight through the window, shinging brightly upon a young man, outlining his slim figure. He's my younger brother, Aiji.

"Ohayou, Aiji." I hesitated a bit before I began to talk with "my brother". It was the first time I called his name in reality, and I wasn't really used to it. Even I'd always been calling out his name in my dreams...

"Ohayou~" Aiji responded with a pretty little smile on his face, then turned back to his coffee and newspapers. Fortunately his smile helped to ease my nervousness slightly.

Although the two of us used to be closed when we were small. But we didn't grow up together. Because the two of us had been apart when our parents decided to end their marriage. And we hadn't seen each other for many years after our parents divorced, and the next time I saw him again, it was at our father's funeral...

Soon after we were reunited, we also decided to live together again. Until now, he had been living together with me for almost 6 months.

No... it's not so correct to say he's been living with me... I should say he's been living with Kirito...

I sat down at the other side of the table, and helped myself with some food and a cup of coffee. While I was eating, I also found that I couldn't help stealing glances at Aiji every now and then. It was so strange! I'd been used to admiring him secretly back then when Kirito was there, but now through my own eyes, everything around me looked so different, and felt so different too! Even Aiji looked so different from before!

Later, Aiji seemed to be aware that I was looking at him. He looked in my direction with a little bit of discomfort.

"What's up?" I fixed my gaze on him, and asked him when he glanced at me from across the table several times.

"Err... nothing. But you look a bit different today..." Aiji smiled nervously.

"I'm just feeling happy that you're with me."

Aiji smiled back once more, but this time his cheeks turned pinky red. Oh, why I had never noticed that sometimes he could look so cute!?

At 9am, it was time for Aiji to go. "I won't be back for dinner tonight." He told me.

"I have a date with Jun."

"Hope you have fun." I smiled at him cheerfully as uneasiness rose slowly from the depths of my heart.

Jun.... there's always been Jun...

"Ja na! Oniisan Kiri!" The younger man spoke cheerfully, and then walked out of the door.

"Hey~~ Wait!"

Aiji stopped and turned his head back.

I replied uncertainly, "Kiri?"

"Yes... I think it'll be cute to call Oniisan like this ne..." Aiji said shyly.

"But if you don't like it.... I won't say it again...."

"No, no, it's okay." I smiled at him reassuringly. "I love this name."

"Really?" Aiji relaxed and gave me another one of his sweet smiles. "So see you later!"

With that, he walked out of our apartment. Even after he'd left, I still looked at the closed door, feeling a sort of sweet happiness swelling within me.

Kiri... I love the way he called me. Maybe it was suitable to be my name... Kiri....

Because even though Kirito and me looked exactly the same in appearance, yet we are totally two different persons. It wasn't appropriate for us to use the same name.

Therefore, from this day onwards, my name's Kiri.

Still confused? But I promise I'll tell you more latter. About who and what I really am, the connection between me and Kirito, and what'll develop between us and Aiji in our relationships later on....


~owari~

Part 1