It�s two in the morning.
I know this for a fact because Sora just barged down here in a panic, and I had to refrain from throwing the alarm clock at his head. I didn�t care so much about me being woken up, even though I�d finally made myself fall asleep only an hour ago, but moreso the fact that if he didn�t shut up, he was going to wake up Harada, who�s currently curled up comfortably with his head resting on my chest. And Harada hasn�t been sleeping enough as it is.
Therefore, when I grabbed the clock to throw it at him, I happened to see the time.
�He left roughly four hours ago,� Sora tells me in a hissing whisper while I try to decide whether or not this fact was really worth being woken up for (I did go to sleep to escape worry, after all), �he�s still not back yet, and what the hell are we going to do if they have him?� Sora can see that I don�t really care about this after only an hour of sleep (just because I hardly sleep doesn�t mean that I don�t like it), and glances pointedly at Harada in order to guilt me into it.
I really hate him sometimes.
�Don�t you know you�re supposed to wait twenty-four hours before you file a missing persons report,� I mutter in annoyance, �if nothing�s happened, I�m going to shoot you for this.� He pretends not to be fazed, though I can tell the fact I practically growled that makes him somewhat nervous. He retreats, I sigh, and then realize I�m not going to be able to get up without waking Harada up.
He doesn�t tighten his grip to prevent me from getting up as I expected, though he does watch me with a pout that is somewhere between �Aw, how cute� and �Aw, how�pathetic.�
�Where are you going?�
�Sora wants me to go find Adel.�
�Make him do it,� he says with a slight frown, �or at least wait until morning.�
�I thought of that,� I tell him as I dig through the dresser in search of a pair of jeans and a shirt, �but the way Sora is, he probably wouldn�t last ten minutes. Besides, it technically is morning, and delaying when Raidien is involved isn�t exactly the best thing to do.� A yawn randomly tossed itself into the previous statement, and Harada pulls himself into a sitting position, glancing at me worriedly.
�You won�t last long either, going in on no sleep.�
�I saved his life before on no sleep and a cup of coffee,� I shrug, �it was relatively easy.�
�Then you better get some coffee before you go.� He manages a slight smile and I lean over to deliver a light kiss.
�Don�t worry. I�m sure Sora�s up there making me some so that I don�t kill him.� With that and a nod, I start up the stairs, pausing after just a few steps. �Hey, Harada��
�Hm?�
�I will definitely come back to you. Please stop worrying. And get some more sleep.� He won�t say it, but he�s thinking it. Thinking about how high the chance is I could get caught if Adel�s in trouble. A brief look of surprise crosses his face, then dissolves into another smile.
�I�ll hold you to it.�
I finally found it. After roughly three hours of annoying searching the old fashioned way, giving up on that and heading to the company, kidnapping a random patrolling guard, and threatening him into telling me what he knew, I�m finally in the right place. Or at least, I better be or that guard from earlier is going to have a hole in his forehead. It did seem rather easy to get the information I needed, so maybe I�m walking into a trap. But I haven�t got the time to worry about that now.
Deciding an entrance anything other than dramatic is no fun, I kick open the church doors and use the Raidien logo on the back of that red haired punk�s jacket as a target. He whips around glaring, and I have to wonder if he�s more upset over the fact that he got shot in the back or that I saved Adel from further molestation. Then I realize I know him, and he must have realized the same thing because a slight look of surprise replaces the glare.
�Don�t tell me you�re playing the part of the jealous lover, Mirai,� he calls with a condescending smirk as I approach, �that�d be pathetic.�
�Jealous lover?� I ask, doing my best �what the fuck are you on� offended tone of voice, �Adel belongs to Arashi, plain and simple. And if you were referring to yourself�well, senior year wasn�t that long ago. I�m the one who left you, remember?�
Bladen frowns at this, looks offended in turn, and snappily asks, �What are you here for, then?�
I smirk and decide I�ll exploit the fact he gets jealous easily. �My lover wouldn�t be very happy if I let anything happen to Adel�� I have to try not to laugh at his look of surprise, which becomes easier with his next statement.
�I hope you�re not talking about Ara.�
Sigh.
�Satoru, you idiot,� I say with an annoyed glare, trying to refrain from throwing something at him (since the only thing I have on hand is my gun), �Adel�s our link to Ara, therefore he wouldn�t be happy if you kept him. I�m taking him back.� With this statement, I promptly shove him out of my way, though he grabs my wrist to prevent me from going too far.
�So�you left me for the kid.�
�I left you because if I�m around you too long I can hardly keep myself from shooting you.� I point the gun in his face to emphasize this, as well as the fact he�s an idiot for not grabbing the arm that held the gun. He snorts at this and releases me with a disbelieving look.
�Drop the attitude and be honest with me for once. You didn�t hang around for two years because you couldn�t stand me.�
�I wasn�t as jaded then as I am now,� I say simply with a shrug, �my tolerance for idiocy was higher back then.�
�Now I�m the one who�d like to shoot you,� he tells me with a sigh, �you always have to hide behind your attitude. And you talk too much.�
�You�re not worth--� The rest of my sentence is lost since I walked right into that trap and found myself met with a kiss as I started to say something. He pulls away with a smirk, and I smirk back, which causes this adorable look of confusion to cross his features before my fist connects rather forcefully with his stomach.
�I�m sorry,� I tell him, sounding sincere even as my knee slams into the bottom of his jaw when he doubles over, �but I didn�t come here to be molested. I have no doubt you were about to say I couldn�t deny I missed you, missed that, but rest assured, I didn�t.� With that, I stepped over him and made my way over to Adel.
