Mornings By Cassandra
A/N: I broke my 2-page quota for this chapter because it is special. My goodness, this is Seiya and Yaten we�re talking about here! Definitely it would be longer and different! ^_^
DISCLAIMER: I don�t own anything in this chapter but the idea and the story itself. The song �Love Me� is by Hong Kong Knife, the ending song of the anime �Yami no Matsuei�. I love this song! ^_^
Chapter IV Seiya and Yaten
Indigo eyes were gleaming with mischief as they fell on the silver knobs of an extremely powerful-looking music component system. It was the kind that could blast your eardrums off at the least when pushed up to its full power. Yes, exactly the kind that could send people jumping off their beds in the morning and feeling the need to do something extremely physical.
Like beating people up for making too much noise on such an early, quiet morning, not that Seiya Kou was planning anything like that, mind you.
Slender-fingered hands danced flippantly through a row of different CDs in search of something specific. When it was found, the CD case was immediately popped open and the silver, shiny CD was slipped inside the music component with just a slick push of a button.
Seiya, who looked entirely too pleased with himself so early in the morning, breathed in deeply, feeling his lungs with fresh morning air.
�Ohayo.� He said to particularly no one as a smile lifted the sides of his lips, his right hand fiddling with the knob of the component to push up the volume to its loudest. Then, grabbing his towel, he headed off towards his personal bathroom and slammed the door behind him.
And then, his morning began.
Cymbal beats sounded in introduction from the powerful speakers and then gave way to the sound of an impressive violin and rock fusion that sent a particular silver-haired Shrimp jumping out of her bed and falling ungracefully to the floor even before the vocals set in.
ARUMIkan no marui yen o mashikaku ni orinagarakimi o matsu machi kado sanakami no ekitai wa mou nurukute nomenai kedoshikatanaku motsu ore sa...Intense lime green eyes were afire under tousled silver bangs. Growling menacingly, Yaten Kou was definitely not pleased by Seiya�s wake up call. Imagine, her, Yaten Kou, the most beautiful senshi in the ranks, was now sprawled in the most undignified position on the floor. Didn�t Seiya know that she bruised easily? She could not show up in court with black and blue bruises everywhere! She would not live it down and Seiya will pay dearly for playing that awful Earthian ruckus so early in the morning!
Standing up quickly and blowing her bangs huffily from over her eyes, she determinedly stomped of towards Seiya�s door.
mukashi kiita kanashiki machi no MERODEI o omoidashite
hisashiburi ni narashitara hitotsu no NAZO ga toketa no sa
The music obviously got louder as she approached his bedroom door and it made her temper go on an all time high. Mustering up all her rage, she pounded on the door with all her might to be heard over Seiya�s racket.
�SEIYA! OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW!�
hokouyou no shingou ga aoi ni kawari jinrui ga
ugoki hajimeta keredo
itsumo no you ni ore dake kono mama sa ni, san bo ugoku kedo
Yaten didn�t hear any response coming from inside and she thought that he probably drowned himself in the shower. She promptly pounded that little voice in her head that told her she certainly did care about him despite her protests.
Practically red faced and far madder than when she started with after yelling and pounding for the past thirty seconds or so, she was almost at her wits� end. Her eyes were staring daggers at Seiya�s closed door, her eyebrow twitching at every accent the singer paid on his words.
�God damnit, SEIYA IF YOU DON�T COME OUT I�LL COME IN THERE AND RIP OFF WHAT SHOULDN�T BE IN BETWEEN YOUR LEGS IN THE FIRST PLACE!�
She roared, her body ready to pounce on the door and break it open if Seiya didn�t respond to that threat.
�All right! All right! Jeez, stop the yelling! I could hear you perfectly! No need to get pissed, Yaten. I�m coming out.�
He responded at last (and she couldn�t explain how she heard him over that godawful noise) and Yaten was ready to kill him for ruining her beauty sleep. It was far too early for this noise, damn it!
He is going to die�Oooooh, he�s so going to get it�Yaten�s fist clenched at her side.
�All right.� The door to Seiya�s room opened and Yaten was all set to open her mouth and tell him off.
�What�s the problem?�
She looked up to meet him head on.
Seiya was standing in front of her with a raised eyebrow up on his forehead plastered with wet black bangs.
So he showered?And she opened her mouth to start her tirade, but then a slight motion on his right arm distracted her. Just a tiny flex that made her glance at it.
And she found that she couldn�t say anything anymore.
Seiya�s hand was holding on to a towel that was wrapped around his waist. His ebony black hair was dripping all over the floor and he most probably just stepped out of the shower.
Her mouth was open and all she needed was to say something, but the words won�t come out.
Seiya was fricking naked under his towel and dripping from a shower for cripes�sakes!
yami no naka de ore o utsusu GARASUKEESU ni kazarareta
ningyou ga sakki kara kowai kao de ore o miteru
By that time, the song was well into its instrumental break. It was the same almost-confusing and wild violin and rock fusion from the intro and the sound of it seemed to play at the sudden intense beating of her heart.
She could actually hear her heart pounding!
What was going on?
Why did she suddenly feel like she was lacking so much air and that she couldn�t pull in enough into her brain? She felt so faint.
And why in the hell was she staring at Seiya�s bare chest??!!
kamiKAPPU o sankaku ni otte nomihoshita KOOHII to
kimi o matsu machi kado de
jimen o ketobashite narihibiku kono oto ga
BARAADO sa wakaru kai
��Oi, you could just take a picture to stare at. It�s starting to get a bit chilly.�
Yaten was snapped out of her unwanted and yet so engaging trance at Seiya�s remark and she immediately pulled her gaze up from his well-toned chest.
She pushed away the impulse to suddenly flush at that passing thought.
Seiya was smiling amusedly at her, his indigo eyes twinkling with laughter and a promise of teasing to come. It wasn�t everyday Yaten stared unabashedly at bare chests you know? And Seiya�s at that!
The sight of his smiling face made Yaten�s anger resurface. She hated being embarrassed and especially by Seiya-baka of all people!
�Turn of the music.� She told him firmly, crossing her arms over her chest as if to defend herself against whatever it was that would come creeping from Seiya.
In response, Seiya cocked an eyebrow and cupped a hand to his ear, leaning towards her.
�What?! I can�t hear you!�
She could tell he was playing with her.
Growling, she yelled.
�I said, TURN OFF THAT DAMN MUSIC!�
yoru no machi de hitorikiri demo owari wa mada saki dakara
kanashiku nanka wa nai no sa tada sukoshi tsukaretekitaze
Seiya was pouting at her when she yelled.
�Party pooper.� He said to her, but not moving an inch to turn off the music.
Yaten looked ready to throttle him and was really about to do so, when Seiya spoke up again.
�Okay, okay, after the song. It�s almost ending, look, look��
Then he started to sing along.
�Ore no fuku kuchibue wa wari to akarui uta de��
�Dance with me, Yaten.� He said to her with a wink as he took her hands and began leading her into a ridiculous dance, ignoring her loud protests.
zen sekai no hitotachi ni sasagerareta NOIZU
dare hitori shiru hazu no nai kono MERODEI ga
omae ni wa kikoeru ka?
Yaten was getting dizzy with Seiya�s manhandling and her world was already whirling before her eyes when she suddenly found herself being held in a low dip.
Seiya was so close, she could see the dark irises of his indigo eyes and smell the clean scent of his hair, and he was singing still. But the song was coming to a close and she had realized that her protests had died long before the dip and Seiya had a totally different expression on his face.
She shivered when he pulled her closer, his hand seeming burn through the back of her nightgown, and sang softly almost against her lips,
��Sayonara� da, love me��
Then he closed the distance between them and kissed her.
The world seemed to have fallen away around her. All she knew was that Seiya was holding her close and was kissing her so hungrily she thought he would consume her completely. She heard a voice calling, singing out over and over again,
�Love me�.Love me��
Violins, guitars, and drums came together once more into a wild and dizzying dance of sounds to finally crest at an intense crescendo and then it was gone.
A single strum of a guitar then there was silence.
A gasp.
Intent indigo looked into glazed lime.
The calm after the storm, or is it?