Ai no Nagareboshi
Sequel to the songfic - "Lullaby"By Rizukiyatchan Kou Irvine
Chapter 5 Questions and Answers.
It was about to be 9 in the morning. Taiki was at school already and Seiya was putting a few pancakes in the microwave, eyeing the tv which was in the living room every now and then. On the screen was, what else, a football game, and Seiya didn't seem to enjoy how it was turning out.
"Kami, when you have the ball you RUN. You don't stand there examining the grass you fool."
He was brought back to reality by the beeping sound the microwave made. Grinning, he took two plates, two knives and two forks, placing them on the counter beside the microwave. With one of the forks, he quickly placed three pancakes on each plate, shutting the microwave door. He then opened the cabinet, pulling the syrup out and pouring some on both piles. He stepped towards the fridge and pulled out the bottle of fruit punch, placing it on the table. Taking two glasses, he filled them a bit more than halfway and then put the bottle back in the fridge, shutting the door.
"Easy," he whispered, pulling out two trays from one of the bottom cabinets and placing all the plates and glasses on them. He turned off the tv with the remote and picked up both trays, heading towards his room.
Yaten, rather Healer, was still asleep but was starting to wake up. She mumbled something incoherant and one of her arms slid off the side of the bed. Seeing that the door was left partially open, Seiya opened the door with his back, placing both trays in his left arm as he slid all papers and things off of the table with his right. He then placed both trays on the table and took a sip of his drink, taking it with him as he sat back down beside the bed.
Seiya choked on his drink, seeing Healer's eyes open slowly before they fully opened and stared right at him. 'Oh boy, now or never,' he thought.
"Ohayo! Thought you weren't ever going to wake up."
"Was that sarcasm?" Healer whispered, smirking a little bit. Her eyes narrowed a bit and her cheeks went kinda pink when she realized she was still henshined. She sent a glare in Seiya's direction, who took another sip of his drink innocently. "You did this purposely."
"Huh?"
"The fu'ku!"
Now Seiya's cheeks went kinda pink. "Oi! I left you as Healer because there would be no shirt to lift up to help with your back! It was the easiest way me and Taiki could help you! Don't go thinking all hentai on me, young lady."
"Help me?" Healer blinked, Seiya nodded. She sat up, wincing a little before she managed to stand up, realizing the bandages that were wrapped around her waist. She sighed, nodding in gratitude to Seiya. "Arigato."
"Anytime, squirt. I couldn't just leave you to bleed to death. And I know you'd flip if you got blood on any of your clothes, so we left you henshined. Oi, are you hungry?"
"Sort...of.. Why?.."
Grinning, Seiya stood up, walking to the table where he had the two trays laid out. He picked one up and walked back toward his ally, holding it out. "Here."
"You..." She blinked smiling shyly as she took the tray. "Arigato."
"Anytime, sq-- Yaten." Seiya rubbed the back of his head, trying not to ruin the moment with a stupid nickname. As she sat down and began to eat, he sat down across from her and started to eat the pancakes as well, looking towards her as he took a sip of the remainder of his drink.
"You didn't poison this, did you?"
"Oi, you have no faith in me." Seiya laughed. "Of course not. Now when you're done, try reverting back to your male form to see if it still hurts or what not, okay?"
"..Okay. But.."
"I know, I know. You can't stand being male. Don't worry about it. We'll find her, then you can get rid of it if you'd like."
"Would you?"
Seiya almost choked on his food. "I....I...I don't know."
Healer looked to him, a blank expression on her face, like his statement didn't phase her in the least. "I figure you wouldn't. Seeing that you're such a tomboy, I figure you'd find it easier."
'Easier.. heh. It's this male form that's got me falling head over heels in love with you. Easier, that's funny,' Seiya thought. "That is true.."
"But then again, I remember the first day we became males. You were proud of your brilliant idea, you were bragging about it, so egotistical. It was one in the morning, we weren't tired. We wanted to make the songs, the lyrics and the group name right there and then. But then while we were working on it you froze in place, putting your soda can down. Taiki asked what was wrong, so did I, it took you how many hours to realize the problem we would have adjusting the new bathroom figurations?"
"Oh shut up. I wasn't thinking straight. I was just thinking about the Princess, and all the publicity, and---"
"The spotlight, and how you loved to sing, and how you'd have all these admirers, and going back home, and how you'd style your hair, and how you'd make your autograph, and.."
"O...kay. I get it." Seiya rubbed the back of his head, blushing. "I didn't realize the backsides to this way of finding her.."
"So.. would you keep the male side?"
"...I..might. I don't know. Easier to do some things, harder to do others. I may revert to it sometimes for kicks.. But It's not the real me. er.. well.. Gah, you know what I mean."
Healer giggled, moving the empty plate onto the tray. "Yes, I do. You think I should try to change back?"
"Oh, hmm, right." Seiya put his plate beside Yaten's. "If it hurts tell me, I'll try to help you. Taiki said there may be a slight burn there or something, so."
She sent a glance toward Seiya before taking a breath, dehenshining. Seiya blinked, watching with a stunned look on his face. He shook his head, standing up when he saw Yaten stumbled forward a bit.
"Daijoubu?!"
"I'm fine, just lost concentration for a second.." Yaten shook his head, running a hand through his hair. "It doesn't hurt, actually."
Seiya smiled. "Well, that's good. Hope you feel better, soon." He scratched his head. "So what should we do now?"
Yaten shrugged. "I don't care. But I guess you can take this time to finish whatever you were saying yesterday before that youma came."
"Oh right... If you don't mind me asking, that is." Seiya sat back down on the ground, tightening his hair tie. Yaten sat back down on the bed, kind of too nervous to even look in Seiya's direction even for a second. He didn't have a logical explanation for his actions of two nights before. He didn't. He was kind of scared that saying that would hurt him somehow, because even though he knew how Seiya felt -- sort of, he had absolutely no idea how he felt. Part of him thought it felt right, the other part didn't. Have they been stressed out so much by all this 'idol ambition' that he lost himself somewhere along the way?
"I don't mind you asking."
Seiya started to play around with the straw that he had brought for some reason, maybe he knew he'd need something to do while speaking, and this was all he could think of. "I asked you.. why you replied to it."
Yaten kept averting eye contact, and was doing a very good job at doing so, not only in his opinion but in reality. "I don't know, honestly. I woke up and saw you, and internally I paniced but I just kissed you back without even realizing it.. I mean it's not that it just happened okay, the end, because you obviously saw me going into your room, ne?" Seiya nodded. "It's 'cause.. 'cause.. I was beyond confused. I thought getting up and going to see you would help me realize what happened. That, and for some reason a sense of guilt. Like I played you on."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Seiya was staring directly at Yaten's face, straw on the floor.
"Like.. Like I did it so I wouldn't upset you.. But that's really not--" Yaten froze, looking towards Seiya. He was standing now, a slight glare being sent in Yaten's direction.
"Are you telling me that you did that out of pity?!"
"Whoa, wait! You're assuming things!" Yaten stayed seated on the bed, a shocked and somewhat hurt expression on his face. "I'm not even done and you're already assuming that I--"
"That's just what you said, isn't it? You did it out of pity. Oh, don't worry about me, Yaten. I'm just fine. I can handle things and decide to do things when I feel that I'm ready to. And about Odango? Don't worry about her, I realize my past mistakes, okay? So you can stop feeling sorry for me and stop acting all nice and sweet out of pity. That, and you can get the hell out of my room, you understand me?"
Yaten didn't say a word. That mixed look on his face stayed, and his eyes were staring straight into Seiya's. The way Seiya was glaring at him made it seem like he could and would burn a hole right through his body. "Why aren't you listening to me?"
"I heard you the first time. Now get the hell out of my room, Yaten Kou. And if you continue to feel pity for me, then it's me that pities you. Get the hell out of here!"
Yaten shook his head, unbeliving that Seiya just said all of that to him. "If you're going to be like that, fine. I really don't care. I never felt pity towards you. I WORRIED about you. But I see I don't have to do that, do I? The 'Great Seiya Kou' can take care of himself. Well that's just fine. I don't give a damn what you do anymore, okay?? So EXCUUUSE me for worrying about you a little! And excuuuse me for possibly lo...." He shook his head again, getting up and walking out of the room, not giving it a second thought.
Seiya stayed quiet for a moment as the door slammed shut behind him. He waiting for a little bit longer before he heard another door slam shut. He looked toward the bed, where Yaten had been sitting less than a minute ago, and he rubbed his eyes in defeat. "Kamisama, what the hell did I just do?"
end chapter 5.
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