Chapter 8: Something Crazy

“Your such a sap.” Kazahaya laughed after he read what Rikuo put down in his journal. Rikuo smiled, and continued to stare at Kazahaya, he couldn't take his eye's off him, and for some reason, Kazahaya didn't know why.

“Hey Rikuo! I made an insult at you!” Kazahaya became childish as he stuck his tongue out at him. Rikuo smiled, this confused Kazahaya.

“You know, that's starting to creep me out.”

“What is?”

“The staring... The niceness.” Kazahaya drew out the last word dramatically. “I got used to it the first day, but now we're entering our second, I am becoming frightened.” He pretended to shudder.

“Kazahaya,” the name filled Rikuo up with a strange emotion, knowing he was calling it to the real owner “don't you remember what happened in the last month?”

“Hmm...” Kazahaya tilted his head up “No, like I told you, all I remember is passing out in the street.”

-x- two days earlier -x-

“Whoa!” Rikuo dropped the mirror, which shattered once it hit the hard floor, to catch Kazahaya, who had started to fall backwards. Kazahaya fell limp in Rikuo's arms.

“Um... Kaza-”

“Let go of me you dirt brain!” Kazahaya flailed his arms around, Rikuo let go of him, stunned, and let him fall on his back, on the floor.

A moment of silence passed.

A roar of laughter erupted suddenly from Rikuo. Kazahaya glared

“What the hell are you laughing about?” Kazahaya began to get up, dusting off.

“Dude, are you okay?” Rikuo asked between chuckles.

“Yeah, no thanks to you!” Kazahaya shut his eyes, walking past Rikuo with his arms crossed across his chest.

Rikuo grabbed Kazahaya's arm as he passed. “Seriously, are you okay?”

Kazahaya ground his teeth, but smoothed out his expression once he saw Rikuo's eye's. They were so...

Gentle.

It made Kazahaya shiver.

“Of course I'm okay. Why wouldn't I be?” He continued to stare into Rikuo's eye's, which turned into confusion after the question was answered.

I don't get it. Rikuo thought, forgetting about the boy in front of him.

“Are you going to let go of my arm or what?” Rikuo focused back onto Kazahaya. “Urgh, would you stop-”

Rikuo pulled Kazahaya into a tight embrace, wrapping his arms around him, almost protectively.

“Gah! Rikuo?! Let go of me!” Kazahaya struggled.

“You're here.” Rikuo whispered.

“Well duh! Jeez, I didn't go anywhere...” Kazahaya shivered again, when he felt fingers comb through his hair. “...What's with you?” Kazahaya wrapped his arms around Rikuo as well, although for a different reason. He could feel that Rikuo was troubled by something, it wasn't like Rikuo to be so open with him.

Rikuo laughed once, but there was no humor behind it. “Remember the mirror?”

“Oh yeah!” He paused “wait... how did I get here?” Kazahaya brought an arm back around to point down.

“I went out and got you, of course.” He noticed that Rikuo scoffed lightly.

“...Why?” Rikou was still holding him.

Kazahaya could tell he rolled his eye's on that one “Well, Kakei sent me after you. You were out for a couple hours, and it was starting to rain.”

Kazahaya groaned, Rikuo stifled a giggle. “Thats it? You're acting as if you haven't seen me in weeks!”

Rikuo stiffened; Kazahaya noticed.

“I haven't.” Rikuo answered at last.

Kazahaya sighed in irritation, Rikuo laughed out loud. “If this is some kind of trick, Rikuo” Kazahaya threatened, “it is so not funny.” He seemed to fume, which made Rikuo's grin wider. He finally let off some hugging pressure to look at Kazahaya's face.

“You, really don't remember anything?”

Kazahaya sighed “Should I remember something?”

A knock on the door made Kazahaya jump.

“Everything alright in here?” Kakei popped his head in the doorway.

“Umm...” Kazahaya was suddenly aware of how close Rikuo was, aware that one hand was still around his neck. He flushed a deep pink. But Rikuo was smiling.

“Everything is fine.”

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“Jeez, you people! I keep on telling you, I am perfectly fine.” He persisted as Kakei stuck a mini flashlight in his face, peering into his eye. Everyone was in the room now, Kakei, Saiga, and Rikuo, of course. “So you're a doctor now?”

Kakei smiled in humor at Kazahaya's annoyance.

“I just want to be certain that Tomo is gone.”

“... Who?”

“Didn't Rikuo tell you?” he inclined his head in his direction.

“No, like he ever does.”

“I'm pretty sure he is though.” Rikuo's reaction was aimed at Kakei. “gone, you know? The mirror is smashed to bits.”

“Yes. But I do wonder what will become of his lost soul.” Kakei responded calmly, Rikuo fidgeted.

“Poor thing.”

“What's going to happen to him?” Rikuo didn't sound interested.

Kazahaya groaned, wanting to be apart of this conversation that was making utterly no sense.

He was ignored.

Kakei shrugged in the slightest motion. “Can't say for sure. He should have died in that fire.” He took the light away from Kazahaya's eye's and stood up. “One thing is for certain though, we wont be seeing him again.”

-x- present day -x-

“I still think it's strange.” Kazahaya folded his arms behind his head, laying back on his pillow.

Rikuo smirked “Or course it is. Not everyday you hear of someone becoming possessed by another.”

“Was I possessed?” Kazahaya glanced over at Rikuo “did I have no free will at all?”

Rikuo blinked slowly “I wouldn't know. But you were able to fight back, gain control over your body and mind again.”

“With your help?” Kazahaya finished for him.

Rikuo grinned “Yup. You should only be so lucky.”

“Pssh!” Kazahaya rolled his eye's, crossing his legs. “So, how did you get me 'back' anyway?”

“I kissed you.”

“You, what?!” Kazahaya sat up, eye's wide with anger.

“You heard me. I gave you a kiss... and you kissed me back.” He added.

“Gah! You took advantage of my predicament and did something I would never allow!” Kazahaya shook his head back and forth.

Rikuo sighed “You're so ungrateful.”

“What?”

“I had actually kissed Tomo, you know? I did it as a mechanism to lure you out, by shock. You were already on the edge anyway, all you needed was a little push, and that's what I did.”

Silence.

“So, you only kissed me, to lure me out?”

“That's right.” Rikuo looked skeptical.

“Oh.” Was there a hint of hurt in his voice?

“But you know...” Rikuo trailed off to get his attention “I only did it for you.” He held out his hand, Kazahaya starred at it, with a questionable look on his face.

Rikuo grinned “Don't worry, I wont do anything.” He paused “I want you to see something.”

“Okay...” Kazahaya grabbed his hand, and closed his eye's.

It was creepy at first, Kazahaya saw through Rikuo's eye's and saw himself. Rikuo was leaning into him, it was creepy cause he was about to kiss himself. But the moment the lips contacted, Kazahaya felt a transfer, and he was in his own body, being kissed by Rikuo. He couldn't see anything, only feel the surge of different emotions Rikuo put into that first kiss.

Uncertainty, sadness, desire.

The kiss ended to quick, and Kazahaya felt neglected, and mumbled “Wait” and felt himself lean back in, putting as much strength as he could muster into his own kiss. He felt Rikuo's lips curve upward in satisfaction, as he pushed back with more force, more urgency. The way Rikuo tightened, and moved his arms around him made Kazahaya feel wanted. When Rikuo opened his mouth, he thought it was an invitation, and preceded to turn this kiss into something more.

The memory was suddenly cut short, when Kazahaya was zapped back into the real world. He fluttered his eye's open, and saw the shocked expression on Rikuo's face.

“...What?”

Rikuo exhaled, a tiny smile emerging. “I couldn't take your reaction much longer.”

Kazahaya flushed “what- What was I doing?”

Rikuo laughed nervously, which sounded stupid coming from him. “You were moaning.”

“...”

“And stroking my thigh.”

“Eh, sorry.” Kazahaya decided now was a good time to move away from Rikuo, off his knee.

“Why the sudden passion?” Rikuo's tone was teasing.

“Pssh. You know, half of that 'passion' was emitting off of you.”

Rikuo twitched.

Kazahaya grinned “I felt all your desire, your feelings from that memory.”

Rikuo couldn't believe it, Kazahaya had made a comeback. “You're such a snoop”

“You're the one who let me into your thoughts.”

Rikuo nodded once, accepting it.

“Did you like it?” Rikuo's tone turned seductive.

“Uh, like what?” Kazahaya had a feeling he knew where this was going.

“The kiss.” Rikuo leaned forward.

“erm, well... It was better than your forced kiss a couple days ago.”

“A month ago.” Rikuo corrected him automatically.

“Right.” Kazahaya looked sideways, uncertain.

“You know, I really did miss you.” Rikuo looked down.

“Yeah, it must be very hard for you to admit this” Kazahaya responded sarcastically.

Rikuo chuckled once “You know me all to well.” He grinned up at Kazahaya.

“You really are a sap, I was hoping I wouldn't experience this moment in your life. What is it? A mid-life crises?” He laughed.

Rikuo rolled his eye's dramatically “This is not a mid-life crises. This is about the one I love.”

The laughing stopped. Kazahaya peeked at Rikuo, he looked completely serious.

“Heh heh... What?”

“You heard me.” Rikuo fought back a grin.

“...And who's that?”

“Who's... Who?” Rikuo leaned in, about to cross to the other bed.

“The one you... love” Kazahaya spat out the word, it sounded so distant to him.

“I'll give you a hint.” Rikuo could hear Kazahaya's heart throbbing. He took his hand under Kazahaya' chin “The name starts with a 'K'”.

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oh, BABY! I am done! Whoot!

The end! I love it!

I hope you guys did too, i know i took forever in the last chapter... i deserved no reviews T_T but! To make that up! I will re-write the first 2 chapters (they sucked, dont deny it!) and write a “Drug Extra” PM me with some sexy idea's, and i'll see what i can do!

Yumi.... OUT!