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Strays	By : Shuichi77 Category: +G to L > Loveless Views: 1752 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Almost as soon as their long drive home began, Soubi looked over to his young sacrifice in the seat next to him to see him fast asleep with his head resting against the glass of the window. The sight made Soubi smile; he always thought Ritsuka looked so peaceful when he slept. His sleeping companion left him alone with only his thoughts. All of the new information they had just gained was repeating itself over and over again in Soubi's mind. The magnitude of it all was almost too much to handle, even for someone as strong as Soubi; this thought alone made Soubi admire the young boy's strength even more. Soubi was still somewhat stunned by everything they learned that evening. He could have never imagined that after living his entire life as blank, feeling like nothing more than a replacement, that he now truly belonged to someone; and not in the way that he belonged to Ritsu or Seimei, he was no longer just a possession to be used and abused, for the first time in his life he felt like his own person. The best part of all this though, was that Soubi's biggest fear had now been put to rest. The thing that Soubi was afraid of more than anything else, more than graves or the dark, was the idea that one day Ritsuka's Sentouki would appear and take him away. This fear had consumed Soubi even since the first day they met. He couldn't bear the idea of someone else fighting for Ritsuka, holding him, caressing him, kissing him. He would never admit it but, when he fell to the floor in Ritsu's office was more due to this overwhelming fear being yanked away from him, the relief was unbelievable.

After being lost in his thoughts for the entire drive home, Soubi snapped out of it as the car pulled up in front of their home. Soubi let out a relieved sigh and quietly shut the car off and slipped out of the driver side door. He then walked around to the passenger side, opened the door and gently picked Ritsuka up out of the car, trying not to wake him. He carried the sleeping boy through the front gate and up to the door. He carefully pushed open the door, went inside and proceeded up the stairs to the master bedroom, Ritsuka held tightly in his arms. Once arriving in the bedroom, Soubi softly set the boy onto the bed and gently unbuttoned his jeans and slid them off his legs. He then slowly lifted the large sweater off his body, leaving him in nothing but his boxers (he was really surprised at how sound of a sleeper he was). Soubi paused for a moment to take in the sight of his lover; his eyes scanned the boy from top to bottom admiring his beauty. Soubi then ruffled through his dresser drawers and found a pair of pajama pants and a matching shirt that the Natsuo left behind when he and Youji moved out; Natsuo was about the same size as Ritsuka so he knew they would fit well enough. He went back over to the bed and slipped the clothes onto Ritsuka's still sleeping form before pulling the covers over the boy and placing a small kiss on his forehead. Soubi then lifted off his own shirt to get ready for bed. After removing his shirt, he stopped for moment and turned to look into the large mirror that stood atop his dresser. As he gazed into the mirror, his long slender fingers traced over the letters across his chest, this was the first time he noticed the cracks on his name that matched Ritsuka's. He still couldn't believe that he had a name of his own and on top of that, that he and Ritsuka were defying it. Regardless of the cracks that ran through his name, Soubi still thought it was beautiful. After another moment, Soubi walked over to the bed and crawled underneath the covers, still in his tight black jeans (he really did enjoy sleeping in them). As he crawled into bed, he wrapped his large arms around the sleeping figure next to him, pulling him closer to be pressed right up against him. Soubi was filled with warmth as he drifted off to sleep with a smile on his face, thinking to himself that tomorrow would be the start of his and Ritsuka's new life together as Loveless.

As morning came, all was quiet in the large home and the sunlight was now making its way through the large bay window of the bedroom. The bright sunlight flowing into the room caused Soubi to stir from his sleep. Once he opened his eyes fully he immediately realized that Ritsuka was no longer in the bed next to him. Soubi quickly sat up in the bed and looked around the room for any signs of the boy, slightly worried as to where he may have gone. His worry was quickly put to rest when he looked down on the pillow that lie next to him and saw a small note. He picked it up and read it out loud to himself with a smile.

"Went to school. Be back later. Love Ritsuka." Soubi then leaned back against the head board of his bed, smiling, and read the note to himself one more time before laying it down on the night stand next to him. He then lifted the covers off of himself and got up out of the bed, stretching his arms high above his head and let out a large yawn, before heading down the stairs and toward to the guest bedroom.

"Well, I guess I'll pack up all of Kio's things today. I think I'll turn this room into a studio." Soubi spoke aloud to himself as be looked over all the things in the smaller guest room that Kio used to reside in. He then slowly got to work on collecting everything up, getting it ready to be sent to the college.

Meanwhile…

After a short walk through the new snow that now blanked the streets and sidewalks, Ritsuka made a quick pit stop on his way to school. He stopped into a small costume shop and picked up a pair of false ears and a false tail that matched his old ones exactly; he really didn't want everyone at school to know that he had lost his ears. Ritsuka then left the shop and put on his false appendages. After another short walk he arrived at the gates of the elementary school. He was incredibly excited to see all of his friends. He was slightly worried though that his teacher would be rather upset about him missing a whole month, but he knew that Shinonome-Sensei would understand if he just explained to her what happened. Ritsuka then took in a deep breathe of the cold winter air and headed into the building. As Ritsuka walked up the stairs toward his classroom everything at the school seemed just as he had left it; there were other kids running all around the hallways, talking and playing with each other, all of them waiting for the bell to ring to signal that it was time for class to begin. Ritsuka decided that he was going to class a little early so that he could see all his friends before class started. Upon arriving at his classroom, he slid open the door with a big smile on his face. As soon as he stepped into the room he took a good look around the room and saw all those familiar faces, except for two; he didn't see Yuiko or Yayoi anywhere, but he thought that maybe they just hadn't arrived yet. He then walked over to his teacher, who had her face buried in some papers.

"Good morning Sensei!" Just the sound of his voice snapped her out of her paperwork.

"Ritsuka-kun! I'm so relieved to see you back at school." She then stood up from her desk and looked over at the clock to see that there was still a few minutes before class started. "Ritsuka-kun, will you please step into the hallway with me for a moment?" Ritsuka just gave her a nod and followed her to the hallway. Once in the hallway, Shinonome-Sensei closed the classroom door behind her and leaned down to be closer to Ritsuka's eye level.

"Ritsuka-kun, I have been so worried about you, it isn't like you to miss this much school. Is everything ok?" Ritsuka was expecting this question but hadn't actually thought about how much he wanted to tell her about what happened.

"Everything is ok Sensei. I had to take care of my mother for a while, and then I actually moved so that took a while as well. I'm sorry for being absent for so long. Will I be able to make up everything I missed?" Ritsuka knew that this wasn't the whole truth, but he didn't want to tell her the whole story.

"Oh I see. Well I'm just very relieved to have you back, and yes you will be able to make up all your missed lessons." As soon as she said this the bell rang for class to start.

"Thank you Sensei." Ritsuka gave her a smile but he then noticed that Yuiko and Yayoi still hadn't arrived at class. So before his teacher opened the classroom door again he decided to ask her one last question.

"Oh Sensei, are Yuiko and Yayoi absent today or something?" This question made his teachers ears fall flat against her head and a small frown appear on her face.

"Umm, I can't answer that right now Ritsuka-kun, class is starting; but come and see me after class and I'll let you know about Yukio and Yayoi-kun." With that, she slid open the door and they both entered the classroom.

As Ritsuka took his seat, his mind was racing with questions.

'Why did Sensei get that look on her face? I wonder if something as happened to them. Now I'm even more worried.'

For the entire class, Ritsuka was completely unfocused on the lesson, his mind too pre occupied with the whereabouts of his friends. The whole day seemed to drag on forever until the closing bell finally rang, and all the students gathered their things and left the classroom. As soon as everyone had left the room, Ritsuka gathered up his things into his bag and walked up to his teacher's desk.

"So Sensei…where are Yuiko and Yayoi?" Shinonome let out a small sigh before answering his question.

"Well the very first day that you missed class, Yuiko-kun was very worried as she usually is. She approached me after class and told me that she was worried about you but that one of her other classmates had hidden her cell phone from her before class started and she asked me if I could try and get ahold of you. I told her that I would try, and I did, but no one was answering the phone at your home that day."

"Yeah, sorry about that, mother usually just ignores the phone when it rings."

"It's ok. But anyway, the next day came and you still weren't here. I told Yuiko-kun that I had tried but couldn't get ahold of you and she began to cry. But Yayoi-kun was very quick to comfort her. We then carried along with class as normal, but at the end of the day I saw Yayoi and Yuiko standing in the court yard together just talking like normal. They then left together that day. For the rest of that week, the two of them changed somehow. They moved seats to sit next to each other, they were together every time I saw them and since you weren't here, when Yuiko-kun was getting picked on Yayoi-kun seemed to have found his courage and always came to her defense. And this continued for the entire week following that." Ritsuka was slightly surprised that Yayoi got the courage to stand up for Yuiko, but he was glad that he was watching out for her in his absence.

"So then where are they today Sensei?" Again Shinonome sighed.

"Well two weeks ago, they both stopped coming to class. I was naturally worried so I called both of their parents. When I got into contact with them, both families gave me the same story; I was told that they had both transferred schools." Ritsuka was incredibly shocked by this.

"They both just transferred schools? Have you heard from either of them at all?"

"Yes they did, and no, I was actually hoping you had heard from them."

"No I haven't. I thought it was really odd that Yuiko hadn't called me once since I had been gone."

"I was afraid of that." She then let out a depressed sigh once again. "Well that's the whole story Ritsuka-kun. I'm very sorry."

"It's ok Sensei. Thank you for telling me what happened." Ritsuka then gave his teacher a reassuring smile. "I'm sure we will hear from them soon" This did make Shinonome perk up a little bit.

"Yes, I'm sure we will. You should probably head on home now."

"Yeah I should. Goodbye Sensei, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Goodbye Ritsuka-kun."

Ritsuka then left the classroom and headed down the stairs and began his walk home. The whole walk home Ritsuka's mind was racing.

'I can't believe they transferred schools without even telling me. That's really not like them, especially Yuiko. I'm defiantly going to have to try and find out what school they moved to. I really hope they are ok.'

When Ritsuka finally arrived in front of Soubi's house he removed his false ears and tail and put them in his bag. He knew how much Yamato hated it when Kouya wore hers, so he wasn't sure how Soubi would feel about the matter. After he had them safely put away in his bag, he proceeded to the front door and went inside, taking off his coat and shoes in the entry way. After walking past the entry way and into the large open living room of the house, he noticed a bunch of boxes stacked up against the wall in the living room. He also noticed that Soubi was nowhere to be seen, so he called out for him.

"Soubi! I'm home." He immediately heard reply coming from down the hall.

"Welcome home Ritsuka! I'm in the guest room." Ritsuka then made his way to the guest room. As soon as he entered the small room, he noticed that all of Kio's things were now gone and in their place was a small desk accompanied by a rolling chair, as well as several beautiful paintings hung up on the walls. He then saw Soubi setting up a large easel in the corner of the room.

"Wow Soubi, this room looks completely different." He then walked over to one of the paintings on the wall and ran a small hand along the frame. The picture he had stepped up to was a beautiful scene of cherry blossoms with a large butterfly in the center of the piece.

"Did you paint all these Soubi?" Soubi then stopped what he was doing to turn towards Ritsuka and gave him a big smile.

"Yes I did. Do you like them?"

"They are beautiful, I love them." Soubi then noticed exactly which painting Ritsuka was admiring.

"You know, I painted that one for you." This made Ritsuka blush slightly.

"Really?"

"Yes; cherry blossoms have always reminded me of you. They are so beautiful and delicate, and yet they are resilient and still continue to bloom even in the cold of winter. And I know you always think of me when you see a butterfly, so I wanted to paint something that I could look at and be reminded of the bond we share." This made Ritsuka blush wildly now; he was really growing to love the sweet things that Soubi said to him.

"Well I love it." Ritsuka then gave a sweet smile and ran over to the tall blonde and wrapped his arms around his waist, embracing him tightly. Soubi quickly scooped the boy up and locked his lips in a sweet gentle kiss, before setting him back down.

"So how was your day at school Ritsu-kun?" This question immediately shifted Ritsuka's mood back to being worried and confused.

"It wasn't very good." Soubi could hear the sad tone in Ritsuka's voice and it made him very concerned.

"What happened?"

"Well Yuiko and Yayoi weren't there today. So I asked Sensei about it, and she said that they transferred schools."

"Transferred? That's odd. Do you know where they transferred to?"

"No." Soubi could now see tears swelling up in those deep purple eyes and knew that he had to do something; he absolutely hated seeing Ritsuka cry. So he gently pulled Ritsuka close to him and wrapped his arms around him, allowing Ritsuka to bury his face into Soubi's stomach.

"Ritsuka, I will find out where they went. I don't want anything to cause you pain, so I won't stop searching until I find out where your friends have gone. I promise." Ritsuka was filled with warmth and relief at this statement; he knew that if anybody could figure this out, Soubi could. Ritsuka then pulled away from Soubi slightly, wiped away the single tear that had fallen down his cheek and gave Soubi a smile.

"Thank you Soubi." He then stood on his tip toes and wrapped his small arms around Soubi's neck pulling him down into a passionate kiss. Their kiss was interrupted however as Ritsuka and Soubi fell to the floor simultaneously, both of them clutching their chests in pain. After a few seconds, the pain had passed and Ritsuka looked up at Soubi.

"I guess we added another crack."

"It would appear so. Are you okay Ritsuka?"

"Yeah, I'm fine now. I hope that maybe the pain will get tolerable at some point though."

"I agree."

The two of them then lifted themselves off the floor of the studio and Soubi took Ritsuka by the hand and led him into the kitchen and sat him down at the table.

"What would you like for diner? I will make you anything you like." Ritsuka sat in his chair and thought for a moment on what sounded good.

"Mmm, Ramen."

"Ramen? Are sure that's all you want?"

"Yes, I really like ramen." Ritsuka then gave Soubi the cutest smile, and Soubi couldn't refuse.

After making each of them a bowl, Soubi sat down at the table and watched in delight as Ritsuka enjoyed his diner. As he began to eat his own ramen, Soubi's mind then started racing with thoughts on how he was going to find out where Yuiko and Yayoi attended school now. He knew it wasn't going to be easy, but he wanted nothing more than for Ritsuka to be happy, so he knew he had to succeed.

After noticing that Ritsuka had finished his meal, he got up from the table and took both of their bowls to the kitchen and sat them in the sink. He then glanced over his shoulder to see the boy let out a small yawn.

"Are you ready for bed Ritsuka?" Ritsuka just nodded as stretched and yawned again.

"Then let's go to bed, and I will begin my search for Yuiko and Yayoi first thing in the morning."

"Ok." Soubi could now hear the tiredness in his voice, so he picked the boy up from the table in his usual manor and carried him up the stairs to the bedroom. After changing and getting into bed, Ritsuka feel asleep immediately. Soubi pulled the covers over the boy and then left the bedroom and headed back downstairs into his new studio. He sat down at his desk and opened up his laptop and began his search for any information about Ritsuka's missing classmates.

TBC
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