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ARACHNOPHOBIA	By : Lances Category: +S to Z > Trigun Views: 4859 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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ARACHNOPHOBIA

pathological fear or loathing of spiders

Chapter 7: Chill
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The night was as cold as
Knives� heart towards the spiders. Vash shivered under the light blanket,
trying to snuggle a bit more closer to his brother. He didn�t know why he was
still sharing the bed with Knives, but he guessed it might have something to do
with the fact that there actually weren�t any extra beds in the hospital, and
because he really didn�t want to leave his brother unguarded and join the
insurance girls in a hotel room. If there were any further reasons, Vash was
firmly ignoring them.
Vash listened to the
silence for a while. Only Knives� calm breathing broke the utter stillness.
Vash wasn�t actually sure if Knives was sleeping or not; his twin had namely
developed a habit of pretending to be asleep while, in fact, he wasn�t.
Sighing, Vash pressed his nose against his brother�s neck and inhaled the
familiar yet strange scent that belonged to no-one else but Knives.
�Stop tickling my neck,
you stupid fuck.�
Vash opened his eyes and
blearily looked at the platinum-haired man that was sleeping next to him. �You
awake, Knives?�
�I wasn�t, until you
decided to nudge your freezing cold nose against my skin.�
�Sorry about that.� Vash
was grinning.
�No, you�re not.� Knives
took a deep breath and turned to face his brother. His voice was thick and
raspy with sleep. �What�s bothering you?�
Vash traced his eyes along
Knives� sharp jaw, following it up to his sharply curving earlobe. Knives
didn�t have an earring, he realised. Of course he didn�t. Vash took a deep,
heavy breath and closed his eyes. �I don�t know. I guess I�m just thinking what
I�m going to do with you.�
�In the middle of the
night?� Knives sounded amused. �I think there are plenty of things you
could do with me.�
Vash had the grace to
blush. �Knives!�
�What?� Knives tried very
hard not to laugh. �What did I do now?�
Vash propped himself up on
his elbow and glared down at his brother. He felt a strange kind of tickle in
his stomach. �You know very well what you did. That... There was a sexual
innuendo in that!�
Knives flashed a brilliant
smile. �So you actually noticed?�
Vash coughed, suddenly
frustrated in more ways than one. �What are you playing at, Knives?�
�How about Shoot or Bare?�
Knives suggested, with a grin. �Legato�s version of that stupid spider game.
Actually quite amusing. He made a gang of those idiotic Roderick thieves play
it once. Eventually...�
�Knives, I�d rather not
know, thank you. Besides, I was kind of serious here.� Vash sat up and
nervously began to tamper with his weapon arm. �I really don�t have any idea
what to do with you. I have no idea what to expect from the future. I... I
don�t even know if we have a future.�
�Of course we have a
future, Vash. It�s the spiders who don�t.�
�Stop it, Knives.�
�I can�t.� Knives drawled.
�I can�t change the universal truths, you know. Humans are born mortal, and
there�s nothing we can do about it. Not even if we wanted to.�
�You still shouldn�t be so
cruel towards them. Why can�t you just let them live the short while they�re
privileged to live?�
�Well. I�m not killing
anyone now.�
�That�s because I�m here
to prevent you. Not because you wouldn�t want to.�
�True. But still. I�m not
killing anyone right now.� Knives looked at the wall, biting his lip. �Would
you come back to sleep?�
Vash shook his head,
feeling miserable. Knives would never learn to respect human life. Vash could
deal with him now, but when his brother gained back his strength and his
ability to walk... There was only so much Vash could do to prevent him from
becoming the same murderous lunatic he had always been.
A lone cat on the
windowsill outside meowed.
�You think too much, did
you know that, Vash.� Knives was now examining his twin with intensity, his
eyes burning. �And you think you�re so perfect. You think you have so high
morals. But you know what? You don�t. You actually like to hurt
someone.�
�That�s not true! I�ve
never wanted to hurt anyone!�
�Think again, brother.� Knives�
voice was icy. �You seem to have developed some kind of a fetish towards
hurting me. You�ve shot me more times than what I care to remember. With
no remorse whatsoever. And still, although I can�t understand why, I love you.
Why is it that it�s so easy for you to hurt me? Is it because I�m equal to
you?�
�I...�
�Come to think of it, it�s
all very simple, in the end. I�m the only one who you can pour all of your
aggressions on. I�m the only one you won�t be able to accidentally kill when
you rant and rave.�
�Knives...�
�You�re so full of shit,
you know. If you see even one of those beloved spiders of yours suffer, you
cry. But what do you do when you see your brother suffer, Vash? What do you do?
You don�t give a damn, because you know it is your own doing that he�s
suffering. Or, maybe, you hurt him even more.�
Vash looked horrified.
�I just need to exist, so
that you could keep feeling good about yourself.� Knives looked away from Vash
again, feeling empty inside. �I�m the Demon in this petty little world of
yours, and you are the Saviour. You like the feel of that thought, don�t you,
Vash? You truly want to be the one to bring the salvation to these godforsaken
souls... The salvation Rem once promised for everyone. The salvation that never
came.�
Vash was about to reply,
but couldn�t find the words. Tears were streaming down his cheeks, and he was
so confused that he didn�t quite know how to be. He looked at Knives, who
opened his arms with a grimace of pain.
Vash all but dove into his
brother�s embrace.
�We don�t need the
salvation, Vash. They don�t need it. They don�t even want it.�
Knives buried his nose in Vash�s messy hair, kissing the top of his head. �Just
try to get some sleep. You�ll see everything more clearly in the morning.
Just... Get some sleep now.�
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...To Be Continued...

A/N: This
was just a short fill-in chapter... I didn�t want to make it too long, since
the next chapter jumps a few days ahead. Hope you liked it, still. -Lances
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