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Strays	By : Shuichi77 Category: +G to L > Loveless Views: 1752 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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"Soubi!" Yamato whined at the older man while hanging onto his arm, she was extremely exhausted after what had now been five or six hours of searching.

"Soubi…we have looked everywhere. We have already checked the park, the school, the library, and all the shops in town. I want to find Ritsuka too but it's getting late and I'm sure Kouya is starting to worry about me. Why don't we start looking again first thing tomorrow?"

Soubi looked down at her with the softest expression she had seen from him in quite a while, and even gave her a small smile.

"Yamato, you're right, it is getting late. Why don't you go ahead and go home. I want to stop by one more place before I go home, then we will start again tomorrow. Thank you for your help."

Yamato was still quite surprised in Soubi's attitude change, thankful, but surprised. With that, she returned a smile to him and began her walk home while trying to think of places to start the search for tomorrow. Soubi on the other hand, knew exactly where his next stop was; and he hoped with all his heart that he would find his lost love.

After about another fifteen minutes of walking, Soubi arrived at his destination: the cemetery just on the outskirts of town. It was almost dark now and the temperature was starting to drop, but Soubi was determined to keep searching. He walked through the iron gates and began to walk down the gravel path that led through the cemetery, glancing around as he walked, even though he knew exactly where he was heading. He finally came to the bottom of a small hill atop of which stood a tall oak tree with only a single headstone underneath it. As he climbed the hill, head down, he was reading the tombstone in his head from memory.

'Aoyagi Seimei. Son. Brother. Beloved.'

As he reached the top, a small voice hit his ears that filled him with relief, it was Ritsuka's voice. Soubi slowly approached the boy from behind and stopped just a ways back to listen to what the boy's voice was saying. He could barely make out the words through the shivers and tears.

*sniff*

"It's all your f-fault…you left me alone, you lied to me, you hurt people. I… I hate you. It's because of you that Soubi will never love me!"

Soubi could no longer take the pain of listening. He slowly came up behind Ritsuka without saying a word and fell to his knees, wrapping his arms around the boy. Ritsuka, although startled, immediately knew who it was behind him; he would never admit it, but he could recognize the smell of Soubi's cologne and the exact feeling of being in his arms.

"What are you doing here Soubi…" Ritsuka said in a quite cold voice.

"I came looking for you."

Ritsuka then quickly stood up and shoved the older man away from him. He turned towards him with tears still streaming down his face.

"Why would you do that?! Why do you care Soubi?!"

"Ritsuka…because I love you!"

"Liar! I don't believe you!" Ritsuka then fell to his knees from exhaustion and the cold, burying his face in his hands sobbing uncontrollably. Soubi quickly came to the boy, falling to his knees as well and embraced Ritsuka, pulling him into his chest.

"Ritsuka, how can you think I don't love you?" Ritsuka lifted his head to look at Soubi, his face bright red and covered in tears; but his anger was gone from a combination of exhaustion and the comfort of being in Soubi's arms.

"Because… you're only following Seimei's orders to love me, you don't love me for yourself…and you wanted me come live with you…so I know you just want to take my ears. That's why I came to your room last night, I thought if I gave you my ears then maybe you could love me for yourself…but I realized that that will never happen. My mom is right…no one could ever love me…" His head then sank back into Soubi's chest as he continued to cry.

Soubi could hear all the pain in the small boy's voice and it made the pain in his chest intolerable; and he knew he had to tell Ritsuka the truth. So he took Ritsuka's head in his hands and lifted it so they were face to face.

"Ritsuka…I need to tell you something. Seimei…never "gave" me to you. I watched you grow up from a far for so long. As you got older and older, I began to take more and more interest in your life. A few weeks before Seimei died, I realized how much I cared for you, and I also started to realize how cruel you brother was; but as his fighter I couldn't abandon him. One day though, I finally found the courage to tell him that I loved you, and not him. He was furious, and that's when he gave me all the scars on my neck. He said that I would always be his, and that the marks were to make sure that I never forgot that. Nothing was the same between us again, but I had no choice but to remain obedient. Then when he died…I found Seimei's will, his real one. He had wished for me to be sent back to the academy because if he had died then I had "failed my duties". So, I burned it and I forged a new one, leaving me to you. That was the only way I could get close to you, so that I could make you mine. Ritsuka…all I have ever wanted was to be with you and to love you and only you."

Ritsuka was awestruck, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, and yet his tears of pain suddenly turned into tears of joy; and for the first time since he was a child, he was actually happy. Even through all the lies and pain in his life, for some reason for the first time in his life, he had no doubts about what he had just heard. This feeling was something Ritsuka had never experienced before.

Still in shock, Ritsuka gazed up at Soubi and saw small tears stream down his face.

"Ritsuka…I'm sorry. I'm sorry I have never told you…I was so afraid. I don't want to be another person in your life that lies and hurts you, I just couldn't bare that. Ritsu-"

Soubi's words were cut short by soft small lips pressing gently against his own. This feeling filled Soubi with a warmth that he had never felt before. He pulled the boy closer and deepened the kiss, reveling in very second, wishing that that moment could last forever. The small boy then pulled away and wiped the tears from his face, looking deep into Soubi's silver eyes. He then finally collected himself enough to speak, only a few words, but words that struck through Soubi's heart deeper than the most powerful spell.

"Soubi…I love you."

Soubi immediately stood and swept the boy up in his arms, embracing him as if their lives depended on it.

"I love you too Ritsuka. I always have."

Ritsuka smiled and snuggled his small face into Soubi's before looking up at him once more.

"Let's go home Soubi."

"Yes…let's go home."

TBC
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