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Title: Sometimes
Author: Wearable Bishounen
Rating: R
Summary: Sometimes it�s hard to leave the ones you love. Sometimes you find a new love at the most unexpected times and in unusual places. Sometimes the Pretear can be a male.
Disclaimer: We�authors Lennith and Cheza-chan�do not own Pretear in any way. If we did� well, some of you might not be able to watch the show.
A/N: This fanfiction is being transferred from Fanfiction.net to AdultFanFiction.net until both are caught up with the proper amount of chapters. Thank you.
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Chapter Eight � Onsen Resort
The Ice Knight sighed and stared at the boy in his arms. He found it ironic for someone to look so fragile and delicate and not be. Kei was a perfect example. Mannen grinned at his deduction and example and continued walking. He would take the boy back home, meet the family. He disappeared into a back alley and took to the rooftops.
A good for nothing kid with a whore for a mother and a Kansai accent, that's all I am.
Mannen assumed he wouldn't be meeting the lady of the house then. Imagine his surprise, after dropping from the roof of the mansion, when a young woman possibly two years older than himself opened the door. "Mrs. Kurasaki?" he said with a slightly confused tone of voice.
She giggled, and shook her head. "Kosuke-san," she called.
While on his way over, Mannen had had the right of mind to create a copy of Izumi's school uniform for himself. He stared up at the man that appeared next to the smiling woman.
Kosuke took a look at his son and motioned the Knight in. He sent the woman off to occupy some other room of the large house. "What happened this time?" the man sighed once they were alone, "No one's ever brought him home before. I didn't think he had any friends to do so."
�Wow. I bet Izumi treasures this father-son relationship.� "He passed out in class, and I volunteered to bring him home. Jun volunteered also, but the teacher knew Izumi-kun would have never made it home if he had allowed it."
Kosuke's dark eyes narrowed. "Well, take him up to his room." He turned to go find his apparent "mistress".
"Actually..."
He stopped, but didn't turn back around.
"I was wondering if he could accompany me on a trip�the hot spring resort just outside of town? We leave tomorrow." A sour Hayate had visited Mannen as he traveled across the rooftops. The older Knight then told him of the trip Sasame had been planning in secret. "There'll be adult supervision. They're even coming to pick us up, and you can meet them." The Ice Knight waited tensely for an answer. Maybe Izumi's proneness to outbursts came from his father.
"I'll meet them," Kosuke said in a surprisingly soft voice. He glanced over his shoulder one last time then disappeared into one of the downstairs rooms.
Mannen sighed and headed up the stairs with a rough guesstimate of where his Pretear's room was. He found it more ironic how the boy chose to regain consciousness once they were inside. The Ice Knight set him on the bed and sat back, surveying his surroundings. It was a normal room, void of as many images as possible. There was a framed picture on the desk of Izumi as a child, held up between a younger Kosuke and what Mannen could assume to be his nanny.
Izumi sat up with a start, his streaked black hair shadowing his features. "How'd you get pass otou-sama?" he rasped.
"I talked to him," Mannen replied curtly, "He's not that bad, you know."
"You met his new mistress?"
Purple eyes blinked. "New? Does he...?"
Izumi faced him with a scowl. "It's like he has a different one almost every week..." He swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood. "It might have been a dream, but I realize I don't dream anymore. We're going out? Where?"
"Onsen Resort," Mannen replied with a faint grin, "Everyone thinks you need to relax. We all do." He blinked at the fleeting look of innocence on the boy's face.
Izumi glared at him then stood shakily. Mannen watched him walk into the bathroom with a questioning expression. 'He's awfully talkative and docile today. Well, we've only known him for about three days, and each time had been through an ordeal.' He sighed to himself.
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Sasame gave a quick glance to the roof where Mannen and Shin were then back at Hayate beside him. Goh and Kei decided to stay out of sight. His attention was drawn back to the door as it opened and he smiled politely at Kosuke, bowing at the waist. "Konban wa."
The man nodded and allowed both men to enter. The Sound Knight stared around. The home radiated materialism and little love. Kosuke's firm voice cut into the thoughts of his inspection: "Izumi should be down shortly. You can wait in the den."
"Arigato," Sasame said, smiling and following the man. For someone so rich, he was surprised to see that there were no servants. He took the indicated seat�Hayate stood behind him�and met the stern gaze of the man across from him. Childishly, in the back of the Sound Knight's mind, a voice laughed: �I'm older, no matter how you look or what you do.� He lowered his gaze, allowing himself a small smile.
"What are you to my son?"
"I've been his substitute English teacher for the past few days," Sasame answered calmly, "Izumi-san's a wonderful young man, but a little aloof." Kosuke sighed in agreement, leaning his head on his upraised hand. "You just have to call on him and drag him from the shell he's built around himself."
�And you?� Kosuke�s questions was directed at the silent and scowling Wind Knight.
Before Hayate could answer, a voice rang out: "Sensei!"
Sasame looked up, grinning at the boys in the doorframe.
Izumi glared back at him. "I'm ready now, sensei. Let's leave."
Mannen smirked at the boy's tone. "Hai, sensei," he added. He�d spent the night and watched Izumi pack a messenger bag with a few personal items.
Sasame nodded and stood, bowing to Kosuke again. "It was a pleasure meeting you, and we'll have you son back within six or seven days." Hayate nodded at the man, following after his fellow Knight.
Kosuke nodded slowly, not rising from his chair. Izumi stared at the carpet before him as the other two Knights walked back into the front lobby then moved stiffly towards his father. The man blinked and stared down at the boy hugging him awkwardly. "Izumi..." The only reason he�d agreed to allowing his son to go was because Izumi had already missed more days of school than the length of the trip so it shouldn�t make any difference.
"I'll call when I get there," Izumi mumbled.
"Aa..." It was all Kosuke could mutter, reeling from the shock of the boy showing affection. Izumi pulled away and ran out to join the others.
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"Transit?" Izumi stared incredulously at the station they stood before.
"Then we walk," Goh stated with a grin. He was standing several feet from Kei, still a little sore from the way his lover had helped him recover. Kei had his arms crossed and was blatantly ignoring the Fire Knight.
�I could carry you if you don�t feel up to walking,� Mannen said with a cheeky grin. Izumi shot him an icy glare and stormed ahead as the train pulled up.
"I'll carry him," Hayate muttered, "Straight off a cliff. Maybe into a volcano. Abandoning him in the Bermuda Triangle doesn't sound too bad." Sasame laughed, greatly tempted to wrap an arm around the Wind Knight.
They boarded and were on their way. People would have had to been blind not to notice eight handsome males such as the Pretear-tachi. Izumi and Hayate's cold demeanor attracted the high school teenagers. Sasame's warm smiles made them blush. Goh's adorable antics towards the quiet Kei made them giggle. And the younger Knights just begged to be cuddle.
The train came to a screeching halt and Izumi quickly exited, trying to blend in with the crowd before any of the girls confronted him.
"Izumi!" Mannen grabbed his arm before he got too far. "Don't wander too far. I was serious about carrying you. I did it before."
The dark-haired boy's face flushed in embarrassment and anger, but he didn't pull away. "Whatever," he mumbled, "Just get me there." Mannen smirked and wrapped an arm around Izumi's waist, lifting him. The boy's screams ran through the station. "What the hell are you doing! Put me down! Mannen!" The Ice Knight merely grinned.
Goh laughed at the sight. His laugh trailed off into a whimper as Kei pinched him. "Gomen, gomen, gomen. Kei, gomen..." The contract the two had agreed on was that Goh remain quiet until the other man deemed it fit for him to speak; his pleading on the train had been conducted silently. Hayate smirked smugly, sticking his hands in his pocket.
The walk to the hot springs took about ten minutes, Izumi screaming the entire way. They entered the resort, Sasame taking care of the reservations. With four rooms, that meant two to a room. "Sasame, please," Izumi begged, "Please share a room with me. I think I'll kill Mannen in his sleep. Please."
Sasame could feel Hayate's glare burning into the back of his head and sweatdropped. "Sorry," he said, smiling nervously.
"Roomies!" Hajime and Shin cheered, hands clasped and raised.
Izumi hung his head, still in the Ice Knight�s arms, as Mannen walked off with him to their room. He was deposited carefully onto the futon once there. The Ice Knight shed the copied uniform with no regard to what Izumi thought and searched for the resort's offered robes. Wide gray eyes stayed glued to the Knight's pale and firm body. He felt a painful tug at his heart as he reluctantly remembered suppressed memories. 'Mannen's not like them. He's not!�
"Ah. Mitsuke ta." Mannen reached up into the closet and pulled out two robes, both sky-blue. He turned and tossed one at the boy, allowing Izumi a full frontal view. The boy�s heart stopped, blood rushing from it to every other pore of his body.
"Get dressed," Mannen laughed, having done so already, "I'm not leaving here without you." Izumi moved stiffly as he complied, the first time in years he undressed before another male. The white-haired Knight suppressed any feelings felt towards the slender body before him. �Izumi...�
Izumi tied the robe and faced the other, looking at the ground rather than his face. Mannen walked over and took his arm gently, leading the way out. He paused to grab two towels along the way. The boy hesitated as Mannen made to open the doors that led to the hot springs.
"What�s wrong?" he sighed.
"I can't go out there," Izumi whimpered. "I can't. Mannen..."
The Ice Knight smiled and pulled Izumi against him. Gray eyes widened and the boy trembled violently. "Trust me," Mannen stated calmly, "I know you do. You seem to be channeling my Leafe through your body. I�m sure you�ve noticed that."
Izumi's heart slowly stopped racing at the unadulterated fear that flowed through him. He hadn�t noticed that, not until the fact had just been stated. �Mannen�s signature element is� ice�� He slowly locked eyes with the older Knight and actually recognized what he saw there: understanding and concern. He smiled weakly. Mannen grinned and pulled him through the doors.
"Izumi-kun, yay!"
"Shin, grow up," Mannen teased, "I'll get Kei to buy you that dress when we get back."
"Mannen-nii, hidoi!"
Izumi laughed softly along with the others there, actually feeling relaxed for the first time in a long time. He unconsciously slid his hand into Mannen's; his left to Mannen's right. The Knight blinked down at the head of dark hair that almost leaned atop his shoulder and couldn't help himself. He leaned over and kissed the dark tresses, squeezing the hand gently in his own.
To his shock, Izumi jerked from the gentle touch, blushing furiously and moving to walk further ahead. Mannen stared at the boy, shaking his head in utter confusion while Shin just glowered, hands clenching a little.
"Hajime-kun, is that the entrance to the springs?" Izumi called ahead to cover both the awkward moment he had just caused and to try to ignore the pounding in his chest. �I thought he was ok, but he's a pervert like the rest of them, isn't he?!� Izumi glanced quickly at Mannen who now had a most unusual perplexed expression on his face, even a little hurt. Izumi blushed a little more, feeling a bit guilty. �But... it didn't really feel bad, did it?�
"Hai, this is the men's hot spring," Hajime announced, waving broadly to his friends. "The women's is on the other side of the campus, not that it really matters to us." The orange-haired boy grinned widely, his good mood contagious enough to get a weak smile from Izumi and a giggle from Shin, who hovered protectively at Mannen's side. "Let's take a trial soak while the others haul up the luggage?"
Shin nodded enthusiastically, tugging at Mannen's elbow. "Hai, hai! Mannen-nii, let's go to the hot spring!"
Mannen managed to shake off his bad mood and smile at the boy, patting his golden head affectionately. "Yosh! Let's take a swim. Joining us, Izumi-kun?"
Izumi looked at Mannen, then the floor, then Mannen again. "Uh... yeah, let's go for a swim," he finally stammered out, putting some amount of effort into conjuring what he hoped was a friendly smile. Mannen just shook his head once in confusion and smiled, showily escorting a delighted Shin into the changing room.
Izumi couldn't help but let his eyes linger on the Ice Knight as the older boy slipped out of his robe and tied a short towel around his waist, wondering what the hell he was doing as he noticed the subtle ripple across Mannen's shoulder blades when he laughed. He shook his head vigorously and hastily stripped as well. The Ice Knight frowned disappointedly when he realized that he'd missed his opportunity to peek, Shin still tugging on his elbow.
To all of their delight, the hot-spring facilities were copious and elegant: a very large steaming pond of water with several more private alcoves surrounded by a lush garden. After a moment of appropriate appreciation, Mannen grinned and shoved Hajime into the steaming water unceremoniously.
"MANNEN-NII, WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
The Ice Knight smirked wickedly. "You're our water expert. I thought you should test it out for us."
Hajime quickly got out and glared at him, water running in rivulets down his face, then grinned. He raised his hands and cupped them close before spreading them again, a swirling ball of water in the middle. "I'll show you an expert."
Mannen grinned also, energy swirling around his own hands. A gust of wind flew between them and the quartet of young men faced the frowning Hayate.
"There'll be no flagrant display of our powers. Humans do run this resort," Sasame said calmly, stepping out from behind the Wind Knight. "That means you too, Hayate." He smiled at his friend�s scowl as the three Knights snickered. His gaze traveled to the quiet Pretear that stood back from them all. "Izumi-san?"
"Hai...!" the boy said quickly, his arms encircling his slender frame as he stared at the Sound Knight.
Sasame smiled warmly, his own slightly darker gray eyes mirroring the action. "You should be relaxing. First, you have to rinse though." Hajime lowered his head at the white-haired Knight's chiding frown then shot a glare to Mannen, who was feigning complete innocence.
"Hai..." That said, Izumi still didn't budge. �I can't... Not with them. Shin...� He glanced at the youngest Knight and took note of the faint resentment behind his smile. �Shin hates me... and Mannen...� He shook his head and tightened the grip on his towel, then ran past Hayate, the doors sliding shut behind him. The Wind Knight stared for a while then glanced back at Sasame, who sighed and shrugged.
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