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Chapter 9 "Ai"

Chapter 9
Ai

One Week Later

Siko begins playing with his fingers nervously. “What do I do?! I’m here… in front of Katuo’s house…”

Ketsu sweatdrops at his cousin. “Er, just knock on the door…?”

Gus meows questioningly, still sitting on Ketsu’s shoulder. His leg has gotten much better now that he is able to sit properly.

“Come on. You finally got out of the hospital today. You said that the first thing you wanted to do was to see Katuo, right?” Ketsu pats on Siko’s back. “You want to know more about your feelings, eh?”

“Wait a minute.” Siko quickly realizes that something’s wrong. “Aren’t you supposed to be at the university?”

“D-don’t worry about me!” Ketsu laughs nervously, as he scratches the back of his head.

“Are you failing your classes?! Please don’t tell me that Uncle Knapp has been wasting money on your school if you are failing!” Siko begins scolding his older cousin.

“No, no! I’m passing them! Honestly!”

Siko shrugs his shoulders. “Fine. It’s none of my business anyway.” He turns to the door and begins to knock.

This time, it is Tezuka who opens the door. He beams a big grin as soon as Siko and Ketsu come into his sight. “Oh! Siko and Ketsu! What a pleasure to see you guys here! Siko, you’re finally checked out of that boring hospital!”

“Hehe, hello, Mr. Kejinto.” Siko giggles at Tezuka’s cheerful attitude. “Um, we are here for Katuo…”

“Finally! It’s time for him to get out of his bedroom! He’s been staying there for days, whining about how much you hate him." Tezuka makes two upside-down ‘U’ eyes on his face.

“He’s that depressed?” Ketsu blinks in surprise. “Well, I’d better leave. I’m taking Gus with me so you have alone time with Katuo. Siko, good luck!”

“Wah, I thought you would be here –“ Siko is interrupted by his cousin.

“Katuo won’t say anything if I am with you,” Ketsu smiles at him. “Please let him talk about his feelings.”

“O-ok.” Siko is suddenly nervous… now that his cousin is leaving him alone with… a guy he possibly likes a lot!

“Bye, have fun with Gus!” Tezuka waves his hand happily. “Come in, Siko! Mi casa es tu casa!”

“Since when did you learn Spanish?” Siko smiles.

“Since we hired this new maid.” Tezuka smirks darkly. “She caught my eyes… I don’t know what it is that caught my attention though…”

“Wouldn’t that be cheating on your wife?” Siko blinks in confusion, but Tezuka is in lala land. “Er, never mind. Please tell Katuo that I’m here to talk to him.”

“Sure!” In a flash, Tezuka disappears from his sight.

“F-fast!” Siko gasps in amazement. Ah, that’s right. He was a former soldier in the nuclear war... just like my father.

He waits patiently until he hears Katuo yelling angrily, “What the fuck, Tezuka?! Didn’t I tell you to leave me alone… but nooooo, you had to break down my fucking door?!”

Then, it all goes silent. Siko sweatdrops at their weird father-son relationship. He keeps waiting for five more minutes until Katuo, his face completely red from anger, finally comes downstairs.

“Siko, what are you doing here? I thought you hated me?” Katuo crosses his arms angrily.

“Are you still acting like this?” Siko rolls his eyes. “Then, why did I bother coming here? I’m leaving anyway. It turns out that I’m not wanted here anymore.”

“W-wait!” Katuo grabs Siko’s hand as his friend turns away. “I’m sorry, but… because of my stupid father, I’m in this mood.”

“What gave you the right to take it out on me?” Siko snaps at him. “You’re always acting like you are on PMS!”

“You bastard!” Katuo yells, as he throws a strong fist at Siko and sends him crashing into the wall.

One of the maids shrieks in fear after watching Siko flying about twenty feet from Katuo.

Siko groans in pain, as he rubs his aching head. “Why you…! You’ve never hit me like that before! Ow, that hurts!”

As soon as Katuo blinks even once, Siko is right in front of him. “What the –“ He can’t even finish the question when he receives a powerful punch in the face. Like Siko, he is being sent flying away.

“What’s going on?!” Tezuka comes back downstairs to find his own living room in a mess. “Oh, for Hikyou-sama’s sake…!”

Siko and Katuo charge at each other once again, but all of sudden, Tezuka jumps and lands hard on the floor between Siko and Katuo.

“Rush Shock!”

Siko and Katuo can feel a strong shockwave coming from Tezuka. It sends both of them away from each other.

“Shit…” Katuo mumbles after landing roughly on the floor. He always forgot that his father used to be one of the most powerful soldiers in the world.

“Ow…” Siko groans in pain. So, this is what a retired soldier’s attack feels like.

“What did I tell you about making a mess in the White House?!” The President of Planet Earth yells. “Can’t you just make up and kiss?!”

“Sorry…” the young Kejinto and Mitsukai say.

“Oh well!” Tezuka says cheerfully. “Since you made the mess, you are going to clean up!”

“What?!”

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“Phew! All done!” Siko puts away the broom and then collapses onto the couch. “I shouldn’t have come here in the first place…”

“No, I’m sorry.” Katuo looks away from Siko. “You were right… I was so angry. I shouldn’t have taken it out on you when my anger wasn’t direct to you…”

Siko’s eyes soften at Katuo’s awkward apology. “No, it’s ok… I should have let you talk first.”

“C’mon, let’s go to my bedroom.” Katuo sighs, as he puts his broom away in the closet.

“Wow,” Siko says. “I never saw your bedroom before… not even a peek.”

“Whatever.”

As they go upstairs and pass the office, they notice that Tezuka is inside the office. The President of Planet Earth is looking at the paperwork until he senses that he is being stared at. He looks up and blinks at Katuo and Siko before giving them a big grin.

“Wow! You’re already bringing him to your bedroom? Good luck! Don’t forget to use condoms!” Tezuka winks.

“Don’t fucking jump to the conclusion!” Katuo yells at his father.

“Never mind him. He’s being a dumbass.” Katuo drags Siko until they get into his bedroom quickly.

Tezuka shakes his head in amusement and goes back to his office to finish his damn paperwork.

Siko looks around at Katuo’s bedroom. Black and dark purple everywhere. Black wall, dark purple bed, black laptop, black computer, dark purple ceiling… and more black and dark purple clothes in the laundry box. And, then, black, purple, purple, black, pink, black –

Wait, hold on! Siko quickly whips his head back to the pink thing.

While the silver-haired teenager is looking, Katuo is looking in his drawer and keeps moving his clothes around.

“My god! I can’t believe that you actually kept it! I gave it to you for Christmas two years ago!” Siko exclaims. Katuo turns to him to notice that Siko is holding a pink teddy bear.

Blushing deeply, Katuo snatches the teddy bear and puts it back on his shelf. “Um, I like it… oh, found it!” He grabs a small rectangle box next to the teddy bear.

“For me?” Siko blushes lightly, as Katuo gives it to him.

“I thought about keeping it until your next birthday,” Katuo mumbles in embarrassment. “But I thought, maybe giving it to you earlier might make you forgive me.”

“Forgive you?” Siko blinks. “Oh! About the argument between you and Ketsu! No, it’s ok! It just happens!”

Katuo looks away to hide his blush. Argh, isn’t he supposed to act like normal… just like Siko does?

Siko unwraps and opens the box. He gasps at the sight. It is a beautiful silver necklace with a Japanese character. Since he does not know what it says, he looks up at Katuo with a questioning face.

“It means ai,” Katuo answers with a slight embarrassment in his voice. “It means love in Japanese.”

“Thank you! I love it! Can you help me put it on?”

“Hn,” Katuo goes behind Siko and puts the necklace on for him. “There.”

“Wow! Thank you, Katuo!” Siko runs to the huge mirror on the wall, checking out himself. “I wonder how much it costs.”

“…You don’t need to know,” Katuo smiles lightly at him.

“I know it’s expensive.” Siko sighs. “You didn’t have to give it to me…”

“No, I gave it to you because… I… well, I lo-lov…” Katuo is now stammering while he is still looking at the floor.

Siko widens his eyes when he realizes what Katuo is trying to say. “Katuo…”

Katuo looks up at him with confidence in his eyes. “I’ve been loving you since our sixteenth birthday. There, I’ve said it.” He sighs. Finally, he does not have to keep it inside him, and he just said what he needed to tell. “Now, you know why I did those things… like preventing you from having girlfriends or boyfriends. The kiss with Ketsu.”

“Don’t worry. I forgive you.” Siko smiles gently. He gives Katuo a hug, making him melt. He nuzzles his head against Katuo’s chest.

Katuo asks nervously, “W-what about Ketsu?”

Siko giggles. “I don’t know what happened, but I kissed him out of the blue. I did not remember the previous kisses anyway, but a few weeks ago, he told me that he loves me,” Siko shakes his head. “I had to take a few days to myself and to think about it. So, I had to ask him again, but this time for the reason. He said that he loves me because he wants to protect me from getting hurt by anyone… even you.”

“But…”

“I had to kiss him again. I had to make sure.” Siko frowns. “But, there was no…”

Katuo breaks the hug, looking very angry. “You kissed him again?!”

Siko scratches the back of his head nervously. “Yeah, I’m sorry. To be honest, I tried to forget about you… but I just can’t forget you… and I realized that my kiss with Ketsu was nothing special. Because I love you too.”

Katuo smashes his lips on Siko’s fast. 

“Oh my god! I was right! You are going to get laid!” Tezuka exclaims after he slams the door open against the wall.

Siko and Katuo jump started at Tezuka’s outburst and quickly get apart from each other.

“Tezuka! You dumb fuck!” Katuo screams, with his face being completely red with embarrassment.

Siko’s face is as red as a tomato. “I’m sorry, Tezuka-san!”

“You don’t need to apologize, Siko!” Katuo snaps and then glares at his father. “Tezuka, get the fuck out of here.”

Tezuka takes a sip from his coffee mug happily. “Ok, sure. Good luck. Oh, you’re using condoms, aren’t you?”

“Out!” Katuo screams and points at his door.

“Ok, ok! Geez, you didn’t have to yell at me.” Tezuka giggles and winks at two teenagers. “Let me know when you need help with… you know. Hee, hee!” He closes the door.

Pissed off at the fact that the mood had been ruined, Katuo sits on his bed and crosses his arms.

“Katuo…” Siko wraps his arms around Katuo’s waist. He kisses his earlobe, making him shiver. “I have to go. I’m sorry. I’m… not ready anyway.”

Katuo scowls deeply. It’s his stupid father’s fault.

Siko notices the scowl on his new boyfriend’s face. “Are you mad?”

“No… well, not at you.” Katuo crosses his arms. “You can go now. You’re supposed to go to meet Ketsu, right?”

“Yeah.” Siko smiles and kisses him. “See you tomorrow.”

Katuo nods his head yes. He watches his new boyfriend leaving. 

If he loves Siko, then he has to be patient and to wait until Siko is ready. He knows for sure that he can’t live without him.

Sighing deeply, Katuo closes his eyes. Suddenly, happiness starts spreading everywhere in his body.

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