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  Rating:
      Explicit
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      Underage
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      終わりのセラフ_|_Owari_no_Seraph_|_Seraph_of_the_End
  Relationship:
      Hyakuya_Mikaela/Hyakuya_Yuuichirou
  Character:
      Hyakuya_Mikaela, Mika's_mom, Mika's_dad, Ichinose_Guren, Hiiragi_Shinya,
      Hyakuya_Yuuichirou, Hyakuya_Akane, Hiiragi_Shinoa, Sanguu_Mitsuba
  Additional Tags:
      Child_Abuse, Child_Neglect, Mostly_done_from_Mika's_Pov, Yuu_smokes, and
      drinks, Underage_Smoking, Underage_Drinking, Eventual_Relationships,
      Eventual_Smut, Bottom_Hyakuya_Mikaela, Top_Hyakuya_Yuuichirou, lots_of
      fluff, but_a_lot_of_angst_too, Same-Sex_Marriage, Friends_to_Lovers,
      Height_Differences, Mika's_gonna_suffer, I'm_so_s_o_r_r_y, Alternate
      Universe, attempt_at_kissing, Yuu_really_cannot_win, Sharing_a_Bed, Love
      Confessions
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      Published: 2016-11-28 Updated: 2018-01-31 Chapters: 8/? Words: 26853
****** What's Your Favorite Flower? ******
by funnybunnynamedburne
Notes
     So I don't really know why but I seem to have some trouble with
     writing my other fanfictions, which of course leads me to coming up
     with ideas for other ones and this just kinda became one that I
     really liked the idea with and well..It kinda wrote itself. So I hope
     you enjoy~!
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***** Pink Camelia *****
The pink camellia symbolizes longing…
 
…..Is there anyone you long for?



Bright sunlight pours through the thin curtains of Mikaela Shindo’s bedroom.
The bright light of the sun causes the blond to stir. Slowly his brow furls and
he opens his eyes. His ocean blue eyes scan his room. Nothing was out of place
this time, meaning no one had come into his room while he slept. He blinks his
eyes as he sits up in his bed, allowing his comforter to bundle around his
waist. His eyes drifted over to the standing mirror, his school uniform hanging
neatly along one of the nozzles, covering it from seeing his own reflection.
Visions of last night flooded his mind. His mother and father fighting, Mika
stepping in to try to stop them, the hot feeling of the tears that streamed
down his face as his cheeks burned from mother’s slap. He cringed as he felt
the burning return. He gently placed his hand on his cheek. ‘It hurts.’ He
thinks with a sigh. His eyes wander off to the clock. 6:30 was displayed across
the black screen. He’d have to get up soon anyways, so why not get ready now?
 
Quietly the blond padded the way out of his bedroom. Slowly he peaked his head
down the hallway to look into the living room. Pictures were crooked and glass
all over the floor. Finally he noticed his mother asleep on the kitchen
counter, bottles and cans of alcohol scattered across the counter next to her.
Mika turned his gaze and continued his way down the hallway into the bathroom.
 Once he was in there he checked himself out in the mirror only to frown when
he found a big purple bruise from where his mother had slapped him, along with
dark circles under his eyes. The blond glared at his reflection for a minute
before deciding that he’ll just have to fix it. He opened up the small mirrored
cabinet and placed the small container of concealer down on the counter.
Quickly he pulled off his pajamas and settled himself in the shower.
 
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“That oughta do it.” He mumbled to himself as he stared at his reflection. The
dark bruise that was once on his cheek had almost completely disappeared along
with his dark circles that were under his eyes. With his towel wrapped firmly
around his waist he scurried his way back to his room to quickly put on his
uniform. Once dressed he stared intensely at his reflection, scanning for any
other marks that he could’ve possibly had on him. He turned his head, once,
twice before a slight smile formed on his lips. “That’s all of them.” He
whispered reassuringly to himself. Easily the blond had his bag in his hand as
he headed over to the front door. As he stood at the front door his gaze
wandered back over to the figure that was hunched over the counter. He stared
at her carefully, his gaze wandering down to her hand that was outstretched.
Her long nails were wrapped around a single bottle. Mika knew that she’d drank
herself all night. That’s how it always played out.
 
“I’m heading out.” He announced to no one in particular. By the time he’d
return home he was sure she’d have drunk herself silly to a point where she
either didn’t care or didn’t remember the male. Saying he’s going is pointless.
He’ll never receive an answer anyways.
 
Quietly he opened the front door and slipped out, only to make his way down the
stairs of their deck. At the bottom of the stairs he looked up at his parent’s
room window only to notice that the curtains were pulled shut. ‘I wonder if
he’s in there.’ Mika wonders to himself. More often than not his father would
go stay in a hotel after a fight with his mom. Mika sighed as he turned around
to begin walking down the street to ‘their’ meeting spot.
 
As if on cue there the raven was standing, puffing away at a cigarette. Mika
simply walked over to him, yanked the cigarette out of the male’s mouth,
dropped it to the ground, and stomped on it.
 
“Gah! Mika why!?” The male shrieked as he stared down at his now crushed
cigarette. The blond responds by holding up one finger. “No smoking.” He
states. The male glared down at the blond. “Why are you here so early anyways?”
 
“I was having a hard time sleeping so I came early is all.” He replied matter-
of-factly.
 
“Your mom didn’t force you to come out early did she? If she did you know I’d--
”
 
“What a joke Yuu-chan.” Mika stated coldly.  The other male, Yuu, stared
worriedly at the blond. “She was too drunk to even notice me leaving.”
 
Yuu gently places a hand on Mika’s shoulder comfortingly. “I know it doesn’t
mean much coming from me but if you ever need a place to stay you can always
come to my--”
 
“I know, Yuu-chan. Thank you.” The blond says with a sad smile. “On another
subject give me your pack of cigarettes.” He says as he extends the palm of his
hand out to the raven.
 
“Mika they’re expensive--”
 
“And that’s why you’re going to give them to me.”
 
Yuu pouted at the male before he sighed and dug in his pockets to pull out a
pack. Unhappily he hands them over to the blond, who smiles in return and pulls
out a pack of nicotine gum. Yuu grumbles as he pulls a piece out of the pack
and stuffs it into his mouth. “That’s better.” Mika says happily.
 
As the two of them made their way to school Mikaela notices the way the flowers
that had dew droplets on them reflect the sunlight that was coming up. The
blond’s mind drifts back to the dream he had last night, or rather the dream
he’s been having for weeks. It was always the same thing. A young girl sitting
in a field of flowers. A long white sundress covering her lap as she holds up a
flower, her long brown hair pulled into a single braid that framed her cheeks.
The young girl was rather beautiful, though the only problem was that she
didn’t have a face. Or well, she had a face but Mika could never see it. Where
her features would be there was only a white light that covered it. The only
thing the blond could make out from her was her mouth, which was always curled
up in a passionate smile. Her voice was like a melody to the male; it was
something that he knew he could easily fall asleep to. Yet there was always the
same question that came out of her mouth:
 
⸢Is there anyone you long for?⸥
 
Mika’s eyes drifted over to the ever talkative Yuu. The way Yuu smiled and
laughed always made his chest feel light. Yuu was the only person who made him
feel ‘alive.’
 
‘Him.’ Mika thinks to himself. ‘I long for him.’
 
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When Mika walked into the classroom people were standing at their friend’s
desks babbling on with idle chit chat. Mika on the other hand wasn’t like that.
He went straight to his desk to pull out the classes’ notebook. English. It was
easy enough. Memorizing words and using proper grammar were things that the
blond found came natural to him. He personally loved to read and write. They
often times made him forget about the real world and allowed him to live the
way he wanted through the characters of the story. He often times became so
absorbed in the characters that he often tuned out everything else, which might
I add, had gotten him to get an earful from Yuu many times for ‘not listening’.
 
Nonetheless that was normal for him. He slowly pulled out his planner and began
to write down the assignment on the board.
 
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By the time lunch came Mikaela was already exhausted. It had been a long night
after all. Worst part of all is that he had forgotten his lunch today. So he
sat silently at the table him and Yuu usually sat at with his head down.
 
‘This sucks.’ He thinks to himself with a sigh. Easily he’s knocked out of his
little pity party by a smack on the head. Immediately he glares up at the
person who smacked him on the head. He quickly notices the water bottle
extended to him along with green eyes full of care.
 
“Yuu-chan..” Mika whispers. Yuu shakes the water bottle at the blond. “You need
to drink something.” He says. Gingerly Mika takes the bottle out of his hand.
“You didn’t bring a lunch today?” Yuu asks him as he settles down on the other
side of the table with his lunch.
 
Mika laughs pathetically. “I just wanted to get out of there this morning so I
guess I forgot it.”
 
Yuu nonchalantly turned to his bag and dug through the continents until he
pulled out a small boxed lunch and settled it on the table in front of Mika.
“Eat this.”
 
Mika stares down at the box carefully before looking back up to Yuu.
 
“I didn’t make it, Shinya did. I swear.” Yuu replies as he places a hand over
his chest offensively. The blond rolls his eyes in response before opening the
lid of the container. He quickly finds himself smiling down at the food that
Shinya had made. It was nothing spectacular or anything. It was just some
teriyaki chicken and rice that Mika could guess was leftovers from last night’s
dinner. Yuu smiles as he sets down a fork with a napkin next to the male. “I
know it’s not much but it’s probably better than the school’s lunch.”
 
“Not true.” Mika says as he shakes his head. “This is perfect. Thank you.” Mika
says with a smile. Quickly he picks up the fork and stabs it into a piece of
chicken. To him it really was perfect. It wasn’t very often he got a home
cooked meal.
 
Okay, he really never gets home cooked meals.
 
His mother was often too drunk to even think about cooking while his father
would always get takeout just for the two of them, leaving Mika to fend for
himself. Which wasn’t hard really. It just meant he’d make himself a sandwich,
and, if he was lucky, he would be able to cook something from a can in the
microwave. Though, if he was being honest, many times he wouldn’t even be able
to leave his room after he gets home from school to make himself something.
Which of course puts him in his current predicament of being rather frail and
underweight.
 
In the middle of his reflection of his life Mika slowly looked up at Yuu to see
him looking at his phone with irk.
 
“Yuu-chan?” Mika questions to the male. Quickly Yuu looks up at Mika and gives
him a awkward smile. “I have a test on Monday and I have no idea what it’s even
about.”
 
Mika laughs. “That sounds about right.”
 
“Laughing is rude Mika!” Yuu growls as he flicks a pea from his lunch at the
blond. Mika only laughs harder as it hits the side of his hand. “I don’t even
understand how you can get good grades.” Yuu grumbles under his breath as he
sits with his arms crossed.
 
“Studying Yuu-chan. It’s called studying.”
 
“I know that!” The raven whines as he sets his arms down on the table followed
by his head face down. “It’s just so hard.” Yuu says with his voice muffled by
his arms.
 
Mika reaches over the table and places a hand on Yuu’s head. Slowly the raven
looks up to him and Mika gives him a smile. “I can help you study you know.”
 
“Yeah?”
 
“Yeah.” He nods in confirmation. “How about tomorrow after school I go to your
house to help you?”
 
Yuu seemed to perk up immediately. “That would be wonderful.” Yuu says with a
slight embarrassed blush. “Please come over then.”
 
The blond nods in confirmation before settling back into eating. He was sure
that it would all be fine. Tomorrow was the weekend after all. Even if Yuu
didn’t get it at first he was sure that they could study Sunday too. Mika knew
that you never know how good you are in a subject until you have to teach
someone else the subject. With that in mind he should be able to do just about
any subject that Yuu could be struggling with. Mainly because Yuu struggled in
more academic classes. Now that he thought about it him and Yuu were
practically polar opposites. Yuu was good in classes like P.E. and Art while
Mika was good in classes like Biology and English. The blond’s eyes slowly
drift over to Yuu as he quaffs down large gulps of water.
 
Even if they were polar opposites they still got along extremely well. So well
that many people at the school thought that they were dating. Mika didn’t mind
that little rumor but Yuu was quick to shut it down. Yuu didn’t like guys like
that. Mika knew, after all, he’d slept with so many girls that he lost track.
Though Mika knew it was well over 20. Practically every pretty girl on campus
had slept with him.  Yuu on the other hand never seemed to brag about it to
Mika, but rather to the other guys on campus that he had done sports with
during his sophomore year, which on one hand Mika was grateful for it but on
the other it caused unneeded anxiety on the thought that Yuu doesn’t trust him
or like him enough to tell him. He always counteracted that thought with the
fact that Yuu treats him different than others. He was more open to Mika about
things on his mind and didn’t act ‘full of himself’ as many people around the
school had said. To Mika he was more...Sensitive.
 
He consulted Mika on many things and spoke his mind about problems he was
having. Though he too did the same for Mika; Always welcoming him over when he
needs a place to get away. Always wiping his schedule when he needed him. The
two of them really were like a couple in Mika’s mind. Although he knew it could
never happen. Truth be told he was fine from sitting in and watching from the
sidelines. If Yuu was happy that’s all that mattered to the blond.
 
Safe,  and happy that is.


Nonetheless he always told himself he would do his best. He’d do his best just
for Yuu.
 
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By the time Mika was able to start walking home the sun was already setting. He
walked along silently as he watched his shadow become longer and darker as time
went on by. It was normal for him to walk home alone. Especially the days he
had club activities. Literature club was always fun for him. It also kept him
away from home for as long as possible which he was grateful for. As he
approached his house he felt the dread of what could be going on in there in
creep up into his stomach. He quickly pushed it down as he approached the deck
of his house. He climbed up the stairs and stood outside the door to listen in.
 
Absolute silence.
 
Slowly he pulls the front door open and steps inside. No noises means that his
father must not be home. Hopefully he wouldn’t even come home tonight.
 
What an awful thing to think.  He scolds himself. Though it was really how he
felt. If his father wasn’t home everything was quiet and peaceful. There was no
yelling, no glass breaking and of course no possible chance that the police
would come. Not like it hadn’t happened before--
 
Mika shakes his head at the memory. The awful, stressing memory. It was fine
now. He didn’t need to worry at this moment, and if it does happen he’ll deal
with it then.
 
He gently hangs his bag on the hook by the door before walking into the living
room. He slowly pulls off his jacket and loosens his tie. Silently he looks
over to the counter his mother had been on and notices that she was still
there.
 
Had she not moved an inch? Anyone’s first instinct would probably be to check
on her to make sure she was not dead but from the place Mika was standing he
could see her lightly rise with every breath she took. He turns away from her
and folds up his jacket to set it on the back of the couch. He’d need to wash
it this weekend after all. He walks over to the counter to lean over her. The
first thing he notices is the amount of flies that were buzzing around the
bottles of beer. He immediately frowns as he reaches his hand out to pick up
one of the bottles. He’d have to clean this all up or it would be a bigger
disaster later.
 
He lets out a gasp when his arm was suddenly grabbed very tightly by his
mother.
 
“What are you doing??” She questions sternly as she raises her head to glare at
the blond. Mika stares down at her nervously before answering her question.
“I’m cleaning up your beer bottles.”
 
She dug her nails down into his wrist as she looks at him with narrowed eyes.
Mika’s brows curl in pain as he quietly whispers to her. “Mom, it hurts.”
Immediately she pulls her hand away and looks down sadly. “I’m sorry Mii. Your
dad just has me on edge.”
 
Mika smiles sadly at her.  Don’t act like you’re the victim.  His mind screams
to him.
 
She leans back in the chair with a sigh as she looks over to the fridge. “On
another note would you be a dear and make dinner tonight?”
 
The blond’s head quickly snaps up from looking down at the bottles to look at
her questioningly. “Dinner?”
 
She stands up and walks over to the couch where she flops down on it with
another sigh. “Yeah. Your dad isn’t coming home tonight so he sent me some
groceries to be able to cook with.”
 
Not coming home tonight.  His mind repeated her words. It should be rather
peaceful tonight then. Mika gave her his best smile and with a small nod he
confirmed to her. “Of course.”
 
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Mika flopped down on his bed with a exhausted sigh. He quickly pulled his shirt
off along with his pants and discarded the items down onto the floor. He
immediately pulls the comforter around him and nuzzled up to his pillow.  The
worst of tonight is over.  He told himself. His mother is already asleep, all
the dishes are washed and all the leftover food is in the fridge.  A nice job
at the least would be nice.  He thinks to himself as he rolls onto his other
side and closes his eyes. A light buzzing from his phone in his pant pockets
has him opening his eyes and rolling back to the side of his bed. He reaches
down to his pants and pulls out his phone from his pocket. He clicks the phone
on and sees a text message pop up on the screen.
 
From: Yuu
 
so I talked to shinya and he said u can come over anytime tomorrow~
 
Mika smiles as he reads the message. Maybe he’ll come at 6 in the morning just
to tick Yuu off.
 
To: Yuu
 
Does that mean I can come at 6 in the morning?



From: Yuu
 
fuck no. you come at 6 in the morning and i’m slamming my door on your ass.



To: Yuu
 
Dang. There goes my plan.



From: Yuu
 
but if you really need to come at that time you can. i just wont be awake is
all. Youd have to suffer with watching me sleep until at least 9.



To: Yuu
 
Don’t worry. I won’t do that. I’m not that cruel.


From: Yuu
 
you could always come anyways and join me in my bed. :)))))


Mika’s eyes scan over the text at least 10 times. Was Yuu... Flirting with
him???  It’s not like they’ve never shared a bed before. They had done so many
times when they were children, and even well into their teens. Anytime the two
of them had stayed the night with each other they always seemed to end up in
the same bed somehow. Even if it they went to bed separate. Of course Mika was
just getting his hopes high. He quickly pushes down the throbbing of his heart.
 
To: Yuu
 
What do you have a triple chin?


From: Yuu
 
Yes. And u know u love me with it.
 
Mika felt his face heat up.  If only you knew.
 
To: Yuu
 
Of course you dummy. I’ll text you tomorrow before I come. Will that work?



From: Yuu
 
Yup. sleep well mika~ see u tomorrow~



To: Yuu
 
Yeah. You too.
 
Mika slowly turns the screen off as he places it down on his nightstand. He
quickly grabs his pillow and hugs it close to his chest.

I’ll be strong.  Mika thinks to himself.  I’ll be strong, for him.
***** Blue Iris *****
Chapter Notes
     It's 10:22 at night for me on Sunday but it's still Sunday so does
     this count!? XDD Anyways I wanted to say thank you to everyone who
     actually decided to click on this story and take a read (especially
     since it didn't even have a summary) That's really amazing and I also
     wanted to give a special thanks to everyone who commented! Your
     comments all meant so much to me! It really made me push for this
     chapter. Nonetheless I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
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It was bright. The field he was laying in was bright. As the blond slowly sat
up he was met with a girl sitting in front of him in a long white dress. She
simply held out a blue flower with a long stem and little bits of yellow
brushed on its petals.
 
“Do you know what type of flower this is?” She questioned, her voice gentle and
soothing.
 
Mika looked down at the flower again. It wasn’t one he was familiar with so he
shook his head. He watched the girl’s mouth curl into a smile. “It’s a blue
iris.” She replies as she caresses the flower’s petals softly. “The blue iris
has adopted the meaning of faith, hope, and wisdom.”  Silently she holds the
flower out to the blond. “You have a lot of faith and hope in him, don’t you?”
 
Mika slowly reaches his hand out to the flower and gently takes it from her. He
holds it up to his face to get a closer look at it. “Faith and hope, huh?” He
mumbles. Suddenly he found himself smiling. “I guess I do. Don’t I?”
 
“Yuu-san is a good person.” She says as she folds her hands down on her lap.
“I’m glad you fell for him.” Mika looks over her carefully, she didn’t seem as
happy as she had been whenever they met and it confused him. “Just..Who are
you..?”
 
She laughed coldly at the question. “Just what are you talking about, Mika?
We’re family of course.”
 
“I’m sorry...But I really don’t--”
 
“We’ve run out of time.” She quickly interrupted him. Slowly she rose to her
feet and turned her back to the blond. “I know we will meet again soon. I’ll
let you know about another flower next time. Okay? So please, keep smiling. For
him”
 
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Slowly Mikaela’s eyes opened as he stared at the ceiling dizzily. “A..Dream..?”
He whispered to himself as he slowly pushed himself up. He placed a hand on his
head as he felt it throb. He looks over to the clock situated on his desk; 5:00
was displayed on the screen. His eyes narrowed as he rubbed his eyes to double
check that he was seeing it properly. He got up ever earlier than yesterday!
 
The male sighed tiredly as he settled back down onto his mattress. Just what
was that dream? He wondered to himself. Every dream had been the same until
tonight. It had always been about that Pink Camellia, and yet today was...A
blue iris? He rolls over to his side and reaches over to his nightstand to grab
his phone. As he unlocked the screen he was blinded by the bright light that
radiated off from it. He squinted as he made his way down to the bar that
adjusts the brightness and dragged it down to the lowest setting before pulling
up last night's text messages from Yuu.
 
To_Yuu:
 
I doubt you’re up this early but I wanted to know if I could come at 6 as I
asked last night? Honestly I’ll take the chance of you slamming your door on my
ass so I’ll be coming over soon.
 
Mika gently settled his phone on his nightstand before walking over to his
closet to grab a pair of pants, a shirt, and a hoodie. He began to strip out of
his boxers that he slept in when his phone vibrated. He walked over to it only
to find a text message screen saying he had a new message from Yuu.
 
From_Yuu:
 
Is everything okay?? I can come get you if you need me to!
 
Mika smiled down at his phone as he read the text. Yuu really was amazing.The
blond’s fingers hoovered the keys as he tried to figure out the best way to
reply to Yuu without stressing him out anymore.
 
To_Yuu:
 
Everything is fine. I just haven’t been able to sleep very well and so I just
wanna go over to your house. Though more importantly why are you awake at this
hour??
 
Mikaela settled his phone back down as he resumed taking off his boxers to set
them in the clothes hamper in the closet. He walked over to his dresser, pulled
out a new pair, put that pair on and proceeded to do the rest with the other
garments. As he flipped the hood of his hoodie up his phone vibrated once
again.
 
From_Yuu:
 
I may or may not have your text alerts as something very loud to wake me up
when I’m asleep.
 
The blond’s heart had skipped a beat as he read the text to himself. Why did
that mean so much to him? It made his heart flutter and gave him a warm feeling
in his stomach. It wasn’t meant as anything romantic sure, but something so
small like that made Mikaela’s feelings only get stronger for the male.
 
To_Yuu:
 
Aw jeez. That’s really sweet.
 
From_Yuu:
 
Of course! I’m always sweet
 
Mika couldn’t help the small laugh that escaped past his lips. Yuu was always
sweet to him is the key thing to the statement. Mika had watched Yuu get
suspended many times after getting into fights with people.
 
To_Yuu:
 
Yeah. So is it okay for me to come now?



From_Yuu:
 
Yeah but you’ll have to come around back so i can let u in from the back door.
 
That sounded about right. Mika had come in through the backdoor many times when
Yuu’s parents were sleeping, or even when he was grounded for that matter. Of
course a big portion for the reason the backdoor was the better option probably
resided in the fact that the front door was right next to his parent’s room,
while Yuu’s room down in the basement was very close to the slider that lead
into the backyard. Mika finished writing out his text before shoving his phone
into his pocket.


To_Yuu:
 
Easy enough. I’ll be there in 10.
 
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Now, it’s not like this is the first time Mikaela has done this, and it surely
wouldn’t be the last but now that he was walking through the back gate he felt
nervous. He always felt nervous about ‘sneaking’ into Yuu’s house. And yes
Mikaela would consider it sneaking if he doesn’t use the front door! Quietly
the blond approaches the slider before sending Yuu a text.


To_Yuu:

I’m here. Will you let me in?


Within a minute the curtains shuffle as Yuu pulls them back slightly to open
the door for Mika. The male easily slides in and Yuu silently ushers them to
the basement door. Once through the door Mikaela walks down the stairs silently
as the raven closes and locks the door. Immediately Mika was met with the dim
lights of Yuu’s room. Even with the little light in the room the blond could
easily tell it was quite a mess. ‘Probably due to the fact that I haven’t been
here.’ Mika thinks amusingly to himself.
 
“Sorry about the major mess.” Yuu’s voice comes from the top of the staircase
as he makes his way down. As he walks past the archway that leads from the
stairs he flicks on a light switch that turns on the actual lights to his room.
“Still sleep with a nightlight huh..?” Mika mumbles to himself. He looks over
to Yuu for his expression and Yuu glares at him before shaking his head. “Are
you always this cruel in the morning?” He asks as he walks past Mika to settle
down at the table across the room. Mika follows with a chuckle. “Probably.” He
replies as he pulls out one of the chairs and sits down.
 
The raven gets up and walks over to the little fridge in the corner of his room
to pull out a bottle of beer. “Do you want one?” Yuu wonders. Mikaela shakes
his head vigorously in reply. He then walks over and settles down next to Mika.
“So..Are you alright?” He asks as he looks the blond over thoroughly. Mika
unconsciously pulled down on the sleeve of his jacket. “I’m fine.” The small
action didn’t seem to go unnoticed by Yuu who quickly pulled his arm up and
yanks down the sleeve. Dark purple bruises from where his mother had grabbed
his arm was prominent. Yuu’s eyes narrowed as a deep frown came upon his
features. “Who did this to you?” He asks bitterly. Mika found himself averting
his gaze away from Yuu. It doesn’t matter does it? It’s not like you can do
anything.Yuu’s hand slowly slid into Mikaela’s as he asked again. “Did you not
hear me the first time, Mika? Who the fuck did this to you?” The blond inwardly
cringed at the use of language. He knew Yuu was very upset but he didn’t want
to tell him. There wasn’t really a point in doing so. Things would keep going
on like this and telling him would only cause inessential anger.
 
Mika sighs as he grips Yuu’s hand back tightly. “Last night..I was trying to
clean up some bottles and I startled my mom who grabbed my arm because she had
been sleeping.” Okay, now that wasn’t necessarily it but it was kind of a part
of it.
 
Yuu wasn’t buying it but he sighed as he let go of the male’s hand. “The fact
that you have to lie to me about it just makes it a lot worse.” He mumbles.
“How could you tell I was lying?” Mika wonders curiously. Yuu laughs coldly.
“I’ve known you for so long Mika, how couldn’t I tell? It’s the same with me
isn’t it? You can tell when I lie to you just like I can tell when you lie to
me.” The statement made Mika smile. It was true that Mikaela could tell when
Yuu was lying, but that was because he was very familiar with Yuu. He observed
all the little things Yuu would do and made little mental notes of them. Yet
the thought that Yuu would do the same made Mika feel.. Euphoric.
 
“Thank you, Yuu-chan. That means a lot to me.” Mika says happily as he pulls
his sleeve back down. “I’m sure you already know the reason my arm is like that
then.”
 
“I have a guess.” Yuu says as he balances the cap of his beer bottle on the
edge of the table to pull downwards to pop the cap off. He quickly takes a swig
of it before setting it back down on the table. “I’m going to pretend you never
lied to me, but please, trust me Mika. I’m here for you.”
 
“I know that you’re here for me, Yuu. Thank you.”
 
Yuu smiles and nods before standing up to fetch his backpack.
 
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The two of them had been studying for a while now. Mika had gotten to Yuu’s
house at 5:42 and it was now 8:22. It had almost been 3 hours and yet they
still were studying, though Mika could tell Yuu was ready to call it quits
anytime now. Lo and behold Yuu’s head suddenly hits the table as he groaned.
“I’m too tired for this.” He grumbled. Mika simply pats his back with sympathy.
“I’m sorry for making you work so early.”
 
Yuu turns his head to glare at the blond. “You should be.” He whines. Mika
laughs at the pitiful sound of the male’s voice. He runs his hand down Yuu’s
back comfortingly. “Thank you for letting me come over though.” He whispered
before standing up. “Now then if you’re all done I should probably head home.”
He announces before turning his back to Yuu to leave. He was quickly stopped by
a hand grabbing his wrist. He turns back to look at Yuu questioningly. “Just
because I don’t wanna study doesn’t mean you have to leave. You should stay and
play video games with me.”
 
Mika bit his lip nervously. His stomach was doing flips at the thought that Yuu
wanted him to stay with him. “What..Game would it be..?” He breathed out. It
wasn’t like he actually had anything to do today…
 
Yuu smirks at the question before standing up to grab Mikaela’s other hand.
“Black ops.”
 
“Zombies?”
 
“Of course!” Yuu says with a bright smile as he pulls Mika along to the couch
where he pushes him back down onto it before walking over to the t.v. to turn
it on. He hands Mikaela a controller and sits down next to him. The blond
stares down at the controller before looking up at Yuu. So much for letting me
give you an answer.He thinks with a smile. Though it’s not like he could say no
to Yuu after that smile he gave him, after all it was Yuu’s signature smile.
 
But god did he love the way Yuu smiles.
 
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14 rounds in the game and Yuu had been down twice. Mikaela could swear that Yuu
was fuming as he mashed down the buttons of his controller. “Calm down Yuu-
chan.” Mika says encouragingly. “It’s all about strategy.” Their strategy was
pretty simple really: In this part of the map there was a house that had 3
places the zombies could come in from; the balcony, the window, and the
staircase. The window and balcony were right next to each other while the
staircase was on the other side of the upstairs part. Mikaela weighed down the
window and balcony while Yuu held down the staircase, or well, attempted to
hold down the staircase. The rounds only got harder and harder as you went on
which was to be expected. Mika had to hold down the laugh that was ready to
burst out as Yuu went down once again on round 17.
 
“God dammit!!!” Yuu shouts throws himself backwards against the couch before
leaning against the blond’s shoulder in defeat. From the way the situation was
there wasn’t any chance of saving Yuu at the time so Mikaela quickly jumped out
the small hole that was one of the corners of the house. Sadly for him that
didn’t work well because when he got to the ground there was a hoard of them
waiting for him and he too went down. The screen held a game over on it along
with the scoreboard.
 
“Well..17 Isn’t too bad considering I haven’t played in a long time.” Mika says
happily. “You’re too good at this game.” Yuu whines as he turns off the console
with his controller. A sudden knock at the door up the staircase kicks them out
of their conversation. “Yuu? Are you up yet?” A gentle voice comes through the
door. Mika easily recognizes it as Shinya. Yuu quickly peeps up. “Yeah!” He
shouts in reply. “Is Guren still home though!?”
 
“No. He just left for work.”
 
Yuu sighed as he smiled at Mika. No Guren means no consequences for bringing
Mika in without permission. It was a win win. The raven quickly stands as he
walks through the arch way. Mika hears the door open and two footsteps come
back down the staircase. When Shinya laid eyes on Mika he quickly smiled. “Good
morning Mikaela-kun.” He says cheerfully. “I’m glad you could join us this fine
morning.”
 
“Sorry for intruding..” Mika mumbles quietly as he looks down at his feet. “Is
everything okay?” His question startled the blond a bit. “Everything is fine..”
 
Even though he wasn’t looking he could feel Yuu staring daggers at his head,
but he didn’t say a word. “Have you eaten today yet?” Mikaela shook his head.
“Would you mind joining me and Yuu for breakfast then?” Mika’s stomach growling
was his confirmation. Shinya laughs as he turns back to head up the staircase.
“It’s ready whenever you two are, so feel free to come on up.” The sounds of
footsteps going back up the stairs and the door closing made the blond sigh in
relief. He was glad Shinya didn’t ask anything more. Mika was positive that he
knew a lot of what was going on in his home life, but he never stated nor asked
anything to the blond. A hand on his shoulder quickly snapped him out of his
thoughts. He looks up at Yuu to notice the concerned look on his face. “He
cares about you..You know..All of us do.” Yuu says suddenly. That caught Mika
off guard. He responds to Yuu by giving him a smile. “I know. Thank you. You
all mean a lot to me too.”
 
Yuu smiles a bit. “I’m glad. Let’s go up and eat.”
 
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It wasn’t abnormal for Mika to stay late at Yuu’s house. They’d done it very
often when they were younger. They’d spend the whole day together, have dinner
at each other’s houses, and sometimes even stay the night at the other’s. It
was something Mika had always been fond of but once high school hit it just
kinda came to a stop. Yeah him and Yuu were still incredibly close, but they
didn’t really hang out like they used to, and when they did hang out it was
just for a couple hours. So that made today special. They spent the entire day
together doing simple things; Watching t.v, doing a bit more studying, playing
some card games, more video games, just talking about life in general. It was
really nice. Mika was there for breakfast, lunch, and even was able to stay for
dinner. By the time he was meant to leave it was pitch black out. Yuu stood at
his front door with Mika. “Do you want me to walk you home? It’s really dark
out.” Mika snorts as he turns to face Yuu. “Won’t you be scared going home
then? After all you still sleep with a nightlight.”
 
Yuu growls. “It’s not a nightlight, Mika. It’s a light to make it not so dark
in the room.”
 
“So yeah a nightlight.”
 
Yuu throws his hands up.  Mika laughs at Yuu’s exasperated reaction. “Don’t
worry Yuu-chan, there’s nothing wrong with having a nightlight~” “It’s not a
nightlight.” Yuu mutters under his breath. “Anyways we should get going now.”
Yuu says as he grabs Mika’s hand and begins to lead him through the door.
“Thank you Shinya-san for letting me stay for so long!” Mika shouts before he’s
pulled completely out the door.  He looks up at the sky the moment he’s out and
lets out a breath. A puff of air comes into vision and Mikaela realizes just
how cold it is out. Even with his jacket he still felt freezing. He
involuntarily shivers and Yuu looks at him carefully. “Are you cold?” He asks
as he begins to take off his own jacket only to drape it over the blond. “W-
What are you--?”
 
“We can’t have you catching a cold.” Yuu responds casually as he buttons up the
buttons on his jacket that was now on the male. “If anyone’s gonna catch a cold
it’s you..” Mika mumbles as he feels his face heat up. “You’re smaller than me
so it’s my job to take care of you.” He replies before taking Mika’s hand once
again and begins to lead him down the pathway of his house. Within a few
seconds they’re walking down the road to Mika’s house.
 
They walked in comfortable silence for most of the trip. Mika’s mind was
reeling at the fact that he was wearing Yuu’s jacket. He almost could laugh at
how much bigger it was on the blond than it was compared to Yuu. The sleeves
went a bit over his hands and he had to hold back the temptation to whack Yuu
with them. The jacket itself was rather cozy though… He no longer felt cold,
but the back of his head said that it wasn’t because of the jacket.. Yuu
suddenly interrupted Mika’s thoughts with a laugh. “Today was a lot of fun,
wasn’t it?” He says as the two of them turned down the corner of Mika’s street.
Mika smiles and nods. Yuu’s voice was quiet for the next part. “We really need
to do that some more.” He whispered as he stared down at his feet as they
walked. Mika looks over to him to notice his face was slightly red too. Mika’s
mind screamed that he was blushing but he quickly glossed it over with the fact
that it was freezing out and Yuu didn’t have a jacket. He didn’t want to get
the wrong idea or get his hopes up. Him and Yuu were friends, family, that
would never chance. No matter how much he wanted it to. They suddenly were
standing outside of Mika’s house and the blond quickly felt dread. Hopefully
his mother and father already had it out and everything would be good and
relaxing tonight. Yuu seemed to notice his uneasiness so he gave Mika’s hand a
light squeeze, as if almost to say I’m here for you.
 
Mika sighed as he turned to Yuu and began to unbutton the jacket. Yuu’s voice
suddenly interrupted him. “Keep it. It looks good on you.” Mika couldn’t help
the noise that escaped his throat at that moment. It looked good on him?? In
order to hide his embarrassment he hit Yuu with the sleeves of the jacket
roughly. Yuu laughs as he shields himself from the small slaps of the sleeves.
“Don’t be embarrassed.” He teases as he easily grabs the sleeves of the jacket.
The blond pouts at him unhappily before confirming with Yuu. “Are you sure I
can keep it? It’s yours after all.” Yuu nods as he smiles. “It looks really
good on you, so please keep it. Okay?”

Mika nods as he smiles. The two of them quickly embrace tightly before parting.
As Mika climbs up the deck he looks over at Yuu who smiles and nods. Mika
smiles back and gives him an embarrassed wave. He felt so warm. He watches as
Yuu waves back before turning to start walking back to his house. Unease began
to settle back in the further that Yuu got. He stared down at the doorknob
before he sighs and silently turns it. As the door opens Mika finds himself
surprised that all the lights that he could see were turned off. He felt
himself relax a bit at the thought that his parents are both already in bed. He
quietly walks in and shuts the door as silently as possible before he walks
into the living room. He finds himself staring face to face with his mother who
had the most pissed expression on her face. Mika in almost a panic begins a
sentence. “I’m hom--” His voice was cut out as his mother stormed over to him
and shoved him down. He hit the floor with a thump and was quickly kicked to
his side. He let out a gasp as the air was knocked out of him. “Where the fuck
have you been!?” She screamed as she shoved her heel down onto the male’s hand.
He lets out a cry as the tip dug down into his skin. “How dare you leave
without saying a word! Do you know how worrying it is for me!?” She shouts
again as she moves her heel down from his hand to kick his stomach. “You don’t
deserve this family! You don’t deserve to live! You were an accident that
should’ve never come onto this planet! Do you know how much me and your father
have to suffer because of you!? Do you have any idea how much we’ve given up
for you!? Of course you don’t! You have no idea because you’re spoiled and
ungrateful!!” She continues spewing words of hatred as she kicks and stomps
down on the blond on the floor. He covers his head as pulls himself up to lay
in fetal position. She would be done with kicking him soon. It never lasted
that long. Least how time showed it. For Mika it felt like forever. Slowly the
hits stopped as his mother grew less interested. Mika kept his eyes closed; He
didn’t want to see. She never looked right when he was hit. To him he only saw
a demon. Someone wearing the skin of his mother. Everything around him became
distorted when he was beaten. When he finally thought it was all over he was
suddenly pulled up by his hair. “Open your eyes, Mika.” Her voice was soft now.
She was still causing pain to him, but she had calmed down a bit at the least.
Mika does as told and slowly opens his eyes. Tears immediately spilled out as
his lips trembled. She smiled as he looked at him closely. “You look so much
like your father..” She cooes. “So beautiful. So please, never leave like that
again. I got so worried that you ran away and would never come back, I only say
this because I love you. So please, Mika.” She whispered as she let Mika’s hair
go. His face immediately hit the ground as he felt himself losing conscious. He
felt sick to his stomach. If he stayed awake any longer he felt like he might
puke. He watched his mother’s heels walk away into the other room as he closed
his eyes. Yuu-chan..Please help me.
Chapter End Notes
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The grass below him was soft and green. As he laid on the ground he stared up
at the tree that was above his head. Yellow blossoms slowly fell from the tree
as the wind blew by. Mika attempted to sit up but wasn’t able to move. He looks
around the field before being able to spot the girl in the white dress. She was
sitting next to him with a smile upon her face. “She really went at it today,
didn’t she?” The girl questions as she looks down at her lap. Mika blinks at
her before testing his voice. “Who are you?” He asks. His voice was scratchy
and he himself could hardly hear it. She smiles as she begins to speak. “That’s
cruel Mika. We’re family.”
 
“If we’re family then why do I not know you?” Her smile quickly disappeared as
it was replaced by a flat line. Even now as he observed her closely, the bright
light that was shining above them covered most of her face. “My name is Akane.”
She finally answers before the wind picks up. Mika watches as a cloud begins to
drift over the sun. Immediately the light that covered the girl’s face
disappeared. Big brown eyes met with blue and Mika felt his heart twist.
Nostalgic. She smiled down at him sadly as she reached her hand out and cupped
his cheek. “It pains me that you can’t remember, but I’m sure there’s a reason
why you can’t. So I’ll wait, until you can come back to me.” Mikaela’s mind
quite sure what she meant, but in his heart he felt he understood.
 
“So tell me..What’s the flower today..?”
 
She nods before holding her hand up to catch one of the small blossoms that
began to fall from the tree. “This is called an Acacia blossom. The different
colors can mean different things but in this case, the yellow one’s signify
concealed love.”
 
Mika breathes the cool air in that blows by as he closes his eyes. “Concealed
love huh? Is this about Yuu-chan too, then?”
 
She lets out a gentle laugh. “I don’t think you should hide it from him is
all.”
 
Mika gazed at her questioningly. “Are you telling me that I should chance
losing him forever?”
 
“You won’t lose him.” She replies. Mika found himself beginning to glare. “How
can you be so sure?”
 
Akane gently folds her hands in her lap before looking the blond straight in
the eye. “Because Yuu-san is a kind person. You of all people should know
that.”
 
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 Slowly Mikaela opened his eyes and he stared at the ceiling. A sudden pain
coursed through his body as he attempted to move. He immediately tensed and let
out a whimper.  Okay. That’s not gonna work.  He thinks to himself as he closes
his eyes. He slowly opened and closed his hand to grip what he was laying on.
It was soft. He quickly realized that he was no longer on the floor but in his
bed instead.  How did I get here..?  He wonders to himself. He glances around
his room as best as he could to try to figure out the time. He took a guess
that it was mid afternoon from the way sunlight was pouring in through the
window. He wanted to get up and figure out who put him in the bed but the pain
he felt was keeping him planted. He closes his eyes with a sigh as he suddenly
thinks back to his dream.
 
I don’t think you should hide it from him is all.
 
Mikaela’s lips folded into a pout.  What’s that supposed to me?  He grumbles to
himself. His mind suddenly drifts off to Yuu. His smile, then his laugh, and
then finally the way he looks at Mika. His green eyes always looked so soft
when he looked at him, like he was genuinely content. His chest suddenly
started burning. He couldn’t help it, could he? After all, anyone would fall
for Yuu, he was sure of that. “I..” Mika whispered out. He needed it to be out
there. He’d never been able to say it aloud. Only in his mind was he able to
think it. He always tried to deny it until recently, but saying it aloud..He
wanted it out. Even if no one could hear it. “I love Yuu-chan..” He whimpers.
Confirming it, coming to terms with it. It was all in the first steps into
actually being able to tell him. He felt tears prick at his eyes before they
promptly spilled. But Yuu would never like him back like that. Ever. Yuu liked
girls. He liked Mika sure, but as something more? Doubtful. They’d been friends
forever. That wasn’t changing. Mika slowly reached his sore arm out to grab the
pillow that was underneath him before slowly turning onto his side so that he
could at least hold his pillow as he cried. He’d tell him. He could do it, he
really could..But is the chance of losing him or making things awkward really
worth having Yuu know his feelings? He didn’t know, but all he knew at that
moment was that his feelings wouldn’t be going away.
 
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I...I love Yuu-chan...”  The words were loud and clear as Yuu stood on the
opposite side of Mika’s door. “W-What..?” Yuu whispered out in disbelief. He
thought that his ears must’ve been playing a trick on him but he definitely
knew what he heard. The sudden sound of a sob startled Yuu. He was crying. Mika
was crying. Yuu immediately reached for the doorknob before stopping. His hand
hoovered over it. He wasn’t meant to hear that.. But his mind was screaming at
him to go in there and hold Mika. Tell him that it’s okay. But he couldn’t
bring himself to do it. That wasn’t meant for him to hear. It wasn’t his place.
His hand trembled as he pulled it away from the door. He sighed before he
walked down the hall a bit to sit a little ways away from Mikaela’s door. In
the end he made the right decision on coming back to the house.
 
On his way home he felt like something was off. His stomach was twisting and he
felt nervous. He wanted to go make sure that Mika was okay and once he
confirmed it then he could apologize and just go home, which he reassured
himself is what’ll happen but in the end his unease had been correct for when
he knocked at the door no one answered. Of course that only led him to feeling
even worse as he banged on the door. Still no one came. Both cars were gone
which implied that no one was home but Yuu had a doubt that Mika would go
somewhere this late so in the end he tried the door which was surprisingly
unlocked. He opens it and steps in, mumbling an apology for the intrusion
before walking in. Just a little ways from the front door Yuu finds Mikaela
laying on the floor face down. “MIKA!!!” He screams as he runs over to him. He
quickly lifts him up into his arms and looks at him cautiously. He had many
bruises and red marks. The raven felt his blood boil. “Mika..?” He calls out
softer. “Can you hear me..?” Mikaela quietly whimpers as he trembled.
“No..More..Please..”
 
Yuu felt livid as he gently put the blond down and stormed through the house.
Where!? Where!? His mind called out to him as he swung each door of the house
open in attempts to find someone. After the final door was opened Yuu concluded
that the house was empty. He walks back over to Mika who was still laying on
the floor in the exact position that Yuu had placed him back down. “Mika..It’s
okay. I’m here now.” He whispered as he gathered the male back into his arms.
He, as gently as possible, lifted him up and began to walk carefully to the
blond’s room. Once there he settled the male down on the bed and pulled the
jacket he gave him and his shoes off before tucking him in.
 
Yes.  Yuu thinks to himself. That really was the best decision.
 
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Mika stands at his desk as he pulls tissues out of the tissue box that rested
there. After crying for a bit he began to feel a lot better. His body was sore
as hell but he’s had it worse before. He blows his nose loudly before
discarding the used paper into the garbage. In the back of his head he faintly
wondered how he got into bed. Naturally he’d think that one of his parents had
done it but after thinking about it a bit more he came to the conclusion that
it wasn’t possible. He knew that his mother wouldn’t be able to lift him which
only left his dad which wouldn’t be possible either because he would’ve been
woken up by yelling between his two parents, but instead of any yelling the
house was almost eerily silent. He brushed it off with the thought that maybe
he walked back into his bed unconsciously. He opens the door to his room before
slowly poking his head out of the door. No one was in sight. He sighed with
relief as he made his way to the bathroom. As he got there he quickly noticed
that the door was shut.  So that’s why there was no sound.  He thinks to
himself with a smile. He gently knocked at the door before calling out to her.
“Mom, Are you almost done?” No reply. Mika’s eyes narrow as he knocks again,
“Mom?” He calls. Still nothing. “I’m coming in then--”
 
“Wait!!” A male voice exclaims as the door swings open. The door hits Mikaela
and knocks him to the floor. “Ouch..” He mumbles as he looks up to the person.
His eyes grow wide as he sees Yuu staring down at him horrified. “Oh my god
Mika I’m so sorry!” He exclaims as he drops down to his knees and grabs onto
the blond’s hands. “Are you okay? Ah fuck.” He blurted out.
 
“Y-Yuu-chan..? What’re you--?” His question was abruptly cut off when Yuu
suddenly slips his arms underneath the male and picks him up.”Let’s get you
back to the bed.” Yuu says quietly as he begins to walk back to Mika’s room
with the blond still in his arms. “H-Hold on a second! I have to go to the
bathroom!” He exclaims as he feels his face heat up. He appreciated the gesture
but this was a little much. . .
 
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Mikaela glares up at the raven as he tucks him under all the blankets on his
bed. “You’re gonna suffocate me.” Mika grumbles as Yuu tucks the blanket into
his sides. Yuu smiles as he leans back to admire his work. “You just rest here
for now, Okay? Guren will pick us up in a little while.” Mika nods before he
quickly realizes what Yuu said. “Wait--us??” The male nods as if the answer to
the question was obvious. “Of course. There’s no way in hell I’m leaving you
here alone.”
 
“I appreciate the gesture but I don’t really wanna leave. I have a lot to do
today--”
 
“Like what?” Yuu quickly interrupts with a raised brow. Mika averts his gaze as
he looks over to the door. “Like I need to wash my uniform--” “And I have a
washer, what a coincidence.” Mika stared at the raven in exasperation. He knew
that from the way Yuu was acting there was no getting out of it now. “But..”
Honestly he had no reason to stay. He didn’t want to stay either. Yet at the
same time he felt nervous with going to Yuu’s house again. Would he stay the
night? Would he come back later and chance getting beaten again? He didn’t like
his options, or odds for that matter. His voice cut out to a squeak when Yuu’s
hand was suddenly on his shoulder. “Mika. I don’t want you to get hurt
anymore.” He states, his voice soft and coded concern. The male practically
melted at his tone.  That’s no good, Yuu-chan.  Mika thinks to himself.  You’re
just going to make me fall for you even more.
 
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By the time the two of them actually left it was pitch black out. Luckily for
them Mikaela’s mother never came home that day. Mika felt incredibly relieved
as the two of them got into Guren’s car. He was terrified on what his mother
could’ve done if she came home only to find Yuu there, or even what Yuu himself
could’ve done for that matter. When the two of them got into the car Guren
didn’t say a word, he just began driving. Guren.. Had always been stand off-ish
towards Mikaela, but Yuu always assured him that he was like that to every one
of his friends.  He likes you most of all out of all of my friends, trust me.
Yuu assured him.
 
Mika silently gazed at Yuu from the corner of his eyes. Yuu was laying his head
on his hand as he stared out the window of the car. Mika turned his own gaze to
stare out the window, only to notice little droplets landing on the glass. “It
looks like it’s going to storm tonight.” He mumbles quietly. “Yeah.” Yuu
responds. Mika always enjoyed watching storms. Settling down with a warm
blanket at the window with some hot chocolate was something him and Yuu used to
do together, though Yuu in particular didn’t like thunder, he did enjoy
watching the rain though. Mika smiled at the memory of him and Yuu sneaking
through the house in order sit together on the window ledge to watch the storm.
When the thunder and lightning began Yuu would quickly snuggle up to Mika to
hide from it. The blond couldn’t help but to chuckle silently to himself.  Yuu
was such a big baby back then.   Mika slowly opened his eyes and looked back
over to the raven.  Yuu’s grown so much since then.  That warm feeling he felt
from the memories suddenly disappeared.
 
Meaning he’s leaving me behind.
 
A sudden warmth was placed his hand and he quickly looks down to see Yuu’s hand
on top of his. “W-What are you doing?” Mika blurts out as he yanks his hand
away. His face immediately became warm, to which he quickly realized he was
blushing. His stupid heart beating fast wasn’t helping matters either.
 
“Ah. Sorry.” Yuu smiles at him uneasily. “Was that too much?”  “Not at all.”
Mika states calmly as he tries to stop his racing heart. “You know,” Yuu begins
as he looks down at the car floor. “I.. wanted to apologize to you.”
 
“Eh?” Mika questions as his brows curl in confusion. What in the world was he
talking about? “Why would you need to?”
 
Yuu took a deep breath before locking eyes with Mika. “I..Haven’t really talked
to you.. Like we used to.” Mika smiles sadly at the male. “That’s not something
to apologize for, Yuu-chan. You’re busy with school and afterschool programs
just as I am--”
 
“That’s no excuse.” Yuu suddenly interrupts him. “We used to be so close..Yet I
feel like we started drifting away from each other once highschool started.”
 
“I thought we still were close.”
 
Yuu shakes his head. “I mean..We used to spend so much time together, now we
don’t hang out outside of school unless we’re walking together or helping each
other out with studies.”
 
“It’s because we’re both busy, Yuu-chan.” Mika replies as he looks over to
Guren. He was sure the male was listening to the convo and he faintly wondered
what he was thinking about this matter.
 
“It bothers me, Mika.” Yuu says suddenly. Mika turned his gaze back to the
raven only to notice his face was a light red as he averted his gaze away from
the blond. “And..when I look back to these past few years, I notice that there
was so many times I could’ve hung out with you instead of other people and
that..It makes me feel awful, Mika. I practically abandoned you when you needed
me most--”
 
“No.” Mika states firmly.  That wasn’t true.  “Yuu-chan needs to socialize with
people, so don’t think that way.”  Please don’t put me so highly.  “I mean
after all, I’ve been busy too. So please don’t feel bad for something like
that.”  Please don’t feel bad about not being with me.
 
Yuu looked conflicted for a moment before staring back down to his lap. The two
of them quickly fell into a silence. “I..Want to spend more time with you.” Yuu
suddenly declares.
 
“I want to go back to the days when we were practically inseparable. When we
were side by side all the time. When we had all the time in the world to laugh
and play. That’s all I want.” He whispers before sliding his hand over to
Mika’s to intertwine their fingers together. Mika couldn’t bring himself to
look at Yuu. So he opted for staring out the window. He didn’t want Yuu to see
how red his face was, or to know how fast his heart was racing. He slowly
closed his fingers tighter around Yuu’s. His hand was so  warm.
 
“I won’t let you go this time. I promise.”
 
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After getting to Yuu’s house Mikaela easily decided to have a shower before him
and Yuu go to bed. The warm shower quickly helped calm his nerves. As Mikaela
stepped out of the shower he looked in the mirror and instantly noticed the
dark purple bruises that covered his chest. He gently runs his hands over the
mark before he sighed and began drying himself down. He changed into the
somewhat too big pjs that Yuu lent him and then headed out of the bathroom to
go down into the basement. Once at the bottom of the staircase he peers into
the raven’s room only to spot him lounging on the couch with a book. Mika
smiled as he leaned against the archway. Yuu seemed rather into the book he was
reading as his eyes ran back and forth as he read each word.
 
After a minute of just standing there Yuu glances up before jerking backwards
in surprise. “Ah. Mika. How long have you been there??”
 
“10 Minutes Mika states with a laugh as he begins to walk into the room. “No
way!” Yuu exclaims. The blond looks around the room curiously before his gaze
hits Yuu’s newly made bed. Is that where he was sleeping? “The bed is all
yours.” Yuu says before leaning back into the couch. “I’ll sleep on the couch,
and don’t worry about the bedding, it’s all new.” Mika nods as he walks over to
the bed and pulls the blanket back before crawling under. “Are you sure this is
okay? The couch doesn’t seem all that comfortable.” Yuu chuckles as he gets up
to click the switch of the lights off. “Don’t worry about me. Just get some
good sleep.”
 
The first thing Mika noticed about the room was how it was still rather
brightly illuminated. The blond couldn’t help but to laugh about how Yuu still
won’t sleep in the dark. “Shut it!” He heard Yuu hiss. Mika knew that he knew
why he was laughing. “If it bothers you that much I’ll turn it off!” Mikaela
tries to swallow his gasps as he tries to speak. “Nah Yuu, It’s fine.” He
manages out before bursting out laughing again. “Does anyone else know that you
still sleep with a nightlight?”
 
“It’s not a nightlight!” Yuu exclaims with a slight blush. “And no one’s gonna
find out, right?”
 
“Your friends wouldn’t let you live it down, would they?” Mika suddenly asks as
his laughter dies down. “No they wouldn’t. So you’re not gonna say a thing.”
“But that’s no fun.” Mika replies with a pout.
 
A comfortable silence fell over them as Mikaela tried to close his eyes to
sleep. After a minute or two he heard a shuffle over on the couch as Yuu
flipped positions. More minutes pass by and he hears Yuu flip again, and then
again, and again--
 
“You don’t have to sleep on that uncomfortable couch you know.” Mika suddenly
says. He hears more shuffling before the sound of Yuu’s feet hitting the ground
before padding his way over. A big shuffle on the bed startles Mika as he feels
Yuu quickly press himself against the blond. He lightly tugs on the blanket as
he tries to shuffle his way under. Mika grumbles as he scooched over to allow
Yuu to crawl under the blankets. The blond couldn’t help the stifled gasp that
he let out when Yuu suddenly wrapped his arms around the male and pulled his
back to his chest. “Y-Yuu-chan what’re you--?” Mika quickly lost his voice out
when he felt a warm sensation fill his chest.  Yuu was holding him.  Slowly the
male turned over to face Yuu’s chest before wrapping his arms around the
raven’s back. He quickly nuzzled the male’s chest as he breathed in. Yuu’s sent
was enveloping him. He felt so safe in Yuu’s arms.
 
Safe and  loved.

He faintly felt the grip Yuu had on his waist tighten, so he sighed out a
relieved breath as he felt sleepiness begin to take over him. He was easily
knocked out in a minute. Yuu listened silently as the blond’s breathing became
slower and constant. He smiled as he knew Mika had fallen asleep. He held the
male close before lightly brushing his bangs out of his face. “Me too.” He
whispers as he leans down and gently places a kiss to the blond’s forehead. “I
love you too.”
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***** Maidenhair Fern *****
Chapter Notes
     Hey guys! I would like to apologize for the lack of an update last
     Sunday. ;;;; I have a good reason for it, I swear! On Wednesday of
     last week the power went off for a good portion of my town which
     meant that I couldn't access my computer because it died. Next the
     power came back on Thursday afternoon, and then Thursday night I was
     rushed to the ER. (Nothing serious so don't worry!) Of course Friday
     and Saturday I was in pain and could hardly move my arms. ;;;;;
     Aaaand then I just kinda suffered with writers block for the rest of
     this week.
     But I tried my best to get this chapter done! I also apologize for
     the shortness of the chapter! It was meant to be a lot longer but I
     ended up cutting half of what I had planned.
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     next year. (Maybe that should be my new years resolution?? XDD)
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The field was a bit darker than usual. Dark clouds covered the sky as a cool
wind blew past. In front of him was a small forest, and behind him was the
usual field of flowers. He looks around the vast field while looking for Akane.
After a minute of looking he turns his back to the field and wanders into the
forest. He squelched his way through the muddy grass until he came to a tree
that was slightly smaller than the others. Below it rested a small plant that
Mikaela was easily able to identify as a fern. Mika smiles as he reaches out
and runs his hand along the soft foliage of the plant. Out of the corner of his
eye he sees a flash of white and quickly realizes that it’s the dress that
Akane always wears. He looks over to it and sees her standing behind him in her
regular white dress along with a sunhat that had a pearl colored ribbon going
across the top. She crouches down next to him and gives him a smile. “Do you
feel yourself being drawn to plants?” She asks. The blond looks back to the
plant and shakes his head. “Not really. Plants are a lot to take care of.” She
nods in agreement before suddenly standing up.
 
“It really surprised me that you weren’t out in the flower field.” She said as
she stares down at him playfully. “I thought for sure you’d be down there, but
I was pleasantly surprised when I found you here~”
 
Mika chuckles. “Always gotta keep you guessing.” She laughs in reply. “On
another note the fern you just touched is a maidenhair fern. It often
symbolizes a secret bond of love.”
 
Mika blinks a few times while looking dumbfounded. A secret bond of love? He
thinks about it for a second. It was practically the same as yesterday’s
flower. Concealed love versus a secret bond of love. He easily was sensing a
theme from this.
 
“What’s the difference between concealed love and a secret bond of love?” He
suddenly asks. She smiles as she stands before quickly turning to the flower
field. “Who knows.” She mumbles quietly as her dress gently blows in the cool
air. “Akane,” Mika began before the wind quickly picked up and blew many of the
leaves down from the treetops causing the male to be temporarily  blinded.
 
For a second, only a brief second he could swear he was blinded by red.
 
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Mikaela gasped as he was suddenly dragged back into consciousness. He blinks a
few times as he tries to gather his bearings. He easily makes the place out to
be Yuu’s bedroom, to which he was laying in Yuu’s bed.  Shocker.  He thinks to
himself. Of course he was in Yuu’s room! That’s where he fell asleep last
night! He quickly found himself flustering as he realized he was laying his
head on Yuichiro’s chest.
 
“Y-Yuu-chan..?” He squeaked out as he felt his stomach flutter. Why in the
world was he on Yuu’s chest-- In such an intimate position?? His mind was
suddenly flooded with memories of last night; how Yuu just suddenly pulled
Mika’s back to him, how Mika himself flipped over and snuggled up to Yuu’s
chest.
 
His poor little heart couldn’t take this.
 
He slowly pushed himself up and off of the raven’s chest to settle himself on
the edge of the bed. He glances over to Yuu’s clock only for it to read 6:19.
It was still rather early meaning he wouldn’t have to worry about going to
school quite yet. He glances back over to the sleeping male. His heartbeat
suddenly becomes loud enough for him to hear it.
 
Thump, Thump, Thump.
 
He suddenly takes a deep breath as he tries to calm his himself down. Waking up
like this..Almost makes it feel like we’re lovers… He turns completely over to
Yuu as he stares down at him. He admires Yuu’s stunning features. From his
messy yet charming hair, to his beautiful emerald green eyes, down soft pink
lips. His oh so kissablelips. A sudden urge filled Mikaela’s mind as he stares
down at him. He wanted to kiss him. It would be okay, because he was
asleep..Right?
 
The blond gently places his arms on each side of Yuu’s head before slowly
leaning down. He could do it, he could give Yuu his first kiss and the male
would never know. Mikaela hoovered a few inches above Yuu’s lips before pulling
back to compromise with laying his head on Yuu’s shoulder.  I can’t do it.  He
thinks to himself. Not while he was sleeping. If he did it he knew he would
never be able to forgive himself. He nuzzled himself more in the crook of Yuu’s
neck while he breathes in his scent.  So sweet.  He thinks to himself as a
sudden calm washes over him.
 
Suddenly Yuu’s arms bursted up and wrapped around him, pulling him against
against him roughly. He gasped out in surprise as he was promptly squeezed.
“Yuu-chan let go!” He says before bursting out laughing. He hears Yuu chuckle
before letting the blond go. Mika pulls back to look at the raven. Yuu gave him
a huge smile. “Good morning Mika~” He says happily as he pulls the blond back
down to his chest comfortingly. “Yeah, good morning, Yuu-chan. I hope I didn’t
wake you.”
 
“Nope~” Yuu sings before patting Mika’s back. “Though I faintly felt someone
leaning over me so I did wake up to that.” Mika’s stomach immediately drops.
“Said person got really close to my face, so I quickly wondered what the person
was going to do~” Mika stays quiet as he feels his face heat up. There was no
escaping it now. “Mika?” Yuu calls out suddenly. Mika says nothing in return.
There was no way there was anything he’d be able to say or do that would be
able to cover it. “Were you going to kiss me?”
 
“No way!” Mika exclaims as he tries to struggle out of Yuu’s now death grip.
“Waking me up Sleeping beauty style, I like it~” Yuu says with a smirk as he
watches the blond try to wiggle free. Mika knew that Yuu was going to keep him
right here until he admit it, yet some part of him was feeling defiant. “Mmm,
Mika you know I’m much stronger than you, right?” Yuu breathes out huskily. “No
way!” Mika blurts out. “I’m much stronger than Yuu-chan!”  
 
“That so?” Yuu questions lowly. In a matter of seconds Mikaela was flipped over
on the bed. His hands on each side of his head with Yuu’s arms holding him down
as the raven straddled him. “Who's stronger than who now?” Yuu says with a
smirk as he stares down at the male.  Mikaela’s face by now was a burning red.
Yuu was..on top of him..?
 
“If you wanted a kiss you could’ve just said so.” Yuu says seductively as he
leans down. “N-No!” Mika exclaims as he’s given a gentle kiss to the forehead.
“Y-Yuu-chan..!” He whimpers out as the place Yuu’s lips had been quickly begins
to burn. “Mika..” Yuu whispers quietly as his hands softly slide into Mika’s.
Immediately their fingers intertwine as Yuu places another kiss on the bridge
of Mika’s nose. He pulls away and smirks down at the currently dazed Mikaela. A
dark scarlet blush, lips that were parted with every breath, hazy cerulean
eyes. He looked so delectable. He moves his free hand up to cup the blond’s
cheek. He watches as the male nuzzles the hand with a blissful sigh.
 
Mika slowly looks back up to Yuu to see him with a genuine smile.  Ah, don’t
look that way Yuu-chan.  Mika thinks to himself as he notices Yuu begin to lean
down again.  I’ll just fall in love with you all over again.  The blond slowly
closed his eyes as he knew what was coming next. He felt Yuu right above him,
right above his lips. The grip he hand on Yuu’s hand suddenly tightened as he
realized what this all meant. Just as their lips were about to meet a knock at
the door stopped all actions. He quickly snapped his eyes open as he watched
Yuu sit up and turn his head to the staircase. “Who is it!?” Yuu snaps.
Shinya’s voice came down clear as day. “Breakfast is ready whenever you two
are.” Yuu grumbles out something in reply, but in the moment Mikaela couldn’t
hear it. His mind was screaming at him. Yuu was going to literally kiss him!
For what reason though!? Did he like him back!? Was he just messing with him!?
And why was he going to allow it to happen without any thoughts about it!? His
mind was reeling at all kinds of questions before he was quickly knocked back
out of it by Yuu’s hand returning to his face. “You okay?” He asks
concerningly. Mika reaches up and slowly pulls the raven’s hand off his face.
“I’m okay,” he says before a sudden wave of nausea ran through him. “I feel a
bit nauseous though..”
 
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Sitting over the toilet with less than 1 hour until school starts was not the
ideal way for Mikaela to start his morning. He figured he was rather nervous
about everything that had just happened, but he really couldn’t wrap his head
around the fact that Yuu was really going to kiss him. The actuality that it
really could’ve happened made him feel really euphoric. So just why in the
world was his stomach reacting like this? He should feel happy and giddy, not
freaking sick to his stomach! He leaned back over the toilet as another wave of
nausea ran through him. Nothing was coming up but whenever he thought about
leaving the bathroom it came right back.  Better to be safe than sorry.  He
thinks to himself. He didn’t want to even chance leaving, for if something did
come up he would never be able to live with himself. Not that he really could
live with himself right now. The last thought made him laugh aloud. The whole
situation was hilarious, the one time anything could’ve ever happened between
him and Yuu he ends up becoming sick to his stomach.
 
He sighs as he leans his arms followed by his head down on the seat. What
would’ve happened if they were interrupted? How far would they have gone? The
blond was deep in thought before being interrupted by a quiet knock at the
bathroom door. “Mika? You okay?” Yuu’s voice came through softly. The male took
a deep breath as he attempted to speak. “I’m okay.” He answered shakily. Truth
of the matter was that he was not okay at all. He felt like shit and yet he’d
still have to go to school. The door slowly creaked open as Yuu poked his head
in. “You don’t look okay.” He replies before opening the door to come in
completely. He sits down next to the male to rub his back soothingly. “I really
think you should just stay here today.” He mumbles. Slowly Mika turns his head
to look at the raven. “And what about you?”
 
Yuu shrugs. “I could stay here with you?” Quickly the blond shakes his head.
“After all that studying you’re not missing that test.” Yuu could only laugh in
reply. “Then you can just stay in my room the whole day. Shinya will baby you,
It’ll be great.”
 
“Baby me?” Mika intoned blankly, unamused. Yuu nods his head with a big smile
on his face. “Yeah. He’ll give you yummy food and lots of blankets. Haven’t
your parents ever babied you?”
 
The blond stares back down to the toilet.  Of course they haven’t.  He thinks
to himself grimly. Everytime he got sick he’d be stuck to deal with it on his
own. Anytime he had a problem for that matter he’d have to deal with it alone.
For Mika there was no such thing as being babied. Yuu seems to take notice in
the change of the blond’s behavior and quickly spoke. “I’m sorry.”
 
“Don’t apologize for something like that, Yuu.” Mika replies. The raven looks
down sadly. “I still feel bad though..”
 
“No need.” Mika says as he turns over to the male and gives him a small smile.
“It’s all fine.”
 
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In the end the two settled with Yuu going to school while Mika stayed back at
Yuu’s house. Mika told Yuu he’d be fine. He just would get a bit more sleep
while Yuu was gone and he should be good as new. Yuu on the other hand was very
hesitant. He didn’t want to leave Mika alone in his room, though it’s not like
it really mattered as long as Shinya was there… But still! Mika shouldn’t have
to be alone!
 
Which is now how he’s at school after being kicked and locked out of the house
by Guren and Shinya. Yuu sighed as he flopped down at one of the lunch tables.
He was already exhausted even though he hasn’t even gone to any classes. He
just wanted to curl up back in bed at home with Mika. He quickly pulled out his
phone from his backpack and opened up a game. He played in silence for a few
minutes until his phone was suddenly pulled away from his hands. He quickly
turned to glare at his current phone thief when his face softened at the girl
who took it. The short girl in front of him smirked as she flopped down on the
table next to him.  “You look so lifeless without Mikaela-san by your side.”
She says as she begins playing the game he had open. Yuu sighed as he laid his
head on the tabletop. He stares over at the girl; Shinoa in this case, and let
out another sigh. “Mmm? What are you so whiny about?”
 
“I’m not whiny.” Yuu states, annoyed. Okay, maybe he was being just a bit
whiny--
 
“I almost kissed him.” He suddenly blurts out to her. She drops the male’s
phone in surprise as she stares at him in disbelief. “When?? Why didn’t you
text me?!?!?” She gasps dramatically as she pulls out her own phone. Yuu stares
down at the table with a slight blush. Shinoa had been someone who he’d always
be able to talk to about this and that to. Of course Mika had always been first
on his list of people to talk to but it’s kinda hard to tell your best friend
that you have feelings for them. Yuu watches as she texts Mitsuba (her current
lover) exactly what Yuu had just told her. She puts down her phone and stares
at the raven before giving him the motion of ‘continue’.
 
Yuu looks down at the table as he thinks about what to say. “I don’t think he
likes me like that..” Shinoa gives him a questioning look while he continues.
“Like, we didn’t actually get to kiss but..Afterwards he felt sick.. The other
day I could’ve sworn I heard him say that he loves me but I think I was
wrong..” Yuu shrugs awkwardly at his own words. His mind was telling him at the
time to make sure that Mika likes him before he actually did anything but for
some reason he couldn’t bring himself to do it. He may have seemed like he knew
exactly what he was doing but the reality of the situation was that he was so
nervous. So, so incredibly nervous. He just sat quietly as he watched the lilac
continue to text before he puts his own phone away and heads to his first
period.
 
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Mikaela sat alone in Yuu’s room in silence. The empty bowl that was once a full
bowl of chicken noodle soup sitting alongside a now empty glass of water on
Yuu’s nightstand made the blond feel tired. His tummy was full and he was
content. No more nausea, just complete and utter exhaustion. Mika wrapped
himself up in Yuu’s blanket as he tries to piece together this morning
properly. Yuu was coddling him, Yuu tried to kiss him, and Yuu was just as kind
as he usually was. It was easy to state really, just being able to actually
wrap his mind around it was something else entirely. He sighed to himself as
his heart gave a thump. His heart was definitely liking the thought of him and
Yuu kissing. Mika faintly began to wonder what it was like to kiss someone.
Mika, unlike Yuu, wasn’t even close to being sexually active. The most he’d
ever done with someone was to hold their hand. Though it wasn’t like he didn’t
have sexual fantasies, He had them all the time, all of which included Yuu. But
had he ever thought that Yuu would try to kiss him? Of course not. He thought
that him and Yuu were just really close friends, family.
 
Mika turns to his side as he curls up into a little ball. Maybe Yuu was just
experimenting with a male to see if he likes it.
 
That’s a terrible thought.  Mika thinks to himself. The truth of the matter is
he’ll just have to ask him when he gets back. No matter how nervous he gets.

With a resolve set in mind Mikaela easily falls asleep.
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***** Ambrosia *****
Chapter Notes
     Okay first of all can I just apologize for being SO INCREDIBLY LATE
     ON THIS. Like seriously I'm surprised myself. ;;; Second I wanted to
     apologize for the short chapter. I was having some major writers
     block but I think it's kinda settled now??
     Of course I want to give thanks to everyone who's left kudos on the
     fic~! And of course special thanks to the people who left comments!!!
     <333 They really keep me going!
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Mikaela walked silently through the field of flowers that gently swayed in the
breeze. Even after only being gone for a few hours the weather had seemed to
already re-set. The warm sunlight that poured down from the sky seemed to be
lighting up a rather peculiar flower that sat alone from all the rest. The
flower itself was a light salmon color with little ruffles that framed its
edges while its middle was painted with a bright yellow. The blond slowly
approaches the flower before a small hand on his back stops him.
 
“You shouldn’t go any closer to it.”
 
Mika turns around to see Akane looking up at him blankly. “It has a very strong
pollen.” She states as turns to face away from the male. “It’s called an
ambrosia by the way.”
 
“And what’s the flower’s meaning then?” Mika asks as he walks over to stand in
front of the smaller female. She smiles as she reaches her hand out to his
cheek. “It means ‘your love is reciprocated’.” Mika smiles as he looks down at
the ground. “Is that so?” The brunette’s hand moved from his cheek up to his
head as she gives him a gentle pat. “Things should work in your favor now.”
 
The blond slowly looks back up to the smiling girl before he finally speaks
again. “How do you know everything that’s going to happen, anyways?”
 
She pulls her hand away to face away from the male, her dress flailing up as
she turns. “Because..I’m an.. angel per say.”
 
“An angel?” Mika questions as he sits down in the grass. “That’s right.” She
replied apathetically. The blond lays down on his back in the grass as he
stares up at the sky. “If you’re an angel then why do you tell me about flowers
anyways?” She smiles as flops down in the grass next to the male. “Guidance
obviously. I find it surprising you haven’t figured that out earlier.”
 
Mika glances over to the girl to observe her expressions. She was smiling but
it didn’t seem genuine. It seemed more like something that was rehearsed,
though he sensed no malice in the action. “I..Don’t believe in angels or things
like that.” He mumbles as he looks back up at the sky. She nods. “I know that.”
 
 
“If you know that then why would you say it?”
 
“Because even if I told you the truth you wouldn’t believe me.”
 
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By the time Yuu got home from school it was far past dark. After his classes he
tried his hardest to come home but Shinoa dragged him to his club activities
with something along the lines of ‘it’s not responsible to ditch your club’ or
something like that. Though Yuu didn’t listen, his mind was too busy on the
thought that he had to get home to Mikaela. He felt awful for leaving him alone
for so long but it wasn’t like Shinoa was going to let him go home until the
club was over. So he settled for sending him a text instead.
 
To: Mika
 
Sorry i’m not back yet i’ll probably be home in 3 hours since shinoa dragged me
into going to my club :/ i’ll be back soon though i promise
 
Once club activities were finished the male quickly hurried home. As Yuu walked
down the stairs to his room he was expecting Mika to be pissed at him for not
being back yet, but he was rather surprised to find Mika sleeping in his bed
instead. Had he been asleep all day? It would make sense if he didn’t feel good
of course. The raven settled down his backpack and walked over to the bed
before kneeling down before it. He reaches his hand up and gently brushes the
blond’s bangs out of his face. He always looked so serene when he was asleep.
Yuu quickly jerked his arm back when the male began to stir. The blond’s brows
furl as his big blue eyes slowly opened. He blinked a few times before silently
looking up at the raven unsurely. “Yuu-chan..?” He asks sleepily.
 
Yuu smiles down at him. “Why good morning sleeping beauty.” Mika chuckles at
the nickname as he begins to slowly sit up. “What time is it?”
 
“Almost seven.”
 
“Seven???” Mika questions as he begins to suddenly becomes more aware of his
surroundings. “Like at night??”
 
Yuu simply nods as he watches the blond become flustered. “What’s wrong?”
 
Mikaela gently grips the blanket as he gets his thoughts in order. “I..I’ve
been sleeping for a long time is all.” He mumbles out. He quickly remembers his
thoughts before he went back to sleep. He told himself he would see how Yuu
feels about him but now he was having second thoughts. Not having Yuu next to
him when he thinks about it is one thing but having him there when he actually
wants to try made him feel nervous.  Still..  He tells himself.  He tried to
kiss me this morning...
 
“Yuu-chan..I..”
 
“Are you feeling any better?” Yuu suddenly asks. Mika looks over to the raven
completely baffled. The blond quickly nods his head. “I feel fine now.” Yuu
smiles at the blond before standing up to plop down on the edge of the bed.
“I’m so glad.”
 
Mikaela quickly averts his gaze over to the other side of the room. He wasn’t
sure on it himself but he could see that something was slightly off about Yuu.
The tone he was using was the same he’d use when he was distant; that time
where Mika himself was insignificant to Yuu. He hated the tone, but he knew it
far too well. Mika sighed as he gripped the sheet tightly. “Yuu-chan..About
this morning--”
 
“--I know.” Yuu interrupts, causing the blond to go silent. “I apologize for
it. I don’t know what came over me.”
 
Mika quickly looks over to the male. “Apologize?” He whispers out.
 
Yuu smiles sadly down at his legs. “Yeah. I really don’t know what came over
me. So I apologize and hope this doesn’t affect our friendship.”
 
Mika felt his heart shatter before his stomach drops and the pain subsides for
a blank numbness. “Ah. Right, our friendship. Of course. Nothing will change.”
He says. “I wouldn’t want to be with me either..” He whispers out.
 
“What?” Yuu asks as his head jerks to look over at the blond worriedly. Mika
smiles as he pushes himself up and off the bed. “I’m gonna head home.”
 
“Mika?”
 
“Thank you for letting me stay over, but I should really be getting home.” He
say as he quickly begins to head for the staircase. He was quickly stopped by
Yuu grabbing his arm. “Why are you running away. You agreed that it wouldn’t
affect us.”
 
“I want to head home!” Mika yells as he tries to jerk his arm out of Yuu’s
hand, but to no avail. Instead he was quickly pulled back down into the bed as
Yuu hovers above him, his arms on either side of his head. “What’s really going
on in that head of yours?” He asks as he stares down at the blond. Mikaela’s
chest gave a pang at the hurt expression on the raven’s face. He seemed
genuinely scared. He didn’t want to hurt Yuu but he was hurting too.
“I...I..I’m in love you..” Mika whispers out as he drapes an arm over his eyes.
He didn’t want to look at the male. He didn’t want to see how disgusted Yuu
would look. His eyes quickly snapped open as Yuu gently pulled his arm off his
face and pushed it down next to his head. “Me too.” He whispers.
 
Yuichiro slowly leans down and presses his lips gently against the blond’s.
Mika’s fingers twitch while his eyes grow wide as he realizes the current
situation. Yuu pulls away slightly and stares down at the male. The blond’s
face was red and his eyes were wide as can be as he stared back up at him.
Mikaela let out a shaky breath when Yuu leaned back down to place another one.
And another one, and another. Each kiss sent the blond spiraling; His breath
would be taken away just from a simple peck, his stomach would do flips, and
his head would become fuzzy. Each kiss Mika couldn’t do anything but sigh
blissfully as his lips tingled. The kisses they shared carried on soft and
chaste as Mika simply followed Yuu’s lead. He moved his lips against Yuu’s with
every kiss before Yuu pulled away to begin kissing down the blond’s neck.
 
Mikaela unconsciously tilted his head back as Yuu left soft pecks across the
male’s neck before getting down to the collar of his shirt. Yuu breathed
huskily against the male’s skin as he begins to suck on the his collarbone
while his hands fumble to unbutton the blond’s shirt. Once the shirt was parted
Yuu ran his hands down the blond’s firm chest as he continued to kiss down.
 Soft pants filled the raven’s ears as he placed kiss after kiss across the
blond’s chest until he reached the male’s pants. He gently begins to pull the
blond’s pants down when Mikaela calls out to him.

“Y-Yuu-chan wait..” He mumbles as begins to sit himself up. Yuu immediately
feels shame towards his actions as he quickly gets off the male to settle at
the end of the bed. He himself was in the mindset that he was going to have sex
with the blond but of course Mika wasn’t going to be ready! They just confessed
their love to each other for goodness sake!
 
Yuu continued to mentally berate himself as Mikaela pulled himself all the way
up to look at the raven quietly. If Mika was being honest he wanted to do this.
He wanted to give himself to Yuu like that, but now wasn’t the right time. He
gently reaches his hand out and cups the male’s cheek before bringing him into
a gentle kiss. “It’s okay Yuu-chan.” He whispers fondly before placing another
peck to his lips. “It’s hard for me to control myself too.”
 
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In the end things quieted down. The two of them went upstairs to eat dinner
before heading back down into Yuu’s room for the night. Yuu sat quietly at the
table in his room as he scribbled down answers to his homework while Mikaela
sat next to him to help assist him on problems he didn’t understand. Things
didn’t really change between the two of them. Yes they both answered each
other’s feelings, butnothing really changed. They were still as close to each
other as they were before. Of course the small kisses they shared here and
there was different, they still were as comfortable with one another as usual.
Slowly the blond leans his head over to lay it against Yuu’s shoulder. If he
was being honest he was glad nothing changed. He felt that if him and Yuu did
decide to be together that way then it would be an awkward experience. They
would just both be nervous towards each other, but it wasn’t like that and he
felt so happy about it, so happy and so comfy with Yuu.
 
It’s almost like we’ve been together this whole time.  Mika thinks to himself
as his eyes drift close.
 
Yuu chuckled as he lightly bumped heads with the blond. “You tired Mika?” He
asks as he places his pencil down on flat on the table. He felt Mika give a
small nod. “Let’s go to bed then.” He says before turning to the blond to lift
him up into his arms. Immediately the smaller male clings to him as the raven
carries him to his bed. “You’re really strong Yuu-chan.” Mika mumbles quietly
as his back gently hits the bed.
 
“Of course I am.” Yuu says with a triumphant smile as he walks over to the
other side of the bed. Once settled in the bed Mika quickly climbs into Yuu’s
arms. He feels Yuu run his hands down the back of his head before a gentle peck
was placed on his forehead. “I love you, Mika.”

Mika blushes as he hides his face against Yuu’s chest. “I love you too, Yuu-
chan.”
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The way the field was lit up was strange; everything seemed bright, soft, and
fuzzy. The vast area was practically silent; only the sounds of grass swaying
in the wind, the chirp of a bird, or Mikaela’s own breathing could be heard.
The world almost seemed.. Vivid now. The way the flowers looked were different
from before. They had become colorful and vibrant. Mika smiled as he crouched
down next to a shrub that had beautiful red flowers growing on it.
 
 “I wonder what this one is called.” He wondered aloud as he reached out to
touch the flower.
 
“It’s beautiful isn’t it?” Akane’s voice called out. Mika’s hand froze as he
quickly turned his head to see the small girl running towards him with a big
smile on her face. “Are you starting to like flowers now?” She asks with a
giggle as she crouches down next to the male. “Would it matter if I did?” Mika
questions as he quickly turns his head in embarrassment.
 
The brunette gently reached her hand out and plucked one of the flowers off of
the shrub before bringing it to her face. “It’s called an Azalea. Like most
flowers it has a lot of different meanings, but I of course prefer this meaning
above the rest: ‘Take care of yourself for me’.” She says happily as she
reaches over to tuck the flower behind the blond’s ear. “I think this meaning
is the kindest of them all.”
 
Mika suddenly feels his face heat up as he immediately looks away once again.
“You know many people think you’re beautiful.”
 
The blond simply pouted as he looked across the field. “I don’t think beautiful
is the right term.”
 
“Why would you think that?” She questions. Mika gently reaches up and touches
the flower in his hair. “Because beautiful is something like a flower. Not
something like me.”
 
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Green eyes slowly opened as they scanned around the room. The little light that
was on for him to sleep lightly illuminated the blond that laid curled up on
his chest. Yuu couldn’t help but to smile to himself at how at peace Mikaela
looked. He slowly pulled his hand up to the blond’s head before brushing his
bangs behind his ear. The male’s brows furled as he nuzzled Yuu’s chest before
making a sound of being content. Yuu leaned down to the blond’s head to give it
a gentle kiss. Another noise came from the blond before blue eyes slowly opened
to glare at him.
 
Yuu simply smiled. “Good morning beautiful.” The blond responds with a grumble
as he drags himself to the opposite side of the bed. “I’m sure I would be more
beautiful if you’d let me sleep in longer.”
 
Yuu chuckles as he leans over the blond to peck his lips. “I don’t think so.
Because you’re so stunning right now.” Mika uses his hand to push the raven’s
face away. “Don’t be so corny.”
 
Yuu grins before grabbing Mikaela’s wrist to place a kiss on the palm of his
hand. Mika desperately struggles to wiggle out of Yuu’s grip as he pulls the
blond’s back to his chest. Once the blond stopped struggling and allowed the
male to pull him flatly against his chest Yuu nuzzles his head into Mikaela’s
neck. “I gotchu.” He says triumphantly. Mika gives a light chuckle. “No, I’m
the one who got you!” He exclaims as he suddenly twists in Yuu’s grip to face
his chest before successfully getting his arms under Yuu to hold him tightly.
The both of them laughed before falling into a comfortable silence.
 
“I still..Really can’t believe that you like me back.” Mika breathes out
quietly as he rubs his face lovingly against Yuu’s chest. “Me either.” Yuu
replies almost giddily. “If this is a dream then I never wanna wake up.” Mika
mumbles as he leans his head up to place a kiss on Yuu’s neck. “Mmm.. Me too.”
 
The two laid in a warm silence before a knock at the door upstairs sent them
gazing to the steps. “Mikaela-kun? Yuichiro? You two should probably get ready
for school now.” Shinya’s voice drifts down to them. Mika’s eyes quickly drift
over to the clock in the male’s room.
 
“7:00!??!” The blond exclaims as he immediately begins to struggle out of the
male’s arms once again. “Woah there Mika, no need to get up yet.” Yuu chuckles
as he continues to hold the blond in place. “We’re gonna be late if you don’t
let me go..!”
 
“Mmm but how long does it take for you to get ready?”
 
“Does that matter??” Mika questions irritably as he cranes his head to glare at
Yuu. “I’m just thinking if we get up now then there’s no time to have some
privacy.” Yuu murmurs as he begins to kiss the blond’s neck.
 
“You pervert.” Mika grumbles as he leans back into the raven’s touch. “You like
this and you know it.” Yuu chuckles as he coaxed the blond onto his back.
 
“You’re so beautiful Mika.” Yuu whispers lovingly as he leans down to press his
lips to Mikaela’s. Mika could only sigh blissfully as he reached his hand up to
tangle it through Yuu’s dark locks. He couldn’t get over how soft and warm Yuu
felt. As the two of them part Yuu stares down at the male through half lidded
eyes. “I love you so much.” He mumbles before placing another quick peck to his
lips.
 
“Me too.” Mika smiles as he brings Yuu down for another. Yuu looks the blond up
and down carefully before running his hand along Mikaela’s neck. “Do any of the
bruises hurt?” He questions suddenly. Mika shakes his head; “It doesn’t hurt at
all.” Yuu gave him a sad smile before bringing his hand up to his lips to place
a kiss on the bruise that stained the skin.
 
“I hate that you’ve had to go through all of this.”
 
Mika shrugs lightly before running one of his fingers along Yuu’s lips. “I’m
fine with it if it means that I can be with you.”
 
Mika watched as the raven’s face quickly contorted to an expression of guilt
before the quickly buries his head to the side of Mika’s neck. “I wanna leave
my own mark on you then.”
 
Mikaela couldn’t help but to gasp as Yuu suddenly began to suck on his neck. A
warm heat rapidly began to spread through the blond’s body as he felt Yuu
quickly kiss the spot where he had been sucking. The raven pulls back and
stares down at the spot before running a hand over it. He smiles as he leans
down and pecks the male’s lips. “W-Why did you do that..?” Mika questions as he
feels his face heat up.
 
“Because I want everyone to know that you’re mine.” Yuu replies simply, as if
it was the most natural thing in the world. Mika just squirms underneath the
male. He felt..All weird now; His neck was throbbing and his body felt hot, not
that he really disliked it though. It almost felt somewhat..Good, having all
the attention of Yuu to himself. Being ‘Yuu’s’.
 
Mika gently runs his hand that was on the back of Yuu’s head down to his neck.
“I..Want to leave one on you too.” He whispers quietly. Slowly the blond leans
up and gently licks Yuu’s neck before gently attaching his mouth to it to suck.
He hears Yuu sigh blissfully as he completely lays down on the male.
Immediately the blond’s hands move to wrap comfortably around the raven’s
waist. Slowly Mikaela pulls away from Yuu’s neck to look at the bruising mark.
 
“Was that...Okay..?” Mika questions breathlessly. Yuu nods quickly before his
face flushes. “Aw crap…” He mumbles out as he quickly covers his face.
 
“What’s wrong??” The blond quickly questions as Yuu completely gets off of him
before settling to be on the edge of the bed. “Embarrassment finally hit me.”
Yuu say shyly as he keeps his eyes on anything but Mikaela. Mika couldn’t help
but to snort. “That’s really pathetic Yuu-chan.” He says as he bursts out in
laughter.
 
“I-It is not..!” Yuu exclaims as his face becomes redder. He lets out a little
squeal as Mika grabs his hands and gives him a big smile. “Yuu-chan’s really
cute when he’s embarrassed.” The raven quickly turns his head away from the
blond. “Please don’t say such a thing..!”
 
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The two of them sat quietly in Yuu’s room while they both worked on homework
after getting back from school. As Mika settled his pencil down onto the
tabletop he takes a glance at Yuu who seemed to be working rather diligently on
his own work. “You know, I really wanted to thank you.” Mika suddenly says. Yuu
immediately looks up at him, dumbfounded. “What for?”
 
“For letting me stay here for this long. It’s been really nice.”
 
“You sound like you’re leaving.” Yuu says with a chuckle as he looks back down
at his paper. “I really..Should be getting home..” Mika mumbles out quietly as
he looks over to the staircase. The sound of Yuu’s pencil being placed down and
the loud sound of the chair being screeched against the floor surprised the
blond as Yuu suddenly was holding his arm tightly. “I don’t think that’s a good
idea.”
 
“Why not? I’m sure my mom is worried about me.”
 
“If she was worried about you don’t you think she’d be doing anything she could
to find out if you’re safe??” Mikaela looks down. He supposed that was true…
 
“I didn’t mean that negatively.” Yuu quickly adds before pressing a gentle kiss
to the blond’s cheek. “I just care about you too much.”
 
Mika let out a chuckle. “I know that.” He replies as he presses a gentle kiss
to the raven’s lips. “If I’m staying here again then would you mind if I have a
bath then?”
 
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Mikaela sat in the tub silently. He makes mental notes on all the bruises that
were on his legs, chest and arms. There wasn’t too many but they were rather
prominent once he was bare. He sighed to himself as he sunk down into the warm
water. At least him and Yuu were together as a couple now. He couldn’t help but
to smile at the thought.
 
As the blond decided that he was ready to get out of the tub, almost as if on
cue the door opened and Yuu walked in with a towel and clothes laying across
his arm. “Oh, Looks like I have perfect timing.” Yuu smirks as he sets the pile
on a stool next to the tub. “I’ve got a towel and some clothes here for you
whenever you’re ready.”
 
“Can you hand them to me now then?” Mika questioned as he slides the glass door
of the tub open slightly to reach out for the items. Yuu nods as he hands them
to him.
 
As Mikaela silently dries himself off he slowly pulls up the article of
clothing Yuu had set out for him and quickly becomes confused as he realizes
it’s only a pair of boxers. Still he just shrugged it off and put them on
before pulling the slider open a bit more to poke his head out. “Hey Yuu-chan
why is there only boxers?” Mika practically fell backwards when Yuu suddenly
swung the door open and grabbed the blond’s arm. “Never mind that let’s go back
to my room.”
 
Yuichiro practically dragged the blond from the bathroom, down the hallway and
into his room. “H-Hold on Yuu-chan what are you--??” Mika’s voice was cut off
when Yuu suddenly let go of his arm before walking over to pick up his phone
from his nightstand and point it at Mika. “Let me get some pictures of you.”
Yuu says cheerfully.
 
“E-Excuse me??”
 
“I want some pictures of you for lonely nights.”
 
The blond’s face quickly flushed at the statement. What in the world was Yuu
even going on about?? “Why would you need pictures when I’m right here?” Mika
asked softly. He really didn’t understand.
 
“For lonely nights!!” Yuu exclaims once again. “All you gotta do is stand like
so.” Yuu immediately stuck his arms out and spread his legs as he stood in
place. Mika could almost laugh at the way Yuu looked until he realized Yuu was
completely and utterly serious. “Wouldn’t you like something more..I don’t
know.. Attractive??”
 
“It is attractive though!” Yuu replies as he opens the camera app on his phone.
From the way Yuu was acting Mika couldn’t help not being able to say no. He was
just too cute for his own good…
 
Slowly the blond mimicked the same position Yuu had earlier. The raven’s face
promptly lit up as the flash from his phone made it apparent that he had
snapped a photo. Mika watched as Yuu looked at the photo before he made a noise
of approval. “W-Would you mind doing the same thing while facing away from me?”
Yuu asked bashfully with a slight blush. “You’re such a weirdo, getting excited
from something like this.” Mika states as he turns around before outstretching
his arms. “This is the most unsexy position I can be in Yuu-chan.”
 
“Oh god Mika you’re so attractive right now.” Yuu says huskily as the flash
from his phone alerts Mika of the picture being taken. The blond quickly turns
around to see Yuu zooming into the picture on his phone while he looks at it
with a huge smile. “Perfect.” Yuu says happily before he looks back up to the
male. “If you really wanna go home now I can take you.”
 
Mikaela was slightly alarmed at the sudden change of mind Yuu had. “What’s with
the change of heart?” Yuu simply shook his head. “I just needed to make sure
that I could keep you safe.” He states simply before walking over to his bed to
retrieve Mika’s uniform. He throws it to the blond before sitting down on his
bed. “Shall we go then?”
 
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As the two of them got closer and closer to Mika’s house the blond couldn’t
help but to feel nervous. Just how would his mother react? Or more importantly
how would Yuu react if something went wrong? He didn’t want any drama nor any
conflict. Just as the two of them got to the blond’s driveway Mika promptly
tries to give Yuu a reason to just drop him off there.
 
“Thanks for walking me home.” Mika says suddenly as he attempts to dismiss the
raven. Yuu merely looks at him bewildered. “At least let me make sure you get
inside, Mika.” Yuu replies as he takes the blond’s hand in his. Once the two of
them were at the doorstep Mika tries the door which to his horror was locked.
“You think she’s home?” Yuu asks the male carefully. Mikaela’s eyes drop to the
floor. “I know she is.” He replied simply before mustering up his courage to
knock.
 
Footsteps came from the other side of the door before his mother’s voice comes
through the closed door. “Who is it!?” She demands. “It’s me..Mama.” Mika says
quietly. The locks on the door quickly click as his mother throws the door open
angrily, her hand up in the air with a bottle. The moment her eyes land on Yuu
she quickly lowers her hand. “Why are you here?” She asks irritably.
 
Yuu quickly steps in front of the blond before giving the woman the sweetest
but most fake voice Mikaela had ever heard. “Good evening to you too! I’m so
sorry to be returning Mika home so late and after a few days. He came over to
my house to help me study and I guess we kinda got lost on the time!” Yuu says
before giving a small laugh at the end. Mika’s mother simply glared at the
raven. Of course Yuu expected that and decided to continue on. “So well you see
over the last couple of days me and Mika got much closer to each other than we
had ever before and because of that I was able to see parts of Mika that not
many people get to see.” Yuu smirks as reaches behind himself to hold the
blond’s hand. The woman raised an eyebrow at the last part.
 
“And what do you mean by that?” She demands. Yuu shrugs before dropping his
smile to look her dead in the eye. “I guess sugar coating it isn’t the best
approach. So let’s drop the formalities. What I’m saying is that if you hurt
Mika one more time I’m going to call the police.”
 
The blond immediately tensed at Yuu’s words before he opens his mouth to say
something--
 
The blond’s mom simply laughs at Yuu’s statement. “Yeah? You and what proof?”
She asks darkly. Yuu simply opens his phone before bringing up the pictures of
Mika from earlier. “I’m just telling you that if I see one new mark, If it’s
even a simple, teeny tiny one then I will be contacting authorities. What you
do from now on is your own choice. If Mika is late to our special spot that we
always meet at for school tomorrow then I will contact them then too. Do you
understand?” Yuu growls.
 
Mikaela’s mother was somewhat pale by the point. And Mika knew that he was so
dead when Yuu left. She would scream at Yuu and play victim. But somehow,
almost as if by some miracle she just simply nodded. “Alright...” She says
softly. “Then Mika please say goodbye to your friend and come in to have
dinner.” With a simple sentence she went inside. Mika was practically gaping at
this point.  H-How….?
 
The raven lets out a relieved sigh before turning to the male to pull him into
a hug. “Are you okay Mika? I know that was probably scary for you.”
 
Mika was speechless. He couldn’t bring himself to say anything, but instead
just wrapped his arms comfortably around the raven’s waist before nuzzling his
face to his neck to breathe in his scent. “I just want you to know Mika, that
if you don’t feel safe staying here then you can always come back to my house.”
The blond shook his head. “I just..Can’t believe you did that...It could’ve
gone so wrong..” The blond allowed Yuu to pull away from him before giving his
head a soft kiss.
 
“That bottle in her hand..She was going to hit you with it wasn’t she? If I
hadn’t been here, she would’ve..Wouldn’t she..?” The male looks down at the
ground before giving a slight nod. Yuu grumbled in annoyance. “But really Mika,
if you don’t feel safe then please come to me. Or if something happens then
just call me okay? My ringtone for you is very loud so I can assure you that
you will get to me.”
 
“I’ll call you if anything happens.” Mika reassures him. Yuu just nods before
placing a gentle kiss upon the blond’s lips. “I love you Mika. I’ll see you
tomorrow okay?” He says lovingly before turning around to begin heading home.
 
Mika’s heart was beating too fast. He didn’t want Yuu to leave.. not yet..! His
legs just carried him forward until he was able to push Yuu against a wall of
the house. Immediately their lips connect. Not for something sweet and chaste,
but rather  hot  and  needy .
 
Mika had no idea why in the world he was being like this, but the heat in his
body naturally should’ve been a simple answer. As the two of them parted Mika
began kissing the raven’s neck. Soft licks and kisses that only made Yuu sigh
with bliss. As the two of them pulled away Mika gently slid his hand down Yuu’s
chest. “The things I would do to you if we weren’t outside.” He whispers. “God,
Mika.” Yuu breathes before connecting their lips again. At least it was late
and no one was out. Otherwise this would be something rather fun to have to
explain.
 
Finally the two of them pulled away from each other. Mika looked off to the
side extremely embarrassed from what he had just done while Yuu looks at him
while being slightly aroused. “You know,” Yuu began as he pulled Mika back to
his chest to place soft kisses on his head. “You can always come back to my
house so we can finish this.” Mika shakes his head in reply. “I should stay
here tonight. After all, you did so much just so I’d be safer.”
 
Yuu titled the blond’s head up before connecting their lips once more. “Then
please just take care of yourself for me.” The raven whispers as they embrace
one more time.
 
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Mikaela laid silently in his bed. The only sound was the T.V. from the living
room as his mother watched her shows. She didn’t say a word to him, she didn’t
lay a hand on him, she just simply gave him a small smile and nod before he
headed to his room. It was..Strange really, It was quite uncharacteristic of
her, not that he really minded. It was better this way.
 
Slowly the blond’s mind drifted over to what him and Yuu had done while a sense
of guilt filled him, or it was probably embarrassment or even a mixture of
both..Nonetheless it made his chest ache. He wasn’t sure why he had done
something like that, and he almost felt the need to laugh. That was
uncharacteristic of him. He was never someone who would be so...Demanding..? He
gave out a choked laugh before he rolled over to his side.
 
His lips tingled slightly and his body felt feverish. He just assumed that he
had a lot of adrenaline left over from what had happened. The blond groaned as
his body felt sticky with sweat. He slowly pushed himself up before pulling his
t-shirt up and off his body followed along by his pants and boxers. Once all
the garments are off Mikaela pulled up a soft blanket to lay across his chest.
That was a bit better he supposed.
 
He gripped his pillow tightly.
 
“Then please just take care of yourself for me.”
 
Mikaela felt his chest tighten at the words.  It’s the same as the dream.  He
thinks to himself.  The same meaning…
 
He couldn’t help but to chuckle. Each dream..Seemed to have something to do
with his future.
 
“Because..I’m an.. Angel per say.”
 
“An angel huh..?” Mika mutters to himself. He stares at the blank wall
silently.
 
“Even if I told you the truth you wouldn’t believe me.”

“I believe..” Mika whispers to himself as he curls up tighter in his blanket.
“I believe..In you..”
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     Anywho can I just say it's been far longer than it should've been
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As Mika’s eyes opened he was met with a familiar flower gently swaying in the
wind. “I know this one.” He mumbles as he reaches down to pick the flower.
“It’s a d affodil.”
 
“You’re wrong.” A voice replies. Immediately the blond turns his head to see
Akane walking over to him. “It’s actually a Jonquil, though it does indeed look
a lot like a daffodil.” She says with a smile as she reaches over and takes the
flower out of the male’s hand. She stares down at the flower while she gives it
a twirl. “It’s meanings can be things like ‘Love me’ or ‘Affection returned’ Or
‘desire’ or ‘sympathy’.”
 
“Why so many different meanings?” Mika questions as he watches her gently pluck
the stem a bit to put the flower under the clip that kept her braid in place.
 
“I’m just giving you the different possible meanings is all.” She says with a
laugh as she points over to a somewhat small hill in the distance. “We should
go over to there.” She states as she begins running across the field to it.
Mikaela shrugs to himself. He didn’t see a reason not to.
 
As he slowly walked up the hill he finds himself looking over to another huge
flower field, although this time there were two people in the field. The
blond’s breath came out in a gasp as he looks down at the two people; two
children. A small blond boy was smiling with a young brown haired girl as they
made flower crowns together.
 
“At first it really bothered me that you didn’t remember..” Akane mumbles as
she stares down at the two. “But after looking around I think it’s safe to say
that the memories are still there at the least.”
 
“That’s..Us..?” Mika mumbles as he reaches his hand out to the two. Akane
chuckles as she turns her back to the two in the field. “It’s better this way.”
She says as she begins to walk down the hill. “Just..Who are you..?” Mika
questions as he quickly turns to face the girl. She slowly stops for the
question before looking up to the sky. “Don’t you already know that?”
 
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The blond awoke with a gasp. He quickly calms his breathing as he stares up at
the ceiling.  A dream..?  He thinks to himself as he suddenly feels sticky from
the amount of sweat that covered his chest. He roughly pulls away the blanket
before rolling onto his side. “This sucks..” He mumbles to himself as he looks
over to the clock in his room. It was a little past 1 in the morning and now he
knew he wouldn’t be able to sleep anymore.
 
Yuu-chan..  He thinks to himself. If he just simply heard Yuu’s voice then
maybe he could get back to sleep again.. He silently grabs his phone out of his
pant’s pockets before pulling up Yuu’s phone contact. He knew that what he was
doing was ridiculous but he couldn’t bring himself to care in the moment.
Instead with no hesitation he clicked the call button.
 
Within a minute Yuu’s voice came from the other end. Though a rather panicked
voice at that.
 
“Mika?? Is everything okay??” Yuu questions worriedly.
 
“Yeah..I’m sorry. I wanted to hear your voice.”
 
The other line was absolutely silent. Mika immediately felt guilt wash over
him. It was early and yet he called Yuu and more than likely woke him up. Just
as he was about to apologize he heard Yuu snort before bursting out into a fit
of laughter.
 
“Pfft. You should’ve just told me.” He says in between laughs.“I-I did. It was
the first thing I said to you!” Mika exclaims as his face heats up. It wasn’t
even  that  funny…As Yuu’s laughter began to die down he lets out a blissful
sigh. “God I love you.” He suddenly says.
 
“I don’t know what’s wrong with you.” Mika mumbles as he rolls over to face his
wall. “There was nothing funny about me wanting to hear your voice.”
 
“Nope. Not at all.” Yuu confirms.
 
“Then why in the world were you laughing!?”
 
“Because that’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever said to me! Plus the idea of
you laying in bed, rolling around while thinking about me and wanting to hear
my voice is amazing.”
 
“You’re being such a weirdo.” Mika sighed. Though if he was being honest Yuu
was making him feel rather happy. He felt a rush of calm run through him when
he heard Yuu laugh. . .
 
“Maybe. But you’re stuck with this weirdo whether you like it or not.”
 
The blond chuckled as he placed his hand over his chest. “I’m glad then.” His
heart was beating so fast . . .
 
“Hey, Mika?”
 
“Yeah?”
 
“Is it..Possible for us to hang out right now?”
 
“Don’t you think it’s a little early for that?”
 
“I dunno.” Yuu says truthfully. “Though since you’re the one who called me I
figured you couldn’t sleep.”
 
“I had a strange dream is all. I’m sure I can get back to sleep now.”
 
The line went silent. “Yuu-chan..? You still there?”
 
Yuu suddenly took a deep breath. “I..Like to sleep with you next to me..So..”
Mika lightly chuckles. “I understand that very well.” Mika slowly pushes
himself to sit up before glancing to his door. “I guess..We can hang out...Just
as long as we get some more sleep!” He quickly adds, almost as an afterthought.
 
“Well..We didn’t get to finish what we started earlier.” Yuu says huskily. “So
why don’t you come over so we can finish?”
 
Mika just laughs lightly. “What happens if I say no?”
 
“Then we can just hang out! We could play videogames or watch a movie, and then
how about I treat you to breakfast before school too?”
 
“That sounds wonderful. Thank you, Yuu-chan.”
 
“Of course. Just meet me at our spot in ten!”
 
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Being outside a little past 1:30 in the morning wasn’t really something Mikaela
expected but it wasn’t something he  disliked  either. Him and Yuu sat silently
at the curb of their open 24-7 convenience store while drinking a soda and
eating a warm pretzel. “So I was wondering sowmthing.” Yuu says with his mouth
full of the treat.
 
“Ask me again when your mouth isn’t full.” Mika replies indifferently. Yuu
quickly chugs some of his soda before swallowing to finish his question. “Have
you ever ditched a class?”
 
“Ditched..A class?”
 
“Yeah. Like at school. Is there something you’re not understanding about my
question?”
 
The blond shakes his head before looking down to his legs. “It’s not that. I’m
just surprised you don’t know the answer yourself.”
 
Yuu lightly hums in reply. “We should just skip school in general today.”
 
“No way.” Mika quickly cuts in. “I already missed yesterday from feeling sick
there’s no way I’m just not going to go.” The blond let out a small squeak as
Yuu suddenly wraps his arm around his shoulder. “You’re right. I’m sorry I
mentioned it.” Yuu gently bumps their heads together as he lets out a laugh.
“This is great.”
 
“I think you’re losing it.” Mika quickly adds as he averts his gaze. Yuu just
laughs again. “I know but it’s more fun this way.”
 
“I disagree.”
 
“What are you talking about? You love this.” Yuu scoffs as he suddenly leans
back against the concrete of the sidewalk. “It’s just like when we were kids.”
 
The blond lightly turns to the side to look down at Yuu. “But we’re not kids
anymore, Yuu-chan.”
 
Yuu sighs as he closes his eyes. “I know that.”
 
The two of them got quiet as Mikaela looked back down to his lap as he
continued to eat his pretzel. “I thought the same thing.” Mika mumbles quietly.
“About how it’s like we’re kids again--” The blond’s voice slowly died out as
Yuu gently grabbed his arm and tugged him down next to him.
 
“That’s true,” Yuu smirks. “Although there’s a lot of things I can do to you
now that we’re not kids anymore.” He continues as he leans up to press his lips
against the other’s. The blond quickly pulls back and glances off to the side
before mumbling out. “I don’t want to do this in public Yuu-chan.”
 
“Relax there’s nobody here.” Yuu practically purrs before leaning over to press
a peck to Mikaela’s cheek. The male lightly scoffs before pushing himself up to
stand. “I know that.” He replies simply. The raven immediately gobbles down the
rest of his pretzel before putting the two’s drinks and the rest of the blond’s
pretzel into his bag. He slowly stands up and takes Mikaela’s hand.
 
“Does going to my house sound like a good option at the least?” Yuu smiles as
he leads the blond the opposite direction they came. Mika stops in place and
mumbles out a quiet ‘no’. Yuichiro immediately turns back to look at the blond
carefully.
 
“Are you alright..? What’s going on?”
 
“It’s..Pathetic isn’t it..? That I can’t even stay one night in that house..”
 
“Did she--?”
 
Yuu was immediately interrupted. “She didn’t do anything. That’s the thing!
She--She was actually kind for once-- and I-- I can’t even deal with that..!”
 
“It’s okay if you can’t--”
 
“No it’s not!” The blond exclaims as he yanks his hand out of the male’s hands.
“You..You risked your well being to help me out.. Yet look at me..I’m a mess..
I’m a mess Yuu-chan..”
 
Yuu lightly snorts before turning to face the blond completely. He gently pulls
the blond into his arms and holds him tight, before softly murmuring to him.
“Well then, if you’re a mess than you’re the best goddamn mess that’s ever
happened to me.”
 
“Yuu-chan I--”
 
The blond was silenced by Yuichiro’s lips.
 
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The rest of the day just slowly seemed to pull on for Mikaela. Classes felt
like forever and the blond couldn’t take his eyes of the clock. He just wanted
to be done for the day and go home, maybe take a warm shower and just go back
to bed. Once he was at the final class he finally tore his eyes away from the
front just to stare down at his blank paper. He literally got no notes down, no
homework written or anything.
 
He just sighed aloud as the bell rang that signaled the day to be over. Within
a minute he had all his stuff into his bag and began wandering down the hall to
Yuu’s locker. The raven’s gaze slowly wafted off to the blond’s direction
before a big smile crossed his features. “Hey gorgeous.” He purrs as he closes
his locker. Mika rolls his eyes with a snort before walking along next to him.
 
“You’re such a dork.” Mika mumbles as he lightly elbows Yuu’s side. The raven
simply laughs. “Do we have a plan for tonight then?”
 
“A plan?” The blond questions as his brows furl in confusion. Yuu nods as if
it’s the most obvious thing in the world, but Mikaela was reeling. They didn’t
have a plan for anything as far as he could remember. . .
 
“Are you gonna come to my house or are you gonna head home?” Yuu blurts out
quickly as he stops in front of the smaller male. Mika just shrugs. He hadn’t
really thought about it.
 
“I probably should head home for the day, I really wanna get some more sleep.”
Mika mumbles. Yuu smiles with a nod. “I don’t blame you. Though you better
sleep well tonight.”
 
“Yeah.” Mika chuckles.
 
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Mikaela quietly creaked open the front door before poking his head in. The
house seemed silent. He smoothly slips in before locking it behind him. He
drops his key into his bag and walks through the living room to his own room.
After closing the door he drops his bag to the floor and slowly sinks down
against the door. What in the world was up with him? This wasn’t like him at
all. . .
 
He silently pulls his knees to his chest and lays his head down on them. He
didn’t focus at all in his classes, he called Yuu and spent the entire night
with him, he kissed Yuu, he got somewhat aggressive towards him. All of it was
so strange to him. He silently pulls his bag closer to him before pulling out
his phone to type Yuu a message.
 
To Yuu:
 
I’m going to be heading to sleep now. I hope you sleep well.
 
He silently locked his phone and began pulling his shoes and socks off, then
his shirt, his pants, and finally his boxers. He did each one promptly before
falling down into his bed. His day felt like it was so long. After pulling the
comforter around him he slowly closed his eyes.

Just what kind of flower awaited him next. . .
Chapter End Notes
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***** Red Rose -Part 1- *****
Chapter Notes
     Alright so it's been close to a year since the last time I updated
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     out a full chapter but then re-reading it and thinking to myself 'Oh,
     Not good enough' or 'That's not how it's supposed to go'. So then
     tonight rolled around and I was like I can see clearly what I need to
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     comments on this. Those things really mean the world to me and help
     me get through those times where I feel like I can't write. <3 So
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     to get updated XDD
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The field was cold. Fog surrounded the higher parts of the hills while the
ground was slippery with the still water that began to pool across the field.
Mikaela walked slowly across the way, splashing the water along as he goes,
making his way to the only patch of flowers he could see. Roses. He slushed
along the lines of bright red roses until he reached one at the end of the
trail. He quietly sighs.
 
“Red roses huh..?” He mumbles to himself. He had a basic idea on what red roses
meant from just about any romance movie or gesture. A bouquet of red roses was
nothing but true love.
 
“I’m sure you know this one.” Akane’s voice suddenly resounds. Mikaela looks
off to the side before being met with the girl standing there with a smile.
 
“It’s a rose.” Mika states plainly, almost in a distasteful manner. He quietly
looks back to the flowers around him.The color red was surrounding him.
 
The brunette lightly laughs. “You sound displeased.”
 
Mikaela shakes his head. “It’s not that..”
 
“Do you prefer a different color rose?”
 
The blond reaches out and plucked one of the roses off the stem. As he holds
the flower in his hand he silently watches the crimson liquid begin to run down
his hand before dropping down into the water. “Red roses..Symbolize love..don’t
they?”
 
The girl’s grin seemed to have gotten wider at the question. “Yes.” She says
with a nod before looking up to the fog covered sky. “They can also mean
respect in a sense.”
 
The blond couldn’t help but to chuckle. “I understand that.”
 
“Well, do you have any questions for me this time? If you have something to ask
please do.”
 
“You said..You’re an angel..And those kids who were in the field..That was
us..”
 
“Yes. I am an angel, and those kids in the field were indeed us.”
 
“How is that..?”
 
The girls eyes drifted down but her smile didn’t break. She takes a deep breath
before looking back up to meet the male’s eyes. “I died.”
 
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Blue eyes snapped open and blink a few times. His vision was hazy and his head
and heart were pounding. He slowly sat up before a dizziness hit him.
Immediately he was back down onto his pillows. He groaned before he placed the
palm of his hand against his temple. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath,
focusing on the place it hurt until the pain gradually began to ease. He slowly
rolled over to his side and took a hold of his phone that was sitting on the
nightstand.
 
From Yuu:
 
Alright. I hope you sleep well if anything happens don’t be afraid to text me
 
Mika smiled at the text. Everything was fine.
 
He looked at the time on his phone and noticed it was a little past 5. He
slowly sat up to see how he felt. After a minute passed by without any
dizziness he placed his phone back down onto the stand and got up before
standing in front of his door. He leaned his head against the door and listened
for any sounds. Everything sounded alright so he pulled the door ajar, just
enough for him to be able to see down the hall. The coast was clear. He
silently opened it the rest of the way before walking out of his room to head
down to the bathroom. He stared at himself soundlessly. He noticed just how
glossy his eyes were and he wondered why he was going to cry.  It still hurts.
 
He quickly wiped the tears that began to stream with the back of his hand.
There was nothing to be sad about, but his chest felt tight. He stared down at
the sink before deciding to run some water. He scooped water up into his hands
before splashing his face.
 
Don’t be like this.  He thinks to himself.  Everything is fine,  He slowly
grabs a towel from the cupboard and begins to wipe his face with it before
looking back to the mirror. “It’s okay.” He whispers to himself. Just what
didn’t feel okay?
 
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By the time he was dressed and situated it was a little past 6 so Mika scanned
the living room for his mother, of course she was nowhere to be found. It was a
Saturday meaning she was probably out drinking all night so it wasn’t unusual
for her to be gone. He walked his way around the counter before coming to the
fridge, he opens it and notices the eggs and bacon. Maybe he should cook
something good for once. He started out by mixing the eggs together with a
little milk in order to make scrambled eggs before he pulled out the portable
grill to cook the bacon with. As the blond finished up cooking he heard his
phone ring from his room and he quickly went to answer it, only to notice that
Yuu was calling him.
 
This early?  Mika pondered to himself as he picked up the phone.
 
“Hello?” He answered.
 
“Sorry, did I wake you up?” Yuu’s voice was quiet, almost a whisper.
 
“No, I’ve been up for a while, is everything okay?”
 
He heard Yuu chuckle from the other end. “Of course! I called to make sure that
you were.”
 
Mika found a quick smile forming on his mouth. “I’m fine, my mother isn’t home
so there isn’t anything to worry about.”
 
“Thank goodness.” Yuu replies before taking a slight breath. “Uhm Mika have you
eaten today?”
 
“I had just finished cooking breakfast, why?” He says as he puts his phone on
speaker while he walks back out to the living room. He places his phone down on
the coffee table and grabs the blanket from the end of the couch before
settling himself down into it.
 
“Oh well I was gonna ask if you wanted to go to the waffle house this morning.”
Yuu says bashfully. The raven’s tone caught the blond off guard but he couldn’t
help but chuckle.
 
“I would love to go, but let me just put the food I cooked away.”
 
“I don’t want you to have to do that! We can do it another time if you’d
prefer.”
 
“No no, I want to go with you, Yuu-chan.”
 
He heard Yuu let out a breath on the other end. “I’m glad then.” Mika smiled at
that. Was Yuu nervous to ask him to go? They were together after all so there
was no need to be nervous about something like that. “Would now be a good time
to come get you or would you like to put it off for a bit?”
 
“That depends,” Mika states, thinking about how long it would take to put the
food away and wash the dishes. “How will you be getting here?”
 
“Well, I was planning on walking because Guren and Shinya aren’t up yet. Would
that be okay?”
 
“Of course, I’ll see you soon then.”
 
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By the time the blond was done washing the dishes Yuu had texted him that he
was just a block away. The thought made him happy that Yuu wanted to do
something with him but on the other hand the male felt nervous. He didn’t know
why because it was just Yuu but the feeling was there, sitting in the bottom of
his stomach ready to claw its way up. Mika’s phone lit up with a new text
message from Yuu stating that he was outside. Mika quickly grabbed his coat and
stepped out the door, making sure to grab his keys and phone before quickly
shoving them into his coat pocket. As he looked up he immediately noticed the
bright smile on Yuu’s face, which of course caused his own lips to curl up.
 
“Good morning Mika!” Yuu says cheerfully.
 
“Good morning Yuu-chan.” Mika replies, his nerves finally beginning to settle
down.
 
While the two of them began walking down the street Mika found himself slowly
reaching out his hand to grab Yuu’s. Yuu in response gave his hand a light
squeeze as they continued to walk.
 
“How early does the waffle house open?” Mika asks as it suddenly dawns on him
that it was still early.
 
“Honestly you’re gonna laugh but it opens at 6.” Yuu replies simply as the two
continued, hand in hand.
 
“That’s rather surprising since most places don’t open until 10”
 
“I know right? Though I think it’s open early for people who have to go to work
at the crack of dawn.”
 
“That so?” Mika mumbles as he looks across the way. The streets were relatively
empty. Every once in a while the two would walk past people outside but most of
them were heading out to work or were smoking outside. Mikaela didn’t know what
he was expecting but he felt nervous for some reason, maybe it was the fact
that the two were walking with their hands together? Unconsciously Mika’s hand
begun to loosen the grip on the raven’s.
 
“Everything okay?” Yuu suddenly asks as he causes the two to come to a halt.
 
Mika’s quickly snapped out of his thoughts and replies. “Ah, yeah of course.
Why?”
 
Yuu grips Mika’s hand tighter and brings them up into view. “You’re letting go
of my hand ever so slightly.”
 
“Ah, sorry.” He says as he looks at their hands.
 
“Are you worried about someone seeing us?” Yuu asks as he allows the blond’s
hand to go back to his side.
 
“No..I just..Don’t want people to look at you badly..”
 
Yuu turns his back to the blond. “You know what’s really sucky? When I can’t
hold hands with the guy I love in public because of the fear of being ridiculed
or even in a more drastic case attacked.” The raven states ever so matter-of-
factly before continuing on walking ahead.
 
The blond quickly picked up the pace before running his hand down the male’s
arm to allow their hands to meet again. “I’m sorry..” Mika mumbles out as he
stares at the ground while they walk.
 
“It’s alright, I get where you’re coming from.” Yuu replies softly. “I won’t
let anyone hurt you though, I promise.”
 
“I’m not worried about myself getting hurt..” the blond mumbles.
 
“Nothing will happen to either of us. I won’t let it.”
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The two sat quietly in a booth at the waffle house. The place was relatively
busy with bustling people. Men in suits, women with children, the place wasn’t
noisy in a way that it was disturbing rather it was the type of noise that
would easily fade into the background when caught up in a conversation. The two
had a stack of waffles on their plates with strawberries and whip cream on top.
The blond watched as the raven dug into his meal and noted how childish Yuu
almost looked while eating; stuffing his cheeks with a big smile.
 
By the time Yuu was on his last waffle he noticed the fact that the blond had
barely touched his own plate so he asked about it. “Are you not hungry..?”
 
“Eh?” The blond mumbled as Yuu’s question brought him out of his daze. He had
gotten so distracted with how Yuu had looked that he completely forgot his own
dish. “Ah, sorry, it’s not that. I just got caught up in the way you were
eating. You seemed really happy.” He says with a smile as he looks down at his
own plate bashfully. The raven seems to fluster at the statement before setting
his fork and knife down onto the plate.
 
“You know..When I was younger me, Shinya and Guren would come here often before
Guren’s work day. I’d always get the strawberry waffles, so I like to think
it’s because of this place that I have a big liking for strawberries.” Yuu says
before taking a pause. “This place has a lot of good memories to me and is a
place I hold very dear so I guess I wanted to make some good memories here with
you too..” The raven begins trailing off.
 
Mikaela found himself smiling. “Is that so?”
 
“Yeah, Since I love you so much...”
 
The blond looked up at the raven as his face heated up. Saying something like
that where everyone could hear--
 
“You never..Cease to amaze me.” Mika says shyly as he looks away from Yuu as he
gives him a grin.
 
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As the two paid the bill and left the place Yuu explained to Mika that there
was something that Shinya told him he needed to get from the store so the two
stopped at a shop to get what seemed to be plans for dinner. As the two left
the store Yuu quickly apologized and told him that there was something he
forgot and went back into the store. Mikaela stood outside with their bags in
hand and waited for the male.
 
The male looked up to the sky, noticing how gray and cloudless it was. The
weather wasn’t nearly as warm as he had hoped it’d be considering he could see
his breath every time he exhaled, but it was at a temperature where it didn’t
bother the blond. Luckily Yuu didn’t take long and came out rather quickly.
 
“Did you get what you needed?” Mika asked. Yuu grinned and gave him a nod
before taking two of the bags from the blond. “Oh and if you don’t mind there’s
one other place I have to go to.” Yuu says followed by an apology.
 
“That’s fine.” Mika replies simply before the two began walking once again.
Within a good 10 or 20 minutes the blond found the two of them standing outside
a small flower shop. “Flowers huh? Are Shinya and Guren having a date tonight?”
Mika asks with a smile.
 
Yuu laughs as he sets down the bags by Mikaela’s feet. “You could say something
like that.” He quickly leans over and presses a peck to the blond’s head. “I’m
sorry about making you run around with me like this.”
 
“You don’t have to apologize for something like that. You know that I love
being able to spend anytime I can with you.” He replies simply as Yuu’s cheeks
seem to get pink while he gave Mika a small nod.
 
“I’ll be right back!” He exclaims before heading inside the small shop. Once
again the blond was left outside on his own. Being with Yuu like this made him
feel relaxed, They were basically doing the same thing they always did with
each other, shopping, hanging out, eating together, or rather the things they
used to do back in middle school. Once the two of them entered highschool most
of the things they used to do faded away as Yuu became busier with his school
life. Mika was grateful at the fact that the two of them would walk to school
together at the least.
 
The blond silently looked down into the continents of the brown bag. There was
pasta, some tomatoes, different types of seasonings and other types of things
to have some spaghetti in it. Mika faintly began to wonder if them going out to
breakfast together would be considered a date but the blond was quickly
interrupted by a flash of red in his vision. He quickly looks up to see a big
bouquet of red roses held out in front of him.
 
“Aren’t they pretty?” Yuu says with a smile.
 
“They’re gorgeous.” Mika replies, almost in awe. From how close they were a
sweet fragrance wafted off of them and the blond couldn’t help but to close his
eyes. The one’s in his dream were different. “Shinya has good taste in
flowers.” He smiled as he looked down to the bags at his feet. He didn’t want
the bouquet to get hurt so he tried to figure how he could take the other bags-
-
 
“I’m sorry Mika, I lied to you a little bit.” Yuu suddenly says. Mika quickly
looks up to see Yuu give a apologetic smile. “You see, I actually got these for
you.” He says as he pushes the bouquet a bit closer to the blond.
 
“They’re really beautiful but they must’ve been a lo--”
 
“Price doesn’t matter.” Yuu interrupts quickly. He gives the blond a stern look
before reaching over with one hand to pull the bag of groceries towards his
chest. He extends the flowers back out. “Please accept them.”
 
Mika lightly reaches out and takes the bouquet from the raven. Yuu smiles
before picking up the other bags followed by him turning his back to the blond.
“Shall we go?” He asks.
 
As the two of them walked Mikaela held the flowers up close to his face to try
to hide the blush that was currently painting itself across his cheeks. The
fact that Yuu would do something like this for him... He quietly breathed in
the sweet fragrance. This whole situation felt like a dream to him. Yuu really
is amazing.
 
30 minutes has passed by as they walked and talked while on their way back to
Mikaela’s house. By the time they reached the driveway Yuu exclaimed how tired
his arms were from holding the bags and Mika quickly suggested they set the
bags down on the table on the porch.
 
As Yuu put them down onto the glass table he silently looked over at Mika with
a rather strange expression.
 
“Is..Something wrong..?” Mika asks quietly. Yuu quickly shakes his head.
 
“No, I just really hope you like them.”
 
“I do, they’re seriously beautiful. This was really kind of you, so thank you.
”
 
Yuu smiled as he reached a hand out and cupped the blond’s cheek. “I love you.”
He says simply before leaning over to press their foreheads together. “I want
to do everything in my power to make you happy. And maybe this isn’t the best
way to go about it but after seeing the bouquet with Shinya I thought I’d just
have to get one for you.”
 
“So you went with Shinya-san there then?”
 
“Yeah. He wanted to get flowers for Guren.”
 
Mika laughs lightly before the two slowly pull away from each other. Yuu
quickly turns his back around to grab something out of one of the bags, he
gently pulled out what seemed to be a gift bag. “This is for you too.” He says
as he hands Mika the bag. The blond hands the bouquet over for Yuu to hold as
he opens the bag. Inside the bag is a beautiful rainbow stained glass vase.
 
As he slowly looks up to Yuu the raven quickly gives him an explanation. “I
thought that this vase would look good with the flowers.” He says bashfully
before looking down as his feet. “I know it’s probably not very practical but
it’d be a good reminder for me to get you flowers every once in a while.”
 
The male couldn’t help the laugh that came out. “Yuu-chan you don’t have to buy
me flowers you know.” Mika says as he wipes a tear away that came forward from
his current fit of giggles.
 
“I know that!” Yuu retorts quickly as his face flusters. “I wanted to do it...”
 
The blond found his own face getting hotter. He quickly leans forward and
presses his head against Yuu’s once again. “Thank you.” He says quickly before
pulling away to set the vase down on the table. Yuu sets the boquet down next
to it and pulls the blond into a warm embrace. The two stood there for a
minute, two, before slowly coming to the realization of just how long it had
been, even then neither of them wanted to pull away but Mika was the first to
do so.
 
He turns back to the table to look at the vase and flowers. “Something like
this really means a lot to me Yuu-chan, thank you so much.”
 
“Of course.” Yuu says with a nod before picking up the other bags on the table.
“I’m really glad you like them, so if there’s anything else you need don’t be
shy to tell me.” He says before leaning over to press a quick peck to the
blond’s lips. “I love you.”
 
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Mikaela sat silently on his bed, staring up at the ceiling, watching the
ceiling fan go round and round. He looked over to his desk to admire the
flowers in the vase.
 
‘Yuu-chan really has an eye for that kind of thing.’  The male thinks to
himself.
 
 As he slowly pushes himself up to the corner of his bed he heard the front
door open and close before hearing a bag hit the floor and heels clicking on
the ground.
 
The blond immediatley tensed. His mother was home so who knows what that would
mean for him.
 
There was a soft knock on the blond’s door before his mother’s voice came
quietly through. “Mika? Are you here hun?” He simply stared down at his feet
hoping that if he didn’t answer she would go away but to no avail the door
opened.
 
“Honestly the least you could do is answer me.” She says apathetically before
her eyes drift over to the blond’s desk followed by her seeing the vase that
settled there. “Oh, those are really pretty.”
 
“Yeah…” He replies quietly before he heard her footsteps getting closer. The
blond closed his eyes expecting a yelling or perhaps a hit but suddenly he
found her kneeling before him.
 
“Why do you look so sad?” She asks. As she reaches her hand out to cup the
blond’s cheek. Mika was taken aback by how soft her voice and hand was.The way
she spoke and acted sent the blond back to how she used to treat him as a
child. Her voice was always soft and sweet,full of love and kindness as she
looked at him as if he was her precious son. It’s been years since she spoke in
such a concerned tone... He felt tears burn his eyes as he quickly turns is
face away from her hand. He mustn't let his guard down.  
 
“I’m not sad. Just tired.” He spoke with a distant tone. She seems to get that
the male is uncomfortable so she gets up and walks back over to the door and as
she walked by Mika got a quick whiff of her perfume.
 
‘Ah ’ He thinks to himself.  ‘How nostalgic’
 
As she opened the door to leave he found her stopping herself in the middle of
the door frame before turning back to the blond to speak. “Be sure to thank
Yuu-san for the flowers.”
 
Mika was in shock. He could barely get out a sentence; “You..You know he gave
them to me...?”
 
She simply smiles at him sweetly. “Of course. He loves you after all.” And with
those simple words she walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Mika could hear her heels going back down the hallway before they disappeared
completely into the other section of their house.
 
Since when had she known…?
 
Mika fell back onto the bed before looking back up to the spinning fan
overhead. Maybe she could actually…
 
‘No.’  He quickly thinks to himself. This has happened more than once before,
but it had always turned out the same way in the end. With her yelling and
screaming and taking her anger out on Mikaela violently. He rolled on his side
before grabbing a pillow. It was still midday, going to sleep now would be a
bad idea since he probably wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight, yet he could
barely keep his eyes open at this point. He blinked once, twice, before dark
spots over took his vision and he was falling back asleep once again.
 
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When he opened his eyes he was once again in the rosefield, only the fog had
cleared up and a warm sun was shining down on him. He checked his surroundings
and noticed a big while building in the distance. He took a couple steps
towards it before he heard Akane’s voice.
 
“That’s not a good place to go.” She says, stopping the blond in his tracks. He
turns around to see her smiling at him with that same old smile from earlier.
Her big brown eyes were almost filled with a curiosity which struck the blond
as odd as he had never seen her like this.  
 
“Why’s that?” He asks before walking closer to the brunette.
 
She continues to smile before closing the distance between them. She ever so
gently reaches a hand up and caresses the male’s cheek. “If you see it you
might break.” She says with a sickly sweet smile. The statement seemed
malicious and the male quickly takes a step back away from her.
 
“W-What’s that supposed to--”
 
“Don’t look.” She says wistfully before turning around to walk along the roses.
 
“Is there..Something I’m supposed to be doing here..?” He asks as he begins to
follow the small girl.
 
“I don’t know that, but there must be a reason you’re having these dreams.”
 
“So it really is all a dream then…” He trails off.
 
“Of course it’s a dream! I died a long time ago so how else would you be able
to see me.”
 
The male stopped once again and looked at the ground. It was no longer a muddy
mess but was now a bright green. So bright it was almost blinding. His head
suddenly began to ache as he noticed the world around him was just getting
brighter.
“Just how..Did you die?” He asks but his headache begins to worsen drastically.
It felt as though his head was about to burst so he quickly closes his eyes to
try to ease the pain.
 
“Don’t you remember? You and that boy were there.”
 
Suddenly he heard a loud noise that sounded as if a bunch of air has passed him
and his headache was mysteriously gone. His brows furled as he opened his eyes
again. This time he was in pitch blackness that felt as though it would swallow
him whole. “That boy you just spoke about? Who is he?” Mika quickly shouts
before looking around the empty void. As he got no sign of a reply he simply
sighed as he looked down to his feet. Even the ground wasn’t there, everything
was just pure blackness except for his body.
 
“He and everyone else don’t want you to remember, because in the end it will
break you, and nobody wants to see you like that again.”
 
“Again?” He mumbles. At this point it felt as though he was falling. Everything
around him was shaking before a bright light came into view and swallowed him
whole.
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