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Always Your Friend. (07 Ghost, Hakuren+Teito)
Title: Always Your Friend.
Warnings: Spoilers for the recent chapters.
Characters/couples: Teito, Hakuren.
Summary: One letter each Hakuren and Teito didn't write, one letter they each wrote.
Rating: G
Summary: A/N: Written for [info]springkink: 07-Ghost, Hakuren/Teito: confessions - and now I’ll say it to you

Always Your Friend.
“Romanticism”, a fanfic
Hello! I am new here and I bring you a fanfic. I'm not native English-speaker, so please forgive any mistakes in the translation. Still, I do hope you'll like it. Please, comment if you feel like :)


Title: Romanticism
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Hyuuga/Konatsu
Warning: none, it's just a normal humour/erotic story for mature fans
Summary: You can be either blessed or cursed with your Begleiter. Which one do you prefer?


The sun was setting behind the cliff, casting the soft reflexes on the waves, that were gently smashing on the rocky coast. The gull's cry in the distance contributed in the atmosphere of that time and place. The moon was rising on the other part of the sky, merely a blurry crescent that didn't give any light yet, but it reminded that the night was near.

Eyes of the young man sitting opposite him were filled with admiration, his cheeks hinted with delicate red whenever his gaze met his superior's.

"More wine, Konatsu?" He beckoned the waiter, staying discreetly in the shadow.

"I shouldn't..." The boy answered in a tone of shy protest.

"Then," Hyuuga looked at the steward, who approached their table with an armful of roses.

Music was playing somewhere in the back. Hyuuga handed the flowers to his Begleiter in a gesture full of affection. The boy lowered his eyes bashfully, but raised them again, now burning with devotion. His flush deepened, perfectly matching the colour of the roses.

"Major Hyuuga..." he whispered.

He didn't need to say anything more. They stood up and slowly walked towards the cliff, Konatsu right by Hyuuga's side. Magic of the moment lasted...



Something heavy hit his head.

"Ouch!!!"

Starting to rub the bump, he looked at the tall figure. Konatsu stood over him, usual scold on his face and a report book in his hand.

"You daydreamed again, Major?" he asked, more with irritated than reprimand.

"Konatsu, you interrupted in such a moment..."

The book hit his head again. "Leave the dreams for your free time, Sir," was the merciless answer.

"But I've already finished..." Hyuuga replied, hoping Konatsu wouldn't tell at once that the pile on his desk hadn't been read and signed yet. Futile hope, but he always could try...

Konatsu frowned. For a moment, he regarded his superior and his desk pensively, and then his eyes flashed. Something made a warning sound in Hyuuga's mind, like a philosophical saying about digging one's own grave, but he didn't manage to react, much less think up what was coming.

"Oh, that's great," Konatsu declared, his voice slightly altered. Hyuuga's concern deepened.

Konatsu crossed the office with his pace of a soldier, put the book on its place on the shelf, then came back to his superior's desk. Hyuuga was under the impression boy's fair hair, almost silver in the moonlight, lifted a bit, making a halo around his oval face. Konatsu smiled, but his gaze filled Hyuuga with ever stronger... well, perhaps not fear, but definitely discomfort. His Begleiter bent over him. Never averting his eyes, that now were glinting with moonlight and resolve, he kissed him, possessively cupping his face and then embracing his neck and shoulders.

Hyuuga needed a moment to pull away from these greedy lips and take a deep breath. Konatsu's fast breath indicated the boy wanted more. He smiled again, reaching for his superior's face.

Diving into papers, Hyuuga escaped his hands. "I've just remembered I still have some work," he called out, hoping his panic wasn't obvious.

Konatsu squinted his eyes. He straightened up and looked down at Hyuuga again. Moonlight in his eyes flashed menacingly. "It's the lamest excuse I've ever heard," he said haughtily. "Especially from you." He grabbed the superior by his collar, ready to pull him out of the chair. In such occasions, Hyuuga always wondered if Konatsu's slender body concealed enough strength to drag him to the bedroom... but he preferred not to risk and find out. Never. Sometimes, however, he felt like rebelling...

Especially when taking into consideration an important matter of not getting enough sleep. Combination of Konatsu and bedroom didn't automatically mean sleeping... For a time now, Hyuuga had been suffering from the chronic sleep deficiency. No wonder he kept falling asleep on his desk. "Konatsu..." he started. "I really..." The hold on his collar grew stronger, warning. Konatsu pressed his lips in a firm line and only looked.

After five seconds, Hyuuga capitulated and slowly rose from the chair. Fingers brushed his neck, the caress of generosity, while Konatsu's eyes flashed with triumph. Suddenly, Hyuuga felt irritation welling up in him. No, it was not that. He wasn't capable of being irritated with Konatsu, regardless of the situation. What filled him was a mixture of various interweaving emotions. Pride. Resentment. Authority. The feeling that damn it he was the boss here! Intolerable that his own Begleiter ordered him around like that! Intolerable that he himself was forced to make the cheap excuses ("lame"!!). Intolerable that... he couldn't get enough sleep, right? He would show him!

He towered over Konatsu, taking advantage of his height; 187 centimetres were sometimes useful. He looked down at the boy, who didn't even reach as high as his shoulder. Konatsu cast a rather provocative glance at him, curving his lips.

All of the sudden, Hyuuga decided he couldn't take his eyes away from these lips, now slightly parted. Konatsu let his eye-lids fall a bit, the silver gold glinted mysteriously under them. Hyuuga felt dizzy. The thought of getting enough sleep knocked at the door of his consciousness as a reminder... he ignored it. Sleep was one thing, but the only truth was his Konatsu-addiction. Which the boy was well aware of and used to his own advantage. Hyuuga was vaguely conscious of the fact that, regardless of his own efforts, he played the underdog here.

He closed his eyes, bending his head down and sinking into Konatsu's mouth. The boy moaned and drew closer. Hyuuga crushed his slender shoulders in the embrace, crumpling the stiff fabric of uniform under his fingers. Konatsu's hands moved on his neck, from the collar to the border of hair; the fingers slipped into the dark mop, fingertips giving the tickling caresses. Konatsu pressed his body even closer, and Hyuuga knew what he was ready for. What both of them were ready for, he corrected himself in his mind. His Begleiter could look as an embodiment of composure and all the other virtues (most of them were a fact), but Hyuuga, better than anyone, knew Konatsu was an embodiment of impatience. Konatsu moaned again, wriggling and squeezing his head as if he wanted to smash it. Hyuuga felt like teasing him a bit. For him, the kisses were an unparalleled caress, and he wasn't in hurry, especially that Konatsu was a good kisser.

He pressed the boy to the edge of the desk and, despite the layers of uniform, felt the slim body tense against his own. Konatsu was moaning and sighing into his mouth alternately. The heat coming from his body warmed Hyuuga as well, and he felt dizzy again. He opened one eye and, over the shoulder of his Begleiter, inspected the moon-bathed scenery. The documents shouldn't suffer any damage, and, if he tried, he could move them a bit aside. The bigger problem was the marimo aquarium, but it should be safe as well since it stood on the other end of desk. Hyuuga smiled, continuing the kiss, and recalled the reason the algae had ended by him: Konatsu believed they could make his wish true and his superior would perform his duties with more enthusiasm, ha ha...

Konatsu's hand slipped under his uniform; it was high time to act. Hyuuga pressed on his Begleiter with the weight of his body, making him tilt back and lie down on the desktop, and bent down over him with feeling of an absolute domination.

"Ooouch!"

Paralysing pain pierced the lower part of his back, concentrating on the sacral area.

Panting, Konatsu opened his eyes, trying to focus his misty gaze and understand why his superior, all at once, turned into a dead weight on his chest. Some documents flew on the floor; marimo floated around the aquarium, anxious. Hyuuga swore in his mind.

"Major Hyuuga?" Konatsu gasped between his breaking breaths.

Hyuuga decided that - despite his outstanding brilliance, which gained Aya-tan's recognition - all of his plans kept going adrift whenever it came to Konatsu.

It was simply not fair.

He rested his forehead on the desktop. The pain was unbearable. He had probably strained one of the muscles. What a shame for a high-ranked officer of the army and a member of elitist unit of the Black Hawks in addition.

"Major Hyuuga?" Konatsu asked again, this time his voice much more lucid and alarmed.

Hyuuga raised his head, trying to tighten the muscles of neck without tightening the ones of his back. Impossible, even for a member of the Black Hawks. He clenched his teeth. "I'm afraid that's all for today, Konatsu," he said in a tone that resignation mixed with his eternal humour in. "You should find yourself someone younger for these romps."

Konatsu opened his eyed wider, the resentment flickered in them. Despite himself, Hyuuga felt perplexed and guilty. And warm, due to something definitely different from said romps. Konatsu's concerned gaze said it clearly: "I don't want anyone else". Hyuuga rested the forehead on his temple.

"Your back?" Konatsu guessed from the grimace that crossed Hyuuga's face when his Begleiter moved the hands along his sides.

"My back," Hyuuga replied, feeling very unhappy.

"You're only human," Konatsu stated philosophically. "Although it's a shame for a member of the Black Hawks," he added with a sting.

"You know how to comfort people, Konatsu," Hyuuga said with irony.

Begleiter squeezed his arm in a gesture of support. "We'll remedy this," he claimed calmly. "Though, at first, it will hurt a bit. You'll bear with this? Major Hyuuga?"

"You may kick me as I lie here, but you don't have to insult me, Konatsu," Hyuuga replied, giving him an ominous look. In the depth of his mind, he was almost sure he'd prefer to stay on the desk - and on the Konatsu too - instead of changing anything in his situation. Due to the matter of comfort, of course.

Konatsu smiled, almost kindly this time. "I'll make sure you won't stay in this position," he said firmly. "Get ready."

Hyuuga got ready, though he didn't know what for. Konatsu carefully slipped from under him and stood up. He didn't even wince at the sight of the crumpled document. Marimo was safe, floating on the surface peacefully. Hyuuga wondered if algae made fun out of his misery.

"Although, you look rather invitingly in this position," Konatsu declared in a lustful tone, while Hyuuga, as usual, didn't know whether this lustfulness was a play or not.

"I'll beat you to a pulp," he drawled through the gritted teeth. "A lecher, aren't you?" he added with a fake indignation.

Konatsu smiled sneeringly, contented. Then, he helped his superior stand up, letting him rest almost the whole weigh on his body. Konatsu was strong. Hyuuga managed to force back most of moaning and groaning - that kind of sounds, much to Konatsu's pleasure, he could make in other, more enjoyable, situations. Now his back was pulsating with pain, and every step seemed to magnify the torture. But, he said to himself, he was a man, he was a soldier, he was an elite. Pain was nothing new to him.

Though, if he'd only be given a lollipop for comfort...

Moving very slowly along the brightly lit corridor, they made it to the private quarters of the Black Hawks, that - what a luck - were at the same floor, only a bit farther from the office. The fluffy carpet might feel nice under the feet, but Hyuuga preferred something more smooth to walk on. He was fussy, all right, but, perhaps, he could be excused in such a situation, couldn't he? He was really lucky to have Konatsu. Had it been not for him, he'd have spent the night in the office, lying on his own desk. He shuddered to think what the rest of the unit would do after seeing him like that in the morning. He felt uneasy at the thought of Aya-tan and his whip. He drove it away and focused on the way back to the quarters.

In the Army the Black Hawks met the preferential treatment - and even greater dislike as well - and Aya-tan was of good sort. He demanded the separate rooms for his direct subordinates, which was a luxury itself, for most of the soldiers had to live in rather crude barracks. The rooms they got weren't that spacious - after all, the sympathy for Aya-tan was limited - but each of them were given the own bedroom. To tell the truth, Hyuuga thought when passing the door of Kuroyuri's room, some of them were wasted. Kuroyuri might sleep round the clock, but everyone knew he didn't use his own bed for it. Hyuuga mused. What if his narcolepsy was the most normal sleepiness and compensation of the lack of night-sleep...? Haruse usually looked rather absent-minded as well, thought he kept staying vigilant, to some extent at least. Intriguing, wasn't it? They said yawning was contagious, but Hyuuga was under the impression that particular case was something else and that he had just uncovered another secret of the Black Hawks.

They passed Konatsu's room and reached his own. Behindhand, Hyuuga reflected not only Kuroyuri's room went to waste and he would even blush at the thought had he not been already red enough. The walk took its toll on him; he was drenched with sweat now. He rested against the door-frame, panting and, deep in his heart, thanking Verloren... No, it was stupid. Well, anyway, he was grateful he hadn't been seen when in such pitiful situation.

That very moment, in the opposite door appeared Katsuragi. Hyuuga stiffened, waiting for some snide remark, he used to excel in himself, but Colonel didn't even look in their direction, only went along the corridor, probably to the toilet. He might even have closed eyes, decided Hyuuga with relief when the first astonishment was over. He had never known Katsuragi was a sleepwalker. He was so occupied with that thought that only after a while he realized Colonel was wearing a long nightgown, as well as the nightcap. He burst out laughing and immediately hissed with pain.

"Major...!" Konatsu called reproachfully.

"Did you know Colonel go to bed that early?" Hyuuga asked with genuine surprise and curiosity.

"Early? It's well past midnight, Major," Konatsu informed, opening the door. He turned the light on and then dimmed it until the room was filled with a pleasant semi-darkness.

Past midnight? Apparently, his nap was longer than previously planned... But his dreams had been sweet indeed.

Konatsu helped him to the wide bed, carefully laying him on. Hyuuga sighed with relief, relaxing all the muscle he could. When he didn't move, what bliss his life was...

"I hope you don't fancy you'd get out of it because of that trifle?" Konatsu broke the idyll. Even worse, he said it in a tone he would as well comment the weather in.

"You have no heart," Hyuuga decided in a tone "I'm suffering here".

"I have something else instead," Konatsu replied almost cheekily. "Something you can make the better use of," he added in a softer voice that rang with lewd again.

He threw off his uniform and then undressed completely. Over his sunglasses Hyuuga looked at the figure of his Begleiter. Konatsu was beautiful. Slender body of medium height, trained to the perfection and deadly dangerous. In a battle, that was what he meant, Hyuuga thought as if he wanted to prove something. Gold hair, amber eyes, fair complexion. He was every inch beautiful: from the tip of his nose to the tips of his toes, over his shapely chest, flat stomach, slim loins and perfect erection under the tuft of auburn hair.

Yet, a strange thought occurred to Hyuuga, it was not that splendid exterior that made Konatsu beautiful, but his said heart, strong and unwavering, faithful and loyal. It was the heart, not the exterior, that made him an angel...

An angel? In the Black Hawks? Hyuuga collected himself. Ridiculous.

Especially that usually Konatsu was like a demon.

Paying little attention to that inspection and with no restraint, Konatsu sat down on the bed next to Hyuuga. He didn't care his body showed a clear desire to...

The boy bent over his superior, the soft hair brushed against the man's cheek. As if reading his mind, he whispered, "As for that matter, nothing has changed." And Hyuuga confirmed himself in the conviction Konatsu was absolutely exceptional. Not the first and probably nor the last time in his life.

His Begleiter removed his sunglasses and put them on the table. He looked down on his superior rather critically, and then some strange hesitance flashed in his gaze, as if he was suddenly trapped by the blue eyes. He shook his head.

"Next time don't pretend to do the paperwork, Major, while in the dark room and dark glasses on," he said reproachfully.

"Perhaps I didn't need any light for my paperwork?" Hyuuga asked teasingly.

"Planes?" Konatsu guessed, frowning and indicating at that particular skill, the only one that could make the pile of documents on his superior's desk lessen.

"It's a secret," Hyuuga replied, smiling.

Konatsu pouted. With utmost caution he took off Hyuuga's uniform, fortunately already undone. It was sent onto the floor and forgotten. The shirt was more problematic, but his Begleiter's agile fingers took care of all the buttons, taking the opportunity to brush against smooth skin on Hyuuga's chest and stomach a few times. Hyuuga swallowed when said fingers moved down... but the caress - or was it a tease, perhaps? - was already over. Konatsu pulled off his shoes and then trousers too. He stopped, unsure, with his hands over Hyuuga's hips.

"Oh, feel free," Hyuuga said cuttingly, his eyes sparkling with mischief.

Konatsu's cheeks turned the delicate shade of pink as he, in one flick, deprived his superior of the last piece of garment. "Real men don't wear underwear," he whispered, once more bending over Major.

Hyuuga regarded him, even more amused. "Where have you read about it? In one of Colonel's love stories?" he asked with an innocent taunt that rang with laughter. "I prefer not to graze some parts against the rough uniform," he added perversely.

Konatsu straightened up, regarding his superior's figure, now as naked as his own. Hyuuga, with some satisfaction, decided Konatsu liked what he was seeing. However, he himself apparently was in a need for training if his muscles were surprising him like that... He winced at the thought. In the meanwhile, Konatsu finished the inspection of his superior's back.

"So, let's get to work," he spoke finally, nodding.

He dived under the bed and pulled out the bottle. The amber liquid moved lazily along the glass when Konatsu lifted it towards the light, estimating its amount. Hyuuga was looking at this distressed.

"Konatsu, you don't mean to..."

His Begleiter's eyes shifted to him when Konatsu throw at him the most lascivious gaze he could afford. His lips twitched.

"Konatsu, you'll kill me one day. I hope it won't be tonight..."

"Who's a lecher here?" his Begleiter asked with perfectly performed resentment. "Who thinks only of one thing?"

Never taking his eyes off his superior, he uncorked the bottle and licked his lips. Hyuuga, not the first time during their short relationship, realized that Konatsu, twenty years old, acted like a courtesan with a considerable practice. In spite of his specific innocence, using his gaze, voice, gestures and words - all of himself - Konatsu was capable of arousing the passion and became its incarnation. It was yet another of his undeniable gifts, that - of course - was convenient for Hyuuga, but enchanted him even more.

Especially that he was never vulgar. Konatsu's sense of humour matched up to Hyuuga's own, and usually the boy used his talent mainly to tease him.

However, in times like this, Hyuuga reflected, gulping silently, even he was under the impression he didn't know where Konatsu drew a line between being a demon and an angel.

Konatsu dipped his finger in the golden liquid, just like he had done many times before. Hyuuga felt something writhe within him. His Begleiter slowly touched his bum, slim fingers moving on the skin with no resistance and sinking in between. Hyuuga shivered. He really meant... This limb of the devil was ready...

Worse still, Hyuuga felt he was ready himself. The thing was he had never been a masochist. If they did it tonight, the next day he'd not only have a walking-trouble, but probably wouldn't be able to even rise from bed. Granted that he would live, of course.

Konatsu bent over his ear and whispered, "You'd like to, wouldn't you?" Hyuuga shivered again. "Me too." The fingers moved deeper, touching the hard ring of muscles, and then, with clear reluctance, retreated. "But first we have to deal with your little problem," he said calmly and without regret.

Hyuuga blinked.

"I'll try to make it as painless as possible," Konatsu declared in his normal tone, in one moment and with amazing mastery moving from the passionate lover to the resolute Begleiter. Then, he sat astride on Hyuuga, putting both hands on his poor back.

And then, skilfully, yet extremely gently, he started to massage the sore muscles.

It couldn't possibly be painless, but in his Begleiter's hands Hyuuga felt absolutely secure. He relaxed and closed his eyes, focusing on the positive sensations. Konatsu's fingers were skilful, and that Hyuuga had known since long, but they were professional as well when goal-oriented sank into his body, kneading and mending the steel muscle under the skin. Each of them seemed to be alive and know what it wanted. They moved along his back up and down, to the side and to the centre, harder and lighter. The oil lessened their harshness, made them glide easier and soothed the warm surface. Hyuuga felt also the heat Konatsu radiated, when doing hard work after all. He felt the sweat dampening the skin where their bodies adjoined. Konatsu's coarse hair tickled him where his buttocks turned into tights. There as well he felt the boy's testicles, perfectly round, hard balls in the delicate cover. Konatsu's penis, heavy and full, rested on Hyuuga's buttocks, awaiting its turn quietly.

With some strange mental discomfort Hyuuga reflected that today - like always - his needs had an absolute precedence over Konatsu's.

He didn't know how long had passed. He didn't care. He was lasting in the pleasure made up of various physical feelings. He took delight in the fact of having by his side a person whom he let touch himself and whose touch gave him so much. General Ayanami's trusted man and one of the most dangerous people in Barsburg Imperial Army, he could fall asleep under the touch of these hands, feeling completely safe.

He didn't even notice when the pain disappeared. He didn't focus on it. Konatsu didn't limit himself to his back, but took care of his shoulders as well. Finally, the move of his hands ceased, and the only sensation left was the warm breath on the man's skin.

"Where have you learned it?" Hyuuga asked, breaking the silence.

"In Academy I took an er-" Konatsu stuttered in reply. "Er, a massage course. I thought it could be useful one day," he added with contentment.

An erotic massage? Hyuuga raised his eyebrows, amazed. The lad had been a lecher already in his school-days! And, by the way, what were they taught of there nowadays? But, it was useful... Oh, it definitely was.

Konatsu was sitting on his back for a moment, hands on his superior's shoulder blades. Hyuuga was lying still. He felt as if in seventh heaven. The pain left completely, now it seemed only a memory of something that hadn't happened at all. His every muscle had been forced to relax, and now Hyuuga experienced only nice weariness - too faint for a discomfort, too blissful to make him feel bad. The room was warm, the bed was soft, the touch on his back was firm and familiar. Hyuuga's all reality could be described in one word: a pleasure.

Konatsu shifted and sat down beside him. Hyuuga turned over, relishing the fact he was able to move again, and looked at his lover when leaning up on the elbows. Konatsu was smiling, neither evilly nor lewdly. Hyuuga would never say it aloud, but he liked that smile more. With it, Konatsu looked as young as he was. And, to speak the truth, Hyuuga realized he rarely saw him smiling like that. The boy's face expressed the calm satisfaction, like after one well made work - which was the truth, after all. Hyuuga knew well Konatsu was a perfectionist and sometimes he teased him because of it. Even more than sometimes.

But not today. Today his Begleiter proved he didn't fear any challenge. Hyuuga was almost proud of him.

Something flashed in Konatsu's eyes, and Hyuuga quit the high-flown reflections rather quickly. He knew his Begleiter well enough to stay vigilant all the time. He wasn't wrong that time either, for Konatsu asked then, "You feel all-right now?"

Hyuuga nodded, with fascination observing how the boy's almost innocent smile turn into a very passionate look. Yes, Konatsu's talents were amazing indeed.

"That's good," he replied, nodding as well, as if to emphasize his words. Then he bent over his superior and, drawing near his ear, whispered in the most sensual voice, "Now I'll make you feel even better."

Hyuuga moaned, thought he wasn't sure was it for Konatsu's whisper or the full cock, that moved along his inner tight and brushed against his own. He didn't have time to analyse it at all as Konatsu's smiling lips touched his. Hyuuga fell on the bed, completely incapacitated. First, Konatsu took interest in his lower lip, crushing it and pinching alternately. Then his tongue slipped into Hyuuga's mouth, and Hyuuga could only kiss back. Konatsu deserved it, he thought a bit incoherently, though he couldn't say if there were times when Konatsu didn't deserve it. This time Konatsu didn't display any impatience, letting them both savour the caresses until they had no breath and they had to part from the sweetness. It was hot in the room already. Hyuuga was panting, fighting for an oxygen, but he sensed - he knew - it would be only worse now.

Or better - just like Konatsu had promised.

Konatsu moved his moist mouth lower on his jaw, then on the throat and the collarbone. He kissed every little part of the skin, first the left, then the right side; then came back to Hyuuga's mouth, as if he didn't want it to forget the touch of his lips. He kissed the chin, Adam's apple, in tiny kisses coming down to the breastbone. Then, he took care of his superior's broad chest. That time Hyuuga wasn't able to do anything else but squeeze the sheet, when the tip of the hot tongue moved over the most sensitive spots of his skin, leaving the glistening marks that quickly disappeared in such temperature. When Konatsu's tongue moved even lower, Hyuuga tried to join his lover in that pleasure-giving, but the decisive hands pushed him back on the bed, presenting him with the fleeting kiss, an incentive to the patience. Hyuuga was lying flat, his breath fast and shallow, and he knew Konatsu felt the heart-beating under his fingers.

Hyuuga's needs were always above Konatsu's needs. It was an obvious conclusion his Begleiter had reached long ago, perhaps in the very beginning. The only exception was the paperwork, but it only proved the rule. Hyuuga couldn't protest. Of course, one could think that fulfilling their officer's needs was the Begleiter's pleasure, but such an idea made Hyuuga think about the feudal system or something of that kind. Only it was a truth in case of Hyuuga and Konatsu. Ultimately, the most genuine truth was that when Konatsu had his superior under him, reacting to his every touch and attuned to his every move, he couldn't feel anything but satisfaction. And he did, the hell he did. Hyuuga couldn't even moved a finger.

Not that he thought it was discreditable to his pride. That it was something unmanly. Or any rubbish like that. Not at all. Only sometimes he wondered if he would be laughed out of the Black Hawks had they learned that in his Begleiter's hands Major Hyuuga turned the putty, unable to do anything. The conclusion he tended do reach was invariably the same. Aya-tan wasn't interested in his people's private affair in the slightest. Kuroyuri was usually sleeping. Haruse was too polite to comment. Katsuragi would probably read some novel, paying no attention to the surrounding world. It was Hyuuga who used to cling to every gossip and sensation, like Kor to the desperate soul, and let his biting tongue play with it at will.

Speaking of tongues... All the thoughts evaporated from his brain again as Konatsu finished the journey down his body and was climbing up to the point all Hyuuga's sensing ability seemed to accumulate in. He raised his head, looking at Konatsu, who, as if reading his mind, looked back at him with his amber eyes from under the mop of gold hair. The boy let the cock slipped from his mouth, licking it in the end, and Hyuuga moaned, tossing his head back. Konatsu's eyes glittered with satisfaction. Hyuuga let his fingers sink into Konatsu's hair as Konatsu set to work again. Hyuuga didn't dare to look again, for he had plenty imagination, and the sight of Konatsu's fair hair getting tangled with his own black caused another heat wave, concentrating in the spot his lover was occupied with so eagerly.

"Konatsu..." he gasped, feeling he reached his limit already.

The pressure of the lips on his cock tightened, although Hyuuga was sure Konatsu was smiling. He was sure Konatsu had fun like no-one.

And then it was all over, at least for Hyuuga, at least momentarily. Konatsu sucked him dry, and, when he finally let him off his mouth, Hyuuga felt as if he had just fought the battalion. A bit inconsistent, as it was Konatsu who did the whole work.

He tried to steady his breath, while Konatsu drew near, twining the legs around his hip. With a part of his retuning mind, Hyuuga realized Konatsu was still waiting for his turn. How could that be even possible? Apart from the courage, creativity and some other talents, the boy was blessed with the persistence and self-control. At least in that particular matter, for normally he was rather hot-tempered man. Hyuuga reached between his tights, but Konatsu grabbed his hand and raised it to his lips, then kissed every finger separately. He laid Hyuuga's hand on the man's chest and then covered it with his own, placing his head in the curve where Hyuuga's neck met his shoulder. Hyuuga's breath was deep and even now. Konatsu was only lying next to him, his dampen hair tickling Hyuuga's cheek. It was the unique moment of bliss, in a way surpassing the previous one.

Not for long.

Hyuuga often marvelled at Konatsu's, seemingly infinite, deposit of energy. In such moments, he tended to wish he had been twenty again. And then he always remembered that being twenty he had possessed the quarter of Konatsu's vigour at most. Only because he had been born in July...

Konatsu sat up on the bed, as if some part of his personality forced him to constant activity and prevented from longer rest, and reached for the bottle of amber oil, he had previously used for the massage. Now he intended to use it due to its primary application. Hyuuga felt the faintest sign of life in the lower part of his body although it wasn't even half an hour since the last time.

"I fixed you, so now we can make the use of you," his Begleiter spoke in a whisper.

Nothing turned Hyuuga on like Konatsu's whisper did. Especially that usually Konatsu used to yell at him.

Konatsu covered his fingers with the liquid and, with great skill - and delicacy - set about preparing the field of acting. The light touch of the fingertips in the groins and the inner side of tights. The light stroke of the balls and cock. The light rub against the muscles surrounding the opening. Many times, for his fingers didn't rest, only moved from one spot to another, either smoothly sliding on the skin, barely touching it, or scratching with the nails, which intensified the sensation. That all - so little - made Hyuuga ready for the next part rather quickly. His heart was beating as if it was to get out of his chest; his breath was fast again. The blood was pulsating in his temples and filled the most aroused parts of his body. His cock erected, hard and awaiting the new dose of pleasure.

Konatsu smiled and kissed the moist top of it. Hyuuga felt like laughing at this ludicrous caress, but only a moan escaped his lips. Konatsu opened his eyes wider, then he moistened his hands and, in a firm move, slipped one finger into him. Hyuuga's muscles tightened instinctively, but Konatsu made very little of it. He even dared to tickle him from the inside and then he pressed the second finger in, though Hyuuga found it completely unnecessary. He opened his eyes and focused his gaze at the lover, for once trying to look sternly and disapprovingly. Konatsu sighed, pulling the fingers out, then grasped his hips and entered him, slowly, with precision that all his actions were characterized by. Hyuuga felt the hard organ moving forward in his interior, millimetre by millimetre, rather gliding than brushing against the delicate tissues. He smiled, almost sensing Konatsu's pleasure. The boy was breathing quickly, his cheeks flushed, lips parted, eyes shut. Hyuuga swallowed and squeezed the hand resting on his hip. Konatsu stirred, took a deep breath and slipped in to the very end. Hyuuga moaned, and Konatsu didn't manage to hold his moan either. He tried to focus his sight, and Hyuuga was sure his Begleiter had never before looked at him with more affection.

"Do it," he whispered between the breaking breaths.

Konatsu moaned again. Hyuuga felt the muscles of the boy's tights tense and got ready for the final. Konatsu, however, never taking eyes off him, moved the hands on his cock. Hyuuga twitched, tightening around Konatsu.

"You first," came from the boy's side.

By nature, Konatsu was a kind person, much more than anyone who knew him poorly would decide at first glance. He was much more gentle and tender than people who knew him better could expect. Hyuuga experienced Konatsu's kindness in such moments.

It was hardly changed by the fact that pleasure Konatsu gave to Hyuuga only intensified his own.

Hyuuga reached to his young lover's face. Konatsu bowed his head. Hyuuga's fingers sunk into boy's fair hair, now tangled and dampen. Konatsu moved his lips and kissed the inside of his hand. Hyuuga felt the warmth filling him, and it had nothing to do with the physical sensations. If they were allowed - like normal people - to confess their most secret and most obvious feeling, it would be that moment.

Konatsu swallowed and, in not very subtle, but definitely effective way, took care of his cock. Hyuuga came in his safe hands, tossing the head back and only in thoughts whispering the words he wished to spoke to his lover with. His muscles twitched spasmodically, as if wanting to squash Konatsu, who didn't need anything more to follow him. Hyuuga felt the warmth spreading inside him, that time purely physical, when Konatsu came deep within him.

When Hyuuga finally regained his consciousness, and when the reality around him stopped to spin, he opened his eyes and looked at Konatsu. The boy was sitting in the same position, still inside him, hands on Hyuuga's hips; his head lowered, the dampen hair hanging down by his face, his eyes closed. Hyuuga rarely had an opportunity to see him so absolutely calm and motionless. He looked as if he was sleeping.

Hyuuga smiled. Konatsu opened his eyes and raised his head. He smiled back, with an utmost joy and happiness. Hyuuga swallowed the shameful feeling of affection. He warded off the thought that Konatsu Warren was the dearest person to him. He wasn't allowed of it.

He looked into boy's bright eyes. Konatsu was tired, Hyuuga could see it from his face. The morning was probably closer than further. They wouldn't get enough sleep, again, but... To hell with it. There were more important things in life.

He knew he would think the exact opposite in the daytime, but he didn't care in the slightest.

Konatsu slipped out of him. Hyuuga sat up and embraced his lover, pulling him closer. The boy seemed so fragile now, when all his energy had left - or simply had been used up. Hyuuga dragged him down, never letting out from his arms. Konatsu cuddled up to him. They lay in silence.

"Was it good?" the boy asked finally.

"It was," Hyuuga replied.

"That's good," Konatsu smiled slightly. "If it wasn't for me, we'd end holding hands and watching the moon," he added with a silent mockery.

"It would be good too," Hyuuga blurted before he thought.

Konatsu opened one eye and regarded him critically. "You're not only lazybones, but also an impossible romantic," he said almost reproachfully.

"I'm a Cancer," Hyuuga spoke in a tone as if he was claiming the obvious.

Well, he was, in a way.

His Begleiter closed the eye, lifting the left corner of his mouth. Hyuuga bent over and lightly kissed his lips. Then his cheek. Then his eyelid. Then his forehead.

Konatsu chuckled. "Impossible romantic..." he repeated.

Hyuuga smiled. "One day I'll bring you flowers," he warned.

"Major Hyuuga...!"

"And I'll ask you out to the dinner by candlelight."

"It would be... indecent."

Hyuuga burst out laughing. "Sometimes we see the world in totally different ways, Konatsu."

"Indecent...!"

Hyuuga was laughing loudly now.

Konatsu lifted his head and looked at him anxiously. "What should I do to spare myself such disgrace?" he asked genuinely serious.

Hyuuga ceased laughing and opened his eyes wide. "The idea of a romantic dinner by candlelight frightens you so much?" he asked, surprised and amused.

Konatsu's eyes flashed. "Indecent," he said and rolled over.

Hyuuga's smile widened as he embraced the boy's chest, nuzzling against his neck. "Never change," he whispered. "I may be the romantic, but I have absolutely nothing against you as you are."

Konatsu turned his head and looked at him from a corner of his eye. "So, we'd do without a dinner?"

"I'll wait for the time you'd like to."

"Have a nice time waiting."

"I don't mind," Hyuuga replied with a smile. "Cancers are patient."

Konatsu laid his head on the pillow. Hyuuga was under the strange impression the boy, instead of sleeping, was intensely thinking over something. Nevertheless, he didn't expect an answer Konatsu finally gave him.

"I think I could became more romantic," his lover said cautiously. Hyuuga's heart leapt. "If you start to be more enthusiastic about your work," Konatsu finished. "It would be fair, don't you think?" he asked with a smirk, turning to Hyuuga again.

The pillow landed on his face. Hyuuga turned over ostentatiously and pulled up the cover. "I've just realized I'm perfectly content with the current state of things," he declared.

Konatsu pressed himself to his back, wrapping the arms around his chest. The slim fingers moved over his skin.

Hyuuga smiled.

In fact... He really thought so.

He squeezed Konatsu's hand.

Romanticism was nothing more than a word.
“I’ll protect you…”, and he can’t remember whose name it is he’s murmuring.
Title: Redivivus*
Fandom: 07-Ghost
Pairing(s): Barely-there Ayanami and Hyuuga, if you squint.
Warnings: Implied alternate reality.

Synopsis: He’s always been searching, for a man who’s been there all along.

Sort of companion fic to 'Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit'.
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( In that heartbeat, he finally remembers who he's here to find. )

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They are soldiers, and they truly cannot afford to play this game, but yet they do.
The product of writing on a whim, really.

Title
: Wake
Fandom: 07-Ghost
Pairing(s): Hyuuga x Ayanami
Warnings: Mild implications of questionable activities.

Synopsis: They are opposites and opposites attract.

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hello and an Oak fanfic
Hello everyone! :) I found this community last night and decided to join right away. And, as a welcome, I bring you a fanfic.

I've been wandering for some time already about the interactions between Shuri and Hakuren Oak - and here's the result of my musings.

Title: Blue
Rating: T
Characters: Shuri Oak, Hakuren Oak
Chapter: One-shot
Warning: angst, some violence and implied character death
Summary: The heir, the black sheep and the sky that has never been so blue...
Author's Notes: Please, don't run away screaming because of my English as it is not my first language (actually, the story was first written in Polish)


Blue

It’s done. It’s all over. A few days ago he wouldn’t even have thought that he was going to be there and yet…


Shuri Oak closes his eyes, feeling the morning breeze on his face. A few days ago…


‘I’m the only one responsible for my actions,’ Hakuren Oak, the renegade, the troublemaker and Shuri’s first cousin, raises his head; there’s a large bruise on his left cheek, but his violet gaze remains as hard as steel. ‘You won’t be able to change it.’
Lieutenant Konatsu, the interrogator, shakes his head, clearly dissatisfied, pulls on his gloves.


‘In that case we will have to use other… arguments.’


Silence. A bold, stubborn silence. Shuri feels irritation welling up inside him. Look at him. A so-called bishop. A goddamn consoler of cripples, lowlifes and beggars. A slaves’ friend… And he dares to call himself an Oak?


Wham. Lieutenant’s fist hits Hakuren’s face, the blood spills from broken lips, staining the front of the robe bright red. Shuri Oak, the heir and the hope of his family smiles with vengeful satisfaction. And how are you going to answer to that, cousin? Was it worth to mess up with the Imperial Army?



You mustn’t mess up with the army, thinks Shuri, looking at the sky slowly turning blue. He can’t remember if he had ever looked at it so early in the morning. Only fools do such reckless things. Only fools are bold enough to break family traditions. And the fools must be punished — that’s what papa always said…


And when you want to prove something on top of all that…


His arm shoots forward almost instinctively. The first punch misses a little, it slips off Hakuren’s chin instead of hitting his jaw. Shuri clenches his fist even harder and hits once again, this time with more precision. And once again after that. And again.


Know your place, Hakuren Oak!



Shuri Oak takes another deep breath. Fresh air. Open space. Such a refreshing change after all these hours spent in the cramped and stuffy interrogation room…


Shuri… I’m sorry you had to do it…


Shuri painfully clenches his fists. Pity… He had no need for that. He did what he was supposed to, didn’t he? Such were the general’s orders. Papa’s orders. They surely had their reasons. Very important ones.


Hakuren is panting heavily, leant forward in his chair; not until the major brushes his tangled hair aside does he lift his head.


‘Believe me, Hakuren-kun, it really gives me no pleasure.’ Major Hyuuga’s voice sounds almost apologizing. ‘Think of it… You don’t have to be here and suffer it all. Just a few words — and you’ll be free. Who knows, you may even be able to gloriously help those in need… That’s what you wish for the most, isn’t it? You may still save many lives… All you have to do is tell us where is Teito Klein now, as well as the one they call bishop Frau… Isn’t it a fair bargain?’


‘I hate to disappoint you, major.’ There is a calm resolve shining in Hakuren’s eyes, even if he finds it hard to speak. ‘I’m not going to sell them… no matter… what you do…’
‘Umm?’ The major cocks his head to the side, raises a questioning eyebrow. ‘You would rather be a traitor then, Hakuren-kun?’


Hakuren smiles, much to Shuri’s surprise; there’s blood trickling down the corner of his mouth.


‘I would be much more of a traitor, if I gave them away, major… The well-being of the Empire is not everyone’s priority…’



A fool. An impudent, reckless fool. Only a fool could have dared to do something like that. Only an insane man could have opposed the Empire — and the Empire’s army — all on his own just to… save someone. Why… why would anyone — intentionally and willingly — condemn himself to…


So cold… So much blood… Bodies on the snow… so frighteningly motionless. So irrevocably… dead.


Shuri cringes instinctively, an icy shiver runs down his spine — as if the winter from those northern lands reached here, if only for a moment — yet he shakes his head right away. Impossible. Here, in the south, it is spring now. The morning sky is clear, there are no dark, heavy clouds, heralding the snowstorm — only light wisps of mist hazing over the horizon. It is not Anwort.


Yet still…


‘It seems your collarbone is broken, Hakuren-kun’ says the major rather nonchalantly, bending himself over to look into the prisoner’s face. ‘And from the way you breathe I would say your ribs aren’t in much better shape. Aren’t you really going to change your mind…? You would save yourself a lot of suffering…’


‘We have… nothing to talk about, major…’ The weariness mixes with pain in Hakuren’s voice. ‘I’ve already told you… You won't turn me into a traitor…’


‘You see, Hakuren-kun…’ The major pouts his lips theatrically, looking up at the ceiling. ‘Because of the pact we have with your father we cannot… damage you too much. However, if you still refuse to cooperate I will have to resort to a little… more drastic means…’


‘In other words,’ Hakuren narrows his eyes, a rather unpleasant smile curves his lacerated lips. ‘You’re going to beat me even more? To break my bones, perhaps? Or maybe there’s something even worse you’re hiding up your sleeve…?’


‘I would rather avoid it, Hakuren-kun,’ the officer’s face suddenly becomes serious, leaving a fleeting impression that he would like to be anywhere else right now. ‘But if you don’t change your attitude, then Aya-tan might be very angry. And Aya-tan’s anger…’


‘Major…’ The elder Oak is insolent enough to interrupt the major mid-sentence. ‘My fate has already been sealed. You know that as well as I do…’


Shuri blinks in disbelief. Well, he hasn’t got into the details of Hakuren’s arrest so far; the only thing he heard of was that his good for nothing cousin had dared to speak some really ill things about the army, but… you can’t sentence a man to death just because he speaks utter nonsense. Can you…?



Yes, you can, thinks Shuri Oak, his gaze fixed on the blue, spring sky above him. It’s such a peaceful morning… The army can do anything. The chief of staff can do anything. And not only him…


‘You really think my father will welcome me with open arms?,’ asks Hakuren with surprising bitterness and for a moment he looks hurt and lonely — yet Shuri quickly brushes this thought off as unsuitable for someone in his position. Major Hyuuga casts Hakuren a thoughtful glance, tapping his fingers on the chair’s back and then suddenly raises his eyebrows as if in the glint of understanding.


‘Indeed…,’ he says slowly. ‘How could I forget about that… Your father is a true man of honor, isn’t he, Hakuren-kun…?’



Honor. Honor and the family’s good name — those have been the Oaks’ priorities for ages. A scandal is the greatest evil, the fear of slander — the most dangerous enemy. That’s why there is no place for renegades among them; no place for people like Hakuren who give priority to their whims over the family’s will. Such people must be eliminated, burned out like a festering wound… You have to get rid of them once and for all.


Shuri bites his lip. He knows these words all too well; he has heard them since his childhood years and he believed in? them deeply — after all, it was papa who said them, so they had to be true. But…


‘The bonds of blood can really be a nuisance, don’t you think, admiral?’ The major’s unconcerned tone sounds strangely out of place here, in the imperial prison’s bleak corridor. Shuri shifts his expectant gaze to his father, hidden behind the commander’s unmoved mask more than ever. Is… is that really possible? What papa said several minutes ago…?


‘When there’s a will,’ admiral Oak casts the major a rather impassive look, ‘they can also become insignificant.’


Shuri swallows. The image of Hakuren’s face when the admiral has read him the letter from his father is still vivid before his eyes. He remembers the gentle calm of his features — and the untold pain in his violet eyes.


Hakuren — but not an Oak anymore. Excluded. Discarded. Deprived of his name, of his position, of his legacy… Left to his fate.


The lump in Shuri’s throat becomes even harder. Is… is there even the slightest possibility his father could do the same thing to… him? Of course, he wouldn’t even think about rebelling, but what if he somehow became inconvenient? If he stood in his family’s way… would papa sacrifice him without hesitation?


Nonsense. Papa… well, he is papa. He wouldn’t let one hair fall from Shuri’s head. And as for Hakuren… Hakuren has only himself to blame and there is no reason for Shuri to be concerned about his fate. After all, it’s not him who will execute the death sentence…
Why is he so anxious then? Where does this fear, clutching at his throat, come from?

Shuri narrows his eyes in the bright morning sun; so different from the cold light of the prison fluorescent lamps. Whatever doubts he had that morning, have disappeared entirely now; here and now, under the blue sky everything is once again simple and clear.


Even if in his mind he can still hear that…


…scream. Hakuren’s scream, a piercing, painful one. Shuri tries to swallow but finds his throat completely dry; all he can do is gaze at the door that closed behind chief of staff Ayanami several minutes before.


Hakuren hasn’t screamed so far. Not even beaten up by lieutenant Konatsu. Not even when major Hyuuga broke his fingers, one by one. What has the Black Hawks leader done to him to…
Shuri feels his legs are trembling. Of course he knows, who the Black Hawks are, but he still admires them, especially lieutenant Konatsu. Yet chief of staff Ayanami is different. His presence itself is enough to make Shuri feel uncomfortable, and there’s that obscure power of his on top of that… It’s… unnatural. Shuri wants to have nothing to do with that.
A scream, even more ear-piercing than before. Shuri steals a glance around. Lieutenant Konatsu looks really anxious, major Hyuuga rather worried and Shuri himself feels like he’s going to be sick any moment. Still, he knows he can’t afford to do so — not under his father’s stern gaze.



He shakes his head abruptly, driving this memory off. That’s what it is — only a memory. It won’t play any part anymore…


Shuri once again fixes his gaze on the horizon. There’s going to be a change, he thinks. A storm…


He can only hope there’s enough time…


‘Your silence is not going to save him,’ states the chief of staff dryly. ‘Teito Klein will fall into our hands — and thanks to you.’


Hakuren doesn’t reply, or rather, as Shuri notices after slipping into the room behind the higher ranked officers, he’s in no shape to reply, completely exhausted after the harsh interrogation. His face is grayish and covered with bruises, his lips swollen and cut, and there’s black, dried-up blood in the corner of his mouth and it also covers his temple. It seems that every single breath causes him pain… and yet his violet eyes still burn with pride and stubbornness.


Shuri blinks, stunned. How… how can this be possible? Where does that pride come from…? That insolence? After all… After all it was the chief of staff…


He clenches his fists, feeling anger boiling up inside him. A fucking martyr. How dare he…? He isn’t even an Oak anymore!



To be an Oak… Shuri smiles wryly, almost against his will. What does that mean…? And what’s so… glorious about that…?


He looks into the sky as if its endless blue could give him an answer. The Oaks were better. The Oaks deserved all kinds of privileges — that’s how he was taught and he has never really thought about it. Not even when he heard that question for the first time, two days ago…


‘What’s so glorious about that? What’s so glorious about being the Empire’s puppet?’


‘I am nobody’s puppet,’ hisses Shuri furiously, grabbing a handful of his cousin’s shirt. The apprentice bishop’s robe disappeared, replaced by plain, civilian clothes. ‘I’m a soldier. An officer. One of the Black Hawks. You’re not even worth the dirt on my shoes!’


Hakuren shakes his head sadly, his eyes are unbearably understanding.


‘You’re but a pawn, Shuri,’ he whispers. ‘First they made you a torturer… now a jailer… Can’t you see that, Shuri…?’



He furrows his brow. A pawn. A puppet. Unacceptable. Shuri Oak, the heir of the most powerful family in the Barsburg Empire cannot be anyone’s puppet. Yet, as an officer…


‘I follow my orders.’ His fingers tighten their grip on Hakuren’s shirt. ‘At least I know my duties…!’


Hakuren sighs quietly; a mirthless smile playing upon his lips.


‘Following orders doesn’t excuse you from thinking, Shuri…’


‘Shut up!’ This time Shuri can’t keep his calm any longer as he brutally pushes his cousin onto the narrow bed. Hakuren instinctively supports his weight on his left, broken arm and a short cry of pain escapes his lips. ‘Don’t get any ideas! Who… who do you think you are…?!’


His cousin pulls his legs onto the bed, the shackles on his ankles clinking softly as he moves.


‘I just want to live my own way,’ he speaks quietly. ‘I wish you could tell the same thing…’
Smack. As if his body moved on its own, Shuri lashes out at his cousin, slapping him hard across the face. Hakuren raises his chained-up hand to touch the aching cheek, his eyes more serious than ever before.


‘Why so angry, Shuri…?’



A good question, why, Shuri wonders, his hair blowing in the wind. Why hasn’t he just laughed at him? After all, Hakuren was but a pitiful fool…


Shuri looks at the far horizon, deep in thought. Now, after all is over, he understands better. But then…


‘Don’t you dare,’ he says ominously, clenching his teeth. ‘Don’t you dare lecture me… You will not tell me how I’m supposed to live, while you’re as good as dead yourself!’


‘Some things are more important than one’s own life…’


‘Oh? And what’s the use?,’ Hakuren’s calmness unnerves Shuri more and more with every passing second. Is that how a person sentenced to death is supposed to behave? ‘You’re going to die and the chief of staff will still lay his hands on that good for nothing brat…’


Hakuren furrows his brow slightly, casts Shuri a piercing look.


‘Teito is not a fool. He will not rush here just to avenge me…’


‘Is that so?’ Shuri cocks his head to the side with a malicious smile. To tread him down. To break him. To destroy him. To see that accursed shell cracking, to tear it off to the raw…and to triumph… to triumph when the saint’s statue finally shows its weakness. ‘And what if he wishes to save you…?’


Touché. His cousin raises his head abruptly, there’s a glint of fear in his violet eyes, if only for a split second.


‘Impossible,’ he whispers, deep conviction sounding in his voice. ‘He has his own mission now… he will not give it up…’


‘Not even for a friend who’s ready to give his life for him?’ Shuri interrupts him with cruel satisfaction. Suffer, Hakuren Oak. Suffer from your perfection. ‘Not even when he gets to know about the public execution?’


Hakuren averts his gaze, a curtain of fair hair covering his face.


‘I don’t believe that…’


‘Belief!’ Shuri snorts disdainfully, feeling that his victory is near. ‘You really think it alone can save him? That you’re going to win with the army? That the chief of staff hasn’t foreseen it? Don’t you remember,’ he adds when a memory strikes him, ‘what he has said back then?’


Hakuren’s slender hand clenches helplessly. A triumphant smile begins to form on Shuri’s lips. Kill him off.


‘They will get him, Hakuren. They will get them both. And you will die, knowing that your death is in vain…’



Once again he clenches his fists, feeling his nails biting into insides of his hands. What did he want to achieve? What did he await?


What was that what he expected to see?


‘Why, Shuri?’ whispers Hakuren, his voice resounding with sadness. There’s unspeakable pain filling his violet eyes, when he lifts his head. ‘Why are you so cruel…?’


Shuri, suddenly feeling strangely unsure, takes a step back, the smile dying on his lips. What the hell… It wasn’t to be like that… It was supposed to be his triumph… His victory… Why then… Why does he feel fouler than ever when meeting Hakuren’s gaze?


What the hell is going on with him…?



The distant sound of steps in the corridor causes Shuri’s heart to skip a beat; yet the calm returns almost right away. The sky’s blue is soothing, it restrains vehement emotions.


He couldn’t leave it like that. He had to know. That’s why… That’s why he returned.


‘What do you want?’ asks Hakuren, his voice strangely blank. He is huddled up at the end of the bed, at Shuri’s sight he lifts his head from his clasped hands. ‘You came to have some fun at my cost once again…?’


Shuri snaps out of his reverie, furrowing his brow in irritation.


‘I have no need to make excuses before you,’ he replies in a high and mighty tone, raising his head rather arrogantly. For a moment Hakuren just observes him with an impenetrable look in his eyes; finally he sighs, resting his head on his hand.


‘Why don’t you leave me alone? Is it… that much fun for you? What have I done that you want to destroy me so badly?’


Hakuren’s voice trembles slightly at the last words. Shuri gazes at him intently, his eyes wide open; inside of him something begins to stir… something wakes up…


How dare he… How dare he even ask…?


‘You really don’t know?’ he begins, surprised by the calmness of his own voice. ‘You turned my life upside down… and you think that nothing has happened?’



The steps are getting closer, even and calm. A smile lifts the corner of Shuri’s mouth. He has stayed here for too long; he should have returned earlier and took care of his duties. Yet the blue sky is so alluring…


‘You… You were supposed to be the heir’, he continues, still calmly, but his inner anger blazes stronger with every passing moment. ‘You, not me… And yet… you’ve thrown it all away… I couldn’t understand it… All the most important things for me… to you they have been worthless… Do you know… do you know how I felt back then…?’


There is no reply, but Shuri doesn’t expect one. His voice is breaking as he can barely hold back his feeling any longer.


‘And then… then they told me that… that I was going to be… I didn’t wish for that… and you… you just left… Why… Why couldn’t I do it as well?’


‘A whim is not the same as a conscious decision,’ his cousin keeps gazing at him, his brows furrowed. ‘You would be a coward…’



A coward, thinks Shuri. An Oak shall not be a coward… No Oak shall be one.


The steps resound even closer — and yet he still can’t feel anxious because of that. Maybe… maybe that’s what he was waiting for?


‘I told you, don’t you dare lecture me!,’ Shuri grabs Hakuren’s hair, wrapping it around his fist and pulling sharply. ‘You have no right to judge me!’


‘I know,’ replies Hakuren quietly. “I haven’t been of much use to you as a cousin… and now we aren’t even family anymore. I’m sorry…’


All of a sudden Shuri releases him, surprised. His cousin rests his head on his knees; suddenly he seems frighteningly frail and helpless.


‘Don’t torment me anymore, Shuri…,’ he whispers bitterly. ‘Don’t you have enough already? You have shaken my only hope… isn’t it enough to you…?’


What…?!


Without giving it a second thought Shuri reaches for Hakuren’s face, lifting his chin offhandedly. And a second later he stares, frozen, at the tears in his violet eyes.
Oh no. Not so fast, Hakuren. Don’t even think about it!


‘Don’t you dare,’ he hisses, leaning over Hakuren and pinching him to the wall. ‘Don’t you dare to break down now… You’re a fucking, living ideal… You have always been like that, as long as I remember. All my life I have stayed in your shadow. All my life I’ve been trying to free myself from it. Don’t tell me that for all these years I’ve been trying to throw someone that weak from the pedestal… That I wanted to equal someone that can be broken that easily… Show me you have been worth it… worth chasing after…’



Where did those words come from? Where did those feelings come from? Was it possible that he had kept them locked inside for all this time?


The sky is silent, but Shuri is almost certain about the answer.


‘Shuri…,’ he can barely hear Hakuren’s voice through the roar of the blood in his ears. Shuri Oak bows his head, clenching his hands tightly at his cousin’s shoulders.


‘Damn,’ he whispers. ‘Why… Why can’t I even hate you as I should…?’



The sunlit landscape blurs for a moment, Shuri blinks a few times to see clearly. Isn’t that strange? Isn’t that… stupid? And yet… he doesn’t feel lost anymore…


‘You want to be sure? You want a warranty your death won’t be in vain? That they won’t be caught because of you…?


Violet eyes narrow suspiciously.


‘You talk like a Kor, Shuri…’


A Kor…? Shuri furrows his brow, looking at his cousin in incomprehension; he tightens his grip on his shoulders. Hakuren winces in pain.


‘Let go, Shuri…’


Much to his own surprise Shuri does as he is told; he takes a few steps back. Hakuren is coughing, covering his mouth with his healthy hand; blood seeps through his slender fingers. Shuri observes him intently. Was it… was it also his doing…?


‘What are you aiming at?’ Hakuren’s question breaks his reverie, ordering him to go back to reality. ‘What warranty can I possibly have, considering…’


‘You can die,’ Shuri doesn’t allow him to finish, the words flowing fast as if in fear that he won’t be able to say everything he wishes to if he hesitates even for a moment. ‘Before the execution starts. You can die with honor. Like…,’ he makes a meaningful break, ‘a real Oak.’


Hakuren’s violet eyes widen; surprise mingled with comprehension in his gaze.


‘I’m not an Oak anymore, Shuri,’ he replies slowly, looking at his cousin intently. Shuri only pouts his lips.


‘But it happens that I am one…’


Hakuren narrows his eyes; casting his cousin a long, inscrutable look. When he speaks once again, he asks the one question that Shuri wanted to avoid.


‘Why?’


Shuri clenches his fists helplessly. If he could only understand it himself… After all… After all, for all these years he has wanted to give Hakuren a lesson. Why then… Why the only thing he is sure of now is that’s he can’t stand the despair in his cousin’s eyes any longer…?



He shakes his head, glancing at his uniform’s torn sleeve. There’s no use in deliberating over that now, when everything is over.


The liquid in the tin cup looks just like water, but both of them know how deadly it really is…


Shuri swallows hard. He feels uneasy — though Hakuren agreed to his suggestion. Or maybe that’s the reason…?


He looks at the sky. As he has heard many times, this is the hour when the executions take place. And today… today an Oak will die.


‘I’m ready.’ Hakuren finishes his prayers; casts his cousin a determined look. Shuri takes a deep breath, trying to suppress the trembling of his hands. As if hypnotized he watches as Hakuren takes the cup from his hands and lifts it to his lips…



Shuri Oak closes his eyes.


He has no regrets.


‘Don’t!’ One swing of his arm is enough to knock the cup out Hakuren’s slender hand. The metal hits a floor with a clink — and in this moment Shuri understands that he can’t simply look as Hakuren drinks his death, served by Shuri’s own hand.


His cousin raises his head, a betrayed look in his violet eyes.


‘Liar…’


Shuri doesn’t reply. There’s no time and no place for explanations. If they are to make it on time…



They had to hurry. It was insane, it was folly, It was the most illogical, the most inconsiderate action in Shuri’s whole life.


And the only possible way…


The corridor seems infinitely long — cold, empty, overwhelming with its monotony. The only sounds are the ones of their steps and the quiet clinking of Hakuren’s chains.


Shuri bites his lip, quickening his pace a little. They can’t go much faster — his cousin can barely keep up with him, consequently refusing any attempts to help him. Shuri can’t be really surprised by that — after all Hakuren thinks he’s going to the execution place.
He clenches his fists, feeling a pang of guilt. Just a little bit more. Just a little…


There.


The corridor branches off here: his right branch leading to the place of execution, while the left one…


It is the last moment to change his mind — but he has already decided. There’s no going back…



There’s no going back. The steps are almost there. An Oak is going to die this morning. But…
‘What is this place, Shuri?’ asks Hakuren, looking around, stunned. He can barely stand. ‘What are you…’


He stops, sudden comprehension reflected in his eyes. For a moment — as short as a heartbeat, as long as the eternity — their gazes meet.


‘Shuri…’


‘It’s the Black Hawks private landing site.’ Shuri turns his head away to avoid his cousin’s gaze. ‘Nobody beside u-… them is allowed here. There is no time. Come.’


Two simple touches and the shackles fell off Hakuren’s wrists and ankles. Shuri grabs his hand firmly, dragging him to the right, to one of the hawkziles.


‘Get on,’ he commands him urgently, smashing the radar with his fist. ‘Run away. They won’t be able to track you and nobody observes that place. Go on.’


Much to Shuri’s annoyance, Hakuren is still standing beside him, instead of mounting the vehicle and flying away.


‘Shuri,’ he begins in a very serious tone. ‘Are you really sure about it?’



He has been sure — he still is. Maybe he still can’t entirely understand Hakuren’s motives. Maybe he still isn’t sure about what has driven his own actions. Yet he knows that if he had to decide once more, he would the same thing.


Once again he looks at his tattered sleeve. Oh yes. Exactly the same thing.


He casts a anxious glance at his cousin, cold fear rising in the pit of his stomach. Hakuren is on his last legs, his left arm broken, he coughs up blood… Is he really going to be…


‘You’re going to be okay?,’ he asks, almost shyly. Hakuren offers him a surprisingly warm smile as a reply.


‘You gave me my life back,’ he whispers fervently. ‘You saved two more lives. It’s more than enough. The rest is up to me…’


Shuri drops his gaze and then, in a sudden impulse, he tears off the cuff of his uniform, with his teeth he tears the fabric into narrow stripes and then bandages Hakuren’s left hand tightly. At least that much he can do.


He can’t be more surprised, when a slender hand touches his forehead in a blessing.
‘May God be with you, cousin…’



He knew. One glance at his beaten, bloodied face, one look in those grave, clever eyes was enough to understand that Hakuren knew… that he was fully aware of the consequences — the ones Shuri forbade himself to think about back then.


They will not see each other again.


He squeezes his eyes shut, trying to suppress the stinging in them.


‘Go,’ he urges. ‘The longer you stay here…’


‘Shuri.’ Hakuren’s hand rests on his shoulder; something in his voice orders him to look into his eyes. ‘You are the second person willing to sacrifice his life for me. Don’t think I’m going to forget about it…’


‘You should rather remember who broke your bones,’ he mutters, averting his gaze. He does not deserve that. Hakuren’s should not look at him with such gratitude…


‘We all make mistakes, Shuri,’ whispers Hakuren into his ear all of a sudden. ‘That’s what makes us human…’


He raises his head abruptly. Only Hakuren… Only Hakuren could have said something so lofty so simply as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Shuri feels another wall breaking in his heart; uncovering recesses he has long forgotten about.


How…? How can you equal someone so good and pure? How can you hate him? How can you wish him death?


‘I couldn’t…’ The words come unexpectedly; Shuri doesn’t remember when he has spoken so frankly lately. ‘I couldn’t look at your…’


Slender arms embrace him tightly; his voice breaks, suddenly stuck in his throat. Shuri realizes that he’s crying, tears are streaming down his cheeks.


He rests his head on Hakuren’s shoulder. He couldn’t leave his cousin to a certain death, he couldn’t just watch him die. Maybe he’s never going to be like him, but…


Why shouldn’t he live according to his own rules…?


‘Run.’ Shuri frees himself from Hakuren’s embrace. They can’t linger here any longer; somebody is soon going to find out about their disappearance. ‘Now.’


This time Hakuren doesn’t tarry, carefully mounting the hawkzile.


‘I will not forget, Shuri,’ he whispers, squeezing Shuri’s hand one last time. Shuri Oak only nods, unable to say, ‘farewell’.


A few moments later the hawkzile is nothing more than a spot on the horizon.



He breathes deeply. It would seem hours have passed since that moment. Yet…


The steps finally stop. Shuri knows that when he turns away he will meet his destiny.


He looks up, at the vast, blue expanse. This is the last time. Could he have expected that he was going to be that calm?


A distant memory about blood on snow passes through his mind, but it leaves no impression this time. It’s not Antwort. And Shuri Oak doesn’t want to be a coward anymore. He wants to live — and to die — according to his conscience.


He turns away. His destiny smiles at him from behind major Hyuuga’s dark glasses.


‘Seems like you finally deserve to treat you seriously, Shuri-kun.’


Shuri Oak returns the smile. Several minutes ago he made his first fully conscious decision. Nothing stands in the way of making another one.


He draws his sword. Major’s hand reaches for his katana’s hilt.


The Oaks always die with honor.


He is real and it is all that matters.

I'd been toying with this idea for a while, and it essentially wrote itself. Sem-alternate reality/parallel timeline, but it's free for interpretation.

Title:
Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit
Fandom: 07-Ghost
Pairing(s): Barely-there Ayanami and Hyuuga, if you squint.
Warnings: Implied alternate reality, but best left for the reader to interpret.

Synopsis: Lifetimes later in another city, he finds his familiar stranger.

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Change in the Weather. (07 Ghost, Hakuren/Teito)
Title: Change in the Weather.
Warnings: None.
Characters/couples: Hakuren/Teito.
Summary: Teito wonders if Labrador-sama's 'come back before six' was meant to be a warning about this.
Rating: G/PG.
A/N: Written for [info]springkink: 07-Ghost, Hakuren/Teito: first time - surprised by a storm

Change in the Weather.
Everyone had their ghosts. And until Ayanami let go of his, he would be there.

Finally it's over. Five chapters and almost 17k words later, it's over. This fic that was written entirely on an impulse instead of actually thinking things through properly. Guh never doing that again.

Well.

Title: The Day Night Fell
Fandom: 07-Ghost
Pairing(s): (Implied) Ayanami and Yukikaze, Hyuuga and Ayanami
Chapters: 5/5
Warning: Character (canonical) death, use of medication, (non-physical) self-hurt, angst, semi-dark-fic. Pre-post Raggs War. SPOILERS FOR EVENTS OF THE BEIGLEITER ONE-SHOT AND MANGA.
Thanks: [info]miura_mika , [info]sairenmizuko , [info]may_billy 

Synopsis: He has his ghosts. He has that man with crimson eyes and ebony hair at his side, too.

Chapters: [ONE] [TWO] [THREE] [FOUR]

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