Earthian Fan Fiction / Fake Fan Fiction / Pet Shop Of Horrors Fan Fiction ❯ Spun Sugar ❯ In Chapter ( Chapter 9 )

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Spun Sugar 9

Mirage

JJ was worried, Lord D sat trembling with his arms wrapped around himself. “I wish to return to the…” Lord D paused and gulped trying his best to relax the quivering in his stomach. Lord D ended with a moan and JJ surged to his feet. Gathering their children JJ accepted the aid of `Mr. and Mrs. Vasillisis' to return to their home. Leon stared after them and sighed before he went to find Count D. He found him conversing with Angel. “Really, I had no idea.” Angel was saying and Count D's soft laugh warmed Leon's heart.

“Hey Baby,” Leon gained D's attention. D gave a polite bow and excused himself. Angel smiled and enthusiastically imitated the formal movement. “I think your dad may be sick, JJ just rushed him home.”

Count D grew worried until his grandfather placed a hand on his shoulder. “Be at ease child.” Sofu looked after his son. “My son is just foolish beyond means. He will be alright.” Count D nodded and saw Ryo sitting with his gaze fixed on a dark haired man. “That one is close to an explosion. Perhaps you can try to diffuse the situation before it becomes a problem.” Sofu meandered away with Q-Chan on his shoulder.

“Hey Dee,” Ryo tensed when Donnie clapped Dee on the back in a congenial manner. “Me and the old boys are going to stop over to Barry's for a few drinks. Why don't you and your friends join us?” Dee smiled at his old buddies and was about to promise that they would be there. Dee hesitated and looked at Ryo. Ryo sighed before he gathered Lyo and Bikky. “Oh right, you're a family man now… Got to ask the wife.” Donnie jeered and turned away. Ryo tensed before he went back to gathering Lyo's juice cup and teddy.

“It's alright Dee. We can be a few minutes late,” Ryo said with a small smile at Donnie's back. “All we need to do is to take the boys and put them to bed.” Dee nodded and went to inform his friends that they would be there.

“You do not want to attend.” Count D said from behind Ryo. Bikky frowned as he looked at the tense expression that Ryo wore.

“I'll be there for Dee as he has been there for me many times before. He needs me beside him.” Ryo's smile was always amazing to Bikky. Lyo stared between the adults before he tucked a thumb into his mouth. “No, no, Lyo. No thumb.” Ryo removed the hand and gently picked the boy up into his arms. “I can see years from now, he'll need braces.” Count D laughed and paused on his way to the door carrying Aoi. Leon approached with Chris walking beside him. D smiled gently, the young boy looked exhausted. As they left the cathedral Count D explained that they were invited to Barry's home.

“T-Chan, Honlon and Ten-Chan are more than adequate to see to our little ones.” Count D said with a small smile. “As well as the Vasillisis family, there is nothing to worry about. Father and JJ are there as well as my grandparents. Better protection you could not wish for.”

“Grand parents?” Count D looked up at Angel and smiled. “When I think of grandparents I think of cute little old people. What kind of protection could they be?” The Hispanic man laughed merrily wondering why he felt so marvelous.

“The better question is…” Collins said standing behind Angel holding his purse. “What do they need protection from?” Count D smiled and Collins knew he would not be receiving an answer. “Well we must be off, the last train leaves in twenty minutes. But hey why don't you guys come down to the Life Café tomorrow night. It's open Mic night. That Princess could really liven the place up.”

Count D bowed and the billowing sleeves of his white cheongsam brushed the neatly swept floor of the Cathedral. “We will be honored to accept your gracious invitation and yet I can make no promise of our Royal companions.” Count D paused with a soft laugh. “Their schedules are often a mangled mess not fit for close scrutiny.” Collins frowned before he scribbled the address on a piece of paper. Angel was amazed that Count D could so gracefully bow while cradling a small childand not jostling her.

Break

Leon sat next to Count D and wondered when Ryo would leave. Dee was sitting with his friends drinking beers and laughing about old times. Donnie made sure that the conversation excluded Ryo. Tony and Barry tried to include the well-mannered beauty, but Donnie was determined. Ryo winked at Dee before he went to sit with Tony's wife Leanna, Count D, and Leon. They were just beginning a discussion on potty training when loud laughter interrupted them. Ryo smiled tightly when a bit of the conversation could be heard. “Ah hell yeah my baby has a nice ass. Everything on him is nice, what are talking about?” Dee words slurred drunkenly. “But my baby is the best shot on the force. And he is the best at hand to hand too. Aside from lil D, I don't know anyone better. Heh… he even kicks my…” Dee paused and hiccupped. “Mother loved him you know. It was so funny the way she took to him right away. Not a day goes by that I don't think that he is the best thing on this planet.” Dee leaned against the couch and sighed when Ryo's hand fell on his shoulder.

“I think you have had enough Dee, it is time to go.” Ryo's soft words earned him a smile from Tony's wife. Dee struggled to his feet and wrapped his arms around Ryo.

“I…Looooove you… Baby.” Dee smiled sloppily at him. “You are the best. Not many love me, but you do don't you?”

“Yeah,” Dee sighed when Ryo hugged him. He had never enjoyed the concept of public displays of affections, but right now he wanted to get Dee home. “I love you too.” Leon helped Ryo get Dee into the car before he took Count D's hand and left the house.

“Maybe you guys can come back another time and have dinner. No alcohol I promise.” Barry was smiling good-naturedly as they left. Donnie growled and glared at Ryo. He vowed to himself to teach that pretty boy fag a lesson.

Break

Lord D sat trembling on the bed and JJ wiped a damp towel over his sweating brow. “Too hot…” Lord D panted and gasped as his stomach heaved. “I am so hot.”

“How can you be hot? Your skin is like ice.” JJ wrapped a blanket around Lord D that he tossed off.

“I did it on purpose. I am trying to cool it. Fire in my blood. I just…” Lord D gasped and rushed from the room. JJ followed and gathered the abundant locks of silken hair as Lord D purged. JJ gasped when Sofu appeared in the bathroom on his knees next to Lord D. “Father…” Lord D sputtered between bouts of regurgitation. “I just looked, that is all I did and… It attacked me.” Lord D groaned and tossed more into the toilet. “Help… Help me.” Lord D burst into tears as more was tossed into the toilet.

“Calm down, it will work itself through.” Sofu placed his hands on Lord D's back stroking gently. Lord D felt his stomach clench in a brutal vise before twisting in and forcing dry heaves to wrack his body. He shivered and sobbed throwing his arms around his father and hugging tight. Sofu stood to his feet cradling Lord D and carrying him to his bed. JJ followed with a frown on his face. Lord D lay on the bed crying out in agony. “I told you,” Sofu said softly and sat on the bed. He placed his hands along Lord D's tummy rubbing in small circles.

“I know, but…” Lord D gasped before he trembled and cried. “I thought… I just looked. I was not trying to work on him.”

“This disease is beyond anything that you have handled. Humans think it is recently conceived, but I tell you the truth,” Sofu ground out with a bitter frown on his face. “There is nothing new under the sun. This is an ancient menace that slept for a long time and resurfaced when humans were ripe for the taking. It attacks the body mocking all the way. It will not kill the body,” Sofu paused releasing a bitter laugh. “Oh no, but it laughs as something as simple as a paper cut does the job. It is vicious and older than you. You can not help him.” Lord D sobbed as his father went into his body and manually eased the pain. After he calmed JJ frowned when Lord D fell into an exhausted slumber.

“He has AIDS.” JJ nodded slowly stroking Lord D's hair.

“My son can not battle this demon that is plaguing the human race.” Sofu smiled sadly. “But he is my child, I carried him and I delivered him. It has always been my habit to give him what he wants; sometimes to the point of allowing him his own misery. “Sofu sighed and for a moment he was transported to a time long past. “I knew, that should I give him the command to stay away from the wretched human he would assuredly disobey. I have never enjoyed punishing him and I avoid it at all cost. Truly…” Sofu paused and looked deep into JJ's eyes. “If he had not gotten with child, giving history a chance to repeat itself, I never would have punished him for his treatment of D.” Sofu released a short laugh full of self-disgust. “If he wants this so badly… as always…”

JJ grinned as he gazed at Sofu and stifled a laugh.“Sofu, are you admitting to having spoiled your son.” JJ smiled at Sofu and decided that the ancient being before him was not as heartless as he had first thought. Now as he stood gazing at his son he seemed almost human. His features softened and he looked close to tears.

“He can not fight this, but I can. If it is so important to him that this person lives I will see to it.” Sofu's promise was solemn as he reached over to gently stroke his sons hair. JJ stepped back when Sofu sat and began to brush the tangled mess. JJ did not even care to ask where the brush had come from. He simply kissed Lord D's forehead and left him in the room with his father and went to take a shower before bed.

Break

Morning found Ryo limping slowly to the bathroom and sinking gratefully into a warm bath. Tears fell down his face and he raised a wet hand to wipe them away. He did not know Dee anymore. What happened to the man who had loved him so tenderly? Even in the throes of passion Dee had cared to apply enough lubrication. As Ryo bathed he listened intently for sounds of Dee stirring. Dressing quietly he went to find Lord D. Setting his pride aside he would request aid. There was no way he go on like this.

Break

JJ walked through the lush garden and smiled. He could see his Darlings hand in the arrangement of the flowers and the careful planting of trees. Each plant seemed to speak of the love lavished upon them. JJ was reaching to stroke a petal knowing not to pluck the bloom when he heard a loud slap. Frowning he straitened and followed the repeated sound. JJ rounded a rose bush and gasped. A cloud of pale yellow silk littered the soft grass and Hamanosuke stood over it pounding and yelling. JJ could not understand the shouted Mandarin words but he knew blind rage when he saw it. His heart ceased to beat before it jump started going faster than he thought was humanly possible.

Lord D ceased struggling and lay accepting the blows in a daze and JJ rushed forward. He stumbled when he ran right through the pair on the ground and they continued as if he had not been there. Hamanosuke raised his hand to strike again before he looked at the dazed expression on his lovers face. He lowered his arm and shoved away leaving him to pass out in his garden.

JJ sat up in bed gasping he reached over and grasped Lord D's arm waking him as he looked at his face for bruises. Lord D awoke fearfully and looked at JJ worried that he was going insane. “My love?” Lord D asked groggy and touched the neat plait in his hair.

JJ shook his head and sighed he opened his mouth to speak but there was a gentle tapping at the door. “It's nothing.” JJ mumbled and left the bed to open the door. He gasped when he saw Ryo standing there with red-rimmed eyes. “Ryo…?”

“Good morning JJ. I am sorry to come by so early, but…” Ryo paused and blushed looking away. “Is Lord D awake?” JJ nodded and stepped back allowing Ryo into the room. Lord D wrapped his robe firmly around his body and smiled at Ryo. “Can I… Speak to you alone?” Ryo asked. Sensing the detectives' embarrassment Lord D nodded and JJ excused himself.

“Is something wrong detective?” Lord D asked softly. He materialized his examination table and indicated that Ryo should undress and lay down. “You are in pain, tell me what happened.” Ryo could not speak; he simply lay down on his stomach. “Oh my…” Lord D gasped when he got a look at the bruises on Ryo's body. A cursory examination caused angry color to blossom on Lord D's cheeks. “Who did this to you?” Lord D demanded, his voice softened when he saw Ryo's blush. “Does… Does Dee know?” He asked and placed his hands on Ryo's flanks. He shortened his nails before he began his examination by probing gently. “Relax… It's ok, just tell me how this happened.”

“Dee... ahh…” Ryo winced when Lord D found a particularly sore spot. “ Dee… Did not use enough last night, that is all.” Ryo said around a gasp when Lord D began to ease the pain and knit his skin together. With his eyes closed tight Lord D applied coolness to the fever in Ryo's body.

“It looks like you were ravished,” Lord D whispered once he was done and Ryo was getting dressed. “Talk to me. What really happened?”

“Dee has been edgy lately. Like he is trying to affirm that I am his. I … I don't understand, but I fear him now… I…” Ryo sighed and looked at the clock. “I have to go. Thank you very much for your help but… Lyo will be awake soon. I need to see to him.” Lord D stared after him as he rushed from the room in tears.

Break

The elegant dining hall resembled a tomb in its chilling silence. The many occupants of the mansion were slowly trudging in. JJ stared into his coffee mug with a scowl on his face. What the heck was that dream last night? He saw it over and over again Lord D was lying there being pummeled and he could not get to him. In his mind he knew that it was all in the past, but his heart was driving him insane. Lord D noted his silence but had his own problems to think about. Ryo entered the dining hall with Lyo and Bikky. Dee stumbled in with an obvious hangover and stared at the table as if it would magically grow food.

Lord D stood and slammed a plate in front of him jostling eggs. JJ startled and looked at his angry countenance with surprise. Ryo blushed and concentrated on feeding Lyo. Count D looked up at his father and wondered what Dee had done to anger him so. Andy and her family joined them along with their carefully disguised doppelgangers. Count D frowned having lost the opportunity to speak with his father. Lord D was still frowning when Sofu joined them he was smiling at his son.

“What are you so pleased about?” Nestoir asked ignoring his cell phone when he saw that it was Daphnus.

Sofu said nothing but he gave a secretive smile to JJ. Lord D grew worried when JJ did not respond. Sofu smiled to himself and decided that all would be revealed in due time

“Kagetsuya and Chihaya will be here this afternoon.” Daphnus said storming into the dining hall with a frown at Nestoir. “Lady Tisiphone and Sir Angel went to retrieve them.”

“I figured that is what you wanted to tell me, so I did not answer.” Nestoir grinned at Daphnus' perturbed scowl. He had always taken a perverse pleasure in upsetting the high prince. Ryo laughed forgetting his upset for a moment. Dee smiled at the color that bloomed in Ryo's cheeks and reached over to touch his hand lovingly. Ryo tensed and moved away causing Dee to frown. Ryo trembled and excused himself from the table leaving Bikky to finish the small child's' breakfast. Dee stared confused after Ryo and tried to eat hoping to cure his hangover. At his best, Ryo was hard to figure out; hung over, Dee knew it would be damned near impossible. With a sigh, Dee decided that he was not even going to try. When Ryo was ready… Ryo would talk. Lord D was startled from his glaring at Dee when the doorbell rang.

“I guess our Angels found some Angels…” Andy said forcing a laugh into the tense atmosphere.

“I'm really tired.” JJ said around a yawn “I think I need a nap.” JJ stood and visibly weaved on his feet before he left the dining hall. Lord D stood to follow but Kiba and Shinrai chose that moment to begin to weep. Count D handed Aoi to Leon and assisted his father in feeding the small twins.

Break

Dee found Ryo in their bedroom sobbing. “Hey baby, what's up?” Dee asked with a frown. “ You have been acting odd all day.” Dee tripped as he walked towards Ryo. Not pausing to look at what been in the way he continued on staring at Ryo

“Dee,” Ryo said with a sigh. “I think maybe that while we are here you should have a separate room.” Ryo said and caught his breath as Dee frowned. “Last night…”

“What you didn't… I mean… ha… Did I finish first and pass out?” Dee laughed good-naturedly. “Cause we can always try again.” Dee grinned roguishly and reached for Ryo.

“Don't touch me…” Ryo backed away and hugged his arms around his body. “Please Dee, just please. I need some time.”

“Time for what?” Dee asked growing angry at Ryo's refusal to be touched.

“Last night, you didn't use enough and…well…” Ryo hedged and Dee frowned when he saw the suitcase that Ryo had packed and sat by the door realizing that it had been what tripped him. “Last night… I said no.” Dee's heart seemed to stop and for a moment it felt as if the world had fallen on his head while he stared at Ryo who began to sob.

To Be Continued