Earthian Fan Fiction ❯ Artificial Lover ❯ Omnipotence ( Chapter 4 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Chapter Four: Omnipotence

Chihaya lay limp in Messiah's arms. The golden-eyed angle had been flying for hours and when Chihaya raised his head up, he could see the sun sending it's beginning rays over the horizon, coloring the sky in gentle blues and purples. Although, the boy wasn't sure what time it was now. It was very bright, so he thought that it was probably sunrise by now, but he still didn't lift his head. He just felt so tired. Everything had happened to quickly.

"Chihaya," Messiah said quietly, just over the sound of the wind. It was the first time he had spoken since they had taken off into the night air, leaving Kagetsuya behind. "Chihaya, we're almost there," he said, without looking down at his bundle. He could only imagine, really, how much Chihaya must have hated him at that moment. Still, it didn't matter, because Chihaya was with him at that moment. That was the only thing that stood out.

Angling down slightly, Messiah brought the two of them into a shallow dive, circling around their eventual destination. What they seemed to be heading for was a very terrifyingly familiar facility. It was the labs that remained of the Family.

Messiah beat his wings hard, so as to make their landing soft and easy on the injured Chihaya. He had been ever so careful about putting any unnecessary pressure on Chihaya's back where he had ripped off his dark angel's wing. His wing. It still stabbed deep into his heart when he thought of his beautiful Chihaya maimed at his own hands...

"Messiah..." Chihaya spoke up, the first words spoken directly to him in over twenty years. "Why are you doing this?" he asked simply, refusing to look the other angel in the eye. He was so terrified right then, and yet, he felt guilty for feeling that way. Messiah had been brought back to life once again, and probably against his will. He was probably looking for comfort. He probably was turning to the only one who could help him. Still, those powerful arms scared him like they hadn't before. Now that he knew what they were capable of.

"I love you, Chihaya," Messiah replied simply. He wasn't sure himself, what he was doing. Just that he wanted Chihaya with him to show him that he loved him and that he wouldn't be leaving him again. He would take care of him from now on. There would be no more need for Kagetsuya.

"Messiah... That's not what I mean! I know you love me! I love you, too, but that doesn't give you the right to act like this. You have to try and think things through first. I can't even imagine how worried Kagetsuya must be right now..." Chihaya trailed off, breaking the temporary eye-contact he had made with the synthetic angel to look off to his right worriedly.

Messiah took a short intake of breath. Chihaya had said that he loved him and he felt his heart beat speed up just a little. Then, looking closer at the little angel, still in his arms, he saw that there wasn't that raw spark of love in his eyes. What Chihaya spoke of was a platonic love. The only love he held in his heart, he truly saved for Kagetsuya.

"Please, don't," Messiah asked, taking Chihaya by the upper arm and guiding his eyes back to his. "Please don't talk about him. At least, not right now..." Messiah compromised, giving into the sad look in Chihaya's eyes. "This way," Messiah said abruptly breaking his desired eye-contact with Chihaya and pulling the smaller man towards a fire blackened door and pushed it open with minimal effort, letting Chihaya inside first.

It was very dark in the small chambers that they were in. Chihaya saw small foot lights on the floor, but they were not enough to illuminate the contents of the room to his unadjusted eyes.

"Chihaya," Messiah spoke, enfolding the dark haired boy into and embrace from behind. Chihaya immediately began to fight, but Messiah held tighter yet, strangling even the breath from the small angel in his grasp. "Chihaya, I love you. You said you love me, too, didn't you?" he whispered into Chihaya's ear, gently rubbing his lips against the shell of his ear.

"Messiah..." Chihaya gasped out desperately, trying to break free. This didn't feel very safe, after all. "... Can't breath," he said simply, hoping it would force the other angel to release him.

Taken aback, Messiah did just that, jumping back a bit as he hurriedly released Chihaya. "I'm sorry..." he apologized, wincing a little at the fearful look Chihaya gave him. "I just ... I truly missed you, Chihaya."

"I'm sorry, too," Chihaya also apologized. Now, he really felt bad. He couldn't turn Messiah away! Not when he was lonely and with no where, but this godforsaken place to turn to. "I missed you as well, Messiah. I never stopped thinking about what happened that day..." Chihaya said wistfully, wandering further into the darkened room. He was very curious as to what it was. Was this where Messiah had been staying all this time?

"Chihaya..." Messiah spoke again, moving forward to embrace Chihaya again (this time more carefully), but had to stop at the strange sound that came next.

"Ayah!" Chihaya screamed as he toppled over some unknown object that had been lying on the floor and that he, apparently, hadn't been looking out for.

"Chihaya!" Messiah questioned, running forward to where the scream had come from and toppling over the lump that was Chihaya lying on the floor. Getting up hastily when he realized what he had fallen over, Messiah then turned back to Chihaya. "Are you alright? What about you're back? Did you get hurt?" he babbled worriedly.

"I'm alright..." Chihaya replied, getting up and rubbing the back of his head. "And, my wing is fine too, if that's what you mean," Chihaya laughed at Messiah's worry. He really did care about him, he just didn't understand how to act, yet. "Messiah, what if..." Chihaya began, getting an idea.

"Chihaya!" Messiah exclaimed, embracing Chihaya once again and throwing him to the ground as well. "I'm so sorry! I never meant to hurt you! I can't... I'm just so sorry! I love you..." Messiah said quickly, blurting it out in one long breath. "You said... that you love me too, right?" he asked, pulling back a little. Messiah had to grasp onto that one little thing. Maybe, just maybe, he could squirrel away just a little of the ample love in Chihaya's heart for himself.

"That's right," Chihaya agreed, patting the back of Messiah's head. "I love you, too. You're very special to me."

"Then, don't go back to Kagetsuya! Stay here with me, Chihaya!" Messiah begged, feeling his emotions well up along his eyelashes.

"What? Messiah... I can't do that. I love Kagetsuya," Chihaya said, looking away from Messiah. What an awkward situation.

"But! You just said that you loved me, Chihaya! You have to choose," Messiah settled. He wanted Chihaya badly, but he wouldn't want to hurt the little angel again, because of his selfishness.

"Messiah, I won't choose between the two of you, understand?" Chihaya asked, putting his foot down with the other larger angel.

"Yes..." Messiah replied, giving in and wiping the tears from his eyelashes.

"Now, do you want to hear my idea?" Chihaya asked, feeling like he was chastising a misbehaving child.

"Yes," Messiah repeated, having pulled himself together in that little bit of time.

"I wanted to ask you if you wanted to live with me and Kagetsuya. Would you like that?" Chihaya asked, smiling. He already had a pretty good idea of what the answer would be.

"Ah! Yes! Yes, please!" Messiah exclaimed, bouncing up off of Chihaya ... finally.

"Good," Chihaya said, patting Messiah's shoulder on the shoulder and getting up himself.

"Um, I have an idea, too, Chihaya," Messiah offered, slowly standing and offering the older angel a hand up, as well.

"What is that, Messiah?" Chihaya asked pleasantly, happy that he was able to get himself out of that compromising position.

"If I could fix your wing, would that be okay?" Messiah asked, innocently.

"... Messiah are you serious?" Chihaya asked, after blinking a few times to try and make sure that he wasn't hearing things.

"Yes. This lab was equipped well enough to create this new body for me with minimal power and now that I've returned it to full power, it should already have new wing ready for you. It even has the potential to reattach it for you. Would that make you happy, Chihaya?"

However, Chihaya hadn't been listening very closely. He had been busy trying not to cry since he had heard the first sentence. He could have his wing back. He would be a full person again.

"Yes," Chihaya replied, smiling at Messiah through his tears. "That would make me very happy."