Magic Knight Rayearth Fan Fiction ❯ Cross ❯ Lantis vs the Black Handled Razor; Beware the Shaving Cream! ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter X:

Lantis vs. the Black handled Razor; Beware the Shaving Cream!

Stepping out from the draining tub, Lantis grabbed the two folded towels and quickly dried himself. He sighed. The bath was nice, but nothing compared to Cephiros. He smirked. For so many years he'd been away from Cephiro. Now on earth, he'd only been away for a very short time and he was beginning to feel a touch of homesickness. He wrapped one towel around his waist and the other; he used to dry his dripping, wet hair. The towel then found a temporary spot around his somewhat broad shoulders as he headed over to the bathroom sink. Looking down, he found a packaged black handled razor and a tall canister of what Hikaru had told him was a can of "shaving cream." There was something much like it in Autozam-though he, himself had never used it. Yet somehow an incident involving him and Autozams equivalent to shaving cream had occurred when he had stayed there and since then he'd always been leery around substances canned like that.

Reaching down to the sink, Lantis picked up the razor and effortlessly tore off the slightly damp, cardboard packaging. After tossing the cardboard into the mini trashcan situated by his bare feet, he then proceeded to hold the tiny razor up at eye level to inspect the shaving tool. This is supposed to remove these chin whiskers-as Hikaru so liked to call them-of mine? Lantis wondered as his thumb brushed over the two blades. Stunned slightly, he dropped the razor and it clattered to the floor as his thumb welled with blood at the tip. The bright red liquid began to trickle down, "Note to self," he said as he sucked on the small cut. "Razors are sharper than they appear to be." Bending down, he picked up his fallen razor and as he rose, he bashed the back of his skull against the sink. "Damn it!" he uttered as he rubbed the throbbing spot.

Resting the small razor by the canister, he picked up the can. After shaking it, he took off the cap and went to spray its contents into the palm of his upturned hand. There was a hissing sound, but nothing came out. He eyed it carefully and tried to pull the white tab that was stuck, when the cream sputtered and sprayed out in every direction. "F-" he began. Dropping the can and his hands flew up to his left eye where it burned. His one hand blindly fumbled with the sink's faucet and turned the cold water on to flush out his eye.

Once flushed, he decided to re-rinse his hair and chest where the excess cream had sprayed on him.

"Okay, let's try this again." He said as he bent down to grab the fallen can when some shaving cream suddenly shot out, forcing him to jerk and fall back. It was becoming painfully apparent that this wasn't his morning. He looked up towards the bathroom door, half expecting one of the younger Shidou brothers to be standing there, trying to stifle a chuckle. Luckily, no one was there. Thank whatever god had chosen to take pity on him. This was embarrassing, and rather uncharacteristic. He usually wasn't this clumsy…

Standing up again, he slowly nudged the can away with his foot. Turning his attention towards the razor, he once again picked it up and quickly wiped away the fog on the mirror above the sink.

Cupping his chin, Lantis held his face steadily close to the mirror and through the corner of his eyes, he watched as he hesitantly brought the shaving tool to his cheek, and slowly pulled the blade up as it touched his smooth skin.

He flinched as he felt the two blades cut into his skin for not the first time that morning. "Ow." He repeated the movement. "Ow," another small cut appeared. "ow." He was starting to get frustrated now. "Ow." He held the handle and glared at it as if he could magically make the small object stop cutting him. His grip tightened and he accidentally forced too much pressure at the head, causing it to snap off. He sighed. Picking up the blade he resumed. "Ow."

There was a knock. "Hey Lan? You okay?" It was Kakeru. He opened the door and entered the washroom. He stopped when he caught sight of Lantis in his pitiful and the even more pitiful state of the man's surroundings then asked, "What the heck have you been doing in here?"

Trying to keep a straight face Masaru took a close look at Lantis. "Kakeru, what on earth have you done to the poor guy?" Currently, Lantis looked like a mummy who had been wrapped horribly in toilet paper, and there were small patches of the wrapping, which were blood stained. He was too afraid to directly ask how Lan had ended up bleeding.

"I didn't do anything! He kept cutting himself with his razor-by the way, we're gonna have ta get him a new one `cause he busted up the one we just gave him. It's just easier to cover up the cuts this way, rather than tear a billion tiny little squares and try to stick them on his face. Oh, yeah. We need to buy more shaving cream, he busted the canister too."

"What the- Oh that's just great."

"My face hurts." He said as he sat quietly at the table.

"Hey Masaru." Kakaru whispered. He walked quietly behind Lantis and made rabbit ears. "Because he's wrapped up in the toilet paper, he can't tell what I'm doing."

"I can still here you know."

"Wah!"

"Oi, Kakeru. Sometimes you can be really dumb."

Just then Hikaru came waltzing into the kitchen. "Has anyone seen Hikari's…" She looked at Lantis, then at her two brothers and just stood there for a moment. "Uh… Did I miss something?"

"Morning," was all Lantis said. "If you're looking for Hikari's leash, you left it outside."

Glancing down at his digital watch Masaru suddenly let out a high-pitched cry. "Shimata! I'm going to be late for work!" He quickly scooped the remaining rice into his mouth, pulled the milk out of the fridge and began drinking it.

"Use a glass onii-sama!" Hikaru scolded.

After swallowing some he slammed the carton down and let out an exasperated cry of disgust. "Don't drink the milk," he choked before rushing off.

"Hey, Masaru, wait! You forgot something!" Kakeru yelled as he ran to catch his brother before he ran out the door.

Hikaru went over and inspected the milk. She grimaced. "Well that's no longer any good." She stated as she began pouring the spoilt contents down the drain. She then went over to Lantis, giggled, and began unwrapping him. "So how did you end up wrapped in toilet paper?" After removing some of it, she was able to see his nicked face, some spots still bleeding. "Never mind. I think I know why."

Lantis frowned. "I don't like shaving." With that he tore off the remaining toilet paper.

Again she giggled. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it."

He playfully groaned and she continued. "Oh common, it's not that bad is it?"

He sighed, "I suppose not."

"Baka!" The two heard Kakeru call in the near distance.

"Oh, Shut up Kakeru! Who asked you?" Masaru had shouted back.

"You have very interesting siblings…" he began. "I think they're rubbing off on me a little…"

"Uh… I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

"I'm not sure either."

"Neh, Lantis?"

"Hmm?"

"Would you like to come along with Hikari and me for a walk? Since you came here, you haven't really been out much and I'm sure a guy like you likes to get out and walk around, see knew places, familiarize yourself with your surroundings."

"I'm not a dog you know."

"I-I didn't mean to imply- I mean-"

"It's not a big deal. Shall we go? I'm sure Hikari is waiting."

Her eyes lit up. "Yeah!" She grabbed his arm, pulling him out of the chair and headed out the back door.

<Authors Notes: Sort of a humorous chapter. This originally started out as a joke about Lantis having a fear of shaving cream that my friend and I were making up and well; it sorta made its way into the fic. I know so far this story hasn't really earned its rating, but that's for future chapters where I suspect that a PG thirteen rating wouldn't be appropriate. However, I think I might bump down the rating for a while…