Spiral Suiri No Kizuna Fan Fiction ❯ Happiness of Those Who Believe ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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

Ayumu slowly opened his eyes and stretched out lazily on the couch, yawning. He blinked a couple of times and tried to remember why he was on the couch, naked. "Oh yeah, me and Kanone..." Ayumu looked around for the Blade Child and saw him standing in the kitchen. Ayumu quickly found his pants, got dressed and joined Kanone out in the kitchen, sneaking up behind him and wrapping his arms around the other man's waist. "Morning, Kanone." Ayumu whispered into his lover's ear.

Kanone turned his head slightly towards Ayumu and smiled, "Good morning Ayumu! Breakfast?" And so it was. Kanone had woken up a great deal earlier than Ayumu and had already taken a shower and cooked breakfast.

"Sounds great." Then a thought entered Ayumu's head, "Kanone, Madoka hasn't been up...has she? She hasn't seen you here, right?"

"Hmm? Oh, yes. She actually stumbled onto me while I was in the bathroom. She panicked a bit because I was still here, but I explained everything to her. You know, about last night. She started crying and ran out the door before I could calm her down. I'm sure seeing me naked didn't help matters either." At seeing Ayumu's horrified expression Kanone laughed loudly, "Relax, Ayumu, I'm joking! She hasn't been up yet. You should see the look on your face thoguh!"

Ayumu recovered from his shock and quickly became angered, "That's not funny, Kanone! If Madoka finds out that you're still here, there'll be hell to pay!"

"Calm down, Ayumu. Your shouting will only wake her up sooner. I'll leave whenever you want me to." Kanone smiled sadly at him, then got serious, "You do realize that she'll find out about us sooner or later, though."

"I'll explain everything to her in time, but I should do it alone. In the mean time you shouldn't come around." At seeing Kanone's hurt expression he added, "But since you did make breakfast it would be wrong to make you leave before you ate."

"Alright, I understand." Kanone said, "I was planning on visiting Rio in the hospital anyway." Ayumu and Kanone fixed themselves a plate of food and sat down at the table.

"Are you going to tell the others about us?"

"I suppose, I don't see why not. Are you going to tell that excitable little friend of yours?" Kanone asked taking a biteful of food.

"You mean Hiyono?" Kanone nodded, "Yeah, I guess. I'm not sure how well she'll take the news though."

"You're worried about Hiyono? She supports you unconditionally, Ayumu. I have to tell Kousuke."

Ayumu chuckled at the thought, then sympathized with his new found love, "Maybe we should tackle that one together." They both laughed at that and finished their breakfast in silence. As Kanone went to leave Ayumu followed him and as they reached the door a voice called out for her bedroom.

"Ayumu? Are you here? I need some water!" Madoka called.

"Be right there!" Ayumu shouted back, then to Kanone, "I'll meet you at the hospital with Hiyono ina n hour."

"Alright, I'll contact Ryoko and Kousuke." Kanone gave Ayumu a quick kiss and then left. Ayumu shut the door and then ventured back into his house to deal with the sickly Madoka.

An hour later Ayumu arrived at the hospital with a confused Hiyono in tow. He searched the lobby and saw that Kanone had not arrived yet with the other two Blade Children. Ayumu checked his watch and saw that they were a bit early. He turned to Hiyono, "We're a little early, why don't you go wait in Rio's room? I'll be in when the others arrive."

"Alright." Hiyono agreed with a nod, "But I really wish you would tell me what's going on, Ayumu."

"You'll know soon enough. They should be here shortly so just go and talk to Rio for a little bit." And with that Hiyono nodded once more and set off for Rio's room, leaving Ayumu to wait in the lobby for the others.

A few minutes later he heard a voice, "Kousuke, you idiot! Why would Kanone drag us down here for that?" Then he saw Kousuke and Ryoko come through the doors and saw Kousuke rubbing the back of his head where Ryoko and just punched him.

"You know that really hurts, Ryoko! And you're gonna feel really stupid if I'm right about this. Am I right, Kanone?"

The two turned towards Ayumu's object of affection but he simply shrugged, "We'll, I guess you'll have to wait and find out, Kousuke. But would you care to make a wager on it?"

Kousuke stared at him dumbfounded, "Kanone, I'm not that much of an idiot, obviously you know whether I'm right or wrong and you'll bet against me and I'll lose!"

"I'll take you up on that wager Kousuke. My money's on bettin' that you're wrong." Ryoko announced.

"Huh? FIne, you're on!" Kousuke glared at Ryoko, "How much?"

"Hmmm...seeing as you're short on funds, I can't bet a decent amount, so let's just say that whoever wins has to be the other's slave for a month!"

"Huh? But you already treat me like a slave!" Kousuke complained.

"True. But now, you won't be able to complain about it."

"Fine, it's a deal!" Just as they were about to shake hands Ayumu stopped them.

"What's going on?" He asked walking up to the group.

"Kousuke's got this stupid idea in his head that Kanone drug us own here to announce that he's got a boyfriend!" Ryoko informed Ayumu, "So we're making a bet, I'm saying he's wrong, and he's being stupid and whoever wins has a slave for a month."

"Really? I'll take you up on that bet. But sorry Ryoko, I'm going to have to side with Kousuke on this one. Kanone has always seemed a little fruity to me." Ayumu said, grinning at his boyfriend.

Keeping up the act Kanone simply glared at Ayumu, trying very desperately to keep back his laughter, he could all but predict what was about to happen. Then Kousuke piped up, "Huh? You're siding with me?" The redhead thought this over for a minute then got angry, "No way I don't want you on my side Little Narumi!"

"Too bad Kousuke, you got me."

His pride winning out over his common sense (what very little he had, anyway) Kousuke said,"Well if you won't change sides then I will!"

"What, Kousuke? That's stupider that what you were doing originally!" Ryoko glared at him.

"Whatever, I'm not siding with Little Narumi. No way no how!"

Kanone could barely keep his laughter in so he let out an agrrivated sigh instead, "Are you finished now?"

The three of them nodded and shook hands then something occured to Kousuke, "Hey Little Narumi, what are you doing here anyway?"

"Just visiting a friend." Ayumu answered.

Kousuke wondered to himself if Little Narumi even had any friends, but then that annoying girl came into mind and he figured it was something to do with her. "Well that's just find, but if you're here visiting a friend then how are you going to know what Kanone drug us down here for?" Kousuke asked with a smirk on his face.

"Well I'm guessing you guys are visiting Rio, right?" They nodded, "Well so am I. How convenient!" And with that Ayumu headed up to Rio's room with Kanone, Kousuke, and Ryoko following.

Once they were all in Rio's room all eyes were on Kanone. "Alright Kanone, spill it!" Kousuke demanded, "What's the news?"

Kanone smiled at them all and contemplated the best way to approach this. SImply telling them wouldn't be enough, no to get the full pleasure of their shock, they would have to know that Ayumu was in on the whole thing. Kanone could barely supress his grin at the look on Kousuke's face when he found out he had to be Ayumu's slave for a month. After going over all of his options, Kanone decided a direct approach was the best choice, after all he didn't want to explain it all while dropping subtle hints; he gave Kousuke enough credit as it was.. No something attention grabbing would be the way to go here, so he did just that. He walked over to Ayumu, grabbed the back of his head and started kissing him hungrily. Ayumu, pleasently suprised at Kanone's actions didn't hesitate to wrap his arms around his lover's neck and return the kiss with a feirce passiion. After they broke the kiss and stared at each other for a second, Kanone stepped back and they surveyed the crowd. Kanone saw the look on Kousuke's face and it ha been just as he imagined. Kanone started laughing so hard he bent over and had to catch his breath, he came up grinning knowing that the initial shock hadn't even come close to wearing off, and the redhead hadn't realized that he'd been manipulated into becoming Ayumu's slave.

The room was silent after Kanone's outburst until Rio spoke up, "K-Kanone? Are you two really...?" She stopped there, unsure of how to finish that sentence.

Then all of a sudden a fear struck through Ayumu and Kanone at the same time, what exactly were they? Were they lovers, boyfriends, friends with benefits? What? They noticed a whole in their plan; they had failed to discuss exactly where they stood. Luckily for Ayumu, Kanone was able to regain his cool and put an arm around his...um...partner. "Yes, Rio. We are."

"Smooth." Ayumu thought sarcastically, "And what exactly would that be Kanone?"

The Kousuke spoke up, mirroring Ayumu's thoughts, "You are...what?"

Ayumu wondered why Kousuke had taken such an interst in the details and before Kanone spoke Ayumu realized the exact bet: that Kanone had come here to announce that he had a new boyfriend. Ayumu saw what Kousuke was trying to pull and spoke up, "We're boyfriends, right, Kanone?" Ayumu gave his boyfriend a little nudge and Kanone simply nodded and smiled.

"Damn it all! I can't believe I lost that bet! Why did I switch sides?!" Only then the realization dawned on him, "You dirty bastard! You were in on this whole thing! You knew I'd switch sides! You cheated!"

"This lecture coming from you Kousuke?" Ayumu chuckled, then looked to his other unfortunate prey: Ryoko. She too had lost the bet, but she had been silent, lost in thought. "You know Ryoko," Ayumu said to get her attention, "you lost that bet as well. Which technically means I have two slaves."

"I'm aware of that." Ryoko replied, not quite bitter, but definately not happy, "I just can't believe that..." She stopped there and shook her head.

"It may get some taking used to." Kanone said supportively, "But it's not going to change."

"No, not you two, that I can understand. I've grasped that concept, I just can't believe that...that..."

"That what?" Kousuke asked.

Ryoko turned to him, "I can't believe that you were right!"

That fact settled in and Kousuke smiled smugly, "Yeah, guess I was!" He then proceeded to laugh and gloat.

"Hey Kousuke," Ayumu began and Kousuke turned to him, "no gloating under my wacth...slave!"