Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ a few drinks in Aya ❯ Chapter 25

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25


Aya really had no idea what to do with himself, so he walked into the flowershop even though he’d been given strict orders not to.

“Aya!” Omi squeaked, looking pale. Aya quickly dodged a group of fan girls that shouted and raced toward him.

“Looks like someone still has a problem listening to the advice of others,” Aya spun on his heel and glared. What the hell was he doing here? And how the hell did I not notice him?

“Advice?” Aya scoffed. Yohji was looking questioningly at him. Aya shrugged. Knight wasn’t exactly a danger to them. More like an annoyance.

“He was just leaving,” Aya was startled when Yohji grabbed him by the wrist and forced him out of the shop and back indoors. What the hell was he doing!

“I will not be trapped indoors. I’m not a coward!” Aya hissed at Yohji as the man pinned him to the wall by the shoulders. There were many things he could do to get away, but he really didn’t want to hurt Yohji.

“I’m not saying that you are! But we don’t even know who we’re fighting!”

“Which is why I came out into the open. Whoever is hunting me needs to see me to hit me, right? So if he can see me then we stand a pretty good chance at seeing him!” Aya didn’t even flinch when Yohji punched the wall beside his head.

“Well now, there is no need for you two to fight amongst yourselves, not when you have a formidable opponent,” Knight’s voice carried into the room. Aya shoved Yohji away as gently as he could.

“You’ve changed a little, Ran. There was a time when if anyone would’ve touched you you would have broken their arm.” Knight had only been near him for a few seconds and already the man was pissing him off!

“Rest assured, Knight, if it had been you who touched me you would have more than a broken arm.”

“Am I missing something? Should I be making him leave?” Yohji looked way more than confused.

“Why are you here?” Aya demanded, clenching his fists so tight he could hear the knuckles crack.

“I have been asked to help protect you. Queen informed me that you were in danger, and when Pawn heard he insisted that we come to your aid. Just the two of us, though. Your target will lie low if there are too many of us running around, so we’re supposed to back you up.” Knight had to be so damned infuriating, didn’t he?

“I don’t need your help!” Aya snapped.

“He’s lying, he needs your help,” Yohji interrupted. Aya glared at him. I’m going to kill him!

Aya aimed a punch at Yohji, but Knight was inbetween them suddenly, shoving them apart.

“I don’t need your help, Yuushi!” Knight didn’t say anything, just gave him that knowing look.

“Aya, I love you, you stubborn ass! I’m not about to let you get yourself killed just because you don’t feel like playing nice!” Yohji shouted. Knight stiffened, looking like he was ready for a full on fight. Truth be told, though, if Knight were just in the room and not standing between them Aya would’ve attacked Yohji and really meant it.

He would not be berated just because he had the balls to stand tall against an unseen enemy! That wasn’t who he was!

“If you really love me then you’ll shut up. I can’t win this by hiding my head. Should I be waiting for when they decide to come in after me? I’m not afraid of them! If I hunt them down on my terms then I can do this. But you really don’t know a thing about me if you think I’m going to hide!”

“Ran, you’re bleeding!” Knight came toward him. Aya backed up. Shit! It was the self inflicted sword slash. The stitches must’ve ripped near the elbow/

“He’s kind of riddled with stitches all over right now. Probably wasn’t my smartest move to go shoving him around.” Yohji’s eyes were wide. It was strange. Aya hadn’t even felt the stitches rip, hadn’t felt the pain. Hell, he’d been too preoccupied to even notice the wetness dripping down his arm.

“Shirt,” Knight held out his hand. Aya glared at him, ignoring Yohji, who was fishing around for a first aid kit.

Aya begrudgingly removed his shirt, ignoring the startled look that Yuushi tried to hide.

“When did this happen?” Aya had a feeling Knight would notice that the bleeding wound was from a sword.

Aya accepted the thread that Yohji handed to him and jabbed it into his arm.

“Do you have any leads at all as to who might be after you?” Knight took the needle from him and went to work sewing him more gently than he could manage himself.

Yohji had already started at the wrist at another spot where the stitches had ripped.

“Some mercenaries. Aya apparently killed one of theirs, so they want revenge. But how was he supposed to know that one of the guards was infiltrating the same way he was?” Yohji was stitching faster than Knight, who didn’t have much practice at that sort of thing.

“I saw one of them. If I can find this kid I can make him talk. This time you won’t be pulling me away, Yohji. If I find him I’ll remove whatever part of him I have to. He’s not an innocent like Kaito, so he’s fair game.”

“There are other ways to find out who is after you without torturing someone, Ran. I honestly can’t believe that you would even suggest it.”

“Oh, really? And what better way is there? Every time I try to go outside to lure them out someone tries to stop me. So tell me, then, what exactly are my options?” Aya loved how easy it was for him to get under Yuushi’s skin.

“Aya! This isn’t the time!” Yohji pleaded. Aya looked at him. Yohji looked torn. Had he really put that look there?

“I’m sorry,” Aya reached with his free hand and wiped the hair out of Yohji’s eyes, trying to reassure him even though he knew it didn’t matter what he did do, he was probably screwed.

“Its too bad we can’t give them a message. I bet I could get them to come into the flowershop during the day.”

“Isn’t that risky? I mean you won’t be able to fight in front of all those civilians. Things could get out of hand and they could get hurt. You could end up in jail.” Knight obviously didn’t get it.

“That was the plan. If I’m behind bars they will be too, then I’ll know who they are even if they do manage to escape. One or two people getting hurt really isn’t my problem. This plan will work,” Aya was sure his plan would work! Only it wasn’t the same plan he was letting them in on.

“And when you catch them, what then?”

“Hn,” The real plan wasn’t to get them put in jail, but he couldn’t tell the others that. The real plan was to assume they were being listened to and plan for how the enemy would retaliate after hearing him say all of that so matter of factly.

He was talking about the enemy like they were a bunch of morons. They weren’t about to take that. They would make an appearance, he just didn’t know how or when yet.

“Tell the others thank you for trying to help, but I can handle this on my own,” he didn’t want Knight here. One more person hanging around to protect him wouldn’t help. It would be a hindrance if anything.

“I’ll be in touch,” Knight nodded at him, obviously knowing that Aya wasn’t going to budge.

“Aya! What the hell! We could use all the help we can get!” Yohji shouted, throwing his arms up in the air.

“Knight will bring the team with him and it will be like setting off a warning bell for the target. He’s good at what he does, but it won’t help if he scares them away!” Aya hissed at Yohji.

“You think one more guy is going to scare them away? Are you really that…”

“It won’t be just him, it would be the team. We can handle this on our own, without Kritiker and without the Crashers. This is my problem. I’m allowing you to fight by my side, but its not your problem unless you want it to be. He shouldn’t have come in the first place,” Aya knew he was right.