Into The Rose Garden (Seidou x Kanae/Karren)

Chapter Fifty-five - Flare

With Kanae on top of Seidou, pushing the palm of his hand onto the mattress. His face was close to his, and Seidou couldn't feel anything else other than...dread and terror. Kanae brought his face closer and closer, saying absolutely nothing, until a smirk forms onto his lips.

"Pfft! Dear God, look at yourself! Hahaha! You're acting like I'm going to eat you! Hahaha!" Kanae Gets up,  and Seidou wears an extremely confused expression. He's seen Kanae get a bit jokey from time to time, but this time he was just dying from laughter. He had never heard Kanae laugh like this before. Seidou didn't know how to react, this was WAY too new to understand. "H-Huh?!" Kanae continues his fit of laughter, until his stomach couldn't handle it anymore.

"S-Seidou, haha... Hey, what's with that face? You look really upset..." The male in question looked terrified, until it shifted into that of anger. "Why would you joke like that?! That wasn't funny, I-I thought you would-!" Suddenly without any control, tears began to escape the male out of the blue. 

Seidou covers his face, as he allowed the tears to stream. "Seidou, i-it was just a joke..." "I don't want anyone to do anything like that to me, i-it's not funny at all!"

Kanae's jokey expression changed into that of concern, he didn't think that joke would hurt him this much. He just thought he would get all flustered. "Seidou, why are you so upset...? I'm sorry, alright? It won't happen again, please just stop crying. I can make it up to you, just try calming down." Seidou took a deep breath, as he figured he was being a little overreactive to Kanae's little joke. Kanae didn't mean to upset him, he was just pulling his leg.

Seidou sighed, looking up at the younger male. "Rosewald, I'm sorry. Did you mean it with making it up to me?" Kanae nodded softly, embarrassed that he had to actually follow through. "Sure, what do you need...?" Seidou scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Well, since you insisted... I would like to go for a jog, and just maybe perhaps...you would like to come with...? Lately, I've been needing to just jog!" Kanae scoffed at the idea at first, but actually started to genuinely consider it. "Huh, actually...that does sound rather nice. Yeah, yeah! Let's do it! Get yourself ready, and I'll meet up with you at the front!" Seidou nodded in agreement, and Kanae quickly makes his way out.

Kanae runs over into his own room, getting himself ready, wearing a sweatshirt and pants. The young male held onto a water bottle, waiting for the arrival of a certain male. And there Seidou appeared with a sleeveless blue workout shirt, and navy blue yoga pants. And unexpectedly, the male wore hair pins to hold back his bangs. Kanae blushes, comparing one outfit over the other, feeling a little insecure about himself.

"Uh...Seidou..." "Oh, I'm sorry. I-Is it a bit much...?" Kanae scoffed, rolling his eyes. "You look fine, let's just go!" Seidou nodded, thinking of how reliable Kanae can get when it comes to keeping in shape.

The pair leave the house, starting off with walking until they got to the gate, where Seidou stopped to do a few stretches. "Seidou, what are you even doing?" "Kanae, try strecthing with me. It'll prevent you from getting sore." The younger male rolled his eyes, scoffing. "Uh, no thanks. I'm good." 

Seidou finishes up on stretching his back. "Suit yourself, I guess. Alright, I am ready to gooo!" And so, the two young men started off walking for about ten minutes and just talking casually before going in for a full jog. Seidou was in the lead, kind of ironic there. And Kanae is left panting after fifteen minutes of this.

"S-Seidou-!" The male wheezed loudly, stopping where he was. "Water break...!" He struggled to say as he panted rapidly. Seidou ran back to the German ghoul, breaking in sweat and panting softly. "Maybe you really should've stretched, huh?" "Shut up...!" The male wheezed, drenched with sweat as he chugged down water. Thank goodness it was a considerably large bottle. 

Kanae sighed as he finished up drinking, handing the bottle over to Seidou. "Here, you must be thirsty yourself. Go ahead." Seidou smiled warmly. "O-Oh, thanks!" But right before Seidou could place his lips onto the nozzle, he took note of something. 

'Wait a gosh darn minute... If Kanae just drank out of this, full mouth and everything...doesn't this kind of make it an indirect kiss...?' The brunette questioned rather calmly, while also being kind of concerned over it. "Well Seidou, we don't have all day now, do we?" Seidou huffed, taking a sip from the bottle.

'Eh, whatever. People share bottles all the time, so technically it shouldn't even matter.' Seidou sighed, parting his lips from the bottle. "Thanks Rosewald, that hit the spot!" Kanae crossed his arms and tilted his head.

"How are you feeling?" "Hmm...?" Kanae scoffed. "How are you feeling, after what happened before." Seidou's eyes widen, pretty well aware. 

"Ah, much better actually. Nothing like going outside and jogging to clear one's mind. You know ever since I was little, I loved going out to clear away my thoughts, it would be the quickest way to do it!" Seidou perks up as he giggled towards the slightly younger male. "Let's head back, I'm sure Matsumae is worried sick about us!" 

Kanae sighed warmly, feeling his energy regain itself from Seidou's change in mood. 'Good, so he's back to normal.' Seidou puts on a smirk, as he suddenly bolts it. "First one to the mansion, is the winner!" 

Kanae reacts almost instantly as he turns his head in the direction of the sprinting male. "HEY, THAT IS SO NOT FAIR! IF I STRUGGLED JOGGING, RUNNING WILL JUST END ME!" Seidou laughs and laughs, as he ran faster and faster. "Getting even after your little 'joke'!" "I ALREADY APOLOGIZED FOR THAT, SLOW DOWN!"

But it was too late, as Seidou had beaten the male by a landslide. "Yeeeeaaah~!" He had cheered a cry of victory. And Kanae finally catches up to the still male, struggling to walk as he walked by the gate. Leaning close to the bars, he stops in front of the older male. He pants and wheezes, slouching down and placing a hand onto his knee.

Kanae starts speaking, still wheezing. "Y-You...You..." He turns his head up, glaring at the male. "Asshole...!" "Haha, sorry Kanae. But...you didn't have to run, you know. If you really didn't want to, you could have just walked..." Seidou claimed, feeling awful for Kanae's physical state. "A-And let...you rub it in my face...? N-No thank you...!"

Seidou lowered his eyebrows. "Wow, now I feel like shit. You okay? Now you're the one who is about to keel over..." Kanae scoffed. "Just a little rusty... I'm not used to running, it's not much of my kind of thing." Seidou chuckled lightly, grabbing a cloth from one of his pockets. He gently pats it against Kanae's forehead. With Seidou questioning why Kanae would agree to come along if that really was the case, but he ignored asking it.

"Maybe I can change your mind if you did it with me more often. I promise that I'll slow down if it's too much." Kanae blushed lightly, clearing his throat. "Eh hem, anyway...inside?" Seidou nods. "Inside."

And so the two walk side-by-side, and as they walked, Kanae turned his head to the slightly taller male. "Oh and Seidou,  do you always carry a piece of cloth with you to these things?" Seidou shrugged. "Hey, you never know when sweat gets in the way."

Kanae rolled his eyes, looking up ahead to the large building. "Whatever, still kind of weird." "You're weird." Seidou commented back, leading up to a series of backs and forths, as these two always seemed to do together. So finally meeting back with Matsumae, she had NO context for their current yet evolving argument. Causing her a good laugh.