Love of Freaks

Preview

It was quiet inside Noah's Ark today. Quite the unusual occurrence. Especially since a certain Noah of Bond was home. The long haired Noah lay, stomach down, on the couch in the sitting room alone with Tyki who sat in an armchair reading. The only sounds in the room were the crackling of the warm fire, the occasional page turning, and the very soft muttering of Jasdevi. A rose as crimson petals was held in the Noah's red gloved hand, losing its crimson petals slowly as Jasdevi pulled them off and dropped them to the black carpet blow.

"Loves us..." a petal dropped. "Loves us not..." another petal. "Loves us... Loves us not..." One by one the crimson petals fell. Pluck. Pluck. Pluck. Down they fell from his hand. "Loves us... Loves us not. Loves us... Loves us not." He knew this was stupid... and cliche, but he continued none the less. Until finally there was only one petal left. This one was also pulled off with a soft, "Loves us not..." Jasdevi's black painted lips curved into a frown at the rose's not empty stem. He got to his feet, the stem dropping from his hands beside the petals, and walked from the sitting room with his hands in his pockets, golden eyes fixed on the floor. The older Noah glanced up from his book as the teen walked by. It was better not to ask why he was so quiet, Tyki decided as he directed his attention back to his book, better to simply enjoy the rare quiet for as long as he could before Road got home from school.

Jasdevi fell onto his large bed, staring up at the ceiling silently. A sigh came from his lips. "Idiot." The Noah of Bond told himself. "Of course he loves us..." He turned over onto his side, laying his head on his hand. "It just doesn't feel like it when we're not around him as often as we used to be." Jasdevi whispered, closing his eyes. It wasn't his fault that he never got to the vampire as often as he used to. It was the Millennium Earl's fault... He had been working the Noah of Bond to the bone, hardly ever letting Jasdevi go out alone... An empty feeling had filled his body the longer he was away from the man who loved him... Jasdevi missed his vampire... He missed the man's warmth... soothing voice... his loving and gentle touch... the felling and presence of his body when Jasdevi slept beside him... though mostly Jasdevi missed how loving the vampire was with him. Despite the undeniable fact that he was a Noah and all he had done... the vampire exorcist always made a point, every day, to say I love you. Jasdevi felt emptiness in his heart without the man by his side...

Tears pricked at Jasdevi's eyes as his heart clenched in his chest. The teenager's hands quickly went to brush the tears away. He knew he mustn't cry... no matter how much his heart yearned for the vampire... no matter how empty he felt... he mustn't cry... Because if he did Jasdevi knew he wouldn't have the ability to stop. Someone would surely hear him... and he didn't want to show weakness in front of the others. So Jasdevi painfully gulped back his tears, clenching his fists tightly to steady himself. 

"Arystar..." A soft pained whisper slipped past Jasdevi's lips. "We miss you vampire.." It was so hard to keep himself from crying... from breaking down from the overwhelming loneliness that threatened to crush him under its weight. But Jasdevi somehow managed. Standing shakily, the long haired Noah retrieved a hair brush and sat back down on his bed as he brushed out his long golden locks. They didn't need to be brushed... But Jasdevi needed something to keep himself busy and his thoughts away from Arystar Krory...