The Wounded

12

There stood Misaki in Usami's makeshift clothing. "Ritsu-San! Can we talk somewhere private?" Said angel nodded and led Misaki back into Takano-San's room. Ritsu shut the door before sitting down in the couch in the corner of Takano-san's room. Misaki followed nervously, he thought he'd be ready to tell his angelic partner about what had happened between Usagi-San and him. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" Misaki's head snapped up- he wasn't ready, it was too embarrassing. When he summoned enough guts, he took a deep breath before speaking, "I-I went through the stages with Usag- I mean Usami-San." Ritsu froze. "Has he gotten your mark yet?" Misaki nodded blushing, he was reminiscing his reaction to the mark. It made him feel warm, Usagi-San was his, his to love and hold. "Congratulations Misaki, I am happy that you've finally found the one." Ritsu smiled warmly at the blushing teen, "I l-l-love him." Ritsu chuckled at his friends difficulty of saying the magic three words. "Well Misaki, I am quite disappointed in you." Misaki froze downhearted, Ritsu held in his laugh before continuing, "You haven't told me Usami's mark yet." Misaki looked as if he was on the verge of tears, "Meanie." He wiped at his eyes before smiling. "It's a feather, going in a complete circle on his right shoulder." Misaki held out his hand for a Ritsu to take. "I can take you to him, let's go." Ritsu stood up and let Misaki drag him up two flights of stairs and into a teddy bear filled room.

"What is this?" Ritsu was frightened at the motionless stares. "Oh, this is Usagi-san's collection of teddy bears." Ritsu shuddered as he imagined the feel of sleeping under the gaze of these bears. "Usagi-San?" A huge teddy bear walked towards them, "Misaki. There is a huge bear, Walking towards us." Misaki chuckled before dragging Ritsu towards the bear. "Usagi-San." The man lowered the giant bear to reveal his face, "Suzuki wants another bow..." Misaki smiled before taking the bear from Usagi's hold. "Usagi-San why won't you converse with Ritsu-San while I change Suzuki-San." Mentioned man nodded watching Misaki walk towards the bedroom to find a ribbon. "Usami Akihiko." Ritsu, who was silent during their interaction, flinched before smiling. "I'm Ritsu. Um, s-so you and Misaki bonded huh?" Silence filled the room as Ritsu watched a small smile appear on the stoic man's face. "Yes, we did. Misaki's face when he saw the mark, it warmed me." I smiled- happy that Usami-San was just as happy as Misaki. "Would you like to see the mark?" I nodded rapidly. He shrugged off his shirt to reveal dark intricate details of a feather wrapping into a circle. "I had given up on love." Ritsu was shaken out of his thoughts, "What?" The tall man looked at Ritsu acceptingly. "I had given up on love. Before I met Misaki I didn't care, now he is everything to me." Footsteps echoed in the large room notifying the two personas that Misaki was soon to be arriving. "I got a new ribbon on Suzuki-San!" Misaki walked towards them, covered by the bear since the bear's body was bigger than The angel himself. The petite angel gave Usami the fluffed bear, showing off it's new green and white striped bow. "Ritsu, do you harbor any romantic feelings for Masamune?" Usami's blunt question rushed blood up to Ritsu's cheeks. "Actually I'm not quite sure yet, I'm having troubles believing that I can trust him again." A throbbing pain washed over his chest, "But there is something there." A small smile warmed on Ritsu's lips. A similar smile waxed on Misaki's face, Takano-San... Please save Ritsu-San, he deserves all the love in the world...

After the talk with Usami and Misaki, Ritsu walked back into the kitchen to have breakfast with Takano-San. His body flared up once more at the thought of the demon that he slept and woke up beside. 'What are you doing to me Takano-San' Ritsu reached the kitchen nervously, His hand hesitantly reached towards the door knob. "Where have you been! I've been looking for you!" Ritsu's hand quickly flew to where his pounding heart was. "Oh, sorry Misaki wanted to talk." The tall man nodded, "Are you hungry now? I've made your omelet." As promised, he pulled out a plate from behind him and revealed a omelet with cheese, mushrooms, and thinly sliced tomatoes- just how I like them. "I also made you a mango smoothie." He reached on the decorative table to our left and retrieved a medium size glass cup with a green straw. "My favorite..." I mumbled unfocused. "Yea, I remember in high school- you loved mango smoothies. If you are craving coffee, I have a coffee maker in our room." I smiled at his offer, "If I am craving, I will inform you of such." Ritsu took a second to calm his still erratic heartbeat and compose himself. "Would you like to eat in the kitchen? Or the balcony? Or, where would you like to eat?" Masamune's baritone voice rung throughout the strangely empty hallways. "I kinda want to eat on the balcony of our-I mean your room. Is that alright?" Masamune frowned at the correction, he had taken a liking to Ritsu calling his room, their room. "Yes, I'll have all of the food delivered upstairs." Masamune's slim fingers rung a bell before taking Ritsu's hand in his own and leading him towards the stairs. Ritsu's face flushed at the intimate contact. "Do you remember when you let Sorata stay over at my house and I tied a bow to her paw?" Chuckles echoed through the halls. "That was quite a sight indeed." Ritsu suddenly had the urge to run. "You're it." Masamune was confused at the term, but all confusion blew to the wind as he caught sight of Ritsu running. He full heartedly chuckled before running after his angel.

Echos of the slamming feet echoed in the long halls. Two beings ran through the long halls in playful laughter. Masamune laughed before tackling his angel to the carpeted floor. "Got you." He whispered in the angel's ear. Laughter rang through the halls in loud quantities. Masamune looked at the angel beneath him in amusement. He smiled before leaning down and pecking Ritsu's adorable nose. "My nose." The smaller man mumbled in a baby tone. Masamune laid his head on Ritsu's chest. "Will you go out with me to the library?" Ritsu's facial expression suddenly changed, "Um..I don't..." Masamune frowned, "It's fine, you don't have to." A bullet of guilt shot through his lungs. "When?" The older of the two smiled and quickly replied, "8:20 tonight." Ritsu nodded, "What will we do?" Masamune smiled brightly, "I plan on bringing some food and checking out some books, so we could read them under the stars." Ritsu's heart skipped a few beats, unfortunately Masamune's ear was right where his heart should be and he had heard the skipped beats. "Let us walk to our rooms, our breakfast must be getting cold." Ritsu agreed before intertwining their fingers.