Opposites Attract

Part 1

"You and I are opposing magnetic fields." says the man with violet eyes. Standing before him is the Red King.

"Opposites attract, huh?" the amber-eyed man responds lazily but with enough hints of flirtation.

This sort of misunderstanding earns a sigh from the Blue King. He turns away facing partially destroyed buildings and sighs some more. Looking up he can see the sky is slightly covered with traces of smokes from the fires that the red clan set earlier.

"That's not what I mean." Munakata Reisi is more than ready to walk away from the man who is now behind him already starting to smoke. Suoh Mikoto lets him walk just a few steps away before grabbing him by the arm. Hand fast shifted to Munakata's waist, Suoh whispers in his ear.

"But what if that's what's meant to be?" The Red King's voice is as low and husky as ever but it gives different feels now that he's inches away in proximity. Munakata can feel the echoes of Suoh's voice vibrating in his ear, down to his spine, and stuck right there in his vulnerable heart when he's this close to Suoh.

"Stop it this instant, Suoh." He tries to remove Suoh's hand, but it was a poor attempt as Suoh simply lays his other hand on the other side of Munakata's waist. Of course none of their clansmen can see what is happening between the two kings since Suoh shields them both with impenetrable red aura. He's always this excited when Munakata is around, red aura flaring on an auto mode. Little that Munakata knows that one factor that lets Suoh's aura spark is the protective side of him that kicks in whenever he sees Munakata. Not that Munakata Reisi – captain of SCEPTRE 4 needs any protection. Suoh himself sees him as equal. It's just that somewhere along the way, Suoh finds that he can't help but feel protective of Munakata. Lately even possessiveness has also started to creep out of his skin. Like a greedy child, he wants Munakata for himself.

In the past Suoh wouldn't send his clansmen to action on a regular basis because he's not actually the most active king himself. He'd rather take a nap after nap until the day was over and start over the next day with another cycle of napping. Even Kusanagi Izumo got frustrated sometimes dealing with his lazy ass. Suoh thought that's what it meant to have him as second in command – that he could just delegate all his so-called king duties to him. But all that changed when the Blue King came into the picture. Now Suoh would give random mandates like "Go after this certain city official cuz his face pisses me off" when in fact the intended person goes to work at a building near SCEPTER 4's headquarters where there lies their captain's office, or "Burn it the fuck down" referring to a particular office building whose owner was once seen with the Blue King, supposedly for an official business, but to hell with red tape. In Suoh's infuriated mind burning with jealousy, that old bastard was a little too close to Munakata than what Suoh would ever allow any man other than Munakata's clansmen to be. Almost in each of those incidents the Red King would step in himself, showing off his Sword of Damocles just to lure the Blue King out. This sudden change of habits came as a surprise to both SCEPTRE 4 and even HOMRA in the beginning. But it was rather a nice, adrenaline boost type of surprise to Yata Misaki and friends, much less to Awashima Seri as the Lieutenant of SCEPTRE 4.

"Suoh Mikoto, let go." Munakata orders, trying to disguise the blush on his snowy white skin. Not giving in, Suoh wraps his hands around Munakata. Munakata is tired – tired of cleaning the mess left behind by HOMRA, tired of the paperwork following every HOMRA incident, but mostly tired of being played around like a violin being played by a first year music student – it doesn't sound particularly nice but promising. And promises lead to hopes, which he doesn't have time for. At least that's not what his pride as a king allows him to have. He's in the business of pride after all and a regal man such as him is not going to have something irrational like "falling in love" put him out of business.