A-Z: The Simple As That Series
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Author: Fuji
Rating: PG-13.
Genre: Romance. Yaoi.
Status: On-going.
Pairing: Jyuubee x Kazuki.
Summary: Love is slowly discovered, from the beginning.

Of all the millions of way, that Jubei imagined when Kazuki would return - ranged from ecstatic reunion complete with crushing hugs to Kazuki falling into his arms beaten and battered from fighting to get back to his side. What he least expected was to be attacking Kazuki from his back with the needles that were sworn to protect the Fuchoin heir. How did everything become so screwed up, was all that Jubei would think now and then. The guilt he felt still stayed with him even though Kazuki had forgiven him for his transaction to kill him, he couldn’t forgive himself. Yet, that wasn’t all that was plaguing Jubei ever since Kazuki had return, even though he was trying to kill Kazuki, at the mere sight of the willow figure brought shocking reaction to his body.

The Kakei clan were known physician for the Fuchoin heir and could diagnosis everything that had to do with the human body, whether it was poison, illness, sickness, or even a regular healthy body. They were that medically advance, however, the one thing they couldn’t cure with their needles was a healthy body that had wants and needs. In other words sexual frustration to being just plain horny to put it in crude terms, and Jubei being a physician knew that his body wanted Kazuki. At first, he tried to deny the feelings by acting icy and cold when he was near Kazuki, yet even that proved futile.

The ice melted, when he heard Kazuki cry for him when he was near the brink of death. The feelings were still there creating ache’s and pain that was when it all started the game of cat and mouse between Kazuki and Jubei. With Jubei being the reluctant prey and Kazuki as the kitty hunting after the other.

Step 1: Avoidance

Has anyone notice how the story of the Hedgehog and the Hare never really made that much sense? The entire story itself was amusing, the moral lesson obvious to anyone over the age of six, the situation pathetic, yet the whole thing wasn’t logically. After all, how can a Hedgehog be that smart? It seem ridicules that the Hedgehog would be able to go up to his friend asking him to go pop his head up whenever the Hare showed up. In truth, it isn’t logically. Even if the moral was to be smarter and outwit a jerk like the Hare, through cleverness. Yet what Jubei could never see was even though the harmless tale was the Hare twisted need to prove that he could beat the Hedgehog. At first, the Hare was lazy in his pace, until he saw the Hedgehogs friend popping his head up, then he started to work harder. Yet, really who was the fool? At first, the Hare wanted to make a fool out of the Hedgehog, instead the Hare was made a fool.

Kazuki has been visiting the Infinite Castle frequently, and already Jubei felt like he was the Hare being made a fool by his sexual frustration. However, Jubei being himself didn’t really want to make a characterization of himself to the Hare. In addition, he wasn’t trying to make a fool of anyone, and beside he felt like he was the one being victimized here by what his mind and body wanted.

One would think after honing fighting skills, meditation, and being the top notch Physician, he would learn not to brood or evenfall into a depression. Kazuki being the normal kind giving soul of course saw this had taken to following Jubei around like when they were kids. That’s when it started the little game called sexual tension, which honestly Jubei didn’t want. Even if Kazuki was clueless, the tightness in his body told him another story entirely of his own body.

It was just by pure luck that Kazuki had tripped and fell over right onto Jubei knocking him over the process. That the younger of them notice the harden feeling in the other’s trouser. This of course causes embarrassment so pretending nothing happened he set Kazuki into a sitting position as he jerk himself up and fled from the scene.

Step 2: Banter

Ever since the Fuchoin heir had been stalking Jubei. Even when the Kakei heir was trying to avoid the other, yet one could never seem to stop Kazuki when he was determined.

Yesterday Kazuki had managed to corner Jubei for the first time, alone, in a narrow alley. Between square block 5 and 7, the poor needle boy didn’t have a chance, he was the Hare, but Kazuki had changed the rules, he didn’t want to talk, to let Jubei down, or even to toy with him.

Instead, he began the second stage that upped the sexual frustration in Jubei. Yes, thread spool boy decided to banter, he wrapped his fingers around the needle boys neck, toying with the hairs on the other’s neck. While leaning his weight into the other, Jubei could feel the hot feeling of being watched, while the scent of fresh fields assaulted his senses. “You know Jubei.” He whispered softly, “I could help you train to defend yourself more better.” His voice softens into an airy breathless quality that sent shivers down the other’s spine. “I also want you to come with me to the hot springs.” Almost like a purr that whispered close to his ear. It was unbearable; Jubei bit the inside of his cheek trying to control the urge to throw Kazuki against the wall.

‘Hot springs why on earth would Kazuki want him to go to the hot springs.’ Were the thoughts running through needle boy’s mind, the hormone induce fog he was in, was rendering him helpless against Kazuki. It was only pure luck that Emishi Haruki also known as the Fresh Blood Joker interrupted them with, “Hey what you guys doing?”

Bells chimed softly in the narrow alley as Kazuki push off Jubei releasing the other from the trance like state. “Hi Emishi, I was only talking to Jubei about going to the hot spring.”

Emishi pouted, “Jubei you’re so lucky! I heard the hot springs are so good. I can’t believe your going to ditch us to go there!”

“Ma ne Emishi.” Kazuki chuckle behind his hand, “I was asking Jubei to go to the hot springs in order to try cure his sight.” Hiding behind his easy going innocent façade, knowing inwardly that Emishi wouldn’t figure out the other hidden meaning behind his motives.

Emishi laughs, “Well that and you could also check out some of the girls.”

“Emishi.” Jubei growled slightly as a warning for his antics, since he didn’t get the humor of the situation. He didn’t like how close Kazuki was standing next to Emishi, perhaps it was rather possessive of him, but through the induce hormone fog he didn’t really care.

In the end however, Jubei ended up agreeing to go with Kazuki, it wasn’t as if he had much choice. What with Emishi’s constant taunting and his slight problem, he felt himself conquered without protest.

Step 3: Confusion

Well things plainly raged with tension and something else confusion. For indeed Jubei was confused by the behavior of Kazuki. After cornering him and blackmailing him into coming with him to the hot spring, things would be more less tense. Instead, Jubei felt himself more tense then ever even though he was surrounded by pools of hot water from the spring. Not to mention the peaceful calm of nature, yet, things weren’t as easy, and the world indeed hated him.

Kazuki was absolutely driving him insane, the lingering touches whenever he helped him get into his robe, the scented smell that was eternally Kazuki. If he wasn’t careful he would be jumping off the nearest cliff to get away from the intoxicating presences of the Fuchoin heir.

Yup the world indeed hated him.

“Jubei, lets go to the hot springs over there. There isn’t anyone there, and I know you don’t like crowds.” The soft voice of Kazuki trickle over him like water, and the hint of undertone when mentioning being alone, didn’t bode well for the Kakei heir.

Jubei slump in his chair, not willing to travel the distances, “I still think it is a waste of time.”

“Now Jubei.” Kazuki tugged on his hands, “Stop being pig headed and let me try at least. You know how I feel about my best friend not being able to see.”

Indeed, it was pure torture for Jubei and knowing that in the end indeed he would submit to the demands of his one. After all, if there was one thing that thread spool boy was good at was pushing his buttons. “Alright then.”

Certain that right now there would be a cat like grin on Kazuki’s face. Standing up he walked beside the other, listening to the sounds around him. It wasn’t as if he was useless due to his blindness, there were many different training that Jubei was trained in one of them was to see without sight. At first, he protested against the techniques he was trained in, being sluggish and bored from the harping of his teacher. Yet there was one thing that seem to trigger Jubei’s interest and that was Kazuki, and ever since them whenever anyone wanted Jubei to do anything all they had to say is, ‘Jubei how are you suppose to protect Kazuki if you aren’t able to fight correctly.’

However needle boys obsession and desire to protect his one was something different. Love itself was an expression for Jubei that was instilled with traditional duty. There weren’t many things that Jubei love, those that he did love was cherished with the utmost protection. Kazuki was his priority even when he was young, the undying promise to protect the other, was the sign of his love.

Even if they both were too young to understand the want and desire of their naive promise, Jubei tilted his head a bit sitting down, he listened to Kazuki walking on the ground. The shuffling of cloth came next, and water. Listening more for anything else, Kakei heir notice something different in the sound of the water, immediately he drew out his needle and flung it down into the waters. Yelps were heard and then the familiar voices, “Kazu-chan.”

The faint scent he identifies was composed of green fields, and smoke, which only came from two individuals. Inwardly Jubei sighs, ‘Oh goody, it is Midou Ban and Ratei Amano Ginji.’ Feeling his mood sour he walked on the ground listening to it crunch until he stared at the other two, “You have really bad taste to peep on people.”

Step 4: Deprivation

After the whole affair was cleared up and the string withdrawn, Jubei felt himself tugged into the waters. Gentle strong fingers tug at his bandages to help cleanse his eyes, he barely pay attention to what was being said between Ginji and Kazuki. He wasn’t really that concern of the Raitei, yet he did feel deprived of his sanity. One would think things would be all right for the needle boy once he had two other people intrude in his privacy. It should have been relieving for him, since the urge would have deflated anyone’s mood.

For Jubei it prove the opposite, his irk seem to full the grinding pain in his loins. It was bad enough the other two was there to witness his discomfort, another to have Kazuki fingers touching him.

In addition—Jubei felt his new name enemy sexual tension was riding his back like the foolish Hare and Hedgehog story. Then again this was utterly mortifying one move would draw Kazuki into the abundance of his problems, another he couldn’t resist to indulge in his vows.

It was another way he thought he could place claim onto Kazuki so that the others would get the hint and not try to make a move on what he consider his. His life was one thing, his one was another, and if those two bastard thought they would lay one finger on Kazuki. They had another thing coming to them. For starters why was it Ginji could call his Kazuki ‘Kazu-chan.’

Sure, in his logic he knew that the Ratei had always had special feelings for his one. Then again, he called him Jubei and sometimes added the word chan on his name as well. If wonders ever cease, he would begin to see Emishi running around screaming the words chan at everyone last name. Bet that would amuse the hell out of Shido the beast master, since Emishi was his underling in respect of character.

Step 5: Elusive

Things weren’t coming together for Jubei, after the incident at the hot spring; he felt the answers he wanted so badly eluding from him. Perhaps it was to teach him a lesson on thing then again perhaps it was something to be cursed at though it never would work. Yes needle boy was in a pickle of problems the dreams he had been having lately were pretty graphic.

Slow accounts of Kazuki kissing and doing things to him and then jumping out of his grasp, it driving him insane if he didn’t manage to get his hands on Kazuki soon. Things would prove detrimental to his health.

Let alone the induce hallucination he had been getting, and the fact the others were beginning to notice his lack of sleep, and sore bear like complex. If he wasn’t careful his sister Sakura would end up pestering him, and one thing he couldn’t stand was his little sister grinding at his back to tell her what was wrong.

Jubei reason that it would be rather sick let alone scary to let his sister know what he felt for Kazuki, it wasn’t like he didn’t love his sister. It was just she had a sadistic sense of humor when it came to Jubei.

Even at a young age, when she found some secret about him, she decided it would be fun to make it known. Indeed, it wasn’t wise to let Sakura in on his problems; surely, he could fake some explanation. If his luck holds he could even, ask Makubex for some vacation time away from the castle. Perhaps he could head out into the world and spend time there trying to get over his obsession with Kazuki and his body. Yeah right.

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