Route
Title: Route
Chapter: 2/2 or One-shot
Author: kiroyo
Genre: Slight angst, fluff
Warnings: Mention of drug use
Disclaimer: I own no one!
Rating: G
Pairing: Kai x Reita
Synopsis: What happens after forgiveness?
Comments: Someone requested for a sequel to Ring, so this is it. Can be read as a stand-alone though.
Kai squinted his eyes, briefly holding up his arm to shield his eyes from the sun as he gazed up at the sky, at the clouds, which always seem so near and so attainable as long as he reached out his hand and close his fingers around them.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the salty air as he replayed the recent events that occurred in the past month. Him coming home to Reita holding a plate of burnt cake with a sheepish lopsided smile on his face. Him waking up an empty side of the bed with Reita missing next to him. Reita not picking up his calls. Syringes, broken needles and half empty packets lying around Reita's house floor. Him crying. Reita's call of apology. Him forgiving.
Kai laughed softly at himself, as he recounted these few moments of his life. He had only known the other for barely 3 months and yet Reita has become an integral inseparable part of him.
Yes he had forgiven Reita. How could he not? He honestly loved him. But truth was, Kai did not know how to face him again. The last he saw of Reita was of him slumped next to the toilet bowl, heaving and sniffing that wretched packet, his eyes rolled up to the ceiling, looking at everywhere but him. He had not registered Kai's presence at all. Much less acknowledge his efforts in crying uncontrollably and shaking his shoulders to snap out of it. To look at him. To just look at Kai.
Kai shook his head and rubbed his temples. He hated recalling that memory. It clutched and stung his insides like jellyfishes on a rampage. He opened his eyes again and looked out at the sea, at the horizon which seemed to divide but yet at the same time merge the sky and the ocean.
He folded up his legs and rested his chin on his knees. Listening to the howling of the wind and soft splashing of the tide against the shore, which was abruptly accompanied by a soft clicking that was getting louder, and nearer towards him.
Kai turned around, his eyes widening as he saw what or rather, who was behind him.
"How'd you find me?"
Reita dropped his head and shuffled his feet. "Uh," he looked up, meeting Kai's eyes directly, despite his blonde hair partially obscuring his vision due to the wind, "I followed my heart."
Kai smiled, the first genuine one in ages. He patted the ground next to him, as Reita moved over to sit. Kai let himself lean over to the right, resting his head against Reita's shoulder. He shut his eyes again and let out a long sigh as he felt the recent weeks of built-up fatigue slowly wear off.
As he felt Reita's head rest lightly on his, Kai decided that he need not think too deeply anymore, that it did not matter if he could not grasp clouds at all or decipher if the horizon separated or joined the sky and sea, but instead that they were alright to pick up and move on like this.
Chapter: 2/2 or One-shot
Author: kiroyo
Genre: Slight angst, fluff
Warnings: Mention of drug use
Disclaimer: I own no one!
Rating: G
Pairing: Kai x Reita
Synopsis: What happens after forgiveness?
Comments: Someone requested for a sequel to Ring, so this is it. Can be read as a stand-alone though.
Kai squinted his eyes, briefly holding up his arm to shield his eyes from the sun as he gazed up at the sky, at the clouds, which always seem so near and so attainable as long as he reached out his hand and close his fingers around them.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the salty air as he replayed the recent events that occurred in the past month. Him coming home to Reita holding a plate of burnt cake with a sheepish lopsided smile on his face. Him waking up an empty side of the bed with Reita missing next to him. Reita not picking up his calls. Syringes, broken needles and half empty packets lying around Reita's house floor. Him crying. Reita's call of apology. Him forgiving.
Kai laughed softly at himself, as he recounted these few moments of his life. He had only known the other for barely 3 months and yet Reita has become an integral inseparable part of him.
Yes he had forgiven Reita. How could he not? He honestly loved him. But truth was, Kai did not know how to face him again. The last he saw of Reita was of him slumped next to the toilet bowl, heaving and sniffing that wretched packet, his eyes rolled up to the ceiling, looking at everywhere but him. He had not registered Kai's presence at all. Much less acknowledge his efforts in crying uncontrollably and shaking his shoulders to snap out of it. To look at him. To just look at Kai.
Kai shook his head and rubbed his temples. He hated recalling that memory. It clutched and stung his insides like jellyfishes on a rampage. He opened his eyes again and looked out at the sea, at the horizon which seemed to divide but yet at the same time merge the sky and the ocean.
He folded up his legs and rested his chin on his knees. Listening to the howling of the wind and soft splashing of the tide against the shore, which was abruptly accompanied by a soft clicking that was getting louder, and nearer towards him.
Kai turned around, his eyes widening as he saw what or rather, who was behind him.
"How'd you find me?"
Reita dropped his head and shuffled his feet. "Uh," he looked up, meeting Kai's eyes directly, despite his blonde hair partially obscuring his vision due to the wind, "I followed my heart."
Kai smiled, the first genuine one in ages. He patted the ground next to him, as Reita moved over to sit. Kai let himself lean over to the right, resting his head against Reita's shoulder. He shut his eyes again and let out a long sigh as he felt the recent weeks of built-up fatigue slowly wear off.
As he felt Reita's head rest lightly on his, Kai decided that he need not think too deeply anymore, that it did not matter if he could not grasp clouds at all or decipher if the horizon separated or joined the sky and sea, but instead that they were alright to pick up and move on like this.