Lick Your Wounds Clean

by Kurara

Part 3

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Toshiya woke up the next morning and smiled at how close Kaoru held him, even in his sleep.  He gazed at into Kaoru’s sleeping face lovingly, lightly trailing his fingers down the pink-head’s cheek and over his lips, careful to not wake him.  He kissed the guitarist and slid out of the arms regretfully, wishing he could stay in them forever, but his body needed relief, and a shower.

After he went to the restroom, he walked into the shower and started a warm water, tilting his head back and letting it spray him all over, the steam rising.  He was so relaxed that he didn’t even realize Kaoru had come in until he felt arms wrap around his waist and lips kissing his shoulder.  He leaned back into Kaoru and turned his head for a kiss.

“How cruel of you.”  Kaoru said.

"Eh?”

 Kaoru kissed Toshiya’s neck.  “Leaving me all alone in that big bed and then trying to take a shower without me?”  Kaoru pouted.  “I feel unloved.”

 Toshiya kissed the cute pout.   “Well, I wanted to actually take a shower, not get taken in the shower.”

 Kaoru slapped Toshiya’s butt playfully.  “Thinking such hentai things.  Who do you think I am?  You?”  He grinned.

 Toshiya stuck his tongue out and grabbed the shampoo, but Kaoru took it from him, pouring the liquid in his hand and proceeding to lather Toshiya’s hair.  Toshiya smiled and leaned back, enjoying the massaging fingers (don’t you just love it when others do your hair?  That’s the whole reason I go to a salon for my hair cuts!  -K)

 When he was finished, he did the same with the conditioner.  Toshiya stopped Kaoru when he went for the soap and he washed Kaoru’s hair and then his body before letting Kaoru to wash his body.  Toshiya smiled.   “Arigato.”

 “Nani?”

 Toshiya blushed.  “Arigato.  Because of your taking care of me, none of my wounds scared.”

 Kaoru brushed his hand over where Toshiya had had the cut below his eye and the bassist winced.  “You’re still tender there.”  He kissed it. 

Toshiya smiled.  “But, Kaoru,” he took Kaoru’s hand and placed it on his chest, over his heart, “it doesn’t hurt as much here.  You let me feel safe, and warm, and loved.”  Kaoru wrapped his arms around Toshiya and held him close.

 After they got out, they dried each other off and Kaoru started dressing, but when he saw Toshiya dressing, he stopped him.   “Chotto.”

 Toshiya grinned.  “Kaoru, I’m not going to have sex right now.  I’m gonna make you breakfast, and I need to have something on to do that.”

 Kaoru thought for a moment, then petted Toshiya’s head.  “I’ll be right back.”  Kaoru ran out of the bathroom in just tight black pants (mm… yummy Kaoru… ^^ -K) and came back with an apron.  “Here!”

 Toshiya smiled.  “Just this?”

 “It’ll be easier to get dessert.”

 Toshiya kissed Kaoru quickly.   “But, Kao-chan, you don’t have dessert with breakfast.”

 Kaoru pouted.  “Okay, if you want to be difficult about it, I want to be able to get to the main course—“

 “Are you saying I can’t cook?”

 “Nonono!”  Kaoru scratched his head in frustration.  Sighting, he finally thought of something.  “I’ll love your breakfast so much that I’ll eat too much to maintain my figure, so I’ll need some kind type of strenuous activity to work off the extra calories.”  Let’s see him retort to THAT!

 Toshiya tied the apron, then went up to hug Kaoru, his hands going down and caressing the guitarist’s firm ass.   “Hon, why didn’t you just say you wanted to screw?”

 Kaoru sighed.

 *

 Kaoru lovingly ran his hand through Toshiya’s hair, breathing sweet words into his ear, making the bassist blush and giggle.  Kaoru’s other hand was held in Toshiya’s as they lay on the couch, Kaoru on top (naturally in most of the time J -K).  Kaoru kissed Toshiya’s cheek softly.  “Ai shiteru yo…”

 “Ai shiteru, Kaoru…”  They looked at each other with Dreamy Eyes™ and Kaoru leaned down to kiss Toshiya.

 “Mnn... Die… Ah…” Shinya’s gasps broke through to the couple that was busy with each other and they did an Anime Blink™ and sat up, peering over the other side of the couch where they saw Die with his hand up Shinya’s skirt.  They would’ve sweat dropped, but… ^^

 Shinya looked up and saw the other couple staring at them.  Shinya quickly got away, smacking Die.  “How dare you try to do that you hentai!  I told you I don’t swing that way!”

 Die pouted.

 Kaoru’s eyes widened at Shinya’s actions.

 Toshiya busted out laughing.   “You sure seemed to be enjoying it by my standards!”

 Shinya blushed and stormed out, bumping into Yoshiki.  “Yoshiki-san!!   What are you doing here?”

 Yoshiki pouted and smoothed out Shinya’s rumpled hair.  “Just came by to check on how your new album was going, seeing as I’m not your producer this time.”

 Shinya smiled.  “It’s great.  Uh… I have to go… to the restroom!”  And he ran off.

 “Uh…” Die got up.   “I need to too!”  And he ran after the drummer.

 Yoshiki rolled his eyes.  “So, do you need to go too?”  He asked Kaoru.

 Kaoru shook his head.  “Unless you need to?”  He asked Toshiya.

 Toshiya shook his head.  “Nope!  My ass hurts too much!”

 Yoshiki raised an eyebrow.

 Toshiya pouted.  “Well!  It does!  You have no idea how BIG” Toshiya’s eyes went wide at that word, “my Kao-chan is!”

 Kaoru blushed.

 Yoshiki laughed.  “So, you two finally got together?”

 “Eh?”  They both said.

 “Well, you’ve been flirting like crazy from day one.  It was bound to happen eventually.”

 “You mean, like you and Kyo?”  Toshiya inquired.

 “Me and—why would you th—“ Yoshiki flustered.

 Toshiya giggled.  “Well, after he was visiting at your place all those times, he’d come back to our apartment limping!”

 Yoshiki blushed.

 Toshiya pointed to the couch.   “He’s over there.  We were all waiting for someone, but they didn’t come.”  He kissed Yoshiki’s cheek innocently.  “Have fun!   Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!”

 Yoshiki gave a laugh.  “And just what would that be?”

 Toshiya shrugged.

 Kaoru wrapped an arm around Toshiya’s waist.  “Come on.”

 Toshiya nodded.

 *

 They went to a dance club to, what else (?), dance!  Toshiya was the eye of everyone there as he grinded his body against Kaoru’s with exotic dances.   He looked at Kaoru with hungry eyes, about ready to take him then and there, in front of everyone.

“Toshiya…” Kaoru growled sexily into the bassist’s ear.

 Toshiya’s fingers went through the fishnet of Kaoru’s shirt, rubbing the nipples.  “Mm?”  Kaoru pulled Toshiya up to him, rubbing his groin against Toshiya’s as a silent notice of what was being done to his body.  Toshiya grinned.   “Go get me a drink.”  He winked and slapped Kaoru’s butt as he left to do what he was told.  Toshiya continued dancing, the crowd getting denser and denser by the minute.

He looked overhead for a pink puff of hair and saw one coming toward him when the light came over it.   Damned blackout dance…he walked toward the pink.  Why do they think we wanna dance in total dark?  Reaching where he saw the puff, he wrapped his arms around, slowly kissing the neck.

The person turned around, glaring at Toshiya.  Toshiya gasped, memories flooding back and tears welling in his eyes.

It was him!

Toshiya turned, attempting to run, but his arm was grabbed and he cried out, unheard over the loud roar of the club.  Toshiya looked back and saw another come up, grabbing his other arm.  “KAORU!!”  He screamed through his tears.  He was slapped, hard, before being drug out of the dance club, screaming for Kaoru.

*

“Damn it!”  Kaoru looked around for Toshiya, with no luck.  “Where is he?”  Kaoru gritted his teeth, searching.  Suddenly, he felt an urge to go outside.  He didn’t want to leave, as Toshiya had to be inside, but something told him to get out, and quickly!   He rushed through the crowd and out the first door he got to.  He looked around.

Nothing.

­Baka!   You knew he wouldn’t be—

“KAORU!!”  A loud slap echoed and Kaoru’s heart jumped with various emotions: fear, anger, concern, and anxiety.   He ran to the sound, and saw a horrible sight.

Toshiya, pressed up against a wall, blood and tears running down his face, his skirt torn and shoved up to his stomach, and another pink haired man violating him with his fingers.  Toshiya was sobbing loudly and Kaoru could hear him muttering Kaoru’s name.

Kaoru grabbed a large block of wood he saw on the ground, ran up, and hit the other pink haired over the head, knocking him unconscious.  Toshiya fell over and Kaoru caught him, but another man came up, hitting Kaoru.  Kaoru fell over with Toshiya in his arms, quickly getting up and hitting the other.

His rage was so much that the man toppled over, unable to breathe.  Kaoru lifted Toshiya up into his arms and he ran to the car.  Kaoru drove back, in silence, as Toshiya sobbed continually.   They got into the parking lot and sat there.

Kaoru moved his hand over, to touch Toshiya’s, but Toshiya shied away, staring at Kaoru with pained eyes.   “You said you’d protect me.”   He hissed.  “You said you’d help me forget.”

“Toshiya…”

More tears fell from Toshiya’s face.  “Why did you lie to me?”

“Toshiya!  I saved you!”

“A little too late!”  Toshiya brought his knees up to his chest and hugged them, rocking back and forth slowly.  “I’ve been tarnished by him… I called out for you.. why didn’t you come sooner?”

“Totchi!   It was loud!  I didn’t hear you!”

Toshiya buried his face into his arms.  “And… and now you won’t want me…”

“Toshiya!”

“I’m no good for you anymore!  I’m sorry!”  Toshiya opened the door and ran out.

*

Kaoru dashed out of the car, following Toshiya.  ­How can he think that?  Kaoru saw Toshiya turn a corner, and he followed.  Doesn’t he realize I don’t care?  Doesn’t he realize what he means to me?  He looked both ways, wondering what way Toshiya went in this new fork.  Listening, he heard crying in one corridor.  Toshiya!!  Don’t cry!   It hurts so much... you don’t realize how much it hurts!  He saw Toshiya leaning up against a wall, crying, and grabbed his arm.  Toshiya twisted, trying to get away.

“Let go!”  Toshiya sobbed.

“Iie.”  Kaoru wrapped his arms around Toshiya.  “I’ll never let you go.  I can never let you go.”

“I’m dirty—“

“No, you aren’t.  And even if you were, I’d never stop stop loving you.”

“Why didn’t you protect me?”

“I left to get drinks.  Now, I can’t let you out of my sight.  I can’t risk it.”

Toshiya turned around and buried his face into Kaoru’s chest.  “I was so scared.”

Kaoru stroked the younger man’s back, absorbing the pain and feeling the need to protect his beauty growing with every tear that escaped his eyes.

*

Kaoru cleaned the last bit of blood off of Toshiya, careful not to hurt him.  There weren’t many bad wounds, like last time, but just small cuts.   He then got into the tub with Toshiya, pulling the other to his body and resting his pink head on the black one of Toshiya’s.

“Kaoru?”

“Hm?”

“Why do you love me?”  Toshiya turned to face the guitarist.

“Toshiya?”

“Why?”  Toshiya’s eyes were pleading.

Kaoru smiled and brushed Toshiya’s cheek with his hand.  “Well, you always make me smile, you’re fun to be with, you’re a gifted musician, you’re beautiful, you’re cute, and I don’t mean those last two as JUST physically, you occupy my thoughts every waking moment.”  He lightly kissed Toshiya’s lips.  “There’s so much, but I tried summarizing, you know, as it’d take forever…”

Toshiya nodded and rested into Kaoru, taking in the scent of the other man.  “Kaoru, don’t ever leave me…”

Kaoru hugged Toshiya even tighter.  “I’d never!”  They stayed like that until the water went cool and they got out, drying each other off and not even bothering to dress before going to bed and falling asleep, safe and warm in each other’s arms.

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Were you waiting for me that night

As we drifted off, never looking back

I reached out to protect your beauty

It was all I could do to lick your wounds clean…

~OWARI~

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