R e d S e a

The following piece of fanfiction contains violence, spoilers for the Dramatic Precious series, shounen-ai and explicit language. If any of these offend or upset you, please do not proceed.

This story comes after "When You Gonna Learn", which I wrote some time ago. It'll be good if you've read that fic first, but it's not really essential.

Prologue

'SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!'

Ran yelped in surprise as he was knocked down onto the tiled floor. The face hovering above his was twisted in anger - the pupils were dilated, lips pulled back into a scowl, nostrils flared, and sweat broke out on the forehead. He gasped when suddenly arms tightened and pulled. A wire wound around his throat, cutting off his air supply.

'Yo... Youji!' His eyes widened. He reached up to try to loosen the wire as his legs kicked furiously, but Youji wouldn't budge. 'Let... go!'

'Shut up shut up shut up shut up SHUT UP!'

Youji grabbed Ran by his face, lifted the head from the floor, then slammed it back down. Thump.

'WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! YOU DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING ABOUT ME!?'

Again and again. Thump. Thump.

'Argh...'

'YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!'

Ran's body gave in to the pain.

Youji breathed heavily as he stood up, glaring at the unconscious form on the floor. Ran's limbs lay limply by his side, his lips were parted slightly and the face turned sideways. If not for the fine red line around his neck, one could easily mistake him as sleeping in exhaustion.

Thump.

Youji fell onto his knees.

The back of his shaking hand touched Ran's face. 'Aya?'

Thump. Thump.

He could hear his own heart pounding, as if it was about to jump out of his chest. He touched his own face. His fingers were cold.

'What... had I done?'

[onto part 1]