unknownrival | [RL - Touchy-Feely Virus]

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[RL - Touchy-Feely Virus]

Issei was not exactly at his most alert after waking up, and certainly not at his most alert after waking up after passing out from stress and exhaustion. (He really hadn't gotten enough sleep when he was at Shirou's house. That could have been a problem.)

Thus, when he noticed that he was curled up - snuggling, really - with someone who hadn't been there the night before, he wasn't nearly as startled as he should have been. Mostly, he was just confused. "...Is that you, Haruto?"

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Haruto groaned softly and held his head, using his other hand to hold himself sitting up on the bed still.

"I don't - know." he replied softly, not at all feeling any better at all.

"Would this - be part of it too, perhaps?" he asked, looking up at the other boy.

"I don't know - usually the viruses are more cohesive, and I don't see what waking up next to someone else and random sicknesses have to do with each other."

Issei thought hard for a moment. He hadn't felt sick upon waking up, so what had triggered it? It had only happened when Haruto sat up...

He blushed slightly, then rested his hand on top of Haruto's. Immediately his own nausea disappeared. "U-um, does that help?"

Haruto kept his hand to his head, and rubbed his eyes with the same hand before feeling Issei's hand land on other. The sick dizzy discomfort feeling was wiped away immediately with his touch. He blinked and looked over at Issei, confused, and again his face flushed.

"U-uh... Y-yes..." he stammered and looked down at their hands, "It..It went away..."

Oh, my God!

"Are you sure?" Issei asked, with some concern. He had really just been guessing about the whole 'touch' thing, and he didn't want Haruto to be in discomfort. "You look flushed..."

He was flushed because this virus couldn't have had ANYTHING else make the illness go away. He bit his lip, trying very hard at this point to not scream out loud the mental panic that was currently running ramped through his mind.

He nodded looking at their hands and then back up him, only now aware of the heat in his face.

"This is very strange..." he managed, voice still strained.

"Most viruses are," Issei agreed, still not really understanding why Haruto looked so red if he wasn't sick. The possibility of it being a blush didn't occur to him - after all, it was always him that was blushing.

"Um, this may be a bit late, but welcome to my home," he added, bowing his head. "What's mine is yours. Please make yourself comfortable."

As long as Haruto didn't make a fool of himself, or anymore of a fool than he had already managed to do, he would survive... Somewhat. After all it could be worse.
At least he was with someone he knew he could trust.

He gave a small dry laugh and offered a tiny embarrassed smile.

"ah-ha, thank you... Though I would have liked to have come under different circumstances." he admitted.

"Yes, I can imagine," Issei replied, smiling in return. Haruto seemed to be calming down. That was good. "I guess you'll have to visit again when things are normal."

"So! Since you're here, would you like a tour of the temple? I'll need to explain to my father and brother why you're here, anyway, and since you'll have to come along, I should make the trip at least a little interesting."

...the trip that Issei was, apparently, going to take while still in his yukata robes. Well, there was no need to let on that anything was amiss about that. If Haruto so much as thought of the idea of changing while in Issei's presence, he would definitely panic, and Issei didn't want that.

He smiled and gave another soft laugh, nodding.

"Yes, that would be better." he replied, feeling his heart now return to his normal pattern. His look brightened more when Issei suggested that he take a look around him.

"Oh, yes. That would be great."

At least he would have something interesting, not that this wake-up call wasn't interesting, but a new place was always good. Haruto was rather happy that his PJs weren't adding to his embarrassment. They were normal, and thank God for that.

It took a moment for Issei to figure out how to stand up without tugging on Haruto's hand too hard. "Then it'll be my pleasure to show you around the temple. Shall we start?"

Haruto managed to stand up and still keep hold of Issei's hand. At the moment as long as the contact kept him from feeling ill, it was fine. Once he was standing, he was better, nodding to him.

"Yes. Let's."

Issei opened the door and stepped out into the hallway. "These are the living quarters of the monks; most of them are awake and out by now, I'd assume. Oh, and you can see our temple's gardens through that window there."

Haruto remained by Issei's side, at the moment unaware of the touch that was at first nerve wrecking, now over looked by curiosity. He looked over to the window and peeked out to see the temple.

"Its brilliant." he beamed, and looked over him.

"Thank you. I do my best in tending it." Issei glanced down one side of the hallway before beginning in the other direction. "All that's really over that way is the kitchen, which... looks like a kitchen. Tell me, do you like books?"

Haruto had turned to look back out the window and then moved along after Issei when he went back down the hall. He gave a smile and another soft laugh - well what else would a kitchen look like?

He beamed again and nodded, "I love them."

"Then I'm sure you'll like our library." When they came to a large set of doors, Issei opened one of them to reveal a room with long rows of shelves of books. "You're welcome to borrow any of these, by the way. We don't mind."

It was heaven. Books, upon books, and all seemingly endless. It was spectacular. While the books in his own school were sometimes filled with something other than letters, and information.

He beamed more than he had been before.

"Its amazing!" he chimed, clapping his hands together and overwhelmed for a split second by a sickening feeling before making a grab for Issei's hand once more.

"S-sorry." he apologized softly.

Issei winced for a moment before the contact returned. "It's all right. I can't expect you to remember all the time."

"I'm glad you like it," he added. "Would you like to stay here and read for a while, or would you rather move on?"

He smiled sheepishly, laughing nervously, rubbing the back of his head with his free hand. At least it was excused, for it.

"This place is wonderful, but I would like to see what else is there." he answered honestly, smiling.

"All right, but let me know when you want to come back," Issei replied, closing the door. "The tour won't take that much longer."

Haruto nodded, "I will. Since I don't seem able to get very far from you without feeling ill."

He smiled in response to his second comment. He was happy to at least not feel awkward anymore, and that at least he was finding out more about Issei.

"I'll be happy to take you wherever you want to go. You are the guest, after all."

Issei continued down the hallway. "Our main hall is here, and - normally you would have seen the outside of the temple already, but it's a bit unusual in your case, isn't it?" He led Haruto out of the temple to get a better look at it.

((The outside of Ryudo Temple looks like this (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Dollmoose/Ryudoji.png), except for the woman. She's not there.))

Whether this had been willing or not, at least it was proving to be a good visit.

"I'll try not to be too much of a bother, though." he assured him, smiling still. He followed beside him, still holding his hand - which at this point would confuse him, but with the given circumstances it made perfect sense to him.

He looked up at the temple, obviously impressed. Other religions were as they were to everyone else, a mystery that Haruto wanted to find out about.

"It's not a bother at all," Issei reassured him. "Make yourself at home."

He noticed the impressed look on Haruto's face. "I don't notice it as much because I see it every day, but it really is a beautiful temple."

((Caster, otherwise known as

divine_words.))

Haruto blinked when he was spoken too, and smiled at him.

"Yes, it is. I rarely see temples like these, I usually remain either at school or in the chapel."

Besides the last time he entered a temple it was haunted and gave him nightmares.

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*is currently dying of giggles*

They're so cute.

yes they aaareee xDD

I'm sorry my replies have been so slow. Stupid fullscreen games.

haha its okay xDDD

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...I'm not very good at describing things.

tis fine ^^

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S-so cute.

I knooooow! My teeth ache! xDD

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is currently dying of giggles