Paranoid

spoilers: none
characters: Taiitsu, Unchuushi
chapters: 1/1
retrieved from: Bunnyhat

Disclaimer: I do not own Houshin Engi, nor do I have any right to these characters. It's all from the wonderful mind of Fujisaki Ryuu. I'm just here to plop his interesting and amusing characters within random situations. Please, please don't sue me...I have to save up my money to buy more Houshin Engi merchandise!

Author's Notes: Shounen-ai warning! This is an Unchuushi/Taiitsu fic. I wrote this one about a year ago when I was first learning about Houshin Engi (and shounen-ai)...and I only recently got enough time, and pressure, to type it up. It's very close to my original; probably a really small bit of revising...I dedicate this fanfic to Mearl Dox, where in her mind, the mad scientist and pretty princess love each other! ^^; Edited by my friend, Michele. Reviews are worshiped, and flames will be used to warm my tea, but not ignored.

'Paranoid'

A slightly hazy, blank stare was evident in the eyes of the creepiest sennin on Mount Konron. Within his separate chamber, the mad scientist was working on one of his newly thought-up ideas. Unchuushi was once again enveloped with his work.  However, the scientist's mind was on something else more important...or someone else to be exact...a certain dark-haired, bright-eyed sennin...

It had been nearly two weeks since he had last seen the object of his affections. Other than the long drawn-out lectures Genshi Tenson liked to give, he hadn't been visited by the other mechanic. Then again, the immortal did not mind taking a break from seeing him. Sometimes being alone and isolated was a very good thing for the renowned 'Spooky'.

Sure enough this was not a great deal of importance even though, at times, time did annoy the scientist. To immortals, time seemed like one of the many differences that separated them and the humans. It was odd that...Taiitsu would choose such a convenient time to wish he were isolated...

Even though the relationship lasted longer than others presumed, Unchuushi had forgotten exactly how long.  It was interesting...which gave him the feeling such that he belonged when Taiitsu would storm into his room and rant how Nataku practically killed him.  Then, the quiet sennin would go over and wrap his long-sleeved clad arms around him...

Taiitsu never liked sleeping with Unchuushi.  Taiitsu, however, loved the sex.  In fact, he almost craved for it...but letting his guard down and sleeping next to his lover was not an aspect of the relationship he preferred.  Thus, the creator of the hot-headed Nataku bade him farewell with another kiss and maybe a small promise of him returning earlier the next day.

Becoming unsettled about the whole idea, he truly could not understand why Taiitsu would dislike his presence in a time like this.  There must have been some reason for his action.  For, everything had a reason whether it was to be simplistic or something to conceptualize. Unchuushi had not paid much attention to something as trivial. He found it rather unnecessary for his lover to cloud around him when he was brainstorming.  And, it was a great time for Taiitsu to avoid him.

He had been wondering about the actual meaning of their relationship. It was odd.  Besides, the introspective scientist of Konron could have cared less for people being around him. Most of them never understood how he really saw things. Sure, making incisions and looking through it may be a bit disturbing to one, but it never stopped him from the pleasure of doing so!

The sennin now glanced down at the work, blinking his eyes quickly to refocus. Maybe he had spent a little too much time on this..? Hm...It was work that would probably be lost within the many papers that he has used earlier. Sighing slightly, the immortal reached up to readjust the violet hat on top of his head.

Thoughts of Taiitsu began to form into his all ready cluttered mind. Pushing his chair back, he began to finger the violet lining of his precious hat. His left hand cupped under his right arm, gazing slightly at his work. The silky, black hair was always fun to slip through his fingers...and at that thought his fingertips got themselves caught in his own dark hair, untwisting as he worked at it.

Taiitsu's eyes..! Standing up, the long white coat, he always wore, reached to the floor as he bent over to blow out the light of the candle on his desk. Taiitsu's eyes were always so bright. The blue of them were deep enough to lose oneself. They showed Taiitsu's soul. When Unchuushi gazed into him, he knew the other was genuine.

Sitting down on his bed, another light was lit on the small bedside table next to his left side. His shoes came off easily, and he began to undo his slightly complicated outfit. Would Taiitsu keep it this way for another lonely night? He hoped not. It was difficult to sleep...without the gentle touch of his lover. He liked how the other did tiny things to him...and things he didn't even notice.

Blushing slightly, the straying hand touched his thigh. With a small bite following, the teasing lips would linger a bit longer than usual on his waist. Eyes that fled across his naked body...tongue that massaged his skin...his ear...his neck…Unchuushi noted the heat that fled in between his legs at thoughts like these.

With his mind slipping from thought to thought about Taiitsu, the sennin stared deeply at the floor. He sat only wearing the light-colored pants and violet hat of his. (Unchuushi always wore his hat to bed...except for when Taiitsu made him take it off!) That sometimes annoyed him. He really didn't like his dark hair...it wasn't silky like Taiitsu's...

"...Are you busy, Unchuushi?"

Glancing up, he turned slightly to see Taiitsu in his doorway, smiling gently to him. "Ah...I didn't think you'd...come to see me today..." His lover at the door slowly walked toward him, a sultry expression on his face. Turning around, his eyes followed Taiitsu's form as he came close to the other's bed.

"...It's been a while, Tai--Mrrh..." The small space of room between them was closed when Taiitsu's lips met Unchuushi's. The hat-obsessed scientist moaned within the kiss quickly. It was interesting how he craved for it after they hadn't been with each other for so long. The other's tongue made its way to his closed lips, and parted them easily...It explored his mouth lightly. It was neither demanding nor forceful...but trailing and gentle. The small, moist tongue slipped against his, and then teasingly ran across the roof of his mouth. It tickled. A gasp formed but stopped when his right hand went up behind Taiitsu's head and brought the other down onto his soft bed...It had been a bit too long...

~*~*~

Unchuushi stroked the hair of the lovely being that was sleeping soundly on his chest, a slight snoring noise heard from him. Unchuushi looked down at his beautiful lover; noting how his long, dark hair covered his closed eyes. The wan skin of Taiitsu was glowing, the colour of the candlelight that rested on his bed table...

Shaking him, he wanted to speak about the thoughts he had earlier. "...Taiitsu...?" The now hastily-discarded hat was lying carelessly on the ground as Unchuushi tried to awake his sleeping beauty. The bright blue hues opened; Even though his eyes were sleepy, they questioned him without any words. He pushed himself up, off of the other while smiling gently.

"...You probably want me to leave...I'll get my things an--"

A pale hand clasped around the other's arm, and Taiitsu glanced behind him to the sennin, who had quickly picked up his hand and plopped it, disheveled, upon his head. Sitting up, the blanket slipped down his chest, showing off the other's body. It was now or never. Unchuushi...bringing attention to him became quite complex to cope with. But, when the eyes of Taiitsu were on him, it seemed to become easy...breathing deeply, the male tried his best...

"...Taiitsu. I've been...considering it for a while now..." He now looked to the side. Afraid Taiitsu might laugh at him and clap his back, he said love was just some silly thing humans made up...that it didn't and would never apply to them. He didn't know what he would say if that was really the case...

"...I want you to stay with me, Taiitsu. I want to see you when I wake up. I want to hear you breathing when you sleep longer than me...because I love you...I want you to stay...at least...tonight..."

The other Sennin gazed at him for a long moment. It was...amusing how Unchuushi hadn't brought this up. Yet, the blue-eyed one laughed toward him. Then bringing him close to hug gently, he said, "I understand. It's all right, Unchuushi..." Taiitsu noticed how his lover relaxed into the embrace and pulled him down again...

"...I love you, too… Be quiet and go to sleep, Unchuushi..."

~*~*~

As he said earlier, the scientist rested in bed, awake before Taiitsu. He stayed with him for a while longer before arising from his slumber. Unchuushi smiled happily as he sat at his desk in the room from earlier. He needed to write something down...something important that Taiitsu had taught and shown him...

'...I have figured out...being paranoid about something is a state of isolation...it is not being able to feel comfortable without being alone. You look around, slightly scared about what may happen. When someone is with you, to protect you from this, it diminishes. Paranoia can be overpowered...I have overpowered it myself. Quite effective, actually...'