Takuya's eyes open slowly. The sunlight filtering through the curtains tells him that it is morning but he cannot understand why he is having a harder time than usual in waking up. When he tries to sit up, he realises how light headed he is and how aching his joints are. " What happened to me? Am I getting sick?" He wonders aloud.
Forcing himself up into sitting position, his vision blacked out momentarily and scenes from the night before flashed back like a home movie. He remembers giving in to Goro's hypnosis, although rendered immobile, he was surprisingly conscious so he was able to see what Goro did after that. Goro had undressed him before undressing himself. A sudden stab of cold reminded him how he watched in fear as Goro approached the bed with a sinister smile on his lips. What scared Takuya the most is the pair of unsmiling eyes staring coldly at him. And then ~
Whatever color left rushed off Takuya's face as he saw vividly how he was "attacked" and almost ripped apart by a very savage Goro hehad never seen. Takuya never knew Goro can be that strong. His cheeks flushed when he recalls how he actually enjoyed the domineering tyrancy Goro had "lavished " on him.
As his vision cleared again, Takuya tried to move his lower spine again but he had to give up wincing in pain. The horrid aching sharpens his alertness and he finds his surroundings too quiet, almost unhabited. " Where's Goro?" He hissed anxiously. " GORO! GORO! ARE YOU THERE? ANSWER ME!"
He pricked his ears but all he heard is dead silence. Even the birds are not chirping. Cold shivers ran down his spine successively till he sneezed!
Ignoring his pain wrecked body, he threw aside the blanket and hobble furiously out of the cabin. His face is all twisted up in pain but he pushed on half crazed with anxiety and fear. " GORO! GORO! WHERE ARE YOU? ANSWER ME!" But no one answered him except for his own loud eerie echoes. Instinct once again directed him to the seaside. As he climbs the tiny footpath transpiring both worlds, he felt a sense of dreaded guilt for
bringing Goro here.
" GORO!" Takuya shouted at the roaring sea as he scanned the empty beach before him for any sign of human life. " He's not here ~" Takuya mutters to himself in a moment of defeat. Lowering himself down gingerly, he sat on his heels despite the stabbing pain in his back. " Where can he have gone to?" He mutters sadly to himself and ran shaking fingers through his messy hair. Suddenly his eyes widen as he spots a vague shape along the wateredge at the far end of the beach. " That's Goro! GORO!" Takuya flew across the sand yelling at the top of his lungs. Somehow he knew no amount of shouting will help but he need he felt he need to do something.
When he finally reached the shapeless figure, he fell to his knees immediately and scoop Goro's upper torso into his arms. " Goro! Goro! Wake up!"
Goro's feet are in the water, the waves ebbing splash playfully around his ankles. His wet clothes stuck faithfully to his body, sculpting a lean body outline. As Takuya shakes him gently, beads of seawater roll off his pale face and drip off the ends of his hair.
" Come on, Goro. Pull yourself together!" Takuya mutters through gritted teeth but Goro's features remind still.
The cold had flushed all the color off his entire face and plum up his slightly pouting lips. Like an ice fairy, Goro remained deeply asleep. Takuya stops shaking him and before he can stop himself, he found his lips on Goro's. The cold clammy feeling shocked him but he couldn't bring himself to pull away. As soon as Goro's lips warmed up, Takuya is reminded of how soft they were the night before gliding across his bare chest.
The sudden vision disturbed his conscience and he pull back quickly to stop his wandering mind.
