Time's Chain

by Kurara

Comments: This is kinda sorta based on a book I read in 8th grade and I
felt that Toshiya would make a good heroine...er...hero in it ^^
comments? Complaints? LOL
~Kurara
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Part 1

The cool, crisp air was refreshing for Toshiya as he rode his bike up
the hill to the abandoned mansion. He was wearing a nice white dress,
which made it harder to bike, but he didn't care, this was his favorite
pastime, to go to the old Camui mansion and imagine he was a hundred
years back, in 1900. It's where the romance was more alive, and people
were formal. The only bad thing was that back then, a cross-dresser
like him would be even less accepted, but he knew he could still pass it
off.

Reaching the top, he saw his boyfriend, Kyo, sitting on the ground and
writing songs. Toshiya parked his bike on the ground and stood near
Kyo, not wanting to get his dress dirty. "Hi Kyo." He ruffled the
blonde mass of hair.

Kyo looked up and smiled before going back to his writing. "You look
nice."

Toshiya gave a slight smile. "Arigato."

Kyo finished his writing and closed his notebook, shoving it in his
pocket before standing up and putting his hand behind Toshiya's head to
bring it down to his for a kiss. "You know, that dress lies."

"Eh?"

Kyo ran his finger along Toshiya's chest, licking his lips as he went
down. "White is the color of purity, but you are _so_ no pure!" He
smirked.

Toshiya pouted. "I'm a good little christian girl, what are you
talking about?"

"Oh, really?"

Toshiya nodded.

Kyo's expert hand held onto Toshiya's bulge and gave it a slight
massage, causing the taller mand to moan. "Then what's this familiar object?
Hm? Or maybe I should just un-purify you here and now, on the grass?"

"No! Not outside!" Toshiya ran into the mansion away from Kyo, who
just laughed.

"So, then you will inside?"

Toshiya peaked out. "If you're lucky!"

Kyo pouted. "Well, I can't today anyway, I have to go to work.
Yoshiki needs another one to come in today, and lucky me gets the job." He
walked to Toshiya and hugged him. "I'm sorry."

Toshiya bit his lip. It was always like this, Kyo would always break a
date they had because of work. Toshiya wondered sometimes if Kyo was
doing more than just work with Yoshiki, even though Yoshiki was twenty
seven, ten years older than himself and Kyo. "So, I'll see you at
school then."

Kyo nodded into Toshiya's chest. "Hai." He kissed Toshiya softly
before jumping on his motorcycle and driving off.

Toshiya watched him disapear down the hill before turning and walking
into the mansion. Going to the center of the room, he began to dance
with his eyes closed, imagining a waltz song in the background. Humming
it aloud, he was lost in his imagination until he tripped on a broken
tile, falling to the floor, hitting his head and blacking out.

"Un..." Toshiya moaned as he woke up, his head pained.

"Hello? Are you awake?" A voice came fromt he side of the bed and
Toshiya turned to face the owner. "I guess so. You gave us all quite a
scare, collapsing on the dance floor like that."

"You... saw? I thought--"

"You thought no one was looking? Everyone saw! You were the only one
at the party that had an unfamiliar face and with that revealing
dress!"

"Revealing?!" //I was wearing a longer dress than normal!// It was
then that Toshiya noticed how much the other wore. //Like...// Toshiya
gasped, realizing he was in the mansion, in a a room he loved to go in,
but it was all new looking. "What... what year... is it?"

The other one laughed. "It's nineteen hundred, silly."

Toshiya's heart quickened. //Nineteen... then...back? I went back?//

"Now, I've never seen you before. What's your name?"

"Toshiya. Hara Toshimasa, but everyone calls me Toshiya. Kimi wa?"

"Me?! You're in my home and you ask who I am?"

Toshiya shook his head. "Gomen ne, I--" //Think! It's unreasonable
to say you're from the future! Just say... um...// "I don't remember
anything but... but my name..."

"Aw, poor thing. Well, I'm Shinya Camui. I'm the younger brother of
Kaoru. I thought I was the only one who dressed like a girl." He
smiled at Toshiya. "Do you... like men?"

Toshiya's breath caught and he slowly nodded his head.

"Oh! So do I. Now that you're here, I feel much better. I have
someone to relate to." Shinya rested back in his chair. "You know, until
you get your memory back, I'd like you to stay in my home, okay?"

Toshiya nodded. "Arigato."

Shinya smiled. "No problem! It'd be nice to have a friend who is like
me. We can be like sisters." Toshiya blushed and suddenly a knock
sounded at the door. "Hai?" Shinya called out.

"Shin-chan, can I come in?"

Shinya's face brightened at the voice and he stood up, smoothing down
his dress and fixing his hair. "Hai!" He smiled.

The door opened a crack and a man walked in, closing the door behind
him before coming up and kissing Shinya lightly. "Hello Shinya. How are
you?"

Shinya staying in an embrace with the taller man. "I'm fine. And, our
dancer is awake." Shinya gestured to Toshiya. "This is Toshiya.
Toshiya, this is Daisuke, but everyone calls him Die."

Die held out his hand and Toshiya shook it. "Nice to meet you,
Toshiya."

"Nice to meet you, Die."

Shinya smiled. "He'll be staying with us for a while. He lost his
memory during the fall."

"He? Toshiya is like you?"

Shinya nodded. "Good thing he ended up here instead of elsewhere, ne?"

Die scratched his head. "Good luck I think. SHould I go tell your
mother that Toshiya will be staying?"

"That'd be wonderful! Then I can get Toshiya into some decent
clothes." Shinya kissed Die shyly and went to the closet. "Toshiya, take off
your clothes."

***

"Mother, this is Toshiya." Shinya presented.

A beautiful woman... er... no, man ^^, stood in front of them and
examined Toshiya's face. "A man?" He questioned.

"Hai."

"Well, Toshiya, I am Mana. You can meet Gackt and Kaoru when they come
back from thier ride." He looked out the window. "Kaoru still hasn't
agreed to taking a bride." He sighed. "He hasn't shown any intrest in
women, and unlike Gackt, he can't even find a feminine man he likes.
Shinya... you and Die are probably the only side taht will work here."

Toshiya blinked in confusion and Shinya giggled. "Mother and father
had gotten married. Those not of the house don't know that mother is a
man. Kaoru and I were children that mother was given by a sick woman
with no home. We were raised here, everyone thinking that we are the
true offspring. Mother wanted a boy and a girl, so at an early age, when
I showed more affection to the feminine side, I became the daughter."

Toshiya nodded. "Sou desu..."

A door opened downstairs and Mana turned and walked to the railing to
peer over. "Shinya, your father and brother are back. Please send your
father up to my room."

Shinya nodded. "Hai, okaa-san." He turned to Toshiya. "Come on, you
can meet them too."

Toshiya smiled. "Sure."

They went down the stairs quickly and first a man with long dark hair
with an orange tint looked up, staring at them with crystal blue eyes.
"Shinya, who's that?"

"Welcome back. This is Toshiya, the dancer last night?"

"Oh! Let me get Kaoru." He looked out the door. "Kaoru! Come in and
say hi to the guest." He turned back to the two bishounen and smiled
(::swoon:: -K). "Nice to meet you, Toshiya. How long are you here
for?"

"Toshiya lost his memory in that fall, so until he gets his memory
back, he'll be here." Shinya informed smartly.

Gackt nodded. "Okay. Nice to have you here."

"Um, okaa-san wants you to go to his room and talk to him."

Gackt smiled. "Talk... heh..." He started to walk off. "Well, it
WILL be something to do with tongues and lips."

Shinya laughed and took Toshiya outside. A man that was Shinya's
height walked up to the two and gasped at seeing Toshiya. He lowered his
gaze. "I'm sorry for bumping into you and making you fall. I hope you
forgive me."

Toshiya gave a puzzled look to Shinya. Shinya giggled. "Kaoru had
bumped into you and that's how you fell yesterday." He looked to Kaoru.
"Don't worry Kaoru, he doesn't even remember. He lost his memory, so
he's staying here until he gets it back."

Kaoru nodded and took Toshiya's hand, kissing the top of it lightly and
looking up into his eyes. "I'm terribly sorry."

Shinya pouted. "Stop acting so formal Kaoru, he doesn't care."

Kaoru blinked, finally hearing the "he". "HE?"

Toshiya blushed. "Yes..."

Shinya poked at Kaoru's forehead. "Isn't he pretty?"

Kaoru nodded. "Very..."

Toshiya blushed even more. "Arigato..."

Shinya smiled. "Well, I have to go talk to Die, so I'll leave you two
alone." Before anyone could say anything, Shinya bounded out of view.

Toshiya looked up shyly at Kaoru. "So... um... how old are you?"

"Nineteen. Kimi wa?"

"Seventeen... I feel so young."

Kaoru frowned. "Don't. It's good to be young. You can be free of
being forced to make decisions before you're ready. You don't have
responsiblity."

"I have responsibilty... everyone does."

"What about, being forced into a relationship? I want to have a
marriage because I'm in love, not because of some arrangement my parents make
so that I can inherit everything. I don't care if Shinya gets
everything." //Why am I opening up to him already?//

"Have you ever been in love?"

"..." Kaoru looked up. "Once."

"What happened?" Toshiya noticed a feeling of sadness in Kaoru's eyes.

"He died..." Kaoru's voice was soft. "He was sick... my parents
didn't know about him because... he was one of the servants..."

Toshiya's gaze went downcast. "That's awful."

Kaoru closed his eyes and looked to the kitchen. "Hey, why don't we
have the maid fix us a lunch or something and then we can go on a
picnic?"

Toshiya smiled. "I'd like that."

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