刳らん要

kuranrei@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:23:28 GMT

She was sitting up in bed, her pillow in front of her as she was gripping it as if it was a lifeline she only had to cling to. It was rough. That was the only word she could properly describe the events that took place. As a matter of fact rough probably didn’t even cut it.

Insanity. There's a better word for it. The undisputable insanity that existed within her family. And it was enough to plague on any normal person's sanity. First, she had the issues that happened at Right Style, then on her way home she had to listen to her fathers screaming yet again on the phone over something dealing with her and Jason as she tried to talk to her mother about something. And then she came home only to find her grandmother Aubrey laid up in bed -- with a fever of 102. For any normal human being they'd probably have lost their minds by now.

Sadly enough -- she wasn’t your normal person. Jaden Allysa Hosten was stronger then most other people within her predicament.

"Jade..!" she heard her grandmothers pained mumble from the other room, "I need my amoxicillin and some Advil since you have time..."

Taking as much of a deep breath despite the pain in her frontal cortex, she swallowed her own hurt and headed to go take care of Aubrey, making sure she was well rested.

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It wasn’t until she knew her Grandmother was resting she went to go stand out in the kitchen and leaned over the counter to take a deep breath, feeling the tears threatening to fall down her cheeks. She didn’t know about Gabe, he was with Sandy.. Jason was working late and couldn’t get any phone calls...

She then noticed her phone go off with a text message. Taken by surprise, she flipped open the phone to see who the message was from.

Hey there, you doing okay?

She shook her head slightly, "Johnny..." she mumbled slightly before she found her fingers without even thinking sliding across the keys to send him a reply back.

Actually.. you got a minute for a quick call...? I could use a familiar voice...

It was a record two minutes when she felt her phone go off in her pocket. She noticed his name showing up on the caller id as she flipped it open quickly, trying to pull control of her voice. "Hey you.."

Hearing his voice on the other end seemed to send a small sense of comfort that she needed at that particular moment "Hey what's going on?" he asked her. "Everything okay?"

She tried to disguise the pain in her voice as she smiled a little, leaning back against the wall out on the sunroom that she ran out to when she knew she had a phone call, "Just... things catching up. Also Grams is sick with a fever of 102."

"Oh yikes, that's not good. Is she going to be okay?" he asked her, a mild sense of worry about Aubrey slipping into his voice.

"Yeah.. probably. I pumped her up with her pills, put her to bed, and praying she'll fall asleep early." She said as she placed one hand on her forehead. "That ... and Michael was up to his old tricks again."

He knew she was referring to the twin's father. Neither of them liked to refer to him as their father. "What about work? Had something serious happened or just the usual hardships?"

She shook her head at that, "Just the usual bull.. actually today was a little better then the other day, the other stuff plus the low sleep gets hard."

He knew what she meant, he'd had those moments here and there -- especially when lack of sleep tended to make things seem to be more trouble then they needed to be, "My suggestion, is to try and sleep hard once she gets to sleep, and sleep even longer on your next day off. Cant get enough sleep you know?" he joked, trying to get at least a little bit of a chuckle out of her. "Cant let those pretty eyes get lined with dark circles."

She felt herself roll her eyes a little at that joke and bit her lip slightly, "Dork..." she mumbled on the phone as she looked at the time from the clock up on the wall, "I forgot.. you were meeting someone tonight weren’t you? I’m so sorry."

She heard him cut her off a little before she could finish apologizing, "Hey... its okay, all right? Don't worry about it. You going to be okay or do you want me to give you a shout back later to talk some more?"

She shook her head, "If you feel up to it you know I don’t mind talking with you one bit, especially if its you." she told him.

"Oh stop you'll make me blush." she heard him joke around as he let out a little bit of a laugh.

She couldn’t help but breathe a light bit of laughter out of her throat before she felt the tears slide out of the corners of her eyes. "Hey Johnny....?" she said in a half hushed tone.

"Yeah?"

She felt the few tears slide out of her eyes as she brushed them away, "...Thanks hon. I really mean it."

She heard his voice take a gentle but serious tone, "What did I tell you? I'll always be here if you need me."

"And i appreciate it, more then you'll ever realize... I’ve been really blessed with an amazing best friend. Thank you hon."

She almost thought she could hear him smile on the other end of the phone, "That's something I should be saying." he said back to her.

She felt a smile touch her lips as she held onto the phone, "Ill let you go, go enjoy time with your friends. I’ll go check on Gram."

"All right, I’ll talk to you soon. Love you Jade. Remember that."

She smiled slightly, "I love you too Johnny.. take care of yourself." and with that, she closed her phone, took a huge deep breath, wiped away the rest of the tears, and went back to the mess that was the kitchen.

Someone had to take care of it, and it might as well be her.

kuranrei@gmail.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:30:56 GMT

Story: Without You
Fandom: Weib Kreuz
Disclaimer: I dont own it -- its owned by Koyasu Takehito

I don't know what started me to think about it, but the more i thought about it, I realized why I had changed and grew to the person I had become.

And that reason was the fact that you were a part of my life.

I was still feeling kind of off when I went into the kitchen to get myself a beer. I knew Chloe had gotten it for me as a token for getting injured as I had from the previous mission. I honestly think Chloe was more worried about my well being and sanity from how hard it was. I think they all were.

But i appreciated the gesture, despite the unease i felt deep down within my stomach.

I cracked it open as i took a long guzzle from the long necked bottle. Usually I didnt drink at all, I wasnt all like that Baka Yohji...

Heh, Yohji. He moved on from his life -- found repentance.

I was still living the same blood spattered life. But nothing new was there with that.

Unbeknownst to my thoughts, I heard another hiss-crack of a beer bottle opening as I noticed Aya was standing there, taking a long sip from the neck of the container. "You know there is such a thing as asking ya know." I teased him slightly as I felt that easy grin sort of slide across my lips.

Swallowing the beer in his mouth he looked over at me with a shrug, "Well since I know that you're such a willing person to share with me, I took it as an open invitation to help myself."

Shaking my head slightly as i took another swallow of my beer i looked at it, "It's fine anyway, its not like i can drink all of them at once." I wrinkled my nose and made a face, "I aint the lusch of the times." I muttered as i rubbed the back of my neck slightly.

Aya looked at me with that calm expression on his face, "Just stay away from the ladies and you wont fall that way." he said in a half jest with a slight smirk.

I made my little Tch noise at the back of my throat as i shook my head, "Haven’t thought about it since then, ya know?" I told him as I absent mindedly swirled the beer within the bottle. I stayed away from the aspect of women, after I had to abandon Yuriko. I didn’t want to subject myself to the possibility of getting hurt again - - once was plenty for me. As much as all the other members before, the one who seemed to always fall back with me was Aya. Even after he came to find me in my darkest time in the prison. Lost within my own solitude and darkness, I was loosing myself to the insanity, because i didn’t feel like i had a grasp on anything.

I had a funny feeling I knew why he was there. He always seemed to know me the best. Even at my roughest moments he was there, whether he said anything or not. "Where are the others?" I asked him, though i had a funny suspicion where they were.

Aya shrugged, "When I got back from errands everyone was gone, so I decided to stick around a little." he said matter of fact as he took another sip of his beer.

Blinking, finding myself having a moment of empty-brain syndrome as i looked over at him for a moment, before asking him, "You forgot to practice?"

He reached over and lightly flicked my ear slightly, "I figured you'd want the company you dumb jock." he said chidingly, before he looked at me a little, before he reached to grab at my shirt. "Shirt. off."

I retracted slightly, "What? This late at Night? Hot Damn Aya youre getting forward." I said as i tried to crack a joke before i got the look from him of Shirt off or i get the katana. sighed as i started to mutter a little, "Still the same angsty bastard regardless...." but did as I was told. I flinched as he helped push my soccer jersey over my head, knowing my ribs were at the very least Sore.

Aya had other thoughts, "You probably cracked them..." he said as he reached over for the first aid kit, and proceeded to work on wrapping my midsection to support them. After a long moment of silence i heard him speak up quietly, "How are you feeling despite?"

I knew what this question was asking. He was wondering if i was ready to go out of control, let the psychotic side of me let loose from all the stress as i used to after a terribly hard mission. I always found myself loosing a part of me into that -- but somehow he was the only one who really knew how to pull me out of it. "I almost thought....but I’m feeling more tired." I told him truthfully.

"You're getting old." he said with a half smirk

I raised my eyebrow at him repressing the grin showing on my lips, "Oi, look who you're calling old ya angsty geezer." I teased right back. I felt the smile start to fade as I felt the pain in my head decrease slightly thanks to the beer, and i found myself just randomly spurting, "I almost felt it…right after the mission. I was thinking about that after it happened... but then I realized something. I’ve always been scared of myself at times, Aya..." Surprisingly as much as i was wanting to stutter, i was able to keep the calmness within me as i took another swig, swallowing it before i let myself continue. "But I realized something that's been keeping my sanity stronger then before."

Aya stared at me for a moment with a look of perplex on his features before I turned to stare at him, "Because I’ve had you at my side all these years, you're the one who always knew how to bring me back out of the insanity." I told him simply. "You're my best friend, and I think without you -- I would be dead in a gutter somewhere."

I noticed a few different emotions flicker through his dark eyes -- confusion, surprise, then softening quickly with realization before he reached his hand up. I almost flinched, wondering if he was going to bonk me again, but it rested slightly through my brown hair as i heard him say quietly, "I wont let you fall down that way. Ever."

I smiled slightly as I held my bottle out as a silent toast to him, "I'm entrusting my life in your hands Abyssinian." I said with a grin.

Hearing the bottle clank against mine, I heard his reply, "I gladly accept."

kuranrei@gmail.com — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:00:44 GMT

Story: Love Bite
Type: Shugo Chara
For: My kawaii kohai catboi lunareuphoria
Disclaimer: I dont own shugo chara, im just an amuto shipper

Hinamori Amu was sitting up in her room, dressed up in a cute artist like outfit for Halloween, under the idea that came from Miki. She felt a little embarrassed, but Miki had created the costume for her from a sketch she made reaching more into the creative side of Amu.

The costume consisted of black stretch pants, and a blue halter top, complete with a really pretty black shrug and a big blue artists cap, similar to the one she wore with the Character Change she did with Miki.

Her mom and family thought it was an amazing costume idea. She did too, but she couldn’t help but wonder if the little number was a little too…revealing.

Ran grinned as she waved her pompoms out in the air with a cheer, "Amu-chan you look so cute!" she squealed as she looked over at her fellow chara. "Nice work Miki!"

Miki grinned as she nodded her head in a sage like fashion, "You don’t doubt the artist touch you know, it always works out good in the end."

Amu blushed a little, a tiny sweat drop of embarrassment seemed to fall from her forehead. Being she was now almost seventeen, she thought she had gotten mail saying that Ikuto may be coming home for a visit from school abroad. That entire idea made her heart skip a beat. Her Cat boy coming back to Japan, possibly to see her? The mere thought made her cheeks flush with a little bit more of a pink to a red hue on her slender cheekbones.

Suu grinned as she said in her singsong like voice, "And Amu-chan looks even cuter when she blushes desu~!"

Amu came out of her reverie as she squeaked, "Aw c’mon guys...." she whined as she looked out at the open window before moving out onto her balcony. The moon was high and full on this night, reminding her of other nights, filled with the images of the tall boy with dark blue hair and those piercing orbs that she always seemed to get lost within.

Without thinking, she leaned against the side of the house by the balcony, and found herself mumbling his name without even thinking, “Ikuto…”

"You called for me...Amu-koi?"

She squeaked a little as she felt strong arms wrap around from behind her as two strong hands seemed to tip her chin up a little, the familiar smirk and pointy ears twitched as he looked at the cute full on blush that formed over his Joker's cheeks. He loved to make her blush like a red strawberry. It seemed to match the delicious scent she always had about her. “I forgot how fun it was to sneak up on you.” he said with his trademark smirk starting to grow on those now even more handsome chiseled features.

She tried to put on her “defensive” mode but wasn’t able to put it fully up as she turned her head, “You‘re such a pain you know that you perverted cat?” she huffed as she bit her lip slightly, tucking it in between her perfect rows of teeth.

Getting a full look down at her costume, he could feel the slight burn of his blush, but pushed it back as his smirk grew. "Hmmm kawaii... you dressing up for the cute and irresistible artist touch for me? " he whispered into her ear. As he flicked his tongue out against the sensitive nub of her upper earlobe, “And even with the less clothed approach with it…I don’t think I’m the only dirty-minded person here Amu-koi…”

She gulped for air as she felt his hands begin to wander down her sides before she started to stammer a little "C...Chigau mou..It was Miki's i.." she then stopped. That Miki. Dressing herself according to her inner wish? Or was it the fact that...maybe some part of her wanted to dress up like this for Ikuto?

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Miki was watching how it was going from the side just as she felt a little pawed hand seem to tap her on her shoulder, "Miki-nya~!" the voice crooned in its cute squeaky little voice.

Miki jumped as she felt her cheeks turn a soft pink, "Y-yes Yoru?" she asked the other Chara, trying to keep her composure. It wasn’t her fault that the thing that drove Ikuto and Amu together was the reason why she was so infatuated with Yoru. He was cute for being the cat chara that he was. She loved the fact that he was such a little devious one -- but enjoyed a good laugh when he could.

Yoru thought for a minute, as his own smirk, one almost identical to ikuto formed on his lips, "Ne Miki-nya...you dressed Amu up because you thought of yourself in that position didnt you?" He floated around her as he got in her face, his smirk widening, "You were thinking of us in that position...?"

Miki felt her cheeks flush an even brighter pink as she stammered out some excuses before she squeaked, feeling Yoru snag her, fly down to behind some flowerpots to where no one could see them. “Y…Yoru! What are--”

She stopped mid sentence as she felt herself being swept down and letting his furry paws wrap around Miki before he kissed her. She of course couldn’t resist returning the gesture of affection as her own tiny fingers grasped to his collar.

He then grinned after they broke the kiss, his grin evil and devious, "Next time my Miki-nya will dress like that for me..."

Miki's cheeks went a bright red, "Y...Yoru...."

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Amu was still thinking when she felt Ikuto's lips moving in a feather-light kiss across her neck from her ear, before she heard him whisper again, "Amu-koi..."

She gulped a little, before she reached her fingers slowly to hold him where he was behind her, "Y...Yes, Ikuto-kun?" She licked her now dry parched lips as she felt his warm hot breath against her neck, and smelled his warm nightly musk scent that always seemed to make her knees weak.

He had wanted to tell her this since before he left her. He hadn’t totally realized how much he loved the pink-haired honey-eyed girl until after he was apart from her. Just like with the Humpty Lock and the Dumpty Key, they both just seemed to fit and compliment each other.

He had thought about it over and over in his head before he looked down at her after tipping her eyes to look up into his dark pools, he lowered his head down, and kissed those lips. Using his tongue, he gently prodded against them, pleading silently for entrance. Happy when he felt her comply, he was surrounded with the familiar taste of milk and strawberries, bringing that sensual purr he always felt when he kissed her. Letting his free hand wander across her thin artist-like clothes, the other gently cradling her chin, he felt her breath hitch as her own fingers held onto him tighter, a purr forming in her own chest.

This sent his senses out of control as he released the kiss, letting his lips move down around to her neck, before he whispered softly, "Do you know what I decided to be...Amu?"

She was feeling as if her body was in overheat when his lips were hovering against her milky skin, "N..Nani-" but was cut off as she let out a gasp of pleasure, feeling him gingerly bite and suckle against the skin near her ear. Her fingers tightening their grip, one of them lightly tugging against his dark tresses, she conformed as tight as she could to him.

He released his mark, seeing it start to turn red a little, with only a mild puncture point in two places, "Now the vampire cat has claimed the only love he wants....with his trademark love bite." he then licked at the mark tenderly before his arms wrapped around her tightly, "No one will ever take you from me…I’ll never allow it." He felt his fingers grasp even tighter around her before he whispered into her ear “Aishiteru…Amu.”

Amu heard the infliction in his voice before she gasped slightly, hearing him confess his true inner feelings to her. As she turned around, and reached her fingers up to cup his chin in her slender digits, she looked into his eyes. She wanted to make sure she was positive of the motions that roiled in there, and sure enough they were visible. She could see the mixed emotions of paranoia, longing-- but most of all, the deep love he felt for her.

"You dont have to worry about that Ikuto...I'm yours, remember? You had the key that unlocked my heart. I..." she smiled a little softer before she got on her tiptoes, and touched noses with him, "I love my vampire cat boy..."

Ikuto felt his heart swell as if it could burst, as a genuine smile --not a smirk-- curled on his lips. Leaning forward, he allowed their lips to come crashing together with a full moon lurking behind them in a perfect silhouette.

kuranrei@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:46:37 GMT

Story: A Fallen Angels Life
Type: Original
Words:

Sometimes I wonder what the hell I'm going to do to keep my mind focused and going strong........

Its so hard to keep smiling when i'm trying to work as many hours as i am, and trying to keep our house going with Grandma and Jase. I just cant seem to keep us going.

We just barely get through everything and keep above water. The main reason why is because we've been trying to help mom out. She just cant seem to get through things that were happening.

I went to the electric company to pay their electric bill, and Jase had said he'd go to the cable company for her to pay that. They've had so many different things turned off, we werent going to have mom deal with that. Our father can be such an asshole.....

She stopped writing in her journal as she rubbed her face. She looked at the time to see what time it was. 12:59 am. She couldnt sleep at all, not after what had happened earlier that day. She hadnt taken her pills yet. So climbing out of her bed, the sounds of Jeff Dunham's comedic act coming up over her laptop from a previous screen, she crept into the bathroom to go grab all her different pills, popping them in her mouth and swallowing it with a swig of her raspberry lemonade flavored water.

She stared at herself in the mirror of her bathroom for a long moment, before she wiped her face with some cold water and patted it with a towel. She just stared at the reflection staring right back at her before she let out a tiny sigh. "I dont know about you Jade...." she muttered aloud to herself, keeping mindful of her grandmother and her twin brother sleeping elsewhere in the house.

No sooner did she mutter to herself, did she feel a pair of arms reach from behind, wrapping around her waist firmly and a head falling gently against her shoulder. She shook her head slightly as she smiled a little. "Sorry if i woke you." she muttered to her twin as she leaned her head back, and rested it lightly on his shoulder.

He smiled only just a little as he ran his fingers through her hair as he mumbled lightly against her neck as his face buried against it there. "Nah, you didnt wake me." he assured her as he then propped his chin up on her shoulder, staring at her as they looked into the mirror, "So....are you trying to put off sleeping so you can avoid the asshole and life all in one shot?" he teased, his voice taking that joking tone as he smirked lightly, trying in a vain attempt to get his twin to grin a little.

"How did you guess?" she mumbled back in a teasing yet mild sarcastic tone as she found herself unable but to smile just a little bit as she let one arm slip around behind her twin brother's waist, just as the other arm came up over and around them so she could tousle his hair just a little bit.

There was something just so calming when she was with her twin brother. It went along with all of their close bond that they shared. A bond such as this was typical with identical twins. And due to all the stress and other such things that the two of them had been through, their bond was greater then most identical twins.

Sometimes drastic changes tended to make connections like that stronger, and for the two of them it just got like that. Ever since they had hit puberty. When they were in Marian and hung out with some local college students, when Jade was the one who got yelled at for them being out late, Jason always came to her rescue, stopping their mother from yelling then staying with Jade when the tears finally fell after their parents left her alone.

Jade looked in the mirror and turned her cheek for a moment, observing the redness that was there a little and shook her head with a sigh, "Bastard hit me harder that time..." she mumbled as she sighed, "Broke grandma's one glass too when he slammed the cabinet door."

She looked down at the sink for a moment, before leaning back and rested her head against Jase's shoulder again, enveloping her chill of the negative thoughts into the warmth her twin brought for her, "I dont know Jase..I'm just getting so tired of this bullshit."

He sighed, his lips touching lightly against her neckline as he took in a deep breath. He was just as frustrated and pissed off at the person that apparently they shared half of the alleels in common with -- the sperm doner as he liked to call him. He never really started acting like a father when they became of age. Gabe was the one who took care of them more then their own father did so. "I know Jay...I know." he whispered soothingly to his twin as he let go of her, and grabbed her hand. "Cmon..." he mumbled to her as he pulled her gently towards her bedroom.

It wasnt uncommon that the two of them shared a bed at times. They used to do it all the time when they were children, because they felt more comfortable with each other then anyone else. It was one of those many quirks of having the connection of being identical twins. There were times when so many hardships took over their family, they drew on each other for strength. When their grandfather passed away years ago, the two of them shared the same bed for almost a year.

Jase fell on top of Jaden's matress and boxspring on the floor, then gently tugged her back into the bed with him, before wrapping his arms securely around his other half. Feeling her weight fall lightly against his chest, his body instantly tightening his hold on her. As if she was a fragile vase that if he let go of it, it would shatter into a million pieces. He wasnt about to let that happen to his other half. No way in hell.

Jaden bit her lip and let out a little bit of a squeak as she felt Jase drag her down on top of him before she finally adjusted her body, leaning her entire form into the strong warmth that Jason offered to her. She leaned her head down against his neck, breathing in that familliar smell she grew so accustomed to. "You're wearing Tommy again arent you..." she mumbled a little as she buried her head more against his chest, her dark tresses covering her face from his own. Jason always knew the right way to try and take her mind off the deeper darker pains that she was dealing with.

He smirked a little as he gently stroked her hair, whispering in a gentle voice, "Yeah....yeah I am. Just try to sleep jewel... I'm not going anywhere tonight." he assured her before he accentuated that statement with a gentle kiss to the top of her head, reminding his twin sister that she was safe in his arms.

Jade did feel so exhausted. She hadnt known what exhaustion was until after she had cried so many tears from the asshole. Her eyes began to drift closed as she felt the tiniest of smiles curl at the corners of her lips as she mumbled a little incoherently. "Love you...know that brat...?"

Jason watched as she started to fall into a deep enough sleep that she wouldnt wake up from as he kissed the top of her head one more time, "I know dork....and i promise you, that Gabe and I love you more then that." he whispered to her, before he closed his own eyes, his own frustration and exhaustion was able to take him off to slumberland, calmed by the mere fact that he protectively held Jade in his embrace.

kuranrei@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:32:21 GMT

Story: A fallen Angels Life
Type: Original
Words:

Starbucks was quite busy for that night. More then likely it was the local college kids getting out of their classes for their late night fixes. Jade noticed that Starbucks was probably one of the many corporations that had to be doing really well for having such a monopoly in today's society -- however the fact she was semi anti-corporations....she couldnt fault the fact that she was in love with the flavor of their raspberry mocha frappucinos when she really needed one.

Gabe looked over at his two younger siblings as he worked into his back pocket to find his wallett. "Stay here with jewel killer, i'm gonna go get what she wants." He then turned to Jade as he lightly tapped her underchin, "The usual raspmocha right?" he asked as he flashed her one of his million dollar grins.

Jade nodded slightly, her one side of her face still stung with the severity of how hard he smacked her. "Please." she said quietly as she leaned against Jason a little. "Thanks Gabe." she thanked her older brother.

"Hey, what's a big brother for huh?" he said to her as he ruffled her hair a little bit before he got into position in line to get her drink.

After a long moment, Jade stopped where she was, as she felt her heart begin to sieze up and felt her chest start to rise and fall in an almost sort of a panic attack. Jason, easily being able to sense this, he grabbed onto Jade with ease and supported her, knowing what was going on as he shouted out at Gabe that he was taking Jaden outside.

Once they made it outside, and helping her lean up against the car, he moved his sisters legs apart to move between them before he took her chin in his fingers, and saying in the most gentlest of tones, "Jade, what are you feeling...?"

She shook her head, before giving him a weak half smile, "Im fine jase... im just really sensitive after getting worked up thanks to the asshole..." She felt the tears form in her eyes as she turned her head a little bit, "It doesnt make it any easier anymore especially when....."

Jason knew exactly what she was talking about. No sooner then a few weeks ago had they learned the truth behind the mysterious quietness of their best friend Anthony Marcus. Anthony and Hannah Bonnewell had grown close to the two of them for four years.. but it wasnt until just recently after Tony's tragic death, and after Jason slowly helped his sister nurse past the grief she was feeling, Did Tony's sister approach him online and let him know the brutal truth. That Hannah was six months pregnant, with Tony's child.

Staying in between his sisters legs so that he could gaze at her, he kept her face in his strong hands, rubbing her jawline with his thumbs as he gazed into those eyes as his voice spoke up with a gentle quiet, "Hey..what did i tell you huh? He aint worth worrying about, even though i know how much you want to throttle him...save that for me to do when I see the bastard in hell." He smiled ever so gently, before he leaned his forehead against hers, his eyes half closed before he whispered in a gentle tone, "I dont like seeing our Jewel so dull.. especially not over a douche like him. He'll pay for making the other half of me so upset like this."

Jaden watched her brother as he tried to calm her down, and she just couldn't help but feel some part of the pain that resonated through her chest begin to ease. Jason just seemed to have that way about him, or perhaps it was just the bond they shared. There were times when she'd be limping for no reason and when He got home from work she'd find out he'd twisted his ankle. Or if she had banged up her arm rather well, he would rub out his arm for weeks till hers healed. Resting her slender fingers against his chest, she splayed them out as she whispered in a nonesense type stanza, "Pain go away, plague like within my other heart need not resonate.."

He chuckled under his breath as he used his free fingers to wipe away any other tears from her cheeks that continued to fall. "You've been watching Serenity a little too much again i think." he muttered as he closed his eyes, feeling her fingers brush a tear away from his face that seemed to slide out without his knowing.

She smiled weakly through the tears, "Two parts of a same River... with a Gabby Gabe for a Simon-protector...but you're more my Simon." She whispered as she buried her head against his shirt.

Just as they were slowly stopping, so did their big brother re-emerge with drinks in carrier, and passed them out as needed. "what are you two little troublemakers trying to plot against me now?" he asked with a teasing grin as he propped himself up against the car with them.

Jason grinned evilly as he gave the look of innocence, "oh us? you must have us confused with two other twins Gabe...."

Gabe then rolled his own eyes before he leaned over to ruffle Jaden's hair, "Your choice Jewel, what do you want to do before we head back?"

Jaden thought about it for a long moment, before she looked up at them, "lets go ride around the lakes for a bit.... for some air."

Jason shrugged, "Im game, but its up to our cheauffer if he's up to the busing."

Gabe laughed, "Whatever Jewel wants Jewel gets remember Killer? Cmon, get your ass in the car and lets go."

kuranrei@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:09:31 GMT

Story:A Fallen Angel's Life
Type: Original Work
Words:

Let's see.... what or where should I start with my life and what i'm doing here within this new journal that i'm keeping? There's so much I could start with....

Well, for starters, my name is Jaden Allysa Hosten. But most people just call me Jade. I'm 26 years old, and i moved from Marian New York to the sunny state of Florida in the City of Angels Haven. Trust me, living up north with your family then making the change is something that's hard to come by.

Now why do you ask why we made the change? Well let me tell you.....

My mother had lost her job, and our father decided to pack us up and just move everyone, including my grandmother to florida. The benefit is that we'll be near my older brother Gabriel who is down here, the bad thing is my family and I were giving up all we had up here.

And my family? Well, it consists of my mother Angellica, whose one of the strongest women i've known in the world. I also have a great grandmother, named Aubrey Martin. And Aubrey is my mothers mother.

I mentioned about my older brother Gabe, he's four years older then I am -- I also have a twin brother named Jason. And in case youre wondering, we are identical twins, though people say they cant tell. I guess you can say that we've got one of those classic bonds no one can break.

Now, the only other one i havent mentioned about is.....

A sudden sound of breaking glass was heard out in the hallway, followed by the sounds of a man screaming and bitching about things in the living room. Jade tensed like all hell as soon as she heard it, as she bit her lip hard. "Great..." she mumbled to herself, "He's fucking here."

She debated on if she should be going out into the living room. When it came to her father carrying on like he was doing, she knew to stay away. Why? Because she was his guinea pig. She was always the one who found to be the whipping bitch for him. It was nothing the boys did wrong, the boys were fine in his eyes. But with her, it was another story. Another story in general.

She heard another crash as she got up and crept out of her bedroom, hoping that she was going to avoid the chernobyl.

"JADEN ALLYSA!"

Shit.

She turned her heel slowly as she saw the fuming face of her father stalking towards her, "Why the goddamn hell havent you done any sort of yardwork for your grandmother?!?!" he screamed as he got up right in her face. "You are so useless and pointless, i dont know how the hell your grandmother puts up with you!!"

Jade felt a twinge of anger and frustration shoot through her system, "I'm sorry Father, I didnt realize working 40 hours a week to help grandma get out of the debt we're stuck in at the moment with Jase counted as doing nothing." she said respectfully, but in an incline to sound like she was being defiant.

Michael Hosten glared at his daughter and with a swift motion of his hand, he smacked his daughter HARD across the face.

And before he realized it, he had his eldest son tackling him and rolling him away from where Jade was.

Jaden literally fell back as she tried to catch her footing just as she saw Gabriel tackling their father and holding him down. He could see the fury blazing in her elder brothers eyes as she bit her lip hard.

Gabe held his father down, trying to force his entire being to not want to slug his father right there, "How many FUCKING Times are you going to pull this same goddamned bullshit you asshole?!?!" he seethed through his gritted teeth. "I NEVER.....want to ever see you TRY...."

He was stopped short when he felt the slender hands of his baby sister grasping onto his shoulders, and the deadpan voice she had saying in a quiet tone, "Leave it Gabe.....let's just go...?" She asked, not wanting to see any more fighting happen in front of anyone right now. She was still feeling the stinging pain of the slap radiating through her reddened cheek. She wasnt sure if he'd haul off and punch their father, but she prayed her touch would recoil him and make him get up and they could just leave.

Gabe thought for a long moment, before he finally climbed off their father, and got up and put his arm around Jade's shoulders and walked out of the house without so much as a word. He knew that he had to half respect his father, and in a small regretful way he regretted jumping on him.... but when it came to their fathers reaction to Jade, he couldnt just not do anything. The moment Jade and Jase were born, they were his precious treasures. He became more of a parental father figure then their own father. He loved his baby siblings and teasingly called them treasure names. Jaden was his "Jewel" and and Jason was the "killer shark".

He put her in the passenger seat of his convertible, and just revved up the engine, pulling away. The two of them sat in silence for the longest of time, before Gabe reached over and took a hold of his baby sisters hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze, reminding her silently that he was right there with her, and he wasnt going anywhere.

He heard his cell phone ring after a few moments, and answered it, "Hosten...."

"What in the hell happened this time?!?!" the shouting voice of Jason came over the speaker phone, "I just drove by the house and grandma told me to call you. What's goign on? Is Jade with you? Is she okay? He didnt touch her did he?"

Gabe sighed, "Killer, calm yourself okay? Before you get in a fucking accident. Listen, just meet us at Lake Marsh near the benches, all right? and if i find out that you were driving recklessly in that Mustang, i'm taking away the goddamn keys. All right, later." he then looked back at Jade, and brushed a few careful bangs out of her face.

When they got to Lake Marsh, they parked the car and just sat there for a long moment before Jade got up and leaned against the door. Gabe got out and moved to go around to meet up with her, but was taken by surprise when he felt her silently just fling herself into his arms, and felt the wetness against his T-shirt.

Her tears.

Sighing quietly, he wrapped his strong arms around her and just held her, letting her cry as she had to. Seeing his baby sister shed any tears over the continuous fucking bullshit that she had to put up with from her father was enough to make his heart break. There wasnt much that got to Gabe, but seeing Jaden in any sort of pain, drove him up the wall.

"Jewel...." he muttered in a soothing tone as he ran his fingers through her mid-length hair, keeping her as close as he could. His other free hand ran up and down her back in a gentle manner- a little trick he used to use when she was little. "Im sorry i snapped like that, but i told you... that fucker tries laying a hand on you...."

"I know..." she said as she sniffled, before leaning back to wipe her eyes, her voice between uneasy and okay. She looked up at Gabe as she sighed, "I've been doing good enough to just ignore him, but I cant take when he's just seeming to be getting progressively worse.... ripping on mom..... blaming ever single fucking thing going wrong here, and i'm just trying to help Jase and Grams get the bills paid because that fucker keeps spending, so mom has to keep borrowing from us to survive...."

Gabe shushed her again as he held her closer, "Listen, I dont want you to make yourself worry about what stupid fucking things that jackass is doing, and Mom knows i'll help her as much as I can. But I want you to just ignore every single thing that's going on, and just try to enjoy and make your life the best it can be, you hear me?" he cupped her face in his fingers, before brushing her eyes to get rid of any spare tears, he found himself smiling gently, "I want my little jewel to be able to do nothing but sparkle, you hear me?"

Jaden couldnt help but weakly laugh as she bit her lip. Her big brother was the one she always turned to when she needed advice. When it came to simple questions, all the way down to guy issues, if Jase couldnt help her, they called Gabe. Gabe was their knowledge and protector. "Gabe....." she tried to interject.

He put a finger up, "I mean it! that's an order." he then poked her chest teasingly, before cupping her chin in his hand, "You know you and Jase mean alot to me... I love my two treasures."

Jaden smiled weakly through her misty eyes, "I know....and we love you brat." She muttered before she wrapped her arms tightly around him and hugged him as strong as she could, burying her face and drawing on his strength he gave her right then and there.

Just as they were trying to share a moment, the nearby Black Mustang came to a park near Gabe's, and their other sibling Jason came out of the vehicle, jogging over with a look of anger and concern flashing in his eyes. "Okay, what the fuck happened?" he exclaimed as he went over to Jaden, touching her face to see the red mark still visible there. He then turned to Gabe, "Okay, can I kill the bastard yet?"

Gabe shook his head, trying to give a very light smirk as he ruffled his little brother's hair, "Listen to me you little killer shark, get in your car, and we're heading to StarBucks to splurge on Jewel here. She's deserving of a little treatment by her two bodyguards."

He blinked in surprise at him, as he shook his head, "Yeah yeah okay. I'll meet you there."