【Clay】Looking like a tiger

It felt like I had slept for a long time and had a dream that was too long. When Youyou woke up, the memory of the dream was hazy, and the whole body and spirit were exhausted.The objects in front of him gradually became clear, and someone's voice was speaking irritably, and he felt a tingling in his eardrums, and then he slowly recognized who the owner of the voice was.

"... Stephen?"

Hearing the faint voice from the hospital bed, the man on the phone immediately hung up the call and rushed forward to check the situation of the leader.

"Thank God, you finally woke up."

There was a light black layer under Stephen's eye sockets, and he smiled relaxedly on his tired face.

"Really, it makes people worry to death." Sitting down on the chair beside the bed, Stephen lowered his shoulders and let out a long sigh of relief, "Even when you were injured before, you have never been in a coma for so long. This time is really unprecedented. ah."

The red-haired man lying on the hospital bed looked around the ward with green eyes, looked at his tired adjutant, and said guiltily, "I'm really sorry, Stephen. Although there are many things I want to ask you, first of all, can you tell me Ray What's wrong with him now?"

As if he had already guessed what he wanted to say, Stephen narrowed his eyes and pointed to the quilt covering him.

"The boy's words are right here."

"Huh?" After being reminded, he realized that there was indeed a little soft thing pressing on him in the mattress.Carefully lifted the quilt and saw a little brown furry thing was sleeping on top of him. Although there were adhesive tapes on his face and arms, it looked fine.

Reaching out to caress Leo's fluffy hair, Klaus couldn't help smiling tenderly.

Looking at this warm scene with one hand on his chin, Stephen began to lazily tell Klaus what happened.

"Young man, he worked very hard... In order to save you from the madness, the God's Prosthetic Eye almost lost control."

Propping up his body and leaning against the bed, Klaus lowered his head and listened silently.

"He fought so hard to protect someone... besides his sister, it's just you, Klaus."

The body of the man who was as strong as a beast suddenly trembled, his teeth clenched together unwillingly.He couldn't imagine that the picture of the weak boy trying his best to save him would be as tragic as the one he had seen before.

If so, his crimes cannot be forgiven.

Looking at Klaus like that, and thinking about the tragic situation in the auction field below, Stephen's red eyes were gloomy, and his voice was low, "Do you have anything to tell me? For example, the reason why you lost your mind..."

"..." Although he was silent, at that moment, too many incomplete fragments whizzed past in his mind, the wound on his body was aching, and the blood in his body was boiling hot.

"I'm sorry, Stephen." Klaus clenched his fist and said in a low voice, "Can I have another day to talk to you alone about this matter?"

Blinking his eyes in surprise, Stephen looked at him and then at Leo, and then curled the corners of his mouth understandingly, "Of course. Then I'll go first."

"Ah, thank you, Stephen."

Picking up his coat and putting it on, the man turned his head and gave him a smile, "You have to remember, Klaus. When you are in danger, except for the boy, every one of us will spare no effort to save you."

"........."

"Because you are our irreplaceable leader."

Hearing the footsteps gradually receding, Klaus stroked Leo's hair, looking at Leo, he always felt that he saw the shadow of other people fighting for him.

"Thank you...really, thank you very much..."

The gentle voice is like the sweetest lullaby, making the boy in his dream purse his lips and smile sweetly.

After an unknown number of hours, the little animal sleeping in the quilt finally showed signs of getting up.I saw the bulge squirming back and forth, then poked its head out slowly, stretched its waist and opened its mouth wide and began to yawn.

"Ah~~~~~~~~~"

After the long yawn passed, a majestic and powerful boy suddenly appeared.

"Good afternoon, Leonard-kun."

"!!??" Leo, who was still stretching his waist, trembled violently in fright, opened his eyes narrowly, and looked forward inch by inch in disbelief.Holding a book in his hand, his Mr. Claus is wearing glasses and looking straight at him.

"Hey... ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" frightened enough, Leo waved his hands and feet like an octopus, didn't he see his faux pas just now? !Although it was embarrassing, after a few seconds, he quickly realized that now was not the time to care about his image.

"Mr. Claus...are you all right?! You haven't woken up...everyone is so worried..."

Hearing the few days and nights that he had been by his side, the boy's heart was pulled together. Now that he saw Klaus, he was so grateful that he wanted to cry.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"Well... that's really great... I'll call the doctor right now!"

Just when he was about to get out of bed, the boy's arm was grabbed.Although the force was not strong, it was warm enough to trap him and couldn't bear to leave.

"Wait a minute, Leo."

That familiar voice, as if it hadn't been heard for months.

"If it's possible... can you talk to me?"

Obviously he didn't cheat or cast any magic, but he felt that his body and mind were tightly bound by this voice and body temperature.

Swallowing secretly, enduring the throbbing and uneasiness in his heart, he slowly turned around and returned to the place he most wanted to stay.

Putting down the book, the tall man faltered a little, "That... really, thank you very much. I heard from Stephen that it was Leo who tried his best to protect me, so that I could come back here, back to everyone's place. around. So..."

Klaus, who was sitting on the bed, was not far from his eyes. He didn't have to look up hard to see the emerald green eyes under the transparent lenses.It was as clear as the green of the forest, which was the precious thing he saved from the thick blood.

"Thank you very much, Leo. Also, I'm really sorry for hurting you..."

Klaus gripped the blanket tightly in pain.Hearing the other party's words of apology and seeing the other party's apologetic face, he only felt his chest tighten, and his cowardly body was filled with shame and self-loathing.

"It's me who should apologize..." Gritting his teeth, the young man bent over guiltily, not daring to look up at the other party, "I... actually... shot Mr. Claus... this is simply Terrible..."

In the past few nights, he was half asleep and half awake, as if his body deliberately let him witness the crime he committed, and repeatedly played the scene of him shooting.The gunshot, Klaus' cry of pain, all became the most terrible nightmare torment him.

"Leo, look up."

"Mr. Claus... I didn't mean to..."

That was his leader, the person he respected and loved the most, how could he...

The sense of guilt washed away everything silently, and the horror that was crazily staged that day still remained in the boy's eyes.

"Leo, Leo!!"

".........!!"

Waking up from the scene in his eyes in an instant, Leo's forehead was covered with sweat, his breathing was short of breath, and his body kept shaking.

"I'm really fine." Holding Leo's hand, Klaus looked seriously at the pair of azure eyes that opened unconsciously and moved quickly, "Leo, look into my eyes."

"But..." However, the young man was stubbornly afraid to run away, he could only hold those little hands and speak one by one, "Before HL was born, I made a promise with Stephen."

With a short story, Leo, who was extremely nervous, began to divert his energy and listen attentively.

"In that era, we all had to fight a large number of ghouls. So we made an agreement that if one of us was going to transform, the other party would kill him with his own hands."

——Kill each other with your own hands.Even the illusory words uttered from the mouth are as painful as if they have the power of words.

The boy opened his eyes wide, looking at the person in front of him in disbelief.He seemed to be imagining, if such a thing happened to him and the other party, would he really be able to do it.

"So, you did nothing wrong." Clutching Leo's hand again, Klaus closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "I've already made up my mind to give my life, so when that day comes, I won't regret it. "

"…………"

"But, Leo. You saved me. You brought me back from that world, brought me back here, and saw you again."

"Mr. Claus..."

Klaus' words made his eyes gradually quiet, the filth in his eyes began to disappear, and the person in front of him began to gradually become clear like a light.

"Does this scene look like you and me in the hospital that time?"

Suddenly, Klaus smiled and said, "But our positions have changed. I became the patient, and you were the one who visited me."

He knew which time the other party was talking about.

He will never forget it in his life.

That day, although he was blindfolded, he saw the dawn of hope.

"Leo, please listen to me."

"……Yes."

"Maybe you hate your eyes very much. It made your sister lose the light, put you in this chaotic city, and suffered all kinds of disasters... But, I hope you know. If it weren't for your blue eyes, I wouldn't Will come back safely, the members of Libra are still dying for the undead vampires, more civilians will be killed innocently, transformed into ghouls, and the sad fate will repeat..."

The pain and warmth from being caught in the hands seemed to be the meaning of the thing "life" that Klaus interpreted for him.

"Leo, you saved me, you saved Libra, and you saved the whole world. Even if it's just a little bit... I hope you can be proud of yourself. Be proud of this... who makes me proud .”

——Why is this person so dazzling.

From the first meeting, she shone on him like an indelible light, guiding this timid man to take one step after another.

"Leo, do you believe in God?"

Before the inner touch was over, Klaus' body temperature made him suddenly stunned.

"...God?" He smiled wryly, "Who knows..."

I want to say that I don't believe in this kind of thing, but it's all a coincidence like fate.

With the prosthetic eye of God, join Labra, meet Klaus, and come together.

"Then please forgive me for taking the liberty."

"?"

When he was confused, Klaus leaned towards him, crossed his chest with his right hand, then bent slightly, lowered his head and kissed him lightly on the forehead.

"May the Lord bless you."

A pious and holy kiss, bestowing God's blessing on him.

Klaus let him go and looked at him quietly, smiling softly.

He opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound, his eyes were about to be filled with light.

He was the one who was saved.

His god is right in front of him.

Tears slipped down his face quietly, scaring the other party, but he felt sincerely happy.

It was as if everything was relieved, and he could cry at will, acting like a baby at will in the arms of the person he loves the most.

"Mr. Claus..."

"What happened to Leo?!"

Seeing Klaus' anxious comfort, let him be a crybaby for a while longer.

The elevator arrived, and the door was about to open as usual.

And what is slightly different from usual is that today he happened to be able to go to work with Klaus in Labra, and he was inexplicably happy——

The two sounds of "bang bang" frightened him into thinking that he opened the door in the wrong way, and the colorful papers scattered like flying flowers all over the sky in front of him.

"Congratulations on your discharge from the hospital!!!"

Everyone in Labra congratulated Klaus and Leo who were hospitalized for their return. Their tall leaders looked down at the back of their heads in embarrassment when they saw the various foods spontaneously prepared by the members in the office.

"Thank you very much."

Although it is just a simple language, everyone understands the gratitude in it.Everyone feels lucky that Klaus can return to Libra safely and soundly.And all of this should be attributed to the short boy standing beside Klaus.

"juvenile."

"Yes!"

While intoxicated, the adjutant's call made Leo stand up in a military posture in fright.

"Haha" Stephen smiled heartily, "Don't be so restrained. Today is a party specially prepared for the two of you~ You have completed this task very well, and your courage and response are beyond my imagination. I want to give you a good review!"

Klaus nodded vigorously twice.

"Haha... this is what I should do..." Leo could only cope with a wry smile, as if he had heard similar words before.

"You pussy head!!" Zabu yelled and grabbed Leo's head, "You even disturbed my vision! Do you remember?!"

"Huh!? When did such a thing happen? You SS senior, let me go!!"

"Don't even admit it!? Let's see how I deal with you!!"

In the lively voices of young people, a new day for Labra also begins.

After pouring a glass of red wine, Stephen handed the quilt to Klaus, and then raised his voice to announce to everyone present, "Everyone will have a carnival today, and it doesn't matter how late you are! But—" After a short pause, the adjutant told the leader With a wink, after obtaining permission, he continued, "After today, our Libra will be fully involved in the operation of the underground black market. This is very important for Libra's intelligence network and source of funds, so everyone will get busy one after another. do you understand?"

"Eh~~~~~~~"

There was a lot of booing, and the adjutant who poured cold water smiled and enjoyed the expected atmosphere, while the leader next to him panicked and didn't know how to appease everyone's emotions.

Even Zhabu, who was bullying Leo, collapsed in an instant, "What... so it was the last supper, alas."

"Isn't this a common thing..." Leo took the opportunity to break away from Zabu's arm and escape to Jeter.

"That's right, I will continue to work hard after today. Right, Leo-kun."

"Well, that's right, Jetsun!"

"Why do you two look like you love your work!? It's so disgusting!!"

From morning to night, everyone sang, danced, drank and fought several times during the party. When the fun was crazy, some people climbed onto the table, danced and undressed hotly, which aroused applause from the audience. Persuading the adjutant to make a fool of himself, all the men who wanted to strike up a conversation with Jane were rejected, and there were not a few of them who were caught by KK and said that they were showing their children at home. There seemed to be a dispute between Zabu and Jeter, and it seemed that they were about to start a fight. HL this A corner of the magical city is full of feasting and feasting, and it is very lively.

Leo, who managed to escape from Uncle Paddrick, breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want to be caught and tell the great deed of rescuing the boss.Looking around in his private parts to see if he could avoid the limelight, the boy with super-sighted eyes immediately caught a hint of rose dark red in the flickering lights.

With a thumping sound in his heart, Leo avoided the drunk cats and entered the small stairs leading to the attic on the second floor.

In the dimly lit second-floor attic, the red-haired leader of Labra is holding a glass of brandy, with his arm on the railing, and he is leisurely shaking his goblet, overlooking the people who are having fun downstairs.He stood there silently, isolated from the annoyance and chaos below, the transparent wine in his hand was swaying, the scene was like a dream, and the boy standing on the stairs was stunned.

Maybe it was because of standing there for a long time, Klaus sensed the boy's aura, he turned his body slightly, and the deep facial features reflecting the light were even deeper.The moment he saw the young man, the pair of dark green eyes and the mouth with wild canine teeth couldn't help but overflowed with a gentle smile.

"Leo, come here."

The red-haired gentleman stretched out his hand to invite the young man. When he looked at the man and heard the voice, he heard the throbbing sound of his heart full, and his limbs trembled as if he had lost it and found it again.Towards that person, take one step, another step.He suddenly remembered that he had asked Klaus why he liked him, and if he was asked this question, would he be able to answer it.

Why do you like Mr. Claus?

There seem to be thousands of reasons, but when you want to choose something to say, you really can't speak.

There is no answer, he only knows that his heart, brain, and whole body are telling him that he likes Mr. Claus, and this feeling is love.

Being able to walk to Klaus' side, touch the warmth of that body, look up and meet the pair of emerald eyes, all these happiness made him want to cry.

"Aren't you going to play below?"

"Hmm." Leo shook his head, looked at Klaus and smiled sweetly, "I've played crazy enough. So...now I want to stay with Mr. Klaus more."

He frankly expressed his heart, and the person who heard it blushed in embarrassment, and then gently tightened his hand.

"Then let's rest here."

"Ah."

Just like that, the two held hands, quietly watching the many wonderful emergencies below, sometimes laughing together, sometimes nervous together, like going to a free movie on a date.And just when the movie came to a slightly boring part, Leo squeezed Klaus's hand.

"Leo?"

The young man next to him lowered his head, as if he was enduring the surging emotions, his hands were shaking, and then slowly fell down.Finally, the boy raised his head, looked at the happy scene below, and smiled gently and a little tiredly.

"Now, Mr. Claus."

Calling the other party's name, the young man whispered to himself, "I feel very honored."

Shrugging his shoulders, he chuckled helplessly, "Although the world, the people of HL, and even the people of Libra are a bit too exaggerated for me... I'm just an ordinary person. So... ..."

Holding Klaus's hand tightly, the boy looked up at this lover who was much taller than him, and couldn't help wanting to tiptoe to get closer to this seemingly unreachable person.

"The reason I feel honored... is that I saved Mr. Claus...!!"

Blushing and saying this is more embarrassing than confessing, Leo just felt his heart beating so fast, he was a little afraid to look into the other person's eyes, but he wanted to get an answer extremely.

Did his heart reach Klaus' heart again?

Holding each other's hand tightly, even a second was too painful, and he didn't want to wait any longer.

Faster, let him become Klaus' shield, protect Klaus, and become Klaus's everything.

"Thank you, Leo." Just as his expectant voice sounded, night dance music began to play in the downstairs hall.

The people below quickly grouped up and danced gracefully, but many of the dances were extremely indecent, bumping into people on the ground, causing a lot of noise from time to time.Klaus looked at the scene downstairs and saw the blush-cheeked boy in front of him. He remembered the regret of not being able to dance with Leo at the ball, so he let go of Leo's hand and bent down without hesitation. invite.

"May I dance with you, Leonard-kun?"

Calling his long name at this time unexpectedly has a sense of playfulness that is not annoying.

Leo froze for a moment, pursed his lips, and Klaus invited his memory to overlap with the present at the dance.

This time, he will not let go.

Put your hand on Klaus's. In this small attic where no one noticed, Klaus bent over, took Leo's hand, and danced gracefully to the music.

Spinning, retreating, spinning, and advancing again, in the swaying circle after circle, the boy stared at his beloved, his heart was falling, falling into the bottomless nostalgia.

At the end of the song, Klaus gently hugged Leo, who was dizzy after drinking, and let him slowly recover.

"Leo, how are you feeling? Do you want to go home and rest?"

Grab Klaus's clothes tightly, the warmth and gentleness of this person made Leo no longer care about other things.There were voices in his body screaming, and a familiar hot feeling itched his whole body.

"Mr. Claus. Tonight...can you stay in my room...won't you go?"

The small whisper in his arms was soft and cute, Klaus' body trembled violently, and then his whole face began to heat up and redden.

He didn't dare to make an attempt, but Leo urged and seduced him.

After dialing Gilbert's phone and ordering the car to be ready, the two figures left from the attic, walked through the crowd, and walked into the elevator.

It seems that the second half of the party is about to officially begin.