Indulge Me
For @mikayuuweek
Day 8: Happy Birthday, Yuu-chan! (Canon compliant, “What If” Scenario, Takes place after Chapter 119)
Hello~ Today is the last day of MikaYuu Week 2022, and what better way to end it than a canon compliant fic? Thank you so much for having me in this event, and for reading all of my stuff until today. It was a blast to let all of these ideas out. ^^
Enjoy reading, and Happy Birthday to our ray of sunshine, Yuu-chan! Until next time~
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“Say, Mika…” Yuuichirou began after they both stared out at the scenery from Tokyo Tower. “Since we aren’t from prying eyes anymore, I want to test your powers for a bit. We didn’t have much time to explore this with everything going on…”
“… Now that you mention it,” Mikaela hummed as he looked down on his hand in wonder. “I did… feel a surge of power after consuming Asuramaru. But I’m not sure if this can be of much use to us.”
“Pfft, don’t be such a worrywart. Come here,” Yuuichirou patted a space beside him for Mikaela to take a seat. He grinned. “We won’t know until we try. Let’s experiment a little, like… Like when we are kids cooking for the first time.”
Mikaela sighed as he came near and settled beside Yuuichirou. “This is different from cooking, Yuu-chan. I could possess you if I’m not careful.”
Yuuichirou hummed, unfazed. “I don’t mind; I trust you.”
Mikaela frowned at this. “You really…”
However, Mikaela’s words died in his throat as Yuuichirou gently cupped his face and bumped their foreheads together. His eyes were closed and his smile was loving. It made Mikaela’s breath hitch at their sudden closeness while a light blush bloomed on his cheeks. He idly noted how warm Yuuichirou was due to their proximity.
“… Yuu-chan, what are you doing?” Mikaela couldn’t help the question from escaping his lips, barely above a whisper.
“Listen, Mika…” Yuuichirou instructed softly. “What are my desires telling you?”
“Eh?” Mikaela grew silent as he listened deeply, taking a hint of what Yuuichirou wanted using his demonic powers before shaking his head in disagreement. “No, Yuu-chan, it’s impossible. We can’t do that.”
“What did I tell you about experimenting?” Yuuichirou pouted in disappointment at Mikaela’s disapproval before he flashed him his signature lopsided smile. “Please? Only this once. Indulge me for a bit?”
Mikaela stared at Yuuichirou as he took a moment to believe that the other was serious. When he felt that Yuuichirou wasn’t backing out anytime soon, he sighed with a tired nod.
“Alright, fine. But only once, okay?”
Yuuichirou nodded like an eager puppy with his green eyes shining with excitement. Mikaela knew he could never win against Yuuichirou with that look; he was weak to it. To see it upclose just made his blush gain more color, and he had to gaze away in embarrassment.
“Don’t expect too much, though. It will take a while since this is the first time I’ll be doing this.” Mikaela warned.
“If it’s you, then I have all the time in the world.”
Somehow, those words were both comforting and disturbing at the same time, especially with everything happening as of now. However, after their argument a few minutes ago, Mikaela didn’t have it in him to deny Yuuichirou what he wanted any longer.
He trusted him, so it’s only right for Mikaela to trust him in return no matter how unpredictable his plans were.
“Is that so? Then…”
Mikaela reached out and made a familiar gesture with his hand, making sure that Yuuichirou was backed in a secure place within the tower before grinning mischievously.
“Rest for a while, Yuu-chan. I’ll see you in your dreams.”
Then, Mikaela flicked on Yuuichirou’s forehead, which made the other yelp in surprise as Mikaela’s form became a sword once again in Yuuichirou’s hand. Yuuichirou pouted half-heartedly at his weapon, staring at its closed eye accusingly as he rubbed on his now sore forehead.
“Geez, Mika, what are you, ten?” Yuuichirou asked fruitlessly at the silent katana before he settled on a stable place to meditate as per Mikaela’s instructions. “If you want payback, then do that after I bring you back to life. I don’t want to live with a sword all the time.”
Yuuichirou puffed his cheeks for a bit, yet he still clutched the sword close to his chest. He hugged it as he willed himself to sleep, which was easy with how crazy everything had been and his body was eventually catching on fatigue and the drugs on his system.
It didn’t take long for sleep to come to him quietly as he leaned against the quiet wall of Tokyo Tower.
When Yuuichirou opened his eyes again, he was surrounded by the familiar foggy atmosphere of the subspace within his mind.
There, Mikaela was waiting for him, but he wasn’t alone and Yuuichirou quickly noticed the other visitor with round eyes of surprise and nostalgia.
“I tried to create it with the help of your memories, but I’m not sure of the credibility of it gaining consciousness…” Mikaela explained dubiously as Yuuichirou neared them, eyeing the clone that he made who had a blank stare on its face. “What do you think, Yuu-chan?”
“Are you kidding me? This is amazing, Mika.” Yuuichirou complimented as he took a hold of the clone’s gloved hand to rub it. “The details are exactly how I remembered it. You really outdid yourself. See? Even the temperature is just right.”
Mikaela’s cheeks turned a lovely shade of pink when Yuuichirou complimented his work. He had never received such praises before, and to hear it from his beloved person made his chest warm. As Mikaela was about to say something about the clone, the lifeless gloved hand suddenly took Yuuichirou’s own hand and squeezed hard. Yuuichirou had to stop himself from wincing from the pain and shock at the sudden act, especially when he looked up to see concerned red eyes looking at him.
“… Yuu-chan?”
“M-Mika?”
“I…” The clone looked around their surroundings in confusion. “Where are we? Where is that Guren bastard? Did we manage to escape?” Then he pointed at Mikaela who was staring at them owlishly. “And who is he and why does he look like me?!”
"Uh, about that…”
Yuuichirou was beginning to sweat bullets, and he could clearly feel his own Mikaela slowly becoming angry at the clone. His blue eyes were staring daggers on where the clone was holding him, and his tail was swaying aggressively behind his back.
“Mika…” Yuuichirou scolded a bit at his demon to calm him down, before turning his attention to the clone who bore Mikaela’s face. “Mika, listen to me… You…”
Yuuichirou bit on his bottom lip as the Mikaela from his memories before becoming his demon came to mind, and he had to repress the urge to cry at remembering how Mikaela died that day. But, this clone had to know. This Mikaela didn’t need to; Yuuichirou could pretend, but he didn’t want that.
Mikaela, regardless if he was the original or a clone, deserved to know the truth. Yuuichirou couldn’t bear to lie to him after everything they have been through.
“You… died,” Yuuichirou concluded with an uneasy intake of breath. It hurt, but he needed to go on. “Guren killed you, sliced you open in half while you were trying to save me. T-Then after that, you became a demon as per the cycle of a vampire’s death. That’s why…”
The clone Mikaela was silent as he processed Yuuichirou’s words, looking at him with wide eyes from the shock.
“I… I died, and became a demon?”
Yuuichirou nodded.
“So that means…” The clone looked up at Mikaela who could only gaze at him in resignation.
“Yes,” Yuuichirou pointed at the original Mikaela. “You turned into him after you died. The you now is just a clone for an experiment that I want to try, and you are now acting based on my memories. For that, I’m sorry.”
The two Mikaela’s have calmed down after Yuuichirou explained everything briefly. The clone let out a shaky breath as he thought up all of the insane scenarios Yuuichirou told him.
“I see…” He breathed as a soft chuckle escaped lips; a gentle smile adorning his face. “Oh, Yuu-chan, you don’t have to apologize. I’ll always forgive you no matter what. Thank you for telling me.”
Yuuichirou blinked when this Mikaela cupped his cheek and stared at him with a look of acceptance. The way his red eyes glimmered with a familiar sadness, yet still had the strength to move on made Yuuichirou’s own eyes shine with unshed tears.
Truly, there was nobody who could really match up to Mikaela, and Yuuichirou was happy with that because Mikaela was irreplaceable; his beautiful, strong and selfless Mikaela – his precious person who held his heart in his hands, even if his own Mikaela denied it in order to sway him away from his goals. Yuuichirou would always return to love him no matter what, even if Mikaela thought otherwise.
“… You know, you were quite the handful after you died,” Yuuichirou hiccuped that bordered between a laugh and a sniffle, trying to break the tension. His statement caused the two Mikaela’s to look at him. “You ran away and played hide-and-seek with me after you declared your love for me. I didn’t take you to be shy with how aggressive you are with me.”
Mikaela choked in his spit while his clone flushed red instantly when the topic of the love confession came up.
“That’s not—I really thought I wouldn’t see you again, s-so…” His demon stuttered softly, but his clone was staring into space at what Yuuichirou revealed, doing nothing to help his original from this predicament.
“… I confessed?”
“You did.”
The face of Mikaela’s clone burst to an even redder shade, and he shyly looked up at Yuuichirou while he fiddled with his hand.
“A-And your reply…?”
Yuuichirou beamed. “Of course, Mika, I also lo—”
A hand was slapped on his mouth to shut Yuuichirou’s words as the original Mikaela glared at his clone; his tail swished irritably once again.
“Hold on, that confession is for me.” He declared before he wrapped his arms around Yuuichirou’s middle. “You may have been created using Yuu-chan’s desires and memories, but I’m still the superior one here between the two of us.”
“Eh?” The clone blinked before he frowned. “B-But I asked first. That’s not fair. Did you ask for his reply when you gained consciousness?”
Mikaela flinched, surprised. “No, I did not…”
“Then, that confession is for me, right, Yuu-chan?” The clone asked, vying for Yuuichirou’s attention as he tightened his hold on him for a bit worriedly. “I declare it as my right because I asked first.”
“Know your limits.”
Yuuichirou blinked before he laughed at what was happening between the two Mikaela’s. It honestly wouldn’t matter because Yuuichirou would still love all of Mikaela, but to see how much Mikaela would fight for his love warmed his heart.
But to see these two going at it so seriously… Yuuichirou wondered how he could settle their fight without them trying to kill each other.
