No remorse - Backdated

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[[Warnings? Backdated about three weeks, and the usual coarse language, along with some nonsexual use of nakedness. Typical Kira and Setsuna stuff - questionable and suggestive, but not quite worrisome.]]

A few days after Katou's attempt to sleep in peace, Setsuna no longer angry at both Kira and Katou at all, and finally felt like getting Kira back. Marker in hand, Setsuna looked over at Sara and Kira to make certain both were fast asleep. Sara might sleep through the whole process, but Kira...not likely. Setsuna just had to hope.


Luckily for him Katou wasn't there. Not that Setsuna thought Katou would impede his attempt, but there was always a chance. Carefully, Setsuna started on Kira's head, drew a slightly girlie heart on one of Kira's cheeks, then got uncertain what to put on Kira's chest, so he wrote on his arms instead. Then he went a bit lower and started to blush at Kira's boxers. He wasn't going to take those off.... If Sara woke up, he'd be a dead man. Never mind Kira would probably think Setsuna pulled one hell of a damn good prank, Sara wouldn't care about that part.

Nervously, he looked over at her to see Sara was still out, but found his cheeks too hot to manage it; he decided to move on to something else instead when he started to lose control of the situation. Apparently, Alexiel felt she was better suited to complete the task, or perhaps it was just bad timing.

What the reasoning, Alexiel had no qualms slipping Kira's boxers off, it was just a long task as he seemed to twitch and be waking up a few times. Maybe his dreams were starting to work with her, though, because he seemed to shift in order to make it easier. Curious, Alexiel looked up at Kira's face and wondered if he was dreaming of her. No time to find out, either way.

A few words around his groin, then came to the troubling matter of getting him to roll over on his stomach, without waking him up. Alexiel leaned over and lightly breathed on Kira's face, which seemed to bother him and started the process of Kira turning over in his sleep, on his own. Once he was done, though, Alexiel hoped the marker had dried already; it wouldn't look good smeared.

Next came his back, with a pair of black angel wings, and a tail starting at his tailbone and wrapping around one bottom cheek. And on the other bottom cheek, more writing.

When she was finished, Alexiel snapped a couple of pictures on a camera, checked on Sara once again, then left a note and headed outside in calm strides.

The letter read:

This is what happens when you try to help a tormentor further torment your kouhai.

It was pretty clear who it was for and who it was from, so Alexiel left it without signatures - she was certain Setsuna intended to leave it.

Then there were the writings: "I ♥ Alexiel" on his forehead, "Setsuna's bitch" on the outside of one arm, "Owned" pointing down to his crotch and "Property of Setsuna and Alexiel" on his bottom.

Feeling accomplished, Alexiel went outside by the lake to watch the ducks and wait. She wasn't sure if Kira would catch the writing change, but it was Kira, he probably would. Just in case, she'd be waiting for him; or maybe not, if Setsuna had his way.

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Instead of answering, Alexiel refreshed his memory, bringing up, "I was always looking beyond you," in a low, cold tone as her hand slid along his face, aiming for Kira's hair where it would her nails would dig into his scalp and fingers would pull on strands. "And in the fight against Rosiel, I let you be shattered. I wasn't thinking of you then, was I?" Or maybe she just liked to inflict pain on him.

She continued to stare at him, blankly, with that fathomless stare that could cause people to question themselves and soul search, or find themselves naked in the depths. Still, Alexiel didn't directly answer; "All of my reincarnations were in love with other people. And even just now I put Setsuna's selfish, petty revenge before keeping you from humiliation. And you still think I could possibly love you?"

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"No," Alexiel corrected him. "Setsuna was playing. It was a game to him. I simply didn't care about your feelings." All the same, Kira's hurt brought no sadistic to her lips, simply no reaction followed.

"Just like I don't care for them now."

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Coldly, Alexiel pulled back, and once she had a decent distance, asked, "Does believing that help you get through the day?"

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"You even lie to yourself," Alexiel started, and she seemed to have more to say, but it was cut off by Setsuna's voice breaking through, loud and furious, "I SAID STOP HURTING HIM ALREADY!"

Then she was gone.

Setsuna looked back out from his own eyes, worried, weary and breathing hard, as though he had been in a hard fight. Slowly he registered Kira was in front of him and reached out to touch him, gently and carefully.

"Senpai...?"

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It wasn't his fault - Setsuna knew it wasn't his fault - but seeing Kira still kneeling on the ground like that caused the kid to slip down to the ground right in front of him, then throw his arms around Kira's neck; a strange uncertain guilt seized him as he did.

"I'm sorry," Setsuna whispered to Kira and buried his head in the crook of Kira's neck. "I can't control it. I can't make her stay away. I don't know why she does this."

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If Setsuna ever wondered if Kira loved Alexiel, he stopped speculating then and felt it was nearly fact. Not as bad as it seems? Yeah...Kira liked it when she showed up, didn't he? Setsuna stared for a moment then shook his head. "You don't mind at all, do you? You like getting to see her a bit?" It wasn't an accusation, just Setsuna's usual point blank questions, and he didn't blame Kira, not for a moment. He felt bad for him.

When Kira changed the subject, though, Setsuna ran a hand through his hair and looked a bit abashed. "It doesn't seem so good now. Err...how far did she go?" he asked, carefully, blushing a bit at the thought of his prior plans.

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Unfortunately for Kira, Setsuna didn't miss the lack of a response; normally, he might have let it pass, but after having his body used, Setsuna didn't feel like being so merciful. "Don't just ignore my questions," he warned, giving Kira a light, playful punch to his shoulder. "You do, don't you? It's okay if you do."

Setsuna's blush worsened a bit when Kira told him how far Alexiel had gone - what had he expected? - and he looked away. As for the pictures.... "Ha! Right, I had wanted pictures. For the memories, for laughs. Maybe to pretend to blackmail you with." But now Setsuna didn't even know where they were, unless Alexiel put them somewhere he would have.

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"She's a bitch," Setsuna agreed readily, with only that specific element. "But we both know you're lying when you say you don't wanna see her." He couldn't help the slight smile as he added, "And we both know you kinda like being mistreated." The kid was, in all honesty, fine with it, to a degree. He was okay with Kira loving her and wanting to see her; the part he didn't like was how Alexiel treated Kira. Or seemed to.

At Kira's comment on the blackmail, Setsuna snorted at him. "You know damn well I have the guts for it, I just think it's dirty. And...I wouldn't do that to you anyway. I respect you more than that, Senpai," Setsuna explained as he returned Kira's hug, just to lean against Kira and enjoy their closeness.

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This time, Setsuna caught Kira's underlying meaning and felt he fully understood Kira and Alexiel, for the first time ever. Truth was, he wasn't close to comprehending the whole situation, but it was a start. More than that, Setsuna fully believed Kira's words, as shown with a relieved smile.

"Yeah, it's time we head back," Setsuna agreed, but when Kira reached for the hat, Setsuna quickly tried to snatch it first, grinning as he asked, "What do you need this for? You look great without it."