Ai No Kusabi The Space Between Volume 3: Nightmare by Rieko Yoshihara

Author:Rieko Yoshihara
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf, epub
Tags: Psychological, Sci-fi, Tragedy, Yaoi, Adult
Publisher: June
Published: 2008-03-25T03:00:00+00:00

"Then he's only getting in the way. Show him the door."

With a loud bang, Thor slammed his fist down on the table. He glared and grit his teeth. "Don't fucking push your luck!"

"The kid doesn't know his place, Robby," Riki said shortly, "Tell him to keep quiet."

Thor leapt to his feet, but Robby grabbed his arm, ignoring the snarls aimed in his direction. "What are you stopping me for?" Thor snapped. He looked like a wounded animal; Riki had delivered his finishing blow with his usual precision.

"Nobody's better than this guy at finding someone's weakness; he's been able to do that since Guardian. Just drop it, all right? Shoot your mouth off in this game and you won't get a second chance." Robby looked at Riki, a meaningful smile dimpling one cheek. "Wouldn't you say?"

Like code exchanged between spies, only Riki and Robby understood the nuances in those words. Even Guy felt outside his territory.

"I'm not here to baby-sit. You wanna deal or not?"

"Fine," Robby said. "Here I am with the infamous Riki of Bison, who got a little carried away. We'll consider the introductions over with."

Thor couldn't hide the grudging expression on his face. He audibly grunted in dissatisfaction.

"You've gotten pretty scary, Riki," Robby said. "Even with you dragging your butt around like a beaten dog, you've still got a few aces up your sleeve."

"Don't get on my case. When did you hook up with this sinker kid?"

"He happened to be the only one with the balls to take on God's Grim Reaper as a pairing partner."

Pairing partner? Those were the last words Riki had expected to come out of Robby's mouth. "Really?" Riki cemented. "I thought you had better things to do with your time."

Riki knew how attached Robby had been to Schell.

I lost Schell because of you—but you're the one smiling. There's gotta be something wrong with the world, huh? Whatever I lost, you're gonna lose just as badly!

Riki could remember the black lump of violent emotions Robby had hurled at him that day in Guardian. But rather than guilty, Riki had felt more impetuous and annoyed by Robby's outburst. He and Robby had never gotten along since.

In Guardian, attachments became obsessions. Intractable emotions turned unnaturally pure. And the reality that love itself couldn't accomplish anything became painfully true. The only happiness possible came from inflicting pain on others. Children in Guardian learned to keep from being alone and ostracized, but also not to confuse dependency with trust. This suffocating and inescapable atmosphere suffused the "paradise" that was Guardian. All that was gained and lost there produced a defining sense of self that couldn't be compromised, no matter the cost.

Riki, Guy, and Robby all knew that. They were the children at Guardian who knew what really mattered. Adults were wont to call children like that "precious." It was why Riki didn't buy into the notion that Robby couldn't love anybody but Schell. But he hadn't wanted to contradict him, either. Robby being Robby, Riki had figured he was capable of getting over Schell's death.

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