"Rain"
	by Sara Jaye


	I've got Tabi-chan to thank for this. XD I was inspired after 
reading a bunch of her squishy yaoi fics. ^o^ This is my very first 
Sorcerer Hunters fic-I've only seen episode 1, but thanks to Tabi, I know 
quite a bit about the series, at least enough to hopefully keep everyone 
in-character. ^_^; This is a short, fluffy little piece I wrote late at 
night...it's basically a Gaterron with a few Glacécest-hints. ^~ Enjoy!

[Sorcerer Hunters belongs to Rei Omishi and Satoru Akahori, I'm just 
borrowing the characters for awhile.
This is a shounen ai fic, and there's a few hints of brotherly incest in 
here as well, so if you don't like that sort of thing, then don't read any 
further.]

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It was raining. It had been raining since the Sorcerer Hunters had arrived 
at the inn, maybe even before. And it didn't look like it was going to 
stop anytime soon.

Not that it mattered much to Marron as he sat by the window, looking out 
at the rain. It was just...water. Drops of water beating down on the 
glass.

"Still, I'm glad we got here when we did. I'd hate to be walking around in 
that," he mused.

The inn was pretty empty, too. Good thing, because Chocolat, Tira, and 
Carrot were extremely tired and had gone to bed almost immediately after 
they'd arrived.

"Niisan..." Marron's thoughts randomly drifted to his brother. He loved 
and respected him, despite his erratic, girl-crazy behavior. He would do 
anything to ensure his brother's well-being, even if it meant letting 
himself be hurt. Of course, this didn't always sit well with Carrot. At 
times, he would have to restrain his brother, or ask Gateau or one of the 
Misu sisters to.

"It's nice that niisan cares about me...but I don't want to see him hurt," 
Marron mused. The very thought of his brother in pain made him feel sad. 
"Though niisan never seems to show if he's hurt...he's very resilient." 
Marron smiled. "Especially when it comes to girls." Carrot was crazy and 
perverted, yes, but Marron wouldn't have him any other way. He closed his 
eyes, feeling warm as he continued to think about his brother. "Niisan..."

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in," Marron said absently. The door opened.

"Hey." Marron turned his head, though he didn't need to turn around to 
identify the voice. He knew who it was. "Come on in, Gateau," he said.

He was so used to Gateau coming up to him and flirting with him by now. 
Besides, the others were fast asleep.

"Hi," he said. "Couldn't sleep?"

"Not really." The muscle-bound Sorcerer Hunter walked in and closed the 
door. "You?"

"I was just thinking," Marron said. Gateau nodded, walking over and 
standing next to him.

"About?" he asked.

"Nothing, really...the rain..."

"And your brother," Gateau teased. Marron blushed slightly.

"Well...yeah."

"Hey, it's all right. We all know how you feel about your 'niisan'," 
Gateau said.

"I guess..." Marron sighed. Gateau suddenly looked worried, noticing 
Marron's expression turn sad.

"Hey...I didn't mean to make you feel embarrassed or anything," he said.

"You didn't." Marron continued to stare out the window.

"Really, if I said something to make you uncomfortable, I'm sorry."

"It's fine." Marron didn't look up. Even if he had, this wasn't new for 
Marron. He'd been feeling like this for awhile now.

The others knew he loved Carrot like a brother, of course, but at times 
Marron himself felt like his affections for Carrot were more than that. 
'It's silly...I shouldn't feel that way about my own brother, but is it my 
fault niisan's so wonderful?' he thought.

He shrugged it off. He didn't feel like agonizing about it right now.

"Marron?" Gateau looked at him, concern in his light blue eyes. "Are you 
sure you're all right? I...I really am sorry if I said something to upset 
you," he said.

"No, it's okay," Marron said quietly. He shivered slightly. "It's...cold 
in here," he said, trying to change the subject. Gateau sat down next to 
Marron and wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

"That better?" he asked. Marron blushed.

"Yeah...thanks," he said, leaning slightly against Gateau. 'I wish that 
was niisan's arm...but...Gateau's pretty nice...' Marron smiled. 'They 
both are.'

"You really look beautiful when you smile," Gateau said. Marron rolled his 
eyes slightly.

"Gateau, you always say things like that," he said, laughing a little.

"I mean it." Gateau played with a few strands of Marron's silky black 
hair. "I really do think you're beautiful, Marron," he said.

"Thanks." Marron rested his head against Gateau's shoulder, closing his 
eyes a little.

"Comfy?" Gateau smirked.

"Mmm..." Marron yawned slightly. "Quite." Gateau's arms tightened around 
the magic user.

"Good," he murmured.

There was silence for a few moments as they sat there, snuggled together 
watching the rain.

"Maybe...we should go to bed," Gateau said after a few minutes.

"Yeah, I guess." Marron yawned.

But neither of them made any move to get up.

"Or, we could just sleep here...though it isn't too comfortable," Gateau 
said. He waited for a response from Marron, but there was none. "Marron?" 
"Marron?" He looked down, and saw that Marron had fallen asleep.

"Ah, well..."

Slowly, so as not to wake him, he lifted Marron into his arms and stood 
up.

"I'll just get a blanket, then," he said, walking over and taking one of 
the blankets off the bed. He sat back down at the window seat and pulled 
the blanket around the two of them.

"There." He looked down at Marron, and smiled as he saw the serene look on 
his face.

"Sleep well, Marron," he whispered, gently brushing a lock of hair away 
from his face.

In his sleep, Marron murmured contentedly.

'Yeah...niisan and Gateau are both very nice...in their own ways,' he 
thought.

Outside, the rain continued to pour.

But no one noticed.

				~End~

	I rather like how this story turned out. ^_^ Tis cute and squishy 
and stuff. ^=^
	About Marron's 'niisan and Gateau are both very nice' lines...I 
can't quite decide whether I like GateauxMarron or MarronxCarrot more. ^^; 
So...I decided to handle it in a unique-ish way-the fic is Gaterron, but 
there's also a bit of Marron's more-than-brotherly feelings for Carrot as 
well. So it's really both pairings in one...I just hope I handled it 
decently enough. ^^;;