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Intro: -Romanyi Rota, ‘Diri, Diri, So Kerdjan?’- My dog just had more puppies… We think something is wrong with her, though, because she had one pup but now it’s been over ten hours since she delivered the first. She has this bump so we think there’s another pup but it’s not coming out… (sweat drop) Now that I’ve officially grossed you out, let’s continue with the story!
A/N: Filler chapter! Or, at least, it was supposed to be. It was going to be a little short to balance the other chapters but that didn’t work… (sweat drop) Actually, this chapter now holds a very important role… (blinks)
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-O-
Fai had been in the hallways of the upstairs unit silently sobbing over a corded phone. His face was buried in his hand and luscious golden bangs. Kurogane shouldn’t have seen Fai in this state ever. Yet he was seeing it live in person. And he was hearing Fai’s raspy voice choke through the swallowed-back replies and cries. ’…Um, I think so… Yes, father. Yes, I understand. Is that all…?’
’I just don’t want to see you getting hurt again Fai,’ a muffled voice replied through the phone.
Fai smiled weakly, a tear slipping out through his right eye. ’Kurogane is a good guy, father. He’ll be gone by the time Grandfather comes home and everything will be like nothing happened. I’m sure. Believe me.’
A skeptical, ’hmph,’ screeched through the air. ’I’d like to believe you, Fai, trust me. It’s just…after Ashura…I don’t know what to think! You say this boy is just a friend, but… I don’t’ want to hear about you getting hurt again from your mother. Is this boy really just a friend?’
’Yes, father! Yes! He’s just a friend! Ashura was an accident! That wasn’t even my fault!’ Fai pleaded in a scream. His eyes widened as his body tensed up. Kurogane felt tension vibrated loudly as if a horrible memory resurfaced. Things didn’t make sense.
’People have died for you, Fai. It’s your entire fault. At least…try to live your life with some honor,’ Fai’s, ’father,’ asked of the boy.
Fai nodded, now biting his bottom lip. ’I got it… But…if I do end up liking this boy…what will be the consequences…?’
Silence lingered for over ten minutes. Kurogane supposed he should get back to the restaurant. His break was more than over. ’You are a dirty boy, as I'm sure you're aware. You've been reminded every day and raised in an envirnonment where nothing can go wrong from that point on… So tell me, is it really necessary for punishment?’
’I…don’t ever want to see him again. I hate looking at the damned thing but if you force me to confront him…I’ll kill myself.’ Fai sighed loudly as he slumped deeper. His back still rested against the wall yet he was so bunched up into a ball one might suppose he was boxed into an invisible corner.
The man replied, ’I will take necessary measures. You can admit to the world what you wish but you are my son and your mother’s son. You will take over the ryotei, you will marry a reasonable woman, and you will keep yourself chaste until the day comes when we will decide what’s best. If not, know that I will have no regrets handing you over to that man. Whether he hurt you or not…it’s only your fault. I will not regret just selling you over to Ashu-’
Fai hung up the phone. He threw it at the opposite wall with such a velocity to break the phone. Kurogane stared wide-eyed. He mentally told his legs to move but they would not. He was glued into place. Fai let a few more tears roll down before he rubbed them clean and ran back down to the restaurant again. He was shocked to see the item blocking his way was a large, speechless puppy sitting flat on the floor with bent eyebrows and a disgusted look. He gulped.
-O-
There was an awkward silence that night during dinner. The normal smiles that were plastered about Fai’s face were brighter than normal and stretched to an extent. There were ten more plates than usual and the mundane seating arrangement had been altered. Fai usually sat next to Kurogane to munch off of the other’s plate and to snuggle up; sometimes with occasional kisses (which, of course, Kurogane told himself he hated with all his body.) This was not the case. Today Fai sat across from Kurogane.
Fai smiled warmly with glittering eyes. He extended a hand out with a dish of food layered on it. With a bright gleam, Fai giggled happily. “Would Kuro-Myon like another dish of-”
“Cut the shit out, Fai,” Kurogane snarled. He snatched the plate away from Fai and dripped the oozinig contents onto his own. His scarlet eyes glared up at the blond male. Grimacing angrily, he growled under his breath a muffled obscenity. “That was your dad, right? What the Hell happened between you two?”
Fai nodded his head slowly. Golden eyelashes had settled mid-way on their cerulean case. “How…long was Kuro-Rin listening in…?”
“Some time,” Kurogane replied ambiguously. A raven eyebrow poked up. “Am I, ‘this boy,’ you’re talking about…? I don’t like it when people talk about me behind my back. Now you’re gonna fess up – what the Hell do I have to do with anything?” Kurogane demanded.
Fai bent his eyebrows lightly with a weak frown. It was funny – even when Fai frowned it looked as if he were smiling. “There was an incident. It’s just…I’m a little flighty, that’s all. It’s nothing bad. My father just thinks I jump from one man to another like some sort of school-girl who needs someone else to complete her.”
Kurogane snorted. What the Hell was Fai spouting? That perfectly described the slender boy! “What’s he afraid I’ll do? Jump you? Fat chance of that.”
Fai smiled weakly at that. “Of course not. Kuro-Chou’s too shy to be so straight-forward as that,” he chuckled happily.
Tight muscles relaxed slightly. At least Fai was acting more like himself now. “Shut up,” he sneered with a bright blush. Seriously, if he was going to be in a relationship, he’d immediately start it off and he’d make sure to make the first move and he’d make sure to treat her like a spoiled princess. He blushed a further shade of red – was that really the kind of relationship he wanted…?
Fai giggled airily. “Kuro-Byo looks like a cherry!” he chimed with a horrible whistle. Kurogane’s smirk perked up at the sad attempted of blowed-out air. Fai’s eyebrow rose in question. “Is there something on my face…?”
Kurogane snapped back into reality with a pale blush so feint it wasn’t noticeable. For Fai-vision that was a joke, however. Fai had sharpened senses, it seemed like. Kurogane arose from the table and carried all the dirty plates he had used into the sink. They tossed and flipped until they halted with a, ‘clang.’ The boy poured a green liquid onto the plates as the oozing concoction’s suds grew into bubbles. With a glance to Fai, Kurogane sighed. It just couldn’t be helped.
He strode over to Fai’s seated position and placed a light peck on the blond male’s forehead.
-O-
Fai glanced at Kurogane. It was a wonder at how wonderful a person can seem after just a simple incident. Kurogane hadn’t asked or demanded to know what kinds of words were exchanged and he didn’t inquire about the actions that took place. Fai smiled dreamily – if he were a trapped princess, Kurogane would definitely be the type he’d wish would sweep him off his feet.
Crimson glared at him. “Don’t look at me like that you queer,” he growled.
“Don’t you know?” Fai teased with a smirk. Kurogane shook his head. Fai cocked his head to the right with a gleeful smile. Moist lips pursed up in a suggestive pout. An index finger pointed to the pursed partings. “I want you to kiss me!”
Kurogane strolled over the figure and bent down. If he didn’t do what Fai wanted him to do, he’d pay double-fold for it later. Still, there was something tugging at him as if he truly wanted to kiss Fai. His fingers parted the golden bangs with an embarrassed smile. Chapped lips brushed against Fai’s cheek in a pecking motion.
Fai tensed under the touch with a whimper. Pale cheeks flustered up in a pout. “Not there.” He crooked his head upwards and leaned in. Kurogane’s eyes widened slightly as slender hands ran through raven strands. The other hand’s index finger pointed to his lips again. “Kiss me here.”
Kurogane broke off. “Don’t wanna.”
Fai sighed in irritation as Kurogane left him alone in that empty room.
-O-
“…Why doesn’t Kuro-Pyu kiss me anymore? I know he wants to,” Fai sighed airily one evening. Since Kurogane had worked the nerve to kiss him on the forehead that one night, they had been sharing a single room. Fai had obviously enjoyed in the pairing, basking in the warmth and company, and even if Kurogane denied it, Fai assumed he was enjoying himself, too. Which was why he was stretched along the bed with a pillow over his body and his head lolling off one of the mattress' sides.
Kurogane glanced over to Fai in an uninterested way. His, 'employer', hadn’t even given him the luxury of changing into night clothes privately anymore. "I’m not like that. People have never talked about my being like you and they never will, I tell you,” he replied with a voice of anger. Fai nodded his head with sad blue eyes. Kurogane averted his gaze with a slight blush. “It’s just…I don’t know. It’s unnatural nowadays…”
Kurogane began crawling underneath the covers when Fai smiled weakly. “You’re uneasy around me because I won’t tell you what I said?”
Scarlet eyes sharpened. “That has nothing to do with it.”
“I’d tell you if you would ask,” Fai replied innocently. Crimson orbs jolted open with a focusing glare on Fai. The young male shrugged lightly with a smile, grinning in a familiar way. Kurogane poked an eyebrow up.
“And you’d tell me the truth?”
Fai’s smile perked to the right. “If you truthfully want to know the answer to the question you ask.”
Kurogane’s skeptical expression wiped away clear. He situated himself to face Fai. Pale limbs clothed in white crawled their way atop the brunet with a weak smile. Kurogane’s hand unintentionally moved up and down in a stroking motion upon Fai’s back. “What kind of drama’s up with your family?”
A golden eyebrow rose in question. “Aliens are abducting random family members. Is that really what you want to know?”
Kurogane bit his lip in aggravation. “What do I have to do with this and why the Hell were you crying?” He made a mental note to bite his tongue and clench his eyes shut for whatever response Fai might give.
The blond smiled meekly with a nodding head. “That’s a good boy. But…I can’t tell you.”
Kurogane snapped his eyes open. “What the Hell? You said you would!”
“I said, ‘If you truthfully want to know the answer to the question you ask.’ Would Kuro-Pyon really like an answer to that question?”
Kurogane was already biting his bottom lip. It could be said he was chewing on it by now, but that was irrelevant due to the abounding silence. The elder of the boys glared at the blond, calmly resting to the side of him, as if nothing was out of the ordinary. Raven eyebrows knitted together tightly. He couldn’t take any more of this. He grabbed Fai tightly. Even through all the protests of the slender boy, he refused to let go.
“You…make me want to hold you tight.”
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