Fai hissed in pain as the ninja wrapped his left ankle once more, "Ow, Kuro-pon. Be gentle~" He whines as his ninja stood up.

"Tch, it's your fault idiot mage. I'm being as gentle as I can be without making the wrap loose. You know it has to be tight for the ankle to heal, dumbass," Kurogane rolls his eyes before holding out a hand for the blue-eyed man. "C'mon, let's get you to our room." Fai's eyes widen before he hesitantly takes the lager man's hand. The difference is almost astonishing. His hand almost looks like porcelain in the tanned palm.

To avoid something awkward the mage says, "Aw~ is Kuro-daddy worried about Fai-mommy?"

The ninja avoids his gaze, "So what if I am?" comes the gruff reply. Fai stumbles on his good foot and nearly falls. If it wasn't for Kurogane being one step behind him, he would have landed on his bad ankle. "Tch, be careful idiot! I don't want to have to carry your stupid ass all the way there." Despite his words the ninja gingerly placed an arm around Fai's waist to support more of his weight.

"Kuro-pon…" Fai trails off not knowing what to say.

"Tch, mage," Kurogane answers as he opens the door. The group had found a nice apartment in this world, despite the civil war going on, and it was quite cheap. It was a two bedroom one bath type of place. Fai and Kurogane took one room, despite trying to give it to Syaoran, and Sakura took the other. The kitchen was slightly dinky, but Fai could work with it, and there was a short couch opposite the tiny dining table.

"Thank you Kuro-pon~ Kuro-puppy is so strong carrying the kitty~" Kurogane scowled at the names, but kept silent as he deposited the mage, slightly gently, onto the bed. The ninja proceeded to prop the mage's ankle up with a couple of spare pillows. A bang sounded at the front door. Kurogane was immediately up with his hand on his sword.

"Kurogane-san! We found Sakura's feather, but we have to hurry!" Syaoran's voice sounded frantic. The mage struggled to pull himself up, but was stopped by a large hand pushing him back onto the soft bed.

"Kuro-sa-" he tried to whine, but was silenced when Kurogane kissed his longish hair.

"Watashi wa anata ni modotte kurudarou." The ninja said with conviction in his eyes before running out the door.

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A/N. Hi! I'm back, ummmm…. No excuses for how long I've been away, but this is a special prompt for my best friend uniquemangalover! She said, "what if Fai couldn't join a fight for some reason, and Kurogane kissed his hair like Kurogane's father did when he left?" (Sorry about the spoiler!) This popped into my head not too long ago, so poof this was born!

Uh, "Watashi wa anata ni modotte kurudarou," means "I will come back to you." I used Google Translate, so sorry if that's wrong!