Summary: Fai has pissed off Kurogane.
Words: 1627
Disclaimer: I own nothing... as usual.

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Kurogane was angry. No! He was PISSED OFF! The damn mage had again annoyed him tremendously. Why couldn't he just call him by his REAL name and NOT some damn stupid nicknames like 'Kuro-pon' or 'Kuro-wanwan'. But what annoyed Kurogane the most about the blond was his ever changing stupid, idiotically wide smile. He was always smiling, in spite of the situation.

Kurogane bet that the mage had been smiling even by his mother's deathbed… If he even had had a mother. The magician seemed to have been created by someone with a bad sense of humour, just to annoy his/her counterparts. The blond was so… random.

Kurogane lied on his bed. The gang had met a nice woman named Lisa Royale when they had arrived in a place called 'The Waffle World' a few days ago and she had offered them a place to stay.

The first thought of Kurogane's when he was told the place's name where they had arrived was: What the FUCK?! Waffle World?? NO! GOD PLEASE NO! Piffle World was enough already!

Then he had glanced at Fai to notice that he was jumping up and down with joy and yelling "Waffle World!! Waffle World!! WAFFLE WAFFLE!!!" With Mokona parroting the whole time.

The ninja had to count until 1000 to keep himself for not KILLING the mage (Mokona too) and ending everyone's misery, mostly his own…

The ninja sighed, stretching himself on the bed. He had somewhat calmed down from his angered state and was enjoying the moment of peace without the mage's endless teasing. Until the person in question bounced into the room yelling with really high pitched voice:

"KURO-MON!!!!"

Kurogane snapped from his relaxed state and 'oof'ed when the 'rapist of peace' jumped on top of him, straddling him. The ninja tried to get the mage off of him, but in vain because the blond had snaked his arms tightly around Kurogane's neck.

"GET OFF ME YOU IDIOT!!!" Kurogane yelled and struggled to get free.

"Ne, Kuro-sweety…" Fai started and looked Kurogane in the eyes, smiling ear to ear.

Kurogane froze. What was the mage up to now? Nothing good definitely.

He watched in horror as Fai's face started to inch closer to his until the blond's lips pressed lightly on Kurogane's.

The nin's eyes widened, but he didn't move. The kiss wasn't long and Fai leaned back, smiling softly at Kurogane.

"???....." Kurogane couldn't get words out of his mouth. He was blushing furiously.

"Awww! Kuro-kun is blushing! KAWAII!!" the mage beamed and hugged Kurogane tightly. Now the ninja recovered from his shock and again started to struggle.

"What the Hell are you doing, mage?!!" Kurogane tried to push Fai off, who just tightened his grip. Fai giggled playfully.

"I came to cheer Kuro-ki up!!" Fai exclaimed happily, snuggling Kurogane's neck a little. Kurogane looked at Fai.

"Huh?... Why'd you think I need cheering up?" The ninja asked. Fai's happy mood changed a little sad at that question.

"Because you rushed away looking really upset… And I thought it was because of me, so…" Fai's expression changed back to the normal happy-sappy mood. "And I wanted to make it up to you!! There's nothing that a sweet kiss can't make better!"

Kurogane didn't have time to react when Fai pressed his lips again on his. The mage licked Kurogane's lips slightly with his tongue, but the ninja still didn't respond to the kiss, much to Fai's disappointment. Then suddenly Kurogane shoved Fai away.

Fai fell on the end of the bed and blinked at Kurogane. "Kuro-nyaa…?"

"You bastard!" Kurogane hissed. His head was cast down so Fai couldn't see his face clearly. But he could sense the threat radiating from the ninja.

"Wha- What?" Fai stuttered. He couldn't understand why Kurogane was so angry all of a sudden. He hadn't done anything! Except kiss him, but that couldn't be it… Right? Everyone liked kissing.

Kurogane raised his head and looked at Fai, his red eyes burning with fury. "You… Did you run out from ideas?! Wasn't the name calling enough that you had to invent a new way to bug me?!! You fucking BASTARD!! I am sick of this!!" Kurogane yelled. He was shaking.

Fai looked at Kurogane in disbelieve. What was the ninja talking about?

Oh, no! the realization struck Fai. He thinks that I was again just teasing him! But that wasn't what I…

Fai's thoughts were interrupted when Kurogane rose quickly from the bed and walked towards the door.

"Kuro-rin!!" Fai yelled after him. But all he got was the slamming of the door.

At downstairs Syaoran and Sakura were in the kitchen, drinking some tea, when they heard a door slamming and a steaming Kurogane stormed past them and out the back door. They blinked a few times after the ninja in wonderment. Then a few seconds later a blond blur ran past them shouting:

"KURO-BOO, WAIT!!" and too disappeared out of the house.

"What was that?" Syaoran asked and looked at Sakura.

She just shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. Maybe Fai-san got too much under Kurogane-san's skin this time…" and that wasn't far from truth…

A pretty young woman came to the kitchen then, alerted by the noise. She had short brown hair resembling her eyes and she wore a simple black dress.

"What was that noise?" Lisa asked of the two travellers. Sakura and Syaoran turned their gazes to her.

"Oh, nothing. Kurogane-san and Fai-san are just having their usual quarrel" Sakura assured their hostess.

Lisa giggled a little. "Well, as they say: 'Even a horse will kick out of love'"

Syaoran and Sakura stared at her wide eyed.

Lisa blinked. "What?! Haven't you noticed it!" she exclaimed.

The youngsters blinked. "Noticed what?" Syaoran asked.

Lisa sighed. "That those two have a crush on each other! Well, at least Fai has on Kurogane… "

"Mokona knew it! Fai and Kuro-wanwan are lovey-dovey!" the bunny like creature danced happily on the kitchen table, where she had appeared from nowhere.

"Mokona? Where have you been? We haven't seen you since this morning" Sakura asked curiously.

Mokona jumped on Sakura's lap. "Mokona was napping! Kuro-rin snored so loudly last night that Mokona couldn't sleep!"

Sakura chuckled. "So, you slept in Kurogane-san's room. I was wondering where you slept"

Mokona giggled. "Kuro-rin's face is so soft to sleep on"

"I'm going to the store to buy some stuff" Lisa announced. "Would you like to come with me?" she asked and received nods for answer. "Great! Come on!" she made her way to the front door after grabbing her wallet and keys from the side table. Syaoran and Sakura followed her, as did Mokona.

"Will Fai-san and Kurogane-san be alright?" Sakura asked.

"Of course. They are grown men!" Lisa said.

They went into Lisa's car and she started it and so they drove off.

Mean while at the backyard of the house Kurogane was sitting under an apple tree in the garden. He was so angry that he didn't notice the presence nearing him.

"Kuro-rin…" Fai started but stopped when two fuming red eyes met his blue ones.

"Can't you get it in the thick head of yours NOT to call me by those stupid names!" Kurogane said coldly, turning away.

Fai stared at his companion. "I'm sorry… Kurogane-san" he said apologetically.

Kurogane just snorted and rose to his feet.

"Why do you always have to pick on me? Why only me?" he asked, back facing Fai.

The mage didn't answer. He didn't want to answer and anger the ninja even more.

Kurogane turned to face the blonde. Fai looked so miserable and guilty. His always present happy- sappy mood now broken. It looked so weird and unnatural to see Fai like that, because the mage was always smiling no matter what.

Kurogane sighed and walked in front of the mage. "Just tell me why" he said.

Fai looked Kurogane in the eyes. The other didn't seem so angry anymore, just curious. Fai hung his head down causing Kurogane to frown. The mage then turned his back on the ninja.

"You would hate me even more if I told you…" Fai said sadly.

Hate? Kurogane thought. He really didn't hate the blonde man. He just felt extremely annoyed and angry after Fai's every tease and nickname. But hatred? No.

"I don't hate you. You just get to me easily with your bugging" Kurogane said, earning a surprised look from Fai.

"Really? You… You don't hate me?" he asked, unsure if he'd heard the taller man right.

"I don't hate you" Kurogane assured.

Fai's eyes lit up and a smile spread across his face. "I'm glad" he said and turned towards Kurogane. He shifted closer to the ninja and put a hand on his cheek, caressing softly. "And this is why I always bug you…" Fai leaned in and brushed his lips tenderly on Kurogane's.

Kurogane tensed a little. Then Fai broke the kiss, smiling. Kurogane glared at him.

"Are you again teasing me?" he started to get angry again.

Fai's smile didn't falter this time. "No. And I wasn't teasing you before either. I know that I sometimes go too far but that's the only way to get you to pay attention to me. I don't like it when you ignore me" he confessed.

Kurogane stared at Fai stunned.

"What? Why you don't want me to ignore you?" Kurogane asked dumbly.

Fai blushed a little. "Because… Would you be happy if your object of affection were ignoring you?"

Kurogane pondered. "Well… No I suppose… Hey! Wait a minute! Object of affection! Do you mean…" Kurogane exclaimed and Fai nodded.

"Yes. You are the one in my radar" the mage smiled and wrapped his arms around Kurogane.

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