"Your pretty, I'll give you that, but Soubi is mine! Ya' hear me?"

Ritsuka blinked, looking up at the blond he'd only met about fifteen minutes ago. He had glasses and many piercings in both of his ears and he claimed to be a friend of Soubi's but he was kind of starting to doubt this guys sanity. He'd been glaring as he'd looked Ritsuka up and down back in front of his school, he'd glared as he'd asked the twelve year old if he'd accompany him to a cafe for a drink and he'd glared as they'd walked here. Now he was just randomly declaring that Soubi was his, as if he'd kill Ritsuka if he said any different. What the hell was up with this guy?

Sighing, the cat eared boy sat his glass of lemonade down, eying the supposed college student with an air of caution. He kind of got the feeling that he should be in a mental ward. "You can have him. Soubi's the one who keeps insisting we belong together." he blushed slightly, his kitty ears drooping a bit. Even though he believed his words in his mind his heart still felt a bit . . . saddened at the thought.

The blond who'd introduced himself as Kio (though Ritsuka was kind of suspecting that it was just what the fairies had named him) gaped at the younger boy as if he weren't believing what he were hearing. "You're just giving him up like that? No fight, no protests, no nothing? Do you even realize what you've got going for you? I'd kill to have him after my ass!"

He'd said that a bit too loudly and now people were looking at the two of them, smiling and whispering amongst themselves. Ritsuka sunk a bit lower into his seat, ears going flat against his skull with embarrassment. Kio didn't even seem to notice and instead all of his attention was on the boy across from him. Ritsuka was really beginning to wish he hadn't come with this guy. He might end up kidnapping him or murdering him or - something.

"Well, I'm not exactly into other guys so . . ." he muttered under his breath, trying to fight off the blush on his cheeks. Now he was getting weird looks from both strangers and an insane blond. What was going on with today? This was so embarrassing.

"Your not? But - aren't you Seimei's brother?" Kio questioned disbelievingly.

Ritsuka's ears went forward, standing to full attention as anger started to over ride the embarrassment. "What is that suppose to mean? Are you implying something?" his eyes narrowed, hands clenching into fists on the table top.

Kio frowned, sitting back slightly. "Well - no, it's just . . ." he paused trying to think of something to say, then hung his head. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up." he was gritting his teeth, probably not used to apologizing to people he wasn't friends with or didn't particularly like – as was Ritsuka's case.

The boy made a small sound, ears easing back a bit as he brought his glass up to his lips. A few minutes passed in silence as they drank their beverages.

"So," Kio started, trying desperately to think of a conversation to have with the virgin. He was relived but at the same time embarrassed that he had made such a big deal out of nothing. He'd thought for sure that Ritsuka would fight to keep Soubi but he honestly seemed to barely care. It looked like the only person he'd have to go through to get Soubi would have to be Soubi. He'd just have to prove that he was better then this little boy who still had his ears and tail.

"Are you in love with Soubi or something?" Ritsuka asked suddenly, eying the precipitation on the side of his glass.

Kio blinked, then smiled. "I suppose you could say that. I really care about him and I want to be with him, but you make that pretty much impossible." he gave the boy a cocky sort of smile, though there was definitely less venom in his demeanor now that he knew Ritsuka was pretty much harmless to his relationship with Soubi. Or, more accurately, what he wanted his relationship with Soubi to be.

"Oh." he made a small, noncommittal sound as he took a sip of his lemonade. "I'm sorry?" Kio gave a small wave, dismissing the subject.

"It's fine. Your no threat, I just need to make Soubi realize he can have me." Ritsuka got the impression that he was not only insane but also a tad self important. He eyed the blond in a considering manner, then smiled rather brightly. This surprised Kio as it was the most radical change in facial expression he'd seen the kid have so far. Up until now he'd been stoic, and for a minute there a bit mad but this was completely different. "What?" he asked cocking a brow.

"Do you want to go make memories?"

Kio blinked. "Why don't we just do it here?" he rose from his seat and made his way over, sliding into Ritsuka's side of the booth. The smaller boy shirked away at first then relaxed and allowed the blond to wrap his arm around his shoulder and pull him close to his side. Reaching into his bag, he pulled out his camera, prepped it, then held it at arms length, hitting the button to take the picture.

Click.

Flash.

Ritsuka started to pull his hand back to slip the camera into his bag but Kio grabbed it from him and re-prepped it. The cat eared boy gave him an odd look as he put it out at arms length - further away then the first one had been - as if he were going to take a picture of himself. He was taken completely by surprise when Kio grabbed him and pulled him into a kiss, very similarly to how Soubi normally does, only Soubi's more gentle whereas this blond was forward and demanding.

He knew his cheeks were bright red as the camera flashed and he quickly pulled away, wiping his mouth with the back of his sleeve. Kio sat the camera on the table as he stood, giving Ritsuka a wink. "Don't erase it, just make sure Soubi doesn't see it. If he finds out I kissed you he'll kill me." he flipped out his wallet and started to count up enough money for the tab.

Ritsuka's brows furrowed even as the blush refused to fade, even just a little. "But - why? I thought you loved -"

"Yeah, but I said you were pretty and I love to kiss pretty things." Kio replied setting the money down on the table top.

The preteen frowned up at him, ears going back slightly. "So, you'd kiss a penguin if you thought it was pretty?" he demands, tail twitching slightly.

"Yep. And I love penguins too." Kio chuckled slightly, expression going a bit sly. "See ya' later kid." and with that he left the cafe, without another word. Ritsuka sat there for a moment, thinking. He decided that he would keep the picture and he knew he'd remember this meeting quite fondly.

For being an insane, self absorbed jerk, Kio was pretty cute. (Something Ritsuka would never admit to out loud.)

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FIN

Yay, first Loveless fic. This is also my first one that's in an actual category. My others are all in the Misc. section because FF.N doesn't have categories for them yet. XD I honestly have no idea where the idea for this came from, it just kind of popped into my head and I love Kio so . . . yep. Please R & R

Woot. I finally went back and spell checked this. Wow. My grammar sucked back then. I am honestly amazed I got so many reviews for this when it sucked so bad. I have a new appreciation for every single one of you who reviewed to this before I fixed all the problems, I truly am great full. Kio rocks!!