I don't own Weiss Kreuz. Wish I did, but I don't. This is purely my brain on overdrive. And seriously, please don't flame me saying that this isn't how Aya joined Weiss. I obviously know that, or this would be a translation and not a fanfic. If you don't like it, please don't read it. Rated for yaoi(MxM) and swearing

Chapter 1

"Do you really have to go? Can't you tell them you want to stay longer?" Naru asked, pouting at him as Aya packed his things. Now that Masato was back he was being reassigned.

It was about time, too. The man had been back for two weeks, and Aya was tired of being just a fixture. They didn't need him here anymore. I mean he liked it here, but it was time to move on.

He knew he would miss the family-like atmosphere here with the Crashers, and of course he would miss Knight sneaking into his room late at night.

But this team was complete again. He'd quickly become nothing here. The only good thing about Masato coming back and making him stay the two weeks was the time he'd gotten to spend 'playing' with the two of them. It had bothered him that Knight had taken the liberty without really asking him. He'd been treated like a whore, but he had known it would end soon. That he would finally be able to leave, so it hadn't mattered. Besides, the two of them knew what they were doing, and had put him on sensory overload every night.

Regardless, his heart hurt, but his body protested that it was the intimacy he'd denied himself for so long. He didn't deserve a proper relationship. He didn't deserve for anyone to touch him gently, to care how he felt. The best he could hope for was what Knight had given him. And yet he felt relieved to finally escape living like that. And yet, he'd gotten so used to it that he knew he would miss it.

He would also miss the heated arguments, and the way they worked together on missions.

But the team he was being sent to was in need of a leader, from what he had been told. He wouldn't let things get the way they had here.

Besides, he was a professional. They all were. There was no reason for things to go badly. It was the reason he'd put up with Knight's 'visits'. It wasn't all bad. I mean as pissed off as it made him later he did like the things he did to him.

"So they're taking you away from us, are they?" Knight asked, standing in the doorway and watching him pack up his few belongings.

"And you weren't even going to kiss me goodbye?" Knight came toward him. Aya shoved him. He wasn't in the mood to play this game! Knight knew his rules! They weren't in love, so he wouldn't damned well act like it!

"Still the no kissing rule? And why is that? You never did tell me. Kissing feels good, it makes you feel…ah, I see. It makes you feel!" Aya just nodded. He wasn't going to deny it. Kissing meant attachments. Kissing was something…he didn't know why, but he always thought of it as more intimate than sex.

"Ran, not everything has to remind you of what you lost. Sex is just sex, and…"

"Its not!" Aya barked at him. "Its not something that should be done with strangers. Whether its between friends or between lovers, it should never be looked at that way! It takes trust!" Aya growled. He was tired of hearing that shit! Knight didn't used to say things like that. But now that his pal was back everything had no meaning to him where Aya was concerned.

"Ran, I didn't mean it like that. I just meant that its something you do to feel good, it doesn't mean you're in love…you don't love me, do you?" Knight looked worried for a second. Aya snorted with a roll of his eyes.

"I have better taste than that," Aya zipped up his bag and shoved past him, nearly walking right into Masato.

"In a hurry, Ran?" Masato asked, wrapping an arm around his shoulders. Aya grabbed the cigarette out of Masato's mouth and put it out on the man's hand. Masato knew how much he damned well hated cigarette smoke! And he sure as hell didn't want to go and meet his new team smelling like an ash tray.

"Kritiker's stealing him from us," Knight said, sounding pissed off.

"Not much notice. Would've liked to give you a good send-off. We still can, if you'll go back in your room," Masato said with a look that clearly said that he knew Aya's answer. He had better things to do than let those two screw his brains out.

"Ran, feel free to come back and visit us as often as you like." Aya nodded. He didn't know what this new team was like, so he might need to vent. Besides, he did consider them friends.

"Do you have to go? I mean can't you ask to stay?" Naru asked, pouting at him.

"Ran has been given his marching orders. Besides, the other team must need another member, otherwise they wouldn't have come for him," Bishop said, patting the boy on the head.

"Sorry to see you go, Ran." Bishop said, looking like he wanted to say something more, but kept his mouth shut.

When the doorbell rang, Aya made his way down the hall. That had to be Manx. She'd wanted to escort him in, but when he said no she said she would drive ahead of him She was worried that he wouldn't get along with his new team. He wasn't stupid!

He'd only talked to her on the phone before. He was used to dealing with Queen. She seemed professional enough.

He made his way to the door and swung it open. A redhead in a business skirt suit stood there smiling at him.

"Manx?" he guessed.

"And you're Aya, am I right? I have told your team to expect you over soon. I hope I'm not rushing you, but its best…ah, I see," she said, noting the gym bag he was carrying.

"What do they know about me?" He wanted to be clear on what he was walking into.

"Only that your name is Aya, that you've been doing this for a while on a well trained team, and that you're coming to join them. I thought it might be best to let you explain anything else." Aya nodded, satisfied with the answer. He'd been worried that Kritiker would blab too much about him. Of course he knew he should've known better.

"They were just made aware that they were getting a new member when I talked to them this morning. Unfortunately, I was just informed as well, or I would have given you both notice."

"Its like any job, when you're finished somewhere you move on," Aya said simply, making sure it was quite clear that he hadn't minded. He wasn't going to let on the fact that he'd been waiting, that he'd been needing to move on.

Aya followed her outside, going to his car while she climbed into hers. He waited until they were on the highway before passing her. He didn't want them to have Manx there to tell them he was almost there. He wanted to walk in and see things as they were, not when they were trying to make things look better.

She could bitch at him all she liked later.