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Torn

"Mou, Yuuhi, you should be more careful next time," Aya
chidded as she tended to an injured Yuuhi Aogiri.

"Man, this really saved my life. I have to thank 'neesan for
it later." He held the strip of cloth up to take a good look at it,
then turned to Aya, who was holding up a pair of chopsticks to him.
"I can eat by myself, you know," he said, refusing to take a bite.

"It's the least I can do since you did go through a lot to
save me. Besides, your arms still hurt," she said smiling. That made
his heart skip a beat. "Now open wide..."

"Yuuhi-san, we have visitors." It was Q-san. The old woman
opened the door and decided to tease Yuuhi with what she saw.
"Yuuhi-san! I can't believe you're already making moves on Aya-san!"

"O...oi!" he exclaimed, flustered with Q-san's teasing.

"So that was your intention, huh?" Aya teased, looking at him
mockingly. "Ecchi..."

Recovering from what the two women were doing to him, he asked,
"Ne, Q-san, who's visiting?"

"Ah, yes. It's your father and Tomonori-sama."

With that, Yuuhi's expression suddenly darkened. "Tell them
I'm not feeling well."

Q-san and Aya went towards the guest room where Suzumi and
their visitors were.

"Q-san, why didn't Yuuhi want to meet his father today?"

The old woman refused to answer her query.

Aya was concerned about Yuuhi's sudden withdrawal. It was as
if there was something he wasn't telling her.

After all, we are friends...

Q-san opened the door to the guest room as Aya hid behind the
wall outside. She wanted to know what was going on.

Suzumi looked at the older woman. "Where is Yuuhi?"

"Sumimasen, Yuuhi-san is resting in his room. He didn't want
to see anyone at the moment."

"The injuries he's had must be worse than we thought," Yuuhi's
father contemplated.

"Honestly, he's an embarrassment to the family. He's even
been on the morning papers," Tomonori countered. Much as he was
Yuuhi's brother, he didn't like his ototo one bit.

Hearing this, Aya barged in and hit Tomonori right smack on
the head.

"Mikage Aya desu. I'm under Suzumi-san's care. Yoroshiku."

Tomonori immediately recovered from what Aya did and took
her hands in to his own.

"So you're the girl Suzumi-san's been taking care of. You're
more beautiful than I thought..."

Out of nowhere, a slipper connected itself with Tomonori's
head.

"Keep your hands off her, aniki. Mou, you're still hentai as
usual..." It was Yuuhi, standing right outside the room. He went in
to retrieve his slipper.

"How are you, Yuuhi?" asked his father.

"Fine, for all you care," he didn't even look at the people in
the room. "Listen, I appreciate that you came to visit but you didn't
really have to." He looked at his older brother rather scornfully.
"That woman might get angry if she finds out about you coming here."

Silence.

"Let's go 'tousan. Suzumi-san, thank you for the warm welcome."

"Otousama, why not stay a little while longer?" Suzumi pleaded.

"We should best be going now, Suzumi-san."

Tomonori walked past Yuuhi. "Don't you dare call my mother
that woman. Remember, you're only a mistress' child." That made
Yuuhi cringe.

"You know why you're mother left you? Because you're too
arrogant."

"Tomonori, that's enough. Let's go."

Suzumi and Q-san escorted them out. Yuuhi and Aya were left in
silence.

"I thought you said your mother died when you were five?"

Yuuhi couldn't look at her. He headed towards his room instead
and Aya could only follow him.

They both sat down - Yuuhi on his couch and Aya on the floor.
She waited for him to talk.

"Why didn't you tell me the truth?"

He didn't answer the question.

"My mother was a chef at the Aogiri home. She was very good
with cooking. Eventually, 'tousan and my mother had an affair.

"He had included me in the family register and his wife disagreed
to the idea. Kaasan couldn't bear the comments from her that
she left.

"I didn't have any choice but to be like the people there at
the main branch. I had excelled in cooking, had good grades
but they still couldn't accept me.

"Only Kazuma-aniki was the one who was kind to me.
When he got married and founded this branch, he asked me to
live with him and 'neesan. I looked up to him the most so I was as
devastated as 'neesan was when he died."

Aya looked downcast. She didn't realize he had a painful past.
He was always warm and cheerful towards her.

"After aniki died," he continued. "I realized I didn't have
anyone anymore. The only people I have close to a family aren't
even my relatives. What's the point for an abandoned child to
seek solace in other people?"

"No!" Aya suddenly burst out, throwing a pillow at Yuuhi's face.
"Don't tell me that. You're lucky enough that you have them!
No one can live alone and even you know that.
Urakawa-san and Toya, they say such sad things. I'm lucky
I have you even if they're far from me, Toya and Aki.
I'm sure you have someone like that, too. Everybody needs
someone to warm their heart."

She wiped her tears away. "This is silly, why am I crying?"
She didn't notice the pained look on Yuuhi's face.

"Why don't you warm me up then!" With that, he tackled her
down on the floor, kissing her fully.

Dear God, her lips were heavenly. Indeed she is of tennyo
ancestry. Heat thrummed throughout his body and it was getting harder
to gain control. He covered her body with his. He didn't even care
if he spilt his tea from the table as he savored the sweet taste of
her lips. He didn't care if she struggled beneath him. Damn, it was
getting harder to think.

He broke off the kiss to look at her. "Yuuhi, how come you're
acting like a perv--" he cut her off, crushing his lips with hers,
catching her wrists in each hand. This time the kiss held more passion
than the first.

"Yuuhi, yamete..." Aya thought to herself. She wanted to push
him off her but her strength left her. "Dame, I can't resist him even
if I wanted to."

He continued kissing her until they both ran out of breath.

"Suki da yo, Aya..." she vaguely heard him say when he pulled
away, the intensity of his gaze burning her being.

He was quite pleased with what he saw - lips full from his
kiss, hair sprawled out beneath her, cheeks flushed. He stroke her
cheek with his thumb, making her open her eyes.

"I love you..." he said once more, as if wanting her to
memorize the words, to burn them into her heart, to replace the memory
of a certain man with his.

"Yuuhi, I'm--" she whispered, unwilling to look at him. No, she should just
push him away. She already has her heart set on Tooya.

Yuuhi lowered his lips to hers once more and softly closed the gap
between them. He knew he wanted her. He coaxed her to respond
to his heated kisses and smiled to himself when she did.

"I shouldn't be doing this..." Aya thought as she sought to
gain control over her raging hormones. "I can't betray Toya...I just can't."

With that in mind, she pushed Yuuhi off her but not in time to realize they
had an audience.

"Ahh...my goodness! I'm so sorry to interrupt!" exclaimed Q-san as she
hurried to close the shoji door. And much to their surprise screamed
her head off saying, "Go on and make lots of babies!"

With the mood ruined, Yuuhi felt a bit irate at the sudden disturbance.
Looking back at Aya, he saw the shock that made itself visible in her eyes.
Feeling like a total idiot, he apologized. Damned hormones.

"Aya...I'm--"

Aya could only cast her eyes on the tatami beneath them. Yuuhi
wondered what she was thinking, whether she did regret responding to
his kisses or not. And when she looked at him, he felt that he had
lost.

He knew his love would never be returned. He could only look at her
retreating form as she slid the door behind her, running out of his room.

Aya wanted to run away from him...She had always thought he was a
good friend but he took advantage of her.

"Well, you were with him all throughout the kiss and didn't even
bother to think first before you responded, did you?" chided her
conscience. Damned hormones!

As she reached the bathroom, she immersed herself into the cold
shower. Aya wanted to forget about what had just happened and closed her
eyes, but as she did, images of the moments before appeared in her
mind's eye.

"No!" she exclaimed, opening her eyes as she let herself be
drowned by the coldness of the water and could only hug herself and
cry...

"Toya...where are you when I need you the most?" she cried out.
"I'm not sure if I can take this any longer...If Yuuhi keeps doing this
I'm afraid I won't be strong enough to resist him and I would betray
you..."

Far away, Toya, who is now held up inside Mikage Corp., holds his
bound hands out, an image of Aya in his mind...

"We will be together...I will come for you..."

It's official...I am going to totally revamp this fic.

I somehow have had problems with the storyline and
I am left unsatisfied with where it is going. And since
many of my reviewers want an Aya/Yuuhi ending, I shall
do my best to make it so, being a Yuuhi fan myself.

Thanks for all the reviews...

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