Title: Tales of love
Pairing: Bankotsu, Jakotsu
List and Prompt (# and Theme):Creamy, #1 New
Rating: M
Universe/Genre: Precanon, romance
Warnings: yaoi, with shouta overtones
Author's Note: Special thanks to my beta, Jen, for looking this over for me.

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Part one: Falling in love…

1. New…

Bankotsu shyly looked over at his new traveling companion. Jakotsu looked liked a girl and he acted like one, the way he primped and painted his lips. It reminded the younger boy painfully of his older sisters and home. Heaving a heavy sigh, Bankotsu quickly looked away.

"You okay?"

"Yeah…"

"You sure, Aniki-chan?"

"Yeah," Bankotsu repeated a bit more forcefully much to the cross-dresser's amusement. "What's so funny?"

"You…" Jakotsu giggled.

Irritated, the younger boy got angry, pinning his companion to the ground as he straddled his hips.

"You wanna nookie?" the cross-dresser asked. He licked his lips.

"What?!" Bankotsu cried, some of his anger dissipating by the odd request. Nookie seemed to be the older boy's answer to everything, not the fourteen year old minded, but their relationship was still new, especially the idea of being friends as well as lovers.

Looking down into Jakotsu's face, he could see it in his eyes that this was just as new and confusing to the former bathhouse whore as it was to him. "Ummm… no."

"Oh…"

"It's not you, or the nookie, it's just that it's weird having someone around all the time." Especially someone who always wants to nookie… "Don't cry!" Bankotsu groaned.

"Can't help it…" Jakotsu sniffed. Having my freedom is new and very scary…

"I'm used to being on my own." And all these new feelings I get when I'm near you are really confusing and I get angry…

"You want to leave me…?"

"No!! I'm just having trouble with all these, ummm…"

"What?"

"New feelings…" Bankotsu blushed.

"Me too…" Jakotsu reached up and cupped his cheek.

"So I think I want to be alone to figure them out." Bankotsu stood up.

"But I thought you didn't want to leave me…"

"I don't..."

"Then go…"Jakotsu said sadly.