False Pretense

Preface

A Kurofai Story

"Kurogane." The boy's mother chuckled lightly as her child danced around her feet.

"But Mom! Why did Father had to take Tomoyo with him?" little Kurogane whined, pulling lightly on his mother's skirt.

"You don't want to go to a girls store do you, Youou?"

Her son pouted, crossing his arms over his chest. "Mother, don't call me that! That's my middle name!"

"Yes, but-" There was suddenly a loud bang, and he heard his mother gasp in pain, before she collapsed.

The boy looked from his mother to the direction of the shot and saw a man hiding in the shadows, holding a gun. When it finally registered in his mind that he could hear the man laughing, over the loud cries of the crowd of people, something in him snapped. He charged at the man, armed only with small fists, and gave out a loud cry of anguish as the man fired the gun. He felt the ligaments in his arms tear before the bullet stopped, buried deep in his shoulder. His body collapsed against the hard cement floor.

He heard the man laugh again and then footsteps as he walked away. Struggling to his feet the boy made his way over to his mothers body. He collapsed onto his knees beside her, and the tears were flowing out of his eyes when he noticed how much paler her skin looked. "M-mom?!" He sobbed, shaking her shoulder trying to wake her up.

His mother opened her eyes and he could see she was having trouble focusing on him. "K-Kuro-gane-" She whispered lifting up a hand to gently stroke her sons face. "D-don't-" She breathed her last breath, eyes un-focusing completely, arm dropping limply to the side.

"M-mom?! Mom!" he cried, more tears sliding down his face. "Mother!" he wailed, clinging to his mothers body, burring his face in her stomach as he sobbed. His blood continued to seep out of his shoulder, its flow getting faster as he wasted precious energy crying. Exhausted and unable to do much more, he fell unconscious, glad to hear the sirens in the distance.

That was the last time he had ever cried.

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(A/N: this chapter starts towards the end of Chapter 3 of Somewhere I Belong and is in Kurogane's POV. So I highly suggest reading Somewhere before you read this.)

I let out a sigh of frustration as Fai grabbed my arm and dragged me towards the Cafe, claiming he smelled chocolate.

We entered and a bell dinged as soon as we entered through the door. I glared around me as Fai went straight to the sweets, crouching down in front of the case, like a little kid, with the black hair of his wig fanning across his back. The door leading to the kitchen opened and a teen with silver hair and eyes to match walked out. He had a name tag on but I couldn't see it from here. He got to the cash register and stared at me for a second. "C-?" I cut him off by pointing at the faux raven-haired idiot. He blinked for a second before leaning over the counter to get a better look at Fai.

"Hello, what would you like, Ma'am?" The teen asked. I felt my eye twitch at the word 'Ma'am'. The boy probably thought we were on a date or something.... and was going to think that I would be the one paying.

"I'd like... That one! Fondant au Chocolat." Fai chirped, pointed at one of the desserts that I couldn't see... but he seemed like the person to get what looked like the sweetest thing in here. The boy tapped the machine.

"That'll be $3.99." as I suspected he looked at me when he said this.

Fai fished through his back pocket and handed the guy a bill. He turned to me with another smile, before latching onto my arm again and dragging me to the nearest table. There were four chairs, he took a seat in the one closest to the door and I sat in the one across from him.

"Aren't you going to get anything?" he asked, still smiling. I stare at him deadpanned.. Like I had any choice with you dragging me off like that! I wanted to say, but stuck with the honest truth. "I hate chocolate." I grunted.

He blinked looking startled and gasped out. "You don't like chocolate!!" he was making it sound like it was the worst thing in the world, and was gaping at me in horror...

I ignored him and tried to think about more important things, as the cash register guy came back with Fai's dessert. I noticed he put the change under Fai's cup, but the blond didn't look like he had noticed, as he was engrossed by his treat.

With a tired sigh, I closed my eyes and tried to think of the reason why I let the idiot drag me off. It was true that I didn't want to be there in the first place, as it was only some petty bar fight.

That was one of the main reasons I wasn't interrogating the witnesses. I wasn't really needed there, but for some reason they think that the chief has to be there for every little thing. I had been leaning against the car when I felt someone's presence behind me. I didn't really know who it was but had said something anyway. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh hey Kuro-myu~! Funny seeing you here!" as soon as he said the first part I already knew who it was, as no one else had the audacity to call me such a thing.

I suddenly felt a sharp kick at my shin, and I scowled, getting irritated. I could feel Fai staring at me now. I felt another kick and opened my eyes. "Wh-?" what I was going to say got stuck as he shoved the fork into my mouth. I almost gagged at the sweetness.

Deciding it was best to swallow than spit the thing out I chewed, eyes closing in an attempt to concentrate better. Swallowing finally, I opened my eyes and glared death at him. He only giggled, seemingly not fearing for his life.

"Try that again and I'll eat your hand!" I roared, standing up and slamming my hands against the table. He giggled again, scooting his chair back and held his hands up in a mock peaceful way. I made my way around the table, wanting nothing more than to strangle him.

"Now, now! Don't be mad, Kuro-Kuro~!" I snarled when he said this, and aimed a punch at his face. He ducked it easily, giggling still as he turned back to the (now two I noted) waiter. "Thanks for the dessert!" he said politely, all the while dodging my blows.

When I finally thought I had him cornered against the door, he reached behind him, and slipped out. I let out another growl as I ran down the street after him.

-sigh- sorry if Kuros POV isn't all that great... i will try to get him right i promise!