I know it's been awhile since I written anything. I tried a Toya/Yukito story once before, but I wanted to write another one. I've started a completely new job recently so this story won't update nearly as often as my previous stories. I also notice that I'm taking a very long time on each chapter. I'm being a lot more picky than normal. I'm apologizing now for the slow updates. On that note, onward!

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Chapter One

Tossing and turning, Yukito remained trapped in his dream world. Terrorized screams echoed passed his ears, silent towards reality. His lover stood encased in ice and vines. Slowly, his body vanished into nothing more but a misty cloud. Yukito stretched his arms out screaming, "Toya!"

Two hands wrapped around Yukito's arm and eased him out of his sleep. "I'm right here. Easy, Yuki." Yukito took a few deep breaths; his body still shaking. Toya pulled his frightened lover into his arms, running his fingers up and down his back. After several long minutes, Yukito calmed down. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Yukito shook his head. "Hold me," he pleaded, grasping Toya's arm. He wrapped his arms tightly around his lover, assuring him that he wasn't going to let go. He knew that Yukito wouldn't tell him just yet about the dream. It was still too early in the morning and too fresh in his mind. Toya returned to his sleep, but Yukito refused to follow. He wanted to watch over his lover. He was afraid that if he looked away for a split second, Toya would no longer be there. That was something that they shared. Neither one of them ever wanted the other to disappear. Toya gave his powers to his alter ego Yue in order to keep him from disappearing. Now it seemed like he was worrying about Toya disappearing. It's been several years since Sakura changed the Hope card into a card of her own. There hasn't been any disturbances since then. Toya and Yukito graduated college last year and now own their own business. Their business hasn't been too popular,, but it was making enough money to pay the bills. They lived in the second floor of their shop.

Feeling that sleep won't bless him, Yukito rose from his bed and walked over to the window. The morning sun was no where to be found. His beloved moon was barely behind the nearby buildings. Yukito sighed and took one last look at Toya before deciding to be the first one in the shower. He figured that it was silly for him to worry about Toya disappearing even though his subconscious mind refused to walk away from him. Judging by the dream, it seemed like magic was responsible for the dream Toya's disappearance. Yue would be able to sense it if something were to happen to Toya while he took a shower. He just had to relax. It wouldn't do his mind or body good tensed like this. He knew that he'd never fall back to sleep. He'd given up hope on that. Yue's subconscious tingled in the back of his mind. Apparently his worrying woke Yue. Smiling at his reflection in the mirror, he assured Yue that he was fine. There was no other way to communicate with him besides talking to himself or wordlessly signal him by looking at himself in the mirror. It always bothered him talking to himself. So he'd always find a way to communicate with Yue through signals. Since they set up their thoughts on a different level, Yue wouldn't be able to hear his thoughts if her were to think what he wanted to say.

He smiled remembering Toya's first reaction to him talking to Yue. He remembered the strange looks he got from his lover, but Toya never said anything. Toya knew what he was doing. Turning on the shower, Yukito peeled his sweat soaked clothes off and stepped into the cold water. He allowed the water to freeze his body before turning the heat back on. It was a slight fear that he was still in a dream world that made him test reality with the cold water. Once fully washed, Yukito stepped out and was greeted by his sleepy lover, rubbing his eyes and yawning. He wrapped one of the white towels around himself. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine, Toya. It was just a bad dream."

Toya wrapped his arms around Yukito. "You were tossing and turning, screaming my name. It couldn't have just been nothing. Please talk to me about it."

Yukito moved around him and into the large bedroom. He sat down on the king sized bed, messing from his tossing. "I dreamt that you were disappearing much like how you said I was disappearing. I couldn't reach you. I was helpless."

Sighing, Toya sat down beside him. "I won't disappear." Wrapping their arms around each other, the couple comforted themselves until the sun melted into their room. Toya was the first to move. "Looks like we have to open soon." Yukito tightened his hold. "Now, now. You know we have to open or else we don't pay the bills."

Groaning, Yukito finally moved and walked over to their closet. Picking out, a plain lavender shirt with black slacks, he walked back over to Toya. "Well, I suggest you take a shower then." Toya pecked him on the cheek and walked through the door leading to the bathroom. Once alone again, Yukito continued to have those uneasy feelings. He never wanted to let Toya out of his sight, but he knew that was impossible. He'd feel worse about himself if he kept his lover locked away like a fairytale princess. Smirking to himself, Yukito began to get dress.

The two hardly ate breakfast in the morning, choosing to spend their spare time down in the shop and refusing to wake any earlier. Sakura constantly nagged them that they'd have poor health if they don't eat properly, but Yukito felt that once the business consisted of move than the two of them, they could eat breakfast in the morning. Choosing to muffle his fears, Yukito started down the back stairs that lead to their shop.

He switched the register and back computer on before walking to the front door for the early mail and newspaper. He noticed a small red envelope on the top of all the mail. "Magic," Yue whispered inside of Yukito's mind. Slowly flipping it over, Yukito opened it. In a flash of a second, one word burned on the envelope before burning itself to ashes. "Beware. That's never a good thing to find in the morning mail." Yukito rolled his eyes. "We should take your dream seriously. Perhaps tell the master about this. She might have had a similar dream." Yukito nodded and dropped the mail on the counter just as Toya emerged from the stairway.

"Anything good in the mail today."

Yukito calmed his rapid heartbeat and placed a fake smile on his face. "I haven't got a chance to look at it." Toya reached across the counter and took the mail. Flipping through a few pieces, Toya separated between delivery requests and bills. Yukito busied himself with organizing several flower orders and selecting the card appropriately for each order from the previous day's phone request. Toya moved around the counter and cleaned up all the small statues and knick-knacks they sold for various gifts. Yukito discovered his talent for floral arrangements in his last year of college. Toya didn't mind opening a small business with him. He did most of the money transactions and ordering. He wanted Yukito to have free rain of his talent.

Business was normally slow to begin with, but today there was a line of already five people, but more were coming down the street. Finishing up his opening procedures, Toya opened the door and was instantly bombarded with constant request for sorrow bouquets. "A friend of mine's son disappeared this morning," an older gentleman said.

"My grandson disappeared too!"

Attempting to make sense in the chaos, Toya stood in the middle of everyone, shouting, "Alright! If it's for a family member please stand to the right. If it's for a friend please stand to the left. There's only two of us so please give us a chance." Toya took the orders from the people one at a time before handing them to Yukito and asked the customers to politely either wait at the back of the store or outside while their order was processed.

One by one, all the orders were filled and before they knew it, it was passed two o'clock. Sighing heavily, Yukito stared at Toya. "What do you think is going on?"

"I don't know, but Yue was sensing magic all around these people," Yukito answered.

"I'm not liking that. I think we should talk to Sakura about this even though I hate to involve her."

"I know how you feel. Even Li could have some clue. How about we close early and head over to your house?"

"I agree. She should be home by then and with that brat nonetheless." Yukito nodded and started the clean-up process, not correcting Toya this time about his nickname for Li. That letter, still fresh on his mind, was one of the many questions he wanted to confirm with Sakura. He wasn't ready for Toya to know about that letter, but he didn't want to hide anything from him. He knew that Sakura and Kerberos might have some information. He silently hoped that they had all the answers.

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I hope that's alright for the first chapter. I can't give you an estimated time for the next chapter. I'm sorry. I know that's different for me, but I'll try to get it uploaded soon. Thank you for reading please review.

Angel Dove