Okay, I only have 1 reveiw and it is making me terribly, terribly SAD! I WANT 10-20 BY THE END OF THE MONTH OR NO UPDATES ON WILL BE LOVED's SEQUEL OR ROSES ARE RED! (thanks for the threatening idea, DDB!)

-BankotsuChick

"I'm not beautiful, I'm not special. I'm not anything at all."

hah. hes LaUgHinG at me ai-tenno...

i know i shouldn't care please don't think i do but somthing hurts, somthing inside...

I know it's not love because you tell me it's not love.

I am afraid to love.

"Don't put yourself down..."

"Why are you telling me what to do? It's not my fault you come here. It's not my fault you come at all."

"It's not my fault you need my help."

"I don't need help from anyone."

Pause.

"Virgin, eh?"

"So far so good."

"Won't last long."

Pause.

"Why did you pay off Tenno-sama?"

"Don't call them 'Tenno-sama because they are not."

"He tells me to call them Tenno-sama." Crease in eyebrow.
"Is that what your going to call me?" Twinkle in eye.
"Not unless you do what you paid very much for." Thumb on upper lip, tooth on glossy-pink fingernail.

"I don't intend."

"Then why are you here?"
"Pretty younge thing, virgin in a place like this, not only rare but there's somthing special about you. Somthing I can't place."

"Please do not compliment me."

Pause. Suffocating, silence, ghostly tinge in words still hungry in air, breathe becoming thin, lungs shriveling.

"Why do you do this." Statement, not question, reprimanding, not asking. Flesh turns rosy, boy can breathe. Butterflies fleeting from soft pink lips.

Histuki? He was calling him Hitsuki. Says what is embrorderd on silk pillow cousioning the curve in his lower back. Fire crackles, laps against the wood.

"He tells me to."

"Dose he control your life?"

Stops talking, clinking soft china glasses with diamond-sparkling white rice wine. Hands glass, one touches other.

Knows shouldn't have sake. Knows he dosn't want him to. Knows this as he brings the cup to his lips and takes a sip. Knows this as little defiance against him.

"Thank you."

"Don't bother. Hold on a moment please." Manners, voice is molded. Presses ears against wall. Kimono slips off shoulder as he dose. "Oh Uzumaiki-san! Your amazing!" Harsh breathing, loud enough.

Glares.

"I'm sorry. I can't let them know why you are here."

Glares.

Lights flicker in the distance, catches his eyes, making the dullness disapear for a moment. Harsh voice growles from rice-paper door, bangs three times. Loud, the voice is loud.

"Hitsuki, your time is up!"

"I'm not paying anymore. And I will not call you Hitsuki because that is not your real name."

"Wait, hold on a moment, will you?" Hides a sprout of a smile, hides the first one in years. Soft steps around the room, taking up a pillow and standing in front of him.

Smaller on reaches up and uses static from pillow to muss hair, takes slender hand and slips headband over one eye, takes lipstick from his own lips and dabbs it on the other's, pulling the jacket of one shoulder.

Blonde smiles. Wishes raven-haired would smile back.

Fingers curl around black handle bar. Cloth brushes against cloth, calloused hand grasps delicate, soft hand.

Eyes lock, clink. In an instant, they are free of the force yet the gaze lasts longer.

Why?

'Can I?' He mouths. No voice, chapped, boyish lips barely move yet the other knows. 'Can I?'

Can i touch you can i hug you can i embrase you can i make the hard black glint in your eyes turn soft, warm and...happy?

'No.' He mouths back. He turns away, face lit by the firelight. He dosn't look real. The blonde has to blink to make sure he is still there.

'Why?'

"Hitsuki!"

'I'll be back tomorrow,' he mouths. 'I promise.'

'I don't need you to come back.' he says

'I'm coming back.' he says

'Why.' he says.

Maby it's ignorance itself, maby it's stupidity, maby it's love.

'I'm coming back weather you like it or not.'

'I thought as much.' He mouths.

"Goodbye." He whispers to the raven haired. Shuts the door, dose not say goodbye.

Okay, i know it's weird, i know it's confuzzling, but do you get it? Just a littttllleee? PLOT SUGGESTIONS WELCOME! Oh yeah, like i said earlier, if this dosn't get at least 10 reveiws by FEBUARY, Roses are Red, Will Be Loved and Save him From Himself WILL NOT BE UPDATED! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! REVEIW! (

-BankotsuChick