A/N: So...HERE IT IS!! The first chapter in my first multi-chaptered KuroFai!! AHHHHHHH!! -runs around screaming- I hope you guys enjoy my present to you on my b-day! Yay! I'm finally 17!! Well, tell me what you think about it, since the plot I came up with it...odd. I'm going to be using a lot of moments and motifs from the manga, so look out for those.

Summary: Traveling by bus can have it's perks. For example, one thin blond boy attaching himself to you.

Warnings: Nothing much in this chapter except Swearing (but come on...that's a norm here.)

Chapter 1

The first time I saw him he was standing in front of a bus schedule chewing on his bottom lip. What had possessed me to walk up to him? Much less what had made me talk to him? I'd never been social before so how did this one seemingly insignificant boy make me talk to him with no provocation?

He must have seen me coming closer to him because the closer I got the closer he seemed to laughing. I stopped next to him and scanned the lettering, knowing that I probably should have been reading it as well.

"So do you plan on talking?" he asked me in a playful tone that held laughter that felt like it was lighter than air.

I shrugged, "Maybe." I feigned interest in the schedule in front of me as I saw him turn in my peripheral vision.

"How about you travel with me?" he questioned smiling at me brightly.

"Excuse me?" I faced him with a look of unmistakable 'what-the-hell'.

"Well, I've been traveling alone all this time," he twisted the bottom of his white and blue tee-shirt around his fingers. "And I just want some one to keep me company."

I folded my arms over my chest, "Tell me how this is my problem."

His lips curled into an all-knowing grin, "You're still listening aren't you?"

My mouth and mind scrambled for words but nothing came out of my stumbling lips. Then in one motion this strange boy grabbed the sleeve of my shirt and started to walk away with me gaping and paralyzed by his statement.

"It's a good thing that you agreed to come with me," he spoke out so light-heartedly. "Now I won't be so lonely."

There was something painful hidden in his voice that stupefied me further as he took me closer and closer to the ticket counter. I stood up taller and walked a bit more dignified than before. The boy looked back at me confused but then this confusion melted into a smile. I tried to hasten my pace to keep up with him, but he just quickened that much more to stay ahead of me.

"I never agreed to travel with you," I pointed out still walking despite my words.

"If what you're saying is true," the blond haired boy began. "Then why are you still walking with me?"

Again I was left to ponder and stare at his back while this kid, whose eyes were far too blue and too wide to be real, led me to where ever he pleased.

He stopped at the counter and slapped his hand lightly against the plastic, "Two tickets to Syracuse."

Just as he began to pull out his wallet I reached out and grabbed his wrist, "I can buy my own damn ticket."

It was this string of words that would forever change my life. I had no idea at the time of what I had been getting myself into. I thought I was just buying a ticket to some city where I would observe people and learn something from them like Tomoyo asked me. I never thought that this one little chance encounter in a small Trenton bus station would throw me into a mess of blond hair, dirty hotels and a million bus rides.

"Don't you want to know my name?" the blond kid leaned over me in his seat.

"Why would I want to know your name?" I retorted not really thinking about anything considering he decided to steady himself with one hand on my thigh.

"Well, I think it's awfully stupid to travel with some one before you know their name," he stated making me want to strangle him for pointing out my own obliviousness to my current situation.

"Weren't you the one to ask me to travel with you?"

"Yes but it's rude to ask some one else's name before you give your own," he pointed out as his fingers flitted just slightly against my jeans.

I wanted to let out a disbelieving laugh. How did he keep catching me in these loops? This kid, whom I've only known for less than an hour, knew how to make me feel stupid. I never felt stupid, I felt defensive and violent.

I opened my mouth to tell him where he could stick his manners and he cut me off, "My name is Fai."

I looked down at him, his smile broad and warm, "I'm Kurogane."

"What a lovely name," Fai commented pushing himself off of me and resting his head against his knuckles.

I didn't respond, thinking it better to not give him anymore fuel. His smile became impish as he let his hand fall from his chin to his own thighs.

"It is very nice to finally know your name Kuro-chuu," the boy said laughing a little at his own joke.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" I screamed at how badly he'd defiled my name.

"Hush Kuro-pi," Fai chided me in a mock-mother tone. "These nice people don't want to be disturbed."

"I don't give a damn!" I yelled feeling my face get redder and redder with each passing word. "My name is Kurogane, not Kuro-chuu! Do you want me to spell it?!"

"Oh could you please?" Fai requested excitedly as he bounced in his seat.

"K-U-R-O-G-A-N-E!" I wanted to punctuate each letter with a solid hit to his face.

"No, I don't think that's how you spell it…" He replied looking as if he were in a deep place inside his head.

"Hell if I don't know how to spell my own name," I muttered folding my arms tighter against my chest while I burrowed deeper into the semi-worn seats of the bus.

"I think you spell it like: K-U-R-O-C-H-I," he beamed ever so brightly at me when he finished spelling out the mangled version of my name.

"I WILL KILL YOU!!" I threatened as my arms lunged at him.

He easily evaded my grab and then started to laugh when I went for him again. Fai was either hysterical or I wasn't as intimidating as the kids at school thought I was.

For the most part Fai spoke to me. He was the one to start everything, even the sidelong glances from the other people riding the bus. When he wasn't talking he was staring out the window or leaning his head against it.

So far I'd found out that Fai was seventeen.

And that was about it.

Now Fai had found out that I was eighteen, and I hated every single way that he chopped my name into a million cute fluffy pieces.

And he wasn't about to let the second item on that list go to waste.

But there were these moments when his expression fell from the happy-go-lucky one he wore when he spoke to me. His smile fell into something more serene with a quiet beauty about it. During these rare moments I would look for a moment before turning my head away to try and get some sleep.

I had no business looking at Fai when he was unguarded. So, I wouldn't.

I pulled at the edges of my blanket to stretch it out across my body. It was getting colder and colder the further we traveled north. But that was really to be expected. Perhaps it wasn't the smartest idea to go to New York in the winter but it wasn't my idea. It was Fai's. And for now I'd just go along with it.

The bus stopped abruptly, causing Fai and I to jolt out of sleep and out of our seats. When the doors opened they made a swift hissing sound. Many of the occupants began to gather their luggage and personal belongings. Fai took this opportunity to limber his muscles and make high pitched noises to accompany this exercise. I took the time to round up all of my possessions so that I could possibly run away from the crazy blond in the seat next to me.

"Good morning Kuro-pin!" he exclaimed slumping over in his seat after that vigorous routine.

"For the last time," I breathed out trying not to decapitate him right then and there. "It's Kurogane."

"Yeah, I said that," Fai nodded his head. "Kuro-pi!"

I tried to ignore him, but had I been a dog my heckles would have been raised and my snarl strong. He started to grab at his stuff, which wasn't much but just enough to wonder from bus to bus apparently.

"So now that we're here, what do you want to do?" Fai asked me as the rows of people in front of us filed out of the bus.

"What makes you think that I want to do anything with you?" I retorted giving him a good long glare.

"Silly man!" he laughed out. "You're already traveling with me! You might as well make the best of it!"

Fai stood to join the crowd of people that were emptying out into the cold winter morning of New York. Since the two of us found each other in New Jersey we were both heavily jacketed to protect ourselves from the harsh winds and unforgiving plummets of the temperature.

His hands wondered to pull his jacket up, as mine did as well, and we both fastened the clasps and buttoned the buttons to create small warm forts for ourselves. Then Fai held out his small pale hand to me and for some reason I took it. He helped me to my feet and we followed the other passengers off of the bus and into Syracuse.

"So what do you think we should do first?" Fai asked once again when we stepped into the crisp morning air.

I shrugged through the thickness of my coat, "I don't care."

I really didn't want to do anything. I didn't even want to be away from my house but I had to be because of Tomoyo. If it wasn't for her I'd be at home right now watching time float passed me without a second thought. But if it wasn't for her, I also would have lost my mind a long time ago.

"Okay then we're going to catch another bus!" Fai said as he wrapped one of his hands around my puffy elbow.

"Why?! We just got off of a bus!" I demanded to know why we'd have to ride two buses in one day. That was just absurd.

Fai turned to face me, his pink nose closer to mine than what I would have liked, "Don't worry Kuro-chuu," he whispered with his eyes half-lidded. "This one will be a much shorter ride in comparison."

I stepped back a little, "Where are we going?"

His face split into an elated grin, "We're going to a small town near Canada!"

Then Fai started to pull me towards the bus station located near where we hopped off of a Jersey bus. I knew that by asking him where we were going I was consenting to being his little travel companion but something about who Fai was made me want to stay and find out more about him.

And oh, trust me, I'd find out a whole hell of a lot about him the longer this impromptu companionship lasted. From the moment I saw Fai I knew that my life would never be the same.

"Two tickets to Watertown!" Fai asked of the clerk.

"I can buy my own damn ticket!" I yelled pulling out my own wallet with no more affection for the man than when I first yelled at him.

End of The first of many

A/N: How'd I do? I hope that you liked it as much as I liked writing it. Really, it's a ton-o-fun to write these two...if my fics are any proof of that. lol. So tell me ANYTHING you thought of while you read this!! I really will be needing all the help I can get from you guys. Oh and I'm going to eventually bring Syaoran and Sakura into this!!

Preivew: "'Where in the hell are we?' I inquired huddling closer into my jacket. 'We're in Watertown!' Fai explained. 'No, why are we here?' I rephrased my own question. Fai turned to me with a soft expression and answered, 'Because winter here is the prettiest...'"