Disclaimer: I do not own Loveless or any of its characters. If I did I would use them to rule the world.

Rating: T (T may seem high a rating but it keeps everything safe.)

Warnings: Boy/boy relationships, Mild language, extreme fluff.

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"Go Away!" A rather sudden shout startled Soubi from his quiet musings of what his painting for finals should be. Ritsuka had decided that he wanted to visit a different park on the other side of town today because of some thing he read in the newspaper about a new flower garden. Ah, yes Ritsuka was most likely the worlds only twelve year old that actually read the morning newspaper. Soubi snickered to himself at that thought. Honestly the trip was perfect for him since he needed some new inspiration.

"I said SCRAM!" The voice of the second outburst was most defiantly that of his brooding little master but as Soubi looked around he couldn't see him. A slight edge of concern suddenly bubbled up within Soubi. In a new area who knew what kind of unsightly person would harass his adorable little sacrifice?

All sorts of dark and wild image flashed through his mind as he rounded a corner on the path they had been walking on until Ritsuka had stopped to take a few pictures before Soubi had become lost in thought. Suddenly there he was with nary another soul in sight. There he saw Ritsuka leaning forward over a railing. Soubi simply stood there dumbfounded for a moment staring at his young charges back before another outburst nearly made Soubi jump with surprise. Franticly waving his arms at some unseen opponent Ritsuka lashed out again.

"Go away! You're screwing up my picture!" Soubi couldn't help but smile even though he had no idea what exactly was upsetting Ritsuka so much. The sight of his little tail which was now so thoroughly bristled it some what resembled a scrub brush and his fine little kitten ears so flat in annoyance they managed to disappear among his smooth jet black locks was simply too much.

"Ritsuka?" The soft question was enough to send him spinning around. "What?" It took all Soubi's effort to keep his face straight at Ritsuka's furious little glare. Ritsuka was the emotional type but honestly he couldn't for the life of him figure out that in the world could have angered Ritsuka so in merely three minuets.

"Is some thing wrong?" Ritsuka slouched a little as he nearly growled. "Is some thing wrong? Of course something's wrong! I've taken seven pictures and there all ruined, useless, no good! I want a picture of the flowers but it keeps getting in my way and won't leave me alone!"

"It?" Soubi stared at Ritsuka for a moment in utter silence. Ritsuka folded his arms in a slight pout and whipped his tail in annoyance. "No it won't." It took another moment of confused silence before the question of what exactly it was answered itself.

Ever so elegantly a beautiful blue little butterfly fluttered from behind Ritsuka and lightly landed in Ritsuka's right forearm. Immediately Ritsuka reeled back and rubbed his arm as if the world's most venomous wasp had landed there instead of a harmless little butterfly. As quickly as it had landed it took off to avoid Ritsuka's frenzied swipes. As it finally started to flutter away Ritsuka shoved his camera towards Soubi.

"Look, see it keeps getting in my way!" Ritsuka scrolled through his last seven pictures in his digital camera to show his proof. Yes, there it was. The first picture was obscured by a giant blue blur the second and third weren't much better. The fourth, filth and sixth a mere third were taken up by the fluttering beast. The final picture wasn't the least bit blurry but that was probably the problem in itself. The butterfly seemed to have tried a different tactic to invade Ritsuka's picture by sitting on the flower but some how all that had made it on the photo was a tiny cute little butterfly butt.

Soubi was about to comment that it was gone now when the tiny little offender promptly landed on Ritsuka's other arm seemingly in defiance of his earlier attempt to rid himself of it. Ritsuka nearly dropped his precious camera as he waved his arm around in the air trying to dislodge the butterfly from his arm to no avail. For some odd reason it seemed to have quite the death grip on his arm and rode it like a bucking bronco until Ritsuka calmed down.

"Cut that out and just go away! You have to have better things to do than bother me!" Ritsuka reasoned with it as it climbed up his arm and found a new perch on his shoulder like a parrot. With a quick swipe of the hand the butterfly was once more dislodged from his person. Fluttering for a moment as it regained its composure Ritsuka backed up slowly. "Now just go away and do butterfly things."

With a little huff Ritsuka turned and stomped down the path. "Come on. I've had enough of this." Before Soubi could even move the love struck insect flew down the path chasing after the unaware Ritsuka. Soubi smiled to himself as he followed the two. It wasn't long until Soubi wanted to see another bout between his Ritsuka and the butterfly of doom. Quickly his mind raced as he tried to think of a way to get Ritsuka to stop just long enough to let the little thing catch up. Then out of the corner of his eye Soubi caught a glimpse of his saving grace. "Ah, Ritsuka are you hungry? There's a snow cone stand over there. Would you like one? I'll treat you."

Ritsuka stopped so abruptly the little butterfly that had been following him hit him so hard it bounced right off his back. Soubi smiled inwardly to himself as Ritsuka turned around to address him only to let out a surprised little meep. "Go away!" Ritsuka hissed swatting at it, trying to drive it away.

"Soubi!" Ritsuka shouted looking up at him. "Do some thing already!"

Hesitating for only a moment Soubi discreetly reached out and cupped his hands around the fluttering menace effectively caging the butterfly within his hands.

"Ah, don't hurt it."

"Don't hurt it?" Soubi couldn't help but raise a questioning eyebrow at his sacrifice.

Ritsuka looked up at Soubi in annoyance. "Yes, don't hurt it… just take it some where and let it go. I don't want to be followed all day long by it that's all. If you take it and leave it some where it will have to leave me alone."

Soubi couldn't help but smirk at Ritsuka. No matter how mad he was he couldn't stand for someone to be hurt, even an insect was too much for him. "Where should I take him?"

"I don't care!" Ritsuka snapped whirling around and storming off. "I'll wait for you at the stand!"

After watching Ritsuka hurry down the path in a huff Soubi felt a slight tickle in his hands. Looking down he could see the butterfly trying to squeeze its little head through a crack between his fingers. Soubi couldn't help but smile at its vain efforts. "Sorry about this but it's an order."

After depositing it in a thick bush a bit down the path Soubi quickly got up and went to where Ritsuka was waiting for him. Soubi couldn't help but fell a little bit disappointed. Watching Ritsuka react so violently to a butterfly was simply too much. Oh, well. At least I got to see it.

As soon as Soubi got to Ritsuka he found himself being scrutinized by the young lad. "So, you got rid of it?"

Soubi flashed one of his brighter smiles and showed him his open hands as proof. "I put it in a tight bush so it should take it a while for it to get out. So, do you still want that snow cone or not?"

Felling reassured Ritsuka turned around and quickly ordered a blue.

"Blue? How can blue be a flavor?"

Ritsuka stared at his cone for a moment. "I'm not sure. Grape is purple, cherry is red, strawberry is pink, lemon is yellow, apple is green, but blue is just blue."

While Ritsuka pondered the meaning of his cone Soubi ordered a ended up ordering cherry for himself. The idea of eating a color some how seemed off to him. Just as Soubi reached over to pay the vendor he managed to catch the fluttering of blue wings out of the corner of his eye.

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Ok this isn't the end. This story is going to be a two shot. I'll do my best to get this updated soon.