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Fai sat motionless by the sliding doors that led out onto the garden, it was past midnight and everything seemed so serene outside, not even wind disrupted the scene. He had been sitting there for four hours, eyes glazed and completely still. Heavy footfalls echoed down the hall, the door to the room slid open, then closed noisily as the person walked into the room. More steps until the person was standing right behind him, he could sense a hand being raised then paused.
"Go to sleep Kurogane," Fai said softly, disrupting the silence.
A huff then Kurogane retreated back and went about getting ready for bed. After a few minutes silence reigned once more. Deep breathes indicated that Kurogane had fallen asleep quickly.
Fai turned to stare at the motionless body laying on the futon. When they returned to Nihon after their journey Kurogane had taken up his post as one of the princesses guards straight away, something which Fai did not begrudge him. For the first few weeks everything had been fine, they were settling into a new routine, when Fai started to see less and less of the man he didn't worry because he knew that this was what Kurogane needed, to have everything the way to was beforehand. However after two months of being there Kurogane spent nearly every waking moment with the princess or training the guards. He overtook everyone else's shifts believing that they were not good enough and came back only to sleep which was usually only four hours maximum.
Today he had awoken sometime during the night and left for guard duty, spent the day patrolling around the castle and harassing other guards, then had taken the first half of the night shift away from the originally posted guards.
With every passing day Fai believed that he was wanted less and less. It seemed that Kurogane was spending his days as busy as possible so that he did not have to be with the mage. In the beginning Kurogane had all but demanded that he come back to Nihon with him, something which Fai was very happy about, but in time he was drawing further and further away. No more fun arguments, no more strange smiles and no more side-long glances. There was nothing left of them.
Kurogane had a life here and Fai was not a part of it, that much was blatantly clear.
A sad sigh passed his lips; Fai stood up and walked across the room to where their clothes were stored. He pulled out both the clothes he got in Clow and his blue coat, along with a few that Tomoyo had made for him when he arrived, and tucked them under his arms. He gave one last sad look at Kurogane before walking over to the door; he opened it slowly before whispering, "I love you," then closing the door without a backward glance.
He walked down the cold corridor, holding his bundle tightly. A small tear fell from the corner of bright blue eyes, tracking its way down pale cheeks.
In the dark room bright red eyes opened staring blankly. "I love you too," was whispered but the one who was meant to hear was not there.
A/N: It was actually not going to be angst but it was. Okay this is meant to be one of worse case scenarios for if Fai goes to Nihon with Kurogane, they don't know how to deal with each other outside of adventuring and Kuro doesn't know how to cope so tries to back away. There were a few different ways that this could have gone, decided that I would just leave it as angst though instead of Hurt/Comfort, for the moment at least. If anyone wants I could write Kurogane going after Fai, am in half a mind to do it anyway *darty eyes*.
