Kaito looked down at the small pink letter in his hands. He turned it over multiple times to make sure it was really addressed to him. There was no doubt about it. This was a real love letter. And it was addressed to him!

Kaito thought hard trying to recall what Miku's handwriting looked like. It was possible the cute lettering on the front could have been hers. He couldn't tell.

With shaking fingers, Kaito slowly brought his hands up to tear open the envelope.

"MAN! Are you going to open this or NOT?!" Akaito interjected swiping the love letter from Kaito's grasp.

"H-hey!" Kaito yelled out trying to take back his letter "That's mine!"

"Ooooh! Is this a LOVE letter?!" Akaito asked holding the letter out of Kaito's reach. "Who would address a love letter to YOU?!"

"That's none of your business!" Kaito yelled angrily still trying to grab at the letter.

"PFFFT! You're hoping MIKU wrote it aren't you?! Puh-lease! You know that girl is more interested in me!"

"GRAH!" Kaito tackled Akaito in an attempt to reach the love letter. Akaito yelled in surprise as the love letter flew out of his hand and onto the floor, but his shocked expression soon turned into a smirk as he laughed at Kaito's bold challenge.

The two wrestled playfully through the living room knocking over a multitude of things in the process. It only took a few minutes to reveal that Akaito had the upper hand in the match. After a small while, Akaito wrapped his arm over Kaito neck and secured his brother into a head lock.

"GRR! LET GO!" Kaito yelled furiously.

"And what if I don't?!" Akaito growled playfully as he noogied the top of his brother's head with the other hand.

"Akaito! I'm being serious!" Kaito said struggling to no avail. "Give me my letter!"

"I have a better idea!" Akaito said forcing Kaito to follow him as he moved. "Instead why don't we have y-"

Akaito was interrupted suddenly as something violently grabbed him around the neck and ripped him off of Kaito.

Kaito yelled in shock as he hit the ground painfully. He blinked wondering what had happened. Swinging around to look behind him, his eyes widened in horror.

Standing behind him was a small boy that Kaito only knew very well. It was Kageito, the newest "addition" to the family. Kageito was looking down at Kaito brightly with an bright smile on his face. However it was not Kageito's face that Kaito was looking at. It was Kageito's scarf that was terrifying him.

The end of Kageito's scarf were shaped like hands. It was no secret that Kageito's scarf moved on it's own with no help of the wind. No one knew if Kageito controlled his scarf or if the scarf was a completely separate entity with a mind of it's own.

Akaito choked and gasped as he kicked his legs trying to free himself from the shadow scarf's grasp. The scarf held Akaito high in the air, suspending him by nothing other than Akaito's neck.

"What are you playing?" Kageito asked innocently down at Kaito. "It looks fun! I wanna play too!"

"K-K-Kageito!" Kaito gasped in fear scrambling to his feat. "Put Akaito down! You're hurting him!"

Kageito blinked confused .

"Hurting him?" Kageito asked quizzically looking up at Akaito. "But I'm just doing exactly what he was doing to you"

The red Shion made gagging sounds as he pulled at the scarf desperately trying to get it to release his neck.

"Look!" Kageito said gleefully. "He even has the exact same expression you had on your face when he was holding you!"

"Kageito NO!" Kaito said loudly making the shadow Shion jump in surprise. "You need to put him down right now!"

Kageito looked at Kaito fearfully wondering what he was doing wrong. He was positive he had seen Akaito grab Kaito around the neck and the two play about. Why was Kaito angry with him? He was just playing as they had...

Kageito blinked suddenly as the realization dawned on him.

"Oh! I GET it!" He said excitedly now very proud of myself. "Saying no is part of the game!"

Kageito's grin became so wide that Kaito could swear that it put Taito's crazed yandere smile to shame.

A cold dread shot through Kaito's system as he heard Akaito try to scream in pain as the hand began to slowly crush his neck. However, the only sound Akaito could manage was a high pitched gurgling sound as drool began to slip past his lips.

"KAGEITO PLEASE PUT HIM DOWN!" Kaito screamed in panic as he watched his brother's life being drained before him.

"And what if I don't?" Kageito laughed as he copied what Akaito had said to Kaito when Kaito had been screaming at Akaito to let him go.

"KAGEITO! KAGEITO STOP!" Kaito had always been terrified of Kageito. He knew the small Shion was playful and innocent, but he it was the terrifying substance Kageito had spawned from that made Kaito hesitate. He didn't know what were to happen if he were to touch Kageito's scarf. Was it safe to touch?

Akaito gave out one last pained cry before his struggling began to get weaker. Suddenly, Kaito didn't care what happened if he touched Kageito's scarf. He couldn't just stand back and watch!

"A-Akaito!" Kaito screamed lunging at the scarf hand that was killing his brother. Kageito blinked, wondering how the rules of this game were played, but it seemed his scarf was one step ahead of him.

Kaito made a strangled yell and the second scarf hand whipped around Kageito's head and grabbed Kaito by the face before slamming him into the wall.

This only made Kageito smile as he watched Kaito writhe and struggle just as the limp form of Akaito had before him.

"Haha!" Kageito laughed merrily. "I guess I'm really GOOD at this game! What happens now? Did I win th-"

Kageito yelped in shock as his legs were violently kicked out from underneath him. The shadow Shion was not used to being touched since his scarf hands usually prevented it from happening.

The moment Kageito's head hit the floor the two Shion's in the scarf hands were dropped, the scarf hands quickly retracting back to their owner to help pick the white Shion up off the ground. Unsure of what the horribly unpleasant feeling in his head was, Kageito's eyes began to water as he looked up at to see the black and red Shion, Zeito looking down at him with a sharp look in his eyes.

Kaito coughed and Akaito began to gasp violently finally being able to take in air. Kageito payed them no mind as he couldn't take his eyes off of Zeito's glaring face.

"Shadow...freak" Akaito managed to spit out between gasping.

Zeito broke eye contact with Kageito and turned to the two Shions behind him to see if they were okay.

Kageito's eyes widened in terror as he watched one of his only friends turn his back on him. The tears threatening on the rims of Kageito's eyes burst out in torrents as Kageito bawled loudly in combination of mental and physical pain, similar to a small child who had scraped his knee. With the help of his scarf picking him up and placing him back on his feet, Kageito ran out of the room crying.

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Kageito sniffed and wiped his eyes hours later as the sun dipped lower and lower in the sky. He hid in the shadow of the bench that he and Zeito met by every night.

Kageito didn't know why, but he had a feeling that Zeito would not be coming this night to play with him. He wondered if Zeito would EVER come to play with him again.

Zeito's sharp glaring face was still fresh on his mind. He hated it. Zeito had looked at him like he was exactly what Akaito had called him. A shadow freak. That's what Kageito was.

While he still didn't understand what he had done wrong back in the living room that afternoon, he figured he must have broken some game rule. And now because of it, Zeito probably hated him.

Zeito was never going to visit him again. He was going to spend his nights miserable and alone as everyone slept just like he had in the beginning.

Kageito's vision only became more blurred as he sobbed into his knees remembering how lonely the beginning had been without Zeito. He couldn't stand the thought of being alone again.

The sun finally sunk all the way behind the horizon and Kageito looked around terrified.

Zeito wasn't in sight.

The two ALWAYS met before the sun disappeared . Zeito was never late! This was all the confirmation Kageito needed to see that Zeito hated him. That he was alone forevermore again.

Kageito screamed out in anguish as he rolled over on the ground slamming and kicking the gravel with his fists and feet. He just wanted to stop existing entirely. He hated this feeling of self hatred and loneliness. He didn't want to feel anymore. He just wanted to sink back into whatever shadow he came from and stop being.

Kageito just rolled back and forth on the ground grabbing his head and sobbing. His tears made it impossible to see anything.

Zeito blinked down at Kageito's strange behavior. In all the times of meeting at this bench he could not recall a time when Kageito had rolled around on the ground having such a violent temper tantrum.

Was Kageito THAT upset that he had been 30 seconds late?

Zeito just crossed his arms and waited for the monochrome Shion to finish. As he shifted his weight to sit down on the bench, Kageito gasped hearing the gravel crunch.

Kageito blinked as he watched Zeito sit down.

How long had he been there? Had he been here the whole time without Kageito noticing? Could it have been that Zeito still loved him even after he broke the rules of the game?

"Zeito..." Kageito asked as his tears of anguish turned into tears of happiness.

"Zeito! Zeito! Zeito! ZEITO!" he scream as he jumped into Zeito's lap and hugged him as tight as he could, sobbing into Zeito's chest. Even Kageito's scarf was overjoyed as it joined in on the hug as well.

"You d-don't hate me!" Kageito said looking up at Zeito. Zeito just shook his head. This only made Kageito cry harder.

"Zeito please don't ever leave me! I don't want to be alone ever again! I don't want to be alone! I don't want to be alone!"

Kageito yelled as he snuggled his head into Zeito's chest. Zeito just sighed and put his hand on Kageito's head reassuringly. He knew Kageito was probably still upset from this afternoon.

The two just sat there in silence as Kageito sobbed into Zeito's chest and Zeito stroked Kageito's head.

As Kageito's sobs turned into sniffles and hiccups minutes later, Zeito sighed before his mouth opened.

Kageito looked up as Zeito began to softly sing the first few notes of one of his favorite songs Zeito seems to have composed especially for him.

Kageito smiled as his listened to Zeito's voice. Zeito often sung Kageito to sleep. Tonight Kageito was grateful. Despite the fact that it had only turned to night, the time when Kageito was active, Kageito had spent a good part of the day awake. His eyes were heavy from crying and he appreciated the thought of sleeping about now.

"Zeito..." he whispered on last time before he nuzzled into Zeito's lap allowing Zeito's lullaby to bring sleep upon him.