A/N: Well, here's ch 2. I hope y'all like this. I did. ;)

Warning: Yaoi, Fluff, fluff, angst, and fluff. ^^

World Details: Oto Country in the Fat's Eye Cafe. Fai sees a certain someone from his past enter the cafe and leaves Sakura to serve said person while he goes upstairs to try to get a hold of himself. Kuro follows him and...fluffiness ensues. ^^

Never Alone

Kurogane reached the top of the stairs and followed Fai into the gathering room only to find him leaning against the kitchenette counter and breathing hard. His shirt was partly unbuttoned, his vest was totally undone and his tie was hanging loosely around his neck.

"Hey, you alright?" Kurogane asked.

At the sound of the warrior's voice Fai spun around with a stricken look on his face. It took a moment for him to realize it was Kurogane he was seeing and calm down, only to collapse to the floor and curl into a shivering ball.

"What's wrong with you? Oi, I'm talking to you!" Kurogane demanded as he stalked over, grabbed the wizard by the shoulders and forced him against the counter wall. Fai's terrified expression returned. "What's wrong?"

Fai tried to gather himself with an obvious effort and whispered, "Nothing." He avoided Kurogane's eyes.

Kurogane slammed the wizard against the counter again with jarring force. "Don't put me off like that. You saw something that obviously scared the crap out of you. Now tell me, what was it?"

Fai started shaking his head when the warrior cupped the wizard's face in his hand and kissed him squarely on the lips, effectively silencing any response he might have received. Then he pulled back to see Fai's reaction. His face was shocked, but not disgusted. The opposite, there was almost a hint of curiosity. Then Fai's hands clasped Kurogane's face and he returned the kiss with equal fervor. His hands slid down to clutch Kurogane's muscled arms as Kurogane's hands pushed the already disheveled shirt and vest off Fai's thin, pale shoulder.

He moved his kiss to Fai slender neck while his hand reached into the wizard's shirt and pressed the slender body against his muscular one. He could hear Fai breathing hard next to his ear. He nipped the wizard's ear and was gratified by a small grunt followed by a moan as his lips met their partners.

Then, as suddenly as it started, it stopped when the warrior broke the kiss and pushed back from a dumbfounded wizard. Fai's blue eyes stared at him in confusion. Then he was tenderly pressed against the warrior's chest and held there.

"If you're afraid of something, or someone, you should tell me rather than keeping it all to yourself. You're not only hurting yourself by doing that, you're hurting those close to you as well," Kurogane said gently. He sighed, "Why can't you get that through your stupid head?"

Fai closed his eyes and relaxed into the embrace. Kurogane kissed the golden hair and rested his head on the wizard's. After a few moments, Fai stirred. He pulled away, but didn't release Kurogane's arms. He looked up and smiled, not the thoroughly fake smile of the mask he always wore. This was the sad smile of someone who has seen too much and is stilling carrying the burden of what he has seen, or done.

"I'm sorry, Kurgy. It really is nothing. I'm not even sure it was really him. It was probably just another parallel, a person who looks the same but doesn't know me." He looked down, embarrassed. "Now that I can think clearly, I'm almost positive that's all he was. I really didn't mean to react that way. It was just…" His voice trailed away and Kurogane placed his finger under his chin and raised his face so their eyes met. His lips were brushed by Kurogane's once more. He could feel the warrior's strong hand tangling in his hair and holding his head close against the warrior's neck.

"Just remember," the husky voice breathed in Fai's ear, "you're not alone."

Fai closed his eyes against the tears that rimmed his eyes and he wrapped his arms around Kurogane's body.


A/N: Was that enough fluff? ;)

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