Well...I'm still alive you know, with a new chapter! Beware of spoilers here!
Oh and, Yurikitsune: thank you for the reviews!
It was raining.
And yet again, the blond's formidable skills lured Kurogane into another one of Fai's maze. This time, it takes form of another Fai in the middle of the forest, only smaller, like a ten year old. Kurogane can only stare.
"What's wrong Kuro-myu?"
"What do you think?"
"Oh! Sorry", the image of the twin disappeared only proving that Fai used magic.
"Who was that?"
"Noone particular. Me when I was young. Well, you could say that."
"I don't believe you. That's someone else." Kurogane was doing that stare again. The kind he did earlier in the day at the hall. Fai hated that because it forces him to surrender his posts, even he keeps trying not to, there's just, a feeling in that ninja's look that makes Fai eventually like the gaze. And at this rate and conditions, he had no choice. His eyes half-lidded, full of coldness and misery, his face away from Kurogane. "My twin."
"That's not a surprise. Seeing where you got that look on your face, tell me, what exactly happened to him?" He was now sitting right next to the blond who made him soaking wet as well.The ninja was eager for answers, epecially coming from Fai.
"Would you believe that I'm a liar?"
"You already are."
Would you believe that I'm foolish?"
"Right from the start"
"And….would you believe…that I'm a murderer?!", Fai was crying from this statement, he can't control it when it comes to Kurogane, it just made him worse.
"Wha-!"
"I knew it! You just wouldn't believe me! I'm a wreck! I can't take this! I miss Yuui! I killed him!" He just couldn't see himself saying those words but, he said them. He was about to stand up and run, but Kurogane took hold of the wizard's right hand, holding it tighter by the minute.
"Why can't you be honest for once! And stop confusing people with your problems!," Kurogane gritted his teeth with the grip. It was killing Fai's hand, and he knew that.
"I've never been honest my entire life until you came, Kuro-pan. I'm sorry, I'm bent and broken. But once in a blue moon, here I am, playing mind-games with the only person that made my day unusual." Fai sighed. "All right, I'm going to be honest, for one question."
"And what might that be?"
"What is a beautiful life for you Kuro-wan?"
"Simple," Kurogane held even tighter to Fai's hand, then pulling the other man closer to him, making Fai lean on his chest to listen to the warm heartbeat. "To be with the one who made my day exciting, you."
The blond gasped at what he just heard. He just can't imagine in his dreams that this would happen, on a rainy night with the person he holds most important, the person who holds him most important than any force of nature, Kurogane. "Thank you."
"Hey, Kuro-pon, can we stay like this, for a little while?" Eyes sleepy, Fai gazed at Kurogane above.
"Idiot, the kids might be worried about us. But since you're asking, just a little while will do."
And so they sat there, together, looking at the watery scenery with each other, never forgetting this moment.