A/N: Hello, again! I'm back with a new inside joke for you guys! This came about just a few minutes ago while we were sitting at the cafeteria in college, watching AMVs. As usual, enjoy.

I Say

Some people may say that Kurogane was not a happy man. They might say that he never smiled or joked or laughed. Even more might say he was a bit of a jerk. These people no longer had the ability to say anything anymore.

But, truth was – sure, he didn't smile as much as other people and he was usually insulting or threatening someone, but he wasn't an unhappy person. In fact, if he was willing to admit it, he would say he actually was having a pretty good time most of the time. Not that anybody could ever get him to admit it.

Ever.

Currently, he was enjoying some alone time, seeing as the mage had taken the kids out to look for the feather. The world they were in was a non-violent, peace-loving, boring place. Five minutes outside of their temporary house would most likely drive the man insane. So, he stayed indoors for the safety of all.

It was a while before they came back, empty handed. The kids went off to plan where they would search in the morning, taking Mokona with them. Fai pranced off into his and Kurogane's room, jumping onto the bed, and by effect, Kurogane.

"Ahh! What the hell, mage! Get off!" he shouted, trying his hardest to fling the lithe man on to the floor. The tussled around, shouting and forgetting that there were young ears in the house as well.

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Another few thuds sounded from the next room over as muffled shouts followed. It sounded all too like when his Highness and the High Priest would spend nights together in Clow. And by the look on her face, Sakura had those memories back as well.

"Should we go check on them? Make sure they're okay?" she asked, not quiet believing that their two adult counterparts were doing what her brother and his lifelong friend did.

Syaoran gulped a little. He was sure they weren't doing that… he was positive. He nodded. "I'll go check. You know how Kurogane-san doesn't like people going into his room unannounced and stuff. Stay here, I'll be right back."

He stood and made his way across the hall. He stood at the door, listening. None of the sounds changed and he could now hear what they were shouting. Kurogane was cursing and shouting at Fai, not unlike what he usually yelled. Fai was screaming nonsense and calling Kurogane his usual names, his voice happy sounding. But they surely weren't doing that.

He knocked softly and waited. When he didn't get a response he knocked again. Still, no one answered him. He had to find out what was going on, he'd told Sakura he would. And so, he would.

Slowly, he pushed open the door, peering in with his good eye. He couldn't see either man, but he could still hear them, loud and clear. He ventured further into the room, crawling on his hands and knees. He saw something move on the other side of the bed. He stood to climb on top of it and look over the edge, but it was at that time things got quiet.

Just as he stood Kurogane also got to his feet and looked over to see Syaoran looking very surprised and shocked. Not just about him being caught, but at what the ninja looked like. On his face was a smile. And he only smiled when one of two things happened – either he'd killed something or Fai was receiving some kind of lesson or payback.

"W-where's Fai-san?" is what he said. What he was thinking was more along the lines of what's dead.

He expected Fai to pop up and laugh about Kurogane and him playing around but no one did. He was just met with Kurogane's red eyes glaring at him, telling him quite plainly to leave.

"Don't worry about it, kid. And you know you're not supposed to come in the room without telling me."

Syaoran bowed low. "Sorry, Kurogane-san! I'll be going now!" And away he went.

Fai sat up. "Wonder what he was thinking?" he smiled as he leaned on the bed, arms out in front of him.

"Who cares? He won't say anything, he's too respectful for that. Though, I'm not sure why he looked so shocked when I stood up…"

Fai's smile grew. "It's because Kuro-daddy was smiling and his little boy knows what makes his daddy smile. It's why he asked where I was."

Kurogane sat on the bed and tossed the blonde a confused look. "What makes me smile then?"

Fai leaned into his legs. "Violence, when Syaoran-kun does something right in his training, and me."

Kurogane blinked. "You?"

"I don't get it either, Kuro-tan," he said off-handedly. "But you make me smile. Weird, huh?"

Oshimai

A/N: Haha, two for one deal here. The classic "Syaoran walking in on Kurogane and Fai getting it on" and our "Kurogane only ever smiles when Fai or killing something is involved" inside joke. We were watching a video by OskakaKitty on youtube and there were a lot of smiles from Kurogane. We thought about where those smiles came from. It was either when he was killing someone or talking to Fai. Hmm…