Disclaimer: Although I might be mistaken, I think that Kurogane and Fay aren't mine.
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Chapter 4 -Two little monkeys.
"Here we are", Yuko smiled greedily.
Right. The witch had recorded it all, since the beginning. Where was the run forward switch? Fay didn't need to listen it all –he had been there, right? He just wanted to know one little name.
Suuuuiiiiiiiiiiiit-
"It's cover-your-ears time! Go ahead, Kuro-woof-woof, we are ready not to hear it!"
Gosh, Fay sure was good at playing the goofy. He was going to press again the run forward switch when camcordered-Kurogane looked at him with a strange expression.
"You're the only one who's actually supposed to hear the damn confession, idiot", he said.
Almost tenderly.
Fay couldn't believe it. At all.
"This is a fake, right?" he said, shaking the camcorder.
"Hyuu!" On the video, he was whistling. "Look how surprised looks the big puppy!"
Hey, I'm the surprised o-
"Don't act dumb, stupid mage". Kurogane seemed to be growing a bit annoyed as he spoke. Fay smiled dumbly at him.
"I can't hear you Kuro-puu! Are you calling me names again?"
He seemed so incredibly… stupid. No wonder the nin couldn't bear him. But, hell, that was the purpose of it, wasn't it?
"Go on and tell Yuuko who you fancy!" he winked.
Oh dear, he had actually iwinked/i at the ninja. And was still alive. That was inot/i normal. Somehow, that was even more frightening than if Kurogane had actually murdered him. Why the hell hadn't the ninja kill him on the spo-
"Yeah, right. You're this guy I like."
"WHAT?" Fay screamed loudly gripping the camcorder even more tightly. "Wait- what?- It's no time for jokes- hell!"
iSakura blushed. Shaolan blushed. Watanuki blushed. Himawari screamed in delight and Doumeki pulled her and Watanuki away from the visiokona. The aids where jumping everywhere singing "You're this guy he likes! You're this guy he likes!". /i
Yuuko stayed quiet as ice. Mokona seemed a bit saddened. And then- that.
"Oh, oh, you know, I don't really care!" recorded-Fay happily exclaimed. "As you often said, your life is not of my concern!"
"No", actual-Fay said. "I didn't say that, please, tell me I ididn't/i say ithat/i!"
Yes, Kurogane was a big boy. Yes, he could handle it quite well. But, hell, NO!
"In fact, I think I'll be on my way now. Just keep chit-chatting with those charming people –see you sweetie!"
Why the hell did he had to flirt back then?
"Damn it! Damn- Damn iit/!" Fay repeated nervously as he was half shaking half throwing the more than twice damned camcorder.
"I thought you weren't suppose to listen to it?" Kurogane's voice said behind him.
The camcorder slipped of Fay's hands.
"I don't… I don't get it!" the mage exclaimed. "You're not actually in love with ime/, are you?"
That seems even sillier than a MokoGane pairing.
"I thought you had used your magic to avoid such wonders", Kurogane said.
"I did!" said Fay. "I… did". Damn. Again, "damn". The nin was right. They weren't suppose to grow closer.
He smiled.
"Kuro-pon is right! Let's say no more of it. You keep silent, and I'll be deft!"
Smile. Broken smile. Ouch.
"Are you searching again for your manga?"
"You're such an idiot."
The ninja went to the table where the book laid.
"Wait", Fay said. "Perhaps I'm an idiot. But what is else to do?"
He just couldn't bear keeping his mouth shut.
"That's why I said you're an idiot", Kurogane answered.
He walked toward the mage and almost didn't stopped. Which means he now stood awfully close to Fay.
"I don't care about your past", he said.
"I got that!" Fay protested.
"I don't care about future either", the ninja added. "No-one can read into the future".
"Yuuko-"
"I'm not speaking of freaks, mage. I'm speaking of you and me".
Oh, right. At least Fay wasn't tagged as a "freak" in Kurogane's mind. However, the united words "you and me" made him shiver. In fact, he realized, every single thing about the ninja made him shiver.
Fay then decided to turn the English word "emo" into the latin one "amo" and make that change a reality.
"In this case", he said, "I'll just read into immediate future. Seems to me that, in the next few minutes, a tall dark-haired ninja is going to kiss me. And I forbid you to prove me wrong."
Kuro-daddy's answer seemed to agree. Too much talking. Time for action.