Kurogane grunted as if a sign for Fai to continue what he is about to say.
"I know this is just a one-time thing right?" Fai spoke under his breath, eyes still fixed on the ground, his hair covering his expressions, "…well, not that it matters. Just leave what I said." He looked up wearing another smile.
Silence took over.
"You really are a crazy mage." He said pinching both of Fai's cheek.
Right now, I don't even know what I'm saying nor doing. It's like my body is moving on its own. Am I even with myself?
"Kuro-wanko, what's wrong?" Fai asked when Kurogane bent forward to him, his face inches away from the mage.
"I know this ain't a one-time thing…" he whispered on the blonde's ear, ignoring the nickname. His voice was gruff but was also soothing. His warm breath tickled Fai's ear.
Stop it. Stop saying words that make me expect something else. I don't need it. No matter how much I distance myself. No matter how much I hide myself… Somehow, your warmth always crosses the line… your warmth finds and draws me closer. Why? I don't want to expect things that I can never grasp.
"I said it didn't I? Nice and clear." The ninja said stroking Fai's soft hair, "This blonde here… belongs to me." He reached for the wizard's neck, kissing it lightly.
He jerked back a bit by Kurogane's affectionate touch but soon came to a deep thought, "Stop it Kuro-wan, you're drunk…" he added pushing him away frivolously.
"Drunk? Who is? Me?" the ninja asked continuously, "I'm not you, moron! And stop with the stupid nicknames already."
"Right. Right, Kuro-chii." He patted the warrior's shoulder and started walking away from him, "Let's get moving, I already have a place where we could stay." He changed the subject.
"Hey." The taller man grabbed Fai's hand, preventing him from walking any further, "Is that why you asked this 'one-time thing'? It's because you think I'm drunk?"
"If not… then what could be the reason for Kuro-rin's actions?" the mage turned tha table around and struck questions to the other man, "Why'd you pull me out of that man? And said the things you said?" he looked back at him with a smirk.
"T-That's…" he stuttered.
The blonde magician let out a sigh, "Let's just go Kuro-tan."
"Oi." Instantly, he snaked his arms around the wizard's small waist, approaching him, "So I can get what I want if I give you what you want huh?"
"Uwah~ Kuro-chu's so flirty. Hentai." He teased putting his hands on Kuro's, tugging away his arms, the warrior just tightened the hug, not wanting to let go, "So… what is it?"
"Here it goes…" the ninja leaned forward, resting his chin on the wizard's shoulder, "… back there, I was so goddamn pissed at that annoying green-haired with you. He was… clingy. I didn't like it. And the way he interacted with you, it pissed me off to hell." He explained furrowing his eyebrows, remembering what had happened.
"Was that what you felt? Pissed off?" Fai turned around facing the larger man, his eyes at Kurogane's, "As a reward for my Kuro-sama's close honesty…" he reached up for the warrior clothes, pulling him so his head was near Fai's level. Chu~. Fai had smacked his lips on Kurogane's forehead, "You'll get what you want if you tell me the real reason why you did the things you did." Afterwads, the magician had skipped away from the ninja.
The warrior was stunned. What in the world did that mage mean? Real reason?
"Oi! What the hell?!!" he got back up to his feet, following the mage, "I'm not done with you!!" he ran after him, but Fai sensed it and ran away.
"Eh? Whatever could my Kuro-sama mean?" he replied innocently.
"Get back here!" Kurogane growled.
People stared. In the middle of their ruckus, the running magician accidentally bumped at a smaller man. Immediately, the nimble mage pulled himself back then grabbed the smaller form, helping him to regain his lost stance.
"Ah. Syaoran-kun?" he recognized the smaller man.
"Waaii~! It's Fai-san!" Mokona cheered, "Fai!" the white manjuu hopped onto the blonde's shoulder.
"We've finally found you, Fai-san." Sakura exclaimed, "But… Kurogane-san is…?" she glanced around for any sign of the ninja.
As if on cue, Kurogane shouted running toward the group. He decelerated when he got nearer the familiar faces.
"Why were you running Kurogane-san?" Syaoran asked.
"That – Kuro-pipi and I were playing tag." Fai was the one to answer and briefly explained. The crimson-eyed just stood still, motionless, "Now why don't we go to a place where we could all talk comfortably. I already found us an inn."
"As expected from Fai!" Mokona nuzzled Fai's neck, "Hmm. Did you and Kuro-pi drink? Fai smells like alcohol."
"Do I? I'll let you in a little secret then." Fai put Mokona in his hands and whispered, "Kuro-daddy used his mouth for Fai-mommy to drink alcohol." His whisper wasn't even classified as one because their companions could clearly hear them.
"Eh?" the four of them reacted including Kurogane himself.
"Fai-mommy got a kiss from Kuro-daddy!! Lovey-dovey!" the fluff ball cried out happily.
"Fai-san… Kurogane-san… i-is that true?" stammered Sakura, giving a quick look from the said men, blushing furiously alongside with a dazed Syaoran.
"Teme…" the ninja is starting to seethe from the statements of Fai and Mokona.
"Ah! Kuro-chu is embarrassed!" Fai said.
"He's embarrased." Mokona supported Fai's tease.
"Neh~?" the hyperactive Mokona and Fai both added.
"What are you blabbing about?!!" the ninja readied his fist.
"He's mad!!" the manjuu and the blonde made a run for their lives.
"Get back here!!" he ran toward them.
Finally, the group is back together. The brunettes have some news about the whereabouts of the feather while the other two men still have so many things left unsaid to each other. And as for Mokona… Mokona is Mokona.
When they got to the inn Fai mentioned, there is only one room available, excluding Fai's. Fai only rented one room first since he didn't know if they'll regroup sooner and before, the inn had at least four vacant rooms. In the end, they decided to stay at the inn the mage found. They took the last vacant room and as usual, Syaoran and Sakura shared the same room while Fai and Kurogane shared.
The group, after dinner, stayed at Syaoran and Sakura's room to talk about what had happened while they were separated. The blonde narrated his story first.
According to Fai, when he was with Kurogane someone grabbed him, of course he tried to resist but the figure said to be quiet and she'll save him, and her aura was of something without threat…
**FLASHBACK
"W-wait… I don't need any saving really…" Fai tried to explain at a girl with long blonde hair, the one who got him separated from Kurogane.
"It's alright. You're safe now. You don't need to be afraid of that man back there." The girl paid no attention to Fai's explanation, just dragging him to nowhere.
"Name… your name…?" the mage asked the blonde haired.
"Chi… I'm called Chi." She replied.
"So… Chi, where are you taking me?" he asked with a smile.
"To a safer place. There's a town right there and you could find a nicer owner or live freely." She replied determined to get Fai to the said place.
"Owner? Live freely?" the mage asked in confusion.
"Yes, that's right, you can start over." She said, "There. There's the town." She added as houses and street lights started to appear clearly
She showed Fai an inn where he could stay. Of course, Fai asked for the currency of the place and had some pieces of gold and silver. Chi left him giving him a note when he decided to stay at the inn.
He entered his singl-bed room and put down his cloak on his bed. He looked at the note Chi had given him but could not understand a single word. He talked to the owner of the inn about the note. The innkeeper gladly answered Fai's request and said it is an address of one of the places where you could find people and information. The innkeeper told Fai the direction so he came to a decision to go there and that was the place where he met some people who treated him ice cream. He was about to have an information concerning the feather but Kurogane barged in before they could even talk further about the feather.
**END of FLASHBACK
"It's Kuro-puu's fault that Fai didn't get any information…" Mokona glared at Kurogane, "…but it's ok. Mokona, Syaoran and Sakura found informations about the feather."
"Really? That's great. What about the feather?" Fai asked.
"Well, we found a City Hall and there we saw a blonde. Thinking that it was you, Fai-san, we approached him. But it wasn't you and from there we took the chance to ask about the feather."
"So what did that blonde said?" the mage asked again.
"He said that there might be something like that. But it is within a competition…" Syaoran's cheeks started to turn red.
"What kind of competition?" Kurogane asked when he saw the brunette flushed.
"Err… A blonde person is a requirement for the competition and someone as a partner…" Syaoran hesitated to say some more.
"Spit it out kid." Kurogane commanded.
"H-Hai!" he obeyed, "Uhmm… the competition is…" he looked at his comrades, "… it is a kissing contest." He added, uttering the last few words gently.
"Really~?!" the mage was obviously interested, "Maybe I should join, neh~?" he smiled as if the news was nothing out of the ordinary.
"Ha?!" they all were surprised by Fai volunteering at such a contest.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO end of chap.4
uhmm.... I'm not really sure if I'm sure that the contest is a kissing contest.... help!
Dammit!! I've got so many things to do... i sorta hurried for this one...
sorry...
ah... so tired...