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79. Opera


Kurogane's lip twitched up, into a smirk, as Yuuko leaned against the desk. She tapped the desk, humming. Kurogane raised an eyebrow at her. He was supposed to be taking attendance, and yet she continued to stand there. He sighed, slamming down the attendance book. She was sitting on his desk, staring at his neck. It was freakin' annoying.

"Kurgy, what's that?" She pointed at his neck, tilting her head, as it she didn't know. She nickered when he turned red.

"That's my neck, you retard." She turned into a full-blown smile, and leaned forward. "I'm serious, will you leave now? " She hooked a finger under his chin, tilting the chin upward. "What the hell?"

"Syaoran, what's this?" She tilted Kurogane's neck toward said boy. "Please tell me, since your teacher won't admit what it is!"

"Uh-uhm, Yuuko-sensei.. That's a.." Syaoran was almost as red as Kurogane. He didn't look like he wanted to say it, but Yuuko was now egging him on. "It's a, um, a hicky!" He swiftly turned and hid in his seat. Watanuki tried to assure him that it was okay, not to be embarrassed. Yuuko smirked and turned back to Kurogane.

"Well, well. How'd you get that, Kurgy, hmm?" She smirked as Kurogane turned even redder than before. "I bet Fai-kun gave it to you, huh? Oh, by the look on your face, it did come from...you!" She turned and pointed at Fai, who had just entered with Black Mokona. Black Mokona covered his face, giggling. Then he slipped into his seat, still giggling. "Right, Fai-kun, right?"

Yuuko was holding onto his hands, acting like a schoolgirl. Fai blinked in surprise, trying to slip away from Yuuko. He was only coming to put Black Mokona back in his class.. He laughed, deciding to go along with the other teacher's antics. "Ahahahaa~! Of course, Yuuko-sama." Behind them, Kurogane turned red again.

"I KNEW IT!" She turned to face the class. "As I was, I'm here to tell Class B that today class is cut!" She emphasized her point by hitting the first desk in front of her, Watanuki's, with her fist. "I must now go tell Class A and B!"

Fai blinked, and then turned to watch the students pick up their things, grumbling under their breath. "Isn't Clow the principal now?"

Kurogane glanced up, flicking an eyebrow up. "Yeah, I think so.. Why does it matter?" Fai shrugged. "I guess I can see what you mean.. Yuuko still makes her own decisions." He scribbled on the attendance sheet, finally setting it back down. "You, uh, are you…"

"Ah, Kurogane-sensei, can I ask you something?" Both of the men turned to look at the girl standing in front of them. Hikaru stood there, blinking. "Eh…" She muttered, waiting for her teacher to answer.

"That was a question, Hikaru-chan, but what?" Kurogane leaned against the desk behind me. Hikaru held out what appeared to be three tickets to something. Fai leaned closer, taking the tickets and inspecting them.

"Yuuko-sensei gave them to me before she left. Probably for Fuu-chan and Umi-chan, too. But none of us really like that kind of thing. Opera, I mean. Well, Fuu-chan might.." She shook her head, and smiled. "But, I don't know, I didn't feel they should be wasted. So, if you want them, I'm sure you can get others to go with you.."

"Come on, Kuro-chi, we should take them!" Kurogane sighed, rubbing his temples. "After all, Hikaru-chan went out of her way to give them to us!" He waved the Opera tickets in front of Kurogane's face. He snatched them from the Science teacher. "I guess we're taking them, Hikaru-chan! See you in two days!"

She left, running after Fuu and Umi, who where talking to Sakura and Syaoran. Kurogane glanced down at the opera tickets. "Huh.." He muttered, reading the tickets. "Look, it says.. 'The Phantom of the Opera.' Sounds interesting."

"OH! I've seen that, Kuro-sama! It's really good." He smiled, nodding happily. Kurogane eyed him, and Fai thought the way he did it was odd. "What is it, Kuro-sama?"

Kurogane set down the tickets on his desk, turning to look at Fai. He tilted his head, smiling. Kurogane stepped forward, sliding his hands onto Fai's shoulders. Fai jumped slightly. Kurogane pushed him up against the wall, bracing his hands on said wall. He leaned forward, capturing the other's lips with his. Fai froze for a moment, before leaning into the kiss. A laugh, one Kurogane wished wasn't there, emitted from someone from the doorway.

"Ohohohohohohoho~! My, my, Kurgy do like Fai-kun?" Yuuko smiled, Clow was standing behind her. "What do you think, Clow? He really does like him, but he won't admit, right?" Clow chuckled, nodding along with Yuuko. Kurogane muttered 'I hate you' under his breath.

"Hello~! Yuuko, Clow-sama, what are you doing here?" Fai wound his arms around Kurogane's neck. Yuuko smiled, holding up a pair of tickets. Fai tilted his head. "Is that…?"

"I suppose Hikaru gave you three of these, ne?" She clapped her hands together. Fai nodded, smiling. "I know because it's hitsuzen." She winked. "Ne.. All the teachers are going to see this. I hope I see you there, both of you!" She pulled Clow away, still laughing.

Fai leaned back against the wall, letting his arms slip off of Kurogane's shoulders. "Are you doing anything tonight?" Fai glanced up in surprise, but then he shook his head. Kurogane took Fai's chin in his hand, lifting his face toward him. "Do you want to go with me to that opera?"

"Ooooooha~! I would love to, Kuro-sama. Thank you!" He practically glomped the other man, and Kurogane turned red. "But…" Fai pulled away from the other man, tilting his head yet again. "There are three tickets…Why would Yuuko attend to give us three, if there are only two of us?"

All of the sudden, Black Mokona and White Mokona popped into the room. They smiled together, but White Mokona giggled, her giggles sharp and cute. Black Mokona hugged her, his smiled wider. And then they chimed together. "Because there are two of you!" And they pointed at Fai.

"Oh! Yuuko wants to invite Yuui, ne?" The two nodded, running forward to hug Fai. In the process, Kurogane was also hugged by the two. "Yay, let's go ask Yuui, he should still be here!" And Kurogane was once again hugged. Then he was dragged out of the classroom.

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"Well, I was going out with Chii; Hideki's out of town. But I guess, since all the teachers are attending, I can come." Yuui took the offered ticket from his brother's hand. "Looks like it starts at nine o'clock. It's only about ten o'clock, so I guess I'll pick you up from Kurogane's house, Fai." They stared at him. "Or, y'know, not. Then I'll see you at the theater." He ducked out of the cooking prep room.

"What do you want to do, Kuro-sama?" Fai stood on his tiptoes, smirking at the other. Behind them, the door clicked closed. Fai turned slightly, dropping onto his feet. He grabbed the doorknob, and then let go. "Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap. Kuro-sama, we're locked in here!"

"Well, there's a window right there, idiot." Fai turned to look at the windows on the side of the room. Then he pouted. Kurogane peered out one of the widows. "Then again, it's a long drop down there." He glanced back at Fai. "Guess we're going to have to wait here. Hopefully some kid forgot their shit, then we can get out."

Kurogane flicked open an eye, startled as he heard the door unlocking. He twitched his arm from under Fai, shifting. The door was still locked, so whoever was there was having trouble opening it. Fai stirred, murmured something and continued to sleep. It was fairly dark outside. But the sun set early in February, right? Kurogane glanced at his watch. It read seven-thirty. He hit his head against the wall.

The door flung open. Kurogane eyes widened. That was… That was one of the men searching for Fai! He quickly figured out a way to conceal Fai. The jacket fluttered over Fai, who was luckily curled up. He stood up, trying to remember which man this was. He thought of what Yuuko had told him about the men who were chasing Fai.

"Kamui and Subaru are twins. More specifically, vampire twins." Yuuko scribbled on a paper. Kurogane flicked an eyebrow up. "Yes, vampires are real. Kyle and Xing Huo are the second most dangerous, as they work directly for whoever is behind this. As I've said before, they have an inside man. Not sure who, we're still trying to figure that out." She handed Kurogane the paper.

"What do you mean second most?" He asked, folding the paper, stuffing it into his pocket.

"Kamui and Subaru don't work directly for the 'boss man'. I don't even think they want to harm Fai. But still, they are considered highly dangerous. Because of being vampires, I believe." She stood up. "I'm not sure what they want with Fai, but it's probably not anything good. And make sure Fai doesn't see that paper, and don't look at it yourself." Kurogane sighed, popping his hands into his pockets.

The man standing in the doorway had longer hair, pulled into a ponytail. It was jet black. He was also wearing glasses. Ah, wasn't he wearing a monocle last time? He shook his head. This was the man, Kyle. But then… where was the woman, Xing Huo? Kyle took a step into the room.

"I had a feeling someone was here!" He gave a gentle smiled, but Kurogane wasn't fooled. A voice told him to act like he believed this guy. Which was a tad hard, but he leaned against the counter. "But I thought there was two people in here, was I wrong?"

"No." Kurogane answered gruffly. He nodded toward the sleeping Fai. "But my friend's asleep, don't wake him up." Kyle chuckled, and closed his eyes. "I have to go anyway; my friend and I are supposed to meet a group of friends in an hour and half." He then scooped up Fai, gliding past Kyle.

"Well, that was rude." Kyle remarked, before flipping open a phone. "Hello. Listen, Xing Huo, we have a problem… No, but it seems Yuuko may have put a protector over our dear Fai. That's right, time to send Kamui and Subaru in."

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Fai stirred in the car. He glanced at Kurogane, yawning. "Kuro-rin..." Kurogane glanced over at him. "Kuro-rin, guess what?" He tugged on the other man's sleeve. He eyed Fai suspiciously. "We're supposed to go to the opera soon!" He smiled as Kurogane smacked him. Fai dug his hands into the jacket's pockets. "Eh…" He pulled out a slip of paper. "Hm?" It read.. 'A very important wish will be made soon…' Fai blinked in surprise. Then the writing morphed. 'Are you reading this, Fai!?!?' The writing looked angry. Fai looked tentatively at Kurogane.

"Uhm, yes, magical paper, I am." He said this quietly, and gasped when the words morphed again. Kurogane glanced at him, and Fai hid the paper. Now the paper read 'How the… That Kurgy is so stupid sometimes!' Fai blinked. "Yuuko-sama?" 'Who do you think?!?! Honestly, I'm going to hit him when you two arrive at opera.' Fai pursed his lips. "What's that important wish, Yuuko?" 'You'll find out soon enough!' Fai blinked as the words morphed back to the original words. He hurriedly stuffed the paper back in the jacket pocket.

"What are you doing, you dummy?" Fai let out a laugh when Kurogane questioned him.

"N-nothing, Kuro-sama!" He glanced out the window. What was so important that Yuuko couldn't tell him? And why was she so mad at Kurogane for letting him see that paper…? He closed his eyes, sighing.

The drive to the opera was quite long. The got there about twenty minutes before the opera started. Yuuko was sitting with Yuui and Clow. They all certainly looked fancy. "Fai, Kurogane! Why are you wearing your work clothes, this is an opera!" She scolded them.

"Like we had time to change, witch!" Kurogane snapped as he and Fai sat down next to Ashura. "The idiot's bother locked us in his prep room!" Yuui apologized. Kurogane leaned up to Yuuko. She leaned down. "We only got out because that damn Kyle guy opened the door. You better tell me what he was doing in the school!" Yuuko looked surprised. "Yeah, well, we got away, so let's hope we don't see him again." The opera began, and Kurogane turned around.

"Uwaaaah~!" Fai murmured, tugging on the P.E. teacher's sleeve. "Look, Sakura-chan's on stage!" He pointed toward said girl. "I bet she's the main girl, huh?" Kurogane grunted. "And look, Syaoran-kun too!" He clapped his hands together, smiling happily.

Kurogane sighed, pulling Fai's head to chest. "Idiot.." He murmured, but it was laced with affection. Fai let out a little moan of protest. And then he said, quietly, 'Kuro-sama, I can't see Sakura-chan or Syaoran-kun!'


So, there you go. If you haven't seen Phantom of the Opera, it's a must see. For those who have, Sakura would be Christine, and Syaoran would be Raoul, I believe his name is. It's a really good movie, though I haven't seen it as an opera. Remember, even one review from a reader is wonderful, trust me! NOTE: The italic up there with Yuuko talking is a flashback! Next is Insanity, I'll be working on it right away, so no needed suggestions!