Chapter 7
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"Kuro-pon!"
"Kurogane san!"
Fai and Sakura shouted in unision when they saw the ninja choking madly until he lost conciousness, Fai abruptly went to the ninja's side and cradled the heavy man in his arms.
"What happened?" Syaoran asked,
"I saw him unconsciously swallow three crab puffs at the same time." Kclein narrated nonchalantly, considering that he hated Kurogane.
"Kuro-chan. ." the blonde whispered concerned.
"You guys are healers right? So you can save him?" the princess asked.
"Yes, ofcourse." Cedric nodded and helped the mage carry the big man upstairs, Kclein followed, while the princess and the brunette boy with the bun cleaned up.
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They carefully lay the black man in the bed. Cedric touched the ninja's throat, and closed his eyes, concentrating.
"I am absolutely certain that I can feel the three crab puffs are all stuck in his throat, so he is unable to breathe that is why he fainted." the blue haired man explained with closed eyes.
If Kuro pin heard Cedric san said that he 'fainted', he'll be mad. ofcourse because the word fainted is too girly for him.
"Can you get it out?" Fai asked worriedly.
"Yes, but first, niisan," Cedric called his big brother.
"What?" Kclein who's leaning at the door frame asked.
"Please get a bowl." and the redhead miraculously obeyed.
"A bowl?" the mage asked holding the dark man's hand.
"For him to throw up in." the blue haired man replied coolly.
The blonde flashed a worried look on the ninja and gripped his hand tighter. hang on, Kuro pi.
Kclein came back carrying a big empty white bowl, he handed it to his little brother. Cedric placed the container on to Kurogane's chest, but it kept sliding down because of the silky shirt that the ninja was wearing.
"Please hold that for me, Fai san." Cedric ordered.
And the mage quickly obeyed.
The blue haired healer positioned his fingers in a #2 sign and placed it on to the ninja's throat, after some time of concentration, a blue light appeared under Cedric's positioned fingers. Suddenly, the black man opened his eyes and started coughing roughly, the blonde just stared at him horrified, while the 2 healers waited for the result.
After several seconds of coughing, he finally vomited the 3 crab puffs that he swallowed, Kclein put a hand on his little brother's shoulder.
"Not bad, little brother."
"Thank you."
The empty bowl is now full of Kurogane's vomit, and at the center was a 3 round crab puff full of saliva.
"Thanks, Cedric san, Kclein san." Fai stated.
"No problem, We will leave you people alone." Cedric announced and dragged his big brother who's muttering a series of but's out of the room,
"What happened?" the ninja asked wiping his mouth, forgetting his own rule of ignoring the blonde.
"You swallowed 3 crab puff and choked." Fai narrated with a smile on his face.
"What?" the black man asked dumbly, and suddenly he remembered what happened. oh hell, I did another stupid thing, and it's all this bastard's fault. his thoughts were interrupted when he felt a pair of skinny arms wrapped around his neck.
"I'm so glad you're okay, kuro-wan."
"Get off me, idiot." Kurogane snorted.
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"Kurogane san, are you alright?" the princess asked the ninja who's descending the stairs.
"I'm fine." the dark man grunted.
Kclein approached the crimson eyed man.
"Where is Fai?"
"He's upstairs."
"So it seems that you are really letting him go, huh?"
The ninja was caught off guard by the sudden question of the redhead infront of the kids, Syaoran, Sakura, Cedric and Mokona turned their heads at the direction of the 2 elder men, curious of the sudden tension that enveloped the kitchen.
Kurogane couldn't say anything, he just glared at the ruby haired man infront of him, what the hell am I supposed to say? Should I say no? Wait! Do I like him? yeah you do! I do? But I'm a freaking ninja!
"I am waiting, Kurogane." Kclein stated with a malignent glint in his eyes. The others stared astonished, all of them asking themselves what is all the tension about.
"Well. . I. ." the ninja was about to respond when suddenly, the mage appeared in the staircase beside him, smiling while holding the bowl that was used as a vomit container awhile ago.
"Kuro-chan, I just finished cleaning this bowl. ." Fai trailed off, sensing the 'tensioned aura'.
"What's going on?" the blonde asked innocently, no one spoke for a few minutes, they just stared at each other,especially Syaoran, Sakura and the bun, who are still trying to analyze the things that are happening.
On the other hand, Cedric, who just gathered his guts, decided to break the tensioned silence,
"Let us continue our evening food."
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It was 8 in the evening when they continued their dinner, akward silence was floating around the dining room, no one dared to speak, Syaoran, is avoiding eye contact, while Sakura is glancing at Kurogane, Fai and Kclein from time to time, Cedric is simply eating, Mokona decided to ignore everything and sleep, Fai is still innocent but a bit worried, Kclein is happily eating while the ninja managed to control himself from bursting into anger, argh! I can't think straight! Do I really like the mage? But I'm a freaking ninja! And I'm not gay! the black man was going crazy, he knows to himself that he likes the blonde but his stupid ego and him being a ninja is getting in the way. He can't take it anymore, and so he stood up, uttered, "I'm finished." and left.
The group just stared at where Kurogane sat, Kclein has a big smile in his face,
"Kclein, come with me." Cedric stated, with seriousness in his voice, since he didn't add a niisan at the redhead's name, and abruptly took his big brother's hand and drag him upstairs, The redhead didn't had time to protest.
"What happened, Fai san?" the princess asked worriedly.
"I don't know." the magician replied with a sad and concern look in his sapphire eyes.
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Cedric shoved his big brother inside his room and slammed the door shut.
"What?!" Kclein irritatingly asked his little sibling.
"What did you do?!" the blue haired man asked, trying but failing to read his big brother's eyes, ofcourse, because Kclein is one of the best liar in their world.
The redhead just stared at him, with a blank expression in his face.
"What did you do?!" the younger repeated, louder this time, loosing his temper to his big brother. Kclein walk towards Cedric and leaned so that their noses are a few inches away.
"Look, Cedric, I am older here, so you better mind your own business." the older whispered, in a threatening tone, his crimson hair is shining under the moon's light.
"I know you are bloody older Kclein! But you have to think that Fai san and the others are helping us here, so you sure as not make them mad! So now tell me what happened!" the younger whispered back, with an angry tone.
Kclein rolled his eyes, sighed, and sat at the bed.
"Fine, I will tell you."
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"It's all right, Fai san, we'll clean up here, please go and talk to Kurogane san." Sakura stated as she carried the plates to the sink.
Syaoran nodded.
"Thanks, guys." Fai smiled and went for the stairs.
As he ascend the stairs, he thought of many things, like what will happen tomorrow and will they be able to save Resha chan, but it only occupied a corner of his brain, because his mind and heart was invaded by many Kurogane thoughts, asking himself the same questions,does Kuro pu like me? And he also admitted to himself that he's a gay for falling in love with the big black ninja dog upstairs, and what about Kclein san? How will he deal with that nasty maniac? And before he could ask himself another question, he bumped into the ninja's door, and he immediately came back to reality, he sighed, it's now or never.
Fai knocked softly at the door, he waited for an answer but didn't recieve any, and so he knocked again.
"Kuro-pin?" he called.
"Go away!" the ninja's manly voice passed through the wooden door, and was followed by a soft 'thump' like a pillow was thrown at the door. The blonde reached for the knob, and pushed it open, I'm lucky it's not locked.
he was greeted by the sudden darkness, having the moon as his guide for sight, it took him a series of blinks for adjusting his eyesight, he saw the ninja sitting up on his bed, surrounded by many pillow feathers(the feather cotton inside a pillow) which only means that he took out his anger on the poor, helpless pillows, with a grumpy expression on his handsome face.
"Get out." the ninja ordered, not even glancing at the blonde.
The blonde, being himself, tried to ignore the ninja's order.
"Kuro pi, what happe-" but he was quickly interrupted by the dark man.
"I said, get out." the dark man stated coolly, his words sliced through the magician's heart, he looked up at Fai, locking his seriously angered crimson orbs at the other's calm blue eyes.
The wizard's heart was stabbed, the ninja is being mean to him by some uknown reason, but ofcourse, he masked his pain with a smile.
"Alright then Kuro chan, good night." he turned around and left, closing the door behind him, leaving Kurogane alone in his room's darkness.
it's better this way, right? I can't allow myself to fall in love with that stupid idiot.
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