Author's Rant and Apologies: Hey, long time, no update, huh? hehe... sorry about that. I've been super busy lately with my class trying to go through nearly half a semester worth of core subjects in under a month. Not just in one core, but four. Four! Also, not long after the last time I updated one of my fan fic, my computer crashed, taking everything I'd written for the next chapter with it. :( I really don't like making excuses for not getting things done on time, but that's pretty much what happened. Again, very sorry. But, now that my computer's fixed, I can continue with these stories that no one probably wants to read anyway. ^_^;

Disclaimer: I don't own Monochrome Factor or any of it's characters. The OC (Nori) it mine though.

starfruit-kitten: Man, it's good to be back!

Ryuuko: The suspense was killing me! :O

Nori: Ha ha, what suspense?

Shirogane: Couldn't you have just left me out of this? It's embarrassing.

starfruit-kitten: Aw, good to see you too, Mr. Grumpy Face! :D

Warning: this chapter contains mentions of mild yaoi content, mild-ish language (okay, maybe not that mild), Ryuuko, Shirogane, flirting and something that may be kind of confusing. Strongly not recommended for homophobes and young children. Read at your own risk.

Chapter 9

Recap: "You like that, huh?" though he couldn't see it, he could tell that Ryuuko was grinning like the idiot he was.

Still, he couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. Whoever they were, wherever they were, imagined or not, if they everspoke of anything they saw, Shirogane would personallysee to it that their severed head went to the Kokuchis!

Nori's POV

Nori stared dumbfounded through the crack in Ryuuko's bedroom door. Never, in all her life, had she ever witnessed such a thing. On the other side of the ivory coloured door, the two men she respected the most were having sex…with each other! Right now, Nori wasn't sure whether she wanted to squeal like a fangirl, or scream. But after the initial shock faded, the Neutral watched with newly found interest. She found it rather difficult to tell where Shirogane ends and were Ryuuko starts. All she could see was a sweaty heap of hair and kings.

And honestly, the Neutral left them alone for a good hour at most to work out whatever was going on between them, and when she came back to check on them, it was already happening. What surprised the Neutral the most, however, was that his Royal Darkness, he who was always scowling and threatened to kill her on countless occasions was actually a bit of a slut in bed. Who knew?

The sound of heavy, uneven breathing and pleasured moans (most of which were Shirogane's) pulled Nori from her thoughts. Oh right, she was watching Ryuuko fuck Shirogane's brains out…

"Ah! R-Ry…uuko~!" cried Shirogane as Ryuuko slammed into him again and again… and again… and again…

Merde!* This is so frigging awkward, thought Nori. But somehow, it's kinda hot…

The Neutral couldn't take watching this anymore, but she found it incredibly difficult to avert her eyes. In short, she was stuck there; frozen in lace by both shock and unwanted arousal.

Nori glanced down at the expanding crotch of her white skinny jeans and sighed. Nori hated being born a guy. Now she had one more thing to take care of after the Royals finished up.

Ever since she first found out that she was a Neutral, everybody (Ryuuko and Shirogane) just assumed that she was a girl. She didn't blame them though, considering that she preferred feminine-looking clothing. She hated keeping secrets from her kings, and her actual gender was something that they ought to know by now. She would have told them, but it was against everything she believed in to make others feel like idiots. But after five years of going along with it, Nori had finally had enough! She had to set them straight, no... he had to set them straight.

The Neutral would have continued on with his mental rant, but the questionable sounds that Shirogane kept making were far too distractingly loud. Barely even a minute later, the two men climaxed. How the Neutral even knew that was beyond him, but the way Shirogane practically screamed Ryuuko's name was a dead giveaway. Nori snickered a bit at that. He would never be able to see Shirogane the same way ever again.

Ryuuko's POV

Ryuuko woke up to a band of late morning sunlight threatening to burn his retinas as well as the sound of footsteps outside his bedroom door. At first he thought it might have been Shirogane going back to the shadow palace, but then he felt something brush against his arm.

Shirogane lay sleeping completely naked next to him. His porcelain skin appeared to glow in the rich sunlight that shone in through the large window. His long silver hair fanned out across his pillow and the blankets on his side. He looked so much like a girl when he slept; like a sleeping princess waiting for a prince to come and wake her, err...him...with a gentle kiss. That certainly was an odd way of picturing the sleeping shadow.

Suddenly, the door flew open. Standing in the doorway was Nori, wearing a loose fitting grey t-shirt and black skinny jeans–not as feminine as she normally dressed–and looked fairly shaken for some reason. "Tabernak,"* she mumbled just loud enough for Ryuuko to hear. Ryuuko watched as the Neutral's face flushed a dark beet red as she covered her pale grey eyes and turned her back to him.

"Ryuuko," she started. Her voice sounded abnormally deeper than it should be. It almost sounded like that of a guy to be perfectly honest. Maybe she'd come down with a cold? "For the love of all thing sane, it's already past noon! Wake Shirogane up, put some clothes on and meet me in the library." She said as she strode out of the room.

The raven haired man stared at the open door dumfounded. What was that about?

The Rei shrugged and then leaned over to give his sleeping lover a quick peck on the cheek.

"And that means no flirting with his Royal Darkness right now!" Nori's guy-like voice (seriously, was she sick or something?) bellowed from down the hall.

"Who was that?" Shirogane yawned, stretching himself out across the mattress.

Ryuuko swung his bare legs off the side of the bed and stood up. "It was Nori. She said she needed to talk to us about something."

The Shin rubbed at his eyes, clearly still half asleep. "Her voice sounded deeper," he yawned again, turning so that he was lying on his front and facing Ryuuko. "Is she sick?"

"I don't know, maybe." The Rei pulled out a red t-shirt and a pair of black pants from a drawer. He heard his counterpart whine a bit when he put on the pants. Ryuuko smirked, pulling the shirt over his head. "Sorry, did I take away the view?"

"Yes," Shirogane pouted.

"How are you feeling?"

"My ass hurts like a bitch thanks to someone."

Ryuuko snorted. Shirogane always did have a habit of cussing like a trucker... "Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you the one begging for more?"

"Maybe, but you didn't have to fuck me senseless."

"Not my fault your sluttiness turns me on."

An pleasant smile stretched across the shadow's face. He would have looked happy if not for the menacing aura he gave off. "Repeat any of this to anyone and I will see to it that your balls are mounted on a second-rate tavern wall." he stated darkly, reaching for his pants that draped over the canopy of Ryuuko's bed.

"Ooh, scary! And I suppose you'll be seducing me to death?" He couldn't even say it with a straight face.

"Whatever works best." said Shirogane as he went about the room in search of the rest of his clothes, purposely swinging his hips.

"Come on," urged Ryuuko, reluctantly turning away so not to jump the man right then and there. "If we don't hurry, Nori will have both of our balls on a tavern wall."

I had way too much fun writing that last flirty bit than I probably should have.

Anywho...

*The French words:

Tabernak - dirrectly translated as "fuck"

Merde - shit, crap, etc.

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