A Humanising Influence.
DISCLAIMER: Note to self; I do not own the CCS characters therefore cancel plans for hen and stag nights that will-I mean would have resulted from my marriage to the completely fictional person, err, character Yue. . .
CHAPTER 9 - Family Affairs.
The sound of the front door opening and closing woke Touya from the three hours of blissful slumber and informed him that the kaijuu was home. When he felt the heat radiating along his side he rolled over carefully and found himself gazing into Yue's sleeping face. If possible the Moon Angel was even more beautiful in repose and far from having the urge to touch him the conscious man remained completely still as if disturbing the image would make it disappear.
He slept with one hand curled by his face and the other resting on his hip with his entire body tilted slightly to the left despite lying on his right side. In such a position the sunlight through the window settled itself perfectly across the smooth planes of his face and he noticed for the first time the long snowy lashes that failed to cast shadows over the white alabaster of his cheek bones. He lay outside the covers with only the towel drooping low on his hips. Touya's frozen awe dispersed and he inched closer until their breaths mingled lifting Yue's hand to rest on his own body. He heard Sakura moving around downstairs and glanced at the bedroom door relieved to see Yue or himself had locked it. Sighing contentedly he nuzzled into the exposed throat breathing in Yue's indefinable scent. The hand on his waist twitched slightly and he pulled back from his pleasant burrow to find Yue now wide-awake and gazing at him silently. Touya cleared his throat somewhat awkwardly. "Good not-even- close-to-morning," he ventured and was rewarded by the sweet smile that had been so rare until recently.
"Why didn't you ever smile?"
The Guardian considered for a moment. "I don't know. I wasn't trying not to smile it's just that all the happy moments occurred when I was within Yukito."
"But to be fair you weren't in your true form often enough to experience such moments first hand now were you?"
"Point taken Touya. I hope you'll allow me to make it up to you. . .?"
Touya pretended to be shocked. "Why Yue, you wouldn't be flirting with me by any chance would you?"
Yue played along, convincingly reprising his formerly stoic role. "And what do you plan to do about it if I am boy?" It pleased the other man that the Moon being was already capable of joking at his own expense but the progressively relaxed manner did strike him as odd.
"Since when did you have a sense of humour Yue?" It was equal parts a joke and a serious question and Yue considered it appropriately.
"I don't know. . .it just seems to be getting easier to laugh and smile and - and be nice." Perplexed lines that had begun to appear across Yue's forehead.
"Oh." Mild confusion still niggled at the back of Touya's mind but he refused to allow the offending frown to continue. Leaning forward he kissed them away and felt his heart quicken as Yue stretched up to seize his mouth.
Yue put everything he had into the kiss, he knew the motives behind Touya's innocent action and the kiss was one of gratitude. . .at least that's how it started. Before long their clashing tongues were matched by the writhing rhythm of their hips. The bed creaked loudly.
"Touya!?" The impassioned couple stilled immediately. Touya knew he had better speak up before she came investigating.
"Yeah?" His voice emerged as a rasp, he cleared his throat and tried again. "Yeah!?"
"Oh, nothing I was just checking you were home. I'm making Kero some waffles do you want some?"
He was about to say no until his stomach growled - no, it roared. He looked at Yue who rolled his eyes at the typically human condition and ran a flatteringly shaky hand through his fringe. "Well I never seem to be able to stop Yukito so why should I even try to stop you? Which reminds me, it's probably time I returned the Snow Bunny to the land of the living."
Laughter was evident in Touya's voice as he called out. "Better make that waffles for three!"
"I take it the other two helpings are for Yukito?" The reply echoed along the corridor.
"That's right," he confirmed.
Yue issued a long-suffering sigh. "Think of me when he's shovelling food down his neck."
Smiling Touya pulled his boxers on under the covers before getting out of bed rather than tempting fate. . .or tempting Yue. When he'd retrieved and donned all his considerably rumpled clothes he walked back over to the watchful Guardian
"There's never a time when I don't think of you. . ." A final lingering kiss followed this before he nodded for Yue to transform. Yukito appeared blinking rapidly and rubbing a small fist in his right eye. He looked adorable.
"Rise and shine," Touya crooned before adding the magic words, "breakfast is served." His Bunny practically bounced out of bed and would have shot straight out the door had his lover not reminded him of a very pertinent fact.
"Um Yuki? You're a little naked right now." His Bunny merely smiled gratefully when he would have blushed like crazy without the superlative thought of food to distract him. Touya loved the ash haired boy a great deal so it caused a twinge of guilt to rely on this trusting nature and preoccupation with anything edible to save him from explanations.
He helped dress the slender boy tenderly and protectively. What he needs protecting from me? He wondered. How would Yukito respond to Touya's feelings for his other form? The time would not be long now before he found out, Touya would see to that because he would not keep Yuki in the dark for much longer.
Touya followed at a more sedate pace as Yukito bounded down the stares very much resembling his namesake and the man bringing up the rear shook his head indulgently. The same person, two such different personalities and the same amount of love for both. He couldn't be sad because his heart was full and happy but he wished he could see how the situation would resolve itself.
The domestic scene that greeted him when he arrived in the kitchen was perfectly usual in the Kinomoto household; Kero again defying logic, sense and science (not to mention gravity) by contorting waffles into his mouth while previous debris remained in his hamster like cheeks, Sakura kitted out in her star motif apron and Yuki dedicatedly consuming a staircase of waffles that could realistically scale the Andes, he's restricting himself, Touya thought dryly.
As he sat down to begin his considerably more modest snack Sakura spoke.
"Is it alright if I have a few friends over tonight?" Touya was immediately suspicious.
"First lets clear up the definition of 'friends'. . ."
A vaguely hunted expression entered the huge green eyes. "Well. . .I mean. . .just. . ." Touya waited patiently fixing her with unblinking attention as his chin rested on his fist. "You know, just Tomoyo, Eriol. . .and Syaoran," it didn't matter how inaudibly she muttered the last name Touya was somehow programmed to decipher it and he wasn't keen on having the other boy present either.
He picked up his knife and fork. "You see that's were you and I differ in our definitions. . ." As he took his first mouthful he noticed his sister's militant expression.
"Well it's tough 'cause dad already agreed, he say's it's to make up for him working late tonight." Great so I have to suffer for it, thanks dad.
"It's nice that you're so concerned about my wishes kaijuu" he responded, quoting a certain lofty Moon Guardian while struggling to see through the descending red mist.
"Ah come on Touya," she wheedled. "You can have Yukito over." At the sound of his name the manic eater in question looked up. "How about it Yukito, you don't mind being around Tomoyo, Eriol or Syaoran do you?" He shook his head agreeably and continued eating but Touya had seen the gleam of purple at the mention of the weird little reincarnation and he tried to ignore the vicious stab of jealousy.
"See?" Whined Sakura, employing the moist eyes, fluttering lashes and trembling lower lip. Touya knew when he was beaten and resigned himself to an evening of A) Keeping the Chinese gaki away from his sister and B) Keeping that Eriol kid away from his Angel. . .not necessarily in that order. If you murder someone whose died once already do you get a shorter prison sentence?
* I know it's a bit short but it's actually part of a much longer chapter that I decided to split in half since it's now one o'clock in the morning. Hope you enjoyed it anyway. Please review.
DISCLAIMER: Note to self; I do not own the CCS characters therefore cancel plans for hen and stag nights that will-I mean would have resulted from my marriage to the completely fictional person, err, character Yue. . .
CHAPTER 9 - Family Affairs.
The sound of the front door opening and closing woke Touya from the three hours of blissful slumber and informed him that the kaijuu was home. When he felt the heat radiating along his side he rolled over carefully and found himself gazing into Yue's sleeping face. If possible the Moon Angel was even more beautiful in repose and far from having the urge to touch him the conscious man remained completely still as if disturbing the image would make it disappear.
He slept with one hand curled by his face and the other resting on his hip with his entire body tilted slightly to the left despite lying on his right side. In such a position the sunlight through the window settled itself perfectly across the smooth planes of his face and he noticed for the first time the long snowy lashes that failed to cast shadows over the white alabaster of his cheek bones. He lay outside the covers with only the towel drooping low on his hips. Touya's frozen awe dispersed and he inched closer until their breaths mingled lifting Yue's hand to rest on his own body. He heard Sakura moving around downstairs and glanced at the bedroom door relieved to see Yue or himself had locked it. Sighing contentedly he nuzzled into the exposed throat breathing in Yue's indefinable scent. The hand on his waist twitched slightly and he pulled back from his pleasant burrow to find Yue now wide-awake and gazing at him silently. Touya cleared his throat somewhat awkwardly. "Good not-even- close-to-morning," he ventured and was rewarded by the sweet smile that had been so rare until recently.
"Why didn't you ever smile?"
The Guardian considered for a moment. "I don't know. I wasn't trying not to smile it's just that all the happy moments occurred when I was within Yukito."
"But to be fair you weren't in your true form often enough to experience such moments first hand now were you?"
"Point taken Touya. I hope you'll allow me to make it up to you. . .?"
Touya pretended to be shocked. "Why Yue, you wouldn't be flirting with me by any chance would you?"
Yue played along, convincingly reprising his formerly stoic role. "And what do you plan to do about it if I am boy?" It pleased the other man that the Moon being was already capable of joking at his own expense but the progressively relaxed manner did strike him as odd.
"Since when did you have a sense of humour Yue?" It was equal parts a joke and a serious question and Yue considered it appropriately.
"I don't know. . .it just seems to be getting easier to laugh and smile and - and be nice." Perplexed lines that had begun to appear across Yue's forehead.
"Oh." Mild confusion still niggled at the back of Touya's mind but he refused to allow the offending frown to continue. Leaning forward he kissed them away and felt his heart quicken as Yue stretched up to seize his mouth.
Yue put everything he had into the kiss, he knew the motives behind Touya's innocent action and the kiss was one of gratitude. . .at least that's how it started. Before long their clashing tongues were matched by the writhing rhythm of their hips. The bed creaked loudly.
"Touya!?" The impassioned couple stilled immediately. Touya knew he had better speak up before she came investigating.
"Yeah?" His voice emerged as a rasp, he cleared his throat and tried again. "Yeah!?"
"Oh, nothing I was just checking you were home. I'm making Kero some waffles do you want some?"
He was about to say no until his stomach growled - no, it roared. He looked at Yue who rolled his eyes at the typically human condition and ran a flatteringly shaky hand through his fringe. "Well I never seem to be able to stop Yukito so why should I even try to stop you? Which reminds me, it's probably time I returned the Snow Bunny to the land of the living."
Laughter was evident in Touya's voice as he called out. "Better make that waffles for three!"
"I take it the other two helpings are for Yukito?" The reply echoed along the corridor.
"That's right," he confirmed.
Yue issued a long-suffering sigh. "Think of me when he's shovelling food down his neck."
Smiling Touya pulled his boxers on under the covers before getting out of bed rather than tempting fate. . .or tempting Yue. When he'd retrieved and donned all his considerably rumpled clothes he walked back over to the watchful Guardian
"There's never a time when I don't think of you. . ." A final lingering kiss followed this before he nodded for Yue to transform. Yukito appeared blinking rapidly and rubbing a small fist in his right eye. He looked adorable.
"Rise and shine," Touya crooned before adding the magic words, "breakfast is served." His Bunny practically bounced out of bed and would have shot straight out the door had his lover not reminded him of a very pertinent fact.
"Um Yuki? You're a little naked right now." His Bunny merely smiled gratefully when he would have blushed like crazy without the superlative thought of food to distract him. Touya loved the ash haired boy a great deal so it caused a twinge of guilt to rely on this trusting nature and preoccupation with anything edible to save him from explanations.
He helped dress the slender boy tenderly and protectively. What he needs protecting from me? He wondered. How would Yukito respond to Touya's feelings for his other form? The time would not be long now before he found out, Touya would see to that because he would not keep Yuki in the dark for much longer.
Touya followed at a more sedate pace as Yukito bounded down the stares very much resembling his namesake and the man bringing up the rear shook his head indulgently. The same person, two such different personalities and the same amount of love for both. He couldn't be sad because his heart was full and happy but he wished he could see how the situation would resolve itself.
The domestic scene that greeted him when he arrived in the kitchen was perfectly usual in the Kinomoto household; Kero again defying logic, sense and science (not to mention gravity) by contorting waffles into his mouth while previous debris remained in his hamster like cheeks, Sakura kitted out in her star motif apron and Yuki dedicatedly consuming a staircase of waffles that could realistically scale the Andes, he's restricting himself, Touya thought dryly.
As he sat down to begin his considerably more modest snack Sakura spoke.
"Is it alright if I have a few friends over tonight?" Touya was immediately suspicious.
"First lets clear up the definition of 'friends'. . ."
A vaguely hunted expression entered the huge green eyes. "Well. . .I mean. . .just. . ." Touya waited patiently fixing her with unblinking attention as his chin rested on his fist. "You know, just Tomoyo, Eriol. . .and Syaoran," it didn't matter how inaudibly she muttered the last name Touya was somehow programmed to decipher it and he wasn't keen on having the other boy present either.
He picked up his knife and fork. "You see that's were you and I differ in our definitions. . ." As he took his first mouthful he noticed his sister's militant expression.
"Well it's tough 'cause dad already agreed, he say's it's to make up for him working late tonight." Great so I have to suffer for it, thanks dad.
"It's nice that you're so concerned about my wishes kaijuu" he responded, quoting a certain lofty Moon Guardian while struggling to see through the descending red mist.
"Ah come on Touya," she wheedled. "You can have Yukito over." At the sound of his name the manic eater in question looked up. "How about it Yukito, you don't mind being around Tomoyo, Eriol or Syaoran do you?" He shook his head agreeably and continued eating but Touya had seen the gleam of purple at the mention of the weird little reincarnation and he tried to ignore the vicious stab of jealousy.
"See?" Whined Sakura, employing the moist eyes, fluttering lashes and trembling lower lip. Touya knew when he was beaten and resigned himself to an evening of A) Keeping the Chinese gaki away from his sister and B) Keeping that Eriol kid away from his Angel. . .not necessarily in that order. If you murder someone whose died once already do you get a shorter prison sentence?
* I know it's a bit short but it's actually part of a much longer chapter that I decided to split in half since it's now one o'clock in the morning. Hope you enjoyed it anyway. Please review.