Thank you so much for waiting people! . I promise to update more now since I have internet at home! Enjoy please and comment on what you think. WARNING: If you are a Saauke fan, from here on out there will be MAJOR hate moments so yeah. Sorry. I do like Sasuke FYI. Please bare with the boring parts on the next chapter to! .

I DON'T OWN SENGOKU BASARA

WISH I DID THOUGH... ;)

"Dear Yuki-Yuke,

Who've you been? Bet you miss me. You're such a worry wart so I wouldn't be surprised if you did. Anyway, is Date giving you a hard time? You seem irritated when you wrote back to me. Let me know k?

Your love,

Sasuke"

Yukimura didn't notice, but the bottom of his eye lid was twitching. He flicked the letter behind him and hugged his legs slightly. He was glad Masamune had given him a room to himself so he could let his tensions loose.

The only reason he was 'worried' was because he missed Kai, his lord, and was about this close to smacking Kojuro across the face. (Yukimura made a fist at this thought.) His glaring was starting to get on his nerves...and he doesn't get mad easy. He hadn't even done anything to the man except offer help when Masamune put him on the spot, but other then that, he stayed out of major business.

Yukimura grimaced. Why would Sasuke ask what was wrong and not quell his worries. How do you just say, "don't worry" or "you worry too much"?

He clenched his fist.

He felt like he could cry. He wanted to cry. He was so frustrated and the one he confided in wasn't listening!

Yukimura was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Masamune peek his head into the room. into his room. The blue clad man chuckled at this and slipped inside and slid the door shut.

"Hey O-Yu-San!" He exclaimed and sat beside the other smoothly. He tried looking at the man's face that was on his knees and frowned. He poked him on his forearm causing Yukimura to flinch.

"M-Masamune-dono!" He exclaimed not aware that confusion and despair were all too present in his eyes and that Masamune was in turn saddened by this.

In a failed attempt to cover up his expression, Yukimura wiped his eyes swiftly, "I'm fine it's nothing."

"Yukimura." Masamune said simply and placed a hand on the man's small shoulders. He waited a while until Yukimura looked at him with some seriousness.

"I'm telling you, I am fine. Please do not be concerned for me Masamune-dono."

"Don't pull that 'proper underling to lord' bullshit Yukimura please!" Masamune scowled with a slight growl to his voice. Yukimura flinched at this as the man continued. "I'm 'blind' in one eye, not both." He tapped his eye patch for emphasis, "I can clearly see you're upset."

Yukimura paused tucking his legs underneath himself. He balled his fists and mentally cursed himself for being so defenseless.

"I'm sorry." He apologized.

The other groaned and rubbed the back of his neck, "You make my eye itch."

Yukimura looked down and tried to think of an excuse not noticing Masamune's critical glare at the slightly crushed ball of paper behind him.

"Bad news?"

"Huh?!-" Yukimura flinched and looked behind himself. He swiftly snatched the paper and fumbled with it. "This is-I mean-"

"You don't have to explain if you don't want to." Masamune smiled slightly.

"Masamune...dono." Yukimura locked eyes with the man in awe. Masamune grinned and pointed his thumb at his chest.

"Just know if there's something you want to get off your chest, don't bottle it up. And don't hesitate to talk to me." He laced his arm around the man's shoulders fighting the growing urge to pull him closer, but keep it in the lines of friendship.

Yukimura's heart throbbed. He could talk to Masamune. In all his life, he thought he could only talk to Lord Takeda. No one but him understood his innermost feelings, yet here was Masamune, comforting him. Even though he told him nothing of what troubled him, he still felt as though the other knew. He just knew.

The realization sent his heart a flutter.

Yukimura closed his eyes and smiled in appreciation.

"Thank you, Masa-kun." He said softly but loud enough where only the man could hear and slightly laid his head on his shoulder.

Masamune felt light. Lighter than he had been in so long. He had comforted Yukimura somehow and the connection they had now was growing. He could feel it. How it was, he wasn't sure, but he liked it. He liked this feeling. He liked being near his now ex-rival and it all made sense now.

Suddenly, Yukimura felt a warmth in his hair and realized it was a hand caressing him. On reflex, he looked to find the source of it and ended up facing Masamune as he leaned toward him. The One Eyed Dragon lightly pressed his soft lips onto the Cub of Kai's forehead.

Yukimura stiffed and stopped breathing, his mind was blank and void of anything else but the dragon's lips on his shin.

Abruptly, Masamune, as if realizing what he was doing, drew away from the other and locked eyes with him without actually looking at him. The silence from the red clad warrior was a little too much, so he decided to say something. "Just remember, I do care about you. Yukimura."

Okay, he hadn't meant to say that exactly, but it was as least something. At least Yukimura took a breath even though it was a gasp.

Yukimura's heart pounded so loud that he thought the other could hear it.

What was he saying? Such sweet words...

Even though this wasn't the first time the man surprised him with words, (he recalled the time he spoke so bluntly about crossing swords with him for eternity) something about how Masamune said he cared made Yukimura's body hot. This situation was so...

He opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by a shout.

"Lord Masamune! There is an urgent letter from Uesugi Kenshin!" Masamune had all too swiftly turned his attention to one of his soldiers outside the door much to Yukimura's strange disappointment and relief. "There seems to have been an ambush in his provinces!"

"What?!" Now the red warrior stood up abruptly. He made a quick glance to Masamune you nodded in response.

If Kenshin was asking for help, it must be seriously bad.

"Alright. Tell Kojuro to get the guys ready! We're heading out in thirty minutes!"

"Sir!"

Masamune stood up with Yukimura and made one more glance at him before turning to leave. And Yukimura let him.

For what it was worth, he was glad the man hadn't said anything...

The intensity ooooooooo! I actually can't wait til the next update myself! ;D Comment and thanks for reading again!