I am so, so, so sorry this is so late!! I have been insanely stressed for the last month or so, so I didn't have time to finish it! But here it is, and although it's short, I hope you enjoy.

Krad's eyebrows drew together faintly. His hand closed slightly around another hand. Slowly his eyelids fluttered open, and he glanced downward.

Dark's purple head rested on his chest, face turned toward him and relaxed in sleep. Krad's hand was gripped by his partner's, and Dark's grip hadn't slackened even in sleep. Dried tear tracks glittered around his eyes.

"Dark," he whispered, and Dark's eyes flew open.

"Krad!" he shot up straight. "Are you okay? How do you feel?"

"Not too bad, considering that the last thing I remember is getting stabbed by some unknown person," whispered Krad. "How'd you find me?"

"The guy who stabbed you told me what he did. I found you. I healed you too, but the police found us and took us to jail. Last night I got us out, and Kosuke said that you'd lost so much blood that it was up in the air whether or not you'd come through." Dark smiled, still holding Krad's hand. "I'm so glad you did."

"Me too," Krad muttered, closing his eyes again. "Dark…When I was asleep… Did you talk to me?"

"Um, yes, why?" Dark asked, slightly nervously.

"'Cause… I thought I heard you say you loved me…"

Dark flinched. The movement transferred to Krad's hand. Krad smiled bitterly. "Stupid, I know. You wouldn't say that. Especially not to me." He sighed and turned his head to the side, ready to go back to sleep. "I won't mention it again…"

"Krad." Dark leaned forward, gripping his hand tightly. "I love you."

Krad's eyes flew open.

"What?"

"I love you," Dark repeated. "I did say that when you were sleeping. And I meant it."

Krad blinked. And stared. "You love me?"

Dark blushed. "Yes."

Krad reached out his other hand and brushed it across Dark's cheek. "You're blushing," he stated wonderingly.

It only made Dark blush a bit more. "Krad?"

"Yes?"

"Can I kiss you?"

Krad blinked again. Then he murmured, "I think the correct way to say that would be 'may I kiss you.' But yes. You can."

Dark smiled and leaned forward, kissing his counterpart without hesitation. Now that he finally had permission to kiss those wonderfully shaped lips, he wasn't going to risk Krad taking that privilege away.

The soft lips parted hesitantly below him and Dark grinned inwardly, exploring the warm slick orifice presented to him. Krad was remarkably passive, letting Dark do what he wanted, and Dark had the feeling that once Krad was feeling better and knew what he was doing, things would not nearly be so calm.

Air, of course, is a commodity essential to sustaining life, and Dark finally broke the kiss and sighed. Krad echoed the sigh, breathing heavily. "Wow."

Dark chuckled. "You must admit I am an extremely good kisser."

"Wouldn't know. I've never kissed anyone before in my life."

Dark, startled, jerked upward, staring down at his partner. "You mean…that was your first kiss?"

"Is that a problem?"

"No, it's just…wow. I was someone's first kiss."

Krad chuckled. "You are a cocky, arrogant bastard. No wonder we work together so well."

"What, 'cause we're two sides of the same coin?"

Krad smiled and caressed Dark's cheek. "Exactly. Dark, I…" his throat worked, but no sound came out. He choked on the second word.

"It's okay," Dark said quickly, holding Krad's hand between both of his own. "You don't need to say anything in return." He gave him a quick kiss, which melted into a longer one and ended up with both angels out of breath again. "God, if you weren't recovering, what I would do to you…" Dark murmured.

"Do it anyway. I won't break."

"No." Dark pulled away with a sigh and stood up. "You need to rest and get better. Maybe after we get all the shards."

Krad glared. "I'll be holding you to that promise."

"It wasn't a promise, but feel free to hold me to it." Dark winked and headed for the door. "I'll be right back."

He trotted down the hallway, almost deliriously happy and ignoring his arousal. At least he wasn't wearing leather. That would be painful. He briefly informed Kosuke that Krad had woken up and that neither of them wanted to be disturbed until the next day, and then hurried back to his impatient angel.

He paused in the doorway, unable to believe what he was seeing. Krad lay on his back, ivory skin completely bared, one hand curled lazily around his erect cock and stroking it smoothly up and down. As Dark watched he pulled back the skin at the head and caressed it, moaning.

Dark moaned in return and pounced.

"You started without me," he breathed into a delicate ear, straddling Krad's waist and pinning his arms out to either side. "Naughty."

Krad glared. "Well, then, help me out a little."

"With pleasure." Dark ground his hips down, his equally hard cock meeting Krad's and causing dual groans of pleasure. Then Dark slid off. Krad yelped.

"Where—" He stopped talking and stared as Dark pulled off his shirt without ceremony and tossed it aside, his hands going to his pants. He'd lost a lot of weight recently —they both had— and so a belt helped hold them up. Dark slid it out of its loop, unbuckled it, and had the button and his fly open in a moment. Letting them fall to the floor, he launched himself back onto the bed on top of Krad.

"Did you have a question?" He asked, holding in a moan as bare skin slid across bare skin. Krad wasn't as successful.

"Was just wondering where you were going," he gasped, and groaned again as Dark walked his fingers across his chest to trace delicately around an erect nipple.

"Ah. Well, I'm back now." Dark replaced his fingers with his mouth and ran his hands down Krad's chest. Krad gasped and his hips bucked as Dark sucked fiercely on his nipple. Then he drew back and groaned, hands moving restlessly across Krad anywhere he could touch, as though he couldn't keep himself from the contact. "God, I shouldn't. You need to rest…"

"I do not. It feels like all I've been doing for the last few days is resting! I will not break like a piece of glass!"

Dark laughed breathlessly. "I still shouldn't…but because you're so sure…" he dove down and recaptured Krad's lips, hands exploring his body with new zeal. Feeling better by the second, Krad gasped and writhed under the assault, unable to reciprocate in any way but unable to even comprehend that fact. Besides, Dark didn't seem to be complaining.

Dark swallowed the blonde's cry as he closed a hand around his erection. It was already weeping precum from the tip, the creamy drops slowly sliding down the shaft to disappear into blond pubic hair. Dark watched in fascination. Then he removed his hand and bent down. Krad watched in consternation as he came closer and closer to his erection. "What are you…" he gasped.

Dark had swallowed his erection whole.

I didn't know you could do that, Krad thought hazily as his hands buried themselves in Dark's hair and his hips bucked. He vaguely heard himself shout, but all of his attention was on the blazing wet heat surrounding his prick.

Dark withdrew and licked his lips. "Delicious," he murmured, and raised his eyes to meet Krad's confused ones. He grinned. "Don't worry, koi, it just gets better."

Krad was just about to ask how it could get better than that when Dark lowered his head again and spread his legs wider. Fighting a flash of fear at the vulnerable position, Krad tried to close his legs, but Dark kept them open with little effort. He felt the thief's hot breath hit his sacs and then travel lower, and his discomfort increased. Then a hot tongue circled his asshole.

Krad's brain short-circuited.

Dark grinned at the gasps and whines emitting from his sexy partner, and plunged his tongue into the furled hole. Krad screamed. Then he sobbed in regret as Dark removed his tongue. "Naughty," he admonished. "You have to be quiet or you'll bring Kosuke and Daichii."

Krad nodded, twisting his head on the pillow. "I'll be quiet, I promise, just please…please…"

Dark obliged, and Krad sank his teeth into his hand to stop himself from screaming again. The kaito was eating out his ass leisurely, plunging his tongue in as far as it could go in an imitation of what he really wanted, and occasionally twisting it inside.

"Dark…please…please," Krad begged, and Dark withdrew.

"Please what, beautiful?" He asked, resting his head on Krad's thigh and tracing circles on it with his tongue.

"Please…fuck me." Krad flushed a beautiful shade of red even darker than the simple flush of exertion from before at his shameful declaration.

Dark raised his head, hand now stroking the inside of Krad's thigh. "Are you sure?" He asked worriedly. "We don't have to. I can just as easily suck you off, or…" he grinned wickedly. "I could eat you out until you come without me ever touching your cock."

Krad groaned and shook his head. "No, as lovely as that sounds, I want you to fuck me."

Dark stood up. "All right."

Bwahaha!! I am evil... but the next chapter will be coming much sooner than this one, so don't get too mad at me! And yes, this little scene between them will be finished then. I just wanted to get this out for y'all. Maybe I'll even finish the next chapter later today! But don't count on it.


Lara