AN: I don't really have anything to say. It's the middle of summer before I go off to college and all I've done is sleep and read fanfiction while on tumblr. i'm going to succeed so well in college haha

So about the chapter. Kurogane has a dream that makes him admit what he's been holding back. review, follow, and enjoy!

Kurogane looked around, finding himself outside of the Suwa estate. He blinked, seeing Fai in front of him, holding onto the arm of a faceless man.

"Fai? What the hell are you doing?" Kurogane asked.

Fai turned to him and smiled. "Sorry, Kurogane. You waited too long and this man came by and asked me to be his bride. How could I pass it up?"

Kurogane's mouth fell open in shock. "B-But… But you said—"

"What I said doesn't matter," Fai said. "Goodbye, Kurogane. I hope you find a beautiful bride someday!"

Kurogane shook his head and closed his eyes, and when he opened them he found himself in his room. He sat up and looked around. Nothing seemed out of place; so it was just a dream? He threw off his covers, not caring about changing out of the light kimono he had slept in, and left his room.

He walked down the hall and turned the corner and slammed the door to Fai's room open. Fai, who was sitting in front of his mirror, jumped and looked up in surprise. He was in the middle of tying the eye patch he had matched to his robes behind his head, his hair still down and waiting to be tied back by a matching ribbon.

"Kuro-sama?" Fai asked as he lowered his hands once he got the knot right. "What are you doing here?"

Kurogane walked over to him and knelt down. "What ribbon are you going to use?"

Fai blinked and looked around, lifting up a red ribbon. Kurogane instructed him to turn around and ran his fingers through Fai's hair, which was just as soft and silky as always. He gathered his hair, which was growing and now ended just below his shoulder blades, and tied the ribbon around it, trying to make it look nice.

"What's up with you, Kuro-weird?" Fai asked.

Kurogane let his fingers linger in Fai's hair. "You're going to stay here, aren't you?"

Fai turned around to look at Kurogane. "What do you mean?"

"If someone came by and asked you to be their bride, you wouldn't say yes, would you?" Kurogane asked.

Fai's single eye widened. "What? Why on earth would I do that?"

Kurogane shrugged. "Maybe… If they had a lot of money to offer you, or something."

Fai pushed his brows together. "I know I always joke about it, but I'm not trying to become a trophy wife, Kuro-tan. There's nothing that would make me go with anyone."

"Even if…" Kurogane trailed off and cleared his throat, looking away. "Even if you got impatient? With me, I mean."

Fai blinked and then smiled in understanding. "I'll let you know if I'm getting impatient, okay? I mean, Kuro-puu, you haven't even confessed to me, you've only kissed me. I wouldn't expect you to propose to me anytime soon, so there's nothing for me to wait for. And even if there was… Don't worry. I'd wait forever."

Kurogane looked at him. "You would?"

Fai nodded. "But only for you, Kuro-tan." He stood up and ran his hands down the front of his robes, smoothing them out. "Now then, Kuro-tan, I have to go to the shrine. I'll see you later."

Kurogane stood up and grabbed Fai's wrist as he walked by, stopping him. Fai turned to look at him, his eye widening when Kurogane pressed their lips together. Kurogane pulled away and looked at Fai. "I love you."

Fai's jaw dropped and his face quickly turned red. "Wh-What? Kuro-tan, wh-where did that come from?"

Kurogane let go of Fai's wrist. "You said that I never confessed to you, but that you had nothing to wait for. Obviously you were waiting for me to confess to you, so I decided to keep you from waiting any longer."

Fai smiled a bit and pressed a hand to his face in an attempt to cool it down. "How thoughtful… But now I'll be waiting for that proposal, Kuro-puu."

Kurogane rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Just go to the shrine."

Fai nodded and kissed Kurogane's cheek. "Love you too, Kuro-sama."

Kurogane had just finished training his men when he turned around and saw Fai storming over to him. "What are you doing here?" Kurogane asked. "And in your robes? You'll get them dirty."

Fai crossed his arms. "I decided that that confession earlier was not special at all."

Kurogane stared at Fai blankly. "What?"

"It wasn't special!" Fai cried. "Me just saying, "love you too" like we've been married for years isn't special at all!"

Kurogane rolled his eyes. "You're the one that said it."

Fai frowned and poked Kurogane's chest. "You're the one that confessed suddenly. What else could I say?"

"You didn't have to say anything," Kurogane said, his voice rising.

"Yes I did! You confessed, I had to confess back!" Fai yelled.

"Whoa, Lord Suwa finally confessed to Fai?"

The two looked to the side, finding two men that had been training standing there and staring at them. Kurogane felt his fists begin to shake in anger.

"You two better get out of here before I cut you into pieces," Kurogane said lowly as he reached for Ginryu.

The two men immediately ran off, and Fai laughed. "Is that how you get them to listen to you?"

"Yes," Kurogane said as he crossed his arms. "You're the only person that doesn't respond to me like they do, you know."

Fai smiled. "Well of course. You should know that I don't like being controlled."

"I think all of Suwa knows that," Kurogane mumbled. "You're nothing like how you were as a child."

Fai winked. "Or am I? You didn't know me very well back then."

Kurogane thought for a moment. Thinking back on it, Fai began acting the way he does after Kurogane stopped bullying him and the two became friends. He shook his head. "Whatever. Get out of here before you ruin your robes."

Fai blinked when Kurogane suddenly appeared above him. He had been lying out on the roka in a thin kimono, hoping to cool down a bit. Now that the sun was gone, the air outside wasn't so unbearably hot.

"Hey, Kuro-tan," Fai said as he sat up.

Kurogane sat down next to him. "I'm not gonna take back what I said earlier and I'm not gonna change it either." He looked at Fai. "All that matters is that I said it, right?"

Fai blinked and then smiled, leaning against Kurogane. "Yeah, I suppose you're right. But let me get another chance at it, okay?"

Kurogane blinked when he felt Fai's hands on his face and looked into Fai's single blue eye, waiting.

Fai smiled a bit and kissed Kurogane softly. "I love you, Kuro-sama," He mumbled against Kurogane's lips. Kurogane growled and pulled Fai into his lap, kissing him a bit deeper. Fai chuckled and pulled away, tapping his finger onto Kurogane's bottom lip. "You are just like an excited dog."

Kurogane rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall behind him, holding Fai. He was silent for a few moments. "So… If I asked you to be my bride, you would say yes?"

Fai smiled a bit. "That depends. Are you asking me to be your bride?"

Kurogane scoffed and looked away. "I was just wondering. No reason to jump to conclusions, idiot."

Fai laughed quietly. "Well, without jumping to conclusions, I would say yes. Just so you know."

Kurogane looked at Fai and opened his mouth, but closed it again. Fai looked at him expectedly, a small smile on his lips. Kurogane eventually looked away, trying to keep the heat from his face. "Whatever…"

Fai laughed and wrapped his arms around Kurogane's neck. "I'll take that as a proposal! Yes, Kuro-sama, yes! Of course I'll marry you!"

"Wh-What the hell?!" Kurogane cried. "I didn't ask!"

Fai grinned and kissed Kurogane's cheek. "I'll marry you anyway!"

Kurogane rolled his eyes. "Idiot," He mumbled, even as he tightened his arms around Fai's waist and pulled him closer.