A/n: I know it's been a while since I updated: I got sick. I hope this extra long chapter makes up for it. Also, the first line originally said 'Blinking the sheep from blue eyes', because I can't type! :D

Chapter 14:

Blinking the sleep from blue eyes the first thing he realised was that he'd been propped against a wall, the next thing he noticed was a pair of kind green eyes staring into his.
"I'm glad you're awake." She said genuinely, applying a little pressure to a wet cloth on his forehead. He looked around, eyes rolling almost inhumanly. "Oh he's talking something over with Yuko-san." Sakura said, obviously detecting his discomfort with the sixth sense only daughters have.
"Hm…" Was all Fay could manage, trying to sit himself up properly and failing. His joints and muscles ached incredibly, and was he unable to move properly.
"You shouldn't move for a little while, none of us realised how big a spell that was for you Fay-san!" She cheered and he nodded weakly. He felt completely and utterly drained.
"You're doing well Sakura-chan." Praised a voice, and Fay was forced to tilt his head ever so slightly to see a bespectacled boy watching over Sakura's movements. "You'd make a good nurse."
"Or a wife." Fay said softly causing the princess to flush scarlet.

"You… you need a few days bed rest." She stammered.
"I'm sure Kurogane-san can see to that." Watanuki said before realising how it had sounded. He waved his arms furiously in a criss-cross motion. "I just meant that… given the situation… he'd be best to… I mean…"
"Awkward little thing aren't you?" Fay asked in a half amused tone before sliding slowly out of consciousness.

When he next awoke he was laid in a bed, not the one he often shared with Tsukiakari, but in one of the usually unoccupied room's. The tinny noise of a wind chime hit his ears and he sat up allowing the cool to wash over him as the covers fell back.
"You're up then." Kurogane muttered gruffly, and had Fay been anyone else he would've jumped at the sharp tone, instead he just smiled.
"Looks that way… where is everyone?" He asked, ruffling his hair a little to try make his dishevelled state of dress look intentional.
"Downstairs saying their goodbyes, they have homes to get to."
"Is that so…" Fay spoke softly, and tried to stand, only falling back. "Oof… doesn't look like I'm able to go down and say farewell… since… I doubt you're willing to help me right now?" The broad smile he wore made Kurogane want to smack him but instead he pulled the wizard to his feet and helped support him.

"Don't misunderstand me you bastard, I'm still mad at you for not telling me." He hooked Fay's thin frame under his shoulder and the two headed downstairs, the wind chime which had been moved from his room tinkling in the window.
"I thought you said, that I was allowed to not tell the truth, as long as I didn't lie." Countered the smooth voice of the blond raising one eyebrow at his lover. Kurogane 'tcheh'd' loudly.
"Don't use my fucking words against me mage." He warned as the two stumbled awkwardly along. Fay mused that leaning against Kurogane, even in his exhausted state and with the warrior madder than ever, was the most comfortable he'd felt for a long long time.
"Kuro-wan…" The blond said quietly as they neared the entry hall where apparently everyone was gathered (dulled sounds of chatter reaching their ears through the heavy glass doors) "You know I have my reasons for…"
"Being an idiot?" He suggested.
"Keeping you in the dark sometimes." Fay said pointedly, stopping abruptly, causing Kurogane to do the same.
"Yeah, because you're an idiot." Kurogane muttered. Fay leaned up and kissed Kurogane on the cheek languidly.
"Could be." He chuckled at Kurogane's slight blush, it was always amusing, how he reacted to that. Kissing, fooling around, sex… those things were actions you could take with anyone, and even though Kurogane was affectionate in each of those areas, the little things made it more real. Kissing, fooling around and sex were fine corner stones, but pecking, cuddling, holding hands and general romancey behaviour really make a relationship: even if in this case it mostly came from Fay.

Dragging the half limp blond into the room resulted in Sakura scolding them, insisting Fay should be in bed. Kurogane felt much like a marionette, leading his half conscious lover around the room, chattering idly away to people. However he stopped at Watanuki. The bi-coloured eyes were familiar, but other than that the scrawny dark haired youth bore no outstanding features and Kurogane failed to see why Fay had taken to him.
"You…" Fay whispered smiling. Watanuki was taken aback and literally stepped backwards into Doumeki, who merely blinked and righted the boy.
"Me?" He asked nervously, batting Doumeki's hands away from him furiously.
"Today stands as testament… if you have something to say to the one you love: say it." The sorcerer ordered. "You don't want to miss second chances." Watanuki hesitated before giving a half nod as though he understood what was being asked of him but didn't agree.

"Almost forgot your wedding gift." Yuko smiled maliciously and handed Fay the mysterious blue box. "For you."
"Uh… no thanks Yuko-san I'm hesitant of accepting presents from you, the price is probably…"
"The price is the wonderful display put on today." She answered coolly.
"Glad to know my love-life is so entertaining." Fay said almost acidly and sighed tugging at the ribbon.
"AH! FAY-SAN!" Watanuki spluttered seeing Yuko's evil grin. "If I were you I wouldn't open that here... uh... in front of people." He stressed. Yuko pouted, Kurogane groaned and Fay smiled.
"Is that so… thanks for the tip." He said cheerfully.
"You know you spoil ALL my fun." Yuko pouted, scowling at her employee and his cohort. She sighed. "Come on Mokona, home." The black Mokona bade one final farewell to its mirror opposite before whisking the three away.

"So… where do you plan on going?" Tsukiakari asked, having sent Hiroyoshi on an errand.
"Not sure…" Fay whispered, looking almost timid. The youngest princess hurried over to them, Syaoran in hot pursuit with Mokona on his shoulder.
"You're welcome in Clow… in fact… I'd be honoured if you'd come stay with me at the palace." Sakura said earnestly, and bowed to back up her request. "All of us together…" All 18 years, 5 foot tall and green eyes of her wishing within herself that they agree.
"It's hot there." Kurogane reminded Fay, knowing that if he had complained about the heat in Nihon a desert would be worse.
"It's cold at night." Syaoran informed, seeing his girlfriend's desperate looking face as she truly hoped all five of them could be together.
"They approve of our sort of relationship there?" The blond was evidently worried about this aspect in particular, Sakura laughed.
"You've never met my brother." She smiled, straightening out of her bow and gripping Syaoran's hand tightly.

"You wouldn't know anyone." Pointed out Kurogane, locking eyes with Fay who was biting his lip, mulling the decision over.
"And neither would you… it would be a whole new start for both of us." He warned. Kurogane nodded in agreement.
"Then… we're leaving with the kids?" Kurogane asked trying to sound offhanded.
"Not all the kids." Fay sounded disappointed and looked at Chii, who simply cocked her head. "We have to leave her here."
"Why?"
"She's not designed to travel… she'd break apart in transition." His voice nearly broke at her naïve look. "I promised her this time would be different, I promised her I wouldn't…"

"I'll take care of her." Tsukiakari swore nodding her head firmly. "And you are ALWAYS welcome to come visit us."
"And with Mokona you won't even need to drain your magic!" Mokona promised, reassuring him.
"Chii…" Chii whispered sadly, she flung herself at Fay, knocking him backwards into Kurogane who nearly buckled under the sudden weight of them both. "Chii wants to stay with Fay! But… Chii wants Fay to be happy! Chii thinks Fay will be happiest… Chii KNOWS Fay will be happiest with Kurogane-san!" She gushed, cuddling him tightly as he stroked her hair. "So Chii will stay behind, Chii will wait patiently for Fay to come and visit her." She smiled.
"Then… we're both making sacrifices." Fay said, obviously addressing Kurogane. "You with Soma-chan and Tomoyo-chan, and me with Suki and Chii." He straightened himself up a bit and Chii stepped back to stand with Tsukiakari. "To Clow we go."
"Yay!" Sakura and Mokona clapped excitedly and Syaoran could only smile softly. They were never an official family, and had they been it would have been a severely dysfunctional one, but the setting was comfortable, and Clow had seemed awfully lonely without them.

"Those would be the kitchens… uh we're not supposed to go down there but I usually do because the chef is really nice and sometimes helps me make cookies." Sakura informed finally, as she ended the mini-tour she was giving Kurogane that evening. Fay had been forced to go to sleep in one of the bedrooms upstairs ("The two of you can have separate rooms if you like but… nobody minds you sharing."), with Syaoran acting as a guard. The princess bobbed on the balls of her feet surveying Kurogane closely. He looked a little out of place, and even though he wasn't smiling she could tell he was pretty happy: as far as Kurogane's happiness goes. "Any questions?"
"Think I got it…" He grunted.
"Onii-sama and Yukito-san are busy right now, but you can meet them tomorrow, when Fay-san is feeling a little better." She promised him, then took him off guard by hugging him. "I am so so SO happy for the two of you." She whispered into his stomach. "I just KNOW you'll be happy here… I'll let you get back to Fay-san now." She let go and lead him back up to the bedrooms, taking Syaoran by the hand and tugging him (and Mokona) away hurriedly even though he was protesting slightly.

"The place look nice?" Fay asked, trying to prop himself up on his elbows. Kurogane pushed him back to the bed by his forehead and sat down beside him. The entire palace had an airy feel to it, having been left as open as possible for ventilation, but it made it seem more girly. Kurogane made a mental note to carry his sword with him at all times so as not to feel emasculated.
"Yeah it's alright." He sighed heavily and lay down beside the skinny blond.
"Do you regret it?" Kurogane asked straightly, closing his eyes so as not to see if Fay was lying to him.
"It's not so much that I regret it, it's that someday… you will." Fay whispered, laying his head in the crook of Kurogane's neck. "If we split up, or if I get killed, or…"
"Oi… shut up okay." Barked the warrior. "IF we split up, which by the way not gonna fucking happen after the events of today, I won't regret it." His voice was firm. "Because at the time it was the right decision. And like hell am I letting you get killed by anyone other than me, bastard." He mumbled the last part.

"What was in the Dimensional Bitch's gift anyway?" He moved a little to hook one arm half around the blond, messing his hair up. Fay chuckled gently.
"I'll… show you tomorrow. I'm too tired to do anything tonight." He said softly. Kurogane opened one eye lazily and looked over his lover. It was hard to stay mad at someone who only ever had your best intentions at heart. He smirked and rolled over, pinning Fay to the bed, feeling slightly jaded when the wizard didn't so much as feign shock.
"You might be, but I'm not."
"Ne, Kuro-sama don't be cruel I'm exhausted." Fay moaned as Kurogane assaulted his neck with somewhat rough kisses. He was evidently still mad about earlier, this coming across in the severity of his force, but while he was acting a little tougher than usual, he seemed to be taking great care not to hurt Fay, which the magician had to think was a bonus. Had Kurogane ever wanted to hurt him: he could have done so easily.

"Come on." Fay murmured kicking his legs a little to try shift Kurogane's weight off of him. "Ne, Kuro-rin I said stop." He laughed trying to force his lover away before giving up and laying back. It wasn't like he really wanted him to stop anyway, just that he was too tired to return the favour, and owing Kurogane in the bedroom was often dangerous.
"Shut up." Kurogane ordered sliding down and unfastening Fay's pants for the second time that day. Fay barely registered he was supposed to lift his hips to assist the ninja, but Kurogane had no qualms lifting them himself, removing the trousers with ease. Red eyes raked upwards, eyeing the scarcely clad magician and growling in approval. "This too." He mumbled tugging at Fay's shirt. Fay sighed and tried to sit up to make it easier to remove. Kurogane forced him to lay back down, apparently taking delight in his semi-able state. He lifted Fay's shirt as far as it would go without coming off and licked along his collarbone.

Fay's eyes were half closed with over exertion and clenched tight as Kurogane's tongue circled an excited pink nipple, probing experimentally with the wet tip at the flesh around the very centre. Fay mewled weakly as the sandpapery flat of Kurogane's tongue dragged itself over to the other nipple and issued it with the same treatment.
"Bully." Fay murmured, feeling his cock twitch ever so slightly in response to the torment. Kurogane just grinned up at him maniacally, before detaching his mouth to speak.
"You've seen nothing yet." He assured, and Fay knew as Kurogane kissed a trail down his clavicle, chest and stomach, that he'd carry out on that threat if it killed him. Thumbs hooked in the indents of his hips and fingers dancing teasingly over the fabric of his underwear, tongue sweeping over but never under the waistband, it was unsurprising Fay became hard.

"Tease!" Fay snapped as Kurogane, who had been hinting towards the removal of the offending garment instead trailed his hands up to encircle the scrawny waist of his scarecrow lover. Kurogane nodded, running his fingertips in lazy circles on the tight flesh and kissing the front of Fay's underwear. The blond whimpered and arched his hips, irritated when Kurogane forced him back down.
"Not yet."
"Bastard." Fay hissed, sweat starting to appear on his brow. The effort of restraining himself was more effort than actively participating and it was beginning to wear him out. Kurogane wet his tongue sufficiently before trailing it over Fay's strained underwear, finding the head of his cock and allowing his mouth to settle there, unmoving. And that was the worst torture Fay could have asked for, he was unable to lift into the warmth that was taunting him and Kurogane refused to move closer, just smirking up at him with his eyes. "Just… just fucking move!" Fay whimpered weakly.

Kurogane had him right where he wanted him, so nodded and licked the spot he'd dampened on Fay's underwear, the feel of his tongue sweeping through the thin fabric, before darting down and trailing the tip of his tongue up Fay's inner thigh. He lead a path of kisses along the inner band of elastic before freeing two fingers to pull it slightly to the side. Far too slightly. The relief was not enough.
"Son of a… Kurogane do this now or I SWEAR I will withhold sex for a goddamn month!" Hissed the frustrated groom, frantic with anticipation. Kurogane 'tcheh'd' knowing aswell as Fay that abstinence was impossible for either of them.
"Do what now?" He asked softly. Now one would expect Kurogane's tone to be soft in a terribly OOC situation, however, there was a daring menace to the gentle voice that suggested a challenge. Fay dug his head back into the pillow infuriated by Kurogane's slow pace.
"Either do what you're going to do, or get the hell off me." He whispered acidly. Kurogane smirked.
"You mean this?" He tugged Fay's underwear back a little further, exposing his balls and carefully trapping his shaft. He used his thumb to massage the newly exposed area, sating Fay's temptations a little.
"Hgn… that works too." He mumbled, closing his eyes softly at the new sensations. Of all the men in all the world's, Fay was sure he'd found the biggest cocktease in Kurogane, who could and had been known to keep up the charade for hours. Fay prayed it wouldn't last that long tonight.

Kurogane knew it wouldn't last that long tonight. He hadn't counted on it ending as quickly as it did though. Tracing his tongue over the loose skin of Fay's ball sack he shivered intensely. Fingers gripped him through the thin sheath of underwear and Kurogane set his mouth to work, kissing licking and sucking anything that wasn't covered. His teeth ghosted tiny nips along the magician's scrotum. Fay moaned desperately and used his own hand to wrestle Kurogane back a little, so he could pull down his underwear.

The ninja didn't protest and merely sat back and watched.
"You're trying to kill me." Fay mumbled, falling backwards, underwear around his knees. Kurogane took pity on him and nodded, settling himself between the sorcerer's legs. He took hold of the blond's cock giving it a pump for good measure before he flicked his tongue over the reddened weeping tip. Flushed and swollen with ill concealed lust as it was, Kurogane pursed his lips over the very head, Fay could barely keep his hips still. Had it been possible, Kurogane would have smirked.

Instead he lowered his head very slightly, allowing Fay an inch or two entrance, and circled his tongue twice around the circumference before delving it into the tip to lap at the salty precum gathering. A sinfully delicious gasp spilled from Fay's mouth and Kurogane moved a little further down. Fay's fingers tangled themselves into Kurogane's spiky black hair, but he did not force him to. Kurogane had always been good at deep throating, so he saw no reason to try pressure it. Sure enough Kurogane relaxed the muscles at the back of his throat all on his own and pushed Fay right to the back of his throat.
"Kuro….sama." Fay moaned. Since he never got to top, Fay had to assume this was what it felt like, with the tight warmth of Kurogane's mouth pressed around his cock at all sides and the unforgiving damp sending shivers of pleasure racing up his cock into his balls. Kurogane surfaced to breathe a little before sucking gently at the tip again to let Fay regain his composure. He slicked one finger with spit and pressed it against Fay's asshole.

Fay whimpered in pain at the penetration, still sore from earlier, so Kurogane went back down to try release some of the tension.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Both of them froze in their actions and Fay even held his breath. Kurogane slowly pulled back up.
"Kurogane-san are you still awake?" Syaoran's voice carried through.
"You think he'd have learned not to disturb." Kurogane whispered.
"I'm just glad he learned to knock." Fay whispered back.
"Eh if we leave him alone he'll go away." Kurogane mumbled, trying to go back to what he had been doing. Fay pushed him off, convinced that Syaoran would hear and have his fragile ears warped.
"I need to talk to you, it's somewhat urgent…" Syaoran said, hopefully not having heard them before adding softly and almost desperately to himself. "Please still be awake."
"Go on," Fay instructed, sighing softly. "Go talk to him."
"Damnit why do I have to babysit the brat!" Kurogane grumbled, pissed off he'd been cockblocked by a teenager. "I'm up just gimme a minute!" He called through and heard Syaoran sigh in relief. He kissed Fay quite roughly. "You owe me." he growled.
"Mmhmm. Go see to your son." Fay mumbled exhaustedly, somewhat thankful for the interruption, he pulled the covers over himself for decency.
"And for the last damn time he's not my kid!" Kurogane sighed and crossed the room, flinging the door open and storming into the hallway.

"This has better be good, kid." He warned, eyes flashing dangerously. The young boy half cowered underneath him.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Syaoran said naively. "Want me to leave?" The warrior sighed and shook his head
"If it's so damn urgent, speak." He ordered, running one hand through his hair as he felt his erection waning. It was hard to keep up a hard on while talking to a kid. Syaoran looked pretty nervous and avoided his gaze.
"It's just…" He sighed heavily and drew his amber eyes up to Kurogane's red ones, speaking firmly. "Don't propose to Fay-san." And it wasn't a request.

A/n: OMGWTF SYAORAN You officially have my permission to smack him with a stick.
But he'd prefer it if you reviewed.