False Pretense

Chapter 12

A KuroFai Story

I was currently staring down at Fai in confusion, wondering why he had just been thrown out of the white van. It was beyond strange how we kept running into each other in the oddest ways. First in a grocery store, then outside of his fathers bar with him in a wig no less. Then at his outside of his, (or rather his brothers), school, at another store, and now he gets thrown out of a vehicle…

It was more then a little confusing.

I watched, still confused as he glanced over at the building behind me. He seemed surprised that he was in front of the community college, but it was only for a second before he turned his attention back to me.

"So what brings you here Kuro-tan?" He asked, mock-innocence dripping from his voice, smiling even more innocently up at me.

"I could ask you the same thing." I said suspiciously, glancing down at the blindfold that was still in his hand. He blinked down at it; like he hadn't realized that he was still holding it.

He kept the smile on his lips. "Well you know how some people can get… I'm guessing they thought it was funny to say they were going to surprise me with something; hence the blindfold and the dumping me off in front of a random building…" He said, waving the material around a bit. "Just some childish prank really…"

I scowled, crossing my arms over my chest. I stared at him for a second before I shook my head in disbelief. "I don't believe that." I voiced, shaking my head. There was something that didn't add up.

"What?" He said, tilting his head, sounding baffled and confused.

"I don't believe that." I stated again. "You don't circle around a building fifteen times just to pull a childish prank. If that were the case they would have let you out the first time, if not the second one. They were waiting for someone."

He blinked again, before he let out a low chuckle. "Really? What makes you say that?" he asked, looking amused and skeptical.

I stared at him for a few seconds before I explained. "Every time they would pass this entrance they would slow down a bit. And not to mention that this is the least used entrance out of all of them. You'd be surprised at how many drug and prostitution deals go down here. I'm not going to lie to you; you have a very feminine figure, which creeps would just love to get their hands on." I explained. "I'm guessing the only reason the person they were waiting for hadn't shown up was because I was here. You should consider yourself lucky."

He looked shocked for a second, before he started laughing suddenly. He glanced back up at me, smiling brightly. "I think you're overestimating them," He chuckled. "Oh and thanks for the complement about my figure," He winked, his pink tongue poking through his lips a bit.

I was confused for a second, not understanding what he was talking about, before realization dawned, and I felt my face flush. Scowling, I turned my head in another direction; arms still crossed over my chest. "Moron." I snapped.

He only laughed harder. I was about to snap at him, but a voice interrupted me.

"Now, now, Kurogane, it's not a nice thing to call people morons." Tomoyo commented. Fai stopped laughing, suddenly, and glanced over curiously at my sister

"I'll call whoever I want a moron, Tomoyo," I snapped, glaring at her. "Especially if they are one."

I noticed Fai rolling his eyes. "Yep, that me! Y-Fai the moron~!" He chirped.

Tomoyo gasp suddenly, and me and Fai both glanced over at her, confused. Her eyes were wide, before they rounded on me, glaring at me fiercely.

I furrowed my eyebrows. "What?" I growled, wondering what the glare was for.

As fast as lightening Tomoyo grabbed the front of my jacket and brought me down closer to her. I noticed that Fai was inching back a bit, but Tomoyos voice cut off my thought process. "Did you just call your boyfriend a moron?" she whispered fiercely.

I glared down at her, matching her fierceness perfectly. "He's not my boyfriend," I growled, before I grabbed Tomoyos hands and ripped them off of my jacket.

We both turned to Fai, who smiled lightly, though it was laced with uneasiness.

Tomoyo stepped towards Fai suddenly, and grabbed his hands in hers. She smiled at him brightly, her earlier mood apparently gone. "Hello, Fai it's good to finally meet you! I'm Tomoyo, that useless man over there's sister." She chirped, ignoring my glare, aimed towards the back of her head.

He smiled back, apparently no longer uneasy. "Nice to meet you!"

"Are you going to be spending the day with us?" Tomoyo asked, but it looked like even he could tell that it was more of a demand.

He glanced over at me; his nervousness seemingly back. "…If your brother doesn't mind…" He mumbled.

"Oh he doesn't mind," Tomoyo said with a casual wave of her hand.

"Tomoyo," I growled. "Go wait by the car for a minute." I commanded, my voice leaving no room for argument.

Tomoyo turned towards me with a glare, but turned around and stormed off. Fai followed her with his gaze.

He raised an eyebrow and was about to ask something, but I cut him off.

"Okay listen," I said suddenly. "I'm going to warn you now, my sister is strange. And at the moment she's got it in her messed up little mind that we're dating." I grunted out, looking a little sick at the idea.

Fai turned towards me again, and raised an eyebrow.

"Don't look at me like that! I didn't tell her anything of the sort!" I snarled, offended.

"Well it's nice to know that the thought of us dating makes you sick." He said sarcastically.

I furrowed my eyebrows, confused, before I rolled my eyes. "This has nothing to do with you, its just I find gays disgusting." The words seemingly slipping out before I could ca

He placed his hands on his hips, and looked truly offended this time. "Well I'm so sorry that I disgust you." He snarled, before he turned away, and started walking off.

"Hey!" I shouted, and grabbed the back collar of his jacket, pulling him back to me. "I didn't mean it like that!" I snapped. "I kinda figured you were, anyway-" I glanced down, and blinked. "Did you a tattoo?" I asked.

I leaned forward, suddenly wanted to see if I could see the rest of it. I traced the small black lines against the back of his neck, and felt him shiver slightly. He busted out laughing, suddenly, almost startling me a bit.

"What?" I squawked indignantly, only making Fai laugh harder. I suddenly realized that it seemed like I was going back on my words from before. "…Oh you little bastard!" I snarled, pissed that I had even said those words earlier.

Still laughing he broke free of my grasp, and bolted towards the car. Tomoyo immediately opened the door for him, and he jumped in quickly.

I sighed, tiredly, and ran a hand over my face. I had a terrible feeling about the rest of the night.

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I was currently in my office, working on the plans that I would have to have ready by tomorrow. I ignored the banging on the walls, which came from both the idiots having the TV up too loudly, more then likely trying to piss me off. It wasn't working thankfully, as I had lived with Sorata the last few years, so I was used to loud noises.

I sighed. Although the loud noise wasn't ticking me off, it was getting harder and harder to concentrate. I glanced over at the clock, and decided to see if there was anything good to snack on.

I got out of my chair, and was pleased that someone had finally muted the television, and headed into the hallway

"I like mostly anything with a beat really… although I don't like rap or hiphop…." I heard Fai's soft voice, say as I closed my office door behind me. "Why do you ask?"

"Well I have these tickets for the fifteenth of February to this concert." Tomoyo explained. "It's in the next city over, and I can't make it that day, so I was wondering if you would go with my brother?"

"You know Tomoyo; you really shouldn't make plans for someone to go out with me unless you talk to me first about it." I said, stepping out from the hallway, and into the living room.

"Well it wasn't like you were going to ask him anyway. It's times like these that you have to take matters into your own hands." She said, sagely.

"I wouldn't mind going Kuro-puu…" I heard Fai chime. I glanced over at him. He was glancing at me with wide innocent eyes, body curled up on the couch like a cats.

I furrowed my eyebrows, and gave a small glare at the nickname. "Whatever." I grunted.

"Yay~!" Tomoyo said with a small clap of her hands. "Then it's settled then. Kurogane will pick you up at five that day."

"Damn it, Tomoyo! Stop making plans for us!" I snapped, walking into the kitchen.

"Which band is it?" I heard Fai ask, as I make my way over to the fridge.

There was a slight pause. "Well it's more like some of the local bands redoing some other bigger bands songs. But there are a lot of them, so I'm sure it'll be fun."

I frowned, and decided it was best that I be there while the plans were being made, so that it wouldn't come back to haunt me later. That and there was nothing in the refrigerator.

Just as I was making my way into the other room there was a loud knock at the door.

"Tomoyo get the door, it's probably just Dad." I said, walking into the hallway once more. I did not want to see that man right now, nor ever really. And it seemed like the plans were going to be on hold for a while. Thank god.

There was a pause, before the sound of the door opening and then: "Daddy~!"

There was yet another pause. "Who's this?" I heard come from the front door. I tensed, and poked my head around the corner.

Shit, Tomoyo just had to take Fai with her to the door.

"This is Fai; Kurogane's boyfriend." I heard Tomoyo introduce him, as I inched back into the room.

Fai smiled awkwardly, and waved a bit. He didn't seem all too comfortable with the attention.

"I didn't know Kurogane was like that…" Dad's voice floated in, and I repressed a low growl. "Well then again I haven't talked to him all that much in close to six years." Dad said sadly. "Anyway, it's nice to meet you none-the-less. I'm Ryuu, Kurogane and Tomoyos father, as you probably already know." He greeted, and a tan hand appeared in the doorway. I blinked in confusion, wondering what he was doing.

Fai blinked at the gesture but he didn't seem confused at it, like I was. Actually he seemed surprised and slightly happy.

"You don't mind that your sons dating another man?" Fai suddenly asked, and I wanted to kill him for that… but I suppose he was just acting for Tomoyo. It seems like he was very good at that.

"Oh no not at all." Dad said, and I could almost hear him smiling. I was getting sick of eavesdropping, so I stood behind Fai, and leaned against the wall, pleased that no one had noticed me. "And even if I did, Kuroganes is twenty-six now, more than old enough to make his own decisions about who he wants to be with." He gave Fai a wink, and I felt anger and possessiveness crawl into my chest. "And I must say that you are a pretty one."

"I suggest you take your hands away from him," I said in a cold voice. It was strange that I was feeling possessive about the blond idiot but right at the moment I didn't really care. "We don't want another episode of what happened twenty some years ago, and you already know that I'm not as lenient as Mother was."

Many things happened at once, after I said those words. Dad dropped Fai's hand, and looked guilty and ashamed of himself. Fai glanced over at me, with curiosity and something else in his eyes. Tomoyo was trying to rip out my eyes, and kill me with a single glare.

I glanced over at Fai for a second before turning my gaze to the man who called himself my father.

"Kurogane would you stop-?" Tomoyo snapped, but was quickly cut off by Dad.

"No it's alright Tomoyo; I am quite used to it now." He said, with a soft smile.

Ryuu turned to me. "We'll just be leaving now," he said curtly, grabbing Tomoyos hand and dragging her off with him.

I stepped forward and closed the door quickly.

"What was that about?" Fai asked with honest innocence.

"None of your business." I snapped. I turned towards him again, and I made note of how much difference there was between us. He was pale, skinny, and much shorter then me, but then it was hard to find someone who wasn't. "You should stay away from him." I warned. "Go get your stuff and I'll take you home."

He nodded quickly, and went to where his cell phone was lying. "He seemed nice…" He commented, scooping it up and shoving it in his pocket. "But I doubt I'll seem him again though."

"He only wants you to think he's nice, but he's a bastard." I growled, knowing that that was far from the truth, and grabbed my keys off of the small hook by the door.

I still had no idea, why, or when, I had gotten overprotective of Fai, but there was indeed something that made me want to protect him. However it wasn't something that I was willing to acknowledge, accept, or even think of.

yeah... i'm lazy... deal with it...