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"Why are you glowering like that?" Ashura watched Kurogane whose eyes were trained on Fai and Chalcedony as they glided across the floor to the sound of the music. "if you keep frowning like that you're going to get wrinkles."

"Who the hell is that guy any ways!?" Kurogane snapped looking around to meet the kings amused gaze.

"That, is the high priest of Celes, Lord Ciel Chalcedony the XII." The ninja's frown deepened. "Why do you ask?"

"Because he looks like he wants to throw the damn mage on the floor and rip his clothes off! What the hell is his problem!?" Ashura couldn't help but laugh as he looked over his shoulder with a jealous glare, turning back to listen to his answer after a few moments.

"I think his problem is that he wants to throw Fai on the floor and rip his clothes off. I'm sure he wants to do much more than that. He has had quite a crush on Fai." Kurogane looked over his shoulder with a now murderous glare.

"Yeah, well it's obvious that Fai doesn't like him… so he should just knock it off."

"And how do you know that he doesn't like the attention?" Kurogane just frowned. Lord Chalcedony pulled Fai closer and if Ashura caught the blush that spread across his adopted sons face, the surely the ninja had as well. "He looks to me as if he's enjoying himself. Though, maybe he just missed dancing in general… You were correct however, that Fai does not have feelings for him."

"Then why the fuck is that guys hand of the fucking mages ass?" he hadn't noticed that. Well, well, well. Tonight was going to be an interesting one indeed. The redhead had his hand far lower than it should be and was whispering in the blushing mages ear.

"I'm sure Fai will put lord Chalcedony in his place." Kurogane looked as if he wanted to put the young lord in his place. That place would be a coffin.

As soon as the song ended Fai stepped back from the redhead and they continued talking for a while before the blonde finally returned to the table and slid into his seat next to the ninja.

"Have fun?" Ashura gave a pleasant smile and poured him a glass of wine.

"Not as much fun as you're having. What are you smirking about?" Fai sipped the dark red beverage and relished in the distinct sweetness of it. There was no wine like Celesian wine.

"Kurogane and I were just noticing how close you and Lord Chalcedony seem to be. Will you dance with him again tonight?"

"You saw that then…" the blush spread across Fai's face like it had moments ago, but Kurogane couldn't see because he was still glaring at the red haired noble men across the room.

"I can insist on privacy for you tonight if you wish to spend some personal time with him."

"Ashura-ou!" Fai's face turned dark red and the ninja turned his glare to the king who had started laughing. "How many times do I have to insist to you that I don't—"

"I know child. I was just ruffling your feathers."

A few more dances were played before dinner was served. The kids came back with the prince to eat with them and the conversation was light for the most part. Ashura, Fai and Kurogane mainly listened to the three youngsters tell stories to each other.

They seemed to get along well enough.

Ashura kept himself distracted from his twitchy magic by counting the numbers of drinks Fai had before he got drunk. After that he watched Kurogane seethe as Fai danced with Chalcedony and a few others, both men a woman.

He couldn't understand why the ninja didn't just ask Fai to dance with him. It was obvious that the men being handsy with the blonde was making him jealous, and the way Fai leaned a little too close to the woman had the same effect.

Fai was upset and just wanted to feel desirable. He had seen him this way more than a few times, he wanted the kind of physical contact that Ashura couldn't give him. His adopted son with obnoxiously innocent when it came to matters like this however, and he was sure Fai hadn't quite connected the dots yet.

The blonde liked to flirt, but when it came to any sort of sensual contact he always shied away immediately. Until tonight at least. He again was allowing lord Chalcedony to hold him closer than usual and Kurogane looked like he was about to go on a murderous rampage.

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"Why don't you ask Fai to dance Kurogane? I'm sure he would love to show you the steps and he's a wonderful tutor." The king sipped some water, he had switched from the heavy wine of the night when he noticed how it seemed to aggravate his magic rather than calm it.

"Why would I want to dance with him… stupid mage…" the ninja didn't look away from where lord Chalcedony was offering Fai yet another glass of wine.

"Honestly. We are going to play this game? Go ask him or quit pouting."

Kurogane looked back at Ashura with a blush across his cheeks. "I don't want to dance with the idiot mage!"

"If you don't pay attention to him he'll find someone else who will. There are plenty of people who would love to spend the evening in his company you know, and I think he may be upset enough to accept their offers."

"It's none of my business who the hell he spends the night with." The ninja looked back over his shoulder in time to catch the redhead whip a pit of frosting off of Fai's nose but turned back before lord Chalcedony placed a not so chaste kiss on the blonde's lips.

Ashura knew that was Fai's first.

"It is if you want to be the one in his company. Besides, he's going to be leaving with you soon anyways so go stake your claim. Go romance him." he made sure to keep Kurogane's attention so he didn't look back over to the seen unfolding behind him.

"What the hell makes you think I want to have anything to do with him! Especially like that!" the ninja's eyes narrowed and his cheeks turned even redder thinking about the night before they came to Celes when he had gotten to hold Fai all night.

Getting to hold Fai like he had…

That's all he fucking wanted.

"Fai told me that you were the one who turned him into what he is now. Because you didn't want him to die. You don't strike me as the kind of person to bind yourself to someone for your entire life for anything less than a deep devotion. Am I wrong in assuming that that translates into romantic feelings? Because you have been jealous all night." Ashura fixed him with a serious gaze and ignored the fact that lord Chalcedony was practically sucking on Fai's face. He may be a nosy father. But not that nosy.

"Fai would have done the same god damn thing for me."

"So he's in love with you to. So what's stopping you from going over there and asking him to dance?"

"He hates me."

"No, he does not know how to accept the situation. Besides, a few key facts have changed for him and he knows that you are all that he will have left. Now. I am going to bed. Do with that information what you will." the king stood up and bid good night to a few of his advisors before heading out the same way they had come in.

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It had been an extremely long time since Fai could remember being this drunk. His thoughts were fuzzy and he wasn't sure that he could make it across the room to the table without falling on his face so he was leaning heavily on Ceil.

The high priest didn't seem to mind in the slightest though and was easily supporting the blonde with an arm around his waist. Fai knew it was probably time to stop drinking when instead of taking a bite out of the cupcake Chalcedony had snatched for him, he had just gotten it on his face.

No depth perception at all.

Fai barely registered Lord Chalcedony's had on his face and almost missed the fact that he was being kissed. He felt the arm around his waist pull him forward so that he was flush against Ciel. It took him a moment to even come up with the idea of turning his face away but by the time the blonde had realized that, he was kissing along his jaw and sliding another arm around Fai's smaller torso.

He wasn't as alarmed by all of this as he should be but after a minute or so he pushed the redhead away. With a sad smile on his face he stumbled back and supported himself against the wall.

"What's wrong Fai?" Chalcedony's words hardly registered but they were spoken in a concerned tone. The mage just looked across the room to see Ashura and Kurogane talking before the king got up and left.

"Will… will you go n'get k—kuro… kuro for me? I…m not… please?" Ceil fallowed his gaze over to the ninja and seemed to make the connection for what he wanted. Nodding he walked off and Fai let his eyes slide closed and leaned more weight against the wall.

He knew Kurogane would take him back to his room and help him get ready for bed. Even if he wouldn't be happy about it.

When the blonde opened his eye again it was when he felt a warm hand on his cheek. "What's the matter mage?"

"Please… take m'to bed kuro…" that didn't exactly come out like it was supposed to but Fai figured Kurogane would know what he meant. He leaned his head forward to rest it on the ninjas shoulder and enjoyed the scent of him.

Kurogane always smelt so good, and not in a tasty way. He smelt like warm summer nights with lots of fireflies and plenty of crickets. Fai found it comforting to bury his face in the crook of the ninja's neck as he was carried to his room for the night and tried to forget where he was and what he was going to have to do.

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"Please… take m'to bed kuro…" Had Fai really just said that? Fai's voice was barely above a whisper and he partly crawled into the ninja's arms causing him blush.

He hated how much of that he had been doing tonight.

Ninja's weren't supposed to have feelings dammit!

Fucking mage and fucking king…

"How much did he drink?" Kurogane turned his attention to the Chalcedony guy who was still giving Fai the I-want-in-your-pants stare, while Fai rubbed his nose against the sensitive skin of his neck.

"A lot."

"You should have stopped him." Kurogane wasn't even trying to hide his annoyance with the man as he lifted Fai up bridal style. "Do you know how to get to his room from here?"

The red head nodded.

Of course he fucking did…

No one gave them a second though as they made their way through the crowed and out the door.

There was a group of three men in what looked to be the Celeian military uniform waiting for them. Kurogane glared while lord Chalcedony stepped forward to greet them. "You three are the one's put in charge of keeping track of Fluorite's whereabouts?"

"We are. Is lord Fluorite not well?" they looked to be a little older then Syaoran, but Kurogane had learned not to trust appearances when it came to the people here. He didn't know why there would be people in charge of keeping track of the mages location though.

Kurogane didn't like this.

"He's just had a lot to drink. We were going to go tuck him into bed." The three men nodded and they all made their way through the twisting hallways until they got to the one where all the rooms were located.

Chalcedony opened the door to the mages room and the ninja carried him in. he was glad when the men in uniform stayed out in the hallway and that the red head closed the door behind them. Kurogane carefully set Fai down on the bed before turning to the other occupant in the room.

"What the hell are those guys fallowing them him around for."

"It's the only way we could prove his innocence. They won't infringe on his privacy so don't worry."

"Ok well, I got it from here so you can leave."

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