He banged his head on the mirror again, a thin stream of blood racing away from it's source to the floor below. His eyes were shut tight as he raised himself yet again from the glass and hit it with his fist, shards of glass being embedded in his fist. He felt nothing. None of it, yet a single tear rolled out, dancing in a straight line down his defined cheeks to mix with the blood on said cheek, both mixing in their conversation of desperation, loneliness and anguish.

He looked at his distorted reflection in the once whole mirror. He took a deep breath, his eyebrows furrowing in frustration before his muscled arms grabbed the edges of the mirror, prying it from its place in the wall and throwing it a good distance away from him. Falling on his knees, he stared at the destroyed piece of décor, unconsciously shivering at intervals.

He blinked when a hand slid on his shoulder. His head looked upward, the face of whoever it was obscured by the liquid forming in his eyes. They held his hand and straightened him, brushing him off. The person was smaller than him, of course, and he still couldn't make out who it was, but he felt no danger emitting from them. He felt…safe.

"Shino…Shino….SHINO, GET THE HELL UP BEFORE I GO MA TO THE DAMN D-E-A ON YOUR ASS ! GET UP !"

Said boy shot out of his slumber, head connecting with a fist on his journey into consciousness. He grunted and grabbed at the hand which seemed to always be just that much out of his reach. "Gaara, is there a reason you're molesting me so early in the morning?"

"Mor-? Nigga, it's freaking 11 p.m. two days AFTER you fell asleep! Then again, how the hell are you suppose to figure that, when it's so damn dark in here? What are ya trying for man ? Voldemort ? Open the damn windows !" The vibrant redhead said, making his way over to the impressive stereo system, not at all the disturbed by the darkness around him. "You need some music in your soul and I have the perfect thing for you."

Shino jumped from his bed and snatched a shirt from the desk chair, pulling it over his head. The stereo boomed with a song that had him rolling his eyes. Damn Gaara.

"There's a stranger in my bed, there's a pounding in my head, glitter all around the room, pink flamingoes in the pool !" Shino watched as Gaara flung himself on his bed, face down.

Shino grabbed the remote for the system and switched it off, however, Gaara was yet again in his own world, belting the lyrics to the song and gyrating all over the place. Shino made himself a cup of coffee and ignored the energetic redhead. A few minutes into Gaara's performance, Shino's phone vibrated. Setting the mug down on the small counter where the Starbuck's station was, he took out his phone and at the same time, threw one of his knives in the case on the wall, over his shoulder towards the Sabuku.

"Whoa ! Buggie, this is my favourite hand !" Gaara whined.

Shino simply shrugged before sliding the answer button. "Shino."

"Shi….Shino….?" There was a lot of static in the background but the way his heart thrashed in his chest and how tight his grip on the phone had gotten was the tell-tale signs of who was on the other end.

"Kiba, why … you shouldn't be talking to me. You know that." As strained as he was, he couldn't deny that the sound of the other had made him feel better than he had in days.

"I…Know…..But I need to…..talk…..with ….. You. Right Now."

"Kiba…"

"Jus…ple…please….come. Park." And then the line went dead. Shino stared at the phone for the longest time.

"Think before you act," Came the low voice of a warning. Shino looked over his shoulder at the redhead leaning against the wall closest to his windows, twirling the blade in his hands, teal eyes concentrating on it. "If you go, whose going hurt more? Will you risk it? His health at the sake of your own desire?"

Shino turned and looked at the phone once again. Kiba…

Cold nipped at his fingers even when they were buried in his pockets. His teeth chattered and he hugged himself to save his warmth from the vicious cold that threatened to steal it all away. Where was Shino ? Kiba looked down the walkway at the entrance. Seeing no one, he tried the other with the same luck. Sending Akamaru home a long time ago was a good idea, but now he was lonely and it was so dark. Kiba was scared. But he was going to wait for Shino to arrive. Surely, his boyfriend wouldn't stand him up. Right?

Another twenty minutes passed and the Inuzuka was now huddled into a little ball on one of the benches in the park, the one that he bumped into Shino that first day of school. His shivering had increased ten fold and his once rose lips now a shade of threatening blue, his teeth clashing together loudly in the otherwise silent night.

Suddenly, his head snapped up. Was that footsteps ? He trained his ears harder, not moving form his spot, looking at both entrances to the park. He saw no one. He imagined it. Then immediately, there was silk on his eyes and he realized, he was being blindfolded. He should have been scared but he knew that scent all too well.

"S-Shi-no-no ?" He said, the chattering of his teeth marring his words.

"…Yeah…"

That was all he needed. He turned quickly and jumped into the arms of the Aburame, careful not to move the blindfold. He squeezed the elder with all his might, water stained the silk around his eyes. "I missed you sooooo much ! I was going crazy ! Gods, Shino, I miss you . I love you ! It's so lonely without you . Shino ! Shino ? Why aren't you hugging me back? ..Shi…Shino ?"

"Kiba, It's cold out and you're freezing. Why did you call me?"

No, Kiba was imagining it. Shino wouldn't use such a cold tone with him. No, he'd just imagined it. "I..I called you because I missed you. I missed you sooooo much, it hurt. It hurt a lot being away from you. Did…Didn't you miss me?"

"…You need to go home. I'll have a car -"

"NO ! No , I'm not going anywhere ! I want to stay with you ! I'm not going back without you .. You .. You can't do this to me ! I - !"

"KIBA !"

Said boy flinched away from the boy beneath him, huddling himself. He blinked back tears and hugged himself, keeping himself for breaking apart. He bit his bottom lip in an attempt to stop the sobs he felt choking him. Shino .. Shino didn't want him anymore. He was too late. "I-I'm so-sorry. I'll go home. Please … please don't hate me. I only wanted to touch you again. I'm .. I'm sorry for bothering you."

He untied the blindfold from his eyes, and hung his head, holding it out for Shino to take. When he felt the fabric leave his hands, he turned away and began walking towards the entrance of the park, sniffing and wiping away the tears that flowed like a waterfall down his cheeks. His knees wobbled and he fell to the pavement, not even trying to move again. He wiped and wiped at tears, trying his best to get up and walk home.

"Kiba."

"I'll move soon. Just…Just….I'll move soon, I swear. I'm sorry."

Warmth pressed against his back and arms wrapped around him loosely. He turned in the embrace, hiding his face against a defined chest. His sobs were more out of control, like a string he was holding on by had snapped finally and he was free-falling. He was embarrassing himself, crying into the chest of someone who had moved on from him. He clutched the sweater Shino was wearing even tighter that before, pushed slightly and pressed his lips against the velvet of Shino's.

The kiss was bruising, rough. Kiba relaxed immensely when Shino kissed him back. Soon, tears were mixing with each other, embraces tightening and passion making a cocoon around the two teens, the frigid night and everything else in the world turning into one dark void where only they existed. They parted for air, resting their foreheads against the other's.

"I miss those brown eyes, how you kissed me at night, I miss the way we sleep….like there's no sunrise, like the taste of your smile, I miss the way we breathe …But I never told you, what I should have said … No, I never told you .. I jus held it in …And now, I miss everything about you …" Shino whispered as he held onto Kiba tighter.

"I see your brown eyes, every time I close mine…you make it hard to see…where I belong too…when I'm not around you…it's like I'm not with me …" Kiba whispered against those lips he loved so much. "I miss everything about you …"

"Kiba, I love you .. More than anything …. But I'm not good for you…"

"Being away from you isn't what's good for me. I don't want to lose you."

"Kiba …"

"KIBA !" Both boys jumped at the loud, alarmed shrill of voices and turned to look at the couple running towards them, uniformed men running behind them.

"Mom? Dad? Wha-?" The brunnette asked a whole lot confused as he was pried from Shino's embrace. In that second, his eyes widened as he realized what was actually happening, "NO ! I don't want to go to Ohio ! I want to stay here , with Shino !"

Hearing his love in panic, Shino stood quickly to go defend him with a growl ripping from his throat. Four uniformed men stood in between him and his thrashing boyfriend. "Get out of my way."

"Mr. Aburame, sir, please co-operate with us." One faceless policeman said, "This was issued by Sir Sabuku no Gaara. We have orders to keep you here."

Shino glared at the ground. Gaara? His best friend ? He looked up at the shout of his name and saw as other men helped remove Kiba from the scene. Those teary, pained chocolate orbs stared at him, that small mouth screeching his name, small arms reaching out for him .. His heart was attacked by jagged glass as he could only watch as his love by torn from him . This was better. He had to stay away from him.

"I never thought I'd see this day. The great Shino Aburame behind bars? This is too much."

Shino ignored the voice and the flash he saw through the corner of his eye. He sighed and hid his face in his hands, trying to erase Kiba's screams and the image of his face as he was torn from him.

"Come on Shino, I told you to consider it. You chose wrong." Gaara said, leaning against the bars, his back to Shino as he skimmed through the pictures he'd taken.

"Fuck you."

Gaara pouted, "Aww, isn't that just soo mean. If you're not nice, you'll spend a longer time in here." He set the camera on the desk a few feet from him and her turned to stare at his best friend. "Don't look like that. You're not the victim."

"He is." Shino muttered, more to himself but Gaara heard anyway.

"It's not like I have anything against you guys, but this is best. For both of you." Gaara stated, moving towards the cell again and sticking his head between two bars, looking down at this friend.

"I know…"

"..But you still feel like shit."

"..Yeah…"

"Look here." Shino, despite himself, lifted his head and blinked at the shiny things in Gaara's hands, "It's called reverse psychology. His plane leaves in twenty minutes. Run. Fast."

Gaara threw the key into the hands of a shocked Aburame. "Don't say I never did anything for you." He called over his shoulder, chucking his dueces in the air.

Shino opened the cell and dashed out, stopping for only a second before he ran through the window in the office, glasses scraping him but he didn't care. He ran as fast as he could, barefoot against the pavement of the sidewalk.

You got that smile … That only heaven can make ….

He jumped the fence infront of him and landed on the balls of his feet, running as his feet felt the pavement again.

Cause you are….the only thing that I got right now….

The airport was in sight now. Shino sped up , panting heavily. Ten blocks could do that to a guy. The pavement turned into tile and Shino paused to catch his breath. Then he was off again, running through the airport and ignoring the looks he got.

One day when the sky is falling … I'll be standing right next to you … right next to you ….

"No ! Shino ! Shino ! Please, SHINO !"

The brunette twisted his head around and sprinted in the direction the cries were coming from. He was that much closer to his love. "KIBA !"

"Shino ? SHINO !"

We were made for one another, me and you …. And I have no fair I know we'll make it through …

Shino came upon a bridge. He looked over and could see Kiba thrashing in the security's arms, looking franticly around for Shino, screaming for them to let him go, fifteen feet below …

"Kiba …"

He back up to the glass confinement behind him, taking a deep breath before sprinting to the other end, vaulting over the side …

One day when the sky is falling … I'll be standing right next to you … Ooooh ee oh oh … Ohhh …

His feet touch cold tile and his body lunged forward in a flip , successfully landing. Kiba stepped on the toes of one guard, throwing the other off his feet and made a dash for the boy running to him . When they finally met in the middle, they slowed. Kiba shrunk back when imaginary bugs swarmed the hand Shino had held out towards him.

"I'm not going to hurt you. You're safe, with me. 'Cause I love you. You have nothing to fear anymore."

Images, memories of that night flooded his mind. The blood, the dark, the bugs all over his weak and pained body. Then there was light , small but still light. The dirt was being digged up. When it was all gone, a small boy with dark glasses looked down on him, tilting his head to the side.

'What are you doing down there? Here' He held out a hand. Kiba shrunk back. Then the little boy unbuttoned the coat he had on that hid half his face and a brilliant smile shone on Kiba, 'I'm not going to hurt you.'

"You … you …" Kiba was at a loss of words as he stared at the little boy who had grown into the beautiful man he was today. Nodding determinedly, he looked down at the hand again. The bugs were crawling all over. He grabbed the hand hesitantly, the bugs wrapping around his hand too. He took a deep breath then whispered, "Go away now."

The bugs disappeared, just like that and the little boy's smile filled him with light. He looked up at Shino and gave his brightest smile.

….You got that smile…

"I love you." They chorused.

…..That only heaven can make…

Shino cupped Kiba's cheek and leaned towards the smaller boy.

…I pray to God everyday. ….

Kiba smiled against Shino's lips.

…..To keep you forever ! …

okay , so i hav sum bummin news... skl has started (bummer) so my updates may take longer ... i can officially say i have around four chapters left to finish this story ... ahh, it seems like yesterday ... Thankz for all the add's n alert's =) y'all jus soo strawberry smootie ! lol xD ! thnz for all the support you guys =) ROQQ ON !