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"Doing the washing again, Tohru-chan?" Shigure asked, seeing Tohru with a basket full of clothes. "You shouldn't be doing it alone when there are two strong males who can help you" turning to Yuki and Kyo.

And what about you? They both thought Shigure was shameless.

It was then, Shigure sudden noticed the white coat at the very top, it was a wonder how he didn't see it earlier when it was blinding him. "Kyo, when did you get a new coat, your old one is perfectly fine," he asked and both Tohru and Kyo froze.

"What are you talking about, I didn't get a new coat," Kyo said before Shigure raised the coat high and they heard a gasp from Tohru when the coat came into view.

She know, she had forgotten something!

"Tohru-chan is there anything you would like to say," Shigure asked, getting the feeling there was a story behind the coat.

"Xisto-kun lent me that coat when I was out looking for Kyo-kun in the rain," Tohru said before she realised what she just said and the whole room went silent even Yuki.

"Tohru-chan, when was this?" Yuki asked slowly, praying that it wasn't the night he thought it was.

"It was when Kyo ran away in the cat's other form," Tohru said and if a pin dropped in the room that moment, everyone would have heard it and Kyo face had lost all its colour.

"And Tohru-chan," Shigure asked slowly, trying to ask what was on everyone mind. "Did Xisto see Kyo-kun true form at the time?"

The whole room descended into choking silence as Tohru started shaking when she remembered that night.

And that was all the confirmation the rest needed.

The room was shocked when Kyo swore, he wondered why Xisto had been given him odd looks lately, he wouldn't be surprised if the red head was terrified of him, just like his mother and everyone else except for Tohru. He walked out of the room and slammed the door behind him.

For some reason, the image of Xisto looking at him with fear in his eyes, hurt on a level he just didn't understand.

"Oh, the days when we could just erase, that boy memories" Shigure said, fanning himself, now that Xisto was immune, he had no choice but to live with such an image in his mind.

Yuki sighed, he too wasn't oblivious to the strange looks Xisto had been given Kyo lately but he never brought it up.

"Well somebody needs to return this back to him," Shigure said, "Before he comes here wanting his coat back, that would surely be awkward" and the other two couldn't have agreed more.

"I nominate Kyo-kun for the job"

The door slammed opened with a familiar orange haired boy behind it.

"WHAT!"

Meanwhile, the redhead that everyone was talking about smirked when he felt a sneeze coming on.

They had discovered his coat.

Ch 10: Big Brother Xisto

"Young Master, a classmate of your would like to see you," one of the servants said in Portuguese to him who was just randomly in a komodo and decided to embrace the 'Japanese' spirit and sat outside drinking tea even though it was minus 0 degrees.

"Tell them, I'll be right there," Xisto said, gulping down the rest of the tea, of course, it had no chocolate in it so it had a mysterious component to replace it and unlike 'Quorn' which did a horrible job at mimicking real meat, this actually tasted like chocolate.

"Of course, Young master," The servant said, going off to tell the guest, who were clearly not happy about waiting.

# 10 minutes later#

Kyo sat in the living room, the coat was safely in his bag and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

He swore, he was being watched.

The feeling was stronger than ever and the for some reason, he felt the housemaid were secretly glaring at him, he didn't really feel it before since he was in a large group but now on his own, it was as obvious as night and day.

He wondered what he did to deserve such a reaction from the moment he walked onto the compound.

Maybe it was the fact, that Xisto coat had been absent for ten days and he was only now returning it.

He told that voice to shut the hell up.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," A familiar voice said, appearing from the hall and Kyo wanted to drop the coat and walk away at the image he was greeted with.

Xisto was still in his Kimono, his chest was open and he had a glass of juice in his right hand along with a creepy seductive smile on his face.

"I don't have visitors often so let's go to my room to talk" Xisto voice was low and seductive and the fact that the house helpers had hearts in their eyes, made Kyo want to burf but he followed the red head, without complaint.

"So Kyo-kun what brings you here on this fine morning?" Xisto asked, sitting down on the floor.

What fine morning!? Kyo thought, remembering passing through fog on the way here and wanted to sweat dropped, just by looking at Xisto attire made him feel cold. He opened his bag and got out a familiar coat and Xisto eyes lit up.

"My coat!" Xisto said, "I've been wondering when I would get it back! You know, it's not proper for a lady such as Tohru-chan to be out in the rain without protection while the guy, shamelessly curls up in her own coat"

I don't want to hear that from someone like you! Kyo thought, Xisto was the last person he wanted to hear that from! And it also confirmed that Xisto was there on that night.

Which made things all that more Awkward.

Xisto inspected his coat, seeing if there were any ruffles, but was pleasantly surprised when it smelt fresh and was clearly well-taken care of. It was then he noticed, Kyo had mysteriously become quiet and he looked up to find Kyo hair was overshadowing his eyes.

"Did you see?" Kyo asked, saying the first real word since they came in.

"See what?" Xisto asked, knowing where this was going.

"Did you see me?" Kyo voice was louder and Xisto noticed the slight tremble in his voice as if he fully expected Xisto to go off on the rant of how scary and frightful that thing was and look at him in nothing but fear and disgust.

There was a long silence.

"That?" Xisto said, finally filling the silence and Kyo was shocked at what came out next. "That big cat slash, tiger thing? Tell me were those teeth real? That would be so cool if they were, I can think of a million uses for those teeth, not to mention some awesome and hilarious pranks you could pull with them. How tall were you? Seven, or, eight feet? Lucky! You looked like an epic Pokémon"

Kyo looked up and Xisto saw the shock in his eyes as well as a tiny glimmer of hope as if he were looking at Xisto like he was from another planet. "Y-You weren't scared?" his voice still had that broken edge to it.

Xisto gave him a look that said 'Are you being serious?'. "Scared? Of course! I thought those claws could rip me to shreds!" whacking Kyo on the head like he was stupid and Kyo let out a yelp, surprised by the almost Kagura force behind it. "Stupid, Kyo-kun!"

"Why you little" Kyo grabbed Xisto by the collar and they stared at each other in the eyes.

"But on that night you weren't a monster were you?" Xisto said, quietly and was met with the widening of eyes; the word clearly was hitting Kyo deep in the heart.

Xisto titled his head to the side and said. "Do you know what defiance a monster, Kyo-kun? It's actions. Did you intend to hurt me, on that night?"

Kyo was too shocked to say anything and Xisto found himself released from Kyo grip and began walking slowly towards the stunned Kyo.

"Did you intend to hurt Kyo that night?" Xisto asked, knowing where to cut deep. "Did you intend to throw you fist out where Tohru was? Did you intend to cut through her very flesh and drew blood?"

It was at that moment Kyo saw Akito where Xisto was and that vision, broke down his walls and he saw he was a child once again.

"No, I never meant to! She wasn't supposed to find out! She wasn't supposed to come after me! She wasn't supposed to accept me!" Kyo voice was like a broken child as he closed himself off from the world, tears ran down his face.

He didn't like how 'Akito' was looking at him.

He was shocked at what happened next.

Unlike Akito who would have told him 'that's right, you're a monster and only I can love you', Kyo was engulfed into a hug.

It wasn't like how Tohru hugged him or how Akito hugged him.

It felt so different, from the other hugs had before.

It was a huge between siblings and Kyo having never had a sibling before didn't recognise it.

Kyo felt the strong sense of protectiveness around him; it wasn't because of fear like his mother did when he was younger.

This was a hug, that accepted him for who he was, accepted everything about him and wanted to be there by his side, instead of shielding him, it wanted to watch him grow with its own eyes and step in when needed.

Kuon unconsciously wrapped his arms around Xisto.

"That's right you're not a monster." Xisto whispered inside his ear and Kyo felt like he was talking to the mother he should have had, the voice was filled with so much care and love that it made him want to curl up and listen to it all day.

He transformed.

Kyo didn't realise it until, Xisto was towering over him like a giant and Xisto was staring, he wondered how the hell, he transformed!

"So this is what you look like in your other form. How cute" Xisto said, picking the panicking Kyo up gentle and Kyo was shocked when Xisto hugged him closer and began to stroke him.

Kyo gradually relaxed, Xisto fingers had a cold feeling to them which he hadn't noticed before and he was in heaven as the god-like fingers touched his skin.

He let out a purr and Xisto laughed, "You liked that? Can you believe animals tend to run away from me when they see me? This is my first time petting a cat" increasing his pace and Kyo purred even more, perhaps whenever he transforms, he should go to Xisto to be stroked.

The backstroke, he was currently receiving, put Tohru own to shame.

Xisto hands know just where to stroke and Kyo was currently in bliss.

Xisto hands suddenly stopped and Kyo just managed to stop himself from letting out a hiss from the lack of cold hands.

"Have you eaten anything today?" Xisto asked, putting Kyo down and as if on cue, Kyo stomach made itself know and he flushed, Xisto laughed.

"So what do you eat?" Xisto asked and Kyo could see the curiosity in his eyes. "Fish, mice or normal food?" and Kyo sweat dropped, he had this strange feeling that he had been asked that before.

"Um, food is fine," Kyo said and Xisto eyes widened.

"You talk!" Xisto said as if the sky just split and none other than Jesus started to descend down with angels behind him singing 'hallelujah' and Kyo sweat drop increased. Xisto got up towards the fridge and looked through it. "I've got some leftover soup, from last night" taking it out and Kyo nose immediately picked up a heavenly aroma.

"What is that?" Kyo asked, seeing Xisto heat it up.

Xisto just smiled and said.

"It's best to not know what's inside but I get the feeling you would like it" making Kyo eye the mysterious soup as it got onto the plate and made its way towards him.

Kyo mouth was watering before he took a lick.

It was amazing.

Kyo immediately started to lick it vigorously, like a man starved, it was the best soup he had ever had!

"Whoa, calm down," Xisto said, taking a sip of the soup and because Kyo head was facing down, he didn't see the snake eyes that made themselves know when he took a sip.

Kyo quickly finished the soap and he instantly wanted more.

Xisto just laughed and patted his head.

It was at that moment.

A word came up from Kyo subconscious.

Brother.

Xisto was his big brother.

And scene!

I hope you loved this scene with Xisto and Kyo bonding! Can any of you guess what the soup is? What could it be made out of that both of them would love to eat? Will I ever tell you? Perhaps, not. Xisto has successful slivered his way into Kyo heart and the rest are shocked at the bond that is growing between them. Review/Fav and follow.