Chapter 61

Subaru looked in horror and in complete disbelief of the words that had left his husband's lips. "But it can't be! I refuse to believe it! Every book I ever read said that Horcruxes have a complete draining and toxic effect on anyone near them! I've never experienced that!"

"Subaru's right! I never did either and I've known you a lot longer!"

"You also didn't live with me. Dad knows…he has to, why else would he take you away that night?"

"Um maybe because your and Fuuma's mother is a nutcase that needs to be locked in Gringotts' highest security vault."

"KAMUI! As bad as Lady Sakurazuka is, no one deserves that…"

"That's debatable Subaru. She certainly has put you and Sei-chan through a lot."

"Either way, the only way to get rid of a Horcrux is to destroy it so it can't come back. Basilisk venom, Fiendfyre, or the killing curse and no you're not using ANY of it on my husband!"

"Why don't we all go to bed and start thinking of ideas of how to deal with this in the morning?"

"After you shower maybe; you smell like enchanted house plants. I can barely stand next to you right now, never mind sleeping in the same bed as you."

"Very well then, Anna, lead my brother and his husband to the floor they'll be on as well as my sister and her husband. Come on Aiko, time for your bath. Subaru, be a dear and get Mystic ready for me."

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Mystic went to bed without a fight and Subaru lay in his white silk bathrobe on his waterbed. He stared at the ceiling with the earlier conversation swirling through his brain.

About ten minutes later Seishirou emerged, his hair damp and wearing his black silk bathrobe. Even in the dim lighting of their bedroom Subaru could see the lines under his husband's eyes. Working two jobs wasn't exactly easy, plus their children. Then there was the matter of Seishirou's mother. She certainly was a handful and that was being polite.

Subaru felt the water shift under him under his husband's weight. He heard the sound of the side drawer opening and when he glanced over his husband's nose was in a book. "Sei-kun?"

"Hmm?"

"What are we going to do?" Subaru's voice was trembling, the fear evident.

"About what?"

Subaru fidgeted a bit. "About…you…being the Horcrux."

"Oh…that. We'll come up with something I'm sure."

"What if we can't?! I could barely function when she had you under the imperious curse, never mind if she manages to yank you away from me like she ripped your sister away from you!"

"Subaru...relax. I'm not going anywhere; my mother isn't winning this battle. I may have a solution but I'll need to do more research before I can pull it off. She won't take me away from you again, I promise."

Subaru didn't have time to stutter a response as another pair of lips connected with his own. While the pair kissed on their bed, Subaru held on tighter than he thought was possible. Suddenly he was a teenager again, holding onto the only person he wanted to be with.

Slowly hands stared to explore and untie bathrobe belts as a storm approached outside.

~#~

Kamui pulled a pillow over his head as thunder rumbled overhead. Besides enchanted plants, thunder was the second scariest thing in the world. Well not so much the thunder but the lightning. Lightning was what killed his, Subaru, and Hokuto's mother many years ago. Unfortunately for Kamui, he was the one that saw it. Their mother was a Quidditch player and nothing canceled Quidditch. Subaru and Hokuto were staying with their grandmother as always but Kamui had begged his dad to see mommy play Quidditch. Too bad she got struck by lightning right when she had grabbed the snitch. It was that reason why Kamui hated Quidditch and now…

"Kamui? What are you doing?"

Pulling the pillow off his head he nearly jumped out of his bed. "What are you doing in my...oh…it's you Fuuma." For a minute he thought he was staring at Seishirou. Fuuma minus his glasses and with his hair matted down could pass for his older brother's twin.

"Yeah it's me. Got lost after I showered mind you. I swear my brother built this place like a maze on purpose; sounds like something he would do. Then of course the storm knocked out the power and I had a rematch with my old nemesis."

"Your old…OH! Not the trashcan again Fuuma."

"YES THE TRASHCAN! They follow me around I swear!"

"What am I going to do with you?"

"I could think of several things—OW!"

Kamui had reached over and hit Fuuma's head. "PERVERT!"

Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed, causing Kamui to dive into his husband's arms.

"You never told me you were afraid of thunder Kamui."

"Not important just don't leave till it's over."

"I won't, now try to relax." As he pet his fingers through Kamui's hair, honey brown eyes looked at the ceiling and remembered doing this to someone else…long ago.

I may have let her down but I won't do the same again. You're not getting my brother either you twisted hag, you wait…we'll win.