Notes: I wanna thank the people who've been reviewing this story...I really appreciate it and your reviews have been very very helpful^^ Arigotou! P.S.) The meaning of the title will come out in later chapters...

Pairings: Ran x Ken

Warnings: AU, Ran POV, yaoi, lemon, fluff, lime

Disclaimer: *sniff* I'd love to have them but no....

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In Your Soul

4

The sun had not yet risen and my thoughts of Ken were not yet diminished by the dulling dreams that the night usually heralded. I hadn't slept and I didn't want to. I didn't want his image in my mind's eye to leave or waver. I wanted him to be with me, under my fingertips, in my arms, in my warmth.

I gazed out the window from my bed shivering. It was cold and I hadn't closed my window from the day before. I didn't get under my blankets. I didn't want to be warm without Ken. I wanted to be sure he was alright. I had to see.

I stood from my bed, walking to the door in silence and cover of darkness. Only a navy light was penetrating the skies and the land, rendering me nearly invisible. That's what I wanted. In the hallway nothing stirred, a heavy sleep laying like a blanket over the house. I was glad for the silence. That cold drawl of Youji's drunken state had haunted me as much as Ken's voice thrilled me. As I stood in front of Ken's closed door, I regarded the wood with a glare. What if he shut me out? What if he didn't want me? My fingers ached to touch him...

His door opened with barely a touch of my hand, blessedly silent. In the dim light I could make out Ken laying in his bed, on top of the covers and curled up in tense sleep. As I approached his bedside I could see his eyelids fluttering as he turned over in his sleep. I wanted to comfort him. I didn't want to see him so tense. My heart ached to ease his pain, to slip my arms around him.

"Ken..." I gently reached out and touched his lips, sitting at the edge of his bed. He stirred slowly, eyelids opening to reveal those luscious, chocolate eyes that I cherished so much. I drank in the sight of him.

"Ran...what...?" I smiled for a moment, gazing upon him before pressing my lips to his, claiming his tongue with a gentle love edged with dominance. He could feel the claim and resistance edged his response. His arms snaked over my back, his fingers tangling in my hair and I held him close to me. Our bodies were pressed tightly together, our hearts racing as one. I wanted his heat. I wanted him. I nibbled at his lip gently and he pulled me over him, to his other side, so he was leaning over me. I smiled inwardly at his claim of dominance and I fought back with a fierce passion. My lips traveled from his lips to his sensual neck, enticing quickened breaths and soft moans as my hands caressed the bare skin at his waist.

His hands were slipping under my shirt, flitting about my skin, I wanted more. I pressed myself closer against him, our limbs tangling in a battle for control. He responded with such ferocity it surprised me. He pulled off my shirt, his teeth biting into the soft flesh at my neck and moving downwards to be replaced with kisses upon my chest. His shirt was flung off and I pulled him to me again, our bare skin grinding together in a heated passion.

Our lips met again, my tongue sliding over his mouth, exploring every crevice, wanting to know ever secret. I wanted him. Everything about him. I felt his hands moving again as they feverishly struggled at the ties on my pants. He slid my pants off slowly, breaking our kiss for only moments before rejoining my lips. My groan was muffled by his mouth as my erection was stroked with tentative fingers. Then he slid away from me.

I watched him in confusion, laying naked in his bed.

"Ken? Are you alright?" He was sitting at the edge of the bed, hunched over as he looked at the floor. I slid over to him, putting my arms around his shoulders. "Come back to me."

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