*Second chapter... woo... I hope you all enjoy it... x.x; And yes, for those of you who missed it... it is a Kyo/Yuki fic... o_o;...Sorry if this chapter's sort of...long. n.n;; Beware of SERIOUS Ayame. Yes, I believe he'd get like this if a situation like this ever came up... Don't flame me. e.e*

Sugoi: "Great!", "Awesome!"

Hontou: "Really?"

Chikuso-nezumi!: "Damn mouse!"

Baka-nezumi: "Idiot (or stupid. o.o;) mouse!"

Baka-neko: "Idiot (or...stupid...n.n) cat!"

Hai: "Yes"

Iie: "No"

Nani: "What?"

Ne (I usually use "nene"..n.n; because it sounds cute...), Mou: Words that don't really have any particular meaning... n.n; I suppose "Ne" is used to attract attention and "Mou" is used as "..Already?" or something along those lines - but a lot of people also use it as if it were a drawn out sigh.. n. Um.. yeah... got it?

Aite - Chapter 2 - Tabun (Maybe.)

The last thing Shigure expected to see was Kyo walking back with Yuki asleep in his arms. His eyes went wide before he started to cry tears of joy, letting them flow rather freely down his face as he dropped his book. "SUGOI!!" he exclaimed as he watched the red-head approach him, "You two are on equal terms?! A new love has been born!"

"Gure-san..." Ayame said as he crouched to pick the dropped book up. Raising himself, he handed the book to the overly joyous man, "I think there is a more serious matter at hand." Staring at the two boys for a moment, he dusted himself off before he paraded down the few stairs there were and shuffled over to Kyo. "Is he..."

Kyo nodded, "Asleep..." He paused and then grimaced as he looked down at Yuki, "Moooou... I can't take this any more! Take him before he winds up on the ground!"

"Have you fixed things?" Ayame asked, prying the sleeping Yuki from the others arms, "Or did you find him asleep?"

Kyo gave Yuki up, somewhat grateful that he could let his arms rest now. "...We spoke and then he fell asleep." ...He paused, "...Against me."

Ayame blinked in confusement as he turned on his heel and started back, "Hontou?"

Kyo followed, both arms swaying freely at his sides, his gaze fixated on the ground. "..After he pounded the hell out of my chest," he hissed, "I bet I'll have bruises! Chikuso-nezumi!" Growling, he entered the seemingly empty house and sat himself down on the floor, crossing his arms in annoyance.

"I think you secretly love him." Ayame stated, glancing at Kyo before his attention was averted to the still happily-weeping Shigure. He raised a brow, "Gure-san..." he sighed, "...You can stop now."

Shigure tilted his head to the side as he noted Ayame's unusual serious tone. The water works stopped and he wiped his eyes with a sleeve, "What happened anyway?" Blinking curiously a few times, he raised both brows as he glanced at Kyo... the Kyo who was currently throwing a fit and screaming at the top of his lungs about how much he did not like the 'chikuso-nezumi.' He couldn't believe Yuki could sleep through all that screaming. "Anou... ne... I suppose we'll talk later?" he offered a crooked grin as he watched the red-head's silly little antics.

"Gure-san... tell him to keep quiet, Yuki's sleeping... Has he no respect?"

"I DON'T WHEN IT COMES TO HIM!" Kyo retorted, slamming a foot down onto the hard wood floor as he shook a fist in Ayame's direction, "WHY WOULD I RESPECT THAT BAKA-NEZUMI?!"

Shigure sweatdropped, hadn't Kyo been nice just a few minutes ago? And why did Kyo keep switching from 'chikuso-nezumi' to 'baka-nezumi'...?! He raised his book and chucked it at the more-than-pissed cat-boy as Ayame made his way up to Yuki's room.

"WHY WOULD I HAVE RE--"... And then he toppled over as he got hit with the book, those crimson hues becoming twirling swirls as he laid on the floor rather motionless for a few minutes.

"Keep quiet."

"H-h-haaaaai...." Kyo responded, noting that a half-serious Shigure was no fun to be around. He then sat up and placed himself against a nearby wall as he awaited the returning of Ayame... and possibly some news about Yuki. He mentally slapped himself, /News?! About YUKI?! Why would I care about him at all...?!/

And as if on cue, Ayame stepped into the room, "He's got a fever... He's not sick - with a cold or anything of that sort, I mean... He's upset about something... and he's so upset about it that he got himself sick... Wait..." he paused, golden eyes going wide, "...Was... was *he* here?!"

Shigure perked up, /...*he*...? Oh...god.../ "Aki--" and he fell silent upon hearing the soft foot-steps on the wood. Turning to face the direction where the sound was coming, those dark eyes of his went wide.

"It was just a friendly visit," the sickly boy started, leaning against a doorframe, "I meant no harm in it." He then made his way over to Shigure and rested his head on the man's shoulder. "...I don't know what got to him," he stated as he wrapped his arms around the left one of the other man.

Ayame stared at the boy before motioning for Kyo to go call Hatori. The boy noted this and hopped to his feet and over to the phone. He mumbled silently to himself as he dialed the number and informed Hatori of the little problem they were in and the older man sighed and hung-up - there was no doubt in his mind that he was coming to pick Akito up... and possibly Ayame, as well.

"I'm going to go check on Yu-..." he paused, "...Baka-nezumi..." Kyo stated as he slipped back into the room and shuffled in the direction of the mouses room, shooting a rather bland glance at Akito and Shigure before he strode past Ayame.

"Kyo." Akito said - nothing attached. Just 'Kyo.' Glaring at the boy as the red-head turned to face him, he let Shigure go and took a few soft little steps over to the cat, standing face-to-face with him and just sideways to Ayame. "I don't want you to get close to him."

Kyo spent a few seconds trying to figure out what that had meant, but it hadn't dawned on him until he had turned back around and started for his destination again... and he was just outside of the boys room when it dawned, as well. Leaning his forehead on the wall, he sighed and ran his hands along the hard surface, "...Maybe... maybe Aya--...No, he's not right! I don't love that stupid mouse! ..And...and…Aki…to... Why would he think...? Maybe... Iie! I would never get close to him! He's annoying and... and stuck-up and he's stupid!!" He paused, "AND HE'S A MOUSE!"

Yuki, having heard the rather ruffled cat, sat up in his bed, "...Nani?" A hand grasped his burning forehead as he set his elbow on a bent knee. Frowning slightly, he pushed himself up to his feet and stumbled over to the door. "Nani...? Nani, baka-neko?!" He slid the door open with ease, and leaned against the frame as he sunk to his knees. "Y-you think I didn't h-hear that? You think... you th-think it doesn't hurt?!" he stuttered, slamming his fists on to the floor as those tears started to reappear.

Kyo stood in shock, taking a few steps backwards as he watched the broken boy, he couldn't think of what to say... Why was Yuki like this...? /What's wrong with Yuki? ...What did he do to him...?/

"Maybe I should just go away... N-no one's really th-there for me... I'm al-alone... I'm differ...ent... Who can love someone..l-like me?!" Yuki sobbed as he lowered himself to the cool floor, wrapping his arms around his head. "...The o-only reason why a-anyone puts up with me... is be-because I'm a Sohma... D-do you know how that fe-..els..?" he asked through muffled sobs, raising his head to glance at Kyo through tear-stained violet eyes... that had grown dull and void of the laughter and joy he had managed to grasp after the coming of Tohru... And then his fever caught back up to him and he lay on the floor... in sleep... without a seconds notice.

"Y-yuki..." Kyo started, falling to his knees before the sleeping boy, /...Is that what he did, Yuki...?/ "...I know how it feels... But maybe that's not it..." He paused as he scooped the boy up into his arms and then - with much difficulty - lifted himself, "...For you, anyway." And he soon found himself accompanied by the rather worried Ayame who had heard most of what had happened.

"Nene, he's gone now... and I'm staying for a few nights to make sure Yuki's okay." Ayame said as he hurried to Kyo's side to help him take care of the sick boy. Placing a wet rag on Yuki's forehead, he turned to face Kyo, "...He's got something up his sleeve, I'm not sure what it is, though..." He sighed as Kyo nodded in agreement and carefully hurried to set up a few mats, "I'll be staying in here tonight..." he paused, "...Are you going to, as well?"

Kyo scratched oddly at the back of his neck as he pondered the idea... True that Yuki was sick and he'd need supervision.. but he figured Ayame'd be enough.. and he'd *never* be caught sleeping in Yuki's room! "Not in a million years," he stated rather coolly, rising to his feet as he prepared to leave, only to have Ayame grab his arm. He paused and raised a brow, "...What? I'm not staying here!"

"Listen to me, you may be the only one able to pick apart his mind. He's been telling you bits and pieces of what he's thinking, not anyone else. *You.* ...I can't just let you dismiss this whole deal, it's important... no matter how you think of it! Why don't you grow up and get over your silly games! This may be a life-or-death situation."

He couldn't stand the seriousness of Ayame, it made him nod his head in approval and set up his own mat to sleep on... right next to Yuki and Ayame was on the other side of the sick boy. /Maybe... maybe he's right../

*...u.u; That took a while to write.... please comment! I worked hard on this. ;-; Really hard.*