Yukito yawned and turned his hazel eyes onto the empty spot beside him on the bed. He frowned, looking at the clock for a moment..it was only 6:45 in the morning.. what was Touya doing up? Slowly, he sat up and pulled a housecoat over his nude body, unable to explain why he felt so drained...

He walked out of the bedroom, seeing Touya sitting hunched over at the kitchen table, red-eyed, clutching at a cup of coffee, staring blankly at the wall in front of him. Yukito hesitated slightly before sitting next to him. "Ohayo, Touya.." He said quietly, touching the man's arm. Touya jerked and looked over at Yukito, blinking as if he had forgotten Yukito had existed.

"O..Ohayo, Yuki.." Touya looked at him a moment, unable to return the smile that the silver-haired boy gave him. He felt like dirt.. no, below dirt. The dirt that was under dirt. It was good for gardening but not much else. That's all he was good for. Gardening.

"Ano..Touya, are you all right?"

Touya stared, snapping a little out of his inner reverie about gardening. "Yeah." He muttered, standing and walking to the kitchen, filling his coffee cup once more, feeling the caffeine flowing through his bloodstream.. although, really, after two hours of straight coffee, it was more like blood in his caffeine stream. "Fine."

"Was.. " Yukito trailed off, not sure exactly what had happened between the time they had fallen asleep and when Touya woke up. What could've happened in those few hours? Touya flopped down back beside him, and Yukito flinched in the pain he saw in the normally warm, teasing brown eyes.. He reached out, his fingers tracing Touya's strong jawline, but when Touya turned to look at Yukito, he saw Yue's eyes staring back at him and jerked away. "Touya, what happened?"

"Nothing." He snapped, aware that he was trembling. He had cheated on Yukito. He was scum. And scum couldn't even be used for gardening...well, unless it was specially formulated gardening scu--

"Touya, please..why are you angry at me?" Yukito said softly.

"I'm not mad at you, Yuki.." -I'm mad at myself..- He thought silently, cursing himself again.. He and Yue had made love nearly all night, and yes, he did enjoy it.. In those few hours, he had lost sight of his bunny, his lover..and it was killing him from inside.

"Then tell me what's wrong.. do you still love me?"

"Of course I do." He muttered. "Don't be stupid." Touya brought the cup to his lips and drank. Yukito frowned, hurt.

"Well.." He murmured, standing. "I'll leave you be then... Maybe I'll just go into work early..get some paperwork done." He kissed Touya on the cheek, watching him flinch, and turned and went into the bedroom, not hearing the dry sobs that racked the dark-haired boy's body uncontrollably.




(A/N: Touya's sure neurotic ^-^;)