High Love

by: schu-chan

*thoughts*

|phone conversation|

//flashback//

"Don't be with him, Ken! I love you more than he does!"

"Eeeeeh?!" Ken stared at the blonde who was looking down at him with pleading eyes. *Yohji... loves me???*

Then he realized what Yohji had just done. He turned away from Yohji and kneeled down next to Crawford.

"Crawford-kun, daijoubu?"

"Aah... It doesn't really hurt... too much."

"Come in and I'll make you an ice pack, ok?"

"It's all right, I'll just -"

Ken leaned forward and gently kissed the cheek that Yohji had punched. "Come in."

"H-hai."

Yohji stood there, uncertain. "Ken?"

"I don't want to see you right now, Yohji... I can't believe you hit him."

"D-datte! He was kissing you and I -"

"He wasn't just kissing me, Yohji. I was kissing him back. You had no right to disturb our date like that!"

"Datte!"

"Go, Yohji. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Yohji heard the anger in Ken's voice and got off of the steps and watched Ken help Crawford inside his home. Schuldich sighed and left the tree's side to join Yohji.

"I... I didn't mean to..."

"I know, Yohji. But... you do realize that Ken has every right to be angry, don't you? You never told him you loved him, and just when he's kissing a guy he likes, you punch the guy that he's kissing and then declare your love for Ken. He's probably confused and angry, so don't call him. Let him call you."

"Schu..."

"Come on, let's go home."

Schuldich sighed. Yohji had probably never seen Ken that angry at him before. Now he had to lug a depressed boyfriend home and figure out how to deal with their boyfriend-to-be.

~*~*~*~*~*

"I'm really sorry about that, Crawford-kun!"

"Not your fault."

Ken sighed as he began gently placed the ice pack against Crawford's face. "That must hurt... It'll form a bruise for sure..."

"It's ok. It'll give the teachers something to panic about."

Ken laughed. "You want anything to drink?"

"Water's fine. You live alone?" Ken nodded.

"Why?"

"My family lives in Kyoto."

"Like Yohji's family."

Ken nodded.

"Yohji said that... the only reason you were here was to take care of him."

Ken nodded again. "Yohji... he... needed to leave Kyoto. His family decided that that would be what was best for him... and I said that I would come here too... Because none of his family could..."

"His family couldn't? Why?"

Ken looked up at Crawford and said, "It's none of your concern."

"Ah... Was I prying too much? I apologize."

Ken shook his head. "It's all right. Here, hold this while I get some water."

"Ah."

Ken brought Crawford the glass of water and sat down on the sofa across from him. Crawford took a swig before he put it the glass down.

"Better go home. It's getting late and I'm sure you want to sleep."

"Why don't you stay over? It's late... just give your parents a call."

"Huh?"

Ken grinned. "I'll make you breakfast in bed tomorrow to apologize for Yohji's punch. Come on... There's a movie I've been wanting to rent anyways and I can't watch it by myself... I like to watch scary movies but I get scared pretty easily..."

"What is it?"

"Fear Dot Com."

Crawford nodded and Ken handed him the phone. "What should I do about clothes?"

"I have some of my 'Nii-chan's clothes... He comes to visit sometimes so I have some of his things. You guys are around the same height."

~*~*~*~*~*

Ken held on tight to Crawford's arm, staring at the tv. Crawford almost snorted. What was so scary about this movie? It seemed like people with bondage fetishes might like it somewhat, though... And Ken was adorable. He sat next to Crawford, leaning slightly forward, his eyes impossibly wide as he waited for the next scary thing to happen. And when it did, Ken let out a scream and threw himself at Crawford, burying his face into his shoulder.

"I-is it over? The sc-scene..."

Crawford remained silent for a couple of seconds, pondering if he should tell Ken the truth or lie. He liked having Ken attached to him.

"It's over." Ken pulled away and gave Crawford an appreciative smile. "You see why I said that I couldn't watch it by myself?"

Crawford nodded and turned his head back to the tv screen. Ken, meanwhile, forgot about the movie for a couple seconds and watched Crawford as Crawford stared at the tv screen. *I wonder how he would look with a monocle...?* [1]

"Is there something on my face?"

Ken blushed, realizing that he'd been caught staring. "I-ie... Gomen."

Crawford smiled and turned to watch the movie. Ken stared at the tv, not seeing the movie but Crawford's smiling face.

~*~*~*~*~*

"Ken... Ken, wake up."

"Nnn..."

"Come on, don't sleep on the couch. Let's get you to bed, ne?"

Ken rubbed the sleep from his eyes and stumbled up with Crawford's help. "Craw... ford-kun?"

"Aah. You fell asleep during the movie..."

"Gomen-ne..."

"It's all right. Come on."

Crawford led Ken to his room and helped him into bed. "Where are the spare blankets?"

"Spare blankets?"

"So that I can sleep on the couch."

"You can sleep here, Crawford-kun... The bed's big enough."

Crawford felt his mouth go dry. "A-are you sure?"

He gulped.

"Hai... It'd be rude for me to make you sleep on the couch... Here, lemme scootch over... Oyasumi, Crawford-kun..."

"Oyasumi." Crawford lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling, trying to ignore the warm body next to him. Crawford almost let out a surprised yelp when Ken suddenly turned around in his sleep and threw his arms around Crawford. *K'so! He's so... soft... and warm... and... argh! Think about something else, Crawford.*

While Ken slept comfortably in Crawford's arms, Crawford found it difficult to find sleep anywhere in his schedule that night.

~*~*~*~*~*

Ken woke up to the smell of pancakes. He climbed out of bed and stumbled towards the kitchen. "Crawford-kun...?"

"I thought I'd make you breakfast."

Ken stared at Crawford, who was currently wearing his plain black apron over his brother's pajamas. Crawford's hair was slightly messy and his glasses were slightly fogged. Ken tried to suppress the laughter that threatened to spill forth from his lips and failed. Crawford stood there, staring at Ken.

"Why are you laughing?"

"You look cute."

"Cute?"

Ken grinned and nodded. "Yeah."

Crawford just raised an eyebrow. "Where... are your plates?"

"Let me get them. I told you I'd make you breakfast in bed, Crawford-kun."

"You were just too cute when you were sleeping and I couldn't bring myself to wake you up."

Ken blushed as he brought down the plates. "What do you want to drink, Crawford-kun?"

"Whatever you're having is fine."

~*~*~*~*~*

Ken and Crawford stood side by side, doing the dishes [2]. "How's your cheek, Crawford-kun?"

"It's better. The ice pack really helped."

"That's good. After this, you want to go out and do something?"

Crawford nodded, saying, "But let's stop by my house first; I want to change."

"Of course."

Crawford grinned happily to himself. He had another date with Ken! He frowned slightly. *Will Kudou try to interrupt somehow again?*

~*~*~*~*~*

Yohji and Schuldich sat in the cafe, eating lunch and talking about their plans for Ken. Schuldich glanced out the window to see Ken holding hands with Crawford. Both of them were laughing about something.

"Schu? Schu!" Schuldich turned back to Yohji, who was giving him a LOOK. "Why're you ignoring me?"

Schuldich shook his head. "I-ie... Um... Why don't we go watch a movie, Yohji?"

"Huh? What about plans for KenKen?"

"Uh... we'll do that another time."

*Can't let him see, can't let him see can't lethimsee can'tlethimseecan'tlethimsee-*

"Hey, isn't that KenKen and Crawfish?"

"Oh, really? Come on, Yohji! I really want to see Finding Nemo!"

Yohji stared at Crawford and Ken and sighed. "Let's go watch the movie."

Schuldcih stared at Yohji. "You... you mean you're not going to make a mad dash to tackle Crawford?"

"Ken'll just get mad at me again..."

Schuldich smiled and gave Yohji a hug. "Don't worry, I'm sure he's ready to forgive you."

~*~*~*~*~*

|Moshi Moshi?|

|Yotan?|

|Ken!|

|I'm sorry I didn't call you earlier.|

|Iie! It's ok... I watched Finding Nemo with Schu.|

|How was it?|

|It.. it was fun. Ne, Ken?|

|Yea?|

|Are... you still mad at me?|

|A little... Yohji, why did you punch him?|

|I... I saw you two kissing and I just got so jealous and angry... I'm sorry, Ken. And the fact that I don't really like him contributed to it, I think.|

|Yotan... I want to ask you... Did you mean what you said? That... you love me?|

|Yea, Ken. I... I've loved you for a while now but I realized it that day with Schu's help.|

|You're in love with me, but what about Schu?|

|Uhm... we both love you.|

|Nani?|

|And we still love each other.|

| . . .|

|Ken, you still there?|

|I'll talk to you later, Yotan... I think I need to take a small nap...|

TBC...

[1]: If you've seen WK Gluhen, you'll kno what I'm talkin' about... I wanted to cry... I was like, "WTF?!" But then... he looked hot with a monocle only in the way Crawford could look...... does that make sense??

[2]: Newlywed couple, ne? BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Gomen-ne... I'm a lazy bum, I kno. I was gonna make it longer but then I realized that I should get started on Ranner's birthday present... I suck ass at one-shots more than long stories *sigh*

And thanks for all the reviews, minna! Arigatou, Garner-san, Jenny-san, Pierrot-san, Whisper Reilman-san, Laguna-chan, Sailor Fortune-san, Misura-san, Anna Hibiki-san, Ran Mouri-san.

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