Thanks everyone for your kind reviews and sorry about the delay. The inspiration was there, but I couldn't get much writing done with my broken elbow. But here it is at last: the final chapter.

LIME/LEMON WARNING: My descriptions aren't very graphic, but still, the story isn't rated R for nothing.

Enjoy the reading. Please don't barf, you know the story is uberfluffy. Review if you like, dont review if you don't.

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Part 4: Reality

To Leorio, it seemed like time itself had collapsed, as every split second seemed to take ages. If a person could ever prepare to get his skull smashed, that was what he was doing in the part of his brain that wasn't all sucked up in enjoying the touch of Kurapica's lips.

BANG! The photoalbum fell on the floor.

Leorio still couldn't sense any reaction from Kurapica, so he backed off a little to look in the boy's blue eyes, his heartbeat raging. He could only decipher confusion.

"I....I'm sorry..... I don't know what came over me.... I..."

//His hand is coming for my throat. He's gonna strangle me....//

Kurapica's chained hand grabbed his tie and pulled Leorio closer, into another kiss. Quiet amazed Leorio put his arm around Kurapica and tasted his sweet lips again. He closed his eyes. Their lips parted and their eager tongues met passionately. Leorio thought his brain short-circuited when he heard Kurapica moan softly. With every second they drifted further away from reality. When they broke apart for air, Leorio was dazzled.

Kurapica made the chains on his hand disappear while he looked up to Leorio.

"That was amazing."

Leorio blinked. Whatever the boy in his arms just whispered didn't really get through to him. His lips were still cherishing the feeling of the kiss. His arms were still around Kurapica's shoulders and their faces still so close they could feel eachother's breath. The feeling in his stomach made him feel like a teenager in love for the first time.

//I know what happened. I kissed him, he kicked the hell out off me and now I'm hallucinating because I'm near death. It's just the pain from being hit... It can't be real.//

"I thought you thought I was an moron." Leorio heared himself say in an attempt to break the illusion.

Kurapica smiled faintly and sighed, "You are a moron."

//That sounds more like reality, allright. The kissing felt real, I can still feel it, and I'm still holding him in my arms...//

"But even though you're a moron,..."

//His lips, so close, speaking words...//

"... and you continuously make me mad..."

//His sweet voice...//

"....and you keep embarrassing me all the time...."

//His continuous smile is torture....//

"... I really love you...."

//Did I drink too much wine?//

"...You're not listening are you?"

//I didn't feel drunk up untill a few minutes ago, but now....//

"Leorio?"

"Huh? I'm sorry. Were you saying something?"

Kurapica seemed angry. "Actually, yes."

Leorio pouted, "Was it important?"

"Kinda..." He spoke soft between his teeth but the expession on his face screamed 'Never in my life did I tell you anything this important.'

"I'm really sorry, can you say it again?"

"No!" Kurapica blushed brighter than a tomato. "It's hard enough to say it once. I'm not going to repeat it."

"I'm really listening now."

"Forget it!" Kurapica stood up and walked toward the door.

As if his life depended on it Leorio stormed passed Kurapica and blocked the way. His back against the door.

Kurapica sighed as he stood before the human barricade. His cheeks were burning, but Leorio couldn't tell if the color indicated embarrasment or anger. For a few long seconds they looked at eachother, as if calculating their chances of victory in case of a battle.

//Does he really want to leave after what just happened?//

Leorio looked down to the kurata's right hand. He hadn't materialised the chain again so he probably didn't really want to fight. And although his eyes seemed cold they were still blue.

"Step away from the door."

//No, his voice lacks determination. I know him well enough to know he is not really angry, he's just embarrased.//

"No, Kurapica, I can't let you go."

Kurapica stepped closer, too close to start a fight. "Why?"

Like a relentless casanova Leorio pulled the boy into his embrace. The kiss was mindblowing. Kurapica couldn't help but surrender to it, his usual defences melting away like snow in the sun. And he soon found himself hungering for more.

Leorio turned, moving Kurapica with him till the boy's back touched the door. The kurata biefly let go of his love's shoulders to remove the hinder of his robe. The blue cloth elegantly fell down around his feet. Now liberated from his tribal uniform, Kurapica's legs sought their way up Leorio's. And with Kurapica's arms and legs locked around him, Leorio carried the boy back to the bed, where he layed him down beneath him.

Kurapica smiled. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but before he knew it, Leorio's ravenous lips were upon his again. It felt as if all their emotions, every loving or sinful thought they ever had about eachother since they met had now been unleashed. As if all they had been through together finally added up to this moment.

Between kisses they started to peel off eachother's clothes. Piece by piece they got dropped on top of the photoalbum on the floor. Stripped to his boxers Leorio contained himself from grasping for Kurapica's briefs.

//We're going too fast...(hehehe, I can't believe that he wears white briefs, that's so...) ...no seriously, we're going too fast.//

Kurapica looked in his eyes. He blinked as if he wondered why Leorio had suddenly stopped.

"Is there something wrong?"

"No... I just wondered if this isn't just going all too fast. I mean I need to know for sure if you really want this."

"Leorio, I wouldn't be here with you if I didn't want to."

"So... you're not drunk, or bodysnatched by aliens, or a clone...."

Kurapica sighed and layed his hand over Leorio's mouth.

"Shut up. You're ruining the moment."

Leorio smiled, pulled away the hand and fiercely kissed Kurapica. He wanted to touch and kiss every inch of the blonde's delicate body. And to his surprise, Kurapica let him feel every bit of him.

Their exploring hands uncontrolled, as if leading a life of their own finally removed the last pieces of cloth that separated them from eachother in the seemingly endless chain of sweet kisses.

Both lost in the feeling. That feeling in which the world fades away and time becomes meaningless. The feeling of skin against skin, fingers drawing circles and entwining. The movement that sent chills up Kurapica's spine.

Even the pain he felt when Leorio entered just added to the extacy of the moment. It allmost subconciously made his lips form his lover's name between moans of pleasure, over and over. His body curved and completely surrendered to the friction of their bodies. A sudden gust of wind blew the window open and brushed fresh air on their heated skin while the noises of pleasure grew louder with every thrust, till they both climaxed, gasping in the evening air.

Leorio tried to get his breathing under control, and softly caressed Kurapica's neck while he kissed him. Then he slowly pulled away and lied down next to the slightly quivering Kurata, still caressing his beautiful face. Kurapica rested his head on Leorio's chest. For a few minutes they both just lied there. Silently.

Kurapica listened to Leorio's heartbeat. Nowhere had he ever heard such a comforting sound. It made him feel safe, in a place he allways wanted to be. But he realised it wouldn't last for long.

"It might take a few months before I make it back here."

By these words Leorio's mind got pulled out of the magic. Reality hit him, and his old worries welled up inside him. He wanted to go with him, or find the right words that would change Kurapica's mind and make him stay. He couldn't bear the thougt of parting for so long, now they finally were together. But at the same time he realised that there would be no way to change Kurapica's mind, and all his worrying had been useless.

//The one survivor of the kurata clan will never find peace untill he finds revenge for his clan. And that is a quest he has to take on his own. I have no choice but to let him go.//

"Just.... Just don't get yourself killed okay?"

As if they were talking about a shool trip, Kurapica looked up to Leorio and smiled. "I won't, I promise."

Kurapica noticed Leorio's sad and worried face. He realised that saying goodbye tomorrow would much be harder than before. In an attempt to ease the tension he rested his head back on Leorio's chest, trying to find that comforting feeling again. "Let's try not to think about tomorrow. I will be here tonight."

//This is the side of Kurapica I have been looking for. The part of his mind that is unscarred by his horrible past. The kind person he could have been if his life hadn't been so hard. The guy I fell in love with even though he rarely shows his true face.//

He caressed Kurapica's cheek and tilted the boy's chin to kiss his delicate lips again. Then he suddenly frowned.

"Don't you have to cancel your hotelroom?"

"I didn't book a hotelroom."

Leorio got a very wide grin on his face. His eyes narrowed.

"Why you little dirty bastard.... Playing innocent while you had this whole thing planned all along-"

Kurapica's fist plunged into Leorio's face.

"ITAI!"

"BAKA! Ever heard of walk-ins Leorio? It's low season, I dont need to book a hotelroom!"

"Aaaaw, what was that for? That really hurt!" Leorio kept rubbing his sore eye.

"You offended me." Kurapica sat up looking at him with his arms crossed.

"I offended you? How?" Leorio looked up, still rubbing his face.

Kurapica hezitated. "By making an improper suggestion."

Leorio looked at the naked boy that glared at him. A smile cracked through on his hurting face.

"A... what?" He couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Kurapica's angry face. "A...suggestion? ....Heeheehee Kurapica, you DO remember what happened between us just now, right? I mean... you're naked, ...actually you're covered in..."

Kurapica looked down at himself. He suddenly felt uncomfortable, and cold from the wind that came through the open window. With his left hand he reached down to the side of the bed to pick up his shirt.

"Kurapica..." There was no trace left of a smile when Leorio stopped Kurapica's arm from taking the shirt.

"Please...don't go."

Kurapica looked into Leorio's sincere dark brown eyes, not sure what to do now. He looked sad, and worried.

"Please Kurapica, don't be mad at me. I'm sorry if I offended you."

//I guess I'll still have to deal with the hit-first-ask-questions-later emotionally scarred version of him after all....//

Leorio wrapped his arms around Kurapica's shoulders and pulled him closer. He hugged the boy tightly and softly kissed his neck. Kurapica couldn't help but give in.

"It's okay Leorio, .... I guess I overreacted."

They looked at eachother, their faces so close that they could feel eachother's breath. "So you're not mad anymore?"

"I can never stay mad at you. Out of all the people I have ever met, you seem to be the only person who can really...." Kurapica looked at his unchained hand "...disarm me. I just don't know if I can get used to being like this....with you."

Kurapica's hand, gently caressing his chest slowly caused Leorio's renewed arousal. Their lips found eachother again and joined in delicious kisses.

"Let's take a shower."

"I thought you said they were dirty? And the other students-"

"It's not thát bad. And I'd really like to take a shower now." He playfully poked Kurapica's chest. "Come on. You're not going to act shy on me again now, huh? There ARE locks on the doors. Besides, there's probably no one in the building tonight anyway, so no one will see or hear-"

"Probably?" Kurapica raised his eyebrows. He looked at the alarmclock and suddenly got an uncharacteristic glint in his eyes. The display said 10:56 Pm.

"Allright, allright, Leorio. I guess you talked me into it. Let's go take a shower."

***OWARI***