Chapter 6: Killing Me Softly

Hao woke up and stretched, locking his arm around his younger brother and pulling him closer.

"I love you Yoh…" he whispered lovingly, and kissed him on the forehead, before drifting back into a peaceful sleep.

A/N: Fuck, that is so adorable! (n.n)

"Yoh…?" said Hao, stealing glances at his brother who was changing his clothes.

"Yeah?"

"There's something I need to tell you… I don't know if you heard me when you were sleeping…"

"Oh?"

"…I … where do I stand…? I mean with you?"

Yoh paused to think for a moment, "…Were do you want to stand…?"

"I want to… I want to be more than a brother to you… I love you Yoh…"

"FUCK THIS!"

Hao opened the door and stuck his head out, staring at the very angry Tao who was glaring at his door.

"…What's-"

Hao stopped as he saw what he was so frustrated about. In red spray-paint, was a rather large cross on the door of the Tao and Ainu. He chuckled slightly; then went back inside.

After discovering that Ricky was responsible for the cross on his door, Ren made him scrub it off. Ricky moaned and complained, but still, he did as he was told, for all the while, Ren had been watching him like a hawk.

During lesson time, Choco had been annoying Horo.

"Why'd the chicken cross the road?"

"Because it had nothing better to do." Said Horo through gritted teeth.

"Nope, because-"

"IF I HEAR ONE MORE JOKE, JUST ONE, I'LL LOCK YOU IN A DARK COLD, LONELY PLACE AND LEAVE YOU THERE TO ROT!"

"…Don't ya wonna hear the one about the orange…?"

After that lesson, Horo snapped.

"Hey, what ya doin! Let go!"

The crazed Ainu dragged Choco over to a closet that read 'Janitor's Closet' and shoved Choco inside it, using a pipe to block the door.

"…Hey, I found Ren's Gwan-dao!"

In English, Yoh had been falling asleep every five minutes.

"Here," said the teacher, "You need this more than I do."

Yoh took the cup of coffee off of her, said thanks, and started to sip it.

The young Asakura jumped as the person next to him put their hand on his thigh, causing him to jolt up and spill the warm coffee all over his lap.

"Yoh," moaned the teacher, "Go to the toilets and clean it up, quickly now."

Yoh stood up and so did Hao, "I'll go with him."

With permission, the two Asakura's left the room.

"…It was your fault you know…" said Yoh, getting some tissue and starting to wipe his leg, "You shouldn't have startled me like that."

Yoh looked at his brother standing by the door. He was surprised when he came up to him, "Let me help you with that…" he said, and took the tissue off of Yoh, rubbing his leg with it.

"Hao…?"

Yoh moaned as Hao carefully grasped his testicals, then backed him up against the wall and started to kiss him. Yoh pleaded for more and deepened the kiss, letting Hao in.

"I love you." Said Hao, quickly breaking the kiss to tell him, then kissing him again.

"Really?" replied Yoh, breaking the kiss again, "Prove it."

Yoh dragged Hao into one of the toilets and closed the door shut behind him.

A young boy with brown spiky hair and brown eyes poked his head out of one of the toilets, and with a big smile spread across his face, silently left.

Later that day, everyone was thinking about someone in particular.

Hao sat playing with his pencil during the last lesson, glancing at Yoh who sat on the other side of the room.

'I wonder if Yoh will allow our secret relationship to continue…? I mean… he didn't tell me he loved me, just asked me to prove it, and even when I did prove it, it was nothing new… and isn't making love and saying 'I love you' different?… I hope he isn't letting a little thing like 'being blood related' stand in the way of our love for one-another…'

Yoh sighed. 'Why do I keep getting so depressed…? Its not like I'm unhappy or anything… I just feel so… empty… I wonder if I should have told Hao that I love him… I'm not even sure that I do love him, then again… I'm not sure that I don't… love… its so damn confusing…'

The blue-haired Ainu sat next to the Tao. 'Damn it Horo, stop staring! He's a Tao, not to mention a guy! You're not gay, you're a normal guy who likes girls… but if you're gay you're normal anyway… I'll bet gay people are ace, they can admit to their feelings… same with lesbians… Damn it shut the fuck up about gays and lesbians!'

Ren stared at the Ainu who was banging his head on the table and chuckled. 'Ren! You're a Tao, stop chuckling! He messed with your emotions remember! He told you he loved you when he didn't! …He did… he does… he loves me… I saw it in his eyes; he tried to hide it but failed… so if he loves me, and I feel something stronger than friendship towards him… why am I still here, being his friend, when I could be something much more…?'

Unicorn13564: Sorry that was short and kinda sketchy, but don't ya think it's cute the way they thought about each other that way? Bit more excitement in the next chapter! Oh, and sorry I didn't mention this before, but Yoh got a detention for… talking…? REVIEW!