Chapter 13

"Well? Is Gure-chan going to tell me anything? Seriously I have never seen someone as shy as Gure-chan."

Ayame played with the three rings while waiting for Shigure to figure out how to explain things to him.

When Shigure stayed quiet with his head down, Ayame was starting to get worried, really worried. He had never seen Shigure kept quiet for more than three minutes with Ayame with him, and it has been half an hour already.

"Gure-chan?"

Ayame moved to lead Shigure to sit beside him.

"Hey... Gure-chan? I didn't blame you, you know. I just wanted to know why you dug them out. Don't ignore me please, Gure-chan..." Ayame tugged at Shigure's sleeve.

Ayame put the three rings on and pulled Shigure into a hug, warming his own body, and Shigure's heart.

"See? I got the rings on! I like them!" Ayame added, hoping to at least ease the tension a little bit.

After a few minutes, Shigure moved closer to Ayame and hugged his best friend back.

"I'm sorry, Ayame. I didn't mean to. Those rings, there were actually two; one for you, and the other for me. Just the two of us, me and you, lovers. But I was a coward. Somehow I managed to get another ring by pretending that those were friendship rings. I'm sorry."

Ayame could feel wetness in his shoulders. At this time, he knew he had gone overboard; Shigure was really upset now. He has never known that Shigure would cry.

Ayame decided to continue hugging Shigure.

"Gomenasai, Gure-chan."

"Does this mean you forgive me?" Shigure asked in a terrified, child-like tone.

Shigure moved his hands up Ayame's back, massaging the snake's neck. Ayame let his lids droop and moaned.

"Yesssssssss... Gure-chan... you know that's my sensitive spot... ahh..."

Ayame moaned again, making Shigure shift to let Ayame between his legs.

Shigure let out a giggle, making Ayame wonder if Shigure really had cried. He is the sly dog of the family afterall.

Ayame's eyes shot opened. The sly dog!

Ayame pulled away from Shigure, sitting up straight suddenly to look at his partner's face.

"Why is your face dry? Didn't you cry just now? You lied to me? HUH?"

Sweat was dripping from Shigure's forehead from the accusing stare of his soon to be partner's black eyes.

"Eh... ano..."

" 'Ano' again? No more 'ano'! What was that wet thing on my shoulders just now?"

"Ano..."

Ayame pinched Shigure's ribs with both hands, fingernails digging into it, and not intending to let go.

"OOOWWW!"

Shigure cringed, holding the bruised part in pain.

"Well?"

Ayame's big black eyes glared right into Shigure's. Shigure gave a weak laugh and faked a cough.

"Come on Aya-kun... you know I'm weak... it's really hurting so can you let go? Please? I promise I'll tell you after our love making, ne?"

After ten seconds, seeing that Ayame had totally no intention of letting go and not moved by his words or puppy face, he decided to be brave for the first time and told the truth.

"It was my drool."

Shigure sighed a relief.

"Ano... can you let go now? It reeeaaally hurts. And I reeeaaally want to ask you a serious question."

Ayame, after recovering from shock, let go of his fingers and brought those same hands to cup Shigure's cheeks. Ayame moved their faces closer and closer to each other until their forehead were in contact.

"Shi-chan how could you do this to me? I've been so good to you! And we are best of friends! How could you! And... and... worse of all, the yutaka I am wearing belongs to Tori-san How could you ruin such a beautiful thing! How am I able to return this to him? Tori-san would not want it anymore and it's all your fault Gure-chan! WAAAAAAA!"

Ayame, taking advantage of the position of his hands, dug his fingernails into Shigure's cheeks once again.

"AAAAAAHHHHH BECAUSE I LIKE THAT YUTAKA AND HAVE BEEN WANTING IT FOR A LOOONG TIME!"

Hatori, sitting on a chair beside the bed Kyou is sleeping in, felt a unexplainable coldness. He sneezed and shuddered, rolling his eyes wondering if it is one of his best friends coming up with something to get on his nerves again. Something must have happened to his yukata. He so do not want it back again.

"Ha-chan...? Have you gotten a cold?"

"No."

Hatori suddenly realized something; Kyou was awake.

"Kyou! You're awake! I'm so relief... you made me so worried..."

I sat up with the help of Hatori, the bedsheets sliding to my waist.

After a few seconds of silence, I realized that Hatori was staring at me, with his smile so wide. There must be something wrong with me, I feel weird too. I looked at my body.

Oh dear... what happened to me?

I touched my hair. They are so long...

"Ha-chan...? What happened to me? How...? Ha-chan, take me to the mirror! Quick!"

Hatori helped me to the full length mirror. In front of it I looked at myself, fully naked. I gasped.

"My... hair... My ears... Ha-chan?"

Hatori sat me down on the floor, taking the large blanket and drapping it over me, keeping me warm. He then sat beside me.

"Akito took your cursed form away from you. And you... well, became like this. He said it's your true form."

Seeing that I still wondering about my change, Hatori placed his hands on my ears and hair.

"Kyou-kun, I love them as it is, the pointed ears... looooong hair, still orange. It's beautiful. This is the true you, Kyou. This is your true form."

"But... how am I going to go out like this! People will laugh at me! I mean, I like the hair too but the ears... they are so pointed that they stick out of my hair! How do I hide them?"

I like this me, at least without the pointed ears... now now... how do I get rid of them?

Hatori smiled at the frowning me. He pinched my cheeks.

"You are so cute. Come on Kyou, worry about your ears later, let's make love."

Ayame continued grabbing Shigure's cheeks until it started to bleed. He let go at the sight of blood, brought a little of it to his fingers, and tasted it. Ayame then stared at the blood at the tip of his fingers in amazement.

"Oh... so it's real blood..."

Shigure, who had long ran out of tears, took the chance of Ayame's pause and tackled him down to the bed. He started to take off his friend's clothes, and licked all over Ayame's chest.

Ayame gasped at the sudden action.

"Shigure!"

Shigure was already too mesmerized by Ayame's beautiful body to realize that Ayame was scratching his back and tugging his hair.

"Mmm... Aya-kun... let us finish this love making alright?"

Shigure continued down.