Title: Fence
Fandom: Soukyuu no Fafner
Pairing: Soushi/Kazuki
Theme: 25. fence
Notes: This is supposed to be a follow up fic to the previous chapter Protector, though it could probably also stand on it's own. No spoilers. Hopefully the ending isn't too abrupt, and people get what I mean.

The day after Kenji and Mamoru spied on Soushi and Kazuki kissing near the front of the school, both they and Sakura confronted them. Kenji led the force with a happy, suspicious grin, Sakura by his side looking both exasperated and discretely curious, and Mamoru hanging back a little and looking apologetic.

"So," Kenji started by saying, walking over to where Kazuki was leaning forward against the sil of the open window, Soushi by his side. They were in their usual classroom, the sun already beginning to set outside and everyone gone but the five of them.

Kazuki looked over at him. "What is it, Kenji?"

Kenji just looked back and forth between him and Soushi with the huge grin still on his face. Soushi had looked over at him as well by now, and was watching him with a blank expression.

"You guys...don't have anything to tell us?" Sakura finally spoke up and asked, when it became apparent Kenji wasn't going to say anything even remotely intelligent.

They both just blinked at her.

"Is there something you want to know?" Soushi asked.

Sakura and Mamoru fidgeted, but Kenji exclaimed, "We saw you two yesterday! Together!"

The two of them looked at each other. "Oh," they said simutainously.

"Have you two been together long?" Sakura asked curiously, when they didn't appear upset or uncomfortable.

"Not exactly," Soushi answered.

"You two seemed really happy!" Mamoru told them brightly. "When we saw you outside, I mean."

They glanced at each other again, exchanging a small smile before looking back at the others. "We are," Kazuki answered.

Kenji clapped Kazuki on the shoulder, saying, "Well, if anyone can, you have the best chance of getting Soushi to stop acting like he has a fence up his--"

Sakura slapped a hand over his mouth to roughly cut him off, hissing in warning, "Kenji!"