Disclaimer: I do not own the characters. This story is for entertainment purposes only.

Warning: Contains mild language, violence, sexual situations and shonen ai/yaoi (mxm pairings) if any of this bothers you, do not read.

A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing! I've been really busy lately so sorry about the time between updates. I hope you enjoy.

I Like Hating Him:

Shigure's Plan

"So are the two of you together, or what?" Kyo asked Haru quietly. Yuki was currently taking a shower and Tohru was sleeping behind her curtain.

"I wish." Haru looked up from his magazine. The two of them were lounging on the king-sized bed.

"Really? The two of you sure are all cuddly."

"Jealous?" Haru flashed a wicked grin.

"Of course not, you damn cow. Like you could make me jealous."

Haru shrugged before flashing Kyo a knowing look.

Kyo turned away from his cousin which unfortunately left him facing the clear shower and a very naked Yuki who was currently washing his hair. Kyo felt his breath catch as a familiar ache grew beneath his stomach. He wondered if he would always react to Yuki this way.

He jumped when he felt a hand on his thigh. Haru had moved next to him. "What the hell do you think you are doing?" Kyo asked angrily, but he made no move to push away his cousin's hand.

"He's beautiful, isn't he?" Haru's hot breath warmed Kyo's ear as his hand trailed upward. Kyo gasped as Haru began caressing him as he continued to watch Yuki.

"Knock it off." Kyo's breathing was heavy. "That damn play give you ideas?"

Haru chuckled wickedly making Kyo wonder if he had turned black. "You and Yuki gave me those ideas. Although I definitely wish we were more like the three of them."

"I bet." Kyo moved against Haru's hand, his sexual frustration preventing him from doing the right thing.

Haru stopped. "Selfish bastard." He was definitely black. "So you just plan to let me get you off and do nothing for me in return."

"Hey, asshole, I didn't plan to let you do anything." Kyo was angry at Haru both for stopping and for starting in the first place.

Haru jumped on Kyo and began grinding against him angrily. Kyo responded by grinding back. Soon they were both gasping into each other's necks. Haru caught Kyo's lips in a rough sloppy kiss. Kyo closed his eyes and let himself go. It felt so great to be physical with someone after so long, even if it was Haru.

Haru slipped off Kyo's shirt and began touching his neck and his face while they continued to grind. Haru kissed down Kyo's collar bone to his neck and began sucking. Kyo was sure he'd have a hickey, but didn't care.

"The shower door is clear!" Yuki stood before them with a towel around his waist. His voice was strained. "You two should be ashamed. What if Miss Honda came out, or heard you?"

Haru rolled off Kyo and smirked at Yuki. "If she came out, I'd say, love for all."

Yuki ignored him and glared at Kyo who looked away guiltily. "You should be ashamed. Using him like this. Like you used me."

Black Haru stood and grabbed Yuki by the chin. "Hey, at least with this bastard it's purely sexual. You screw with my emotions." Yuki flinched. Haru put his hand on the back of Yuki's head and pulled him into a kiss.

Yuki pushed him away angrily. "No way!"

Haru shrugged. "Have it your way." He turned to Kyo whose head had now cleared. "Want to finish where we left off."

Kyo wanted to, but the hurt on Yuki's face stopped him from even thinking about sex.

Yuki punched Haru. "How could you? You know I'd never…with Rin."

Haru blinked. The sadness in Yuki's eyes had changed him back. "No, I guess Shigure takes care of that."

"Shigure's sleeping with Rin?" Kyo asked with surprise.

"Where have you been?" Yuki asked. "Oh, that's right, you've been busily avoiding me. Well, at least now I know you didn't dump me because you're straight."

"I am straight," Kyo snarled.

"You don't seriously believe that," Yuki snapped.

Haru chuckled. "I think he does."

Kyo wasn't sure what he believed, but he sure as hell wasn't going to admit it to them.

"I'm sorry for punching you." Yuki tenderly touched Haru's bruising cheek.

"It's okay. I needed it." Haru smiled back lovingly.

"Oh, brother," Kyo pulled the covers over his head. "If I'd done something like that, when we were…you know, you would have kicked my ass."

"I would have kicked your ass anyway." Yuki retorted. "It was the only way to shut you up."

Oh, yeah." Kyo peeked out from under the covers at his cousin. "There was one other way."

Yuki's expression softened and he smiled at Kyo. Kyo smiled back suddenly wishing that he hadn't lied all those months and that he'd enjoyed his last months of freedom with Yuki. As it was, he didn't really know if he'd saved Yuki from Akito anyway.

"Why don't you shut him up now?" Haru said hopefully. "I won't bother you. I'll just sit back and enjoy the show."

"That would be two shows too many for me." Kyo threw a pillow at Haru's head.

000

The next day found the four of them shopping in a town near the resort. Yuki and Tohru were enthralled in a greenhouse. "I think Kyo and I are going to check out the martial arts shop. We'll meet up with you a little later." Haru explained.

"Okay." Yuki's tone was hesitant and Kyo could tell he didn't like the idea of the two of them going off together.

"We could have asked them to come along," Kyo said as soon as they were out of the shop."

"No. I need to talk to you. About why we're here."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean Shigure didn't have a convention."

"What?"

Haru turned to Kyo condescendingly. "Come on, Kyo, since when has Shigure listened to his publisher? Do you think he'd give up a weekend with Tohru to work?"

Kyo felt stupid for ever believing it, "So why are we here?"

"So that you can run away." Haru waited for a reaction.

"Run away? I though that he was Akito's lap dog. Why should he let me do that?" Kyo had a thousand things running through his head.

"Here," Haru handed him a letter. "Maybe this explains it."

Kyo opened the envelope and read.

Kyo,

I know you hate me right now, and I understand, but I won't apologize for trying to protect the family. I want you to leave. You'll die in that cage, and regardless of what you might think, I do care. I figured if you left from the resort you'd have a head start. Haru has some money and a plane ticket to Europe; from there you can go wherever you want. I'll take care of Akito and as long as he has his Yuki, he shouldn't spend too much time looking for you. I promise to protect him. I will not let what happened last time happen again.

Love,

Shigure

Kyo stared at the letter and read it several times. "He gave up his trip to let me run away?"

Haru shrugged. "Yeah."

"He's still an asshole." Kyo put the letter in his pocket.

"Yeah." Haru agreed.

"I can't trust him to protect Yuki."

Haru sighed. "Then trust me. Kyo, none of us can stand the thought of you being at the mercy of Akito. You know the money Shigure's talking about? We all pitched in. We love you Kyo."

Kyo looked at Haru incredulously. Of course deep down he'd always known that none of the members of the zodiac hated him, but hearing it from Haru was meaningful. He'd spent his life wanting to be accepted into the zodiac, but he was already accepted by the people who mattered. "Does Yuki know?"

Haru looked down guiltily. "No. Shigure was afraid he'd try to stop you, or worse, go with you, and you know then all hell would break loose."

Kyo nodded. "'So I can't say goodbye to him or Tohru."

"Sorry, Kyo."

"So when should I leave?"

"Tonight. I'll take the other two out to eat. You can stay back."

Kyo nodded. He felt both elated and sick to his stomach. He wasn't afraid of being alone, but he was afraid of being without Yuki and Tohru.

"Tonight it is." He suddenly grabbed Haru and hugged him. "I'll miss you, you damn cow, and when I'm gone…could you tell Yuki…that I didn't hate him after all."

"I'll tell him." Haru hugged Kyo back.

000

Kyo looked around the room one last time making sure he hadn't forgotten anything. Haru, Yuki, and Tohru had already left for dinner and Kyo had packed up his belongings for the long trip.

He had left a letter for Tohru with Haru, but when it had come to writing one for Yuki, he didn't know what to say. He sighed sadly as he realized he had probably seen Yuki for the last time.

"You were just going to leave?" Yuki asked from the doorway.

Kyo jumped at his cousin's voice. "What are you doing here?"

"Haru told me what was going on. He thought I would want to say goodbye."

"Bye." Kyo tried to hide his emotions.

Yuki stalked over to Kyo, grabbed him by the shoulders and kissed him with passion. When he pulled away both of their eyes were moist. "I still love you," Yuki told him. "No matter what you do, I'll always love you. I don't care if it was a lie to you. To me what we had was real. Even if you hate me…"

"I don't hate you, you damn rat. I think I stopped hating you that day in Ayame's shop, no before that, when you kept me from running away from Tohru when I had become that…thing. I stopped hating you then, but I realized I loved you when you offered to take my place."

Yuki's eyes widened with surprise. "You were there?" His face flushed with embarrassment. Then he looked at Kyo softly. "Did you just say you loved me?"

Kyo blushed. "Yeah, I love you."

"You were trying to protect me." Yuki came to a sudden understanding. "Kyo, you are so stupid."

Kyo found himself in Yuki's embrace as the two of them kissed each other hungrily. Not even completely undressed, they both found release quickly.

"It's been a while." Kyo said apologetically.

"Too long." Yuki answered with a smile.

They finished taking off each other's clothes and then moved to the bed where they held each other on top of the covers.

"Later I'll show you what I really wanted to do with you," Kyo kissed Yuki's earlobe.

"You have to go soon," Yuki's voice held pain.

"I'm not going anywhere," Kyo said firmly. "We're going to enjoy our last few days together and then I'm going home to face him. I refuse to spend my life running away looking over my shoulder. I refuse to leave you."

Yuki kissed him softly on the lips. "I'll go with you."

"No." Kyo said between kisses. "He'd just make life hell for everyone else. I'm not going to take the easy way. I'm not going to resign myself to never seeing any of you again."

Yuki kissed him deeply and pulled him on top of him. Kyo could feel himself hardening again. When the door burst open.

"Oh, my!" Tohru gasped.

"You're supposed to be gone," Haru's voice was angry.

"You two are back fast." Kyo had leapt off of Yuki and pulled the comforter over them.

"I was worried about Yuki. I thought he might need some comforting. I guess not. Kyo you need to hurry or you'll miss your plane."

"He's not going."

"Oh." Haru looked stunned, but slightly relieved.

"You were going to leave, Kyo?" Tohru asked her face was beet red, but Kyo noticed something else…tears. "I'm going for a walk. Please don't wait up for me."

Kyo stared in silence at the closed door. He threw on some pants and followed her. "Yuki, explain everything to Haru. I'm going to talk to her."

Yuki and Haru were left staring at each other awkwardly. "Thanks, Haru, for telling me."

"I shouldn't have. I knew this would happen."

"Then why did you tell me."

"I love you, and you love him. Your happiness is more important to me than anything else."

"Thanks, Haru." Yuki took his cousin's hand and kissed it.

TBC

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