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Snickering Ayame drags Hatori and Shigure to the boy's bedroom while he squeals, "They look so adorable." Dramatically he raises a hand to his forehead and smiles at the sight of the nude boys being barely covered by a thin sheet. Yuki clings to Kyo's body while a leg pins his body down and Haru's arms hold Kyo against him while the neko's arms wrap around his neck as purrs escape his throat. "Leave them be, Ayame. Let's make breakfast, I have a feeling they'll need it," Hatori states wearily before dragging the flamboyant man away. "Hari, don't they just remind you of us," Aya squeals loudly and he prays that the snake doesn't awaken Kyo.
Moaning in discomfort, Kyo tries to stretch his aching body. Memories of last night flood his brain and he flushes with embarrassment. Haru and Yuki hold his body in place. His eyes widen as he spots the wings and he lovingly brushes Yuki's hair back feeling sorry for the teen. He stiffens when the phone rings and reluctantly he stretches over to answer it.
"Hello, honey, how are you? I miss you."
"H-hey, Domenic, I'm fine. Why are you calling here," he asks timidly glancing at the door when it opens revealing the grinning inu.
"And here I thought we had something special. You wanted to go with me the last time we talked yet here you are acting like you don't love me."
"Domenic, we both agreed to move on," he reminds the man hoping that he doesn't sense his fear.
"Darling, I know that you still want me. They can't satisfy you the way I did," the man assures him arrogantly.
"No, don't say that. They do meet my needs," he states, his tone trembling as he reaches the edge of a nervous breakdown.
"Honey, do you really believe that they love you? If they loved you so much then why did they let you get hurt? They're only trying to gain your trust so that they can destroy you. They believe you're a monster, not me."
Shigure rushes in and grabs the phone from his trembling hand saying firmly, "Listen here, if you call Kyo ever again I will make sure that you can't even get out of bed."
After detangling the stunned neko from his lovers' limbs, Shigure wraps him in one of the robes that decorates the floor and rocks him. "Don't worry, no one will hurt you ever again. You have all of us as you professional bodyguards." Nodding his head, Kyo slips onto the floor and says, "I want to take a walk before they get up and we eat breakfast."
His legs lead him through the gardens and past many houses. "Kyo," a voice says barely breaking the silence and he glances at the young girl that timidly approaches him. "Hello, Kisa, how ya doing," he gently asks and smiles at her blushing face while holding out a hand. "Being away surely has changed you," she says softly with awe etching her words adorably and when she took his hand he beams down at her saying, "Leaned to cherish those around me more." He glares at the gardener that tries to scold him for picking a rose for the girl.
They sit next to each other on a bench and she holds her flower while listening intently to his description of the large, ferocious bear he had fought. "Hopefully one day you'll actually get to meet Master and see him fight. He's the best fighter in the world," he brags and nodding she quietly asks, "Will you leave us again?" She grins when he shakes his head no. Shyly Kisa looks up and wonders, " Will you escort Hiro and I to the school dance?" Shrugging his shoulders, Kyo states, "Sure, why not. It's just a lame dance anyways. As long as that brat stays out of my way we'll be fine." She thinks for a few moments then flings her arms around his waist whispering, "Thank you, Kyo, and don't worry about a suit, you don't have to wear one if you don't want to." Hope lightens her eyes when she says the word suit and grimacing with disgust, Kyo offers, "If it means that much to you, I'll wear one, but no tie."
Would Yuki have a suit? No, anything he wears is too girly. I'd die of shock if Haru actually owned one. I've only seen Shigure in one suit. I guess that leaves only one person who might have an old suit I could borrow. Damn it, when and where is this dance? There'll be tons to girls there and they'll want a dance or two. Why did I ever agree to this? Oh yeah, now I remember, it's because she looked so happy and hopeful. I really need to get tougher against a girl's request. Why did she ask me of all people?
"Hey, Hatori, do you have a suit I could borrow?" Juice is spit out of Haru's mouth, Yuki squeaks in shock, the inu's laughing hysterically and Aya looks ready to design one for him. Great, not exactly the reaction I expected. "What would you need a suit for?" Thank you, Hatori, now I have to explain how I'm taking my younger cousins to a lame dance. "I don't need to explain why I need one, I just do, damn it. Can't a guy ask for a suit without being interrogated," he growls looking away and the doctor smirks, "My suit, Kyo, therefore I have every right to know what you plan on doing with it." Lowering his head, Kyo explains what he needs it for.
The suit he had from high school fits the fiery teen perfectly and with the shirt unbutton to reveal a small amount of his chest he did look good. "The dance is at seven and dinner is at six, don't be late," he says and Kyo bitterly states, "Why did she choose me?" Sighing he pinches the bridge of his nose noting the oncoming headache and says, "Maybe she wants to show you that she likes you. You should be grateful that she's including you in her life, after all she was taught to exclude the cat."
With the fierceness of Kyo's anger Hatori's headache comes and a broken mirror. "Kyo, don't break anymore of my things," he warns earning him a heated glare and Kyo snaps, "I don't need to be reminded that I'm the outcast, you know!" The racket caused two drowsy teens to stumble into the room. Tilting his head to the side sleepily, Yuki walks up to Kyo and lays his forehead on his shoulder in an attempt to fall back to sleep. "Did you two get up and eat then go back to bed only to wake up again and get dressed in the dark," Kyo wonders gazing at Yuki who's wearing his red t-shirt and Haru's leather pants and Haru who's looking rather odd in one of Yuki's shirts and his cargos. "Yeah, that's exactly what we did," Haru said wrapping his arms around his kitten's waist.
Carefully hanging the suit up, Kyo glances at the two teens that sit on the bed staring up at him expectantly and he tugs on his own brown t-shirt and some forest green cargos. "I'm going to go to my old place and pack my things up," he says leaning forward to place a kiss on Yuki's cheek.
The car roars to life under Yuki's command and Kyo sits in the middle laying his head against Haru's warm shoulder. Yuki's thoughts keep wandering to the Head as guilt flashes in his eyes. When Kyo walks away and up the stairs he vaguely hears Haru question him if Kyo wants anything out of his bedroom. Roughly Haru grabs his arm and asks, "What are you hiding, Yuki? Does it have something to do with Akito?" He glares at the ox then slams him against the wall hissing, "Shut up, I'm protecting Kyo and if you even breath a word of doubt to him, I'll hurt you."
Biting his lower lip nervously, Kyo enters the room that holds his darkest fears. The bed is still covered in black, silk sheets and a video camera is poised in the corner waiting to record his next lewd act. Threat after threat had been the cause of his days within this room while he preformed like a slut for the camera. Every tape had been made to keep him prisoner. He opened the drawer that's usually locked and finds a note.
Kyo Darling,
I'm freeing you to live as you wish. Do as you want with these tapes. The house is now yours. I doubt I'll return but do remember I love you. Sorry.
Domenic
He watches the flames devour the tapes and smiles grimly. "I'll never be anyone's whore ever again." He walks away no longer caring if the house burns down along with the tapes.
The rules are laid out at dinner and he prepares to leave when Haru says, "I'll be your date since this is your first dance, too." Shaking his head, Yuki argues, "I have a suit, he doesn't. I should go." Glaring at him, Haru tries to win Kyo over but the neko says, "Whoever gets to the dance can go, but don't expect to ride with us."