"What is it?" Kanone asked, looking up at his husband innocently. Any other day that face would have made Eyes melt and forget he was ever mad about anything, but not today.

"Now I just have to find out how I'm going to tell him." Eyes sighed, the direct approach had always worked before, "Kanone...I saw you and Ayumu together."

Eyes felt the older boy tense up at these words as he looked up to the silver haired man, "Eyes...I..." Kanone was at a loss for words, how could he explain what he had done? He had no excuses, he had cheated on Eyes plain and simple. Kanone just sat up and started to get out of bed.

Eyes, however, wasn't letting him get away. He grabbed the brown haired boy by the wrist, "Where are you going?"

"Well, I can't imagine that you want me in here anymore. I was going to sleep on the couch." Kanone explained, "I have no excuse for what I did, Eyes. The only thing that I can say is that I'm sorry, but I know that's not good enough."

Eyes sat up as well, releasing Kanone's wrist, "You're not going to even come up with an excuse? Am I not even worth that?"

Kanone immediately shook his head, "That's not it at all, I just don't want to lie to you again. I should have told you as soon as you got home, I was stupid to think that I could hide it from you. Eyes, I really don't know what else to say. I don't know why I did it exactly. Ayumu just seemed so...vulnerable."

This caught Eyes' attention, "Why was he in here in the first place?"

"He...had a nightmare. About his brother, and Hiyono. Kiyotaka told him some things and then stabbed Hiyono."

"What things?" Eyes asked, perhaps there was more to this than it seemed.

Kanone was hesitant, but if it could get Eyes to forgive him..., "He said that Ayumu couldn't change our fate, that we were still cursed. And that the Blade Children would only cause him pain."

Eyes considered this, not knowing how accurate Kiyotaka's words were, "So...you were comforting him?" Kanone only nodded and looked towards the door, wondering when this torture would be over and he could just leave. Eyes sighed, "I don't approve of this method exactly, but at least I can understand why you did it now."

Kanone did a double take, "You...understand?" How could that be, Kanone didn't even quite understand it. How did he manage to get so lucky to find Eyes? No one else in this entire world would have been as understanding or accepting as him.

Eyes nodded, "I think so. I only have one question..."

"Of course, what is it?" Kanone asked, thinking he was off the hook, "Just don't lie to him." Kanone told himself.

"Do you love him?"

Kanone faltered, that was his question? Maybe lying wasn't so bad... Kanone sighed, "I... I don't know. Certainly not as much as I love you. And even if I do, it's just because of Hiyono. It's definitely not in a romantic way. Eyes, I know you may not believe me, but I love you more than anything on this earth and I would never want to hurt you."

Eyes nodded and laid back down, pulling Kanone with him, "I believe you. In all our years of knowing each other you have never once lied to me. And considering your position, I don't think this would be a wise time to start."

Kanone just shook his head and hugged Eyes, "I love you, Eyes." Kanone looked up, hoping that Eyes would return the phrase.

Instead Eyes just kissed him, "Just be thankful that you're not Ayumu. Kousuke was having a fit before we even came inside."

As if on cue, the two heard a door slam shut and Kanone sighed, feeling sorry for Ayumu. Eyes pushed Kanone off of him and stood up, grabbing an extra blanket and pillow. Kanone sat up, "Where are you going?" He asked, a little afraid he had upset Eyes somehow.

"I'm not completely insensitive." Eyes replied, "It's obvious that Kousuke kicked Ayumu out and I'm taking him a blanket and pillow since there are no extras out there."

Kanone smiled and nodded, "Okay. And I don't think you're insensitive... okay, maybe to some people. Or most people..." Kanone saw the look he was getting and shut up.

Out in the living room, Eyes found he was accurate in assuming that Kousuke kicked Ayumu out of their room, as the latter was now trying to get comfortable on the couch. Something that Eyes knew from personal experience was all but impossible. As he approached, Ayumu sat up nervously, "Hi, Eyes... what are you doing up at this hour?" Ayumu was half afraid that Eyes had come out to beat him up, but then relaxed a little when he saw the pillow and blanket, "That for me?" Eyes nodded and handed the objects to Ayumu, "Thanks." Then after a moment of Eyes staring at him, Ayumu spoke again, "I'm really sorry, Eyes...for what I did. I don't know what Kanone told you, but I take full responsibility for what happened, don't be angry with Kanone."

"I'm not." Eyes replied, shocking Ayumu, "Kanone told me what I can only guess is the truth and I understand why...though I really don't approve."

Ayumu sighed and nodded, "Kousuke wasn't quite as understanding... I should have just told him and not thought that I could get away with it."

Eyes nodded in agreement, "True, did he even let you explain?"

Ayumu chuckled and shook his head, "Of course not, he said we needed to talk and then started yelling at me; I couldn't get a word in."

Eyes sighed as he stood up, "Give him some time, you know how Kousuke can be, he'll calm down a little, at least enough to hear you out. Just don't lie to him, tell him the truth."

Ayumu nodded and smiled, thankfully, "Thanks, Eyes."

The Blade Child just smiled slightly, very slightly and walked back to his room, running into Kousuke on the way, "Hey, Rutherford, what's up?"

"I see you were quite hard on Ayumu."

Kousuke scoffed, "Bastard deserved it. Wait...don't tell me you actually forgave Kanone?"

"Just hear him out, Kousuke. Trust me, I don't want to encourage this at all, but Ayumu has had a rough night, Kanone wasn't lying."

"No way! Why would I listen to him, he's already lied to me, why wouldn't he just do it again?"

"You will listen to him because you love him and he won't lie to you because he loves you." With that Eyes reentered his room and laid back down next to Kanone.

"How upset was he?" Kanone asked, meaning Kousuke.

"Just this side of unreasonable." Eyes replied. Kanone just chuckled and fell asleep, followed shortly by Eyes.

Kousuke, on the other hand, was far from asleep. He had just wanted to use the bathroom, but Eyes just had to make him feel guilty, "Listen to him? Pfft, why should I, he cheated on me. He couldn't even come up with an excuse, he didn't say anything in fact, just sat there. Why did I even like him in the first place?" Kousuke immediately regretted these thoughts, and hated regretting them. He wanted so badly to be angry with Ayumu and not forgive him, but for some reason, Eyes' words lingered in his head, "You will listen to him because you love him." Kousuke sighed and turned over, "Yeah, so what if I do?" Then thought of what else Eyes said, "And he won't lie to you because he loves you." Another turn another aggravated grunt, "So what if he loves me? Why would he cheat on me then? Could he really have a decent excuse?" Kousuke started to think rationally, "Rutherford's not the most forgiving person in the world, I should know. He's always pissed at me for something or another. So maybe... maybe I should listen to him." Then something else Eyes said ran through his mind, "He said that Ayumu was having a hard night...what if something happened?" Now feeling incredibly guilty, Kousuke got up in search of Ayumu. He saw the boy laying on the couch, his back facing the redhead. Kousuke sighed and waked over, sitting on the edge on the couch and alerting Ayumu to his presence. Ayumu turned to see a much calmer Kousuke sitting next to him and immediately sat up, but thought better of saying anything. Kousuke saw this and felt guilty for scaring Ayumu into silence, "I...I'm willing to hear you out." He said and looked to Ayumu.

Ayumu nodded and sighed, not wanting to recall the horrible nightmare, but knowing that he couldn't lie to Kousuke, "Eyes is right...that would only make things much worse." So Ayumu began from the beginning, telling Kousuke about his dream, how he went into Kanone's room only to check up on Hiyono, and how he had broken down and confessed all his fears of being a horrible father to Kanone. He wasn't sure why Kanone decided to take advantage of his weakness, or why he didn't resist once he noticed what was going on, "I just wanted some sort of comfort so badly...I just wanted to forget that horrible dream and Kanone was the only way I could see to do that."

Kousuke now understood what Eyes was talking about, he understood why it happened now, but really couldn't grasp why he understood. Deciding that Rutherford was right, he didn't want to lose Ayumu over such a thing, Kousuke scooted over to Ayumu and hugged him, "Okay...I guess I can deal with it. I love you, Ayumu."

Ayumu tensed at the contact, half expecting to be smacked, but immediately relaxed once he heard Kousuke's words and hugged him back, "I love you, too, Kousuke. And I'm so sorry, I promise that..." He was cut off by a pair of lips pressing against his. He sighed into the kiss and started to return it when Kousuke stood and grabbed his hand, leading him into their bedroom. Ayumu paused to grab the extra pillow and blanket Eyes had given him and detoured towards said man's room, "I'm going to give these back to Eyes." Kousuke nodded and headed into their room.

Kanone answered the knock on the door and smiled as Ayumu handed him the extra bedding, "So I take it Kousuke forgave you?"

Ayumu nodded and smiled back, "Tell Eyes I said thanks." Kanone nodded, just a little confused, but went back to bed to relay the message nonetheless. Ayumu just sighed happily as he crawled back into bed and felt a pair of arms wrap around him and Kousuke kiss the back of his neck and then nuzzle it, whispering 'I love you' to Ayumu. Ayumu placed his arms over Kousuke's, "I love you, too."