A/N: In this little ficlet, Touya and Yukito are secretly in love with each other, doing the occasional touch of the hands. Read on to see who makes the first move! (I have no idea if the Kinomoto residence has a front yard or not and if there was a front yard, if it had a tree of some sort. For the sake of this story, the Kinomoto residence posses both.)

A Pile of Leaves

It was a nice, cool fall afternoon, fluffy clouds floating amongst the sky.

There was a gentle breeze that blew a couple of leaves from the heap that Touya had been building up for the past half hour. He sighed, dragging the rake behind him, and walked to where the leaves had landed. He had just finished raking the front yard, and now this wind comes from out of nowhere and ruins his nice heap of leaves! Annoyed, Touya tried to push them back towards the pile with the rake, but they seemed to be stuck to the grass. He bent down, his hair falling in front of his face, and picked up the leaves one by one.

Touya stood up and went back to the small mound and lazily dropped the leaves on to of it. He threw the rake aside. "I can't believe Sakura forgot to rake the leaves. I'm gonna make her do my chores for a week!"

"That's being a little harsh, don't you think?"

Touya spun around and saw Yukito standing there.

One of Yukito's hands was placed inside the pocket of his dark grey coat; the other was holding a plastic grocery bag.

"Yuki? What are you doing here?" Touya asked, even though he knew Yukito was going to drop by sometime that day.

"I thought I'd bring some food for lunch," Yukito said, holding up the bag, smiling. He looked around their front yard. "Where's Sakura?"

"She's probably with that brat again," Touya said annoyingly. "And she was supposed to be doing the chores today."

"Well, she probably just had something important to do today." Yukito walked over to where Touya had thrown the rake and picked it up. "Do you need anymore help?"

Touya smiled. He always admired Yukito for being kind hearted. He shook his head and looked around at the grass, checking for any spare leaves. "No, I think we're all done. Thank you, though." Touya took the rake from Yukito and placed it so that it stood against the tree. He reached up for his sweatshirt, which was sitting on one of the tree's thick branches.

Suddenly, Yukito took Touya by the hand and started walking them towards the front door. "C'mon, let's warm this food up. I'm starved."

Touya paused for a minute and looked at the pile of leaves. He stared at it with a childish look upon his face. It just seemed so tempting.

Yukito lightly tugged on his hand. "To-ya?"

Using his free hand, Touya took the plastic bag from Yukito's hold and placed it on the ground beside them.

"What are you…?"

Touya faced Yukito, his eyes flickering from his to the neat pile of leaves sitting on the other side of the lawn. "Do you remember jumping on mounds of leaves when you were little?" he asked.

Yukito shook his head. "No, I don't think I ever- Wait! Don't tell me you want to…"

He eagerly nodded. "I want us to jump on that pile of leaves!"

"But you just spent-"

"Who cares if I just finished raking them? I'll just rake 'em again later. 'Doesn't matter."

"But-"

Touya suddenly placed an index finger over Yukito's mouth, silencing him. They stared into each other's eyes for a brief moment, and Yukito nervously noticed how close they were standing next to each other. For some reason, he could feel his heart starting to be faster and his face starting to redden. There was something about Touya touching his lips…

"No buts," Touya finally said, smiling, removing his finger "Now, on the count of three, we'll run together towards that pile of leaves and jump on it… Actually, maybe it'd be better if we jumped separately. The pile's not that big and we might crash in the air-"

"-no. Let's jump together," Yukito said quickly, feeling the heat coming onto his cheeks. "I mean, I'm sure we won't crash into each other." He realized that they were both still holding hands and that Touya had made no attempt to let go, secretly smiling on the inside.

"Wait, I think I have a better idea!" He walked them towards the pile of leaves, so that they were standing in front of it.

"We'll fall backwards instead. It might get a little too messy if we jump," Touya said shortly.

"Fall backwards? What if we hit the ground? My back's been kind of sore…"

"Hmmm… here." Touya brought Yukito in front of him, turning him around so that he was facing in the same direction as he was, away from the pile of leaves, and pulled him closer to him, Yukito's back and his front side touching each other. He wrapped his arms in front of Yukito's chest. "There, that way you'll fall on me instead of the ground. I promise you that I'm almost as soft as a pillow."

Yukito stood there nervously. He had never been this close to Touya before, but he was enjoying the fact that we was leaning on his chest.

Suddenly, the words that Touya had just said registered in his mind. I'm gonna fall on To-ya! What if I squash him?

But before he could say anything…

"Three… two… one!" Touya leaned backwards, using his weight to pull them towards the ground.

A slow second later, they fell onto the pile of leaves, causing leaves to flutter everywhere. Yukito saw blurs of red, orange, and yellow fly all over the place as he felt his back make a thud sound against Touya's chest. He suddenly got onto his knees and looked down at him, straddling his waist. "Are you…" Yukito started. But what he saw made his heart melt.

Touya had the happiest of all looks on his face, and he was laughing like a little kid. His hand grabbed a random leaf beside him and tossed it up into the air. He knew his shirt was probably covered in dirt, but he really didn't care at the moment. "Boy… that was fun!" he exclaimed, grinning and looking up at Yukito.

Yukito gave him a sincere smile. "I'm glad." He began to push himself off of his knees but stopped when he felt Touya grab his wrist. Yukito stared down at him, seeing the serious look in his eyes. "To-ya…"

Touya opened his mouth to say something but suddenly stopped himself. He closed his eyes for a brief moment and when he opened them, he smiled and said, "I… I- I want you to kiss me." Touya looked him straight in the eye, not even attempting to break eye contact.

Yukito was sure he would have lost the strength in his legs if he was standing up when he heard Touya say those words. It was probably the last thing he had ever expected him to say. His heart was beating at rapid speed, and he was straddling the line between being extremely confused and very, very happy. Just say anything, tell him you like him, Yukito's mind told him. But what came out of his mouth was the last thing he wanted to say. "Why?"

Touya looked up at him, still holding onto his wrist, a hint of disappointment in his eyes. "Does there need to be a reason?"

"Well, no-"

"Then, kiss me."

Touya removed his hand from Yukito's wrist and placed it on his shoulder, pulling him down towards him. Yukito didn't protest as their faces neared each other. He did, after all, want a kiss from Touya, but the thing was, he wanted to be the one being kissed, not the one doing the kissing, and more than anything, wanted it to be perfect, something he was sure he couldn't make happen.

"Don't worry about a thing, Yuki," he heard Touya say, their faces so close to one another's. He could feel Touya's warm breathe on his skin.

Only inches apart…

And then their lips met, creating a kiss more perfect than either one could imagine.

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A/N: gasp Weren't they just kissing on Touya's front yard, for the whole world to see? What naughty boys they are…

Anyway, the ending felt sort of rushed, but tomorrow's my birthday and nothing makes me happier than writing about fluff between Touya and Yukito. And now, please review!