Yukito lay on a futon, gazing out the window into the night sky through his fingers. The moon was full and bright.
He thought back on the events that unfolded after the encounter with the mysterious man.
Sakura had been reluctant to go to school, afraid to leave him alone after she learned he had been unable to transform. Yukito was averse to missing classes and Yue - who found he could transform the moment the man disappeared - did not think there was anything that could be done right away.
In the end, it was decided that there was nothing that could be done by skipping class. Sakura was sent to school and she insisted that Kero accompany them to college in a backpack (much to his dismay). And Yukito was to spend the night at the Kinomoto's.
There was a soft click as the door opened and shut. Yukito sat up as Touya crossed the room, tray of cake and steaming cups of tea in his hands.
"Sakura made these," he said, placing them on a small table.
"They look delicious."
"Yes, Kero was very upset when I took them from him."
"Kero…" Yukito looked back out the window at the moon. Images, memories of a hungry lion creature flashed through his mind, images that he felt he had known all along but would not have known a few days ago. It was disconcerting.
"Yuki?"
Yukito was abruptly brought back to himself and he looked up at Touya and smiled.
"I bet he was."
He looked at the cake, lost in thought. Touya watched him with frown.
"Is there something wrong with the cake? The monster made it, after all."
"No! It's delicious!"
Touya watched with private amusement as Yukito dug into the cake with the delight of a child.
That night they both slept fitfully. Yuki dreamed of a dark-haired man with glasses who would smile and brush his long silver hair made tangled by unwilling romps with an overly energetic golden lion. Touya dreamed of Yuki.
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The next two weeks passed quickly. Fujitaka easily accepted Yukito's presence in the house and soon it was like he had always lived there – he had certainly spent enough time there in the past.
The days fell into a comfortable routine. Yukito and Touya would go to school, go to work, and come home to Sakura's blushing and homemade sweets. Kero and Yue felt nothing strange and life went on as normal. Sometimes Touya would abruptly kiss Yuki - when they were alone and he could turn to him and pull his face up to his and bring their lips together, strong and sweet and uncertain. Sometimes Yukito would kiss Touya, his lips like feathers and soft light against his own until they would deepen and become bolder and firmer until they weren't sure who was kissing who.
They never talked about it. They never moved beyond kissing, seemingly overawed by just that simple intimacy.
At night they would sleep deeply and dream. Yukito's dreams would be different every night – he would dream of the rambunctious golden lion with wings, a dancing girl with a flowing pink dress spreading flowers across a green lawn of a mansion, a yellow woman with wings on her head and a gentle breeze surrounding her helping to spread the flowers, a temperamental elfish mermaid dumping water on the golden lion's head. He dreamed of a laughing young elf child in a jester's hat riding a cloud through a hallway, a tiny pink girl with pointed ears lifting a huge boulder above her head with a grin, two regal women, one light and one dark, leaning close to each other, speaking softly, lovingly… Most of all he would dream of the dark-haired man with the glasses and the smile and the gentle touch.
And Touya would dream of Yukito.
Sometimes Touya would reach out for him in the night and their hands would touch and Yukito's dreams would abruptly shift and he would dream of kisses and a dark haired boy and they would awaken with hands intertwined.
Often, during his waking hours, Yuki would think on the dreams, the memories that were slowly becoming his, and he would feel Yue shift uncomfortably in him. Shortly the encounter, Yue had come out to talk to Keroberos about the strange man and the familiar feeling.
"It felt like him." Keroberos said softly. They stood outside in the moonlight. Sakura was sleeping inside. Touya watched them from the window, face impassive.
"I know."
"It couldn't be him. Eriol is his reincarnation. Eriol had his power."
"I know."
"Fujitaka is as well, but he had no power."
"I know."
There was silence.
"Well you're just loads of help, aren't you?" Keroberos snapped.
Yue turned to him.
"I don't know what you want me to say. He's strong. I don't think I can fight him. And I don't know what to do!"
There was silence.
"Let's talk about this later."
They were still careful to look out for the strange man. But there was no sign of him. Everything was normal, except for Yuki's dreams.
One morning, Touya awoke and left Yuki sleeping alone on the futon, in a hurry to get to his early shift.
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Yue opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling in surprise. Had he slept?
He rose from the bed and looked down at himself in shock. Looking up, he found a mirror across the room. Wide eyes stared back at him.
"What – " Yue breathed before his eyes fell shut on their own accord.
His eyes opened again. Dizzily, they returned to the mirror.
"What's happening to me?" Yukito asked the mirror in terror.
TBC
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Well, that was short, wasn't it? And there was barely any Yue. Hmmm, I thought I knew what I was doing...
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