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Reviewer Responses

Iwhackyouwithadaikon: Yay! Radishes! Hehheh, thanks so much for reading my story! Yes, Ayumu/Eyes is cute. And hyperness is good.

KousukeAsazuki: Really? I made you squeal? I'm honored! I think. And I'm not so sure about the lemon, if it does occur, it'll be much later on…if I even decide to go that far, which I might. I dunno.

Yuumei: Yes, yes, the two have finally broken the ice XD Thank you so much for saying that, TT it makes me so happy.

Honey bunny boo: I still you're polite, after all, you do take the time to review my story, even though in the process you do threaten fluffy and cute animals. Anyways, sorry it's a bit late…one day late.

Ce Te: Really? I got you liking this pairing? Thank you soooo much! And it was cute wasn't it? Haha, fluff!

Disclaimer: I do not own Spiral, much to my dismay.

We parted our lips and I rolled on to the side of Eyes. We laid there in silence, each replaying what had just happened.

Ayumu POV

What just happened? Eyes…Eyes…he…

He kissed me.

We laid on that bed for who knows long. I, personally, didn't mind. It was nice to share warmth with Eyes, he was always so cold, so distant, it seemed like a privilege to be as we were.

I was disappointed when Eyes rolled over and sat up, swinging his slender legs over the edge of the bed. He made no movement to stand up though.

Not knowing what Rutherford was thinking, I attempted to start a conversation.

"Listen, Eyes-"

"Don't."

"Eyes?"

"Just don't" I was puzzled as I saw him cover his pale face with his pianist hands. He started to move his hands through his hair and began tugging on it as if he was going to pull it out.

I didn't like this one bit so I moved over to put my hand on his shoulder, but he immediately jerked away from the contact.

"Narumi otouto, please leave."

"What?" I couldn't believe it. After what we had just shared, after he had just kissed me, he was going to send me away.

"I said, please leave" His voice was smooth, with no hitches, as if nothing had happened. That got me angry. But something DID happen. It meant something to me while he just brushed the incident off. Just who did he think he was?

I couldn't hold myself back.

"NOW who's using who as an experiment? I can't believe you! After scolding me for supposedly doing that, you do the same thing! And what's worse is that I told you I love you! No, this is worse than an experiment. You were just toying with me." I clenched my fists in anger. I couldn't think clearly. I knew it was foolish of me to act so irrationally, but I was too hurt to care. All I could think about was how Eyes just taunted me like that.

Eyes stayed silent and unmoving throughout my outburst.

Eventually my anger subsided and only defeat remained. I had to get out of there and I was about to leave when…

"That wasn't it…"

I'm not sure if he meant for me to hear that or if he was just saying it to himself, it was so quiet and soft, that I just barely heard it.

"What was it then?" I already gave him my answer to my actions, and if he had one for his, then I wanted to hear it.

"I…I can't"

"Can't what?" I walked over to him and kneeled so that my face was almost level, just a little lower, with his.

"…"

He didn't respond, so I gently removed his hands from his hair and face and held them in my own. I looked at them. They were so elegant. Such pale, long, and slender fingers he had. I wanted to cherish them forever, but at the rate things were going, it didn't seem too likely that I would have the chance.

I looked up at his face. His eyes were shut and he was biting his lower lip. I moved both his hands to one of mine and used my free hand to brush some of his hair that was obscuring my view of his face away. When I finally cupped his cheek with my hand, he opened his ocean blue eyes and looked at me. I didn't like the look I saw in them. From the many emotions I wanted to see in Eyes, this was not one of them. He looked so lost.

"Eyes…its alright. You can tell me"

He looked at me with those lost eyes for a moment more before he regained his composure and turned away.

"Narumi otouto, I am one of the Blade Children" He said as he stood up and walked to the other side of the room without looking at me.

I stood up as well, facing his back, I waited for him to continue.

"Our existence is nothing more than a brutal struggle to kill before we are killed. There is no room for anything else."

No room for anything else? Then it dawned on me.

"Eyes, are you afraid?" He turned around and glared at me when he heard my question.

"Afraid? When you have lived a life like mine, there is no reason to be afraid of anything."

"Even so, there is always that one thing that frightens somebody. And I can guess what it is that you fear most."

"Oh? And tell me, what would that be?"

"That which you do not understand" I closed the distance between us as I said that. "Eyes are you afraid of love?"

Eyes looked away.

"Love...That word has no meaning to me."

"See?" He looked back at me, a quizzical look on his face. It was cute. "You don't know what love is which is why you shy away from it, why you shy away from me." Once again I had is face in my hands. "Eyes. Don't run away from me." And with that, I leaned in to kiss him again.

The response was hesitant at first, but it was there. It was a small chaste kiss. It lasted no longer than a second.

"Narumi otouto…I wish…." He turned his head away from mine, and almost unsure look on his face, but then turned back to me with a confident expression.

"I wish to learn what love is." I was shocked at first at this statement. But I figured it was a way of his saying that he 'loved' me too.

"Then I'll teach you." I said with a broad smile on my face. I felt so happy that I had this chance. I didn't know when I had ever felt that happy before. I don't think I ever was, because nothing can compare to Eyes accepting me as a lover.

In return, he gave me the tiniest smile, that is was almost non existent. But a smile was a smile and I was happy to receive one from him.

3rd Person POV

It had been a week since Ayumu began 'teaching' Eyes (none of that dirty stuff yet ;) about love. It was just mainly the two of them spending time with each other, mostly in silence, though a comfortable one, because whenever there was talking, it was just Ayumu rambling while Eyes listened quietly, making a few terse comments here and there.

Ayumu had brightened up considerably in the past week, but had not become more attentive as Eyes had filled his every waking thought even more (if that was even possible).

Eyes, although one could not see it, was content with how things were going. He didn't mind learning about love at all.

"Things are going well aren't they?" Hiyono asked the three Blade Children out of the blue at a café they had decided to hang out at.

"What are you talking about woman?" Kousuke growled out as he was trying to milk the last drops of his beverage from his cup.

He was, of course, completely ignored.

"When do you think they hooked up? Oh! And how far to you think they've gone?"

"Rio! How could you ask something like that!"

"Excuse me for being curious, Ryoko!"

"What the heck are you girls talking about?"

"I don't think very far. Ayumu-kun and Eyes-kun don't seem like the types to rush things."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY HIYONO!"

"Shut up!" Ryoko smacked Kousuke on the head.

"Owwww! What was that for?"

"You were being too loud."

"Too loud! Did you hear what Hiyono just said?"

"Of course I did. Not all of us are deaf like you are." Kousuke let that insult pass as he was far more curious about Hiyono's statement.

"Are you saying that you're not surprised that she just said that Narumi otouto and Eyes are dating?"

"Of course not!"

"You too Rio! But…but how did you all know? I haven't seen them DO anything!"

"Call it women's intuition Kousuke-kun" Hiyono smiled at Kousuke. Yes. She knew from the beginning of the week that Ayumu and Eyes had gotten together. It was so obvious that they would. Well, at least on Ayumu's part, Eyes' feelings were always hidden so nobody could tell. But Hiyono knew that whenever Ayumu-kun put his mind into something, he would always succeed. Of course she was a little disappointed. She had had a crush on Ayumu for the longest time but she understood that they were not meant to be together and moved on.

"Women's intuition?"

"Yea, 'women's intuition'" Ryoko said loudly, causing Kousuke's ear drums pain. "I told you you were deaf."

"I am now" Kousuke mumbled. "But I can't believe it. Narumi and Eyes eh? Hehheh, I can think of all the blackmail" he said out loud. This earned him another whack on the head "Owwwwwwww."

"Kousuke!" Rio piped up, "you shouldn't think things like that! It's a beautiful thing, the love between Ayumu and Eyes" With that Rio sighed and began daydreaming about the two bishounen.

"Rio…you're weird"

"Am not, you spiky haired idiot!"

"She's got you there Kousuke."

"Hey who's side are you on?"

"Not yours, obviously."

So the argument ensued with the two female Blade Children ganging up on Kousuke while Hiyono sat at the sidelines laughing at their antics.

Unfortunately, due to all the actions, the four failed to notice a figure standing partially in the shadows who had heard everything and was clenching their fist so hard that rivulets of blood trailed down their hand.

Alpha2nd: Dun Dun Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun! Ha ha. I'm sure you all know where this is going, and quite frankly, I planned this all along. Its not some spur of the moment thing, and so I hope you all aren't disappointed by it. I'm sorry if anyone in here is beginning to seem OOC or I moved it too fast, but I'm really hyped up now so yea…

Did anyone notice that in the last chapter that I made a typo that said "pooped" XD instead of the intentional "popped"? I just haaaaaad to say it because it seems so funny to me right now.

And is it just my account, or do they not let you have only one punctuation mark per sentence. Like, I can have two exclaimation marks or have and exclaimation mark and a question mark. Funny.

Review please!