Sorry about how abruptly I ended the last chapter. I had just gotten a phone call saying I had to go to work so... well... I wanted to get it posted before I forgot that I had written it... Gomen.

On a brighter side, when I was in the waiting room for my eye exam I got bored and drew some sketches of Narumi, Ryuichi, Touya, & Tatsuha, anyway I should be able to get my scanner hooked up this weekend. I'll probably do what I did with 'Trading Pain' and link the art on my main page for those who want to see it. I'm not the greatest of artists but... at least it will let you see what Narumi and Touya look like in my minds-eye... hehehe besides it's really cute!

I really wanted to use the Japanese word "teme" so I had to find something to substitute. I'm sorry, but there is a couple of swear words in this chapter. Tatsuya has such a dirty mouth!

Oh yeah and if you didn't guess by the name this chapter is mostly calculated fluff. Though you probably knew that based upon the last few chapters. Oh and Sakura you know how I told you that Ryuichi & Narumi weren't sleeping...

Also if anyone knows what anime I took a certain scene from you are soooo the bomb.

Chapter 29: Soft Black Fluffy Ninja's Fur
"Bastard!"

Tatsuya swore vehemently when he lost his balance because the punch failed to connect. He tried to catch his balance but there just wasn't enough time, and his body had twisted into a bad angle. He knew he was going to fall there was just no way to stop it, or to even land with any kind of grace, so Tatsuha was more than a little surprised when an arm caught him around his waist and picked him up with relative ease, before he was dumped unceremoniously on the sofa.

"Now that that is over." Touya smirked. "Are you going to give me a hand or not?"

Angrily Tatsuha grabbed a cushion off of the couch and threw it as hard as he could into Touya's face, and he ran.

Tatsuha slammed the bathroom door behind him, locking himself firmly inside and stared at his reflection in the mirror.

He could feel his heart pounding in his chest, and damn it why was he blushing? He shouldn't be blushing. That guy was just an ass.

This was so stupid!

He was acting like a coward, and somehow... for some reason it bothered him.

Why did he have to save him like that?

Why was he reacting the way he was reacting? Touya was a crude, selfish, lowlife. All he was doing was trying to take the most wonderful thing Tatsuha had and give it to his sister! He should hate him.

He should.

But somehow he didn't.

"Tatsuha you're such an idiot!"

He kept mumbling that to himself as he let the back of his head bang against the bathroom wall.

Touya was nothing to him.

Absolutely nothing.

Ryuichi though...

Ryuichi...

Ryuichi! Oh no. No. No!

How long had the two of them been upstairs with each other? Was it half an hour, or an hour? How long had he been locked in this bathroom anyway?

As quietly as he could he unlocked the bathroom door and peeked outside, Touya was nowhere in site, but he could hear the sounds of movement coming from inside the dining room.

Was he cleaning up?

Good. This was his chance. As quietly as he could he slipped out of the bathroom closing the door behind him. He listened closely to the sounds coming from the dinning room as he headed up the stairs to the little hallway area where Narumi's bedroom was, on the second floor.

He could hear something as he went up the stairs, but it was hard to understand. The sounds were too muffled from this distance.

Tatsuha was afraid.

Afraid of what those sounds were from inside the room. Afraid of what Narumi would be doing to his Sakuma-san. His darling innocent Sakuma-san! He pressed his ear against the door.

"Not there. Yes, there. There! Ryuichi!"

He could hear the mattress squeaking. Tatsuha's face started to turn pale.

"Kuma wants... Kuma wants to... Narumi! Narumi!" The groan in Ryuichi's voice, made Tatsuha want to faint, and he could feel the blush welling up in his cheeks.

They were... they were. Oh god, no!

He knew he couldn't trust that harlot of a schoolteacher. It was always the quiet ones. How dare she get her filthy paws on him first? This was just so not fair!

"You're face is all red."

Touya whispered into Tatsuha's ear.

The yelp that came from Tatsuha was loud enough it could be heard from outside of the house. It only took a minute for Ryuichi and Narumi to come running to the door to see what had happened.

Tatsuha's head had snapped straight up connecting with Touya's nose. There was a trickle of blood running down his face onto his black shirt.

"Are you all right?"

Tatsuha tried to find something to stem the flow of blood, a glance into Narumi's room he saw a handkerchief on the dresser. He rushed over to grab it when he noticed the deck of cards scattered helter skelter all over the bed, with a flopped over Kuma sitting right next to them.

Relief should have poured over him but it didn't. As quickly as he could he took the handkerchief and tried to stem the bleeding from Touya's nose.

He should have felt relieved. He should have felt something!

Aoi heard it.

He heard it all, and it made his anger flare. Those sounds... He had only been listening for a short while but... damn her unfaithfulness! She would be the one to suffer the worst, and would she suffer.

he tried to calm himself. He knew he couldn't act when he was this filled with emotion. He had to wait for an oppurtunity to take control. He had to be watchful. He had to be patient. There was going to be a chance and until it appeared he was going to have to wait. That was the number one thing about hunting... ninty percent of it was just waiting.

Chapter 30: to be continued...