Disclaimer: Of course, I don't own any of the Gravi characters or anything like that... if I did... well I'd probably wouldn't have enough time to write fanfics would I?

The poem comes from the first verse of a poem called "House of Glass and Fog" that I wrote. So yes, it's mine.

"I lay on the floor of my

House of glass and fog

There on a cliff by the sea

And from fire and ash

You were born for me."

"What's that?" Yuki murmered

Shuichi shrugged, looking at the candle flickering softly in the darkness of the room.

"Just something I heard somewhere..." Shuichi replied "I don't remember where though, but I just thought of it."

The two lovers lay mingled together on top of their bedsheets. Their bodies too tired and weak to move after hours of passion. They had been banished from Tohma's room before he could tell the rest of the story, and much to Shuichi's surprise, Yuki seemed okay with it.

'In fact... he's been pretty calm since the hospital... almost... at peace.'

"From fire and ash, huh?" Yuki asked softly his gaze meeting Shuichi's, who nodded.

"When I thought about it, it reminded me of us. How we met that night in the park... that park on a cliff by the sea."

"Where from fire and ash..."

"You were born for me." Shuichi finished

There was a silence between the two lovers.

"That's overdramatic and trite." Yuki muttered "Whoever wrote it must've had zero talent."

"Yuki!" Shuichi exclaimed, and then softly murmered "I think it's beautiful... I just wish I could remember the rest of it."

"Hm." Yuki murmered, tracing shapes in the sweat on Shuichi's shoulder.

Shuichi shifted under him, trying to take in as much of Yuki's abundant warmth.

"Are you cold?" Yuki asked after a while

Shuichi nodded, and Yuki sat up, and grabbed a blanket folded at the edge of the bed, and pulled it up over them. Shuichi nestled in the warmth, suddenly feeling tired. Yuki placed his head over his lover's tiny chest, listening to the steady beating of his heartbeat, and the shallow rise and fall of his chest.

"Shuichi?" He asked after a while

"Hm?"

Yuki smiled.

'He's tired. I can hear it in his voice.'

"Are you really okay with me like this?" Yuki asked "Are you really... can you still love me... knowing all this?"

After a long pause, Shuichi slowly replied.

"I love you Eiri Uesugi." He said softly "I always will. I don't think... I cannot not love you." He swallowed before continuing "In a way... I think... I'm happier... knowing this."

Yuki's eyes widened in surprise and he turned to face Shuichi's half closed purple eyes. Yuki was amazed that he was awake. It was almost as if he was talking in his sleep. He took a deep breath through slightly parted lips.

"I'm happier, knowing everything about you. Every detail. Every mistake and misfortune... because it gets me closer to your heart. Regardless of how horrible the thing may be. It's still a part of you. So I cherish it, because it helped to form the person that you are today. The man that I love... ya know?"

Yuki was silent for a moment, taking in what he said.

'Who am I for you to love so much?' He thought 'What do I have to offer someone like you? Why do you cling so hard to what little we have.' His gaze fell to the candle still flickering in the room. 'Shuichi and I... we're like that flame. Bright and beautiful to look at. Warm to embrace. But at the slightest touch. The to large of a movement, and we fall apart. We flicker out.'

Yuki turned back to his now sleeping baka. He smiled down at him, and slowly slid off of him, tucking the blanket in around him. He brushed back a few strands of Shuichi's bright pink hair.

'You deserve someone who can make you happy. Happier than you could ever be with me. You need someone who can be warm and carring to you... and I'm not that. So what can I possibly offer you? If you're content to just be near me... then I'll gladly give you that. I just wish... I could give you more... because, Shuichi I...'

He quietly made his way to the closet and dressed, sliently slipping out of the apartment and into the darkness outside.

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A.N. I fully intended to update sooner, but then I got seriously sick, and almost OD on pain medication... (shaking for five hours really isn't fun) but I feel somewhat better now, only I lost my voice and I kinda can't talk. It's funny really... Hope you liked the chapter!