Author Notes : Well...enough of the cliffhanger..(I know it's pretty bad..I wrote the damn thing.). I own nothing...Also, Kana fans...sorry, but in order for this storyline to fit...well...a few things will be tweaked...(not the actual storyline of Kana and Hatori, just the way it was perceived.). As for the question asked in one of my reviews...he was a bit brutally honest, and it would've been pretty bad to see, since they were in front of the entire family...but if that's not a good answer...I'm sorry for wasting your time with this story...

Rating : M.

Glass shards bathed in blood

It had been a couple hours later after the incident. Haru was with Hatori at his house, Hatori was smoking a cigarette while Haru was on the phone with Shigure who had Ayame over at his place and Yuki was over there trying to calm the snake a bit...to almost no avail...Ayame was an emotional wreck...more then he had been when the whole Mizuka thing had happened. After Haru had ended the phone call he went up to Hatori.

"You know what Hatori. You're a coward."said Haru.

Hatori's head shot up.

"What?"came the cold reply.

"You're a coward, you know perfectly well that you aren't straight and yet you keep hoping that you can be. You're bisexual, and we're all sick of you freezing over yourself over and over again .And the reason I know you're bisexual...well...you've hung around those two for how long?"came Haru's harsh voice.

"Explain to me how you came to this conclusion Haru."said Hatori.

"Well Hatori, I'm going to start from the beginning. Have you ever had feelings for Ayame, even a passing glance?"asked Haru calmly.

"Yeah...I have..."came Hatori.

"Well then, how strong was it?"asked Haru.

"Rest assured I've never told anyone this Haru, but since you're my younger brother, and I guess I've made things so bad there's no possible way to make them worse that I might as well tell you. It was when I was 12...I began hitting puberty...now I was never like the other boys, I was careful and cautious and somewhat more interested in boys then girls, rest assured I was still interested in girls and all...I began noticing I had an attraction to Ayame...and it scared me. It scared me because I wanted to be normal, to be straight, and so I buried it and let it eat away slowly at my inner self. As I grew older I hadn't realized how bad it got...until later in my life would I realize this."said Hatori.

"Well then Hatori, where does Kana come into all of this? Because I think I know..."said Haru.

"Then you explain what you think you know...because I don't exactly know. I loved her...but I always liked him too..."came Hatori's forced reply.

"I think you have always loved Ayame but you were scared, so when Kana came along, she actually reminded you of Ayame's good points, not all the over dramatics and such, but the nice stronger side...but Hatori, she was a replacement for Ayame wasn't she? You used her as a scapegoat for all of your insecurities didn't you? She was a woman so you were ok with her, she was sweet and everything like he was...wasn't she? You fell in love with her because you had already fallen in love with Ayame. But you didn't count on something about her, she was weak seeming strong but ending up being weak and that is the opposite of Ayame. He seems fragile on the outside but on the inside he is strong...he has been broken over and over again Hatori, but he always bounces back stronger then ever...and that's what you expected from her because she was his replacement...but Hatori, she didn't do that because she wasn't Ayame, and because of that you felt lost, and like your love was in vein because she wasn't what you expected her to be."said Haru.

It all fit...it was all right...all of it.

"And when he came to me and comforted me I felt that I had regained it all...but I didn't pursue it because I thought it would turn out like she and I had because I thought he was like her..but I was wrong. And when he asked me if he was a replacement for her..in truth...it was the opposite...and oh god Haru...I've screwed this all up so horribly.."said Hatori...practically choking on his words.

"Well now, I believe we've made a breakthrough...but Hatori...no matter what Ayame'll come back from this strong..but you have only one chance to fix this and have a chance at happiness, are you gonna take it?"asked Haru.

Hatori looked to Haru and for once he smiled.

"You bet I am."came his reply.

It was the words that would forever change Hatori's future, as he drove to Shigure's house. Once they had reached Shigure's house and walked in Yuki came up to Hatori.

"What're you doing here? Haven't you hurt him enough?"came Yuki cold voice.

"I'm here not to hurt him, but maybe fix this predicament, Haru and I had a talk and I think I'm ready."said Hatori.

"Well...if you hurt him anymore then I swear I'll knock you into the next universe with my fist."said Yuki.

"I know Yuki...I know.."said Hatori.

Hatori went into the room that Ayame was in, no lights were on, and it was warm but had a dead feel in the room. He could hear sobbing and he came upon the sight of ayame, he'd been cleaned up and was in a white bathrobe, but his face showed a broken soul. Hatori hoped to dear god that he could fix this. He went up to Ayame and placed his palm on Ayame's shoulder.

"Ayame..."came his voice, a gentleness in it.

"Hari? What are you doing here?"asked Ayame.

"Aya...I'm sorry..."came his weak voice.

"You know Hatori...what does that mean? You are sorry that you told me the truth...that you told me what I needed to hear to move on finally, it's not easy you know...having had a crush on you since I was ten, and knowing you would never return such feelings. Why did you wait until now! Could you not have told me sooner and let me move on and fall in love again!"screamed Ayame, tears streaming down his face.

"Ayame...I love you.."came Hatori's quiet reply.

Ayame's tear filled eyes went wide in surprise.

"What?..."asked Ayame.

"I have loved you since I was 12...Kana reminded me of you, and even as I tried to bury what I felt...it just kept building, and I thought she was the one because she was like you...but not really, I realize now what I did to her and you was horrible and stupid, and what I said...I didn't mean it...I just wasn't thinking at the time...very well...I love you."came Hatori's saddened voice.

Ayame's grief filled features lit up and he smiled with tears filing his eyes in happiness.

" 'Tori...I love you so much. Do you want me to be yours or not?"asked Ayame.

"Very much so Ayame...but...you'll have to be patient with me, I've never been in a homosexual relationship."said Hatori.

"Well, we've got time now! Oh...and thank you Hatori for the apology..."said Ayame.

And at last they shared a kiss, just a mere press of the lips, but it came with so much love, and at last..Ayame felt his life complete...

T.B.C.

Author : I think only one more chapter...with lemon...

Hatori : (blushes)...

Ayame : O-O...

Yuki : Well now that's all settled...

Haru : Yay...

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