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here is the final episode of same difference. enjoy!
Chapter 8
When Fai had calmed down he softly pushed them apart and carefully lifting Fai's face up looked into the blue pools.
"You okay?" he asked, concerned that the blond might anyway be offended that he had again pried into his private life. But Fai just smiled at him and it put him at easy
"Yeah" Fai said and wiped his face with a chuckle "I must look like a mess"
he shook his head
"No, you look good"
only when the blond started blushing did he realize what exactly he had said and he hurriedly pulled his hand back and took a step away looking around
"Thanks I guess" Fai said and he dared a glance at the blond, who was now staring at him, head tilted, eyes still shining from excess moisture. He cleared his throat and crossed arms over his chest
"Yeah, whatever" he muttered and Fai chuckled again.
The bell rung and they started walking back indoors and he watched from the corner of his eyes the blond who was looking at him the same way, arms clasped behind his back. The blond's walk was much more bouncy and energetic now.
Before they parted to go to their own classes Fai turned to him
"Why did you do that? It mustn't have been easy, since I have tried looking for him too"
he shrugged
"I have capable friend" he said and suppressed a shiver thinking how and when he would have to pay for it. The blond arched an eyebrow
"That's good for you but you avoided my question" Fai said, leaning closer to him. He turned his head away
"Because I want the bastard get what he deserves"
a finger poked his cheek and he swatted the hand away, looking back at Fai with a frown, but the blond just laughed at him airily
"Kuro-puu is so sweet!"
he growled and Fai just smiled at him "Thanks for looking out for me"
he snorted
"But can I now beat the hell out of the man?"
Fai was taken aback
"Shouldn't you just report him in? I don't want you to get into trouble"
he grimaced
"The man deserves more than just that"
there was mischievous glint in the blue eyes.
"I have an idea" the blond said slowly with a devilish grin. He grinned back
"I have a feeling that I will like it" he said and the blond winked at him
"See you after school" Fai said and walked away with a wave. He stood there, staring after the blond until he turned a corner. He was just about to turn and go to his own class when the blond head bobbed back around the corner.
Their eyes met and he felt his face heat up. After a short moment of staring when everything else seemed to shrink back and all he could hear was the beat of his own heart, thundering in his chest. Then Fai blew him a kiss.
"Idiot!" he yelled after the head and he stomped into his class and to his desk. And even though the teacher was already there Yuuko appeared beside him
"I saw that" she stated. He glared her
"There was nothing to see"
the girl just smiled
"Here is my price. I want you to kiss him. While I am watching"
he looked at the girl
"Freaking pervert"
she snickered darkly
"Thank you" and then she went back to her place.
He stared ahead and whatever the teacher said he missed it. His fingers drummed the desk. It wasn't the fact that he would have to kiss Fai. In a way, the mere idea send thrills through his body. Even if he tried to convince himself that he was not feeling anything. But he didn't want to do something so private while someone was watching.
Deep in though he tried to come up a way to avoid the situation. Then he send her a text telling that he was going to meet Fai after school.
When the bell rung for the last time he started walking towards Fai's class. And the blond came meet him in the halfway.
"Sorry about this" he said, glancing back to make sure that Yuuko was there, and of course she was, grinning like a cat on cream. Then he pushed his hand into the blond locks, noticing briefly how silky they were and leaned down a bit. Fai didn't do anything to stop him, just stared at him transfixed. And then he gave a kiss to the blond's cheek.
He pulled away and let go, and the blue eyes blinked and a long fingered hand rose to cup the cheek, fingers brushing the place where his lips had been.
He turned around
"Now we are even" he said. Yuuko was frowning
"You realize that I mean a real kiss on the lips?"
he shrugged
"But you didn't say so." he looked at Fai again and pointed his thump at the girl
"This is Yuuko, the one who helped me."
the blond turned towards the girl and bowed his head a bit
"Thank you for your help" Fai said, still a bit confused. The girl sighed
"You are welcome. But he just ruined my reward"
the blond looked at Yuuko questioningly and she continued "I see he is smitten for you and I just wanted to see you two kiss." she explained, clearly disappointed. He didn't like the flash in the blue eyes
"Really?" Fai said slowly and turned back towards him "It's only fair Kuro-run" the blond said and even though he tried to step away the blond followed, grabbing his arm connected their lips.
He felt it run from his head to his toes. The blond tasted like mint and before he registered what had happened a tongue snaked into his mouth. A surprised sound escaped from him and he felt the blond smile against his lips. And it ticked him off enough much that he counterattacked, putting a hand to the blond's waist to keep him still he answered the kiss, licking the tongue in his mouth and giving it a little suck he felt a shudder run through the slender form in his arms.
Only then he recalled where they were and his eyes snapped open and he pulled away. But not yet did he cared to look at Yuuko. He examined Fai, wanted to know how he felt right now. The blue eyes were surprised but the lips were smiling and the hand on his arm hadn't let go yet.
"I hope you didn't do that just to return a favor" he whispered. The blue eyes danced and Fai just turned towards Yuuko
"Is that good enough?"
the girl gaped a moment before she brushed a hand through her long hair and tossed it behind her shoulder.
"Fine. I wanted him to start it, but I guess that works" the girl turned and headed away, a bit wobbly. He sighed and looked at the blond
"Now she will tell everyone about that."
Fai tilted his head
"And do you mind that?"
it was a test. Even an idiot could see that. He smirked
"Nope" he said and then changed the subject. "So, what's your great plan to get back to the bastard?" he asked
the blond clapped his hands together
"Right, I nearly forgot!" Fai exclaimed, grabbed his hand and pulled him along. The touch tingled but he didn't pull his hand away but let the blond lead the way.
The entered the gym hall and Fai told him to hide somewhere.
"Why?" he asked perplexed. The blond sighed like he was retard and explained
"I have practice today. And how else would we get our proof and get you a chance to avenge if not by ambush?"
he nodded and started looking somewhere to hide and Fai hurried of to get chanced. He was in a hurry because the bastard could come back any moment. But there weren't actually places to hide. Cursing he decided that the most likely place where he would not be seen was simply hiding behind a rack of basketballs. Not the best place, but with any luck the bastard would not look here too much. And hopefully something would happen soon, because crouching like this would soon make his legs burn.
He heard a door open and peeked carefully he saw that it was only Fai. The blond looked around and shrugged. Good, he was not visible to a superficial glance and there was no reason why the man would look for more. He watched how Fai warmed up and stretched. Thinking back he brushed his fingertips against his lips. He could still feel the warmth and strength of Fai. He smirked to himself. He liked the stubborn streak of the blond, event though it most likely would also drive him crazy at times. Fai would go through hell and back just to get where he wanted to. He liked that. He leaned back into hiding. He decided that he would have time later to watch the blond as much as he wanted, right now it was important that he wouldn't get caught.
He wanted to change his pose but he didn't risk making an audible sound now when the bastard had arrived. So far Fai had been doing well and the man had kept his cool. He on the other hand was loosing it fast. Just watching the man stare at his blond like that, like Fai would be something less than the man. He rubbed his hands together, he would enjoy punching that nose a bit wider around the bastard's face.
Finally towards the end Fai slipped at some movement and immediately the man was yelling at him, scolding him. Fai said something back and the bastard's hand rose the blond just stood when he palm connected with his cheek, head turning with the force. When the hand had rose he was already up and moving but he didn't make it in time to stop the bastard.
But he was there now and with full speed he collided into the man and send them both tumbling on the floor, he on the top. Without holding anything back he slammed his fist to the man's head, twice and then Fai was pulling him back, trying to calm him down at the same time.
He growled and pulled back and Fai chanced tactic and just hugged him hard from behind
"Please stop" Fai begged and he slowed down and lowered his hands. He sighed and placed a hand atop of Fai's hands on his chest.
"Fine" he said and glaring daggers at the bastard he got up. Grabbing the man by the collar he started dragging him along, anger giving him more than enough strength to pull a grown man behind him.
"Where are you going?" Fai asked. He looked at the blond over his shoulder.
"Tch. To the principal's office. Where else?" he said. Fai still stood there. He rolled his eyes "C'mon. Since you already took a hit, you might as well show it as an evidence" he said and reached his free hand to the blond. The man was struggling behind him and he gave the bastard a shook. Blood was dripping from the man's nose but he didn't mind about that the least. Hesitantly Fai walked up to him, rounding the man and took a hold of his hand and so he pulled them both along.
It was already rather late when he was finally free to leave. His parents had been called about what had happened and his dad had showed up to pick him up. Fai's dad was still at work and couldn't come.
When Fai was about to start walking away he asked his dad
"Can Fai come at our place for a while?" he didn't bother to ask the blond's opinion, he had already realized that sometimes there wasn't an ounce of rational thinking there so he just send a look at Fai to keep him silent before looking at his father again. Dad looked thoughtful but nodded anyway
"After such an shock it's probably the best that he is not alone. Good thinking" dad said and ruffled his hair. He grinned back and beckoned Fai to come along. With a tiny frown Fai trailed after them to the car and sat on the backseat. His dad said while starting
"I have to go back to the restaurant but you two will be fine, right?"
he nodded and the man glanced at Fai too who just smiled back.
"You don't usually bring friends at home" dad said while driving. He remained silent but Fai leaned forward
"Really?" curiosity written all over "How about dates?"
dad shook his head
"Nope, never those."
"Shut up" he snapped and Fai laughed in the back seat and leaned back.
"Don't be like that Kuro-wan, this is interesting"
his ears were burning and his dad looked at him
"Kuro-wan?"
he shook his head
"He is an idiot"
his dad chuckled but didn't say anything. He was feeling awkward and even more so because he felt that his dad knew that they weren't friends. They barely even knew each others, except the core personality, and they had already kissed. First time for him. He looked out the window and pressed fingers over his lips.
"But I am curious. What were you doing in the gym hall? You don't have training today?"
he bit his lip. But his dad was excellent at detecting lies so he mumbled
"I was looking after him"
he saw the surprise on his father's face and heard the snicker of Fai.
"I see" his dad said slowly, glancing at him briefly. Then he noticed that his dad glanced at Fai too through the rear mirror. Then to his relief his dad just smiled "That's good. You should always look after those you care about"
he frowned. He didn't like that grin on his dad's lips. But he didn't want to push the matter so he just nodded and continued to look out the window. Dad dropped them off and drove away.
"So." Fai said after a moment of standing. "Are you going to ask me in or are we going to stand here?"
he sighed and went to open the door and Fai trailed after him. They went to his room and Fai easily went to sit on his bed, sitting over his hands and looking around
"Nice room" the blond commented. He shrugged
"Right. You want something?" he said, standing in the doorway and looking at the blond, who looked back at him and tilted his head
"No, I'm good." Fai swung his legs. He scratched his head. There was tension building.
"You want to play something?" he asked.
"Like what?"
"Mario cart?" he suggested. It was one of the few two played games he had. Fai nodded happily
"Sure, sounds like fun" the blue eyes were smiling at him. He went to set the game ready and Fai just sat there staring.
"You mind to stop staring?" he finally asked, awkward. Fai lifted an eyebrow
"Not really. But I do enjoy it" the blond was teasing him and it was working. His send a dark look to the blond and handed one control to him and sat on the bed next to him.
"Ready?" he asked. He had already chosen a characters for them. Fai didn't seem to mind and just nodded.
They played a few rounds and then suddenly Fai pressed pause and turned towards him. He frowned and looked back at the blond, who was again grinning mischievously
"How about we make this a bit more interesting?" the blond suggested. He lifted an eyebrow
"I'm listening" he said.
"The winner gets a kiss" the blond said and pressed play
"Hey, no fair!" he objected, Fai was getting the lead "That's cheating" he complained. But he was smirking. He liked challenges. And with a quick peek he saw that Fai was smiling too.
Suddenly Fai's phone rung and he paused while the blond answered it.
"Yeah, I'm at friends. I'm fine. Yeah, I'll come home" with a sigh the blond hung up and got up
"Sadly I have to leave now. Let's finish some other time"
he got up wordlessly and followed the blond to the entrance. He watched how Fai put on his shoes and was ready to leave. He grabbed Fai's hand when he was reaching for the handle and pressed their lips together. He felt Fai melt to the touch and kiss him back. He pulled away and Fai looked at him
"I didn't know you had it in you"
he smirked
"You would have probably won anyway." the blond kyaaed and he continued through it "But only because you cheated"
the blond just winked at him
"In war everything is allowed" Fai said flippantly. He shook his head
"it was no war. Just game."
the blond smiled at him
"See you tomorrow"
he nodded
"Yeah"
the blond left and he rolled his shoulders and with a sigh headed back to his room when the doorbell rung. Frowning he went to open it, only to see Fai behind it.
"I forgot, you don't have my number" Fai said, pulled at his hand and scribbled something down on his palm "bye" the blond hurricane said and closed the door again. He stared at his hand. There was a number there. In a heart.
His brow twitched. Maybe Fai had been better when he kept his distance. Shaking his head he saved the number on his phone and went to scrub the number away from his hand. After a while he noticed that it was not coming off.
Growling he typed a message
You just had to use permanent marker?
In a moment he got a reply. Glaring he opened it
3
was all it said. He couldn't stop the smile that overtook his face and he chuckled. But this Fai had it's perks too.
Idiot.
He wrote. And after battling himself he send another message
3 I guess
that's it. I think it went just okay. what do you think? thanks for reading the whole story and please tell me what your thoughts of it are!