New chapter up! It's only been four chapters but I've already received 38 reviews and over 1400 hits, so I really want to thank all of you for taking the time to read and review this fic, it means a lot! Still, I apologize for my previous chapter. It was (for my standard) poorly written as I was in a hurry, and being a lazy writer, I didn't really edited it.

I don't own my house, my computer, my dog… (wait, since when did I have a dog?)

Fai's recovery from the chemical burns had been slow yet fast at the same time. At first, the blonde relied greatly on morphine, since chemical burns really, really hurt and Fai hated pain, something Kurogane picked up after being in the hospital with Fai for some time. He slept almost all the time, and despite Kurogane' efforts to squeeze time from his busy schedule to visit the lithe man, it was always in vain when he was greeted with a sleeping Fai.

But eventually, the blonde recovered through the months, and his crazy side (yes, Kurogane decided to call it his crazy side) slowly returned, much to his great annoyance. Seriously, it was annoying. Kurogane was not happy to see Fai all happy and crazy and hyper all the time. Seriously. Kurogane hated it, no kidding.

After months that somehow passed so quickly with memories that consist of the time he and Fai spend together during his stay in the hospital, the doctors decided it was time for Fai to return back home to recuperate. But since Fai lived alone in his rented house and it would be after some time until the man was able to do stuff on his own again together with the information they somehow got about Kurogane being Fai's neighbor from God-Knows whom (he suspected it was Fai who told them), they made one of the worst decisions to Kurogane's life that could leave him scarred for eternity.

"Fai, you are to stay at Kurogane's house until you fully recover. And with that, you are to come to the hospital for weekly check-ups."

Oh man, the gym teacher swore his soul died that day, turning him into a mindless zombie with a twisted sense of humor that he was actually feeling happy that Fai was going to live with him. A crazy blonde who can't do anything at the moment that can order the mighty Kurogane to do anything with nothing but his cute little puppy eyes living in his house for months? Definitely not healthy for his sanity, even if he was in love with Fai.

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"Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuroooooooo-piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" shouted the chemistry teacher from his room. Kurogane decided it wasn't time for them to sleep in the same bed, so he had taken the trouble to move a bed from the guest's room. How annoying.

"IT'S KUROGANE, GET IT RIGHT FOR ONCE, DAMNIT!" yelled Kurogane from downstairs, reluctantly stomping up the stairs and into his room, huffing in anger. "What the hell is it this time?" he asked harshly. He had just returned from work, cooked dinner for them both, carried the blonde to his room just seconds ago (yes, Fai was still unable to walk properly at the moment) and now he was calling out for him. His eardrums had been damaged greatly for the past few days.

The man's eyes were big and teary as he held out his arm, covered in bandages. "Ouchie…" he whimpered.

Kurogane sighed as his anger melted away. Fai was afraid of pain, that, he knew. The burns haven't healed yet and without morphine, the burns would surely hurt. He walked to the bed and placed a soft kiss onto the other's hurting arm, hoping it'll somehow ease the pain. "It'll get better, I promise," he whispered softly into the blonde's ear.

Fai withdrew slightly, face going red, surprised at the gruff man's reaction. Kurogane never did something like this for him before. Come to think of it, nobody had. It felt weird, being cared like this, though he was amused with the information that someone could be so rough and tough on the surface and so soft on the inside.

"Erm… Kuro-tan? Are you sure you're not on drugs?" asked the smaller man.

"What the hell?!" yelled Kurogane as he withdrew from Fai completely, staring at his red face, filled with different emotions, but mostly confusion. He swore his face turned into a tomato at that moment, both with anger and embarrassment. "What's wrong with doing something like that?!" he yelled.

Fai stared at him for a moment, before his eyes started to fill with crocodile tears.

Ah, shit.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! KURO-CHI BULLIED MEEEEEEEEEE!" Fai wailed as he burst into tears, pointing at Kurogane like a 5 year old kid complaining to his mom about his older brother stealing candy from him. The gym teacher shut his ears with his hands. "Oh for goodness sake shut the hell up!" he shouted through the wails and cries.

The noises decreased into fake sniffles almost immediately after the reply, though crocodile tears were still flowing down the man's cheeks. Kurogane cringed. No matter what kind of tears Fai shed, he never liked the sight of the blonde crying, even if it was fake. God, he would never want to see him cry for real. Ever.

"Kiss me on the cheeks?" said Fai innocently, sticking his right cheek out on purpose.

Kurogane blinked. Did he just say… ?

"No. Fucking. Way."

Fai's eyes were starting to fill up with tears again with the harsh reply. Immediately, Kurogane let out a panicked and annoyed sound before kissing the other's cheeks lightly. He withdrew quickly, blushing again. Yes, he loved Fai. And yes, Fai loved him back. But being in love doesn't mean you have to act all nice and mushy all the time. Kurogane intended to keep it that way.

Though unfortunately, Fai did not.

Lost in his own thoughts, Kurogane wasn't aware as the chemistry teacher slowly sat up and wrapped his lanky arms around his neck, resting his head on his chest, purring softly.

"Thank you," said Fai, closing his eyes.

"What are you getting so worked up for?" growled the other softly.

"No… it's just… no one has ever been so nice to me before…" he purred softly, nuzzling Kurogane, who raised his eyebrow.

"What do you mean by that?" he asked carefully, not wanting to scare the other.

Fai ignored him, still nuzzling the larger man's chest. "Though I think Ashura would… he was the first person who was nice to me, I mean… He's so protective of me, it was like he was my real father…"

"… Ashura?" asked Kurogane, frowning at the name. It sounded so familiar… He was sure he heard it before somewhere in his previous 'career'… Not much of a good sign...

"I'm glad though," he whispered, voice drowsy and tainted with the edges of sleep, slowly pulling him into his oblivion. "I'm so happy to be with you…" the whisper softened before the man relaxed completely against Kurogane, fast asleep. Despite the warm atmosphere, the gym teacher sensed that something was out of place.

"… Ashura, huh?"

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"So how is he?" asked Yuuko from her desk, smiling mischievously towards her employee, somehow managing to get the information of the both of them currently living together.

"Fine and annoying," he growled through clenched teeth. He did not like his boss, never liked his boss and would never, ever like his boss. Ever. The headmistress just smiled as a reply. "Good then. If not, I would have lost my best employee ever, so filled with ideas and inspiration to annoy you," Yuuko started to daydream at that point, probably about new ways to torture him further. Kurogane just stared at her, unamused.

"Oh!" squeaked Yuuko, as if only realizing that Kurogane was there. "You may leave now," she said, waving her arms dismissively.

"I had to leave my students in the gym, fight through a bunch of squealing and crying fan girls asking me how the idiot was to get here, and now you're telling me to leave?!" he shouted in Yuuko's face.

"Why of course! Fai is my employee, you know. I still hold responsible for him, anyway. And it's always so much fun to play with you… though if you don't want to leave, I think I have a spot in this room to let us both have some fun together…" her tone became seductive in the end, a cheeky gleam in her eyes.

Kurogane withdrew immediately, face going red again. It was official. He was stuck with a fucking pervert as his boss. "Whatever," he muttered before proceeding to leave the room.

"Oh, and Kurogane? Tell Fai I have a friend meeting him in your house in two weeks."

The gym teacher grunted in response and slammed the door, hard.

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Fai hummed softly as he walked down the stairs. Kurogane told him that a friend of Yuuko's would be visiting him today. Well, whoever he or she was, if they were Yuuko's friend, it was fine for him. His recovery for the past two weeks had been fast, and now, although still covered in bandages, Fai was able to walk around in Kurogane's house, albeit slowly. Though now that served as an advantage, for the gym teacher was at work and he wouldn't want to crawl to the front door to greet his guest.

The moment his feet touched the ground, the doorbell rang.

"Coming!" Fai called out happily before walking towards the door. Twisting the doorknob, he opened the door slowly.

His eyes widened.

"S-Subaru?" he spluttered. The sight of the man confused and scared and relieved him at the same time.

"There's no time," said Subaru, entering the house and dragging Fai into the living room, shutting the door close behind him. "Yuuko-san told me where you were, so I came here as fast as I could, though I'm not sure how long it would take for them to find out that I'm here," he continued in a soft voice, forcing the blonde to sit down before sitting down himself.

"I'm afraid I have some bad news."

Oooo… cliffhanger! Wahah! Now I know why writers enjoy using cliffhangers! It's so much fuuuuuun!

Oh yes, one more thing: My chapter updates every week between Wednesday and Saturday, though Thursday and Friday are more likely. If you don't see my chapter up at these times, then you might want to check my previous chapter for I will update this section stating when I would update. And sorry again for any grammar errors. I'm really working on them, and it's haaaaaaaaard…

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