Part Two:

On the way back to the car, at Kei's suggestion, they stopped off at a gas station and bought a can of petrol so that they didn't have to walk back home.

The journey didn't take as long due to the fact that neither of them bothered to make that much of a detour. At this point they were both keen to get what they needed and go home.

They made small talk between them until they walked round a corner and saw the car. As soon as he saw it, Kei stopped dead in his tracks and reached out to press a hand against Sho's chest, forcing him to stop too.

"What is it? Trouble?" He asked this almost hopefully, needing something to vent his frustration at tonight so far out on.

"I don't know." Kei answered, "Let me go first."

"No." Sho pouted angrily, as he glared daggers at the person sitting in the car. "It's my car."

Kei rolled his eyes at Sho's stubbornness but did not stop him from following as he stepped silently up to the car. Kei had intended to surprise whomever was inside but Sho pushed passed first and grabbed the unsuspecting man round the neck.

"Get the fuck out of my car!"

"Ah! Sho!" Toshi screamed, whirling round and fighting the near-death grip that Sho had on his throat.

Immediately Sho released him and took a step back, more in confusion than anything else. "Toshi? What're you doing in my car?"

"Looking for this." Toshi answered, drawing Kei back into the conversation by holding up the tube of lubricant.

Sho almost choked as he shot a glance at his companion, "Why?"

"Look." Toshi held up his right hand, "My rings are stuck and seeing as Kei recommended this, I thought I would give it a try. I don't understand what you're doing here. I thought you had a date with Yi-Che?"

"She cancelled. Give me those." Sho was blushing furiously as he leaned over Toshi to try and snatch the packet of condoms and lube. Whilst trying to do this, Sho lost balance and all but sprawled into Toshi's lap. The other man yelled and tried to push Sho off of him.

A struggle ensured and one that Kei watched impassively for a while before intervening.

"Ah, Sho… that's my leg!"

"Stop it… just stay still, you're pulling my hair!"

"I'm trying, but you're crushing me!"

"Be careful with your feet, I don't want you damaging my car!"

Kei sighed and leaned over to grab Sho round the waist and literally picked him up and lifted him out of the car.

Toshi immediately started laughing at just how easily the blonde was able to pick Sho up. It was even more comical to him as Kei was a good few inches shorter and more slightly built than Sho.

Sho scowled, looking increasingly annoyed when he saw the amused expression on Kei's face.

He had managed to retrieve the items that they had come back for and he retaliated by shoving the tube at Kei's chest and snarling, "Here's your lubricant, Kei." Before storming off down the road in a huff.

Toshi ceased laughing and looked a little worried; it wasn't safe to go racing off through Mallepa at night.

"I'll go after him." Kei assured him.

"Good." Toshi looked relieved at this. "Do you think when you come back I could get a lift home? My scooter's broken down again."

Tonight seemed doomed from the start, Kei thought to himself in disappointment, but he wasn't about to refuse.

"Here." He handed Toshi the can of petrol. "You fill the car up and I'll go and get Sho."

Without waiting for a reply, Kei hurried off after the younger man, whilst hoping that Sho hadn't gone too far.

It had taken a little cajoling and some grovelling on Kei's behalf before he finally persuaded Sho to come back to the car. His pride had been very much dented by Kei's actions and it was only the promise from the vampire that Sho could be the seme in their relationship for three months that finally talked him round. The anticipation of them consummating their relationship had brought back a smile to his face and he didn't even mind too much when Kei explained that they had to drop Toshi back home first.

However, Kei hadn't predicted that Toshi would invite them in for something to eat. Sho's life, like most human males', revolved around food and sex and since, he had argued, he would need his stamina for the latter, he had accepted Toshi's invitation.

Oblivious to argument that followed, Toshi was rummaging around in his kitchen looking for something edible for them to eat.

"Knowing Toshi it won't be a quick bite to eat." Kei argued, well aware of how childish he sounded. Some of Sho's personality must be rubbing off on him, he thought with annoyance. "He'll keep us here for hours and we have to back before dawn."

"No we won't." Sho scooted a little closer to the vampire and slipped his arms around Kei's shoulders. "I promise and, besides, you need to eat, too. We'll have to leave before dawn in that case."

Kei winced at this thought; he hated to be reminded about his own need for sustenance. "I'll be fine." He said, a little defensively.

"I know." Sho moved closer still until his lips were hovering over Kei's own. "But I don't want you getting weak, not for what I have planned."

"Just what are you going to do to me?"

"You have no idea." Sho practically purred as he leaned forward further still to close the gap between them.

Despite his earlier promise, Kei was finding it incredibly difficult not to simply give into temptation and take Sho there and then. However, Toshi quickly ruined the mood for both of them. They barely had time to break apart before he re-entered the room. Sho soon forgot the vampire as he stood up and hurried over to Toshi.

"Thanks for the food." He said as he took the pizza box from his hands and then he sat back down on the sofa and opened the box. He was on his second slice before Toshi protested:

"Oi, Sho! Don't hog all the pizza!"

Kei smirked to himself and was content to watch as the two men ate their way through the entire pizza. Sho kept possession of the box throughout, despite several attempts by Toshi to steal it away. No matter how grown up they liked to think they were, there were still childlike qualities in them, Kei thought fondly as the two of them squabbled over the remaining slice.

As soon as the pizza was all gone, Sho tossed the empty box to one side and leaned back into the sofa.

"You know…" he said after a few minutes, "I don't feel so good, Kei."

"That's because you ate too quickly." Kei berated him, feeling a little cross now. He was beginning to think that Sho enjoyed torturing him like this.

"No." Sho shook his head, "I feel weird… lethargic."

"Oh no!" A horrified cry from Toshi distracted Kei from Sho. "I think this pizza was one of my drugged ones!"

"Toshi, you idiot!" Sho snarled, getting up from the sofa with the intention of throttling the other man.

Luckily for Toshi, the drugs worked quickly and Sho swayed where he stood before his legs gave way beneath him. Kei anticipated this and caught Sho just before he hit the floor. He eased the younger man back onto the sofa. By this point Sho was already unconscious.

"How long will the drugs last for?" Kei turned to Toshi who was still fighting against the sleep that threatened to overcome him.

"A day… maybe a little less."

A day… Kei sighed. Someone up there really didn't like him at all.

It turned out that Toshi was right and the two of them slept well into the next evening. Kei busied himself with tidying the apartment and then went to sleep himself until the sun went down.

Sho woke up before Toshi and was full of apologises. "I'll make it up to you." He repeated over and over all the way home.

"You'd better." Kei repeated as he slid the key into the lock and opened their apartment door.

"Well why don't I start right now?" Sho suggested with a devilish twinkle in his eyes. He leaned over to kiss Kei, but movement across the room suddenly caught Kei's attention.

He whirled around, instinctively placing himself between Sho and the threat. He did so just in time.

Kei yelled out in pain as a heavy object connected with the side of his head and stars danced before his vision. He hadn't fed in a week and thus the blow hurt him more than it would have normally.

"Kei!" Sho cried out angrily as the blonde stumbled back into him, reeling under the blow.

Supporting Kei with one arm, Sho fumbled for the light switch and as light flooded the front room, Sho shouted out furiously: "Nii-chan? What are you doing here?"

Shinji smiled sheepishly and set down the Japanese Dictionary that he had smacked Kei over the head with, although the vampire detected a slight smugness in his smile, which went unnoticed by Sho.

"I need a place to stay for a few days." Shinji replied.

Sho sighed, "Why? What have you done now?"

He helped Kei over to the sofa and the vampire gladly sat down, closing his eyes and willing off the vertigo that was still assaulting his vision.

"I kind of owe Chan some money but the pet store hasn't been doing so well lately. I gave him what I could but it isn't enough so he sent some of his goons round. They smashed the place up and would have done the same to me had Son not warned me in advance."

"Okay. But how did you get in and why did you attack Kei?"

"Through the window. I couldn't see anything and I was just about the switch the light on when I heard voices outside the door. For all I knew you could have been Chan's guys."

"Chan's men don't have keys to our apartment." Kei pointed out irritably. It sounded more to him like Shinji wanted an excuse to cause him some pain. He had never got over the fact that Sho chose to live with Kei rather than him.

"So, let me get this straight." Sho said, a hint of anger entering his voice now. "You owe Chan money, for drugs most likely, so you do a runner and come here. You attack Kei with a dictionary and you expect me to put you up when we both know full well that this is the last place you want to be?"

"Yeah." Shinji replied with a smile.

"Okay." Sho agreed, "You can sleep on the sofa."

"What?" Kei interjected, "Sho!" He jumped up, forgetting his aching head and dragging the younger man into the kitchen. "You can't let him stay here!"

Sho gave Shinji an apologetic look and shut the door so they could talk privately. "What else can I do? He's my brother."

"And he hates me." Kei scowled and rubbed his sore head, "Not to mention we had plans this evening."

"We can still have sex if that's what you're worried about."

Kei rolled his eyes, "If he knew that I had even kissed you, he'd kill me."

"As if that's possible anyway."

"It was a figure of speech! Why can't he stay with Toshi?"

"Because Toshi can't protect him if Chan's men do come looking."

"So I have to protect him now?"

"Kei." Sho whined, "Please… just for a couple of nights. I'll make it up to you."

"You're torturing me, aren't you?"

"Kei…" Sho encircled the smaller man in a hug. "Please don't talk like that."

Kei pouted at this and buried his face in Sho's shirt. "I've had a bad few days and I'm not happy. Tell him to go and stay somewhere else."

"You know I can't do that." Sho said sadly as he stepped back from Kei. "It'll just be for a few nights – I will get something else sorted out by then I promise."

"And what about my needs?"

"Nii-chan's always been a heavy sleeper. We'll wait until he falls asleep and then I can start making it up to you."

"Well…" Kei took a few seconds to reconsider. "I guess I can wait a little longer."

"Great." Sho beamed and planted a kiss on the vampire's lips before hurrying back into the front room to give Shinji the 'good' news.

Kei sighed, wincing as he thought over his outburst. He cringed at how childish he had sounded. No matter what, Kei knew that they would have to consummate their relationship in the next twenty-four hours or Kei knew he would go completely insane.

After taking half an hour to have a shower, and contemplate his earlier actions, Kei was feeling a lot calmer and felt ready to be social again. His old self was emerging and, for Sho's sake as well as his own sanity, he would put up with Shinji for now. He might even be nice to him.

This resolve lasted approximately until Kei walked the short distance to the front room from his bedroom. Shinji was standing up on a chair next to the sofa and was hanging something up on the lights. Kei's noise wrinkled in disgust when he detected the scent of garlic.

Tiredly, he addressed Shinji and asked him exactly what he thought he was doing.

"I'm not taking any chances." Shinji replied, before continuing to hang the garlic up around the sofa bed that Sho had set up for him.

"Chances?" Kei repeated.

"Yes. I saw the way you looked at me when you came in. You're going to bite me the first chance you get."

"No." Kei sighed, rubbing his head as though to accentuate his next words. "I was angry with you because you threw a dictionary at my head! I don't want to bite you. Believe me, you are the last person I would want to bite."

"Even so, I'm not going to take that risk. I know you've bewitched Sho somehow so I have to look out for myself whilst I'm here."

"I haven't bewitched Sho." Kei muttered between gritted teeth. "And just so you know, garlic won't work."

"Really?" Shinji asked smugly. "Why do you look so disgusted then?"

"Because I don't like the smell of garlic." Kei snapped, too tired and annoyed to enter a full-blown argument with Shinji. "But by all means keep it hanging up there if it makes you feel safer."

With that he stormed into the kitchen, nearly knocking Sho flying as he came out with a glass of water.

"Whoa! Kei, what's up? Why does the place smell of garlic?"

"Ask your brother."

"Nii-chan?" Sho sighed. "What's he done now?"

This very much set the tone for the evening. Kei sat in an armchair across the room whilst Sho and Shinji sat on the sofa watching TV.

Every so often Kei's nose would wrinkle in disgust as he scented the garlic and each time he did Shinji would shoot him a smug smile. Sho could easily detect the tension and it was only for Sho's sake that Kei bit his tongue. Instead he smoked cigarette after cigarette as he stared mindlessly at the TV lamenting on how different the evening could have been.

Kei couldn't remember ever feeling this frustrated and the fact that he was unable to do anything about it was driving him to the brink of insanity. Grinding his teeth together, he shot another glance at Sho who slightly shook his head. The plan was to wait for Shinji to go to sleep but so far he had shown no signs of even looking tired.

The cigarettes soon ran out and Kei requested Sho's packet that was sitting on the small glass coffee table in front of them. Sho leaned forward to retrieve the packet and as he did so, Shinji sneered:

"That's a disgusting habit. Do you think the rest of us want to inhale your second hand smoke all night?" Shinji had been making these nasty little comments all night and even Sho had refrained from saying anything until now.

"It's a better habit than yours." Sho said quietly as he tossed the packet to Kei. "At least smoking won't get you shot."

"No, it'll just slowly poison you to death… oh yeah, I forgot. You're a monster so you don't have to worry."

Kei sighed and stood up. "I'm going to bed."

"Kei--" Sho protested but the vampire shook his head. "It's okay, Sho. I'll see you tomorrow evening."

As he made his way to his room, Kei heard Sho saying to Shinji: "Do you have to be so horrible to Kei all the time? He saved all of our lives remember?"

"How could I forget?" Shinji muttered darkly.

"Nii-chan--" Sho started but Kei chose to shut his bedroom door and tune out the rest of the conversation.

Tonight had been a write-off as far as he was concerned and he got into bed, hoping that perhaps Shinji would push Sho so far that he would ask his brother to leave.

Kei knew, however, that this was not likely, but it did not stop him from hoping until sleep finally claimed him.

Much to Sho's frustration, Shinji stayed up and watched TV well into the small hours. In the back of his mind, he wondered if it was deliberate but surely his brother couldn't know about Sho and Kei? If he did then he would be screaming at them both by now, Sho thought to himself.

Sho was also very angry with his brother and his treatment of Kei and, finally, when Shinji switched the television set off, Sho decided to say something.

Shinji dismissed him at first, grumbling something about Kei being a monster and then turning his back on Sho to start to set up his make-shift bed on the sofa.

"Nii-chan." Sho said again, wanting to patient with him but he'd had just about enough and it was only one night. "If you want to stay here then you have to be at least civil to Kei. This is his home, too, don't forget."

"Civil? To him? Why the hell should I?"

"Because…" Sho grit out, "If Chan and his cronies come looking for you, Kei is one person that you really want on your side."

"He hates me." Shinji replied as he fluffed up a pillow.

"He doesn't hate you." Sho lied. He could tell that Kei disliked Shinji and knew that the dislike was more than mutual but Shinji had been going out of his way to be openly nasty to Kei and, even though the vampire would not admit it, Shinji's words had hurt him. As well, because of Shinji's arrival, Sho knew that they would have to put their relationship on hold until he had left. Despite what he had said to Kei earlier, Sho just didn't think that they could risk doing anything with Shinji around. Shinji did not accept Kei as Sho's best friend, let alone anything more than that. He would freak if he knew, Sho thought to himself sadly. He wished that they could all get on but he knew that this was not likely to ever happen.

"He hates me." Shinji repeated as he sat down on the sofa and winced. "Damn it, Sho. This sofa's uncomfortable."

"What?" Sho asked, a little taken aback by the change of subject.

"I said this sofa's uncomfortable. I'm sure there's a spring coming through."

Sho sighed and went over to the sofa. He sat down beside his brother and shrugged. "It seems fine to me."

"It's not." Shinji answered. "I can't sleep on it with my bad back."

Sho sighed. Lately Shinji's leg had been giving him a lot more trouble and because of his limp it was putting strain on his back, too. "Why don't you have my bed?" He offered.

Shinji finally started to show a little gratitude and Sho eventually managed to extract a promise from him that he would try and at least get on with Kei if not anything else. This was all that Sho knew he could expect from his brother on the matter.

Shinji went to bed soon after, however, Sho stayed up and extra few minutes taking the garlic down and trying to rid the front room of the smell of it. He knew that Shinji didn't really think that Kei would bite him; he was just doing this to be nasty. As much as Sho loved his brother, Shinji could be horrible when he put his mind to it and his hostility over the years was becoming rather tiresome.

The sofa, Sho noted, as he stripped off his clothes and laid down, was not as uncomfortable as Shinji had made it out to be, or perhaps he was just used to it by now. Sighing, Sho was quickly overcome by sleep. However, when he next woke, it would be to the sound of Shinji screaming.

Kei, like most humans, seldom knew when he was dreaming. In his mind all he cared to know was that Sho was leaning over him, kissing him, whilst his hand trailed down his abdomen to finally stroke his arousal with a practiced finesse. Kei moaned at this touch, fleeting wondering why he felt completely overwhelmed by the human, surrendering himself to Sho's touches whereas the vampire inside of him wanted to dominate.

"Sho…" He moaned as the younger man drew back once, ceasing his kisses and his strokes to observe the vampire writhing beneath him. A smile curved Sho's lips as he sensed that Kei was entirely at his mercy and he teasingly caressed him, letting his hand linger for a moment before drawing away.

Annoyed, Kei pushed himself up with the intention of reversing their positions, but Sho placed a hand in the centre of his chest and pushed Kei back down into the pillows with a firmness that the vampire didn't realise a human could possess.

Sho chuckled and captured Kei's lips in a harsh and demanding kiss whilst he slipped a hand between Kei's legs, gently preparing him for what was to come.

Another moan passed Kei's lips at this touch and he reached out to pull Sho closer still, feeling between them for Sho's erection. Sho gasped at this touch and sped up his own hand, eager to bring this to its climax.

After a few agonising seconds, Sho withdrew and got into position. Kei was on the brink as he felt hands on his thighs, and then the dream faded into nothingness.

Kei wasn't sure what brought him back from sleep but the hardness between his legs was a good indication. He growled in frustration as he recalled the dream and the agonising knowledge that Sho was sleeping in the next room rather than in his bed.

The vampire sat up, feeling completely aroused and angered that he had no way of release. Listening, he could hear snores coming from the front room, which meant that Shinji had, at last, gone to sleep.

Kei had known that Sho didn't really want to do anything with his brother in their apartment despite what he had said to the contrary but Kei had well reached his limits. He had withstood Shinji's insults all evening and, if getting caught got rid of him permanently, then Kei was sure that this couldn't be a bad thing.

Stealthily, he got out of bed and crept down the corridor to Sho's room. Opening the door a little way, Kei could see the younger man half buried under the duvet, his back to Kei.

The vampire had intended to call out but he didn't want to wake Shinji in the process and he rather liked the idea of surprising Sho somewhat.

So instead he hurriedly stripped out of the pyjama bottoms he was wearing and sneaked closer to the bed. Kei slid back the covers and climbed in next to Sho, pressing himself fully against the younger man's back. Leaning forward and smirking as his arousal pressed against Sho, Kei whispered: "I know we should wait until we're alone, but I couldn't stand lying in the next room all hard for you and not being able to have you."

"Huh?" Came the sleepy voice from the bed, muffled by the corner of the duvet that had been pulled up round his face.

Kei chuckled at Sho's obliviousness and pulled the covers down before leaning in to lick at his neck, just below his ear.

Sho murmured something but it was quite obvious to Kei that he was still mostly asleep. A little irritated, Kei gently nipped at Sho's neck and then dared to bite down hard enough to draw a small amount of blood to the surface.

This got him a reaction but it was not the reaction he was hoping for.

"W-what? What the FUCK?"

'Sho' rolled over to face Kei and the vampire's eyes widened in horror when he saw that the man he was in bed with wasn't Sho at all.

"Shinji?" He said in disbelief, whilst fumbling with the duvet in an effort to cover himself.

Shinji raised a hand to his neck and when it came back red with blood he started screaming.

Leaping out of the bed, he landed hard on the floor in a tangle of limbs and, much to Kei's horror, he managed to take the duvet with him leaving the vampire completely exposed.

"You pervert! You fucking pervert!" Shinji was still screaming when Sho, woken by all the commotion, burst into the room.

Kei blushed bright red as Sho paused in the doorway, his gaze flickering down to his arousal and then to Shinji who had backed into the far corner of the room, holding onto his bloodstained neck.

"What's going on?" Sho found his voice at last, although it wavered slightly.

"He's a fucking pervert, that's what's going on." Shinji raged. "He climbed in bed with me and BIT me! And if that wasn't bad enough, he's got a hard on for me!"

"Kei?" Sho asked, turning to the vampire.

"I-I…" Kei stuttered and then trailed off. They didn't want Shinji to know about them so he could hardly say that he thought Shinji was Sho. He sighed and just shook his head.

"I bet he was only trying to scare you a little, weren't you Kei?" Sho covered for him whilst tossing Kei his pyjama bottoms. Kei caught them and quickly pulled them on, finding himself unable to meet Sho's eyes. In all his long life he had never felt so humiliated. He just wished that the sun would come out and burn him up so he didn't have to face the consequences of his stupidity. Under any other circumstances, he would have realised his error straight away, but that dream had got him all hot and bothered and so he had forgotten his senses for a while.

"Scare me?" Shinji echoed, cutting into Kei's embarrassment. "He's a fucking psycho!"

"Well you were horrible to him all evening." Sho pointed out.

"Whatever." Shinji snarled as he gathered up his clothes. "I'm leaving."

"Shinji…" Sho protested at this. "What about Chan?"

"I don't care! I would rather take my chances with him than stay here with that monster one minute more."

"Shinji--" Sho followed him from the bedroom and a small amount of pleading on Sho's part ensured before the front door slammed shut.

Kei sighed to himself and awaited Sho's return and when he did renter the room, he was angry, too.

"What the hell were you playing at just now?"

"I thought he was you!" Kei retorted, his own anger flaring up as he was constantly reminded of his humiliation.

"We swapped because he was finding the sofa uncomfortable. Why didn't you check first? Do you want him to find out about us?"

"I didn't check because I was too aroused by being forced to wait for so long." Kei growled, "And in any case, there is no 'us'."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Sho demanded.

"Exactly what I said. There's just been one thing after another since you kissed me. Anything and everything that could happen to stop us being together has happened!"

"So this is just about the sex? Is that what this is about, Kei? Couldn't you wait just a few nights? Where is your self-restraint? Oh yeah, I forgot, you probably haven't had a good lay since Luka--"

Sho broke off as soon as he realised what he had said but by that time it was too late. For Kei, even hearing Luka's name was like a stab through the heart and for it to be used in this context… He swallowed hard, blinking back tears as he fled Sho's bedroom.

Baka… baka… baka…

Sho repeated to himself over and over as he stood hesitantly outside of Kei's bedroom. He had wisely gone out for most of the day, thinking it best to leave Kei alone. So he had hung out at Son and Yi-Che's for a little while and then had gone for a drive. Sho felt so awful for what he had said and wanted to make it up to Kei so badly but now that it was evening again, he just didn't know where to begin or what to say. He just wished that he could reach out and take back the cruel words he had said to Kei. Even though they were said in the heat of the moment, they were unforgivable.

Sho raised his hand to knock on the door but then stopped. What if Kei didn't want to talk to him? What if Kei never wanted to talk to him again? Tears threatened to break free at this although Sho forced them down. He couldn't get upset. If anything Kei was the one who ought to be upset, not Sho.

He had to make amends, Sho knew as he again pictured the pained look on Kei's face when Luka was mentioned. Firmly crushing any thoughts to the contrary, Sho gave up on knocking and entered Kei's bedroom.

The vampire must have sensed that he was there as he was sitting on the edge of the bed nearest the window, looking out at the dark sky.

Sho cleared his throat when Kei didn't turn round. "Kei… I'm… I'm so sorry." Sorry seemed inadequate somehow and Sho ventured round to where Kei was sitting and placed a tentative hand on the blonde's shoulder.

"It's fine." Kei stated quietly, his voice neutral.

"No, it's not." Sho's grip on his shoulder unintentionally tightened. "It was a horrible thing to say and I'll understand if you never want to speak to me again."

"No." Kei shook his head and finally made eye contact with Sho. "It's fine, really."

For Sho, this was worse somehow. He would have preferred it if Kei had shouted at him, but he knew that Kei wouldn't do something like that. The vampire was too introverted for that.

Feeling miserable, Sho sat down beside him. As he did so, something fell free from his pocket and onto the floor. Gasping slightly, he reached for the offending item but Kei got there first. Sho flushed a furious shade of red as Kei studied the packet of condoms in silence and Sho could just imagine the thoughts that were going through his head. Now Kei would think that the only reason that Sho apologised was to get into his trousers. In truth he had forgotten that he still had them since he had found them stuffed down the back of the sofa this morning.

"Kei… this isn't what it…" He trailed off and sighed. What was the point anymore? He had made such a mess of everything else in the past few days.

Sho stood up and snatched the packet back. "I think I'll go and stay with Toshi for a few days, give you some space."

"No." Kei's hand closed around his wrist and stopped him from leaving. "Don't. It's fine. Luka and I… it was a long time ago and you were only angry. It was my fault too so please… stay."

Sho complied and sat back down. As he did so, Kei leaned over and kissed him. His kiss was light and hesitant but deepened when Sho returned it, his arms wrapping around Kei's back to pull him closer. Soon Sho had somehow manoeuvred them back onto the bed, even though he wasn't consciously aware of doing so.

"We don't have to." He began when Kei started to unbutton his shirt.

Kei paused in his task and playfully shrugged his shoulders, "Okay then."

"Kei!" Sho protested when the vampire rolled off on him to lie on the bed beside him.

Sho quickly followed him and straddled his waist and then hurriedly yanking off his shirt before slipping his hands up the tank top that Kei wore. The vampire groaned and reached up to grasp the back of Sho's head and force him down and into another kiss. "Stop being such a tease." He whispered between their lips.

Soon they had managed to divest each other of their clothing and Sho had gone back into the bathroom retrieve the lubricant. Kei sat up on the bed as he returned and Sho sat down opposite him and went to open the tube. The almost childlike giddy smile slowly began to disappear as he struggled with the cap on the tube. Kei scooted closer to ask him what was wrong.

"The lid's stuck." Sho replied.

Kei chuckled and shook his head. "Give it here."

Sho pouted, grumbling about him being a show-off using his vampire strength but did so anyway. After all the delicious sight in front of him meant that he couldn't get annoyed for too long anyway.

Kei sat back down and twisted the cap on the tube but now it was his turn to frown. He tried again but nothing and Sho was battling between frustrated and amused when he saw the vampire struggling.

"Having trouble, Kei?" He couldn't help but tease lightly.

"Not at all." Kei answered sweetly as he took hold of the cap forcefully and gave it a yank. Still nothing. Inspecting the tube, Kei cursed and held it out to Sho. Where Toshi had been using the lube before, he had let it all run down the sides and dry around the cap, essentially causing it to stick itself together.

"Toshi…" Sho growled, "I'm gonna kill him."

Kei groaned and threw the tube across the room where it connected with the bedroom door. He then grabbed Sho by the shoulders and forced him down into another kiss.

"Kei." Sho whined between their kisses, "Don't do this. You know we can't do anything without the lube."

Kei sighed as they parted for breath, "Just go and get the damn cooking oil."

End