Boo!
Chapitre Six
Caress
Puhaha, this chapitre will take place after the mistletoe thing. Anyway, moving on!
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Well, to tell you the truth (It's not really shocking though ;;) I've never kissed anyone in my life (Does it seems like I have?) so… If it sounds weird well then, imagine yourself kissing this really, really cute guy in blond hair and the most amazing azure eyes ever. Yeah.
… And if this chapitre does get weird, blame Suga Shikao and his songs for XXXHOLiC. – Frowns – Sanagi ftw…
Sorry for this overdue chapitre! I'm really, really sorry! I've been so fscking tired and all; I hate seventh grade.
Disclaimer: Not mine. I swear, after those two bullets I regret ever saying that Tsubasa is mine. – Shudders – Right…
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Warm.
Wet.
Soft.
… Definitely soft.
And not to mention the taste of chocolate.
Probably from the damn Kisses he stole from me…
The taller of the two hovered over the mage, his hand under his chin, pulling him up. Kurogane wasn't experienced in these kinds of things so he tried to do his best in appealing Fai.
His eyes were screwed shut, concentrating on how hard his lips should press on Fai's.
Fai on the other hand was shocked. Just plain shocked.
The idea of him kissing Kurogane was absolutely absurd in some points of views. But in his, he thought it was just perfect.
Sure maybe the kids and Mokona would be a bit… shocked after seeing what had happened, but Fai didn't care. He felt Kurogane press his lips harder onto his own, the tingling sensation intensifying.
Not knowing what to do, Fai followed his instincts.
What instincts? I've never kissed anyone, darn it!
But he smiled slightly against the rough yet somehow satiny lips of Kurogane, thinking back to one of the shoujo manga he had found on the bathroom counter in Watanuki's room.
With his right hand on Kurogane's hand, – which was currently on his back, holding him still – Fai snaked his left hand through the Shinobi's pitch black hair, playing with the spiky strands that stood up everywhere.
This had made Kurogane jump up in surprise. He broke off the kiss with a frown and lightly pushed Fai away from him, just far enough for him to keep his hands on the thin shoulders.
What was I just doing?
Kurogane waited a while for his vision to clear up, trying to clear the disoriented mind of his, seeing that everything before him was rather fuzzy.
"I…" Fai started, carefully glancing up at the hazy red eyes. "Um, that was-."
The Shinobi snorted.
"You seem to apologize too much, just like that brat." He paused, looking down at Fai. "It's not good to apologize for things you haven't even done."
The mage grinned up at him. "So I see. This isn't my fault then, is it?"
Kurogane shrugged as he let his hands drop to Fai's hips.
"But something's bothering me," he muttered. "Why did I do that?"
He didn't know. He couldn't reply either. Was he saying that he only kissed Fai because the Witch had threatened him to do so? Fai laughed quietly, looking away.
"Yeah, I wonder."
The corners of his mouth fell as he heard the mage chuckle to himself quietly. The same tone. The same tone that showed he was depressed, unhappy.
And things were going just fine. He reached out and cupped Fai's face again, staring into his eyes.
"But you do know that I don't regret doing that, right?" Fai seemed to have gasped at his statement. Slowly his pale hand reached up to touch Kurogane's and smiled at the warmth.
"Kuro-wanko, I too don't really know why we did that," he said. "But I too don't regret that." Wrapping his fingers around the bigger hand, he brought it down to his lips and lightly kissed it.
Fai stared down at the hand, trying not to look up. It wasn't like he was embarrassed. But the fact that he had kissed him again was still unnerving.
Kurogane smiled though; smiled, not smirked, not frowned, but actually smiled.
This… this feeling stirring inside me… This shocked feeling.
Is this love?
No, it probably isn't, the mage thought.
Fai held Kurogane's hand tightly, holding it closely to his chest, breathing in slowly, exhaling slowly. With his other hand Fai reached out to Kurogane unexpectedly.
"Kurogane," he muttered, eyes closing, "I'm confused." The Shinobi gave a quizzical look towards the mage.
But the fluttering won't stop. It won't.
If it's not love, how do I get rid of it?
Can I get rid of it even if I tried?
Seeing the confusion and sorrow behind those closed eyes, Kurogane lowered his face just enough to see small droplets of water forming in the other's eyes. He leaned down lower, letting his lips touch his cheek, letting it stay there for the moment.
If it's not love right now…
I'll try to make it as love sooner or later.
The skin against his own skin made him jump up in surprise. The sudden heat made him blush greatly.
"K-Kuro-chan?" Fai mumbled quietly, just loud enough to let Kurogane hear his every word. "If you don't want-."
Moving his lips closer to Fai's mouth, Kurogane shushed him. "It's not like I don't want to do it," he said softly, "because if I didn't want to do it, I would've stopped you moments ago."
With that Kurogane placed his lips on Fai's, smiling to himself.
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Behind closed doors, there was an evil cackle. Behind closed doors there were several giggles. Behind closed doors there were whoops.
Behind closed doors were Yuuko and her little twins, Maro and Moro.
Yuuko thrust her fist into the air, yelling, "Yes! I got them to kiss each other!" She looked up at her ceiling, waved her hand around. "You cannot defy hitsuzen!"
Maru and Moro stood up, dancing around. "Can't defy hitsuzen! Can't defy hitsuzen!"
The Witch nodded to herself. "Yep; no one, no human can defy the rule of hitsuzen…"
Before her was a long bowl filled with clear water, several crystals on the bottom of the bowl. And in that water was the clear image of Kurogane and Fai.
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It was rather odd being in the same room. Yes, odd it was. But both of them enjoyed each other's company.
"Um…" one stammered, blushing as emerald eyes glanced at the brown ones.
"Yes, Hime?" the other replied, going through the same process of stammering and blushing, blushing and stammering.
"W-Why are we here again?" she whispered, glancing at the open door. The latter of the two shrugged.
"Yuuko-san said that there would be something going around in the hallways. I wouldn't want to interrupt anything going on there, would you?"
Emerald eyes seemed to have laughed. "Indeed…"
Brown orbs looked straight into the green ones. "Hime," the boy stated slowly, reaching for the girl's hands.
"Hai, Syaoran-kun?"
Syaoran dropped his own hand once more, glaring at it.
Darn it, why won't you move?
Because you're telling me to stop, duh!
"Syaoran-kun, are you okay?" Sakura asked, looking up at him. Syaoran blushed.
"I-I'm fine," he muttered, staring across the room. Suddenly he too had found the ground rather amusing.
Oh look, is that a little dust bunny in the corner-? Wait, what am I saying?
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As his lips left his, Kurogane was breathing rather heavily.
Is this how it's supposed to feel like, kissing someone?
Fai just leaned against the taller one, taking in deep breaths. "Kuro-pon," he muttered lazily, linking his arms around his neck and pulling his body up. Unconsciously Kurogane wrapped his own arm around his waist, pulling the lanky body closer.
"I told you… Stop calling me by those stupid nick names…"
"Hee."
"Stupid… Giggle…" Kurogane managed to say with a slur. He just leaned his head against Fai's shoulder, sighing.
Fai punched him in the shoulder lightly, playfully. "You get tired too easily, Kuro-wanko."
Kurogane just mumbled into his shoulder, stirring slightly.
"Kuro-wanwan?"
No answer.
Fai laughed to himself, realizing that the beloved Shinobi that was loved by all the others was asleep.
The candy must have gotten into that head of his.
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"Get up, get up!" Yuuko screeched, jumping onto the bed covers and shaking the blond up. With groggily eyes Fai had managed to get up from bed, sitting silently as he tried to get the sleep out of his eyes.
"Nn… What time is it?" he grumbled in a much deeper and raspier voice than usual. The Time Witch glanced at the digital clock on the bed stand, humming.
"7:31 nya!" she chirped, smiling brightly at the gaping mage.
Fai fell back with a thud.
Yuuko then went to Syaoran and Sakura's room, sneaking into the quietly, crawling up the sheets to meet face to face with their cute sleeping faces.
"Wake…" she whispered, "up!" Yuuko screamed out the last part, pushing the two off the silken sheets.
"Ah!"
"Shit!"
A pair of green and brown eyes met with Yuuko's red ones, glaring at her. "Yuuko-san, what time is it?" they barked, trying to climb back onto the bed.
"Hn… 7:32, nya!" After that, Yuuko fled to stop by her next victim.
And boy was that victim angry.
"Bitch, I don't care; get out of my room!" Kurogane roared, throwing all of his pillows at the giggling Witch. She dodged them swiftly, bending flexibly, all the while snickering at his lame attempts.
"I'll kill you one day!" he yelled out before being silenced by a slam of a door. Kurogane sat on his bed, grumpy, angry, and definitely grumpy.
No one likes a grumpy Kurogane. No one.
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7:59 AM. Kitchen of Ichihara Yuuko. Probably the only place where chaos can commence at its best.
Kurogane was busily wolfing down his food, trying to get the bad aftertaste of the twenty-one orange Tootsie Roll Pops from last night. Yes, twenty-one.
Fai on the other hand was busy playing with his food, flicking small drops of syrup all over the table with his spoon. Apparently he was too busy staring at the 'adorable' look on Kurogane's face as he was eating.
Adorable, huh? When was Kuro-pon adorable?
… All the time I guess, Fai thought cheekily, stabbing his waffles with a plastic fork.
Syaoran and Sakura were still rather uncomfortable with staying in the same room, eating the same food, sharing the same air. Especially because of what happened last night.
Oh, and of course, Yuuko and Mokona were doing their thing; gulping down sake in the morning, accompanied with sooki soba which, of course, Watanuki-kun had to make early in the morning.
"Ah!" Yuuko announced, dropping her chopsticks onto the plate before her. "You boys," she pointed to the three, "still have no given me anything for White Day," she declared, sighing heavily. "Only my dear Sakura-chan did. So, what do you have?"
"Eh?"
"Oh, dear…"
"Damn it."
Yuuko gasped as she saw the three look away slowly, laughing nervously. She then stood up in anger, slamming her fist onto the table. "You mean you haven't gotten me anything! The nerve of some men! And I thought at least you, Syaoran Li," Yuuko barked, pointing at him, "would show some respect and give an elderly like me a gift or too!"
Syaoran looked back at the gloomy Dimension Witch and cleared his throat. "Well um, Yuuko-san, I actually do have a present…"
He casted a glance at Watanuki who too was busily eating the left over bentou from yesterday. He cocked an eyebrow, wondering why Syaoran was staring at him. Syaoran leaned forward, whispering into his ear.
"Make us something for Yuuko-san, please, Watanuki-san?" Syaoran pleaded just low enough so Watanuki could hear.
And with those talented ears, Ichihara Yuuko had definitely not missed what Syaoran had said.
"So you're trying to get my employee here to do your work?" she roared. The three men inched away slowly on their chairs, completely forgetting their food.
"Hmph," Yuuko muttered. "Fine; I'll let Syaoran-kun go, but as for you two, you must pay me back for White Day even though it's month past it." Kurogane opened his mouth to disagree but the Witch threw several slices of lemon at his face.
He closed his mouth, twitching in anger as the slices slowly dropped from his forehead.
"Damnable…"
And then Yuuko took the rest of her soba, stuffed it into Kurogane's mouth before he could speak, and fled once more.
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Fai was busy trying to keep Kurogane from breaking anymore china plates.
"Ah, Kuro-tan, stay still!" he laughed, clinging onto the Shinobi tightly.
"Just wait, I'll get that fucking bitch myself, tear her apart along with the manjyuu bun and send them to-!"
Sakura covered her ears, blocking out the rest of Kurogane's rant. "La, la, la…" she whispered to herself, walking far away from the quarrel in the kitchen. Syaoran followed Sakura slowly, telling her that Kurogane would return to his 'normal' state soon, whatever that was.
"Kuro-wanwan, keep quiet!" Fai demanded, pouncing on top of the preoccupied man and bringing him down to the floor. The two fell with a thud.
"Damn it, I was on the verge of killing, you stupid… stupid…" Kurogane stopped as he saw the look in Fai's eyes.
"Shut the hell up or I'll be forced to kick you out of this house naked out into the middle of the streets, not only stripping off your clothes, but your dignity and pride as well," those innocent, sweet royal blue orbs seemed to have said.
Instead of doing what Kurogane had thought he was going to do, he stood up quickly, tugging at Kurogane's sleeve, telling him to stand up as well. Once the Shinobi did so Fai wrapped his arms around his waist and stood on his toes, giving him a chaste kiss on the cheek.
"You'll listen now, ne, Kuro-pon?"
Damn that mage, taking advantage of me by kissing… Kurogane thought gruffly, kissing Fai back softly.
The blond smiled against the lips on top of his, putting much more force than he had during the previous kisses.
Everyone had fled. All but one.
The teenager was used to all the freaky weird shit that was happening in this cursed house, so the employee thought everything was going to be all right.
That was before he saw Kurogane and Fai locked into a kiss, leaning against the refrigerator of the kitchen.
"Erm…" Watanuki stammered, getting up from his chair. "I-I think I'll go now, 'kay?" He picked up his plates, along with the leftovers, brought them to the sink all the while feeling the heavy glares he was receiving from the two and sprinted for his life.
I think from now one, whenever Yuuko-san leaves, I should too.
When Kurogane withdrew for breath, he let out a big sigh.
Maybe this is love. Perhaps. Maybe it isn't just yet.
And yet he couldn't resist the feeling of Fai's silky lips against his own, couldn't resist the immense pleasure he received just from that simple gesture. Nuzzling his nose against the blonde's soft cheeks, Kurogane smirked at the thought of him and Fai falling in love.
Impossible.
Fai nuzzled back, whimpering slightly as he wanted to kiss Kurogane on the lips, not the tanned face of his.
Kurogane rethought about his previous statement and snorted.
So maybe it isn't impossible for us to fall in love.
The blond mage pulled at the black haired man's short, spiky hair, playing with the spikes happily.
"Y'know, Kuro-pan," Fai said after a while, "you smell like honey…"
The Shinobi laughed for a while, bringing the smaller one's chest up to his own. And then he smirked as he felt Fai's soft hands against his cheek again.
Probably more along the lines of facetious.
… Owari …
As a final note, I must say, this isn't the best story out there ever, y'know? But I had fun writing this. … Please let me not be the only one who thought this ending was too abrupt. – Laughs sheepishly – So, will Kuro-pon fall in 'love' with Fai-Fai? Who knows? Even I don't know! Well, I had so much fun writing this, especially at the end (for some reason) and I hope you guys enjoyed this too.
A few little minor things I want to take care of…
Sooki soba: Sooki soba is spareribs flavoured with salt, lemon and ginger on top of soba. Soba is like, noodles made of wheat. I think. Think of it as a thinner udon…
Yes, Sakura-chan did give a dress for Yuuko-san (well, in the anime that is) and I have no idea if the other three did. Let's say they didn't. And remember the whole "Ah!" "Shit!" thing? Yes, I think I saw Syaoran curse before in the manga/anime. So don't get me wrong.
So… One other thing; sadly I couldn't think of anything for Fai's clothes, y'know? I was gonna put him in a dress or something but meh, whatever. Maybe next time, hmm?
Thanks to those who stuck around with me during this six chapitre holiday story. Though this chapitre was really overdue, it was mainly because I was watching the xxxHolic movie/manga. Yeah. Sorry.
But really, thanks to those who reviewed! I thank you all. :D
Boo!
Chapitre Six
Caress
Finish.
8:00 PM, November 8, 2006
-Muffinizer, nyo.