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- Everything falls apart

Even the people who never frown

Eventually break down)

The sacrifice of hiding in a lie

(Everything has to end

You'll soon find we're out of time left

To watch it all unwind)

The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I never walked away

Why I played myself this way

Now I see you're testing me pushes me away

Why I never walked away

Why I played myself this way

Now I see your testing me pushes me away-

- Pushing Me Away By: Linkin Park

-Chapter 12-

"What is it Hisoka?" Tsuzuki replied, stroking Hisoka's soft hair.

"What's my future?" he asked.

Tsuzuki was silent. This was the moment he had been dreading since the beginning. He didn't know what to say, so he remained silent.

"Please tell me Tsuzuki." he pleaded.

"I can't Hisoka. I'm not allowed." It was the truth. He wasn't supposed to reveal what was going to happen, but he also knew there were loop-holes in that as well.

"You can Tsuzuki. I can feel that you're lying, so tell me." Hisoka stated leaning back.

"Hisoka please don't do this." Tsuzuki said, watching as Hisoka retreated away from him.'

"How can I not? I know that there's more to this Tsuzuki. There's something you're not telling me and other than what my future is I don't know what else it could be."

"That's not it Hisoka."

"But then why do you always turn away whenever my future is mentioned? Why do you carry around this sense of grief and pain? Why are you so afraid of what's coming? If my future is nothing then why are you here?"

Tsuzuki didn't know what to say. He could only sit and look down. It was true; everything Hisoka had said was true. Now what was he going to say?

He didn't get to say anything as Hisoka grabbed onto his hand and forced himself into Tsuzuki's mind. He didn't think he could actually do that but he thought it was worth a shot. Now here he was, in Tsuzuki's mind.

Tsuzuki was stunned by Hisoka's actions; he didn't think the boy cold do something like that. He felt Hisoka trying to get into his mind and instead of pushing the boy out, he let him in. If this is what Hisoka wanted to see and know, then there was no way Tsuzuki was going to stop him.

At first Hisoka felt some pain, as if he was getting an increasingly worse headache. He wanted to pull out but knew that he had to keep going. He had to know. He saw images- a red moon, a man with a knife, a woman stabbed and blood... so much blood, cries of pain, silver, him... he saw himself at the mercy of the man with silver hair, it hurt... there was so much pain, it hurt! IT HURT!

Hisoka pulled away from Tsuzuki, leaving him entirely. Tsuzuki had to use his hands to keep himself from falling over.

They were quiet for a moment. Neither were sure what to say, and both were afraid of breaking the silence. Had things changed between them? Could things go back to the way things were before?

Yes and No.

Hisoka curled in on himself, bringing his knees to his chest and wrapping his arms around himself. He was trembling ever so slightly.

"Hisoka?" Tsuzuki asked carefully.

Hisoka didn't lift his head and Tsuzuki feared the worst. It was over, what was between them was destroyed and it hurt. It hurt so badly but there was nothing he could do. He stood up.

"What are you doing?" Hisoka asked quietly, not looking up.

"I'm going to go...I don't think you'll want me here anymore so I'll just leave. Hisoka I'm so sorry about this. I promise that I'll do anything I can to keep this from happening. I'm so sorry..." he trailed off.

Tsuzuki started to summon the energy he needed to teleport and closed his eyes. He was about to leave when he felt something latch onto him.

He opened his eyes to see Hisoka clinging to him.

"Hisoka?" Tsuzuki asked confused.

"Don't go..." Hisoka mumbled into Tsuzuki's shirt.

"What?"

"Don't go... You said you wouldn't go. You promised." Hisoka mumbled out.

Tsuzuki was stunned. How could this boy not hate him now? He had betrayed his trust hadn't he?

"How could you still want me to stay?" he asked the boy.

Hisoka looked up at Tsuzuki, tears slowly cascading down his cheeks. Tsuzuki bought his hand up and carefully wiped them away.

"I don't know, but you said you'd stay with me. And it's not your fault what's going to happen... I knew it had to be something bad but..." Hisoka couldn't finish.

Tsuzuki brought his hands around the boy and held him close. Hisoka clung to Tsuzuki's shirt and cried, Tsuzuki soon began to cry as well. They collapsed onto the floor and Tsuzuki only held Hisoka tighter. They stayed that way for a long time, neither wanting to let go or break the moment.

Tsuzuki eventually felt Hisoka's sobs slowing.

"Better?" he asked. He knew Hisoka wasn't alright but maybe he felt better after letting everything out. He would never be fine, not with his future looming over him, over them. But that's the way things were.

"I guess." he answered, not looking at Tsuzuki.

Tsuzuki smiled; at least Hisoka hadn't changed that much because of this news.

"You're not going to leave right?" Hisoka asked.

"No. I'll stay as long as you want me to." Tsuzuki said, leaning down and kissing the top of Hisoka's head.

Hisoka turned his head down even further to conceal the blush that graced his cheeks.

Hisoka stayed in Tsuzuki's arms long into the evening. It was when the moon came up that Tsuzuki said that they should get some sleep, that and his back was stiff, not that he was complaining...

Hisoka got up to go and lay on the fabric. Tsuzuki was about to leave when he heard Hisoka ask "Will you sleep with me?"

Tsuzuki turned around and walked over to Hisoka, who was now lying on the "bed". "Of course he replied, lying down next to Hisoka.

Hisoka shifted so he was laying his head on Tsuzuki's chest. Tsuzuki smiled at the boy and leaned down to give him a kiss on the cheek. Hisoka looked up at Tsuzuki confused, no one had ever done that to him before, and he didn't know what to make of it. But the smile on Tsuzuki's face made his worries go away. He closed his eyes and let sleep take him. Maybe with Tsuzuki there he wouldn't have any nightmares about his future, but maybe he was only kidding himself...

Tsuzuki stayed awake long after Hisoka went to sleep. The boy still wanted to be with him, even after he knew what was going to happen to him- He still wants him to stay...

Tsuzuki looked down at the sleeping boy, as he let out a shutter. Why this boy was condemned to such a horrible fate was beyond him, but there really wasn't much he could do except be there for Hisoka. Maybe that's all he really could do...

-End Chapter 12-

Sorry for the delay once again. My computer has been having some serious problems and my school work load has gotten insane! I'll do my best to update again soon! Thanks for reading! And please review!