The next morning Kurogane woke up on his own. No annoying wake up's, nothing. He was confused. He got up and went out in the hallway. There was no sound. He went into the living room and Calleigh was sitting there, reading a book.
" What time is it?" he asked.
" Almost 1:30." She said without looking up from her book.
" Why didn't Fay do his usual wake me up ritual?"
" I asked him the same thing, but he just said that he wanted to let you sleep in for once."
' That's odd.' " Thanks." He said to her and went to Fay's room. He knocked. No answer.
" Hey, I'm coming in." Kurogane said outside the door and Fay wasn't in there.
" Manjuu, where is he?"
" He didn't tell me. He left somewhere." Kurogane sighed in frustration. This was taking out of his special night tomorrow that he was trying to plan. He still couldn't believe that him, of all people falls in love with the mage.
He walked out of the room and went to his room to plan the night, how he was going to say, and now he was going to get the mage to come.
He was in his room all day he never came out for dinner. He was confused with his feelings. He wanted everything perfect.
In the middle of the night he went out to get something to eat. He went to the fridge and then there was a plate of the dinner that he didn't eat. He grabbed it and didn't bother heating it up. He just ate it cold. He was so hungry. He was walking to his room with the plate in his hands. He got in his room and closed the door and looked at the paper that was on his bed when he sat down. He read it over and over again and thought it was perfect.
When he finished he set the plate on the bedside table and lay down to sleep.
The next morning he heard a knock on his door.
He groaned and shoved him pillow on his head.
The knock came again. He grabbed a book and threw it at the door.
" WAKE UP!" A cheery voice came through the door. Kurogane was confused for a minute to the voice. He hadn't heard it all day that he was afraid that he was mad at him.
He groaned once more and covered his ears. Then something jumped on him and was shaking him.
He growled and ignored the mage.
" Yesterday I was nice and let you sleep in, today I wont since it is CHRISTMAS EVE!" He practically screamed.
He didn't want to wake up early today. He wanted to sleep more he was so tired. He stayed up way to late in the night to make sure that it was going to be a good night.
" COME ON!" He started to shake him more. Then Kurogane got frustrated. He grabbed the mage and placed him on the ground and off of him. He lay back down and covered his ears.
Fay smirked and blew a blow horn. Kurogane never heard one before got startled by it and jump out of bed and fell face first on the ground.
Fay then ran out of the room laughing because Kurogane ran after him with his plate and aimed it at him and was about to throw it when Syaoran grabbed it out of his hands and told him that it was bad to throw plates at someone. Kurogane growled in frustration and punched the wall. He sat down in a chair in the living room.
Fay brought him his breakfast. " Here Kuro-woof." He handed him the tray of food.
Kurogane took it and saw that it was bacon and eggs. He started eating it rather quickly.
Fay looked at him. " Did you even eat yesterday?" Fay asked as he watched the ninja eat.
" I might have." He mumbled.
Fay's eyes widened. " I knew I shouldn't have let you sleep in!"
" It's alright." He grumbled with his mouth full. He put the plate down and walked to his bedroom.
" Why are you not going to train, or chasing me around?" Fay asked.
" I- Have other plans." He said simply and walked in his room.
What he had planed for that night was that he would after their dessert and go to his room like usual. When Fay came to bug him he would take him out into the garden for a night stroll. He was going to take him to the cities lake that ran right through it. They would sit beside the lake and he would then tell him. Tell him that he figured out about his feelings. That he cared for the mage, that he loved him. He got dressed into different clothes. This time he decided to try and find a red shirt to try and get into the season for Fay. But he didn't own any colour clothing.
He gave up and just went with his normal black t-shirt. The ninja walked out of his room to go help with anything else that would be needed. Fay, Sakura, and Calleigh were going to be making the dinner that night. Syaoran was going to put some decorations up outside. Mokona was going to stay in the room and pretend to be the stuffed animal.
Kurogane went into the kitchen and smelled the roast cooking, pie's baking, and other food that smelled wonderful.
" Do you need me to do anything?" Kurogane asked.
" I didn't bother make you do anything since you are too anti-fun." Fay exclaimed.
Kurogane rolled his eyes and walked out of the room.
He decided to visit Mokona since there was nothing for him to do.
He just walked in and the white manjuu was sitting on the windowsill.
" What are you doing?" Kurogane asked.
" Looking out side. I wish I could just go walk out of this room and help everyone with the decorations." Mokona said rather glumly.
" Well, maybe it is time that girl knew that you are actually some little annoying fluff ball that takes us around to different worlds." Kurogane said.
And yet again he got the look of confusion.
" ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME THAT LOOK TOO! IT'S CHRISTMAS, AM I NOT ALOUD TO BE NICE!" He yelled at him and slammed the door on his way out. He got to his room and threw the door closed.
He tossed himself on his bed and lay there to cool himself off. There was a knock on the door.
" WHAT IS IT?" He snapped.
The door opened slowly. Then closed again, with Fay now in the room.
" Everyone heard you scream at Mokona in the kitchen. But only Sakura and I knew who it was. It looked like what you have said was true, it seems that she does know about us."
" I never said that to you." He growled.
" You said it to Mokona, and he asked me if you had come up to me about it yet."
"Stupid manjuu" Kurogane grumbled.
Fay watched him. He looked different. As if he wanted to say something to him, but wasn't able to say what was on his mind.
Kurogane sighed. " I'm going out, there's nothing to do here." He grabbed his sword and walked out of his room," I'll be in the park." He mumbled and walked towards the front door.
Fay stood in his room and watched him leave his room. Fay was wondering what was on his mind. Fay went back to the kitchen when he heard the front door shut.
Kurogane slowly made his way to the park. The sword in hand, he made it to the park. The ninja was training on the dead tree.
" Kurogane?" He swung the sword around not knowing who it was and it was only inches to Syaoran's throat.
" Oh, it's you kid." He said slumping the sword down.
Syaoran looked at him. Then down at his sword that was in his hand.
" What!" Kurogane snapped.
" Nothing, I just came here, want to train together?"
Kurogane looked at him. " Whatever." He grumbled.
Syaoran and Kurogane fought each other to train their speed.
They practiced a couple hours until they started to get hungry.
When they walked in they found that Mokona was out of Fay's room and jumped on them.
" What the?" Kurogane asked.
Fay came walking into the room. " Well, I went and talked to Calleigh about how we thought she knew about us. It's seems she did, and wanted to help us. She is having family problems and doesn't want to deal with it. She was reading prophecies and it talked about us. It didn't say names, but it talked about us. That is why she wasn't freaked out when you yelled at Mokona in my bedroom." Fay explained.
" That's why I'm out here now." Mokona jumped on Kurogane's shoulder.
He growled and threw the little white manjuu at Fay and walked in his room. He threw his sword in closet.
He heard the front door open and a " Hello!" He knew Calleigh's childhood friend was the one that came in the house. Kurogane hated the kid and didn't bother going out to say hi. The ninja realised he always goes to his bedroom way too much. He sighed heavily and went out to everyone. He guessed that the kid was going to stay for dinner. Kurogane went into the living room and sat down.
" Kurogane?" Sakura came into the room.
" What?" He asked.
" I know how you don't like Jason."
" How did you know?"
" Every time he is over you look more angry and your fists are always clutched together as if to restrain yourself from not hitting him." She pointed out.
" Oh, Well yeah I do. Why are you here?"
" I was seeing if you want to sit across from him. To make him farther from you since you eat on one end of the table. "
" That would be good." He answered.
" Ok!" She smiled at him," And merry Christmas eve." She said happily.
" I have a question."
" What?" She asked.
" Why are we having a Christmas dinner on Christmas eve?"
" Because Calleigh has to work that night so she thought tonight we could have it and leftovers could be our dinner tomorrow." She said.
Then there was a commotion in the kitchen.
Sakura smiled brightly and chuckled. " I think our guest has found Mokona." She turned to walk to the table to set things up when she stopped and looked at Kurogane.
" By the way, something about him thinks the same as you. I don't like him." And she went to set it up.
Kurogane always got confused with the princess, but he never said anything about it. He rested his head against the chair and lifted his feet on the table. He closed his eyes and he sensed that someone was only inches away from his face.
" I would back off before I hit you, you stupid mage!"
He heard a little chuckle and his hand formed a clutched fist.
" SERIOUSLY!" He yelled and opened his eyes and there was the blue eyes staring at his red ones.
" Hello!" Fay smiled.
Kurogane growled. " What the hell do you want?"
"It's Lunch!" Fay exclaimed happily and was now a bit farther from Kurogane once he saw the fist.
"So you decided to come this close to my face and stare at me to death?"
" Yup!" He bounded away.
He didn't want to eat with Jason so he stayed in the spot he was in. He closed his eyes again and ended up falling asleep.
"Kuro-rin!"
" Not again!"
" Kuro-rin!"
" No!" He snapped.
" Kuro-rin!"
The ninja opened his eyes and was about to smack Fay but he saw that it was dark and looked like no one was there.
" Is it dinner?"
" Nope, You slept through it all, including lunch. You looked to tired so I let you sleep. Here." He handed him a plate of warm food.
He took it gratefully and ate it. Fay grabbed another plate beside him and ate too.
" You didn't eat?"
" No, I didn't think it was fare that I ate before you did so I didn't eat." Kurogane put his plate down on the table got up to the chair that Fay was sitting in after handing Kurogane the food, and the ninja smack him up side the head. Then sat back down and grabbed his plate.
" What was that for?"
" For being more of an idiot then normal." Kurogane shrugged.
Fay laughed slightly to himself and ate his food.
When Kurogane finished he put down his plate.
" I'm going to bed." He said and walked towards the hallway and left Fay to eat his dinner in the living room.
The raven haired man didn't go to his room, instead he went to Fay's bedroom and stuck the note he made telling Fay to meet him at the little river in the town and he snuck outside without Fay hearing him leave. He made his way to the river and waited. Kurogane didn't hear Fay approach him. He only knew he was there when he sat down.
" You wanted me to come here?" He asked.
" Yeah, remember two nights ago?" He asked.
" Vaguely." He mumbled.
" Well, after you told me that you cared for me, I told you that on Christmas Eve I would tell you something. So I want to tell you what I wanted to say then, but I couldn't, not then. But first I want to know something. What is the real reason that you avoided me all day yesterday?"
Fay was silent for a minute. " Because I thought you hated me for what I said. So I didn't want that to happen." He explained.
" I wont hate you, unless you give me a good reason why. I will want to kill you at moments."
" More like all the time."
" But you get the point. It depends on what you say or do to get me annoyed. But I will never hate you."
" Was that what you wanted to tell me? That you will never hate me?"
" Not really." Kurogane said.
" What then? He looked out in the lake. He was afraid of what the ninja was going to say.
" I wanted to tell you, what you said two nights ago, I care about you too." He said. He started to blush after he said it.
Fay looked at him. " Are… You Serious?" Fay stammered.
" Yes, It only took me until a few days to actually know what I was feeling for you. And I figured it out." He answered.
Fay was confused.
' How does this man love me?' He asked himself.
" Well, I wanted to say that to you. He mumbled.
Fay was stunned to hear that the man he loved, loved him back. He felt awkward to sit there at the moment. He didn't know what to say to the ninja.
Kurogane felt his feelings and decided to bring the mage closer.
Fay accepted this and snuggled against his chest.
" And if I find out you don't eat because I didn't, I will have to hurt you."
Fay smiled and just let the moment sink in. He was finally happy. He found the reasoning for living.
" That also includes if you don't tell me what's wrong." He added.
Fay just nodded while he was just looking out at the lake to feel Kurogane hold him close.
The ninja smiled at Fay.
" Hey mage?"
Fay looked up at him and Kurogane kissed him.
Fay's eyes closed and kissed him back.
' This is the perfect night.' Kurogane thought to himself.
When the broke apart, they sighed and watched the moon for a bit before they walked back, Kurogane carrying him since he fell asleep onto of him.
Kurogane put him in his bed. He pulled up the covers and brushed the bangs away from his face. He bent down and kissed his forehead.
" Goodnight, you stupid Mage." He said silently.
" Goodnight manjuu." He whispered to the silently sleeping manjuu. He walked out of his room and closed the door silently.
He went to his room and fell asleep almost instantly when he got into bed.