A/N from A.C.: This chapter is like… full of moodswings. Kind of amusing.

Nero's wings twitched suddenly and his crimson eyes slowly cracked open as a loud howl from a wolf called out nearby. He slowly sat up, rubbing the sleep from his half-lidded eyes. He looked down at his still sleeping brother, gently tracing his fingers over the soft skin of Weiss' cheek. He looked over his sibling's peaceful face; the slightly parted lips, the lightly closed eyes, the slight turn of his head when sun shined through the cracks in the roof of the cave.

He smiled softly and took his hand away from Weiss' face, "My beautiful brother…"

Weiss' blue-grey eyes slowly opened and looked lazily up at his sibling, "Nero…?"

Immediately snapping out of the little trance he was in, the winged man got to his feet and moved to pick up his clothes, "I need to bring you to the next town over. You must get dressed, Weiss."

Blinking slowly, the white-haired young man sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, "Huh…? Why do I have to go there again? I wanna stay with you…"

Deep crimson eyes looked over toward Weiss and Nero chuckled, "You can't stay here, Brother." He folded his wings back, somewhat struggling to get his clothing on around them. He smirked to himself and spread his wings out once he got his clothing on correctly. He stretched his arms above his head and cracked his back, ready to get moving again. He was not used to lying down for so long, on his own he usually only sleeps a few hours at a time. However, he was far sure that he had slept much too long today. His internal clock told him it was just about nine o'clock in the morning.

Weiss crossed his arms over his chest and didn't move from his spot, "Why not? I don't want to go to town! I want to stay with you!"

Sighing softly, Nero looked down at his sibling, "Weiss…. You must go. At least you know how to live successfully in a town. Out here, you wouldn't have any idea what to do."

"But you can teach me, Nero! Right? I mean, I'm sure I can learn to live like you do."

Rolling his beautiful crimson eyes, Nero shook his head, "I sincerely doubt it."

"That's not fair!" Weiss got to his feet, hands clenched into fists as he all but glared daggers at his brother.

Nero sighed and tossed his sibling's muddy and grass-stained white and blue drawstring pants at him. "Life isn't fair."

How could Weiss possibly claim that something this trivial was unfair? Nero's whole life was unfair and his brother is claiming that not being able to live in a shabby, filthy cave was unfair just made him angry. The winged man could definitely come back at his brother and say that it was wonderful to live in the cave, granted he would have sarcasm dripping from each word that fell from his lips.

The white-haired brother got to his feet and pulled his pants on, his eyes narrowing at Nero slightly, "I have nowhere to go."

"What a lie." The winged man snorted and crossed his arms over his chest, "You can go to town and live in a home with some girl that you meet. I'm sure women fawn over you constantly anyhow." He rolled his eyes and huffed, "So, you can just go, Weiss. I'm sure you would like to."

"You…. Are you serious right now?" The white-haired man walked forward and pushed Nero's chest, causing him to stumble back a little, "You think I'd rather have some ditz and live in a house? No. I want you, Nero!"

The skeletal metal wings spread abruptly as Nero's anger grew, "Shut up!" The crimson eyes glowed brightly before fading back to normal. He stepped closer as his brother took a step away from him, "You need to listen to me, Weiss! I've been living out in this forest for years and years. I know how to live here! You're a spoiled brat that knows nothing of living in the wild!"

Pearly white teeth gritted in agitation, "'Spoiled brat'! How dare you!" Weiss pressed up close to his brother and gripped a fistful of the silky black hair, tugging on it in order to show the other how in charge he was of the situation. "You treat me with respect! I'm not some stupid rich man's son that can't do shit by himself, Nero! I'm capable of doing whatever I need to! I'm staying right here! I'm not leaving!"

A low hiss fell from those blue-tainted lips, "Let go of me…. Now." Crimson eyes flashed bright in the near darkness causing Weiss' heart to speed up quite a bit.

Fear and streams of panic automatically forced the anger from his system and he let go of his brother's hair. He stumbled back until hard rock met his back, giving him a few shallow scratches in return for the clumsiness of not looking where he was going. Wide blue-grey eyes watched as the taller of the two men stalked closer to him, much like a cat traps a mouse, waiting for the weak prey to give in or run.

"Nero… Nero, please don't hurt me…"

Those sharp black-painted fingernails pierced flesh as the winged brother grasped Weiss' chin, forcing blue-grey to meet fiery crimson, "You do not speak to me like you own me." His voice was low, his soft British accent getting a bit deeper as he growled, "You do not touch me like you did. You do not yell at me. Lastly, you do not tell me what goes on in my territory."

"N- Nero… please… I'm sorry…"

"'Sorry'? Sorries do not work with me, Weiss! Anyone can say 'sorry' but how do I know that you mean it? How can I possibly know that?"

"Please…Please believe me… I didn't mean to…"

Nero grit his teeth and growled low in his throat in an animalistic fashion, "Don't push me. I won't hesitate anything, Weiss. I don't like people. You may be my brother but you still are a human. Humans are dangerous beings."

"Why… Why are you talking like you're not one?" Weiss bit his bottom lip as he noticed a slight and sudden flash of bright red in Nero's eyes.

He shoved the white-haired man hard against the wall and dragged his claws away, taking off strips of skin and causing blood to flow. "There's no reason for me to answer that."

"Nero… You are human right..?" The shorter of the two sibling's ignored the stinging pain coming from the claw marks on his face and jaw. He kept his eyes firmly locked with the other's. "Nero… answer me... Are you human? Yes or no?"