Will You be the Marshmallow in my Pineapple Shake?
Chapter Seven

"Byakuran, listen to me."

"You don't have anything to tell me."

Mukuro sighed, and the albino closed his eyes, keeping his face buried in the pillow. "Look, I'm sorry for being so rough earlier, I-"

"Sorry? Don't make me laugh," Byakuran muttered into the fabric. "You've never regretted the pain you've caused me."

"Byakuran, please... I didn't mean to-"

"To what? Didn't mean to what?" The albino finally sat up, and glared at Mukuro, trying not to get too angry. "Didn't mean to break my heart, Mukuro-kun?"

The illusionist took a moment, then bowed his head in shame, and Byakuran felt that it was all he could do not to cry then and there. His dignity didn't allow it. Besides, that wasn't the way to go. That wasn't the way to show his pain. "I didn't mean to hurt you like that. I'm... a demon, Byakuran, I can't help myself."

"I'm worse than you," Byakuran spat, looking away. "Why don't you just let me be? Why did you come here, anyway?"

"To apologize," Mukuro said obviously. The albino let his body flop back down onto the bed, and he stared blankly at the illusionist. He longed for Mukuro more than anything else. He longed for the delicate beauty, the glass rose, that was Mukuro.

"How stupid do you think I am?" the albino said, yanking the sheets over his head. "I'm smarter than you think. I know that Sho-chan put you up to this. I can see it in your eyes."

"Byakuran."

"I know that you'll never feel the same way I do for you. I know that everything I feel is onesided..."

"Byakuran."

"I know that all your feelings belong to somebody else. Yeah, yeah, to that CHROME girl you were talking to!"

"What do you know about Chrome?"

Byakuran glanced up at Mukuro from under the covers. "I know you love her."

"I do not love Chrome," Mukuro said, leaning in, "I never loved Chrome. I use her. That's all."

"Use... her?" Byakuran repeated.

"She's like a spare vessel for me," Mukuro explained, "I possess her to take care of things."

"What 'things?'" the albino questioned.

"Things that need taking care of," the illusionist replied darkly.

Byakuran stared for a moment, then disappeared under the covers yet again. "Go 'way," he mumbled.

"Byakuran."

"Stop s'ying m' name like tha'."

'Yeah... stop tormenting me with your beautiful voice, Mukuro-kun, before I lose my will to temptation. Before I lose to you.'

"Look, if I kiss you, will you cheer up?" Mukuro asked.

'Such a nice offer, but...'

"No. I won't. Not 'til you mean it," Byakuran growled, reaching out from under the covers. He wrapped his hand around Mukuro's shoulder, taking a moment to just feel the strong frame it sealed before he tugged it down. Mukuro leaned down as he pulled, until they were eye level. "Mukuro-kun," Byakuran whispered, "You're really pretty."

Mukuro took his precious time to stare, then reached forward and cupped the albino's face with his gloved hand. "I'm sure you're prettier, Byakuran, I don't know what you see in me."

'Stop saying my name like that.'

The albino gave another pull on Mukuro's shoulders, before pulling him down into his arms. He sighed against the cool skin, and kissed the illusionist's ear, feeling an overwhelming sense of longing for the body in his embrace. "Mukuro," he sighed, "please..."

"Please... what, exactly?" Mukuro asked, and the other could sense his nervousness.

"Kiss me... and mean it. If you don't... I don't know whether I'll be able to control myself."

'To stop myself from hurting you.'

Sensing that Byakuran was serious, Mukuro looked up, and, in a moment of absentminded-ness, met their lips together tenderly. He took in the albino's warmth, while Byakuran felt the icy cold of Mukuro's soul against his chest when their bodies brushed. "Mukuro-kun," he rasped, fisting the crown of blue hair as he came in for more. He closed his eyes and prolonged the intimate act, trying to make it perfect. He tried to shape the kiss into the form he wanted, the form he needed. It took work, however, to convince Mukuro to make the delicate touch become an open-mouthed battle for dominence, and that was precisely what the albino desired.

He dragged his tongue over the illusionist's lips, but no entrance was granted. He bit down on the other's lower lip, but no gasp was taken in. Finally, the last resort, Byakuran forced Mukuro's jaws apart, even though he had tried ever-so-nicely not to get rough. He turned his head to deepen it, and held Mukuro to his liking as he swirled his tongue around the other's mouth. And then, things got intresting, for Mukuro had begun to participate. The albino gave a small, pleased moan as he felt the other moving with him, but soon had to back out for breath, and Mukuro was fast to back up the moment he had a chance.

The light pant in the illusionist's breath was no more than tiredness from the strenuous action, so Byakuran found himself easily bored once more. Still, the feeling of that one, deep kiss would be imprinted on him for years to come. "Phew," he sighed, "that was nice."

"So you aren't going to hurt me now?" Mukuro teased, wiping at his lips and giving Byakuran something like a venomous smile.

"Hmm... well, if you would stop pretending that you didn't like it, I guess I won't have any reason to," the albino replied, countering the poisonous smirk with his own little-devil grin.

"Fair enough," Mukuro said, storing his hands in his pockets.

'Adorable.'

Byakuran pretended not to notice the other's bitter attitude by getting out a bag of marshmallows from beneath his pillow and opening it. Trying to 'act natural,' to Byakuran, meant stuffing his face with candy, and he was fast to do so, though he couldn't help thinking that it didn't taste nearly as Mukuro. "Want one?" he offered to the illusionist.

Mukuro sighed, and accepted the gift with a quiet sigh.

And as Byakuran watched the illusionist's permanetely disturbed expression, he smiled to himself.

That illusionist had found a special place in his heart, and as such...

He was in for a lot more trouble than just a kiss.

-End Chapter

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