I just noticed how long its been since Fais been in here…. So I'm going to skip what I originally had planned for this chapter and just do this one that was originally supposed to come after the next chapter….. yeah….

Chapter 17: Clear the Area

A KuroFai Story

-Saturday-

"So how long do you have to keep the bandages on?" Fai asked, lightly poking one of my wrapped arms.

"Umm… I think he said two to five hours. Something like that." I replied, sluggishly, head currently swimming from the pain killers. "But we only got it outlined, I have to come back next week to get it filled in. "

Fai sighed, and shifted his position so that he was now lying down next to me. "I can't believe Asha-sama let you get a tattoo." He mumbled, rolling over onto his back, and stared at the ceiling.

I nodded, truthfully I couldn't really believed it either. "I know. But I'm glad I've always wanted one."

Fai chuckled a bit. "I know. Ever since that day Dad got one, you've been mesmerized by them." He said, eyes slightly glazed over as he remembered something I didn't.

I furrowed my eyebrows and tilted my head slightly. "Dad had a tattoo?" I asked, trying to remember. It was unusual for Fai to talk about Dad, but not necessarily to unusual for him to remember something that small about the man we had once called Father.

"Yeah but it was a small one… actually I don't really remember what the tattoo was," He said with a slight frown, before it broke out into a grin. "But I do remember that you were captivated by it. That was the first time you'd paid any attention to him with mom being in the room."

I smiled remembering that I had always been more attached to Mom, and Fai to Dad. "How old were we?" I asked.

"Four…." Fai said, and his smile disappeared. "Dad let soon after…" he gave a humorless snort. "and then, of course, a year later Mom killed herself." I shivered at his tone of voice. I guess Fai still blamed her for a lot of things… just like I blame Dad….

But really who's fault was it?

I had always imagined my parents' relationship to be like the ones in fairytales. You know a love at first sight thing. I don't remember much about them as Fai does, or says he does at least, but I don't remember them fighting not even once.

But then one day… Dad was gone. He'd always been on business trips, but Mom had been crying that day… really hard. After a couple of days of Dad not being there I remember asking Mom when Dad was coming back.

She had smiled, but it had looked weird with tears still streaming down her cheeks, and said that he wasn't but that we would be just fine without him. I also remember asking why he wasn't coming back. I also remember the look that she gave me when I had asked that. It was so cold… almost like she blamed us….

So who's fault was it? Dad's? Mom's? …Ours?

I blamed Dad, Fai blamed Mom… and Mom blamed us? What a weird vicious cycle… I wonder if Dad blamed us as well…-

"-ui! Yuui!" Fais voice came suddenly, and I noticed that he was shaking me.

"Hmm?" I asked, blinking back into reality, dismissing my thoughts back into my head.

Fai stared at me for a moment, before he leaned down and placed a soft kiss on my lips. "I'm sorry." He mumbled. "I know that you don't like talking about them, and I made you sad, so I'm sorry."

I smiled up at him, and leaned forward again, capturing his lips with my own in a light peck. "Its alright, I'm happy again."

I pulled back, and had to stop myself from laughing at the surprised look on Fais face. There were very few times that I had actually kissed my brother, so it was understandable why he was so shocked.

There was a slight pause before Fais face spit in the widest grin I'd ever seen, and his eyes lit up. "Yay!" he cried happily.

I chuckled, happy that I was able to make him so content. Suddenly there was light cough from the hallway, and Fai and I both turned to look at Ashura. I tilted my head and wondered just how much he'd seen…. Fai and I had never kissed when he was around, even when we were little.

"Asha-sama~!" Fai chirped, and if he had a tail it would be wagging fiercely. "We're bored. Go pop in an anime!" he cried, pointing over to the entertainment center, which was closest to Ashura.

Ashura raised an eyebrow, before he gave a light smile, and moved over to the DVD rack. "Alright, which one?" he asked.

"Princess Princess~!" Fai called out happily, jumping onto the couch, leaving me down on the floor. "That alright, Yuui-bear?"

I smiled. "That's fine." I responded.

"Yay, Princess Princess it is then~!" he said, pulling the hair tie out of his hair, and let his blond hair hang down, as he curled up with the throw pillow.

"Alright," Ashura said, grabbing the DVD off of the rack. "How are you Yuui? You still hurting?" he asked, as he popped open the case.

"No, the pain killers you gave me kicked in thankfully." Normally I wouldn't have accepted any pills from him, but I had been in a LOT of pain after getting inked, not to mention sore from staying in one place for so long and I had inspected the bottle he'd thrown at me.

"That's good." He said, as he put the disk in and hit play. "You boys have fun now, I have to go out again."

Fai sat up suddenly, eyes wide. "Where are you going at this hour?" It wasn't late necessarily, as it was only eight thirty.

"I'm meeting up with some old college buddy of mine that just informed me that he was in town again. Don't worry I should be home before ten." He said, and I couldn't tell if he was lying or not….

"Oh okay…" Fai mumbled, settling back down on the couch. Ashura said goodbye, grabbed his wallet and car keys, and then the front door slammed shut.

"You remember when he left for those three days?" Fai mumbled suddenly. I turned to look at him, eyebrows furrowed. It was hard to forget something from several days ago. "He said that he was only going to be an hour… I really thought that he was going to abandon us that time…" Fai admitted.

I frowned and grabbed Fais hand, and held it in my own, hoping to provide comfort. "He wouldn't just abandon us…" he might kick us out, but not abandon us, 'cause that meant leaving us with the house, and that wasn't something he was going to do anytime soon. "Ashura's just very busy…"

Fai smiled, and focused on the TV. "Bartending must be a very hassling job… I wonder when he's going to let us meet his lover…" Fai said trailing off.

"Lover? What makes you say that?" I asked perplexed.

Fai grinned at me. "Well that would explain why he's been gone a lot. And it's the same for you as well. You're always gone with your lover too."

I blinked, ignoring the music coming from the TV. "…Huh…?" I asked, perplexed.

Fai grinned wolfishly. "Oh don't try to deny it! I saw you hugging up on him at the grocery store last week. Trying to pass him off as just a customer!" Fai snorted.

….wait…. was he talking about…. Kurogane?! I blinked again before I doubled over laughing, clutching my sides, but quickly sobered up when a flash of pain shot through me. "Haha… that's a good one… he'll love that one!" I choked out. "But no we're not going out."

Fai furrowed his eyes a bit, and tilted his head. "Really? You guys looked really good together too…"

I waved a hand through the air. "It doesn't matter anyway, I'm pretty sure he's straight." Not to mention the fact that I have no intention of ever seeing him again, let alone dating him.

Phew! Okay that's over with! Hope you like the FaixYuui part. As well as the rest of the i don't know about the ending of this chapter either.... sorry