A/N: I hope this chapter really shows you that even though he lives in an apartment under seemingly sub-par conditions, Fye is really quite wealthy. Also, the technology on this world isn't too much advanced in common life, it's not like there's a ton of robots walking around and where everyone's suppressed or anything. Just think of it as a world like ours with slightly better transportation and much better science...in the government.

Oh dear, I've probably just confused you all. Well, read, review, enjoy.

"Sir? You look really tired."

The blond man yawned and held up a finger to the girl's face as he reached into a pocket of his his blue jeans to pull out an antique fob watch. Quick fingers pressed a button and it opened. For a split second a slow and saddened tune came from the watch as he looked at it. "Hm..." Another yawn escaped his lips as he clicked the watch shut and set it back in his pocket. "I'm not surprised. It's only one p.m." As the hand came back out of the pocket a wallet was brought with it. "Are you sure that you only want a dollar-fifty for this tape?"

The clerk behind the counter of the thrift store Fye was in nodded. "Yes-sir. It's a family tape, it has personal memories that not many other people are interested in seeing."

"Well then, I'm glad that I'm the first person who does want it." Once more did Fye yawn as he pulled out two single dollar bills and handed them to the woman. "Keep the change. I dislike the sound of clinking coins." Actually, it wasn't so much that he disliked the sound than the fact that he was an assassin, and no assassin should make noise when they walk.

"Well, here you are Sir." The clerk offered Fye a small bag and as the blond took it she waved him out of the store.

Fye walked slowly. He had an hour before he had to be at the train station, then it would take him two hours for the train to cross the nearly two-hundred miles he needed to get across to get home. Then it would be four o'clock. He'd only have an hour to watch the tape and get ready for Kurogane to pick him up for their outing.

It had been about three weeks to a month since the incident with the hair washing and the luncheon. Since then, he and that doctor had been going out on these strange little outings about three times a week. Kurogane was always the one to suggest it...or to just show up at his doorstep and force him out of bed. Fye was never happy about being woken up before six p.m. and being forced into street clothes before being dragged to Kurogane's black Honda and going somewhere he had never been before, didn't make him any happier.

At last Kurogane had gotten wise and had gotten Fye's phone number as well as giving Fye his own number. He had actually called Fye last night and told him to be ready at five. Which was a little early, but Fye had already been planning this outting to a city two-hundred miles away, so he didn't much mind. This time.

Fye wondered what the doctors real intentions were. Was he just some replacement for this Yuui Kurogane sometimes mentioned? Was Kurogane really interested in him? As a person? If that was the case, what kind of interest was it? Rival? Enemy? Friendly? Romantic? Fye didn't think it was the first two, and he had a hunch it was the last one, if it was even him Kurogane was seeing at all.

Fye would like it if Kurogane was interested in him that way. Although Fye knew he 'swung that way' the blond had never had a real boyfriend. This was mostly due to a combination of his job, his past experiences with people who were interested in him, and Fye himself never being interested in what he saw. To a point, he liked what he saw in Kurogane. Even if he still thought the man was a pervert, he wanted to try. He wouldn't know what liking someone was, or loving someone was until he tried right? The only problems for Fye were, finding out if he was correct about Kurogane, and telling Kurogane he was interested, without sounding stupid.

The watch clicked open again and for a long minute the watch played its melody as Fye stared at the time it showed him. He still had fifty-five minutes. What was he going to do? He couldn't just stand at the train station! Well, he could, but that would be awfully boring.

The blond sat on a bench and sighed as he tapped his fingers against his knee trying to think. At last a thought came to him. It wasn't like he was going to be driving home... "Miss?" A young woman with brown hair stopped and blushed at the very sight of the blond. "I'm terribly sorry to bother what must be an incredibly busy schedule, but I'm a tourist you see, and I was wondering; in your opinion, what's the best place to get a bottle of wine around here?

"Oh!" The woman laughed slightly and pointed to her left. "It's just a couple blocks down that way. Trust me, just keep walking that way and you'll find it. One way or another, it's impossible to miss."

"Thank you very much." Fye stood to his feet and pulled his wallet from his pocket, passing the girl a couple dollars for her trouble before walking down in the direction that she had indicated.

Fye sat down two bags as he walked into his apartment. One bag had clothes of whites and light blues in it. The other held the tape and five bottles of extremely expensive wine. One of these bottles and the tape was pulled out of the bag by Fye's lithe fingers. The tape was popped into the VCR and as it began to play Fye uncorked the bottle and poured some of it into a glass he had retrieved from his kitchen.

He put the glass to his lips and sipped from it as words were heard coming from the tape. "He's following me with that camera again, isn't he?" An eighteen year old boy asked a girl no older than fifteen. The boy was Fye himself. Fye was pretty sure the girl was Chii. A cousin of his. He wasn't sure though, he hadn't yet collected enough tapes to be sure of much.

Chii nodded. "Yes."

Fye turned in mock anger toward the camera and stuck his tongue out at it, "Yuui! How many times must I tell you to, stop it!? You're embarrassing me!"

Fye's blue eyes widened and he took the glass away from his lips. Yuui. That name. The person Kurogane wanted. He did exist. Or...he had at one point in time. So. Yuui was the one filming the videos. It explained why Fye had never seen him on tape.

"Is Fye going to college for Arts? Like Yuui is?"In the video Fye shook his head and began to say something, but from the bed the current 'Fye' stopped the tape. As much as he'd like to, he didn't have to time to watch the whole thing right now. He had to prepare for Kurogane's arrival.

Fye downed the rest of his fine wine in a very unceremonious way before jumping off his bed, grabbing the bag of clothes and ran into the bathroom to get ready.

Sooner than was wanted there was a knock on the apartment door and Fye cursed himself before running to get it. "Hello Kuro-pup."

The doctor laughed at the sight of Fye and reached out his hand, pulling a comb from Fye's still dripping hair. "Not ready?"

Fye shook his head and snatched the comb away from the man. "No, I'm not. Give me five minutes and I promise I will be ready!"

"All right. Can I come in?"

Fye nodded and stepped aside for the larger person to come inside. "Five minutes, I promise." Fye ran back into the bathroom and Kurogane waited uncharacteristically patiently until Fye reemerged.

"So, what's with the wine?"

Fye shrugged, "You want a glass? It's really good."

"Not really..."

Another shrug, "More for me then. Your loss."

"You ready to go?"

This time, Fye nodded. "Yep, let's go Kuro-puppy!" The pair left the building and went down to where Kurogane's car was parked. "So where are we going today? We've been to lunch, dinner, the cafe, a park on the south side, random walks..."

Kurogane chuckled slightly as Fye listed off all the places they'd been. "You'll see."

"Can I ask you another question?"

"You always do."

Fye took a deep breath, rocked back and forth slightly in his seat, and gently pulled on his earlobe nervously. "Are these outtings...friendly? Or are they dates?"

Out of the corner of his eye, Fye saw Kurogane stiffen slightly. "They're whatever you want them to be."

Fye relaxed a little bit, his rocking stopped and his hand left his earlobe. What took the place of these things was a small, sly grin. "What does the pervert want them to be?"

Kurogane sighed and put a hand to his face for a moment despite the fact that he was supposed to keep his eyes on the road. After a second he drew the hand away again and spoke. "Truthfully, I'd like these to be dates. I just wasn't sure you'd be up to the idea."

Fye's sly grin slipped away into a real smile. "I'm plenty up to the idea Kuro-chu! I can't remember the last time I liked anyone as much as I like you. In any manner."

"Great then. I hope you enjoy the date."

"I hope so too." Fye leaned back against his seat and closed his eyes. He felt happy. Really happy. His heart felt lighter and less troubled than it had since before he had left the government. Perhaps Kurogane actually was a good doctor for Fye. A doctor for his peace of mind and his heart. The blond grinned at the the incredibly cheesy thought and reopened his eyes as the car sped on.

When the car stopped Fye noticed that they were once again at a restaurant. "I swear Kuro-chan thinks I can't feed myself!" The blond joked as he opened the door and pulled himself out.

"Hey, these are what dates usually are!"

Fye grinned. "I'm paying. For both of us."

"What?!" Kurogane shook his head. "Are you trying to show me up or something?!"

"You can pay next time. Okay?"

Kurogane grumbled under his breath and nodded. "Fine."

"Kuro-pup, this is the rich side of the city!"

"I know that Idiot! After all I live out here!" The car began to slow down and at last the doctor parallel parked it.

Fye scoffed, "Don't call me an idiot!"

"If you think I don't know the area I live in, then you're an idiot. Close your eyes."

Fye frowned as he unfastened his seat-belt. "Why?"

"You'll see, just trust me."

Fye wrinkled his nose slightly and obediently closed his eyes. The man heard Kurogane open his door, get out, and then he heard his own door open. "Hold out your hand." Once again, Fye was obedient. He felt Kurogane's hand close around his own hand. "Get out of the car, watch your head."

Fye swung his legs around and out of the car and cautiously stood up. "It's dark outside Kuro-chan, I don't know what you're going to show me this late...is it inside?"

"No. It's outside." Gentle tugs on his arm told Fye that he was follow his new boyfriend forward. "Watch the curb now."

Fye grinned, "I can't watch anything with my eyes closed."

There was an annoyed sigh. "Step up and don't trip." Fye's foot searched for the curb and he then pulled himself up onto the sidewalk. More tugging and he walked forward. "There are stairs here, walk up them slowly."

"I thought you said this was outside!"

"It is. Just walk up the steps."

Fye obeyed, but kept on asking questions. "Are we going inside to watch something that's outside?"

"No. We're staying outside to watch something that's outside. Just climb the stairs!"

As they climbed more and more stairs Fye found it harder and harder to keep his eyes closed, especially when a new sound that he knew did not come from Kurogane reached his ears. "I hear running water."

"Yes you do." He felt Kurogane's hand press against his chest. "This is the last stair."

"Okay." Fye stepped up this last stair and stood still until he once more felt the tugging and followed Kurogane's lead until the man's grip let his hand go and both hands went to his shoulders. He could see some sort of a glow in front of his eyes, but he couldn't make anything out just by that. The blond flinched a little when he felt droplets of water splash against his face, and his hand went up to wipe them away, only for them to be replaced by more droplets.

"You can open your eyes now Fye." Fye opened his blue jewels and his mouth opened immediately after that. "I knew you'd like it..."

Before the two men was a huge fountain. Elaborately decorated with gods and goddesses, Greek figures, and intricate designs. This on its own was amazing enough for Fye to be bedazzled, but there was something else. Something that would only be seen at night. Lanterns that were filtered with soft pastels illuminated the fountain giving it an ethereal glow. Fye had never seen something man-made that was so beautiful. "I don't like it...I love it."

"I knew you would."

Fye reached up to his shoulder with one hand and placed his fingers over Kurogane's as he looked around. "There's no one else here." Fye would have thought that everyone would come here after dark. It was so lovely, why didn't people just come here and sit for hours to watch it?

"I guess other people don't have that eye for art like you do." The memory of the tape filled Fye's mind. Yuui had gone to college for art...Kurogane had known Yuui. Fye bent his head and bit his lip. "What's wrong?"

"Kuro-pup? Would Yuui have liked this?"

"That's not the point." When Fye looked over his shoulder in a confused manner Kurogane sighed and kept speaking. "Yes, Yuui would have loved this place. He was the one who showed me a place similar to this one years ago. That wasn't why I showed this to you. I showed you this place because I thought youwould like it. Not Yuui. You. Fye. It had nothing to do with the fact you look just like him."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. Just enjoy it."

Fye looked up and smiled weakly, "I do like it very much..." His hand dropped away from Kurogane's and the doctor's arms wrapped completely around Fye's shoulders and he rested his chin on the blond hair that Fye's head held.

"You don't mind do you?"

"Hm?" Fye took a second to realize that the man meant how close and touchy he was. "Oh, no. It actually feels really nice." The weak smile grew stronger until it reached that state of being a grin and for a long time the pair stood still, just watching the fountain.

At long last Fye moved and Kurogane stepped away from him. "It's getting really late, we should go. Can I come back here?"

Kurogane chuckled, "Of course you can, unless you forget the directions to here from your home."

Fye grinned wider up at the man. "Great, I might just come here every night!"

"You really enjoyed it that much?"

"Yes."

"Good." Fye gracefully turned and went to go back on down the stairs. "Wait."

"Hm?" As Fye turned around Kurogane tilted his head up and kissed him. Fye found this to be most random, but also most enjoyable. He didn't remember ever being kissed gently before, but he liked it. A lot. He snaked his arms around Kurogane's neck and pulled himself closer into the kiss, hesitantly, carefully kissing back.

Kurogane chuckled as he pulled away, "Twenty-five and never been kissed?"

"No, not quite...never been kissed as nicely like that, never kissed back, whatever you want to call it..." Fye gave out a small laugh at the joke, but his face flushed a light red at it as well. Had he really been that awful at it?

"Cute." Kurogane teased. "I'll have to teach you...later. To the car now Fye."

Fye nodded and let his arms slip back to his sides. He turned his head to hide his blush. "R-right." The couple went to the stairs and ran on down them at a quick pace toward the car that would take them both to their respective homes.