A/N: And now the plot moves forward again...I'm really surprised with myself. This plot is much more mature than I usually do. Also in my other stories Fai and Kurogane don't have a dating stage in their relationship... I'm pleased by my success here.

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"You have to go work now, don't you?"

"Hm?" Fye looked from the window to Kurogane. Fye was wearing his normal black work ensemble and in the pocket of his black pants he had his wallet and pistol. "What gives you that idea? Aside from my clothes?"

"The clothes tell me that you have to work sometime before you go to bed, what makes me think you have to work now is the fact you seem more impatient than usual and that you've been tapping your fingers against your knee for the last ten minutes."

Fye gave his boyfriend a nervous laugh and a matching nervous smile. "Yeah...I'm supposed to go kill a man today."

"You say that in such a relaxed tone." Kurogane sighed.

Fye shrugged, "Because to me it's normal. As long as I'm not attached to the person I'm killing, it's easy for me to do it emotionally."

"Cold blooded."

"Hey," Fye felt a very small amount of his blood boil, he knew Kurogane was joking, but it still hit a nerve. "It's what I'm good at. Besides, you're just as cold blooded. I don't see you crying every time one of your patients dies."

"It's different."

"How so? Both of our jobs require us to work with people who are clearly going to die."

Kurogane gave a small laugh, "You say that so innocently Fye! You outright kill people, I try to ease people's suffering as they die. They are two completely different things."

Fye smirked. "To you."

There was a moment of silence in the car as they drove. Then Kurogane spoke, "So when do you have to be there, and where is it?"

"Believe it or not, the location is precisely where we met and as to time..." Fye squirmed in his seat so that he could reach his pocket and pull out his fob watch. The blond clicked it open and the slow melody played as he made sure of the time. The time in Kurogane's car was always wrong and Fye hadn't figured exactly how it was wrong yet, "About a half-hour."

"How long do you think it'll take?"

Fye tilted his head to one side. "If the guy shows up at the right time...about an hour. However, that's only if things go perfectly."

"So basically you have no idea."

"Right."

Kurogane sighed. "All right, I'll drive to my house and you'll take this car to your job."

Fye sat very still for a second and then took his palm and bashed it up against the side of his head repeatedly as if to get a bunch of water out of his ears. "Excuse me? Did I hear you right? You do know where I'm taking this car, right?"

"To kill a guy."

"Yes. You want your car connected with that?"

"I'm dating you. The only way I could get more connected with it is to go and hold the guy still."

"Which you have done..." Fye sighed. "All right. I'll return the car immediately after, and if something goes wrong, I'll call your cell."

"Nothing will go wrong. Have more confidence." The car rolled to a stop and Kurogane took off his seat-belt before getting out of the car. "I'll leave my cell on, just for your peace of mind."

"Thanks." Fye mimicked Kurogane's actions and crossed over to get into the drivers seat of his boyfriend's car.

As the two men passed each other they stopped and their lips touched for a split second, "Have a good time." Kurogane teased as Fye climbed in.

"Oh, I will. I'll bring you back the heart just to show you what a good time I had." Kurogane's voice may have been kidding, but Fye's voice just dripped with sarcasm. "I'll see you soon." Fye slammed the door shut and fastened his seat-belt. As he pulled out of the drive he saw Kurogane give a single wave and Fye returned it before he sped off toward the spot where he was to meet and kill this F.A.I.

Truthfully the place was only a five minute drive by car, fifteen minutes by foot. Thanks to Kurogane's generous offer of letting him borrow the car he was ten minutes early. Fye got out of the car, put change into the parking meter and got back in to wait. It shouldn't be long. The sun had set almost forty-five minutes ago, which made both Fye and any other murderers around quite pleased.

His blue eyes watched as people hurried home. It was almost as if they knew what was coming and they wanted to avoid it. Ten minutes passed. No one came. Twenty minutes. Nothing. A half hour. The passenger side door opened and a man slid into the seat. "Good evening, Number 685."

Fye's heart went at about two-hundred miles per second at this, but he pretended that it didn't bother him at all. "Good evening Number 294."

"I suppose the fact that you're here indicates that it is my turn to be eliminated?"

"Indeed it does."

Out of the man's mouth came words Fye never expected, "Can we go for coffee?"

Fye frowned. "What?" For the first time Fye looked to the F.A.I. Black hair and green eyes. There was no gold! His systems were shut off...

"Coffee. You. Me. You're calling yourself Fye, right?"

"Yes..."

The man smiled. "I'm calling myself Subaru, I liked the look of those cars, and it seems to be a fitting name...at least other people think so."

"You're picking names for yourselves now?!"

Subaru nodded. "Indeed. We've learned so much from you Fye. Unlike the others, I do not hold you in disdain for being the first to learn. I do not hate you for not being like us. I do not even hate you for killing the person I loved. I realize that you were just doing your job, just as you are doing now. However, I would like to inform you of a few things before you kill me, and I have a couple requests." Subaru's smile lessened, but became more gentle and comforting. "So...coffee?"

"And you're not going to try to kill me?"

"Of course not. That's why my eyes aren't gold. If my eyes go gold, just shoot me."

Fye had never heard any F.A.I. talk so calmly about their own deaths. Even sane F.A.I. were afraid of their own deaths like many humans were. "All right...coffee it is."

"Great. I'll pay. After all, soon I won't need my money anymore."

Fye really didn't understand 'Subaru' at all. Why was he so willing to just talk while the seconds before his life ended just slipped by? Was it because his love had died? "You said I killed your lover..."

"Wrong." Subaru corrected Fye as the blond turned on the car and drove out of his spot and onto the road. "I said you killed the one I loved. He...never claimed to have emotions back toward me...not even that of comrades, or friendship. He always claimed to be a true Artificial Intelligence, devoid of almost every emotion. He was number 255."

Fye's eyes widened. It was the man that had tried to kill Kurogane...the first F.A.I. he had killed. No wonder. "And that's why you've started showing up here. Because I killed him in that spot."

"Something similiar to that." Subaru nodded.

"Did he take on a name?"

"He didn't choose one for himself, but he would respond to the one I gave him a couple months before he died. Seishiro."

Fye bit his lip as he drove. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be. You were doing your job, and besides, I'll be with him soon."

"You believe in heaven?"

"What else is there to believe in?" Subaru grabbed onto Fye's arm and pointed out the window, "Oh! Over there is a great coffee shop!"

"Ack!" Fye had to pull his arm out of Subaru's grasp to stop the car from crashing, Kurogane would kill him if he crashed the car! "Fine! I'm going!" Subaru chuckled as the assassin turned the corner and quickly parked. "Out..."

Subaru laughed and obeyed. "So what are you going to order Fye?"

"Probably nothing..."

"Why?"

"I just got off of a date I'd been on...I ate then."

"Ah...well, please Fye, order something, even if it's small. I don't want to seem rude." Subaru held the door open for Fye and the blond couldn't help but smile slightly. The way this man acted, it almost made him forget that he was an F.A.I.

Almost.

"Large coffee, black please. Fye?"

Fye stared at the menu for a long minute. Coffee wasn't really his thing. It was too bitter and he felt that he could get the same caffine fix from sweeter things. "Hot cocoa?"

"Coming up." They waited for the drinks and then Subaru insisted on paying for both before they sat in a small booth by the window.

"So, I said I had things to talk to you about, didn't I?"

"Yes you did." Fye blew on his drink, trying to cool it down, the sip he'd taken a second before had scalded his tongue.

Subaru nodded and pulled up a bag he'd been carrying at his side. "First thing's first, I'd like to hire you."

Fye seriously had to think that sentence over a couple times before he was sure he'd heard what he'd heard. "How much are you paying?"

Subaru took out his wallet and poured it's entire contents out onto the table. "Everything I have. I'll even be giving you my account number."

"You're insane..."

"Of course. I'm an F.A.I."

Fye sighed, "Who are you paying me to kill?"

"Me."

"What?!" Fye had to put his hands over his mouth and look around the shop to make sure that the people it the shop weren't staring because of his outburst. "What?" He repeated in a lower tone. "I've already been paid to kill you."

"I know. You were paid to kill me by internal telekinesis. Is this enough money for me to be the client instead?"

Fye's fingers ran over the money counting it at a quick and estimated pace. "Yeah, this is about twice what I was paid for you..."

"Then I want you to kill me. I want you to shoot me."

"That's not painless."

"I know, but it's different than how he died. I want to die differently."

Fye tilted his head and furrowed his eyebrows. He wanted to die...differently? It took a good minute, but at last the peices put themselves together and Fye nodded. "I understand."

"I also want to hire you to not kill someone."

"Another F.A.I.?"

Subaru nodded. "His name is Kamui. His number is 686. He was the last created."

"Yes, I was the second to last, he was the last. He was my only partner." Although they hadn't really gotten along...

"He's like you. He wasn't human before, but he is like you. He's losing his powers at a quick rate. Don't kill him. Instead, take him to these men." Subaru pulled out another folder and handed it to Fye. "One's name is Clow Reed. The others is Ashura Flourite. He will recognize you...as who you were."

"W-who I was..."

"Yes. With him you will no longer need those tapes recorded by the college art major Yuui Valeria."

Fye shook his head, "You've done your research."

"I wanted to be worth something when I died." Subaru smiled and leaned back in his chair. "I hope I did well to be worth that something."

"Y-you did wonderfully, I've never been able to find anyone who knew Fye in his life. The tapes let me see some people, but I never found out where they were..."

Subaru smiled and reached out, ruffling Fye's blond locks. "You're obsessed, but most people work better under pressure. I was under pressure. Hopefully you can find out everything you want now."

Fye lifted the cup to his lips and drank from it. It was no longer too hot for his palette. "I hope you're right about this stuff..."

"I'm sure I'm right." Subaru took a long draft from his cup and stood to his feet. "We should go. Get this over with."

Fye smiled sadly and stood to his feet as well. "I feel bad about this now..." He collected all the things that Subaru had left on the table for him and set them in the folder. "I know you, and because of that, I'm closer than I should be to someone I'm killing..."

"Don't worry about it." Subaru grabbed Fye's wrist and pulled him on out of the shop. "Think of it as a favor to me. Like every other true A.I. I've decayed in some way. You and Kamui, your powers decayed, some become homicidal, most, like me, become suicidal. I just waited for you to come and help me carry out my wish. You're getting paid for it after all." Subaru took the things from Fye and placed them in the car before continuing to pull Fye along the streets.

They walked, and walked, Subaru not saying anything more to the blond and Fye not saying anything to the A.I. At last Subaru turned into an alleyway and pushed Fye against the wall. "Now Fye...please. Kill me."

Fye reached into his pocket and pulled out the pistol. His body shook, he didn't like this. He should have never agreed to coffee. He had become attached to this person, and now...he wasn't sure if he could kill him. "Fye...please. End my life. It's what the government and I want...don't hesitate, just do it, now. If you keep thinking about it, then you'll find it harder and harder. Just do it."

Fye's finger went to the trigger. "Will you be happy?"

Subaru smiled sadly and placed his hand at Fye's cheek. "You're so pure deep down, aren't you? You're not really a killer at all. Yes. I'll be happy. I'll see him again, there's only one person on earth who'll miss me, and that's you. Be good Fye."

"Yes." Fye placed the tip of the gun at the place where Subaru's heart should be and looked as determined as he could. "Sleep well, Subaru." The sound of the gun went off as Fye pulled the trigger and Subaru's now empty shell slumped against him. "Sleep well." Droplets of blood began to drip onto the ground. After a moment another liquid joined them. Fye's eyes leaked tears that dripped off his face to mix and blend perfectly with the red substance.

Slowly Fye moved the body off of him and sat him down where no one else would hopefully see him for a little while. "I hope you see him again..." The blond wiped his face as he placed the pistol back in his pocket. "I hope you go to that heaven you believed in..."

He stood up and left the alleyway. Every ten seconds or so another tear would roll down his face. He couldn't do this anymore. He couldn't kill. He had to find Kamui and take him to Clow Reed and Ashura Flourite. He had to get answers. Then...he didn't know. Would he still be with Kurogane? If he was then perhaps he'd move in with him. Maybe he'd just live in that apartment...after all, with the money he had earned from this murder he'd been committing he could live for a very long time and not have to really worry about anything.

Two fingers grazed along the surface of the black car as Fye circled around it and sunk into the drivers seat. Was he in a state that he could drive? The blond looked at his hands, they shook and as he looked at them he realized he wasn't even really thinking about how well he could drive. He was thinking on many, many different things. If he couldn't keep his mind on his hands, how was he supposed to keep his eyes on the road?

Slowly Fye reached out and took his cellphone from the seat next to him and stared blankly at it as he turned it on. Who was he calling again? Kurogane. Right...It took Fye about ten minutes, but at last he placed the phone to his ear as it rung.

"Hello?"

"Ah...Kuro-puppy?"

"Fye?" The sound of the voice on the other side of the line was confused. As if he didn't know who was calling, or why they were calling. "Are you okay? What's wrong?"

"Um...yeah." Fye looked around the inside of the car as if he'd never seen it before. "I...don't think I can drive. Can you come pick me up?"

"Where are you? Where we met?"

"No. I'm on the corner of..." Fye squinted to look at the street sign. "Fate and Elm. Is that too far?"

"Not at all. You wait there for me."

"Okay Kuro-chan. I'll be here." Fye pressed the button that turned the phone off and sat staring out the window for a few minutes before he realized that if Kurogane was going to drive he'd better get into the passengers seat. He'd stopped crying, and he'd stopped feeling sad. Now he was just filled with an empty feeling that could not be satiated. He reached over and quickly moved the folder and all its contents out of the way before he uncomfortably got over into that seat before Kurogane came and opened the door sitting in the seat Fye had preciously been in.

"Fye, are you okay?"

"I'm not sure Kuro-pon..."

"What happened?"

Fye shook his head to indicate that he didn't want to talk about it. "Just...take me home, okay?" Fye's eyes closed as he felt calloused fingers caress his face. "I understand that you're worried, but the best medicine for me is to go home and sleep it off."

"No..." Fye's eyes snapped open and whirled in the direction of Kurogane. "I'm taking you home with me. You're a very lost kitten right now Fye. I'm the doctor. I know of a much better medicine for you than just sleep. Although sleep is a major part of it."