Disclaimer: The characters and place described are not mine, they belong to Natsuki Takaya.
Warning: In case you haven't got it yet: shonen-ai.
A/N: Hey! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and to those who read, although they also could have reviewed ;)
Chapter two
Kyo woke up at five in the morning. He rubbed his eyes and stared out the window at the bird-laden trees. The chirruping was almost unbearable. He got up and rolled back his futon and stored it in the closet, changed and dragged his hand through his hair in an attempt to make it somewhat presentable. Then he went down.
Shigure watched the cat come down the stairs sleepily. He watched the beam of sunlight travel over his feet, shins, thighs, torso, neck and finally, his face as he descended. He looked around; Tohru was in the kitchen, Yuki was still in his room. Right when Kyo sat down, he pulled out the hidden squirt gun and blasted Kyo in the face to the latter's utter surprise.
"Ack!"
Klunk.
There went the squirt gun, and suddenly Shigure was lying on his back with a still slightly wet Kyo on top. The cat leisurely reached over and dumped a glass of water over his cousin's head before getting off him and going into the kitchen. What Shigure didn't see, was that Kyo's face was blushing.
"Ohayo gozaimasu!" chirped Tohru.
" Ohayo." Kyo answered softly.
"Kyo-kun, your face is red, do you have a fever? Are you ill?" She said bustling over to touch his forehead.
"I'm alright." He grunted before moving towards the fridge.
Shigure was still lying on his back, his face still wet and there was a mischevious glint in his eyes. When Kyo came back, he sat up and stared into the Cat's face as if to say "Hehe, I got you!" And Kyo, smiling stared "So did I." back at him. Their staring conversation was interrupted by Yuki's coming down to eat, but both of them still bore in mind the wonderful playfulness that they had rediscovered.
That afternoon, Shigure joined Kyo on the roof while he was meditating. He was quite surprised to se the kimono clad Dog clamber across to him clumsily, as if he might trip and fall.
"Ne Kyo-kun, catch me if I fall." The dog smiled.
When he finally had gotten next to Kyo he sat down and looked around once, sniffing the pollen heavy air.
"Before you get all comfortable, hand over the squirt gun." said Kyo.
"Frisk me." answered the Dog with a wink.
Kyo froze. He was pretty sure that this was supposed to be a joke, but he was tempted to take it literally. He looked at his cousin who just shrugged back, still with a grin pulling at his lips. Suddenly the grin became a softer smile.
"How are you Kyo?" he asked gently.
The Cat just stared. Memories; coming to the main house for New Year's Eve celebrations and having to wait outside, sitting in the Sohma residence gardens while Kagura, his childhood playmate was with Akito, waiting for Kazuma while he was being checked by Hatori. And on all of these occasions "'Gure" had come and sat next to him as he did now and asked how he was with the same quiet smile. He moved forward and put one arm around Shigure's shoulders.
"I missed you." Was all he answered.
"So did I."
Now, the arms were both around the Dog and he was held tightly, almost bone crushingly hard. Now the two strange birds perched on the roof could feel each other's body heat and breath and sighing. Now, they were both tense with electric pleasure and they knew that they hadn't come back, but just been reintroduced to one another. Tentatively their noses touched, then their cheeks, their necks. They broke apart. They stared into each other's eyes.
Shigure sensed that this was the moment. The wonderful feeling of this being forbidden was just too strong to resist.
"May I?" he asked politely.
Kyo didn't answer, butlunged forward and pressed his mouth to the Dog's own, almost desperately. Shigure felt his desires come alive, past and present. The tips of his fingers were sparklers and a shiver ran down his back as the red haired one drew away.
"Oh no, not yet, my sly Cat." He smirked as he pulled Kyo back for another kiss. This one wasn't chaste.
They pulled back and panted a little, like their two younger selves after a good natured tussle and looked at each other for the thousanth time since the beginning of spring a few days ago. It was as if they were trying to read what neither of them dared say in one another's eyes, and they were so bright, like so long ago, lightened by playful exertion. Shigure's glowing ember amber brown gaze seemed to laugh, whether in gentle mockery or in sincere joy, his cousin did not know, but it was clearly an invitation. And being trapped inside the beauty and melancholy of it all, Kyo couldn't refuse. He bent forward and they kissed again.
End of chapter two.