Disclaimer: I do not own Tsubasa CLAMP owns them
Pairings: Kuro x Fai
Note: Please tell me if I made loads of mistakes here but I ran out of time to proof read so sorry if it makes no sense...

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"Sakura-chan you're really developing your cooking skills" being polite was a skill everyone was taught when young. Always being polite to anyone and everyone was something you had to learn on your own. This was a lesson the blonde magician had learnt a long time ago.

When the dinner was finished Sakura and Syaoran left to wash up leaving the two older males and the bun in the dinning room. Mokona was happily stirring another tea spoon of sugar into Fai's cup when a wave of mixed emotions filled the room.

"Fai…Kuro-rin…are you mad at Mokona?" The question was unexpected and shocked both sitting at the table. Fai gently picked up the ball and held it close in an attempt to quell the tears already forming in the small eyes.

"We're not angry at you. It's just…just that some of us need some space. We need space to sort out problems and disagreements that's all." Fai truly was a master of words he could answer just about any question thrown at him.

"Do you want Mokona to leave you two alone?" The small bun asked quietly with a hint of sadness in its voice.

"No. How about when we're in a room and the door is shut you stay away from it, ne?" The mage had his best smile on in an attempt to make things right again.

Mokona nodded and bounced into the kitchen to find the two kids. The room fell silent with neither male speaking nor even attempting to start a conversation. The two from Clow eventually returned to the room before leaving to go to see the night life.

Once again the magician and the ninja were left to their thoughts.

"Are you alright?" The ninja had asked after he'd noticed Fai without his mask in sight.

"Huh? Yeah…I guess I'm alright…" The magician had replied only half heartedly, his mind was obviously elsewhere.

Kurogane moved slightly closer to sit next to the blonde who was now bowing his head.

"You shouldn't cry so often…" As soon as the words left his mouth the ninja instantly regretted saying them.

"I know you think I'm weak…I know I am weak but…I don't need a reminder of that everyday." There was spite mixed with depression in the normally soft voice.

The raven haired man gently pulled Fai into his arms before rubbing a hand up down the trembling man's back.

Fai wrapped his arms tightly around the tanned man and grasped the back of his shirt. Even though the blonde knew tears were considered a weakness he couldn't stop them coming.

"I can't help who I am…I don't work well alone…I guess that's why I've screwed up so many times..." The magician's words were muffled by the material of Kurogane's shirt.

"You haven't screwed up. You've kept the kids and that bun happy, you're better than me." The ninja mentally cursed himself for the lack of comforting words in his vocabulary.

Fai lifted his head to look at Kurogane's face. So many times he'd believed that to only find he'd been lied to.

"What of you? I've screwed up with you haven't I? You think I'm weak…pathetic…useless…" The words didn't hit home for a few seconds. Kurogane was visibly shocked although he wasn't sure which part was so shocking, the part about him worried about the ninja's opinion or the part about Fai putting himself down.

Kurogane was at a loss for words which was about as rare as a real smile of Fai's pale face.

"You haven't. You haven't screwed up at all, I…I'm just not as gifted at being polite as you are." The ninja replied while burying his face in the mage's soft hair.

"Everyone is can be polite…it's just that not everyone has had to be polite every moment of their lives…" Fai's grip tightened on the back of the ninja's shirt, almost digging his nails through the fabric and into the raven haired man's back.

"You're over tired. Why don't you go to sleep you can explain more to me tomorrow when the bra...I mean kids go out to search?" The ninja gently pushed the mage away, just enough to see his face but not enough to make Fai close off again.

Fai nodded letting a few blonde bangs fall across his face, he leaned forward and gently brushed his lips against the taller man's. Without giving into to much want the mage quickly pulled away and took off to the room.

Kurogane was left in the silent room shocked; of all the things the mage had done this was the most amazing. The ninja smiled slightly, it didn't look as if Fai wanted to keep things away from him much more.