Hey guys! This story is more popular than I thought it would be. I'm glad to know that you're all enjoying it so much. A special shout-out goes out to Joybug, and Tobyk947. Thanks for sticking with me you two! Now on with the story, it will be picking up fairly soon, maybe a couple more chapters.

Warnings: chapter one

Disclaimer: chapter one

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Silver Eyes

Chapter 2

Warming Up

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'How does he know? And he only just met him?' Ryuugo thought as he leaned against the wall next to the door to his room. He wasn't sure whether or not Kaoru was still mad at him or not, and he needed to think about what the snatcher had said. "You need to tell him. Either you tell him, or he will find out on his own, and I doubt you want him to find out that way." He cradled his forehead in his hand as he sighed in frustration. "Of course I don't want him to find out that way."

"Who don't you want to find out what way?" asked a curious voice right next to him.

Ryuugo immediately jumped up from his sitting position startled, and looked over to see the younger of the brothers next to him, smirking. "What the-?"

"Don't you dare cuss in front of me. I get enough of it from Goh when I startle him," Yukiya said, shaking his head to remove a few strands of hair from his face. "You're talking about Kaoru aren't you?"

Ryuugo looked at him in wonderment. "How…?"

"Did I know?" Yukiya smiled. At Ryuugo's nod he said, "The same reason that Taki knew. We know when one of our own is about."

Ryuugo looked shocked, "But your eyes…"

"Contacts, Taki too; Kaoru wears them doesn't he?" Ryuugo nodded again. Yukiya looked at him suspiciously, "Hasn't he questioned you about why he must wear them when he doesn't have any problems seeing?" Ryuugo nodded again. "Stop nodding, it's getting on my nerves, you have a voice for a reason. So, you make up some story so he doesn't know about his heritage, and you probably made up a story about the birthmark too, huh?"

Ryuugo started to nod before he stopped himself, "S-sort of. He had always figured that it was just a normal mark; he never thought it meant anything. And telling him about this is not as easy as you make it out to be." At Yukiya's raised brow and questioning look he explained. "As a child Kaoru was very sheltered. His parents wanted to keep him away from the family, so he wouldn't have to go through what they went through. Apparently they never told him that he was a Carrier, nor did they ever tell him what a Carrier was.

"When I met him, and when I first found out what he was, I was curious as to why it didn't bother him at all when he was in public, like it bothered some of my other Carrier friends, since Carriers are often ridiculed for being unnatural. But when I asked him about his birthmark and eyes, he didn't know a thing about what I was talking about. Shuu, who you probably know is also a Carrier, and Yuuichi didn't really know what to do, and neither did I. So we just ignored the fact and never told him, having him continue to think it was nothing."

"Did he ever question why you always used protection? Since they now have drugs to take care of all that (1)?" Yukiya asked.

Ryuugo buried his face in his hands and slid down the wall, "I don't know, I don't remember if he ever did. For all I know he never noticed."

Yukiya felt sympathy towards the man; it must have been hard knowing something as big as this about your lover when the other was completely clueless. Having to make up lies to try and hide it because you didn't know what telling them would do to your relationship. As he had grown up knowing who he was it, also meant that he adjusted to some of the looks he received in public when he didn't wear his contacts. But Kaoru never knew, which meant that there was that much more pressure on him from the people who didn't accept them, that much more hostility.

Having a brother high up in the food chain of a top police force had its bonuses; he was always protected from the beatings of Carriers who weren't so fortunate, of those who were left open to the hurt of those less accepting.

"I'm not doing this to you to make you feel guilty," he said, and Ryuugo looked up at him, still crouched on the floor. The younger man could see tear brimming the other's eyes, and all of a sudden he was the one feeling guilty. "But if this Shimada man knows what we know, which he probably does, then that means Kaoru is in more danger then we first thought. Which is probably why your uncles brought so many of us in, although I'm only here because of my brother, and your uncles are hoping that Taki and I can get a little closer with Kaoru."

"Which means we need to go talk to him," said a different voice. The two turned to see Taki walking towards them. "Goh and the others are downstairs, I suggest you go too, let us do our job."

Ryuugo just rubbed his eyes, nodded and walked away.

The two of them watched him go before turning towards the door and walking inside.

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Upon entering they found the boy sitting on a lush couch before a roaring fire, reading a book. When Kaoru heard the door close he looked up startled.

"What are you doing here?" He asked a little cautious.

Taki smirked as he came to sit next to the boy on the couch, Yukiya sitting on the floor between them and the fire. "Don't worry, we're only here to talk."

Kaoru marked his place in the book and set it down before turning to look at the two. "Okay, then talk."

Yukiya giggled, "Come on Kaoru, stop being so serious. We're not here right now as bodyguards; we just want to get to know you a little better."

Kaoru still seemed a little unsure. "Why are you so scared of us?" Taki asked in a quiet voice.

Kaoru pulled in on himself, pulling his knees up to his chest and wrapping his arms securely around them. "I'm not," he said stubbornly.

"No, you just don't trust us," Yukiya said, in an equally soft voice, trying to sound comforting. Kaoru realized that they sounded like his mother when she was trying to calm him down. "And it's not just us; you don't trust anyone, do you? Not even Ryuugo?" Kaoru loosened his grip on his legs after hearing that.

"Why don't you trust people?" Taki asked moving closer and wrapping an arm around the fragile boy's shoulders, who surprisingly didn't pull away.

Kaoru sighed, "When I was little, before I figured out about my parents and where they came from, they never really took care of me. I mean, they fed and clothed me and everything, but…for some reason, it never felt to me like they were really caring, like they really loved me. That in giving me stuff they were trying show they loved me, but the feeling wasn't really there.

"When I did finally found out about what my grandmother had done to them and the fact that they never told me anything about anything, it made me wonder what in my life was real. The people they had said were my family weren't, their love for me that they said was real wasn't. And I felt as if my whole life was a lie. After my parents died, I didn't really feel sad that they were gone, and I felt as if no one could be trusted, that I would just be lied to again, and so I haven't trusted anyone since."

"What about Ryuugo, the man who loves you?" Yukiya asked.

The boy shook his head, "I tried to trust him, I really did, but I just… I couldn't break the habit of staying distant. No matter what I did, I was never able to fully trust him. Even after he took me away from Shimada and rescued me from the men trying to get me back, I wasn't able to open up."

"So what, you just gave up trying?" Yukiya asked. Taki glared at him. "What?"

"What else could I do?" Kaoru asked, ignoring their exchange.

Taki looked at him in understanding. "I know how you feel, Kaoru. I had a rough childhood too, and it kept me from opening up to a lot of people. But I'll tell you what did eventually open me up." Kaoru looked at him expectantly. "Love, and the crazy man I fell in love with," he smirked.

"I do love him," Kaoru said.

"You may be able to say it," Yukiya said, "But saying it and feeling it are two completely different things."

Kaoru smiled grimly at him, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Of course I'm right!" Yukiya yelled standing suddenly and puffing out his chest. "I'm always right, never a moment when I'm wrong!"

Taki grimaced, "Good lord, Yukiya quiet down, you're turning into Kanji."

Yukiya looked as if he had been insulted. "Why I never," he said offended. "That hurts Taki. That really hurts."

"Oh please you don't know hurt. You don't know what it's like having Goh's cock stuck up a virgin ass!" Taki yelled.

"Ya know if I remember correctly I do know what it's like having his cock stuck up my ass," he said in a know-it-all voice.

"And if I remember correctly it was you who put yourself there!" Taki yelled back.

Yukiya then turned on him; both were now standing in front of the couch. "Yeah well that's only because both of us were shot up with that drug!"

"And exactly whose fault was that?!"

The two continued bickering until they heard laughter. Turning they saw Kaoru rolling on the floor, holding his stomach, laughing outrageously, and soon the two of them were joining in as well.

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(1): I'm just making this up. I needed a reason that he might have noticed and that seemed to be the only one.

OMG! I don't know about you guys but I thought the last part was hilarious! I have no idea where any of that came from, but thank god it did! I was planning on having a scene to lighten the mood at the end there, and I just couldn't think of one, but now I don't have to. I know that they were probably OOC, mainly Yukiya, but since we never really saw much of him in the manga, I kind of had to make up his character as I went along.

I hope you guys enjoyed! Please review!

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