-1Thief

Kurogane slipped off his clothes slowly. After practicing with Syaoran for the whole day he sincerely looked forward to have hot water relax his tired muscles. He stepped into the shower and was about to turn the shower one when someone knocked on the bathroom door.

"Kuro-tan? Are you there?" Fay's voice sounded from outside. 'What the hell does he think he is doing?' Kurogane thought, walking out of the shower with fierce steps. 'Asshole'.

"I'm in the shower! You have to wait until I'm done," Kurogane yelled his voice angry.

"But Kuro-tan!" Fay said in a pouting voice. "I forgot my clothes inside!"

"You did what?" Kurogane looked around the room, and sure, there it was. A bundle of black clothes was lying in the corner of the bathroom.

"I forgot them and now I'm all cold…," Fay voice was dripping with sadness. 'That stupid mage!' Kurogane decided he would beat the hell out of the mage later, but first he had to think of a way out of this without having to expose some part of him he didn't want to.

"I'll go get dressed, then I'm giving you your clothes."

"But Kuro-tan!" Fay's voice filled with a worry that spread fear in Kurogane's heart. "I think Sakura-chan and Syaoran-kun just came home…," sure enough, seconds later the ninja could hear them entering the house.

"Fay-san? Kurogane-san? We are home," Sakura said her voice sweet as always.

"Welcome home!" Fay chirped happy. "Quick! You have to let me in!" Fay whispered. Kurogane could detect a strand of excitement in Fay's voice, an excitement that worried him beyond beliefs.

"No way in hell I am letting you in!" Kurogane started to worry he had no choice. His was panicking and so was the person on the other side of the door, or so it seemed.

"You have too," Fay was leaning against the door, whispering. "Or else Sakura-chan and Syaoran-kun will see me like this!"

"What the hell do you mean with like this?" Kurogane was confused. Why was Fay so desperate of coming in?

"Kuro-sama…," Fay took a deep breath. "I'm naked."

"You are what?!" Kurogane jolted back from the door he too had been leaning against to hear Fay's whisper.

"You have to hurry!" Fay's voice filled with despair. "Let me in!" Kurogane eyes was wide open, his blood rushing through his veins. 'What to do. What to do' He realized that in the time he and Fay had been talking he could have put on some clothes. He cursed under his breath and then he reached for the doorknob.

"You have to close your eyes!" Kurogane hissed and slowly unlocked the door while turning the doorknob. 'This is no good' he thought as the door opened little by little. Suddenly Fay launched inside; a blur of blond all the ninja could see before falling backwards on the slippery floor. Something landed on top of him and when a great deal of bare skin covered his vision he quickly shut his eyes closed. 'How could this be happening?'

"Thank you so much Kuro-tan!" Fay smiled gently to the ninja who still had his eyes firmly shut.

"Fay-san? Kurogane-san? Where are you?" Syaoran asked from outside the bathroom.

"I'm in the bathroom!" Fay and Kurogane said in unison; Fay grinned. When it dawned on Kurogane what just happened, he was sure it was just a dream and an awful one at that. 'This can't possible get any worse.' Slowly Fay lifted himself of the ninja, looked at him a last time, then walked towards his pile of clothes and quickly dressed himself.

"You can open your eyes now Kuro-mi! I'm all dressed," Fay said in a warm voice. "I promise I won't look."

"Shut up!" Kurogane rose from the floor with great effort. The recent events had taken its toll on him in a form of temporary paralysis, somehow his feet and arms wouldn't obey him anymore.

"Do you need some help there?" Fay said and peeked over at the ninja.

"Hell I don't! And stop looking you bastard!"

"I'm not looking!" Fay closed his eyes smiling. Kurogane got dressed in a hurry his heart thumbing in his chest. His hand was shaking and he didn't know why. He tried to do the buttons of his shirt, but his fingers wouldn't let him. He felt helpless.

"Let me do it," Fay opened his eyes and walked towards the ninja, he ignored the other man's death glare and proceeded to start buttoning Kurogane's shirt with slender fingers. "There, all done," Fay's smile warm.

"Thanks…," Kurogane rushed out of the bathroom; his face burning leaving Fay alone in the bathroom. 'I will never be able to look that man in the eye again' he thought walking up the stairs towards his room. 'Or Syaoran and the princess either for that matter' Kurogane entered his room and lay down on the bed, his heart still throbbing inside his chest. He decided to go to bed. It didn't take long before his thought's were dreams and yet again Fay was there. In the bathroom with him. His face was burning and so was his heart inside of him. He felt nothing but warmth all through the night, his heart still beating wildly inside his chest.