Author: Enonyymi and Punainenpuolukka.
Warnings: Contains male/male.
Disclaimer: We do not own Tsubasa. All the characters mentioned within are property of CLAMP.

It was snowing outside as usual and the children, Mokona and Kurogane stood outside the bakery's back. Today was their day off, but early in the morning Fay had gotten an urgent call from the bakery's owner and he had rushed there immediately. After a few hours, the rest of the gang had gotten a short phonecall from Fay to come there and so they had gone to the bakery.

And what did they find: The front of the bakery was full of people and they all tried to barge in. Most of them were quite young men with flowers or other gifts, but there was a few women in the crowd too. You could hear random shouts for 'Lucia-san' and 'I love you'. Kurogane looked at them angrily, wishing that they would just leave and leave the mage alone.

They waited, waited and waited just a little longer until the back door opened and Fay's head popped from the doorway.

"Fay-san!" the children said surprisedly.

"What took you so long?" Kurogane grunted.

"Ah, umm, we have a little problem here... Come inside quickly, before anyone sees you!" Fay said and pointed them to come inside, where the bakery's owner was starting to lose her mind.

"Ah, I sure hope that there's not going to be any flowers or gifts anymore!" the woman screamed and walked to the front door. Almost every counter and table in the bakery was filled with all sorts of bouquets, chocolate and other sweets. Fay took one of the bouquets in his hand and smelled the red flowers in it.

"It seems that I have become quite popular after yesterday's parade..." Fay sighed. "There's been a few people, who have even asked for my hand in marriage. I, of course, declined."

"Marriage?!" Syaoran shouted with a surprised look. Sakura looked about as surprised as him, but the ninja was getting angrier and angrier by the minute. How did they dare even approach the mage? Kurogane took one chocolate box in his hand and tried to look as he was not interested in this at all.

"Fay's almost as popular as Mokona!" it giggled and bounced from Sakura's lap to Syaoran's shoulder.

"Lucia-san!" there was a shout at the door. Everyone inside turned their gaze to front door, where the bakery's owner tried to shove one enamored man back outside with a broom. "I love you, Lucia-san!"

He managed to shove the woman out of his way and rushed to Fay. The man was about twenty years old, a little taller than Fay and had big blue eyes and dark brown hair. He grabbed Fay's hands.

"Please be my wife, Lucia-san! I love you!" he begged. Fay was petrified and looked at the man baffled. Before Fay could even notice, he had pressed his lips against Fay's and pulled the blonde even closer into the kiss even when Fay tried to resist.

The bakery's owner, the children and Mokona gasped loudly. The chocolate box was crushed in Kurogane's hand. He dashed forward, grabbed the brunette's collar and was about to punch him in the face as hard as he could. To Kurogane, the man had already gotten his last wish. Kurogane's fist landed straight in the man's face and his nose made a cracking sound, when Kurogane's fist came in contact with it. Kurogane was about to punch him again but Fay grabbed Kurogane's raised hand.

"Kuro-tan, don't!"

"Why shouldn't I? This bastard kissed you!" he roared. The scared man was shivering in Kurogane's grip, his knees buckling under him and tears flowing from his eyes and blood from his nose.

"S-sorry, I-i had no i-idea..." he cried.

"Please let him go, Kuro-rin," Fay said. With that, Kurogane released the terrifyed man, who dropped to his knees on the floor. The dark man turned his red eyes to the man on the floor and said with a low tone:

"Leave."

He flinched, tried to stand up but failed at first and after a few seconds he was able to get up and he ran away from the store, bumping to a few Fay's fans on the way. Kurogane grabbed Fay's arm, squeezing it tightly.

"We're going home."

He dragged Fay outside and with that murderous gaze of his, he made everyone outside go silent and move from their way. Kurogane glared at the people. Now they'd see that the blonde belonged to him, nobody else would have him.

Sakura, Syaoran and Mokona followed them hurriedly.

When they arrived home, Kurogane managed to let Fay go. Fay sat on the sofa and Kurogane stood beside the door. Syaoran was holding Sakura's hand while they stepped inside and Mokona was still perched on his shoulder.

"Go upstairs, now." Kurogane told the boy.

"Yes, Kurogane-san." The three of them left. Kurogane was looking at Fay.

"Why?"

"Why what, Kuro-tan? Hmm?"

"Why do you flirt with other people? Is it to annoy me or you just so damn unfaithful?"

"Kuro-run, you're being silly. Arguing about something point-"

"It's not pointless! Not after that episode at the bakery! None of this would have happened if you hadn't flirted!" Kurogane stomped to Fay, grabbed his arm and yanked him up roughly.

"That's hurts, Kuro-rin!"

"I don't care", he yelled, "just answer the fucking question!"

Fay looked away from Kurogane, so that his hair fell on his face and covered his expression. "Don't yell, the children and Mokona will hear us."

"Just answer."

"You're being too jealous." Fay admitted. Kurogane was boiling with anger.

"That bastard kissed you! You're mine and nobody else's!"

Fay flinched at his words and turned to look at Kurogane with his icy eyes.

"I'm not a thing and I'm not especially yours. Let me refresh your memory: We're just doing this because it feels good. You said so when we started doing this, am I right?" Fay spoke. "You're doing this because it's good."

Kurogane went awfully silent. There was no comment that he could say to this. Yes, it had started with 'we're doing this because it's good'-thing, but... Kurogane didn't want to spill his heart out here and now, because if he would in fact do that, then maybe it all would really be true. That he... loved Fay.

"I thought so too." Fay said with a small voice that almost could not be heard. "Good night, you're sleeping on the sofa tonight."

The blonde ripped his arm from Kurogane's grip and rushed upstairs while Kurogane slumped on the sofa. His face was filled with anger, but also somekind of a regret. Of staying silent at the most important time, when he should have spoken. He slammed his fist on the table before him, making the vase of flowers on it, fall to the floor and break into tiny pieces.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!" Kurogane cursed. "I'm... an idiot!"

Upstairs Fay had already changed to his pyjamas and sat by the table at the window, looking outside to the darkness. He lifted his hand to cover his face and whispered silently:

"You're getting too close. Kurogane."

A/N: Thanks again for reading today's chapter. The theme was 'Winternight' and it was very clearly connected to the last chapter, 'Candlelight'.

Enonyymi: Yes. Not so fluffy as usual. I hope you didn't get too depressed about their fight.

Punainenpuolukka: If you did, you can blame me because I requested it.

Enonyymi: Besides, life isn't all fluff and rainbows, not even for Kurogane and Fay.

Punainenpuolukka: I think their lives have less fluff and rainbows than anything else.

Enonyymi: Yeah. But, I hoped that you still liked this chapter and please comment!

Punainenpuolukka: Until next time!