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"Talking"

Chapter 4

Panting Yuujiro and Tohru sat next to both Akira and Mikoto at the train station, they had about forty minutes before their train was to arrive. Then it would be an hour ride back to the town outside of their school followed by a fifteen minute walk back to campus. Finally catching their breath, Yuujiro and Tohru turned towards Mikoto.

"Miko-chan you have some explaining to do." Tohru stated. "Like whom that guy was…"

"How on earth you figured out where we were…" Yuujiro continued.

"How you were able to send a guy almost twice your size through a door…" Tohru added.

"Why we were taken…"

"And most importantly…why do you think me and Yuujiro/Tohru are together!" Tohru and Yuujiro exclaimed together. Mikoto looked at them, their ruffled appearance made him laugh slightly.

"Well…that guy was Satoshi Maho…he's my psychiatrist…I've been seeing him since I was about…maybe five. I figure out where you were since Dr. Maho calls me every Friday for an update…when he didn't call me I gave Hikari a call. She told me that she had spoken with Dr. Maho about how I told her that the two of you were acting weird." Mikoto paused for a moment to collect his thoughts. "Then I just pieced it together. What I didn't know was that he had got Haru and Rin to help him. As for sending Haru through the door…well I took Martial Arts training since I was eight…my favorite partner was Haru. The reason you were taken was because Dr. Maho wanted to get to know you guys. To be honest I'm surprised he waited this long to do so and didn't get anyone else to help." Mikoto then looked at them. "And I just assumed that you were together since the two of you seem so close to one another…and then there was the time Yuujiro kissed you Tohru and then how easily the two of you became the best of friends. Along with how easily you associate with one another. So I figure that you either were waiting to tell each other how you felt, or you were already together and were just hiding it from me…" Mikoto looked down for a moment, his eyes filled with tears at the thought of not being trustworthy enough for his friends to tell me they were together.

"Baka." Yuujiro stated as he pulled the red-head into his arms. He knew Mikoto would blush from just that motion, he never could understand why the red-head was so against physical affections from them, but seemed fine with it when it came from his cousins. "Tohru and I are best friends…right Tohru." Yuujiro stated.

"That's right. We're best friends. Besides there is someone else that I like." Tohru added as he failed to notice Akira's eyes widening before falling to a downcast look.

"Oh…"Mikoto replied. Yuujiro had to admit he was pleasantly surprise when Mikoto hadn't tried to push away from him. Usually by now Mikoto would be screaming about how unmanly it was. "Umm, Yuujiro, you can let go of me now." He spoke to soon. Reluctantly Yuujiro let Mikoto go and watched him sit back down on the bench.

"So what time is it?" Tohru asked trying to break the silence that had fallen over them. "I know we were taken around 4 in the afternoon."

"It nearly ten. Mitaka told me you were missing at around six. After searching campus and not finding any of you. I checked my phone…I was planning on calling my cou…friend Shigure…he…well he has a dog that can sniff out anything. But when I saw that Makoto called me rather than H…Dr. Maho, I called Hikari instead. That all happened at about eight."

"How did you get here so fast then? The train takes at least an hour." Akira asked looking at Mikoto. Mikoto blushed darkly and muttered something.

"What was that Mikoto…we couldn't understand what you just said." Tohru asked.

"I said…"Mikoto's blush darkened. "I ran…part of the way. Then since I knew where I was going I hopped trains until I got here."

"Can't we do that instead of taking the train straight there if hopping is faster?" Akira asked innocently.

"I wasn't inside the trains when I hopped." Mikoto replied as he blushed bright red. "I was on top of the trains."

"You could have been killed." Yuujiro stated as the realization settled in. Mikoto just shrugged.

"I've been doing Martial Arts practically my whole life. Jumping from trains isn't that hard. Plus, I have a tendency to always land on my feet." Mikoto gave a small smile at the inside joke.

"That's not the point. You put yourself in needless danger." Yuujiro shouted. Mikoto cringed. "What would have happened if you had slipped? We might not be talking to you right now? We could be talking to a police officer telling us to identify the body." Mikoto cower a little as he listened to what Yuujiro was saying, tears reappeared in his eyes.

"Yuujiro…" Tohru started. He could tell his best friend hadn't noticed how his words were affecting the red-head.

"What goes through your head? We weren't in any danger! You…"Yuujiro paused when he finally noticed that Mikoto was trembling. "You need to care about what happens to you."

"You don't understand." Mikoto mumbled. "You say you weren't in any danger…but out of all my relatives…Dr. Maho is the most dangerous one of us. He could have…if he thought it was necessary…and then I'd…" Tohru, Akira and Yuujiro exchanged looks.

"Mikoto…why is he so dangerous?" Akira asked hesitantly.

"He can make you forget…he can make anyone forget anything he wants them to..." Mikoto paused. "Some people can't take knowing…that's why Hari's there to make them forget…I don't really know how he does it…but I know he can do it." Mikoto looked at them. "If he had deemed you a threat to me, he would have made you all forget you had ever met me."

"That's impossible." Tohru stated. Mikoto shook his head.

"It's very possible, that's why you have to be careful…the members that you've met so far are dangerous in their own way…but Hari…Dr. Maho is the second most dangerous one…and I pray you never meet the most." Mikoto stated as he closed his eyes. "I just…I have friends now…and I'm happy. I have fun at school. I didn't like wearing the dresses last year, but I got to meet you three because of it. So I'd really prefer not to have you all forget about me." Mikoto looked up and opened his eyes. Honesty poured out of his eyes as he stared at his friends. They could see the gratitude shining from his eyes.

"Baka…no matter what he did, there would be no way we could forget an idiot like you." Yuujiro stated as he ruffled Mikoto's hair. He ignored the squawk of indignation that Mikoto gave out as his hair was messed up. Yuujiro turned to look at Mikoto. He could see the happiness radiating out of Mikoto's eyes as he listened to his reassurance. Yuujiro wasn't sure exactly how Dr. Maho could do it, but he knew there was nothing that could ever make him forget about Mikoto's eyes. Akira glanced between his two friends.

"Tohru I saw a connivance store just outside the station, can you come with me to pick up something to eat. I'm starving and I'm pretty sure that the rest of you guys haven't eaten either." Getting nods from his friends, Akira grabbed Tohru's hand and led him to the connivance store. As he passed Yuujiro he quickly muttered "Tell him now. He feels the same," before heading out of the station.

"That was odd." Mikoto muttered before looking up towards Yuujiro who was staring at him, Mikoto felt himself starting to blush again. "What is it Yuujiro…do I have something on my face?"

"I…I…"Yuujiro started. He then closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Mikoto…I…like you." Mikoto's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to say something, yet nothing came out.

"I…guess you can say I always teased you because I like you...?" Yuujiro started to ramble before he was cut off by Mikoto kissing him. Yuujiro felt himself smile as he felt a timid tongue gently lick his lips. Separating himself from Mikoto he looked down at the red-head. "I will take that as in you feel the same way." It was more of a statement then a question. Mikoto slowly leaned into Yuujiro's chest and nodded. He positioned his head over Yuujiro's heart and listened to his heart beating. Yuujiro wasted no time in pulling his arms around Mikoto.

"Why?" The question came out so softly that Yuujiro almost didn't hear it.

"You kissed me." Yuujiro stated.

"No…why me?" Mikoto asked.

"You're beautiful for one…you have a big heart. You're awkward and adorable and you don't bow down to me. You're smart even if you try to hide it…and don't lie, Mitaka ratted you out, Mr. Third in our grade." Yuujiro stated as he allowed his arms tighten around the red-head. "You're gentle, and you always think of others before you think of yourself…and every time I'm around you, my heart starts to race. Whenever I don't see you I feel sad."

"I'm not all that." Mikoto muttered.

"Yet the one thing I don't like about you is your lacks of self-confidence….You always fail to realize just how beautiful you are. To me there is nothing prettier…you're like an angel…you're my angel."

"I've been called a lot of things, but no one has ever called me that." Mikoto stated as he smiled.

"Well I am glad to say I'm the first." Yuujiro replied. "I talked to Hikari when she first visited. I asked her for the sheet."

"Don't do it." Mikoto growled. Yuujiro blinked in shock. He had never seen Mikoto act like that. "I don't need anyone to tell me who I can and cannot date." Mikoto looked up at Yuujiro and narrowed his eyes. Yuujiro was surprised to see Mikoto's pupils narrow into slits.

"I won't if you don't want me too, but you don't need to get so angry." Yuujiro stated.

"I'm not angry; I'm just annoyed with them at the moment." Mikoto muttered, and he pouted. Yuujiro laughed and bent down to kiss Mikoto again. He stopped a mere millimeter away went he heard a faint meowing and a curse. Looking over he saw a black cat staring at him with a heated glare. Glancing down at Mikoto he noticed the same glare on his face facing the cat. Suddenly the cat hissed at him, before doing what he thought was a slight bow before leaving.

"What was that?" Yuujiro asked starting at Mikoto and then where the cat used to be, if he didn't know any better, he would have thought that cat was bowing towards Mikoto.

"I…have no idea." Mikoto stated, Yuujiro decided not to push it, but he knew Mikoto was lying. The question was why? Leaning down again Yuujiro was about to kiss Mikoto again when a cough interrupted them. This time, Yuujiro wasn't sure if the curse came from him or Mikoto, but he knew he was pissed.

"What now?" He growled. He then blinked when he saw his two smug friends. He felt Mikoto hide his face within the crook of his neck.

"We brought dinner." Tohru stated smugly. "And our train has just pulled in…so I see we have a pair of love birds travelling with us…it's about time."

"Shut it Tohru..." Yuujiro groaned. This just caused Tohru and Akira to start laughing and Mikoto to try to hide his face even further.

The trip back to campus passed with only a few comments about Mikoto and Yuujiro. Half way through the trip, the train hit a passing rain storm. Within seconds of hitting the window, Mikoto was asleep across Yuujiro's lap. Gently, Yuujiro placed his hand on top of Mikoto's head and started petting Mikoto's hair.

"What's that noise?" Akira asked as he looked around them,

"It sounds like…purring?" Tohru suggested. "But I don't see a cat." Yuujiro leaned down next to Mikoto and smirked.

"It's Mikoto…I don't even know that humans could purr." Yuujiro chuckled, but the coughed as Mikoto started to nuzzle his hand, which was dangerously close to a certain part of his body. This caused Tohru to start to laugh, and Akira to smile. Wiping a fake tear from his eye, Tohru just looked at Yuujiro and smiled.

"You two being together will be absolutely priceless."

"Oh shut it."

About five minutes before they arrived at the station, Mikoto started to wake up. Groggily he sat up and started to rub the sleep out of his eyes.

"Are we there yet?" Mikoto asked as he started to stretch his body.

"Nearly. I was about to wake you." Yuujiro replied. He then leaned in close to Mikoto's face and gently caressed his cheek. Mikoto immediately blushed bright red and looked to the side.

"Yuujiro…" Mikoto mumbled.

"I never knew you could purr Miko-chan." Yuujiro stated.

"I do no such thing!" Mikoto adamantly denied as he glared. This statement caused both Akira and Tohru to start to laugh and Yuujiro just smiled, he could tell that this glare was a playful glare…it was nowhere near as threatening as the one Mikoto gave him when he mentioned going to get the approval from his family members. Yuujiro prayed that he never had to see that look on Mikoto's face ever again.

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