A big thank you to everyone who reviewed and favored this fic! And told me how much they can't wait to see Narien get ripped apart. (=P) So, thank you to:

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If I missed anyone, I'm really sorry!

--- Love from, CK

(P.S. DEAR LORD, My spelling is atrocious in the last chapter's A/N. I can't even look at it. – CK is planning on doing a minor in English and is ashamed of her own horrid typos.—Lol. You can clearly tell that part was un-betaed and done at the last minute.)

Now onto the ripping off of Narien's head! –points a sharp stick--

And of course, THANKS again to my super-duper beta, SilentKiller1. And now, a message from her ---

Hi I am the BETA SlientKiller1. I just wanted to add this little note: GO RHODE FOR TEACHING YOUR MATE WHO IS BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Chapter 6 : One For My Baby

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Allen looked like he'd gone into shock. The fur of his tail was wild and said tail was curled around his body as if it could provide some form of protection. His silver eyes were staring off into space, looking at nothing, and Yuu felt his mate trembling in his arms.

"Teehee!" a sweet voice suddenly chirped. Yuu didn't have to turn around to know it was Rhode. "Come see the bunny we caught! He's -- What's going on?" She skipped up beside him, giggling, before she caught sight of Allen and the forming bruise on Narien's face.

Yuu didn't spare the girl a glance, choosing instead to clutch Allen closer to his chest and darken his glare at the motherfucker who was about to die.

"Uh-oh. Did my bad little mate kiss Allen? "Rhode said, sounding slightly irritated, but nothing more. "Narien, you've been very, very bad. I think I'm going to have to punish you."

Narien swallowed hard, gaze flickering futilely between the two NECOs, the doorway they blocked, and the windows behind him. His gaze dropped to Allen for a split second and Yuu all but lunged at the boy, pulling Allen into his hip to keep him steady.

Narien screamed in terror, throwing himself backwards and toppling over the couch as he did so. The Indian NECO clawed at the bay windows behind him, shakily looking back at Yuu and then, turning to face his attacker shaking his head in a beg for mercy.

Allen whimpered something into Yuu's shirt, and the feeling of small hands clutching at his chest was the only thing that stopped Yuu from following the brat over the couch and slicing him apart.

"You see what you've done?" Rhode sighed, skipping back to Yuu's side and pouting at the terrified Indian boy. She waved a painted fingernail, tutting at him, "Yuu is going to have to punish you too. After all, you tried to hurt his little Allen –"

"Bitch, either punish him or hold Allen while I do it for you" Yuu hissed, drawing out his claws and focusing his eyes on the pulse point in Narein's neck. It would not be hard to do; just one deep slice and the brat would –

"Let me punish him! You have to!" Rhode whined, stomping her foot. "He's mine, so I get to do it! Let me! Let me!"

"Fuck, fine. But I get to be the one who fucking wrings the last bit of life out of him. "

"Deal," Rhode said sweetly. "If you want to take Allen upstairs, I'll take care of my bad little mate."

Yuu eyes narrowed and he spat furiously at the brown-haired boy who was now cowering behind the couch, as if it could protect him.

Fucking worthless mother fucking brat! I should kill him right now! But, Allen is...

Yuu took one long glance at his moyashi, silver eyes wide and body still trembling in shock, and Yuu's decision of taking care of the brat or Allen was made for him. Ignoring the looks of girl and the brat who had assaulted his moyashi, Yuu cradled Allen to his chest again. He softly explained to Allen that he needed to cover the moyashi's ears, for his own good.

Yuu was too lost in his own thoughts of murdering Narien to realize he had spoken in Japanese. Allen seemed not to notice either, as he did not push the large, warm, familiar hands from covering his ears.

Only then did Yuu suddenly spot that Allen's pants had been unbuttoned.

Rage filled every inch of Yuu's body, hardening and tensing every muscle, lengthening his claws and his fangs. The only thing that kept him from attacking the fucking brat and destroying the house was the angelic NECO curled hopelessly against his body.

Yuu looked at the bastard NECO, the rest of his vision going black in barely-suppressed fury. He growled darkly, the sound ominous and unexpected. Even Rhode looked mildly surprised at the killing intent the sound held.

"You are going to leave this house. NOW," Yuu began in a dark voice, his eyes unblinking, "And if I come back downstairs and you're still here, I promise you no-one -- NO-ONE -- will be able to find the pieces of your body after I kill you. But not before I fucking rip the ears off you, gouge out your eyes, and fucking claw off your hands, layer by layer, for this. If you did anything to my moyashi except kiss him, then I promise you, the torture will not stop there --"

"Uncle Yuu," Rhode breathed out, eyes wide in what looked suspiciously like joy. "Wow, you really love Allen, don't cha?"

Yuu didn't reply, still focused solely on the Indian boy. Rhode giggled as the silence gave her all the answers she needed.

"Take Allen upstairs," Rhode insisted. "I'll take care of my mate, and you just take care of yours."

"You honestly think I trust you to take care of this fucking brat?" Yuu hissed. "He violated Allen! He's not going to fucking live!"

"But I need him to live," Rhode pouted, whining at the other NECO "and I promise if you let him live, I'll make sure he becomes obedient and he'll leave your house. And he will never touch Allen again once I am done talking to him. Teehee, he'll be too scared to even try."

"How the fuck --!" Yuu said, but Rhode was suddenly wrapped around the Japanese man's arm like an anaconda. She suddenly began muttering a sickeningly long list of methods in which she planned on making Narien "obedient."

Namely, torture.

And the list of possibilities seemed endless in this petite girl's mind.

Yuu almost cringed at the thought of half of them, but as of right now, and considering he didn't know what the bastard had done to Allen, her ideas sounded… perfect.

"So, which ones would you prefer?" Rhode finished after a minute, smiling.

"As many as you fucking can before I come back down." And then Yuu left, sending one last violent glare before taking the moyashi upstairs where he could calm his trembling.

Rhode made sure the two lovers were gone before she skipped over to where Narien was hiding behind the couch, humming happily to herself.

"Y-y-you, w-wait!" Narien said. "I-I-I'm s-sorry but I-I-I don't want you as a mate! I only want Allen!"

Rhode froze in surprise at the boy's sudden cry. So her mate wanted to fight back, huh?

She grinned suddenly, the expression morphing her face into a mask of insanity. Her gold eyes were now a dark amber, the colour of honey mixed with blood. Her pink lips stretched to inhuman proportions, showing her sharp fangs. Narien stopped breathing at the sight of her.

"Oh really?" she said. "Well, I guess I'll have to fix that..."

Yuu kicked the door closed with his foot, refusing to let go of his mate until he was sure Allen was stable. He stole a glance at the boy in his arms as they sat on the bed. Fat tears fell from Allen's wide, puffy eyes to trace cold patterns down his lover's pale cheeks and his trembling had yet to stop.

Yuu instinctively lay back on the bed, enclosing his mate in his arms and adjusting his body so that he was curled over as much of Allen as possible. Tucking his moyashi's head into his neck, he ran his hands over his mate's hair, down his back, arms, fingers, neck, and anything else he could touch. His dark tail reached out for the other's platinum one, but said tail flickered away, rapidly going from side to side as though it didn't want anything touching it.

Yuu realized that it was an instinctive thing – the tail was a vulnerable point and Allen was afraid. So Yuu held his lover, purring lowly so that the vibrations would carry into his mate's chest and calm his racing heartbeat.

Soon, even and warm breaths caressed his neck as the moyashi began to relax. The two stayed like that for what could have been hours or only a few minutes. Yuu lost track of time smelling his moyashi's hair and letting his chest rumble gentle vibrations into Allen body. His innocent mate lay limp in his embrace. The only sign of his lover being awake came from the warm breath on his neck and the clenching of Allen's hands in his shirt.

There suddenly came a kitten-like murmur into his shirt.

Yuu's ears swiveled towards his moyashi and he tilted the boy's head up slowly, so his moyashi wouldn't feel like he was trying to dominate him. He had to hold back his anger – he knew that. He had to ignore the way his blood was humming with violence and the desire to rip, claw, and curse.

He had to be calm, loving, and supportive – like a good mate would.

Allen deserved that much.

"He asked if he could see my arm," Allen muttered quietly, silver eyes refusing to meet Yuu's blue. "So I said yes... cause I thought… well, I took off my shirt so he could see it and he said he didn't think it was bad at all. Said he thought it made me special. Pretty. Made him like me even more."

Yuu bit back a violent curse, and listened intently to his lover, knowing there was more to come.

"Then he… kissed me. I dunno why," Allen said quietly, as if afraid that by uttering the words it would happen again. "I was surprised at first, so I didn't push off right away. He wouldn't listen when I tried to tell him to stop, but I didn't want to hurt him either. I was trying to figure out how to push him off gently when he tried putting his t-t-tongue in… in my mouth and his hands… h-h-hands we-went –"

Allen felt every muscle in his mate's chest tighten under his cheek. He nuzzled Yuu's neck, trying to ease the muscles there while also fighting back his own shock-induced tears.

Yuu unexpectedly kissed the crown of white hair and slid his fingers through it. Allen opened his mouth to continue, but was interrupted by his lover's baritone.

"Moyashi, you don't need to explain anything, especially if it makes you uncomfortable. Just… be okay…" Yuu said, struggling explain how he felt.

"B-But, Yuu I --" There was a shaky inhale, a weak attempt at talking, followed by a pitiful whimper. Then, there was a sob as a tidal wave of hot, shocked tears overflowed in Allen's eyes.

Yuu gingerly turned his lover's face up to him, licking the tears from his moyashi's eyes. Allen pulled away from the touches quickly, looking up at his lover with pleading eyes.

"A-aren't you mad at me? I ch-cheated on you," Allen whimpered. Yuu's chest tightened as he pulled Allen into his arms again, muttering in slur of Japanese about how much of an innocent idiot his mate was.

"Baka moyashi, that wasn't cheating and in no way was it your fault. So don't you dare blame yourself for what happened," Yuu muttered, and his chest tightened again when Allen let out a weak laugh through his fading sobs, a pained smile carving itself onto his face like second scar.

"Bu-but I promised! When we f-f-first met! I promised not to be anyone else's! But he k-kissed me and –"

"Did you want to be Narien's mate instead?"

"NO!" he shouted, eyes wide at he gazed at his mate. "Yuu, no! I only want –"

"Then you never broke your promise. You did nothing wrong. If anything, this is my fault, moyashi. I'm…" the Japanese struggled over the odd word on his tongue "…sorry…. really. Fuck, I should've been there to stop it from happening --"

"No, Yuu! I'm sorry! Y-You were right –"

"Hush, moyashi," Yuu purred, gingerly reaching out to tuck the boy into his body once more. Allen stayed quiet and let his mate hold him, though his stomach was still churning with guilt.

Yuu was also feeling guilty. Fuck, his moyashi must've been so clueless as to what to do when that happened. Allen had never kissed anyone but Yuu (the Japanese NECO had made sure of that) and the Japanese also knew that Allen had thought of the brat as his friend. For the moyashi, having friend do that to him probably felt as though he'd been stabbed in the back.

Yuu inhaled his lover's hair again, looking down at the warm, limp body he held in his arms. Then, Yuu suddenly realized something and he let out a short, barely audible chuckle. Upon seeing the moyashi look up at him questioningly, Yuu couldn't help but smirk.

"You hushed when I told you to," Yuu said. Allen nodded, not understanding why this was so funny. "You're still obedient, moyashi," he hinted.

Allen realized what his mate was referring to in a moment.

"You're cute," a 12-year-old Yuu boldly said, causing Allen's face to turn bright red.

"Thank you," the younger NECO replied.

"And innocent."

"Umm, thanks?"

"And obedient."

"Hey, no I'm not --"

"Shut up."

"Okay," Allen whimpered.

Yuu just smirked, his dark eyes glinting as his tail took on a more pleased swish through the bars of his cage.

"I'm not that obedient," Allen whined quietly, feeling like Yuu was making fun of him. He pushed back a sniffle and began wiping the tears from his cheeks. "I just listen to you because I want to."

Yuu raised an eyebrow in amusement and chuckled again, challenging him. Allen sat up on his haunches and looked seriously at his Japanese lover.

"I'm not," he repeated, wiping the last of his shocked tears from his eyes.

"Get back in my arms, moyashi."

"No. "

"Now, moyashi."

"No! I'm not—"

"Now," Yuu ordered huskily, his blue eyes dropping to half-mast. Allen was ashamed to admit that his body moved to curl back into his lover before he caught himself. He hurriedly pulled away, hoping Yuu hadn't seen his slip-up, but strong arms caught him around the waist and pulled him back against a tattoo-marred chest.

Yuu curled himself back around Allen, letting his platinum-haired mate soak in his scent and warmth and how sorry he was for not having been there to protect him. Allen let out a half-hearted chuckle this time, thinking that maybe being obedient to Yuu wasn't such a bad thing. Sometimes.

He wiped the rest of the now cold tears from his face and made a small noise into Yuu's chest. He wrapped his pale tail around himself, listening to the steady and calming beat of Yuu's heart. Even through his lover's shirt, the heartbeat was so strong and so soothing that it made Allen feel safe and sleepy. He closed his eyes, letting the euphoric warmth of his Yuu's skin and his weariness lull him.

"Sleep moyashi," Yuu's voice purred to him, and Allen let the sound wash over him.

"Ok, but m'not doin' this cause m'obed'nt, s'just cause m'tired …" Allen muttered before letting himself drift into a sated sleep.

Yuu smirked at the statement before he tucked both himself and his lover beneath their thin, navy sheets. He let his own eyes drift close, the feeling of a warm body curled against his making him relax.

Both were deep in sweet dreams, blissfully ignorant to the outside world, when the first of Narien's muffled screams began from downstairs.

Yuu was the first to awake, snapping to attention as someone let out a muffled scream that was so high it hurt his eardrums. He moved to his knees, supporting his sleeping moyashi against his chest, before he remembered who was screaming and why.

He promptly 'che'-ed and sunk back into his original sprawl, curling himself around Allen's body and watching the moyashi sleep, his mouth parted and eyelids flickering ever so gently. The room had darkened considerably, though there were still faint traces of light coming through the curtains to let Yuu know that it was almost dusk.

There was another muffled sob from downstairs, thankfully quiet enough that Yuu barely caught it. Allen slept through it, unassuming and unaware. Yuu nuzzled his nose back into his moyashi's hair, content to stay like that and fall back asleep.

Then there was a scream, although muffled, that was much louder than the rest and Yuu's eyes snapped open again in irritation.

As satisfying as the brat's screams were, those cries of agony had been loud enough to wake him and were now keeping him awake.

And that meant they could possibly wake Allen too.

Yuu frowned, grumbling under his breath as he tried to figure out how he could possibly tell the girl to silence the brat without disturbing the platinum-haired NECO curled atop him.

Usually he and Allen slept on their sides, Allen's back curled into his stomach so he could loops his arms and his tail around his moyashi, keeping him warm and tucked to the wall where he was safe. (After all, with Allen like that, the only way someone could get to Allen was overtop of Yuu himself.) This made it easy for Yuu to move and adjust his position if the usagi tried sneaking into the room at night to steal his things or braid his hair.

But this – having a tear-stained Allen curled on top of his chest and his thighs -- was a problem. He couldn't slink out from Allen's hold without forcing the moyashi awake, and if the moyashi woke up, he would hear Narien being tortured downstairs and he would force Yuu to stop it.

And Yuu had no intention of stopping it, even if Allen begged.

'… although, 'he reluctantly admitted, 'I'd probably have to fucking stop if the damn moyashi said 'please'. He knows I'd do anything for him when he says that.'

The door to their bedroom creaked open, spilling light onto the darkened room. Yuu hissed in warning until he saw that the face in the door had an eye patch and a nest of red hair.

"Usagi, get the fuck out or lose your other eye."

The redhead ignored the threat, and for once, didn't bother to reply. His brows were furrowed in concern as he slipped into the room and sat down on the unoccupied side of the bed.

He reached out a hand to touch the white hair that was turned into Yuu's chest, and then seemed to hesitate as he dropped it quickly. His single green eye blinked slowly at the boy, his long rabbit ears trailing by his shoulders.

"Is he okay?" Lavi asked. Yuu didn't reply, wondering how the hell Lavi knew about –

"Tyki and I ran back into the living room when Narein started screaming'," Lavi began, as if reading his friend's mind. His tone was soft, to not wake Allen and his green eye dropped back to the platinum NECO. "Rhode told us why she was punishing Narien. I wanted to come see you both sooner, but Tyki told me that Rhode's punishments were never pretty, and you know that the only way up here is through the living room."

An odd, sad smile bloomed on the rabbit's face. He touched Allen's face, right over his blood-red pentacle for a second before pulling back again.

"Heh, I actually told Tyki to shove it. I wanted to see Allen, cause I knew that both of you were probably going through a hell of emotional crap, but Tyki insisted I go outside with him and let Rhode do her thing. Sheryl and Skin both had to drag me outta the room after that, just to get me to go outside and wait. Funny, how they didn't even look disgusted with me when they pulled me out...they just looked… sorry…" Lavi finished lamely, scratching his ears and covering his face as though he was suddenly overcome with exhaustion. By the time he removed his hands, his face was devoid of emotion.

"How long has Allen been out?"

"Dunno usagi. You tell me. How long has the brat been screaming?"

The odd, sad smile bloomed again. "About four hours. Rhode just finished, and came outside to 'proudly' tell us all we could come back inside. I don't know what the fuck she did, but we're going to need a new carpet in that room, Yuu. And something sweet to get the smell of blood outta there."

"How does the brat look?"

"Honestly? Bad, Yuu. Real bad."

"Che, good."

Both men nodded, silently understanding that it was what the other didn't say that was so important.

"We're all going to go out for dinner tonight. Sheryl is buying," Lavi continued softly, his eye focused on Yuu. "It's a rare treat, since we can't ever eat in town without getting worried. But with Tyki and Sheryl acting as our Masters, plus the money Sheryl has, it should keep us all safe and get us a good meal. Want to come?"

Yuu looked briefly to the boy in his arms and then met Lavi's gaze again. The redhead smiled, genuinely this time, before nodding at his friend in understanding.

"Gotcha. I'll bring back some food for Allen. I'll let you two get back to sleep. We should be back in a few hours so you'll have to fend for yourself for a while." Lavi looked to Allen, and then gently placed a loving, brotherly kiss on the boy's head before standing.

Yuu didn't hiss or cuss at Lavi for the kiss, just watched it with attentive eyes.

"Oh," Lavi began turning back to the NECOs before he reached the door, "just so you know, Narien is also going to the hospital, using Sheryl's money, to get fixed up. He'll miss dinner but he'll be back with Rhode and her family – briefly. Then, they're gonna head out and, you know, go back to their own place."

Yuu didn't move and didn't reply.

Lavi winked at the Japanese teen, asking, "Want me to trip Tyki while he's carrying Narien head down the hill?"

"Make sure the brat breaks his head open on a sharp rock."

"Mmph, Rhode has already cracked his head open, and I dunno how I feel about seriously hurting him when he's already so injured. But for you and Allen, I guess I'll try my best."

Yuu's blue eyes narrowed slightly.

"Already cracked his head open? What the fuck?"

Lavi let out chuckle, but his eye was clenched in what resembled pain.

"I told you before how I learned some medical stuff from Master Bookman, right? How to stitch up yourself, identify injuries, stop bleeding, you know? Well, before Sheryl decided to take Narien to the hospital, he wanted to know what he was gonna have to pay for."

"Skip the shit, usagi, how hurt is he?"

Lavi winced before saying, "From what Bookman taught me…" There was a deep, shaky inhale as Lavi's eyes flickered upwards in remembrance.

"… Narien's got a fractured skull, two broken ribs, two broken fingers, a broken ankle, shattered knee cap, dislocated jaw, and he has a towel tied around his right thigh where his …" Lavi looked like he was fighting back gagging, "… his femoral artery was cut open. So yeah… ahem, plus I think he bit through his tongue. I couldn't really tell with that one. I'm rusty on that stuff…"

Yuu tried to fight back a cringe of his own at the extent of injuries. There may – may -- have been a hint of guilt in his chest, but he nodded at Lavi with all the confidence in the world.

"Che, don't stuff yourself on carrots, usagi."

"Don't wake Allen with your ugly, loud snoring, Yuu-chaaaan," Lavi hissed back, smiling at the two NECOs as he made to leave the room. Lavi held the door open for split second to say "By the way, you cuddling with the moyashi is absolutely adorable" before he quickly left.

Yuu scowled at the door, unable to do anything else. Sighing, he relaxed back into the pillows, angling his neck to watch the beautiful boy in his arms sleep.

Just over an hour later, the moyashi began to wake. His ears twitched as they took in the near-silence of the house and a minute later, his silver eyes fluttered open until they were half-lidded.

Allen blinked lazily at his mate's chest and the opposite wall. Then, not wanting to get up, he buried the side of his face into Yuu's chest again, closing his eyes and mumbling incoherently about sleeping longer.

There was an affectionate chuckle from above him.

"You're so cute when you wake up, baka moyashi..."

Unwillingly, Allen groaned and opened his eyes fully, only to realize it wasn't a pillow he was snuggling into, but his mate's chest.

His sleepiness quickly faded as he was met with a pair of humored midnight eyes. Yuu watched with interest as the moyashi blushed in embarrassment when he realized he was asleep on top of his lover, instead of before him.

"What time is it?" he said, resting his chin on the Japanese teen's chest while fingers brushed his fingers through his platinum hair.

"About dinnertime"

"Really? How long have you been awake?"

"Only for the last hour or so. I would've gotten up, but I didn't want to disturb you" Yuu answered smoothly. He tickled the back of Allen's neck, making the younger NECO shiver and squirm. "Everyone else is gone out for a while, so its just you and me for dinner."

"Oh," Allen said. Then his ears suddenly perked up. "Oh. How long are they going to be gone for?"

Yuu raised an eyebrow at his mate. "I dunno. A few hours. Why do you want to know?"

"Well, I was just thinking that –" Allen bit his bottom lip "—with everyone gone, you could teach me now…."

A confused frown was his only response.

"… teach me about, you know, what we talked about this afternoon."

Yuu's frown deepened and upon seeing it, Allen pushed himself off his mate's chest to look at him eye-to-eye.

"This afternoon, when we were in bed, you said you'd… you know…" Allen gazed at his mate, hoping he understood what he was trying to hint at. He didn't want to have to say it out loud. It was embarrassing.

Yuu merely cocked his head in the side in confusion. What had he said? He wasn't good with words, and the only thing he actually remembered from the last time they'd been in bed had been the sight of his moyashi crying.

"Che, what are you talking about?"

"You said you'd…" There was a shaky inhale and Allen looked timidly up at his mate through his eyelashes. "… you'd teach me how to take care of your, you know, down there problems -- like you did to mine."

Yuu's eyes shot open unexpectedly at his moyashi's request. The hardness in his pants was impossible to ignore.

Mistaking his midnight-eared lover's silence for a 'no', Allen quickly continued, saying "Yuu, you said you would! And I wanna learn how to make you feel good too."

There was still no response from his Japanese lover. Allen felt worry well up in him. What if Yuu didn't think he was smart enough to learn? What if he never could make Yuu feel as good as he had felt when Yuu had put his mouth on him?

"Please teach me?!" Allen cried, jumping to closer to his mate's side and looking at him pleadingly. He wanted to learn, he was smart enough to learn! He wanted to make his Yuu feel good!

He was suddenly pinned to the bed and Yuu's tongue was ravishing his mouth before he could say another word. He gasped as the wet tongue licked at his own, encouraging it to touch back and explore its owner's mouth. Large, calloused hands lifted Allen's hips, pulling them into larger ones and creating a hot friction that left him gasping in pleasure.

"Yuu," he moaned, earning a husky groan in response before Yuu nipped at his neck, sucking on a spot that made Allen arch. The younger NECO bucked at the feeling of hard teeth in a sensitive spot, drawing another groan from Yuu as their hips rolled against one another.

Then Yuu sat up, ripping himself off the moyashi and turning his back to his lover.

"Fuck!" he shouted, and Allen flinched at the volume. Then, as swiftly as they'd disappeared, midnight blue eyes turned back to pin Allen in place.

"Stop! I keep trying to introduce you to mating and sex slowly, but then you look at me and I just – fuck! I just fucking forget anything except how much I want to claim you as fast as possible!" he said, turning to stare fiercely at his smaller lover. "So stop making such goddamn cute faces and making me want to ravish you! Because I love you so fucking much! And because I love you so fucking much, I refuse to hurt you by losing control! I refuse to ever hurt you! Do you understand that!?"

Allen just stared, wide-eyed and gaping at his mate. He couldn't think after that outburst, let alone nod in understanding.

Yuu cursed his lack of control before turning to the far wall, trying to slow his breathing. Fuck, he was stupid. He'd just yelled at his moyashi for no reason, and right when his moyashi needed him to be loving, calm, and fucking under control! Fuck! He really was too fucking lucky to have the moyashi as his mate. Allen was too perfect, too irresistibly innocent for someone like him.

"Yuu?" came the timid request a few minutes later.

Said NECO exhaled as hard as he could, turning to slowly face his moyashi. His moyashi was probably scared of him now, wanted to leave the room and be away from him.

Bright, half-lidded starlight eyes looked up at Yuu, a soft smile gracing Allen's pink lips. Then, the boy leaned forward and kissed Yuu softly on the mouth, holding onto the feeling for a long moment. A silver tail looped through Yuu's longer and darker one as the moyashi's nose touched his own when the chaste kiss ended. Starlight-eyes looked into their midnight counterparts.

"I love you too," Allen said his smile widening.

Yuu's heart skipped a beat, and he found himself inhaling sharply.

There was another soft, sweet kiss from his mate, but Allen pulled back before Yuu could reciprocate it. So the elder followed the moyashi as he pulled back, moving so that he was laying across his lover to kiss him gently in return. The chaste kiss lasted only a moment, but when he pulled away, Yuu could see Allen was still smiling up at him with so much love, trust, and understanding that his heart skipped another beat.

He buried his head into Allen's neck, inhaling his scent and letting their tails caress. Allen gladly took the opportunity to run his fingers through his lover's long midnight strands, letting it sit in it's ponytail as he toyed with it. His midnight-haired mate smelled good too, and Allen let his own eyes slip closed as he purred out in contentment. Yuu was so good to him and such a loving, protective mate. Allen didn't ever want anyone but Yuu to kiss him again.

"Moyashi?"

"Nya?" the mewl slipped out before he could stop it. Yuu smirked at the sound, before cradling himself over his lover, staring seriously into his eyes.

"Che," there was a heavy sigh, as if Yuu thought he would regret this later. He murmured, "Do you really want to learn how to pleasure me?"

Allen quickly pushed himself up, grabbing his lover's hand and nodding encouragingly. Yuu had to clear his throat before continuing. This wasn't about his needs, it was about the moyashi's and he damned well wanted to make sure his baka mate understood that. Yuu was not going to force his moyashi into this.

"Are you sure?"

A nod.

"Positive?"

Two nods.

"I mean, moyashi, I'm more than willing to teach you – trust me. But after the whole incident you just went through are you sure, you're going to be okay? With doing this?"

"It would help me forget about Narien, you know…" Allen trailed off, hoping his lover would let him.

There was a momentary twitch of Yuu's eyes, and a murmur that sounded suspiciously like 'manipulative moyashi' before the Japanese NECO sighed loudly. He tugged the elastic from his hair, letting it curtain around his broad shoulders. He nodded at Allen as he shifted to sit face to face with his lover.

"Che, alright, I'll teach you."

(=D) --is shameless--

Because limes and lemons deserve chapters all too themselves, no? Fufufufu.