Disclaimer: No, I do not own any of the characters of Gravitation. They all belong to Maki Murakami-sensei, Right Stuff and Tokyopop. No rights go to me, yada yada yada.

A.N. This chapter starts in a flashback.

"Mizu… what… do you think of me?"

Mizu narrowed his eyes, cocking his head towards Sara.

"Mistress?"

"What do you think of me?"

Mizu paused, formulating a response.

"And no what you've been trained to say…" Her blue eyes pierced his "I want the truth."

Mizu turned away from her and back to the clothes he was folding for Kaname.

"Why?"

"Because…" Sara said "I'm curious."

Mizu dropped the last of the laundry into his basket and balanced the plate that carried Kaname's breakfast on top of it.

Mizu sighed, turning to her.

"You obviously want to know something more than how I feel about you."

Sara paused and as Mizu began to walk, she followed.

"But, since you can see the future, you already know how I feel about you, as well as the answer to the real question you want to ask so…" Mizu paused, turning to her, his loose silver hair swaying "Why waste my time, Mistress Sara? Because I--."

"You hate me."

They both froze.

"No." Mizu threw over his shoulder, as he kept walking "I envy you."

Sara clutched her heart.

"No… my dear Mizu. I envy you. " She whispered "For you get to spend the rest of your life by Kaname's side." She sighed "And our days are numbered."

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"Yuki family curse…" Yuki bit his lip, his eyes scanning over the bookshelf

"Lord Kaname is going to kill you."

Yuki's eyes fell to the tiny form sitting in the chair behind him.

He rolled his eyes.

"He… is going to kill you dead."

"My father is not going to know, unless you open your mouth."

Shuichi sighed.

"Do you really think it'll be here?"

"I don't know." Yuki muttered, running his fingers over the books in Kaname's private office "Maybe."

"You're going to get killed over 'maybe'?"

"Kaname is not going to kill me!"

"Why did you need me to do this anyways?"

"Because." Yuki said "I needed your Chaos Sleep on the guards."

Shuichi rolled his eyes.

Then he tensed.

"I just need to find something on like family history… or…" He sighed "Something in…"

"Yuki."

"I can't believe there's nothing here."

"Yuki."
"Maybe…"

"Yuki!"

"What?"
"Kaname is outside."

Yuki turned to face him.

"What?"

"Lord Kaname is coming this way."

"How can you tell?"

"Because… I can feel his Chaos."

Yuki narrowed his eyes.

"What do we do?"

"I thought you weren't afraid."

"Shu."

"How about--." A voice behind them spoke "You both… tell me what you're doing here."

They both froze, and turned to find Kaname standing behind them, his arms crossed over his chest.

"Uh…" Yuki began, struggling to regain his composure.

'If I can lie my way out with Kina… then…'

"You'll find, that I'm not as gullible as Kina, Eiri." Kaname shot at him.

"You're in my head."

"Of course." Kaname said "Tell me."

Yuki sighed, his shoulders slumping.

"I just wanted to know…" He began "About the 'curse'."

Kaname grew ridged.

Yuki tensed.

"No." Kaname said suddenly.

"What?"

"No."

"No?"

"No."

"No what?"

"No, I'm not going to tell you."

"But Father…"

"I said no!" Kaname shouted, slamming his fist into the desk

The both tensed, feeling the energy rise off of him.

"Why?"

"Are you so eager to bring it about, Eiri?"

"How would I know that if you won't…"

"Eiri!" Kaname shouted, his voice rising. He then paused, took a deep breath, and reached out his hands

Yuki tensed as Kaname gently placed his hands on his cheeks, bending his forehead down to place a kiss there.

"Eiri." He said, his voice softer "Please."

'He's… trembling…'

His lips still near Yuki's skin, Kaname continued

"Please. Son. Just trust me." He spoke "Trust me when I say… you're better off not knowing."

They stood silent for a moment, before Yuki nodded.

"Alright."

Kaname sighed.

"Now." He continued, removing his hands "Get out of my office."

"God. I just down se what the big deal is." Yuki said, as they began to walk down the long corridors, away from Kaname's office. "Why won't he just tell me?"

"Yuki." Shuichi said softly "Maybe you should just listen to him."

Yuki chuckled, turning to face Shuichi.

"Why are you agreeing." Yuki began, then paused once he caught sight of Shuichi's face "You… you know…" He said, his voice calm "Don't you?"
Shuichi didn't answer.

"You read his mind! You know!"

Sadly, he nodded.

"Tell me!"

This time, Shuichi shook his head.

"Why not?"

"Because." Shuichi began "You're better off not knowing."

And with that, he walked off.

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A.N. I totally love the defiant Mizu and Shuichi in this chapter. It's nice to see every once in a while. Sorry for the lengthy update. I've had a very busy past few weeks. But I decided to treat myself for X-mas and buy a GameCube. It's a bit Old School now, but I'm still excited ;. More about the "Yuki-Family Curse" to come! Thanks so so much to everyone who's reviewed! And hope you all had happy holidays!