If there's something weird in terms of layout then I'm really sorry.

OTL

Chapter five

The day soon turned into night as Yuui went out of the cafe with a yawn. He got a text from Fai that he was on his way so he waited for him to come. As he was waiting at the front, an older black haired woman with a gentle smile went up to him.

"Oh excuse me, but do you happen to work here?" She asked, long haired tied back as she wore flower patterned sundress and matching shoes.

"Hmm?" Yuui looked over and blinked. "Oh my, I almost didn't see you there. Sorry." He then nodded. "And yes, I do. I'm actually the head chef and owner of this place."

She brightened at that and extended a hand. "Hello, my name is Tsumebe and this is a little awkward, but my son is so stubborn you see and well he doesn't know I'm here." She stopped herself from rambling. "I don't know how to say this so I'll be blunt. My son helped your brother I think? He said one brother was a cook and the other was the one he helped?" She tried remembering what Kurogane had said.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Tsumebe. I'm Yuui. Pleasure." Yuui said as he was taking that hand and shaking it. "Your son, huh? Well my brother did say that a dragon helped him that one time but never mentioned a man." He stated. "So the dragon has a human form then..."

"Well most of us do dear." She smiled brightly, glad she had found the right brother at least. "But in any case, my son's terribly shy and I've been trying to get him to make friends and he seemed to tolerate your brother. I was wondering if I could speak with him? If it's not too much trouble."

"Oh, well. Brother's coming right now if you want to meet him." Yuui said. "If you want, I can leave right now and it'll be the perfect opportunity for you both to talk about it then."

"Don't let me upset your plans." She told him. "I just wanted to give him my number and by the way your cakes are very good."

"Oh, well. I can give it to him then." Yuui then smiled brightly. "And thank you~! I just like to bake and such. No big deal, I assure you."

"Well you're very talented." Tsumebe giggled as they waited for Fai. "And I've been cooking for a very long time."

"Oh I don't know about that." Yuui chuckled. "I just love doing it for a long time. And I think that's great. You certainly have that look of a cook and you seem to love it too."

"I've had to make meals and do bake sales and all the mom stuff for a century or two. I have some old family recipes if you'd like? In thanks for helping me." It was then Fai began walking down the street having emerged from a corner.

"That'd be lovely but I don't want to take someone else's recipes. I think family recipes should be treasured within the family no matter what. It's better that way." He smiled softly at the woman. "And no thanks is required. I'm just glad someone else has liked my creations. So I should be thanking /you/ for that."

"I've never heard of someone turning down a gift from a dragon before."

"Yuui since when did you get such a pretty worker?" Fai smiled as he winked at Tsumebe who simply smiled.

Yuui just smiled as he turned to his brother. "She's not a worker but she is very lovely." He winked at her. "However, she's here for you brother, not me."

"I have an admirer?" He blinked and stared. She was terribly beautiful.

"I guess you could say that. I believe you've met my son, about thirty feet long black scales?"

Fai's eyes widened. "Kuro-san!"

Yuui blinked as he then smiled and stepped back; letting them talk it out. He then felt his phone vibrate and checked to see who was texting him. With narrowed eyes and a blush, he started texting back. Honestly, now of all times?

"You must come down for dinner sometime. I think my son would like the extra company." Tsumebe insisted and Fai felt a little intimidated if he didn't say yes to her. "Now that that's settled and you have my phone number, I'll be expecting that call. Have a nice night boys." With a wave she smiled and left them.

Fai stared after her.

Not looking up from his phone, Yuui smirked. "Looks like I'm not the only one who has someone now." He snickered. Karma tasted so great at the moment.

"I think she was just a really overprotective mother?" He was still staring even after Tsumebe had left. He just hoped they weren't going to eat him or keep him locked up in their home. "And I really don't think he liked me in any capacity."

"It wouldn't be a big deal to that woman is that wasn't the case." Yuui grinned. "Sounds like that Kuro-guy actually wants to see you again. Probably was too shy on how to do that."

"That can't be it, he was showing his teeth an awful lot last time we met." Shrugging he supposed he would find out later. "Let's go home."

"And that would mean nothing because...?" Yuui walked with his brother as he headed home. "Face it, you have a admirer and a dragon one at that."

"That can't be right. They're supposed to bring you gifts, like a magpie or something." He frowned trying to remember what Ioryogi had told him about dragon culture.

"I don't know. There are some dragons that are more human than we would think they'd be. Sounds like high school all over again if you ask me." Yuui mused.

"Either way, it's flattering if he is and a little embarrassing if he isn't."

"Well, I guess we'll see when you go over there for dinner at some point." Yuui grinned.

"Yes, yes. So how was work? Get another visit?" He asked smiling.

Yuui looked away.

"Another visit?" Fai pressed on. "Syaoron?" He eyed his brother as he took out his keys and unlocked their door. Honestly it was like pulling teeth.

"..." Yuui then refused to say anything as the door opened and he walked past his brother with a bright red face.

"So he did? What happened? More leering?"

"I just...he wanted something quick to eat and I made it for him. Nothing special." Yuui stated.

"You specially made him breakfast. You can't get more special." He countered kicking off his shoes before heading in the kitchen for a drink.

"I make meals all the time." Yuui argued as he followed his brother.

"Yes, but you probably offered to and you wouldn't have let anyone else do it." He countered from the kitchen.

"Agh! It was nothing! Why can't anyone see that?" Yuui groaned as he dropped his head on the counter.

"Watanuki said so too didn't he?" He smirked before shutting the fridge and heading to the couch.

It was one of those times that Yuui wished he can just throw something out of a window and not have to worry what happened later. He groaned loudly.

"When is your date anyways?" He asked handing a bottle of juice to his brother.

Taking the bottle without lifting his head, Yuui groaned a third time. "Not. A. Date. And we're hanging out on sunday. He'll meet me here so you'll get to see him."

"Nice, can I do the whole 'if you hurt him I'll murder you' speech?" Laughing Fai took a seat beside him.

"Do that and I'll be the one doing the murdering." Yuui half-joked, half-threatened.

"So cruel to me. Maybe getting laid will make you less grumpy." Fai twisted off the bottle lid on his drink.

Yuui shoved at Fai playfully. "You wish."

"What that you'd have sex or be less grumpy?" He smirked.

It was then that Yuui placed the bottle carefully on the floor before he tackled his brother on the couch.

Fai yelped and barely managed to save his own drink. "Yuui!"

"Don't Yuui me, brother!" Yuui smirked. "Don't forget, I'm not the only who will be have an encounter with destiny~" He was going to say 'date with destiny' but his brother already teased him enough.

"What having lunch with a guy and his mom? Yes, a real date."

"Oh please, this guy must have something towards you or else you wouldn't have a talk with his /mother/." Yuui chuckled. "But I have a feeling that you're not the only one who would be thrown off by this."

"Yes, she did go behind his back, so it will probably be awkward." There was nothing he could do about that.

Yuui smiled though as he got off of Fai and went to get his drink.

In another home, Kurogane glanced at his own mother and can only sigh. "Okay, what happened on your end today?"

"Went out for a walk. Then came home and cooked since I knew you'd be stopping by." She cut him a large piece of pot roast off to go with the rest of the food in his plate.

"Yeah, right." Kurogane rolled his eyes. He can see the glint in his mother's eyes. He only saw that when his mother was planning something behind his back. And he doubt it would be good.

"It's true. I was going to pay you a visit, but I thought you might be too busy." Taking her seat she began to eat.

The man wasn't convinced but decided to let it go. Nothing is worth arguing over an empty stomach anyway.

They ate together as she planned what would happen. She supposed Kurogane would be angry with her but if it meant he could get over his confidence issues it would be worth it.

"So Ioryogi's going out of town for a few days." Kurogane stated as his mother was putting away the dishes. "He told me that he couldn't trust anyone with his merchandise who he he dumped the shop on me to take care of it for a bit."

"That's great, he's giving you more trust. You might be in for a promotion soon." It seemed things were looking up for him.

"Meh, I bet he just wanted to see me sink and mess up so he can have something to laugh at when he gets back." Kurogane waved it off.

"Well you're not working at the forge, but you can manage a store on your own." She explained with a smile.

"I suppose." Kurogane nodded. "Might actually be alone with my thoughts during the day. The shop's good and quiet; away from all that noise in the city."

"So you like it?" She smiled, watching her son.

"...Maybe..." Kurogane had to look away at that point.

"Better than your last one at least?" Tsumebe wondered if Fai would really make plans with her and hoped he would.

"Yeah, by a mile." Kurogane shrugged. "And I don't have to worry about those back pains anymore. I may be a dragon but it's not like my spine's made of metal too."

"That's great, I was beginning to worry you might have to see a doctor." He was good to see him even a little happy.

Like he would go anywhere near a place like that. Though seeing his mother happy for him made him smile just a bit. "Yeah, it's okay, I guess."

"Who knows, maybe you'll be some famous forger? Making swords and sculpture and jewelry."

Looking up at his mother, his smile got a bit wider. "Maybe."

She gave a soft laugh. "Maybe I can even commission you too."

"Okay, mother I get it. You can stop now." Kurogane was trying not to chuckle. "Maybe someday I will be some famous forger. Just not anytime soon, alright?"

"I know it takes time, but at least you're getting there." He got up and kissed his temple before going to refill her glass.

"Hmm..." Kurogane leaned into the kiss and sighed. Nothing like a mother's encouragement to lift up a person's spirits. Not that he needed it but he appreciated all the same.

"Now finish eating. Oh and later this week I plan on making lunch for the both of us at home so when you have a free day or a long lunch break tell me so I can plan ahead."

"Ah." Kurogane continued eating. "Well I'm free this Sunday so I'll come over for lunch, I guess." There was a feeling again; the feeling that made him suspicions of his mother's actions. He wondered if it had anything to do with what happened with her today.

"Alright. I'll make a big meal for you then. Anything in particular?" She smiled, thinking things were coming together.

"Hmm...not really." Kurogane said as he ate the last bit of his meal. "Maybe something meaty like ribs or something. Anything that would fill me up quick."

"Alright, I'll see what I can get." She laughed sitting down again. They ate peacefully chatting about Kurogane's job and she for once didn't bring up Fai.

The time between the next day and Sunday seemed like a blur to Yuui as he woke up that particular morning so nervous and beside himself. He wanted Syaoron to like him but he didn't want to scare him off. Yeah, Syaoron came to the cafe when he had some free time but hey, what friend wouldn't? Grabbing a towel, Yuui headed over to the shower in hopes of the hot waters calming him down a bit.

Fai had gotten a call the day before Tsumebe about a lunch date along with directions and a time to be there. He sighed already getting dressed having gotten out of the shower nearly an hour earlier.

Kurogane, unaware but suspicious all the same was sighing heavily and he got out of bed and get ready for that /big/ lunch later. The nagging feeling never went away after that night. In fact it grew; up to a point that he wished he knew what was going on; just so it can be over it and over with quick. Why do mothers have to be so secretive?

A while later, Yuui found himself tapping his foot on the living room floor impatiently; just wanting the day to be over so he can crawl back into bed and never come out. "Oh god...what if he's having second thoughts about being with me today? Did I come on too strong? Did I scare him?"

"It's not time yet, calm down." Fai shook his head. He decided not to wear a simple t-shirt and jeans at least. "He'll be here." Fai was sitting on the couch; he had skipped breakfast as Tsumebe had explained she was fixing a lot.

"Easy for you to say; at least you're certain that someone will be where you're going. It's a freaking disaster waiting for me!" Yuui groaned as he covered his face with his hands.

Fai rolled his eyes. Less than ten minutes later there was the sound of the buzzer going off. "See?"

Yuui yelped and promptly tried to hide under the cushions.

"Oh come on." He got up and let Syaoron in.

"Shut it! I'm trying to crawl under this couch and never coming out!" Yuui's voice was muffled by his face being planted on a cushion.

"Thought it wasn't a date?" When Syaoron knocked on their door he let him in. "Hello, I'm Fai and you must be Syaoron. Yuui's somewhere around here."

"It's not-ah!" Yuui yelped as he fell from the couch and to the floor; making a loud thump for the other two to hear.

Both winced and turned to look at him. "You okay there Yuui? Have you been drinking again?" Fai smiled.

"I am going to kill you-" Yuui practically ran out of the living room with a glare that can even make the sun explode when his blues eyes landed on Syaoron. The anger went away quickly as he fixed himself up and coughed. "H-Hey, Syaoron."

"Well you two kids have fun, I have a lunch to get to." Fai shoved Yuui towards Syaoron before he was out the door. "It was nice meeting you!"

Yuui's face was red and burning as he was praying to multiple gods that his brother's outing will be a disaster. He groaned as he covered half of his face with a hand.

"Your brother's interesting..." He stared after him. "So are we heading out?"

"My brother's the devil." Yuui let that one slip past his lips before coughing. "S-Sure. Let's go..."

Syaoron laughed at that as they both headed back out. "Is that so?"

Yuui blushed as he heard that laugh. "U-Um, yeah. It's a wonder that he hasn't summoned the flames of the underworld yet." He continued joking.

"He seemed a little odd, but nice." They were back on the street then. "So I hope you like this place, it's a little bakery I go to when I can."

"Really?" Yuui smiled with a hopeful look. "I absolutely love bakeries."

"Great then." Flashing Yuui a smile, he had been worried with Yuui being a cook and all.

Humming a little tune, Yuui walked happily along with Syaoron; just glad for the time being that he was with the other.

When they arrived at Dukylon Syaoron got the door for him smiling all the while and feeling a little nervous himself.

"Thank you." Yuui fought the urge to blush again as he stepped inside. "Ooh, what a lovely place." He commented with a smile.

It was very tiny with only a handful of tables and a long glass case filled with pastries and bread. "It's one of those places not a lot of people know about, but is really great."

"Well that's good in a way." Yuui smiled softly. "I prefer homely places such as this any day. Kind of like my cafe."

"Then let's get something." Wandering over to the case he looked over what they had.

Yuui marveled at what the place had with sparkling eyes. He wondered what he should get first.

"They also have coffee and lemonade which is good." He smiled having seen the look in Yuui's eyes.

"Oh~!" Yuui almost forgot that he was supposed to be a bit civil and polite but the mention of drink threw /that/ out the window. "I would love a glass of lemonade. Today's perfect for it~!"

Chuckling he straightened and ordered himself a lemonade and a bear claw. "What are you getting?"

"Um...I'll get a lemonade and a croissant." Yuui stated as the people were getting his order ready. "You know...up until some point, I almost never have free time to go out and enjoy myself..." His eyes softened as he began talking.

"Then it's good you're getting it now." Paying for their meals Syaoron was happy things had gone smoothly so far. When they got their food Syaoron handed Yuui's his. "Well grab a table."

Taking his order, Yuui glanced over at a table near the window. "There." As they went and seated there, Yuui smiled brightly at Syaoron. "Thank you for buying my order. Though you didn't have to..." His eyes were looking anywhere but at the person in front of him.

"I said I would before so it's not a big deal." Settling down he glanced at Yuui wondering if he was having a good time so far. "So did you have anything else in mind? I have all day."

"T-Thank you..." Yuui glanced down with a small blush. "Um...anywhere's good. I don't exactly have favorite places to be nowadays what with the cafe and all..."

"No hobbies?"

Oh boy, this doesn't sound too good. "Um...well, I like to bake...uh...read...paint a bit...and playing piano..." Yuui muttered; feeling more and more like an insect compared to Syaoron.

"Wow really? You're must be pretty talented then. I can't do any of that, except the reading part of course." He smiled breaking off a piece of his pastry.

Snapping his eyes up, Yuui smiled a bit. "It's...nothing too grand. Anyone can do it...e-even you..." He then sipped his drink before he said anything too dumb.

"I don't know about that. I can't play an instrument to save my life, same goes with drawing."

That made Yuui chuckle. "Ah well, I-I can show you a few pointers someday. T-That is if you want that..."

"Sure, but unless you're a miracle worker I don't think it'll help." He said before taking a bite of his bear claw.

"Anyone can do it, sometimes a bit of help is all they need and the motivation to do it." Yuui muttered as he bit into the croissant. "I wouldn't be the owner of a very warm-loving cafe if I didn't have some help once in a while though...I have been known to overwork up to a point that I would...uh...never mind..."

"What fall asleep while working? Sleeping in the store? I've done that before, I think a lot of people have at some point."

"I kind of passed out and went to the hospital." Yuui felt a bit ashamed. He was trying to fill in a lot of orders for some corporate businesses who were catering parties all through the same week. In fact it if wasn't for Watanuki who stumbled upon the kitchen when he fell, he didn't know what would happened.

"I see. At least you're better now. I bet you had your brother worried sick." He offered up a small smile, fingers itching to cover Yuui's hand in understanding.

"He was worried alright." Yuui almost felt like crying. "I got a slap to the face and a lecture before he hugged me; begging me not to do it again." He sighed. "But...I couldn't help it...I...I just wanted to distract myself and I guess I overdid it." He cleared his throat. "Sorry, this is too heavy for you, isn't it? I shouldn't talk about things like that..."

Syaoron shook his head. "No it's alright. You seemed like you needed to get it off your chest a little."

Yuui's blue eyes glanced over at Syaoron as he gave the other a smile; his hand itching to touch the other's hand that was on the table. "I guess so...I just didn't want to make you think I was some depressed nutjob who only thinks about the cafe..."

"Not at all and I would expect you to, it's like the biggest part of your life." Syaoron chuckled, thinking Yuui was interesting to say the least.

That rose a bit of hope in his heart. "Yeah, it is...thanks Syaoron." He smiled warmly.

"No problem."

Yuui chuckled as he reached for the croissant. However he misjudged the distance and accidentally touched Syaoron's hand instead.

They both blushed as Yuui jerked the hand away. "Sorry about that."

"N-No! It's my fault!" Yuui quickly answered. "I wasn't thinking straight but you probably are straight I mean you weren't but then again..."

Syaoron tilted his head to the side just so in confusion before he began laughing. "I like guys..."

"H-Huh?" Yuui yelped but coughed as he calmed himself down. "I-I'm sorry?"

"Gay?" He continued, blushing again. "I've never really been interested in girls, that's my brother's thing."

"O-Oh..." Yuui looked up at Syaoron with hopeful eyes. "I-I see...well there's nothing wrong with that. We like who we like...regardless of gender...as long…as long as it's the heart that matters..." He smiled as he blushed a bit.

"That's true, though in this day and age no really cares one way or the other." He was glad for that at least.

"That's right..." Yuui laughed a bit. "I'm glad for that..."

"What about you? Are you dating anyone?"

"Hmm?" Yuui the blushed as he shook his head. "N-No. Not at the moment. I uh..." He looked away. "Got out of one almost a year now...it wasn't pretty though since...I was dumped."

"That sucks, it's never fun getting dumped." At least that gave him a little hope.

"Piece of shit dumped me on the spot." Yuui's eyes held some anger in them. "Told me that he never liked guys to begin with and because of me he was certain that he never will."

"Then he was an asshole who didn't deserve you." Frowning he couldn't imagine who could do that, especially to Yuui.

That got a blush out of Yuui; feeling a lot better. "Yeah...he was..." He then looked at Syaoron. "What about you? Are you...you know...with someone right now?"

"No, I haven't dated in years. With moving and getting a job I never really looked for anyone." He admitted.

"That's a shame." Yuui smiled; at least that gave him some hope. "You're quite a handsome guy. Anyone would be falling head over heels for a nice person like you."

"I guess so, but the same could be said for you too." He smiled sheepishly.

"E-Eh?" Yuui's face was then bright red. "O-Oh n-no! I'm not...really..." He trailed off with a small smile.

"Actually since we're on the subject...er...would you like to go out? On a date, maybe next week sometime?" He felt like he was floundering. "I mean you don't have to or anything we can still just be friends."

Oh god, there it was. It was the moment Yuui had hoped for. He could just sing to the high heavens now that he got his chance. Gulping, Yuui smiled brightly at Syaoron. "I-I'd like that, I...I would love to go out with you Syaoron." His face was on fire; he thought someone can cook eggs on it. "I want to go out with you...I really do...o-okay?"

"That's...that's great. Really great." He smiled broadly, still in shock.

Yuui found himself laughing as he covered half of his smile. "Y-Yes! It really is..."

"Great." He repeated. "We should finish up and see if there's anything else to do in the city on a Sunday."

"Y-Yeah!" Yuui happily nodded. "W-We should!" It was becoming the greatest day of his life. He didn't think it would turn out like this but he was happy for the moment. But somewhere in the back of his kind he knew though one other thing that he dreaded though. Looks like he'll have his hands full with someone's order for the next two weeks. Lovely.

With that they quickly finished up and heading down the street to see what was open for them to go in and check out. Syaoron couldn't believe him asking Yuui out had gone so smoothly and was still in a bit of shock over it.

It was a miracle that Yuui hadn't lost the feeling in his legs. 'He asked me out. He really asked me out...' He thought as there was a bright blush on his face. 'And...I said yes...oh my god...!'He just couldn't stop gushing mentally.

"So anything catch your eye?"

Holding back the urge to yelp, Yuui's eyes went everywhere. "Uh...um..." He then looked at an art gallery and pointed at the building. "Uh-that one! That one first!" Oh god, he hoped he didn't sound like a child right there.

Smiling, he nodded. "Looks good to me. You don't have anything submitted do you?"

"..." Oh no. Yuui froze as he then remembered something. That particular gallery had a few of his paintings in there. But worse, an exhibit of his past works. He gulped. "A-Ah, you know what, why don't we go somewhere else? I think it's such a nice day, we d-don't have to go inside now..."

He shook his head. "So you do? I don't mind going to see, now I'm actually kind of curious."

Yuui gulped as he nervously smiled. "O-Of course..." God, smite him down already.

"Don't act so nervous, if it's being shown then it has to be good."

"No, they're dreadful." Yuui quickly answered as they were already walking to the gallery. "Worse pieces of art I have ever made..."

"Then sometime you should show me your best." He grinned. There were a few people already walking around looking at this and that. Syaoron had been to a couple of these before, but much smaller ones.

For now, Yuui was trying to calm himself down as they glanced over from picture, to statue and everything in between. He felt a bit more relaxed the longer they have been there but then they made it to the third floor; the top floor of the building and his heart sank. Oh boy.

Syaoron started with the first one he saw, some landscape, missing the one's that Yuui was eyeing.

The pictures started simple with landscapes or landmarks but then there were portraits. A few were his family; small but happy. Some was his brother; the muse for him for a while. Though he wished they didn't put up the one that had his brother on a bed with a sheet draped over it and some of himself; self portraits but had various locations; depicting whatever mood he was in when he painted. It was embarrassing at the least.

"Wow Yuui, and you said these weren't your best?" He stared openly impressed. Yuui was definitely out of his league.

"Mmm..." Yuui bit his lower lip as he looked at the ground with a red face. "It's...not all that great." He didn't want Syaoron to think that he was a snob or some angsty artist since some of those pictures were from his moods.

"I can do stick figures and lettering, but nothing like this." His eyes went to the one of Fai. "So you do nudes too?" He smirked.

"No!" Yuui yelped. "My brother said that I s-should expand my horizons as a painter but who in their right mind would be a nude model at this time and age. And brother was crazy enough to to do it so..." He trailed off.

"But some of the most famous pieces are nudes or at least partial." He shook his head. Art tastes were slowly getting back to things that looked good instead of just trying to be edgy.

"Well my stuff isn't famous." Yuui argued. "The gallery was just barren at the time and I have no space to put my stuff also so I just...have them put it here or something..."

"Have you sold anything?" He asked, moving on to the self portraits.

Yuui was just about to answer that when another voice cut him off.

"Sold anything?" A man with a tag on his shirt walked up to them as he saw Yuui from a distance. "Why this young man had made a lot with just a few paintings a long time ago. How you'd think he had the best cafe in the city?" He grinned.

"Ah, y-yeah...thanks..." Yuui rubbed the back of his neck with a blush. The gallery owner was so nice if not a bit too cheery.

"I thought as much." He grinned, trying not to laugh as Yuui fidgeted.

"It was a shame though." The owner continued. "He was the best young artist of our time but the lad preferred to cook and bake then to paint; isn't that right?"

"Oh yes." Yuui nodded with a smile. "It was just a hobby. My real passion was in the culinary arts. Besides my works aren't that great."

"I'm impressed even more." He glanced over to Yuui. He still couldn't believe they were dating.

"You're not the only one." The owner chuckled. "In fact, one of the corporate businessmen that sponsor our gallery asked this young man out on a date." Yuui's smile faded as his face started to look pale.

"Then I guess it shows even more how talented he is." Syaoron took it in stride, though he was curious.

"It is." The owner nodded. "Even his brother can't surpass his skills and he's talented in the arts as well but I suppose being an engineer or something has its perks too."

Yuui looked away as he went to one of the paintings that made; one of those self portraits of himself laying on a desk as there was a window in the background; heavy rain outside.

Syaoron continued to chat with the owner before the man had to leave to answer questions from another couple. He left then to rejoin Yuui and gently bumped against him. "So you're pretty popular?"

Yuui felt the other bumped into him and nodded. "Guess so..."

He laughed. "You should be proud. I can't believe I'm dating someone famous."

"I'm not famous!" Yuui shouted; making whoever was in the exhibit stop and stare at the artist. He clenched his fists. "I'm...not famous...I'm just me...I'm me...that's it..."

Syaoron stared at the blonde before sighing. "Sorry." He clearly pushed a button.

Yuui was then pulled out of his dark musings and stared at Syaoron with wide eyes before they started to water. "Oh no...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..." He took a step back. "I didn't mean to..." He closed his eyes. Great, his anger was getting the best of him again.

He grabbed Yuui's arm shaking his head. "No, it's alright. You didn't like being talked about and stuff I get it."

Sniffling, Yuui shook his head. "I didn't mean to yell at you." He needed some comfort right now but he wouldn't ask too much of Syaoron since they were just dating. "But it's not just that...that man the owner mentioned...I..."

It didn't take a genius to know who Yuui was referring to. "Well then he's an idiot for dumping you."

"Oh Syaoron..." Yuui sighed. He looked to that painting and lightly touched it. People wasn't supposed to touch works of art but it was his and he was allowed to. "He wanted me...and he was saying all those nice things about my art...I started to believe them. He told me that I would become famous one day...and I believe that...but then...he just started beating me down...uh...emotionally...he just dumped me...and it took a while for me to recover...that's all..."

"Like I said. An idiot." He repeated before grabbing the man's hand.

Yuui blushed as Syaoron took his hand. It made him smile. "I like you Syaoron...however, I want to know if you actually like me for me and not because of the successes that I have made in my lifetime..."

"I didn't even know you were a popular artist or that you own a restaurant when we met. I thought you were just a cook. I still like you though."

The blonde's heart did a leap at that. "I-I know but...I just assumed that...you would know my name through others since...I do own a cafe and all..."

"Not a clue. I grew up in the poorer part of the city." He shrugged, before pulling Yuui back to the stairs so they could leave.

"..." Yuui felt like an idiot all of a sudden. "Ah...you're not out of my league Syaoron...in fact I thought...I was out of yours for a moment there..."

"Nope. You're definitely not." He smiled as they walked. "I think we'll do pretty good."

Placing a hand over his chest, Yuui chuckled. "I guess we will..."

"Come on let's find something else."

"Okay." Yuui smiled brightly; feeling a lot better already. As they walked, he would squeeze that hand that held his and his heart would beat faster every time he would do it; just thinking that this was a dream.

TBC

A couple more updates then a tiny break. ^_^