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Chapter eleven

Kurogane didn't know how he got here; on the front door of his...boyfriend's house but his body seemed to be moving on his own for the time being. It was like he couldn't get enough of the dumb blonde. Well, the blonde wasn't at all dumb at least not really but he can't help but think that. With a tray of coffee and a small box of donuts, he raised a hand to knock on the door. His mother suggested that if they were dating now, there was no reason to not see the other more then a couple times a day. He really wished he was stuck with other dragons again; at least they knew how to keep their distance.

"Yuui, could you get that?!" He called from the kitchen loading up the dishwasher. Fai wasn't sure who it was, but Syaoron could have come to pay them a visit.

"Sure!" Yuui didn't know who exactly would be at the door at this hour but he assumed that it could be anyone. He opened the door to see the other's hand stuck in mid-air. He smiled. "Hello."

Kurogane shyly lowered his hand. "Uh, hey...um...your brother here?"

The blonde smirked before turning his head. "Hey brother! It's that lovely dragon again! He wants to take you into his lair and harbor you like a piece of gold!" The dragon in question had his whole face on fire at the statement.

"Kuro-rin?" Fai said as he shut the dishwasher and turned it on. He walked to the front door surprised to see him. "What are you doing here?" He smiled, thinking it sweet.

Yuui saw that Kurogane had three coffees and smirked when he took one out of the tray. "I'll take that, thank you~!" He smiled. "I'll just be going back to watching TV." He knew the two didn't hear him. Might as well run around naked.

Kurogane's face was still a bit red. "Uh...I was j-j-just in the neighborhood and junk...couldn't sleep and well...wanted to do something for you since I hate laying around doing nothing...so...yeah..."

"That's very thoughtful of you Kuro-tan." He grabbed the tray from the man and kissed him. "You can go sit on the couch. Would you like some lasagna? I just put some away."

His stomach growled at the mention of food. Kurogane coughed as he briefly nodded. "Y-Yeah, sounds okay. Yeah."

"You don't have to be so shy. I know you're really not." He grinned. "Go have a seat on in the living room and I'll be right there."

"I'm not being shy." Kurogane protested weakly as he walked past Fai' hoping the other didn't see yet another bright color on his face.

Yuui was quietly sipping the coffee before excusing himself to the bedroom; wanting Fai to be with his boyfriend.

Fai got out the tuber ware and made a plate for Kurogane reheating it within a few minutes before he brought it out for the man. "So you just decided to pay me a visit?"

"Well...yeah...never actually done that before besides for Mother and stuff..." Kurogane muttered thanks to the blonde before taking the plate.

"And you brought drinks and food." He smiled, taking a cup. "I didn't think you'd be so sweet."

"I'm just repaying you for dinner and junk." Kurogane grumbled; refusing to take the compliment. "It wouldn't be fair for you to keep inviting me to eat if I can't at least do the same...kind of."

"I don't do it to get something in return. I do it because I want to."

Blushing a bit, Kurogane just started eating the dish. "...Still...it's not fair for you. We're...in a relationship, aren't we? You deserve to get something out of it too."

"I do, it's just not in the form of gifts." He explained as he sipped at his drink.

Clearing his throat, Kurogane nodded. "Right. Is that what happens when humans date other humans?"

"Most of the time. For the good ones at least." He shrugged, it was a little odd how Kurogane didn't know a lot of this, but he supposed dragons had more important and different ways to being together.

"Huh." Kurogane felt like an idiot before Fai; not knowing a lot of what humans do. But then again; he had a good reason or two to avoid them most of the time. "I wouldn't know. I would stick to being with them; others of my kind at least."

"I guess it's a bit of culture shock." He grinned before raffling through the bag Kurogane had brought.

"That's one way of saying it, yeah." Kurogane took a few more bites. "Yuui made this, right?"

"He did. He usually gets off work before me and he stayed home today so he made dinner before I got home."

Kurogane glanced down at the hallway. "Is he okay?"

"Getting there." He smiled.

For a second Kurogane didn't say anything but he more or less got what the human was saying. "You're a great brother to him. He's lucky to have you." It came out of his mouth so quickly that he couldn't stop it in time.

"Thanks." He smiled and kissed Kurogane's cheek.

Though he blushed once more, that kiss made Kurogane...oddly happy. He didn't even realize that he was smiling just a bit.

Sitting comfortable together they both enjoyed the company.

It was just a few hours later that Kurogane was barely aware that he was slightly dozing off on the couch with Fai hugging his side. The hum of the TV was going but the living room light was long been off. Yuui must have had something to do with it.

"Getting sleepy?" Fai chimed in. "You can go sleep in my room if you want."

Yawning a bit, Kurogane sleepily glanced at Fai. "Are you sure? I don't mind sleeping on the couch or anything." He held back from saying that there was one time that he actually slept on a roof of some skyscraper though to be fair; he was dragged to a party and well he can't exactly say no to some good hard alcohol, right?

"Yes, I'll take the couch. It's not a big deal." Smiling, he could see Kurogane was about to nod off any minute.

"No, it's your bed." Kurogane didn't want that; for Fai to sleep on the couch in his own house. "I'll take the couch. You go to your own bed."

"We can share the bed then." He knew they could argue about the couch and he was too tired to.

"...fine. We'll do that." Kurogane almost wanted to argue for a few reasons but he was too tired and knew the blonde was too. And they have work in the morning. Yawning, he rubbed his eyes.

Picking up their garbage, Fai took it to the kitchen. When he returned he headed for his room. "Come on Kuro-rin."

"Coming, coming." Almost mindlessly, Kurogane followed the blonde into the bedroom. He was so tired that he didn't even point out the dumb nickname.

"I would offer you some clothes, but none of mine will fit you." Fai said as he peeled off his pants and slipped into bed.

"It's fine. I usually sleep shirtless anyway." Kurogane shrugged as he took off his shirt. The clothing dropped to the floor revealing multiple scars on the tan skin. Some light and faint; other deep and mutilated. Sometimes a life of a dragon isn't an easy one and for Kurogane, he realized that at a young age.

Fai stared, not at the marks but at just how attractive Kurogane was. "I hadn't realized how...toned you were. It's a very good look for you."

Kurogane turned his head; looking at Fai with a raised eyebrow. He wasn't going to say anything about the scars? Huh, that's a first. "Well, I work out when I can. Have to stay fit. Being a dragon is no excuse not to exercise."

"Well with all the flying you apparently do and work I would think you didn't need to exercise more, but I'm not complaining." He grinned, crawling under the comforter.

Rolling his eyes, Kurogane made his ways towards the bed. He carefully slipped in; making sure Fai had enough space to sleep in. "I get bored too easily; I have to do something."

"I'm not going to bite you Kuro-min." Fai was on his side trying not to laugh.

"Like hell you would." But just to be safe, Kurogane stayed on his side of the bed. "I'm not exactly small and it is your bed."

"I planned on cuddling." He shook his head. Kurogane really needed to be more aggressive.

"..." Kurogane blushed as he moved a bit closer. "I keep telling you, I don't know how this works between a dragon and a human." Dragons do sleep close but to cuddle; that would look a bit weird plus some species of them are not exactly the affectionate type nor do they like their personal bubble popped even if it was with another.

"You'll get used to it." Fai said as he draped himself over Kurogane.

The man stiffened for a second before relaxing. It has been a long time since he was close to another. Sighing, he wrapped am arm around the blonde; pulling him close. His face was red the entire time.

"Night Kuro-rinta." Fai pressed a cheek against Kurogane's chest and closed his eyes.

"Night..." Kurogane didn't fall asleep as quickly but watched as the blonde did for a bit. He sometimes envy humans; how they can just go on their everyday lives without so much as a care in the world. And then were those, himself included that work hard day and night; trying to protect that. But this human...it was different somehow. He couldn't place what it was. But it was like a tug on a heart string that seemed to wrap around the blonde. He wondered if it was the same for the human. Leaning in close he placed a very gentle kiss on the blonde mop; sighing as he did so.

~next morning~

Fai woke up pressed against Kurogane and deciding he could sleep in a few minutes later. His alarm luckily hadn't gone off yet.

The man in question was already awake. He just didn't seem to have the heart to move from the blonde. So he rested his eyes for a bit; opening them for just a second each time to see the blonde's sleeping form.

When his alarm did sound Fai groaned and rolled over to turn it off. He thought about playing hookey.

The alarm left Kurogane's ears ringing. It was sort of hurting his head.

When he slammed his hand on top of the alarm it stopped and he sighed staring up at the ceiling. "Morning Kuro-bun."

Kurogane pretended to have just woken up and slowly opened his eyes. He groaned a bit. "Hey..."

"Sleep well?" Sitting up he watched the other.

"More or less. Slept more then I usually would." Kurogane answered as he yawned.

"That's good." Leaning over he gave him a kiss before getting out of bed.

Returning the kiss, Kurogane stretched his arms; groaning in pain as a few of the somewhat recent scars moved along with him.

"You okay?" He asked a little concerned.

"Yeah, yeah. Damn scars are part of the reason I can't sleep for long." Kurogane waved it off. "It's a cycle. It happens." He shrugged.

"Anyway I can help?" He asked as he grabbed himself some clothes.

Kurogane almost laughed at that. He was about to say something when he groaned again. He placed a hand over his shoulder; feeling a certain scar being a bit hot. "Damn, not again."

Walking back over to him he looked over the mark. "Maybe a massage?"

"No, i-it's fine." Kurogane wasn't used to that; someone ailing over him besides his own mother. "I'll be fine. Some scars cut deeper then skin alone. I have a few that are muscle deep. Not a big deal for a dragon but once you shift into human something's got to give." His hand over the scar started to shake.

Covering that hand with his own, Fai frowned. "But I want to help."

Again he stiffened but made no effort to swat that hand away from him. "W-Why?" He choked out; almost sounding a lot younger then he really was. "It's no big deal...I..." There was no excuse but he wasn't used to being touched; not in a way that was helpful. With the exception of his mother of course.

"Because we're a couple now and that's what couples do. Help each other." He could tell it bothered Kurogane.

"...Dragons...don't exactly trust that. When there are humans who want to help..." Kurogane sighed. He then laced his fingers with Fai's over his scar. "Humans have done pretty nasty things but then again, so have I but I don't regret it. Not sure why I'm telling you this but...I have been hurt by humans before and it...it took me a long time to trust them again, okay? Not sure if I will completely any time soon."

"I understand. I still want to help you though. You're in pain." He wondered if some of those scars were caused by humans.

"... You would help me...would you?" Kurogane asked after a moment of silence. "Even after seeing those scars last night; I wondered maybe for a moment if you regret...going out with me..."

"Of course not. I didn't even really pay attention to them; I had other things to leer at." He smiled softly.

Feeling his face heat up, Kurogane finally sighed. "Alright. But don't say I didn't warn you." He lowered his head. "Do what you must..."

"Don't act like it's so bad. Lay on your stomach in the middle of the bed." He would be a little late, but it wouldn't be too bad.

"Those are your words, not mine." Kurogane very lightly joked as he let go of Fai's hand before laying on his stomach in the center of the bed. "I just hope you're not late for work or anything..."

"I'll be fine." He grabbed a small bottle of massage oil as he had to do this for Yuui sometimes after weeks of back breaking work in the kitchen. "Just relaxing." Straddling Kurogane he poured some of the liquid into his hands.

He was trying to relax but the last time there were hands on his back; it wasn't exactly a great feeling. But nonetheless, Kurogane took deep breaths.

It was then Fai began working, kneading at the rough webbing of scars and also at Kurogane's neck and shoulders.

Tightening his grip on the bed sheets; Kurogane groaned painfully with disdain and mild agony.

"Sorry, it hurts at first, but then it'll be a lot better." He just hoped Kurogane didn't start spouting flames in his room.

"Fuck it hurts." Kurogane called out; his eyes started to water as tears started flowing out. The pain though slowly but surely ebbed away.

Fai leaned down kissing Kurogane's shoulder. "Sorry."

Letting some shaky breaths, Kurogane eventually relaxed as the pain was dulled away. He sighed as the knots were worked out and his scars weren't hurting as badly as before.

"Now if we keep this up it won't hurt as much in the future." He smiled as he worked the knot out of Kurogane's shoulders.

"Hmm..." Kurogane was then barely aware as he was starting to fall back asleep; feeling very good for the first time in years.

"Much better isn't it?" He grinned at his work.

Slowly nodding, Kurogane's breathing started to even out.

"Don't fall asleep. You have work too." Chuckling Fai leaned over and kissed Kurogane's shoulder.

The man's eyebrow twitched as he groaned. "Can't. Feel too good to move..." He sighed.

Fai laughed. "Is Ioryogi coming back today?"

"Haven't heard from him yet..." Kurogane answered. "Son of a bitch didn't bother to call or text me to let me know what's up."

"He doesn't like using his phone." Smiling Fai moved off of Kurogane. "You can stay and sleep if you want."

"Thanks." Kurogane meant it as he slightly smiled.

There was a knock on the bedroom door. "Hey, brother. Is everything okay in there?"

"Everything's fine." He called back before getting up. "Just lock the door when you leave." Opening the door he grinned at Yuui.

Yuui grinned back as he rubbed the back of his head. "Oh, okay. Um...I just assumed that you were still sleeping with all the noise. I...um...I thought you were sick or something. So I...k-kinda called in your workplace and told them that you weren't going to come today...um...s-sorry..."

Fai blinked as he processed what Yuui had said. "...I guess I can take a day off...just next time make sure I'm not dying."

Coughing, Yuui nodded. "I'm sorry, brother. My head isn't really there today and you didn't exactly come out of your room at first."

"I was helping Kuro-growly." He said point behind him to the dozing dragon.

Yuui had to look over Fai's shoulder and blushed. "O-Oh. I thought he left last night."

"I'm still awake you know." Kurogane grunted; making the twins smile a bit.

"Don't give me that look, we didn't do anything." He chuckled and shook his head. "I was giving him a shoulder rub."

"I didn't even say anything." Yuui rolled his eyes with a smile. "Well, I'm guessing he's not going anywhere either?"

"Not for another hour or so. He's barely awake as is." Fai joked. "Are you working today?"

"Sort of." Yuui shrugged. "I'm going there but will leave around early afternoon to return some books. I just found out that they are a bit over due." He smiled.

"Well since I don't have work now I think I'll go and make breakfast."

"Coffee's already done if you and Kurogane are up for it." Yuui smiled. "Well, I'm off. See you two later." He waved at Fai.

"Bye Yuui, I'll make dinner tonight." He grinned, watching his brother.

"Okay!" Yuui shouted with a smile as he closed the front door.

For a few seconds, Kurogane didn't say anything but then he chuckled a bit.

"So what do you want to eat?"

"Anything's good." Kurogane smirked.

"Fine cinnamon rolls it is." He grinned before heading out to the kitchen.

TBC

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