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Chapter thirty
Back at the Li' residence, Yuui was just waking up. He didn't realize that it was the middle of the night as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Ugh...w-where am I?" He yawned as he looked around.
He looked around at the dimly lit room and realized he was still in Syaoron's bedroom.
That made the chef's face heat up brightly. "Oh my god." He muttered. How long was he out? Panicking, he started to get up from the bed soon wincing at the dull pain on his lower backside.
And moments later he noticed Syaoron hadn't dressed him either.
"..." If he could, Yuui would groan to the high heavens; thinking that if anyone was unlucky...it was him. Yawning, he blinked; letting his eyes adjust to the dark.
There was light coming from behind the door, no doubt someone was awake other than him.
With no other option, Yuui wrapped himself with the blanket and carefully tip-toed out of the bedroom and into the hallway. He winced at the bright light but closed the door nonetheless.
When he made it to the living room Syaoron was there on the couch watching tv.
Looking over, he saw that mess of brown hair anywhere. With pressed lips, Yuui tried to sneak into the room.
It was quiet Syaoron having the television down low.
Very close to the couch, Yuui just watched the young man; wanting to see him in silence.
Stifling a yawn, he had wanted Yuui to sleep and get as much rest as he could, but he would be heading to join him soon at this rate.
At that moment, Yuui felt a small ping of guilt. He just went to sleep while Syaoron stayed up. He lowered his head as he turned around. However his foot got caught in the blanket and just like that he tripped and fell onto the floor hard.
Syaoron jumped; eyes darting to Yuui. He'd nearly had a heart attack and hurried over to the blonde.
Groaning in mild pain, Yuui lifted his head up a bit. While he learned a very hard lesson on the importance of being careful even being naked; he was glad that the blanket cushioned the fall as his shoulder didn't hit the floor as badly.
"Yuui, you okay?" He asked checking his shoulder and then the rest of him.
Looking over, he saw Syaoron and chuckled. "I'm fine. Just tripped; that's all."
"Still, you hit hard."
Sitting up, Yuui shook his head. "Don't worry. I'm clumsy anyway so it was bound to happen sooner or later." He chuckled; trying to steer the situation from the conversation.
Helping Yuui up he smiled. "Come on. Let's go to bed. I'm beat." Quickly telling the tv to turn off for the night he walked together with the other to the bedroom.
"You should have been sleeping a while ago. Why were you staying up so late?" Yuui asked with a smile.
"I wasn't paying any attention. I was dozing." He chuckled.
Letting one arm out of the blanket-like coat, Yuui patted the young man's head. "I hope this doesn't happen too often." He lightly joked but was worried about the brunette.
"No, not really there was just nothing on and I didn't want to wake you up. I was waiting until you were in a deep enough sleep. Guess I waited too long."
"You don't have to do such things for my sake." Yuui let some of his worry seep into his voice. "If you're tired just go to sleep. I wouldn't mind it at all. I've been awaken a few times by the other because they wanted to sleep."
"Okay. I'll remember that for next time." He leaned over and kissed the other's temple.
Chuckling, Yuui opened the door to Syaoron's bedroom. "Good and get in there, young man. You need sleep...terribly." He said in a mock-parent voice with a smile.
He chuckled and grabbed a thin wrist. "You too."
"Eh? But I slept a lot." The parent-like voice changed into a child one as Yuui pouted and whined a bit with a smile.
"You can sleep some more." He smiled wide tugging Yuui to the bed.
"Well if I must." Yuui smiled as he was soon back into bed. "...My sleep schedule is horribly off now." He chuckled.
"I'll help you try and get it set back then since it is partially my fault."
"Oh no. Don't do that." Yuui joked as his head hit the pillows. "It's not your fault. You were just being very kind to me." He smiled softly. "If anything, I think being in your bed's better then mine now. It's so warm and it has you now."
"Guess I can say the same. Not everyday I have someone like you in my bed."
That made Yuui blush and smile. "Now I hope you're not just saying that."
"Nope." Getting into bed he pulled Yuui in with him.
Giggling, Yuui moved just a bit closer to Syaoron. "You know what?"
"What?"
"I never knew I would be dating an angel right now." Yuui smiled.
Chuckling he pulled the other man into a hug. "You're joking."
Hugging back, Yuui snuggled against the other. "Nope~! A real live angel sent from above. So handsome and majestic. And a heart made of gold. It's...wonderful actually." He started tracing on Syaoron's chest with a finger.
He shook his head as they curled up on the bed together.
"But really...only an angel like you would be with a mere human like myself." Yuui sadly smiled. "Sometimes I just wonder what would happen if we never met..."
"We go on being content and not truly happy." He answered.
"..." Yuui looked at Syaoron with wide eyes. "What's wrong with being content? I'm always fine with being content..." He trailed off; not really sure if that was true anymore.
"Nothing's wrong, but there's room to improve." He explained.
"Sometimes I think you're just speaking in riddles." Yuui sighed.
Syaoron laughed at that getting comfortable in bed.
Liking that laugh, Yuui leaned up and kissed Syaoron softly on the lips.
Kissing back he smiled into it. When he pulled away he snuggled into the other wanting sleep.
Seeing the other so tired; Yuui gather the other in his arms gently. "Good night, love." He nuzzled against the other.
"Night." He mumbled already slipping into sleep.
Smiling, Yuui closed his eyes as well; hoping the morning will be better.
Fai woke up a little warm and when he noticed Kurogane he grinned and ran fingers over black scales. It seemed the other had kept him warm.
The dragon sighed almost happily as he felt those fingers on his scales. Slowly his red eyes opened to see a smile. He blinked.
"Morning."
Opening his eyes a little more, Kurogane can clearly see the blonde. "Morning..." He groaned lightly.
"Sore?" He asked smiling.
"A bit." Kurogane pulled away a little but couldn't make the scales vanish at the moment. "But I can handle that."
"Let's hope so~" Fai teased before he chuckled and sat up.
On his side, Kurogane yawned; not noticing something wagging side to side behind his lower backside. "So, did you slept well?"
"Very." He smiled and got up but not before he noticed the other's tail. "Happy?"
"Hmm?" Kurogane turned over and saw his smaller version of his tail moving about. "Aw, fuck." His head then hit the pillows.
Laughing Fai moved to get a better look. "It's cute."
"It's not cute." Kurogane rolled his eyes. "Though it looks like I'm not going outside anytime soon." He mused as he sat up.
"What about work? Is Ioryogi back?" He asked sitting on the bed and run his hand along blunt spikes.
"It's hard to shift body parts back if you let them out and while my wound's healing, it'a painful enough. I can try though." Kurogane shrugged as he closed his eyes and concentrate.
"No, don't. You need to conserve energy if that's the case." He explained before grabbing them some clothes.
Blinking, Kurogane's eyes watched the human getting something to dress up in. He almost smiled at how caring Fai was but he had no idea how to respond to it. "So...I'm guessing Yuui didn't come back last night." He commented as he thought suddenly.
"I didn't expect him to." Fai grinned as he slipped on some pants. "He needs to not stay cooped up here or at the restaurant."
"Why did something happen to him to make him like that?" Kurogane asked; getting an idea of it when Yuui was locked in his room when Fai called on him out on not letting go. "You don't have to say though..."
"It was the late person he dated. He was...emotionally abusive and Yuui just took it for a long time and now he thinks all of the things he was told are true despite everyone saying otherwise."
"..." Kurogane was quiet for a moment before a very low growl came from his throat. His eyes glowed for a minute in anger. "Sounds like a total asshole."
"He was. He's the owner of the art gallery where Yuui used to exhibit. Yuui has some work there now too." Fai said remembering.
"He has art in a gallery and that bastard was the owner?" Kurogane looked away as he gritted his sharp teeth. "Fuck, I used to burn assholes like him." He growled. "If I see ever get the chance to see him, I'll give him hell. Doesn't matter how powerful you are, no one deserves that crap."
Fai stared for a moment before he was kissing Kurogane. "Thank you for the offer."
Kissing back, Kurogane nodded. "Just give me a call and I'll make sure that bastard won't show his face near Yuui ever again." He smirked.
He nodded in understanding. "We should go pay that place a visit sometime. You'd like Yuui's work, even if the ones up now are all self portraits."
"Sure. While I'm not into art and junk, I can appreciate artwork." Kurogane shrugged.
Fai shook his head amused. "Alright. Let's get ready for the day then."
"Hmm." With his tail wagging a bit, Kurogane got up from the bed and took a towel so he can shower before getting dressed.
In another house, Yuui was just starting to wake up, feeling groggy and heavy. "Ugh..." He slowly sat up and rubbed his eyes. "I shouldn't have slept so much. Now I don't want to get up..."
Syaoron was already awake and putting on a new shirt. "You can sleep in some more."
Opening his eyes, Yuui blushed as he saw a bit of skin before Syaoron put on a shirt. "Oh, um...w-would you like me to make something to eat though?"
"If you want, but you don't have to."
Smiling, Yuui looked down as he played with his fingers. He chuckled.
He leaned in for a kiss before getting back up to finish getting ready for work later.
The day went by for all of them quite smoothly despite the night's mishaps. Kurogane decided to go to work anyway even with his halfway form. Of course, Ioryogi wasn't there but his other friend was; Ginsei. Even with Fai visiting him for lunch, that day was hell on earth for him. But he manged to text Fuuma his findings. While they were a bit small, it was better then nothing.
Soon it was evening as the dragon found himself walking back to Fai's place. He yawned as his chest ached a bit. He decided to call his mother while he was walking; just wanting to talk to someone.
"Hello?" His mother answered and he realized it had been awhile since they had spoken last.
"Hey mother." Kurogane replied with a bit of a smile. "Uh...h-how's everything on your end? Okay, I hope."
"Same as always dear. The house is still getting the finishing touches, but I haven't moved back in yet. How are you and Fai? Good I hope?" She sounded cheerful as ever.
Kurogane held back a chuckle. "We're okay. I'm just getting back to his place right now." While it wasn't weird to see a dragon tail dragging on the sidewalk, he still got a few stares from others. "I'm glad that your house is more or less fixed. I don't blame you though for not moving back in yet. Just glad you weren't hurt." He said with some relief in his voice.
"You sound happy. How is your chest? Better I hope? You haven't been working too hard?" She asked.
"I just got back to work today and my chest's okay." Kurogane shrugged. "Ioryogi's still not back but Ginsei was there." He didn't groan for the sake of his mother. He knew better then that.
"Well he's a little stricter, but you should do fine. You should come and visit me sometime." She suggested. "We can have lunch or maybe take a trip out of the city."
"Can Fai come too?" Kurogane suddenly blurted out before he stopped in his tracks and groaned. "I-I mean, a lunch would be fine. I'll pick a place and junk." He was a bit weary about going out of the city what with that has happened. But he can do a lunch.
Tsumebe laughed gently. "Of course he can. I just thought you'd like to have some flying room is all. Your stitches should be able to come out soon."
"Yeah in the next couple of days." Dumb blush, go away! "I'll make sure to go and get that over with and I'll pick a place to eat." Kurogane nodded as he was near Fai's place. "Well, I got to go. I'm already at the blonde's place. I'll talk to you later."
"Alright sweetie. Goodbye." She hung up and let Kurogane return to his boyfrien.d
"Bye." Kurogane hung up as well. Having the spare key in hand, he unlocked the door and went inside.
Fai was there waiting for him stretched out on the couch watching television. "Kuro-rin's back~"
"Yeah, yeah." Kurogane took off his jacket as he closed the door behind him. He pretended not to hear his tail silvering on the floor. "How's your day today?" He asked as he went to the living room.
"Same as always. Yours?" He said staring at Kurogane. He looked strange, but in a good way. Black scales covering a good portion of his body, eyes slit and a tail.
"Ugh. Could have been worse." Kurogane sat on the floor since his tail would be cramped in the armchair. "Called my mother on the way back. Glad she's okay and all." He then took off his shirt as the scales were taking in heat and he was getting a bit warm.
"That's good." He replied as he sat up and moved closer to the other. "You hungry or anything?"
"Nah. Not yet." Kurogane yawned. "A bit tired right now."
"You can take a nap if you want to. You've had a long day and you're still recovering."
"Nah. If I do, my sleep's schedule will be messed up and I have to get back on track." Kurogane shook his head. "Oh, did you get a text from Yuui; saying that he's staying at Syaoron's for a bit? Because I did." He was still a bit surprised by that when he received it.
"Probably. I haven't checked my phone yet. Looks like we have the place to ourselves again."
"Not being a nosy prick but you're okay with Yuui being over at the kid's place for a while longer, right?" Kurogane liked that Yuui was having fun with another but he was unsure in Fai's point of view.
"Yes, I'm fine with it." He smiled, thinking Kurogane was being really curious today. "It's good for us to be separated a little bit."
"Hmm..." Kurogane glanced at the TV screen. "That kid does make Yuui feel better about himself. Well, not that you don't but still...uh...fuck forget I said anything." He rubbed his head. He really wasn't made for conversation.
He chuckled and hugged Kurogane from above. "N,o you're making sense. He does and I'm glad."
Leaning into the embrace, Kurogane turned his head a bit and gave a chaste kiss on the blonde's lips. Despite the odd angle, he smiled a bit.
Closing his eyes he leaned into the kiss. He had to wonder just what had happened to the dragon today for him to be this loving.
Pulling back a bit, Kurogane glanced into those sapphire eyes. "You know...I've been thinking a lot today."
"And?" He pulled away enough so he could properly look at Kurogane.
"I know that I don't exactly...show/you myself when I'm in dragon-like form up until lately. You've told me that you accept me for what I am and yet I still hide. I have told you that I trust you but..." Kurogane trailed off a bit.
"It'll take time and I'm okay with that Kuro-rin." He didn't think Kurogane owed him an explanation.
"Ugh, those nicknames." Kurogane grumbled under his breath. "Fine then. I'm just telling you and all. Since we're...together." He faintly blushed.
Smiling he understood. "Okay." Giving Kurogane a kiss on the cheek Fai pulled away. "I was thinking next time we go out we should stop and see Yuui's work before they take it down."
"Take it down?" Kurogane raised an eyebrow. "But I thought he had his own exhibit or something."
"Well they change artists works out every few months or so. The gallery doesn't keep them forever unless the artist donates them."
"Ah...and Yuui hasn't done that lately, right?" Kurogane got the idea more or less.
"No. He doesn't paint a lot anymore. He just exhibits if someone asks." He explained.
Nodding, Kurogane sighed. "I see. I guess we can go on Sunday after lunch with my mother." He mused.
"Alright." He grinned and kissed the other again.
Returning the kiss, Kurogane stood up and stretched. "You know what? I'll cook something tonight. Haven't done so in a while." He suggested.
"Alright. You should know by now where everything is." Fai grinned excited now.
"Yeah, yeah. Go relax or something and I'll whip something up." Kurogane grinned toothily before going into the kitchen.
TBC
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