A/N: Horitsuba Gakuen-verse again.

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Breath Kiss
The breath kiss is a fun, silly kiss that's almost more of a game than a kiss. To do it, open your mouth, inhale deeply and lock lips with your sweetie (like you're performing CPR). Slowly exhale into their mouth while they're inhaling, "passing" the breath to them. Without moving, slowly inhale while your partner exhales. Keep passing the breath back and forth until one of you runs out of breath or you both erupt in giggles.

"It's a game."

"What sort of weird game is that?"

It's hot, and miserably so. Neither man was able to motivate himself to wear much clothing. The clouds hang low in the sky and trap the heat; the air waves above the concrete. The voices of children laughing in the streets mix with the sound of cicadas and drift through the open window. Fans stir the hot air and do little to get rid of the persistent sweat dripping down the nape of Kurogane's neck. Fai had pestered him to leave this traditional house for the summer and go to the air-conditioned ones the twins lived in. Kurogane had adamantly refused, saying he got his fill of them during school. Fai wasn't about to let his lover stay alone the entire summer vacation, so he had made himself right at home.

"It's a game," he repeats simply. He climbs onto the bed from his spot by the fan, and he takes the book Kurogane is reading, setting it lightly beside him. He climbs onto Kurogane's thighs, his hands over the other man's shoulders. "Of the fun variety. Or should I say, the skill variety. You like proving yourself, right?" Taking Kurogane's silence as confirmation, he continues. "If I win, you'll come stay with Yuui and me until school starts up again. If you win, I'll get out of your hair, during the day at least."

Kurogane is not swayed so easily. "Tell me what the game is first," he says with a tilt of his head.

"It's simple. We exchange breaths, and the first person to give in and kiss the other is the loser."

Kurogane snorts. "Okay. I don't see how that could be hard at all."

Fai leans forward, his mouth dangerously close to the other man's, and breathes out slowly. Kurogane inhales, tasting mint on the blonde's breath. He knew I was going to say yes, huh, he thinks as his turn to blow out arrives.

In the end, Fai wins, and Kurogane gives into the kiss that aches on his lips with a sigh.