Chapter 8

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AUTHOR'S NOTES: May I just say that that last chapter was written fairly well for me being sick. *sighs* I don't have 30 reviews but I'm tired of this story getting lagged behind and not being finished so I'm going to give you another chapter anyway. Besides, I'm bored out of my mind.

REVIEWERS and READERS!: Please note…do not ask me if Youko, Shuuichi, and Kurama are the same person, it would ruin the story line to give you the answer! SECONDLY, you should have already figured that out from the clues I've been giving to you in previous chapters. PLEASE IF YOU READ THIS LEAVE A REVIEW AND MORE CHAPTERS WILL COME TO YOU FASTER! If, however, you do not enjoy the story then 1) you should not have read up to the 8th chapter and 2) you do not have to leave a review as I'm assuming you will not care if there is a new chapter or not.

ON ANOTHER NOTE: I warned you all at the beginning of this story that there would OOC and OC in it, so if you DO review, don't complain.

Yusuke

As Yusuke felt Youko's lips lean into his more passionately than before, he vaguely heard his heart beating loudly. In his mind, however, as his big chocolaty brown eyes closed and his hands found their own way around Youko's neck…in his mind, he was starting to wonder if he could do this.

Sure, it would take some time…maybe a lot of time, but, hey, high school didn't last forever right? And after the gang disbanded he'd be free to date Youko in public. While they waited, it would be kind of exciting…sneaking out to go see him, having passionate make out sessions wherever they could find a private place to kill time in. Hell, maybe…maybe Youko would accept him. Maybe someone would finally reach out enough to see that he wasn't all that bad…that he just wanted…not to be seen as an outcast.

And as his mind thought this, it also started to get worried and frantic. A girl's mind is filled with complicated thoughts, but emotion usually takes the place of anything else and especially in the case of love. But Yusuke was no girl…and he wasn't feminine enough for his emotional thoughts to get in the way of his every day thoughts that kept him safe when his heart did not.

As Youko slipped his hands down Yusuke's back and pulled him closer, Yusuke started to open his eyes ever so slightly, his mind working overtime to try and get him to pull away; to come away from this disaster before it happened! It wasn't safe!

"Wait…" he heard himself murmur against Youko's lips, but it was weak because he wanted to believe in something good for once. "…wait…" he whispered again as Youko hungrily devoured him. He knew, instantly, that if Youko did much more…there would be no stopping.

Youko

Youko heard Yusuke's waits…he heard them loud and clear, but he wasn't about to let go of the boy. As soon as he had kissed him for the first time, he knew he had been right. Yusuke was everything he wanted, and if they had to sneak around for awhile and be dramatically romantically involved…then so be it.

He was ecstatic that Yusuke was kissing back at all! He could feel the excitement in the air; feel the sexual lust coming from both of them so why…why was he telling him to wait? Youko stopped kissing him long enough to look at Yusuke's flushed face and bright tinged lips. He bit his lip and tried not to groan outwardly at how sexy Yusuke looked.

"What is it Yusuke? Why wait? I've wanted you for so long, and I can tell you want me so why wait?" Youko asked the question, staring at Yusuke as though, Yusuke had a gun pointed at his head…but such is love. Yusuke seemed to slowly come out of his lustful state, and hear the question. At first, it seemed as if he had forgotten he had said wait, but then, his eyes became dark and he looked away.

"I don't want this. You're wrong! I don't want you…" Youko heard him…but he didn't believe him, didn't want to believe him. He opened his mouth to argue with him, panic stricken, when the ferris wheel started to move again. The jerk caused both of them to lose their balance. Yusuke fell on the floor, hitting his back on a screw, while Youko hit his head on one of the bars and got thrown on top of Yusuke.

After a few tense moments of pain, both of them realized the position they were in. Youko stared at Yusuke, his hands on either side of Yusuke's head; and he couldn't help but whisper it.

Throughout all the world, in all the periods of time, whispers have always been hard to hear; especially if one is trying very, very hard to hear it, however, even though this was a whisper of very quiet proportions as Youko thought that the situation required some sort of quiet gentleness; Yusuke heard it as though it were as loud as church bells ringing right by his ear. (Which by the way, you should never ever try as this can make you deaf.)

"I love you."

Author's POV

The door to the cart they were in, was opened just at that critical moment, by the carnie. His name is Joe, by the way, and he coincidentally finds great delight in pulling off the ol' "oh no, the ferris wheel has stopped and given us time to be romantic together" plot in order to get relationships on the move. However, this time, it may not have been such a good idea.

As soon as that door was opened, Yusuke took off like a bullet. Youko tore after him, but by the time Youko had gotten to the street away from the fair…Yusuke was gone. If Youko had been in front of him, he would have seen two tears roll down Yusuke's cheeks as he was running away, but he didn't know that Yusuke was running away to cry by himself…and if he had, he would never have given up his search simply because he thought he would see Yusuke the next day in class.

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