The sun was setting, the hue of crimson light filled the room, few hours has passed and Kazuhiko felt time flew too quickly. He was spooning the vampire from behind, sticking to together with their excretions. Some of An's long silver hair were covered in their juices. He dug his nose back to the soft curls, feeling the vampire's heartbeat by his wrist with his fingers, feeling the vibration as the pulse pushed along. His manhood was still between the cheeks of the vampire's buttock, which he felt blood began to fill the soft muscle as he enjoyed the warm radiance. They have reached, actually he loss count, numerous climax, but only when they were so exhausted that even the vampire could not verbalise properly, he felt secured. He finally felt that he was once again alive. This month, he felt that he was living under the mask called conscious. He acted as faultlessly as he could. He's a Namikaze, he's Sasaki An's lover. Simple issue should not have defeat him... He scoped the vampire up and brought him to the bathroom. Walking pass the mirror by the sink, he smiled warmly to himself inside the mirror. Normally, he would have dismiss the tooth mark by his neck, yet, this time, he wanted to keep it for a while. He has almost forgot the joy that he received when he was blood by the vampire many years ago. It was the joy, of course as well as love and concern that made him stay. He placed the vampire on the stone edge inside the shower cubicle, as the latter opened his eyes slowly.

"Morning?" the sleepy vampire questioned.

The man placed a soft peck on the vampire's forehead, "it's almost 3, from the way that sun sets." He turned on the shower, letting the warm water to rinse off the dry patches on their skins. He cleaned his skin with a bar of soap and turned his attention to the vampire. He gulped as the vampire opened his legs widely, fingering himself. "An-n chan?"

"Hmm?" An replied as he tried to stop his moan. His body felt more sensitive than usual, his throat felt dried, yet somehow he felt strong of his own desire. He got rid of the excretions and took the bar of soap that was in Kazuhiko's hand, smoothing his entangled threads. "Is everyone okay?" he asked to distract the assistant; he saw the lust in the man's eyes and his need echoed, but with his tiredness paired up his logic, stopping him from inviting the man to take himself raw.

"They managed, we haven't let the rest of the clan know, but if you did not wake up, we will definitely run out of options."

"Guess Tobirama-kun distracted the hungry eyes," An smirked. "Dryads are rare after all, especially a male one." He leaned forward to rinse his hair, exposing his white arched back that was now covering in red kiss bites.

Kazuhiko's eyes darken, orbs turning into the darkest shade of blue, as he forced himself to draw his sight away from the vampire. There were obvious reasons that after all these years their relationship has not gone anywhere, but rather in such odd distance. He remembered his aniki's warning. 'I see the lust in your eyes, getting too close to the Sasaki leader would not do any good but harm, my brother. As physician, we can heal most of the thinkable illness, but we could not heal a broken heart. Wretchedly, I see that in the relationship that you have with the vampire. I met the vampire in numerous clans' meetings, he is never going to be a simple one and I know that you did not fond of your wife, but don't be confused with the feelings that you have towards the vampire…'

Kazuhiko sighed as he put on a bathrobe and left the bathroom. "Of course I know, my brother." Unlike what Kakashi or even the rest of the clan thought, Kazuhiko simply let his jealousy consumed his heart rather than showing it to the world. As time passed, he felt that he would be more an immortal than he could ever imagine. Yet, the thick desire that he kept for the vampire was something that pull him in one piece. He loved the vampire so much that he would run the errands on his behalf for his playing house game.

As soon as the man left, An felt down and lay on the stone floor, letting the warm water to splash on his cold body. The Fallen Angel revealed his presence and turned off the trap. He pulled a towel and wrapped around the vampire. He was there when the pair mingled in the bedroom and hence he decided to wait outside in the balcony. He was surprised that the vampire could endure the pain that was casted on his heart and wondered when the assistant would have aware of – his ancestor's curse.

"An-chan, why don't you let go?" the angel asked in murmur. He pressed his right hand on the vampire's left chest, smoothing the tension. Black smoke slowly formed into a figure. "Master."

"Stay with him, time is running short."

"Hai," the figure bowed gently and evaporated.

"Lu…" the vampire called weakly while trying to focus his sight on the fallen angel. "You know where I have been?"

"Of course I know… Silly boy, I heard from the "death gods", some of them never able to keep their mouths shut, no matter how old are they."

"So… K-kashi?"

"He would be okay, don't worry about him," the angel answered. "Their bond is strong. Life after life, until the soul exhausted."

"That's good," the vampire smiled weakly. "Good…"

"You should put yourself first, An-chan," the angel sighed. "Those shinigami care anything that never belong to them less. You shouldn't let Kazuhiko to lose his control."

"I-i'm okay… just let him…"

"You know time is running short, don't let your soul be loss."

"Won't be…" the vampire assured. "Even if this is just a dream, I have lived here. The thousand years here made me think. At the end of the day… I live in proud, especially with my family."

Author's Note

This chapter is kind of like a filler... I know, another filler... but as the story is getting closer to the end, I really want to tie some questions up, especially why An-chan went to another world and how that can affect his decision to the pair of love-birds... seeing the separations in different settings, only enforcing the fact that he would do as much as he can to ensure that Kakashi would be with Naruto this time, firmly... and that hope this and last chapter cleaned up some loose end regards to the relationship between Madara and An as well as Kazuhiko and An.

Nonetheless, reviews appreciated.

Yours,

Yanvi