Hey Guys! I WILL update ' The Past Is Still The Present' Soon! I have been busy and I haven't found time. Maybe I'll update it tomorrow? I don't know.. Maybe, I have to dog sit so I'm not sure. Pus my tests is coming up on Friday and that usually takes all day. I will try to update. I have only had time to update this story so please read it while I do the others! XD I am glad you guys like this one!

It was one of those Ideas that I didn't think would make it; So Thanks guys! XD

Note: ' I'm listening to this song, Called...Disciple - Dear X ( You Don't own me! ) I like it; I think it fits Tomoe.. Eh, I don't know. Haha.

21. To Late

Tomoe shuddered as he literally ran out of the school burilding. His hand flew to his mouth and he cursed loudly. He could still taste her and it was making his mouth water, his heart was beating rather quickly..

He couldn't believe his own words.

'D-Dont...Dont Stop.'

The fox felt his face burn harshly and he knew it couldn't be stopped. He felt sick and the bile was rising up; He swallowed, hoping not to loose what little lunch he ate. It wasn't that he hated kissing her, it was that the kiss was so passionate that it made his legs wobbly.

He wasn't used to doing things like that! It wasn't him, He never had done or said something like that! He closed his eyes and breathed out; trying to collect his thoughts. He felt so perverted! That was Nanami! She was his friend!

The foxes ears flopped as he tried to calm his stomach; His phone vibrated and Tomoe looked down at the screen.

It was his dad.

Tomoe felt himself frown as he opened the phone and held it to his ear; Nanami ran up behind him and slowed when she saw his phone.

"Hello?" He mumbled, highly aware that Nanami was behind him. She cocked her head to side and put her tissue back in her school bag. She had finally stopped her lip from bleeding; since Tomoe had bit her quiet passionalty.

"TOMOE!" Mikage cheered on the other side and Tomoe felt himself smile. Yeah, He was mad at him; but Mikage could make him smiled even in the hardest time, " I have to tell you something."

The fox paused, His heart stopping. He swallowed and gripped the device in his hand before breathing out and answering with a sharp and rude, 'What?"

Mikage sighed on the other side and clucked his tongue over the retriever, " I can't come home for another day or two."

Tomoe felt his ears flop over in surprise. his mask dropped for a second as his words lashed out of his mouth before he could stop them, " I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR A WEEK! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WON'T BE HERE!?"

Nanami's eyes grew wide as she backed away from him slowly, She could tell this was a heated conversation that she should step back from. She wouldn't question it unless Tomoe wanted to speak about it; There was some things that Tomoe didn't talk about and probably never would.

'Tomoe, Lower you voice please.." Mikage muttered, " This isn't my choice. Some of my clients are getting married and-"

"You don't marry them off!" Tomoe swore into the retreiver, making sure Mikage heard it loud and clear, He did because he gasped and Nanami's hand flew over her mouth. She knew Tomoe knew some words; but that one shocked her.

"You get them together! Thats it!" Tomoe fumed, his fists clenching harshly. He never let his father know how much he hated it when he was he gone; but Tomoe had to much stress to deal with right now, so this thing kind of slipped out.

"Tomoe, Calm down." Mikage replied sternly. His voice held authority and Tomoe swallowed, His eyes glasses over and he let out a growl like sigh.

"Fine, See you then." Tomoe spat out rather quickly, His voice cracked as he slammed the off button and chucked the phone into his pocket. He didn't have time to curse at his father; he wasn't going to do this, and he wasn't going to explain it to Nanami.

She didn't need anymore problems.

Nanami inched forward as Tomoe stood there; trying to recollect his thoughts, He tugged on his sleeve and he looked at her with one of his sideway glances. The girls heart nearly stoppe dlike it always did but she only smiled, " You okay?"

His eyes narrowed coldy and Nanami swallowed. Tomoe never acted like this around her, he never treated her like this.. She pulle dher hand back as he shook his head quickly.

" I'm fine." His voice sounded forced and bitter, as if he was hiding something. It was like he was ready for it to burst out. The fox sighed loudly and readjusted his school bag, " Come on." He mumbled.

Nanami nodded, Not quiet sure about what to do. Why was it that he was acting this way towards her? Did she do something wrong? The girl shivered at the thought but then she had to remember how Tomoe could act. He could sulk about little things; but then again.

This didn't seem so little.

They ate dinner quietly; and then they watched a movie. There was no joking around, there was no funny jests towards each other. It was just a quiet night. They had them before but Nanami knew this one was different.

Tomoe was acting strange; and for some reason she knew it wasn't about the kiss earlier. Nanami looked at the fox who, with blank eyes, was staring at the TV like it wasn't even there.

When the show went off he seemed to snap out of it and his natural color returned, He looked at Nanami from the corner of his eyes and swallowed.

He had let his mask drop in front of her and now she looked confused. Tomoe never let himself loose it in front of Nanami. He was always hiding it so perfectly; Then after the kiss and then being bombarded with another issue? His mask slipped by accident. The fox fixed it back but Nanami now knew something was on his nerves.

"Nanami.." Tomoe glanced at her and winced. She looked at him with wide eyes, and he could of sworn he saw worry. He snarled his lip for a second.. He didn't want pity.

Especailly His Best Friends.

'Yeah?" She asked, Clearly seeing his irritation.

"Sorry..About Everything that happened today." He muttered quietly, Hoping that she would let go of his slip up and drop it.

The girl nodded, as if she understood what he meant, " Its okay. We all make mistakes. Your my best Friend Tomoe, " She Smiled," I could nevere stay mad at you."

He looked at her and felt his mouth pull up at the sides. To be honest, it was his first genuine smile all week. All the others were forced and made for a show, " Thanks," He paused and looked at her hair, " Go brush your hair; A rat moved in when you weren't looking."

He smirked when Nanami playfully hit his arm.

Maybe he would be okay... Maybe.

The Next Day At school

Kurama looked at the footage and gasped; he pressed the rewind button and clicked play. Mizuki sat on his mothers desy and smirked as the video played.

It was the security footage.

"Oh.. Wow.." Kurama choked out as he pressed pause. It was a rather passionate scene.

The picture wasn't even blurry like it usualy would be; it showed Tomoe and Nanami practically making out in the school's most famous corner. It was a shock and almost a pleasure. The Tengu couldn't believe his eyes, But the footage was detailed.

You could tell that the two teens were tongueing each other in the corner. It shocked him that the fox wasn't even afraid of someone seeing them in the hallway. They were kissing each other in a very, Heated and passionate way.

The fox even bit her..

Mizuki smiled, " It had to be rather heated."

Kurama nodded, " I can tell.' He blinked as he felt his body get excited. How could he tease him now? It had to be good;something that only Tomoe would know.

The snake shook his head, " REALLY heated. Nanami-chan's lip was bleeding; My thoughts?" He winked and tapped a finger to his mouth, " Tomoe-kun got carried away."

The tengu smirked, " I'm listening.' He leaned back in the chair as Mizuki went on.

"She also had a red mark on her neck." He pointed a spot that would usualy be sensitive and the Crow gasped.

"Are you trying to say that he gave her a hickey?" He asked out quickly; trying to keep his voice to a low pitch.

The snake smiled and nodded quickly, " But knowing her? She probably covered it up with a bandage or something."

Kurama nodded," So leave that out of the teasing." He smiled slowly," I'm gonna have fun with this!"

Tomoe moaned and flipped through his homework. He was sitting on the school's roof waiting for the bell to ring so he could leave and go home.

His long fingers searched the papers as he tried to calm himself down. He had been thinking about his dad; and the kiss form yesterday for a while. If fact it kept him up that night and he felt the guilt lay on thick.

He swallowed the sick feeling in his stomach and groaned as his hand sweeping through his hair.

He kissed her again.

The fox chewed his lip and cursed, He couldn't believe himself. Why did he do that? Nanami was his friend! Her taste had lingered even after he brushed his teeth that night and it made him jittery.

He was a pervert, there was no doubt about it. He should have know too,

Nanami had touched his ears so he couldn't control himself again; he felt so sick with himsefl right now. Nanami was innocent and she trusted him; but she had touched his ears an dhe once again, pinned her and stuck his tongue where it didn't belong.

The kitsune slammed his book closed and stood, the wind tossed his hair as thoughts rushed through his mind. He wanted to say he was sorry for the kiss again; but there was no since in bringing it up.

Nanami seemed to not even think about it and their household was still normal. Tomoe swallowed. He was over thinking things again; Nanami didn't even seem to remember the kiss, much less hate him for it.

He didn't have to worry; as long as she stayed away from his ears then he would be fine. Sadly he knew that was never going to happen. Plus his father told him to control his body more, The god knew his son was a yokai and Yokai's hormone's were stronger then a humans by ten fold.

It was hard to hold back when Nanami touched his ears; It wasn't that it was Nanami that turned him on. It was that she was a female and he was a male. That was the general fact..

Tomoe swallowed his embarrassing thoughts and stepped forward to leave the roof; That's when he was surprised when Kurama opened the stair door and walked on the roof with Mizuki in tow.

The fox titled his head to the side and rolled his eyes, He didn't have time for these two. He had to study and get his mind in order.

He started to leave when he was stopped by Kurama. The Tengu smiled and them suddenly said something that made his blood run cold.

'D-Don't Stop!" Kurama cooed and started to make kissing noises.

Tomoe's school book dropped from his hand and clattered to the ground in a heap of paper. Mizuki tried not the smile as Kurama tried to mimic everyone of Tomoe's movement's that he had made with Nanami.

( He had been practicing them all morning. )

The foxes tail went limp as his expression turned to one that only said, 'Terrified' Mizuki started to laugh and Tomoe clenched his fists. He tried to growl and compose himself but he couldn't.

How could they be his friends when they were practically making fun of him? Where they really... He sucked in his breath as something unknown came over his body. He felt betrayed..

First by his father and now by these idiots! How did they even know?

Kurama stopped doing his impersonation and then looked at Tomoe," Does that seem familiar?"

Mizuki suddenly burst out laughing, only making Tomoe take a step back. He didn't want to explain this to them! He bit his lip and continued to back up. His eyes started to glass over and he blinked in shock.

What was wrong with him? He paused and swiped his face; realiazing he was leaking.

He swore at himself for letting his mask fall so easily; But he couldn't stop it as Mizuki kept laughing and Kurama smiled like an idiot. He knew they meant well; but they woulnd't let him live this down. He wasn't even thinking about that kiss..

It was a mistake and now they were rubbing it in. He didn't even think he was breaking down because of their teasing, It was something else. It probably wasn't even the kiss...

Thats when Tomoe felt his pocket vibrate and he grabbed his phone. He looked at it and thats when he burst;

'It might be longer than planned.'

From: Dad

Tomoe sucked in his breath, Pain shot through him and his mask almost shattered. TWO WEEKS! He wouldn't see his dad for two weeks.. The fox tried to bresath out but he couldn't. Kurama stopped laughing and looked at him concerned.

"Hey, you okay?" He reached out to Tomoe.

The fox looked down, his hair shading his eyes. The wind blew past them and as Kurama's hand neared his shoulder the fox slapped it away. Kurama blinked in shock as Tomoe clenched his fists and started to cuss.

"IT'S NOT YOUR BUSYNESS! LEAVE ME ALONE!" He screamed, Tears welled up in his eyes; but he held them back. He swallowed as they both blinked and stared at him shocked.

Tomoe couldn't believe it. HIS FATHER WASN'T COMING HOME! He felt a whimper escape his mouth as his mask turned into tears and started to drag down his pale face. This was going to be the longest time since Mikage would be gone. It wasn't fair.. HE WAS HIS SON! HE WAS MORE IMPORTANT THEN A PRAYER! He swallowed; his heart faultered in pain as his phone went off again.

He looked at it and ground his teeth

'Don't be mad.'

From: 'Dad'

"Tomoe?" Mizuki asked quietly, His eyes wide with shock. The fox ground his teeth and decied to chuck his phone at Kurama. The metal device hit the tengu in the chest and clattered to the ground.

Kurama put a hand were the object hit and looked at the fox.

'W-Wha."

"I HATE HIM!" Tomoe screamed before turned around and running through the roofs door. It slammed shut as he stormed down the stairs and through the school. He ignored screaming teachers and barged out of the school. He pulled on his jacket and started to walk.

He wasn't going home..

He needed to think. The fox had let his mask down and it shattered quickly. He ran a hand through his hair as pain went through him.

The kistune wished he could hide that one thing he ha just down; he didn't want pity, but he couldn't do this anymore! He whimpered as his ears flattened to his head. He pulled th ehood of his jacket over his head an dthen let the tears that he had been holding for so long to fall.

He wished he could hide it all..

But it was to late now..