Yo…I know things are still going pretty slowly, but I promise you it should pick up soon…I think…

Disclaimer: I do not own Black Bird or any of its characters…

After school, Misao headed over to the math office, telling her friends that she needed to speak to Usui-sensei before they left. Her friends told her that they'd meet her at the shoe boxes and left her in the hallway after she agreed.

Misao knocked on the door before entering and to her surprise, she saw Kyou sitting at his desk with Akira. She greeted her friend and looked over at her boyfriend.

"Um..." she began hesitantly. She hadn't been expecting the bishounen to be in the room.

"It's alright, Misao," said Kyou. "Akira here already knows about our...relationship."

"...What?"

They really are twins...

"Come here," he said, extending his hand.

Akira watched as his sister walked over to Kyou and was pulled onto his lap.

"Kyou!" Misao whined, embarrassment evident in both her voice and on her face. She glanced over at Akira, before looking at her boyfriend once more.

Nuzzling his face into her neck, Kyou said, "What're you getting all embarrassed for today? I was under the impression you loved this..."

The blush on the girl's face deepened.

"Kyoooou!"

Kyou chuckled and nipped at Misao's neck once, before straightening up.

"So, what did you come here for?"

"I just...wanted to say that I was going out with my friends now and that I probably won't be able to come over today."

"I see," said the man, pretending as if he didn't already know this. His fingers came under the collar of her shirt to pull her pendant out. "As long as you have this, you should be fine...but give me a call if anything happens, alright?"

Misao nodded and tucked the pendant back under her shirt. "Of course."

"Have fun, then. I'll see you later."

He pressed his lips to Misao's in a kiss that eagerly returned. After they broke apart, she slid of Kyou's lap and with a wave to both him and Akira, she left the room. There was a silence where Akira stared at the door and then over at Kyou, before back at the door an odd expression on his face.

"What?" Kyou pressed, almost annoyed at the boy's stares.

"Do...you two really love each other?" asked Akira hesitantly.

Kyou gave Akira a look that clearly said that he wasn't going to answer that question and to judge on what he had just seen and what he would see later on. The blond haired bishounen was smart enough to not question him on said topic again.

Once Kyou knew that Misao was gone, he beckoned to Akira and they left the school heading towards the Harada home. Reaching it, the man knocked upon the wood only to have the door opened by Yoshio.

"Kyou-kun, A...Akira?" He smiled, but seemed quite surprised.

"Otou-san," Akira greeted. "It's nice to see you."

And then suddenly, the boy was enveloped in the tightest hug in the world. Kyou actually winced slightly in sympathy.

"Come in, come in," Yoshio ushered.

Kyou and Akira stepped into the house and were soon seated on a couch in the living-room along with Yoshio and Yoko, who had also bear hugged her son.

"We didn't expect the two of you to be coming here together," said Yoko.

"I...have informed Akira to who I am and I told him that I want to figure out what happened to both him and Misao in the past. To do that, I needed to speak to the two of you and his aunt and uncle as well."

The two parents exchanged a glance, but didn't get to say anything, for there was a sudden knock on their door. Yoko went to open it this time and she returned with two people.

"This is my sister Misaki and her husband Takeshi," she introduced. "This is Kyou-kun, Misao's boyfriend."

Kyou gave the two a curt nod and they stared at him in shock.

"Misao-chan's dating him?" wondered Misaki out loud. "Isn't he a little too...old for her?"

"Yes," said Takeshi, completely agreeing with his wife. "You're manipulating the girl, aren't you?"

Misaki gasped. "How dare you!"

Kyou sat there for a moment, but then got to his feet and slowly walked over to the two. He didn't like what he was hearing and he was going to have to do something about it. Now.

And that's all I got for today…Looking forward to reviews! Laterz!