40Disclaimer: If I owned Tsubasa, Sakura would eventually remember Syaoran so he would stop being an emo kid.
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Sakura crept down the stairs in their café/home, not wanting to wake anyone up. When she thought she hadn't stirred anyone, she tiptoed into the kitchen. She sighed loudly, feeling the load come off her chest. She turned and got a mug out of the cupboard and a teabag for a nice cup of tea. She turned and poured the already steamy water into her… wait, already? She looked at her water. Yep, it was steamy. But didn't that mean someone else was awake? She finished preparing her tea and went into the café area of the home. She was slightly surprised to see that the other person that was up was Kurogane. She made her way over to him, seeing that he had his own cup of the light liquid and was staring out into the black window. She thought that if she didn't say something, she would scare him, but if she did, she would also scare him. While she was trying to make up her mind, Kurogane snorted.
"Come sit down, you're already in here." He said, not taking his eyes off of the window. Sakura did as she was told, sitting across the two sided table in front of the red eyed man.
"Why are you up, Kurogane-san?" She asked, giving him a quizzical look. He looked at her finally while crossing his arms.
"I couldn't sleep. Thought some tea would help and here I am. I guess I have too much on my mind." Before the princess could ask another question, the ninja took a gulp and set his cup down rather loudly.
"What are you doing up, princess?" He said, giving her a slightly annoyed look. Sakura bit her lip, but summoned the courage to meet his eyes.
"I couldn't sleep, I was afraid I would have a nightmare again. The memories are affecting my sleeping patterns too, so I might stay up for a little while longer." She squeaked, watching the ninja as he listened. Kurogane stared for a little bit at the princess in front of him, who was indeed in her pajamas. He sighed, looking back out the window.
"Nightmares? About what exactly?" He said in spite of the princess. He knew she was going to explain sooner or later, might as well be the first to hear.
"Fai-san… and you…" She said, quieter than before. This made the ninja turn a little too fast.
"Really? What's happening in your dreams?" He said with a little sarcasm dripping from his words. She looked down at her tea, watching the steam rise of it slowly.
"You two get in a huge fight… And you end up hurting him really badly… and he ends up hating you… and then our group falls apart because Fai-san's injury… and then you get even more annoyed with him and… and…" She said, trying to be strong. Kurogane cocked his head slowly forward, eyebrows slightly raised.
"Princess." She heard, feeling a rough hand land on her shoulder. She looked up, noticing her vision was foggy due to tears. She quickly wiped them away to see an understanding look about the tall man's face.
"Even though I do hate the mage sometimes, I wouldn't hurt him so badly that it would drag us down. And even if that did happen… I don't think…" He said, trying to find the words he was looking for. The princess looked at him eagerly, feeling slightly comforted by his words. She grabbed her tea, taking a small sip as Kurogane removed his hand from her shoulder.
"Kurogane-san… do you tell us that you hate Fai-san even though you don't?" She asked timidly, trying to watch Kurogane's expression. He was turned back to the window, so she could only see half of his face.
"Tch…" He closed his eyes and placed a hand under his chin. He turned back to the princess, a slight smirk on his face.
"The dweeb wouldn't be alive if I didn't like him somewhat. He has nothing to do with me, so I let him live." Sakura creased her brow, watching as the older of the two take another gulp of tea.
"But… I want to know if you… like Fai-san… like… like a daddy likes a mommy." She said finally, her last words a little rushed. She closed her eyes, expecting Kurogane to yell and through a tantrum. Tell you the truth, she was kind of shocked to hear him chuckle a little.
"Daddy likes a mommy? Princess, daddies don't like mommies. They love them. And if I play that role, I would think it obvious. But seriously, the mage gets on my nerves a lot and can also be a very tempting person to strangle, but I don't hate him as much as I'd like I say." He said this quietly, ignoring the little blush on both their cheeks. Kurogane turned his head to the window, looking up at the moon. Sakura tilted her head slightly.
"So, you love Fai?" Kurogane shot his head back to face her, a surprised look plastered on his face. Then a calm, warm smile took hold of his lips and eyes.
"It took me a while to figure it out, and if you say a word…" Kurogane said in mock anger. Sakura laughed lightly as she felt him ruffle her hair.
"I won't, Kurogane-san! I promise!" She giggled, trying to get his hand off her head as he chuckled again. They stayed there a moment, sitting in silence while looking out the window up at the moon.
"…Do we have any grandparents…daddy?" Said a quiet female voice. The taller of the two looked morosely to his "daughter."
"Not on my side, both my parents were… are dead." He said, leaning back slightly in his chair. Sakura gave him a worried look.
"That's horrible, I'm sorry!" She said, gripping the edge of the table lightly.
"It doesn't matter. It was when I was young. Don't be sorry for it." Sakura sighed calmly. She had never seen this side of Kurogane before. He was so kind and his expressions to her were those of a father figure.
"Oh… Kurogane-san… why do you space yourself from us?" She asked, looking at said man.
"I don't want to get attached anymore than I have… I know that… I know that we'll all go our separate ways and end up the same people we were before we started traveling… and I don't want to feel…I don't know… I don't want to feel regret or despair when our group departs…" Sakura had not been expecting this answer. She thought it was something like, "I hate you guys" or "I have better things to do than communicate with an idiot and a couple of brats", but not this.
Kurogane drained the last of his mugs contents and set his cup down. He stared at Sakura, though not glaring to make her feel uneasy.
"This is our conversation alone… say anything to anyone…" he warned before getting up. Sakura smiled up at him, nodding in agreement.
"Goodnight, Kurogane-san… I won't tell anyone… I'm glad I met you tonight…" She said. Kurogane gave her another smirk and then turned his heel and vanished into the kitchen.
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The next morning Kurogane was the same grumpy man while Sakura was more cheerful than ever. Fai would bug Kurogane and in the end it was either Sakura telling Fai something to make him leave or telling Kurogane to not hurt Fai. Fai noticed this and dragged Kurogane away from their conversation off into the corner.
"What's going on with you of late, Kuro-puppy? You seem less… grumpy…" He said, looking up at the red eyes. They stared back into blue.
"That's none of your business, mage." He said, crossing his arms and looking back to the table. Fai followed his gaze and shot a look of curiosity towards the ninja once more.
"Does it have something to do with Sakura-chan?" He asked, a sly smile playing at his lips. Kurogane growled and closed his eyes.
"We talked. Big deal." Fai then proceeded to latch onto his arm.
"AW! How cute! You two had a little heart to heart? Daddy's girl, huh?"
"Shut up mage!" And this was followed by another morning chase and more nicknames pursued. Syaoran tried to stop them along with Mokona, while Sakura watched with a triumphant smile on her face, knowing her dreams and nightmares had nothing on her family.
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This is not a SXK story, those make me vomit. If you want those, go to someone else, for its against my religion. Now if you want Kurofai-ness… bukukuku… I got loads of that stuff! Any way, reviews are welcome, flames are ignored! I might add chapters onto this if you want. Like some mother to daughter talks or son to father or mother to son or other things like that. Nothing big, some might be related to other chapters...it depends on if you review!
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