16Disclaimer: I don't own Tsubasa, or in the words of my cat, Max: …-glare, lick, sleep-
Nyah… sorry that I took so long to write this. I was kind of busy working on another story. Um… yeah. This is the sequel to What Have You Become. I named it after a song. You'll soon notice the chapters are a verse. This is the day after Fai and Kurogane shared their first kiss. (giggle)
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Fai sat up, rubbing his eyes. Hmmm? Mom hasn't called me down for breakfast? He thought, standing up to stretch. He walked sleepily to his bathroom. Or, he would have, if he was in his house. He ran his nose right into the wall. Cursing very loudly and out of character, he rubbed it frantically and realized where he was. He had spent the night at Kurogane's house. His parents called him and asked him to stay where he was that night for fear of being woken up during the middle of the night by the police. Loving parents, but cowardly ones.
Fai sighed, sitting back on his guest bed. Kurogane was in the other room and he wasn't going to walk in on him snoring. The blonde stretched again, looking for his day clothes. Kurogane had lent him some sleepwear, or rather, a black shirt and pair of old shorts Kurogane never wore anymore. He had offered Fai to wear Modoki's clothing, but Fai didn't think his clothes would fit him either.
He recalled the night last night. After they had their first shared kiss, Fai made them both supper while Kurogane dealt with the calls. It turned out that the police assumed the brunette, named Hito Fuji-Togo, had shot himself instead of Fai shooting him with a stolen police gun he had on him. Kurogane was to go into the police station the day before the dance for questioning along with Fai. The blonde and redhead ate quietly together that night. Fai took Kurogane upstairs to his guestroom and was given the clothes he was in now. After he took a shower and went to say goodnight to his host, Kurogane had pulled him into another chaste kiss before saying goodnight, making Fai feel butterflies just thinking about it. He shook his head, walking over to his previously laid out clothes.
"Fai, you up?" He heard a deep voice call from across the hall. He smiled, feeling the butterflies flutter again.
"Hai, Kuro-sama!" He sang, taking his shirt off. He heard heavy footsteps then a door clothes.
"Ok, I'm taking a shower, you know the rules." Fai moaned overdramatically, snapping his pants button. He was wearing another one of Kurogane's shirts, it was red. His pants were being cleaned as well, so he had to borrow a pair of Modoki's pants as a last resort. They were tight while his shirt hung over his shoulder, so He got his belt and wrapped it around his midsection.
"Why didn't you take a shower last night? You sleep in your filth if you bath in the morning. What's the good in that if you get dirty during the day? It only makes since that you'd wash up after a day of work and not before. Who ever heard of getting dirty while sleeping on a newly made bed?" He continued rambling on like that until he heard the water stop. Then heavy footsteps directly to his room. Kurogane stood there, shirtless with a towel slung around his shoulders, just staring annoyed at him. Besides the ripped body below the towel and angry glare, what stunned the blonde the most was the jet black hair clinging to his face.
"You…Your…"
"Yeah, I dyed it back." Said the older teen, grabbing the towel to rub the side of his head. Fai walked over to him and grabbed the towel.
"You'll never get it dry if you do it like that." Kurogane blushed and looked at the wall to his left.
"I only have one arm, remember?" Fai smiled up at him, rubbing fast circles around the black hair.
"Yes, I do… There! Now if you let the rest air dry the dye will pick up your hair better." Kurogane cocked an eyebrow as Fai let his hands drop, leaving the towel around the taller boy's shoulders.
"Eh… I learned it from my mom." Fai said, smiling sheepishly. Kurogane sighed, returning his gaze to the wall.
"What's wrong, Kuro-pon?" The blonde asked. The half dressed boy put his hand on his hip lazily.
"I don't want to go to school tomorrow." Fai laughed lightly, crossing his arms.
"That wasn't the answer I was expecting." Kurogane smirked and left, going to his own room. Fai skipped out into the hall.
"I'm going to make breakfast!" He heard a grunt before he made his way down the steps and into the kitchen. He was about half way through frying bacon and eggs when Kurogane came down, a black shirt with a white stripe down one of the sides on and hair dry and spiky. He walked over to where Fai was, glancing over his shoulder at what he was making. He was pushed away playfully by Fai.
"Be patient, Kuro-yam!" Kurogane smirked and grabbed his wrist gently, making Fai blush, though he continued smiling.
"How can I when your food's so good?" The blonde's blush deepened as he pulled away to turn back to breakfast.
"Now, Kuro-chi, flattery won't get you anywhere. Go sit down! It'll be done in a few minutes!" Kurogane did as he was ordered, sitting in the seat facing the kitchen. He growled in pain as his arm accidentally lifted too high. Fai turned to see him and gave him a small pout.
"You should be more gentle, Kuro-farm." Kurogane snorted as a reply and closed his eyes. Fai turned back to his work when his cell phone went off. He checked it wearily, only to see it was Sakura calling.
"Hello?"
"Fai-san?! Are you alright!? I heard about what happened at school!" He laughed and placed the phone between his cheek and shoulder so he could stir the eggs.
"I'm fine and so is Kuro-chan, thank you for asking." Fai turned his head slightly to see a venomous glare and he laughed again.
"Really? Are either of you hurt?"
"Kuro-yam got shot in the shoulder, but the bullet's out and he'll be out of his sling and cast in a few months. Which means all hopes of dancing with him are shot down." Fai let out a mock depressed sigh, a little too loud for Kurogane's liking. Sakura laughed on the other line, mostly out of relief.
"I'm glad that's all that was hurt. Do you want me to come over?"
"No, I'm at Kuro-chi's right now. I promised I wouldn't invite anyone over without Kuro-tootles permission." Fai turned to Kurogane to give the raven haired man his best puppy dog face. Kurogane sighed.
"Who is it?"
"Sakura-chan. You know the vice president?"
"Only her?"
"Yes." Sigh.
"For how long?" Smile.
"Only an hour or so." Pause… Stare… Puppy eyes…
"Fine."
"Yay! Thank you Kuro-daddy!" run run glomp.
"Ouch! Be gentle, fag!"
"oops, sorry!"
"Fai-san? What's going on?" Fai let go of his grip on Kurogane's shoulders and grabbed his phone off the table.
"You can come over to Kuro-chop's. It's the big red house a few blocks down from my house. You can't miss the black roof!"
"Alright, I'll be over in a gif!"
"don't worry about bringing anything, I'm making breakfast as we speak!"
"Alright. See ya soon."
"tootles!" He sang into the phone, snapping it shut to turn back to his eggs. He heard Kurogane's chair move as the older man stood. Fai turned and jumped when he realized the teen was now behind him.
"On one condition." Fai gasped as the red eyed boy captured his lips in another enticing kiss. Fai felt like his knees were going to melt, so he grabbed onto Kurogane's shirt by reflex to stop himself from falling, which in turn brought the kiss deeper. Fai blushed and let his eyes flutter shut as Kurogane wrapped his one good arm around the lithe teen, licking the paler lips for entrance. After Fai willingly split his mouth open, they fought for dominance with their tongues, Fai blushing all the while. When they broke for air, Fai was as red as a cherry and lightheaded. He turned quickly, busying himself with the eggs. He didn't even check to see if Kurogane was blushing as bad as he was. When he felt his hot breath on his ear, the blush deepened even further.
"That girl is the only one allowed over from this point on until you can convince me otherwise." Fai turned slightly, their lips once again not even an inch apart. The red eye he could see was burning a hole into his opposite blue one, but he just couldn't look away. Dare he ask?
"And how do I do that?" He dared. Kurogane smirked, leaning in just close enough to brush his lips on Fai's.
"You'll figure it out." He said very deeply, almost seductively. Then he turned and left the kitchen and sat in the living room, leaving Fai to finish breakfast and blush away.
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"Ah, here we are. 2485 Ginryu Drive. That's an odd title for a street name." Sakura said as she checked the name plate on the door. It said Danto, but below it had Suwa. Was she in the right place? Sure, the house was the only red one with black shingles by Fai's house, but who was Kurogane? She took a breath. Only one way to find out. She raised her petit hand and knocked as hard as she could with the door knocker, which just so happened to be a dragon head. A few seconds passed before the door lock could be heard unlocking. Sakura felt herself pale when a gruff looking man with black spiky hair stared down at her with red eyes. She eep-ed and waved her hands in front of her.
"S-s-s-s-sorry, sir! I th-think I'm in the wrong place! Excuse-" She then turned to leave but was stopped.
"Come in, Fai's in the kitchen." Sakura turned back around to look at him curiously. She knew that voice.
"Haganemaru-san?" He nodded slowly after a minute of staring and made room for her to fit in the door. She walked in timidly, staring at his eyes for a moment longer. She then stared at the place around her while Kurogane closed the door.
"Sakura-hime!" Fai sang, prancing into the room to give Sakura a huge hug.
"How's my princess doing today?!" He said happily, smiling ear to ear. Sakura gave him a nervous smile.
"Are you sure you aren't hurt Fai-san?" He shook his head side to side. Kurogane then placed a hand on his hip and leaned against the wall.
"Princess?" Fai turned to him.
"Last year we had a dance. We had the 'desert theme' picked out and we decided to have the 'desert princess' and the 'desert prince.' Sakura was our hime whilst Syaoran was our lord. Kind of awkward how it turned out, huh, hime?" Sakura blushed as Fai nudged her arm gently.
"Well yeah… anyway, the nickname sort of stuck with me." She said, smiling sheepishly up at Kurogane. He shrugged with his good shoulder and walked into the dining room with Sakura and Fai in tow. Fai served three plates, the helpings all different sizes. Kurogane's was bigger since he was a bigger man and so he could 'heal faster'. Sakura's was the actual proportion size because Fai didn't like her to eat less or more than that. Fai's was smaller than the other two because he had been snacking while making the pancakes. Fai set down Kurogane's plate before looking around his knees.
"Where are your animals?" Kurogane raised his eyebrow.
"Probably in the basement." Fai gave him a surprised look.
"You have a basement?!" Kurogane stopped chewing for a second. Then swallowed.
"Yeah. I thought I showed it to you." Fai shook his head as he took his seat next to the feasting Sakura.
"Yeah, I have one. Though I'd prefer if you didn't go down there." The taller man said, continuing on his eggs. Fai raised his eyebrow this time.
"But you just said-"
"Drop it, ok?" Kurogane looked up from his plate with an expression Fai regrettably memorized. He only saw that look on Kurogane's face once before, and it was seared into his memory. Fai shut up, knowing he was dead serious. That was the look he gave his mother before he shot her… He thought, staring palely down at his plate. Sakura gave him a small look of worry.
"Are you ok, Fai-san?" He shot his head up to look at her, a smile fixed on his face.
"Of course, Sakura-chan…" Sakura eyed him a bit longer before setting down her fork and knife. She turned to her side and grabbed her backpack that Fai just realized was there. She opened it and shuffled through it, grabbing the papers closest to the back. The 'princess' showed them to Fai, who stared curiously.
"Plans for the dance?" He said with a full mouth. Sakura giggled and nodded.
"Ezzy-chan said that she and Habunaiku-kun were going to get the streamers and DJ, we just have to get the balloons and the tickets."
"So you're hosting the dance?" Asked Kurogane at the other end of the table. He was done, so he sat back and watched the two opposite of him. Fai nodded feverishly, smiling like a maniac.
"I thought I told you, but I may have forgotten. The reason we're making flyers and newspapers about it is because we're sponsoring it. We're going to do the same thing as the desert dance and have a prince and princess, only this time it's a dog and cat! I wonder whose gunna be it…" He explained, putting a finger on his chin. Kurogane let out a snort, running his index finger across the lining of the table.
"Cat and Dog, huh? That's dumb." Fai pouted to the best of his abilities. Kurogane just raised an eyebrow.
"We're doing our best, ok? Even Sakura-hime and I are enrolled in the Cat part, we just need…a…" He trailed off, apparently getting an idea. He smiled wryly, looking mischievously at Kurogane. Sakura shot a look between them, wondering why Fai was looking at him that way.
"What?" Kurogane asked, becoming annoyed a little too quickly. Fai just smiled wider.
"We can always add your name to the Dog…" Fai said quietly, making Sakura brighten up.
"Hell. No." Just like that, Kurogane made Fai 'cry.'
"He doesn't love us anymore, Sakura-chan!" He wailed, flinging his arms around his petit friend. Sakura blinked and looked over to the now fuming Kurogane.
"ALRIGHT! FINE! I'll be in your stupid dance!" Fai instantly sobered up and cheered.
"Yay! Kuro-puppy made me happy again!"
"ENOUGH OF THE FAGGY NICKNAMES!"
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Fai hummed, hanging up a poster. Besides going to the police office that evening, Kurogane and Fai had nothing to do except move Fai in and get ready for the dance. Fai didn't make it seem like such a big deal, but since Kurogane had one arm, it turned out to be harder than they thought. Fai ended up with several scrapes on his legs and arms from dropping furniture and Kurogane bloodied his only good palm. They had to have Fai's father and uncle, Chetto Fluorite, move the rest of Fai's stuff into Kurogane's home the day before. So now Fai and Sakura were hanging up flyers around the school halls for the dance the next day. Kurogane didn't have anything to do that morning, him being early as always.. So he was leaning against the wall, watching Fai and Sakura hang up posters in the places they could reach.
"Come on, Kuro-min, we have one more hallway before we can go home." Fai called in a singsong voice with a few posters under his arm. Sakura smiled at her class president and walked ahead of the two. Kurogane walked alongside Fai, hand in pocket.
"Ah! Sakura! We're going to have to make ballads tonight about the voting!" Fai cried, realization slapping him in the forehead. Sakura stopped and turned to the older teen.
"I forgot too! I wonder if Ezzy-"
"Got it covered." They turned around and Fai and Sakura gasped. Ezzy smiled at them, her blue eyes shining out from under her crooked bangs. What startled the duo most was that her hair was a strong, vibrant red. Sakura pranced over to her, holding tightly onto the posters.
"You dyed it again!" Fai and Kurogane slowly followed after her, Fai beaming happily.
"Yeah. I got it done last night. My mom said that it was about time to do my roots, so I just picked out a random color to go on top. Kind of weird how it turned out, huh?" Ezzy smiled, flicking her bangs as an added effect. Habunaiku popped out from the door she was by, holding a sheet of paper. He walked over to Ezzy, his eyes glued on the paper.
"Do you think the cat would look ok in a dress? I mean, we have some males down as that part. Should we really be- ah! Fai-san!" Habunaiku looked up from his paper, just noticing the other three there. Fai laughed, as did Ezzy.
"Hello, Habu-kun… what were you talking about?" the blonde boy stole a look at the paper and let out a curious mew. The golden eyed boy let out a moan of aggravation and showed the paper to the other four members of the group.
"We were working on the outfits for the Dog and Cat. Since I'm the designer and Ezzy is the art editor, we created the outfits… so far we got you in a dress, Fai-san." Sakura blinked and looked Fai up and down.
"Sorry to say, Fai-san, but you would look good in that type of dress." Fai struck a pose.
"Really? What do you think, Kuro-chi?" Kurogane snorted on the outside, putting a hand on his hip. While on the inside he was bleeding all over the place, noticing that Fai's right leg would protrude from the skirt every time he took a step. Fai pouted cutely.
"Oh yeah? What's the boy's outfit?" Habunaiku shrugged and took out another sheet from nowhere.
"Just a suit and collar. It has a leash, but I'm not sure if that would be allowed in school." Habunaiku received a bat over the back of the head.
"This is a DANCE. WE'RE hosting it. WE can do whatever we want. Are you stupid or something?" Ezzy said, massaging her knuckles. Habunaiku growled in her direction and rubbed the back of his head. Kurogane was reminded sorely of himself when he looked at the other black haired teen.
"We're going to give the guys black slacks, a white or red dress shirt and a red or black collar with matching leash. What do you think, Fai-mew?" Asked Ezzy, folding her arms. Fai turned to Kurogane, looking him up and down. This made the taller man feel awkward.
"What?" Fai smiled brightly at him and patted his shoulder.
"Nothing Kuro-woof." Kurogane felt his eye twitch; it was way too early for him to have nicknames. He massaged his temple, closing his eyes.
"I think that would be fine, Ezzy-chan." The redhead smiled brightly at him and dragged Habunaiku back in the room with words of 'shut up and draw.'
"Does she change her hair color on a regular basis or what?" Kurogane asked as they made their way down the last hallway. Fai set the posters down and grabbed his tape from his pocket.
"Yeah. Every month she has a different hair color. Though I don't see a point in it; it always goes back to blonde. Her hair rejects color no matter what." He explained, standing on his toes to reach a high place.
"Why are you putting it up there?" Fai turned to Kurogane and smiled, his arms still outstretched.
"Any lower and they'll rip it down." Fai then turned back around, perhaps a little too fast. He lost his balance and began to fall to the ground. Kurogane rushed forward and with his good arm, he wrapped that around Fai's side. Fai, who had his eyes closed in case of impact, slowly looked up at what had caught him and blushed. Kurogane smirked down at him, realizing why Fai had blushed.
"You should be more careful." He said lowly, making Fai feel the butterflies panic. He nodded feverishly, feeling lightheaded. Kurogane stood Fai up, realizing his hand was bleeding again. He quickly hid it from the other boy, who had turned back around to hide his face.
"Y-yeah… can you hand me the next poster?" He said turning slightly to see the other boy. Kurogane bit his lip and gave the poster quickly to Fai, not wanting him to notice his hand. He wasn't fast enough.
"Ah! Kuro-chi, your hand!" Fai said, haphazardly tossing the poster to the ground to grab hold of the raven haired teen's wrist. The blue eyes scanned the bandages and looked up to the red orbs.
"Did I cause this?" Kurogane stared down at him and shook his head slowly.
"It didn't happen on purpose."
"Does it hurt?" The tanned teen raised his eyebrow curiously.
"No. Why?" Fai sighed a breath of relief.
"I didn't want to cause you any pain… that's all…" Kurogane watched him wide eyed for a moment, then his features melted into an understanding smile.
"Thank you." Fai looked up to him in surprise.
"Thank you?"
"For worrying about me. Though you shouldn't."
"Fai! I'm done down this corridor- ah! I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to…" Sakura turned her head, trying not to look at the other two occupying the hall. Fai and Kurogane stood not even a foot apart, Fai's hand holding and stroking Kurogane's hand. The taller teen had a smile on his face and so did Fai. The teens quickly moved about five feet away from each other, blush apparent on either face. Fai was the first to deny the scene.
"I fell and hurt Kuro-yam's hand! I was checking on it and he was thanking me! Nothing was happening!" He said, blushing deeper with every word that came out his mouth. Kurogane just looked away, hiding his hand in his pocket. Sakura turned back around, hearing that his hand was hurt. She walked over to Kurogane, looking worriedly up to him.
"Will you be ok?" He looked down at her, and seeing worry in her eyes, he nodded.
"Let's just take care of the stupid posters and get to class…"
-2-4-8-5-
"Now kids, remember the math homework I gave you. One last announcement from our class president!" Mr. Sorata stepped away from the front of the class as Fai and Sakura stepped up with two boxes in Sakura's hands.
"Ok! These are the votes we received this morning! We tallied them up and chose the top five for both our Dog and our Cat. The five top Dogs are…" Fai flipped the clipboard's paper and smiled widely.
"Habunaiku Fuyama!" Habunaiku gave an incredulous look to Fai before he was shoved up to the front of the class to stand. He stood there, rubbing the back of his head with a tint of blush on his cheeks. Fai smiled at him then looked back down at his paper.
"Syaoran Li!" The brunette in the back smiled and stood, walking up to stand in between Habunaiku and Sakura, who promptly blushed. Fai's smile got even wider as he looked down at his paper.
"Doumeki!" The second tallest in the class stood and walked nonchalantly to the front, an uninterested look on his face. Fai brought his gaze back down before calling out,
"Tonpopo Irugashi." The pink-haired fat boy threw his arm in the air and wobbled to the front of the class. Fai felt the teen smile wryly at him and let out a silent disgusted noise. He returned to the paper and let out a cry of happiness.
"And last but not least, our new student Kurogane Suwa!" Kurogane shot him the same look Habunaiku gave him and stood, walking slowly up to the front to stand next to the golden eyed boy. Habunaiku patted him on the shoulder.
"I guess our paths just cross all over the place!" Kurogane looked at him rather disbelievingly and sighed. Fai smiled at his Dogs and gave them each a button.
"This button will let everyone in the school know you're in the top five Dogs! Wear this all day and you can get a free lunch pass tomorrow where the Dog will be decided!" Fai lingered on Kurogane's chest, smiling mischievously up at him as he clipped the pin on. He turned, walking to his helper once again.
"If you please take your seats!" He said happily, smiling at the five as they sat down.
"Now! For the Cats! Ezzy-chan, if you would be so kind as to inform us who the Cats are!" the newly redhead stood and walked up to stand next to Sakura. She opened up her own clipboard and flipped to the last page.
"Sakura Kimihito." She said blandly, smiling over at her friend. Said girl blushed and stood up straighter, smiling sheepishly.
"Watanuki." She said blankly, and a cry of disbelief was heard. The blue/brown eyed boy was shoved to the front of the class, him blushing out of embarrassment as he turned his head.
"Utah Sanbanki." A sandy blonde stood and walked to the class, her overly excited smile not fooling anyone. She twirled her hair on her finger and blew a kiss to her boyfriend, Tonpopo. Ezzy rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Esmeralda." She said curtly, flipping to the next page.
"and last but certainly not least, our loving and caring class President! Fai-kun!" Fai blushed vibrantly, taken aback by this. Most of the teens in the class room cheered for the guys and girls as they received their buttons. They were given the same information that the Dogs received and they sat down, leaving Sakura and Fai standing.
"Well, thank you class! Anyway, the dance will be tomorrow at 7 and will last until 10. Sakura and I will now draw names for those who will get a free ticket!" Fai reached his hand into the purple box Sakura was holding and pulled out a pink slip.
"Sakura Kimihito!" Sakura 'eeh-ed?!' and took her pink slip. Habunaiku nudged Syaoran in the shoulder.
"She's a lucky one, eh?" Syaoran nodded, leaning back in his seat.
"I just don't know how I'm going to ask her out to the dance…"
"Ezzy-chan!" Said girl stood and smiled at Sakura, taking her slip gently from the petit girl and sat back down.
"Yumi Satatoni!"
"Aoi Dotogi!"
"Li Yatagosh!"
"Gigi Taigo!"
"And now for the boys who will go to the dance for free!" Fai stuck his hand in the blue box and pulled out a red slip.
"Watanuki!"
"Doumeki!"
"Tonpopo Irugashi."
"Habunaiku Fumaya!"
"Ani Togofi!"
"Hitoshi Sawaga!"
"and lastly, Moto Nogiji!" Fai handed the last slip to the boy as he walked up. He gave the box back to Sakura and smiled brightly.
"We hope to see you there!" The bell rang shortly after that, letting the people know it was time to leave. All the couples left the classroom in a rush whilst the others lagged behind.
"Kuro-sama! Kuro-samaaaaaaaa!"
"WHAT?!" Kurogane slammed his locker closed and turned to the oncoming class president.
"I'm sorry I didn't draw your name for the free pass thing…" Fai gave him a sad, defeated look. Kurogane sighed and adjusted his backpack.
"Doesn't bother me. I'll pay my own way in." Fai let out a cry of disbelief and took hold of his arm.
"But still! You're a Dog! The least I could've done is got you in for free!" Kurogane smirked.
"You forget who you're talking to, Blondie." Fai smiled at him and tightened his hold. Kurogane checked his watch.
"We should get going to art club…" Fai nodded, hoisting his own backpack higher on his shoulder.
"Will you be ok carrying your backpack?" Kurogane looked down at him.
"Fine. It's my other shoulder." They walked to the art club, ignoring the whispers about 'Fai's new lacky' and 'the murderer' on their way.
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Nyah. Sorry if it's kind of rushed. Then again, sorry if it lacks taste. I wrote this over a length of two days on and off and rushed the ending to get it done. Sorry. :sweatdrop:
Mirika-puppy-san