"One without love, no more revisited"

Disclaimer: I don't own Loveless, or the quote I took from a post by the Facebook group "Laugh it out"

A/N: I hate that I thought of this story before the semester ended, because I should be studying.

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Chapter 2: "Playground"

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Kio walked into the living room and paused.

Thinking as usual...

There was no doubt what his friend was thinking about, as his young bedmate was always foremost in his mind.

"What are you thinking about Sou-chan?" he asked, sitting on the arm of the couch.

The other man tilted his head back, staring at the white ceiling.

"Have you ever loved someone so much… that you wanted to keep them hidden from the world, and keep them all to yourself?"*

*"Soubi, that's called kidnapping." He shook his head, "You gotta remember he's still a kid, he just turned seventeen."

Time had passed, aging Ritsuka, which didn't mean these two men remained the age they had been. Now that Soubi was twenty five, seventeen was still a stretch.

Knowing what his friend thought of this fact Kio pictured Soubi shouting in juvenile exasperation "It's so unfair!" The thought passed a smirk across his face, and he shook his head again. How much more unrealistic could his imagination be?

Soubi and Ritsuka had been in a romantic relationship for years. The idea of Kio moving out never came up, especially since there were bills to pay and two means of income was better than one. Besides that fact, he had his own type of devotion toward the flaxen-haired man.

Soubi glanced at the clock though he knew the general time.

"Ritsuka", he called.

Yes it was "parent-like", but he did have custody of the boy, and Ritsuka did need to wake up to get ready for school.

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At the end of science class Ritsuka gathered his books. It wasn't that he hated school just sometimes it felt like it lasted an extra four hours.

"Aoyagi-kun", a female voice called from his left. He turned to see a girl with outrageously bright earrings, and makeup slopped over her round face.

"What is it Kikuchi-chan?" He only knew her name because it was on the notebook in her arms.

"Well there's a great café near my house and I was wondering if you'd meet me there after school". She had an air about her some teenage girls have, "cocky-all-deserving-princess" described it best. What made it most obvious was when she placed a hand on his arm and displayed a sly smile.

Girls hit on him sometimes. He was taller now, with shoulders somewhat broadened, fuller face, and no longer deathly skinny. He wore black clothes and sometimes dark brown. He was "mysterious" as one girl had put it. All those qualities combined meant he was attractive.

"I have a boyfriend", he said turning and walking out. He never bothered mentioning these instances to Soubi, there was no point.

He was glad to be unlike his peers who ran after every skirt that walked by, or swooned at each muscular "hotty" who smiled at them. It was child play to go around as many boys did, bragging about how many girls he combined his body with for what, thirty minutes each? Oh please.

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End of chapter 2

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Tricked you with the title, didn't I.

Yeah I went against what I said in my first story. I looked up Japanese names and chose one.

Yes these chapters have been short. I'm stirring around ideas in my mind for what direction to run this fanfic in.

Hope you liked it, please review

(This chapter has been edited a bit)