Neverending Affair

A/n: Hey I hope you like this chapter! Gots lots of ideas to toss around but don’t know what we are gonna do next. Later Kon_puppet and Wolfram von Bielifelt

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Chapter 3: Constant Confession Confusion


Yuki touched his cheek and forced away a smile. It really was going to be some night, he thought to himself as he moved up the stairs to the bathroom. A simple pair of black slacks and a thin white button up shirt were his choice of clothing for when he got out. He bathed in almost silence as he thought on tonight. Kyo and he were going to do things... He wished he could have said there was no way they would, but the feelings in his heart let him know it would happen soon and there was no stopping it. He turned the knob to the shower off as he finished his bath and shyly walked, fully dressed, to Kyo’s room.

"Hey...” he said as he knocked on the door.

Kyo jumped slightly, dropping the magazine he was reading as the door opened. Kyo saw Yuki standing in the doorway with a thin button up shirt and a pair of slacks. 'Barefoot. . Oh my god, I wonder if Yuki knows how sexy he is right now.' Kyo thought to himself. Then, realizing he was staring at Yuki, Kyo cleared his throat. "Uh, I guess come in. I lit some candles because it gets cold up here when it rains.” Looking at the window he forgot to close. "Sorry, I like to hear the rain outside. I guess those days in the mountain has made me love the sound of it." Kyo said as he got up to shut the window hesitantly. Kyo couldn’t understand why he was so nervous around Yuki. They were just hanging out in his room. Kyo noticed that Yuki was looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Leave it open...I prefer rain." he stated and moved to stand beside Kyo with a smile and opened the window back up, resting a hand over the cat’s for just a moment as though it was a natural thing to do. "Your room isn't so bad when you take the time to clean it up, Kyo." he added and walked back from the window to sit on the floor near the futon. He was nervous but tried not to show it too much. He didn't want to seem like a wimp. Kyo looked at the window and then at Yuki. Kyo knew that if Yuki was exposed to the weather too much, he could have problems with his bronchial tubes and his asthma would flare up. With this, Kyo was concerned with the window being left open. "Are you sure? What about your condition? Will the cool breeze hurt ya?" Kyo stated as he watched Yuki sit down. Rubbing his hand where Yuki's was, Kyo lingered for a moment staring at him.

"Yeah, I can actually see the floor." Kyo said with a laugh responding to Yuki’s playful pun on his dirty room earlier.

Yuki shook his head and flicked the strands of silver hair from his face. "My condition is fine, and I will be fine with it open....I have been having my treatments regularly with Hatori now that he is the nurse at school, so if anything happens he is right there. There is no need to worry about me getting too ill." He gave Kyo a smile and blushed a bit. "So...what are we going to do? Any ideas?" he asked, fighting with the hem of his white button up shirt, hoping Kyo wouldn’t want to jump right in on anything. He was afraid he would not know what to do entirely if they happened to go further than earlier in the day.

"Uh, I have no clue,” Kyo chuckled, running his hands through his messy red hair. "Well, what would your damned brother and Hatori do? I mean . . . well, I guess things would be the same as a girl, right?"

Yuki blushed and nodded his violet eyes, coming to a close. "But, who would be the girl then? Who would be the one to....well you know. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t been with a girl so…." he breathed and rested his hands in his lap. He was shaking. The all brave and emo Yuki was shaking. He couldn't decipher if it was anticipation or fear.

"Well . . . um. . ." Blushing, Kyo looked down at his hands only to find that they were sweating! Him, nervous! "Well. . ." He stopped his sentence and walked briskly over to Yuki, dropping down and straddling Yuki's knees, kissing Yuki on the lips. Drawing back, Kyo said, "Let’s just see where we end up, okay?" Then he kissed Yuki again, this time running his tongue across the other boy’s lips, teasing him with the kiss.

Yuki shivered as a brilliant blush came across his face. He was far too new to this. For crying out loud, the closest he had even came to kissing a girl or anyone was the forced kisses of his brother. A soft slender hand, however; joined the fray and reached up to thread into Kyo’s soft, silky orange hair. With even such a simple motion, Yuki allowed the cat a slight bit of leeway into his mouth. The kiss was hot and soft, with the slightest hint of aggression which increased the blush that was spreading across the rat’s pale cheeks. Yuki knew he shouldn’t be doing this for Kyo was his cousin as well as another member of the same gender, but he supposed hormones wouldn’t let him stop and he was in no mind to fight it as he wished for Kyo’s deep kisses. As much as he wanted gentleness, Kyo’s roughness was just as exciting. After all, they had always been aggressive to one another. What was stopping them now?

“Kyo—”

“Yuki—.” Kyo breathed as he pulled back from the kiss. Standing up, Kyo grabbed Yuki by the wrist and gently pulled him up to face him. He smiled as Yuki allowed him to. Kyo wrapped his arms around Yuki, saying, “You know we don’t have to have sex tonight. If you want we can just hold each other or try a couple of things that you are comfortable with. I don’t want us to rush, you know.” Kyo didn’t want Yuki to hate him for any reason. Earlier when he thought Yuki hated him, Kyo’s heart about burst in his chest. Kyo reached up to Yuki’s face tracing his fingers over the gentle line of Yuki’s cheek bone. Smiling at Yuki, Kyo gently kissed him on the lips then held him for a moment in an embrace.

His heart caught in his thin chest and he thought on Kyo’s words. He hadn’t really expected Kyo to be so…kind? Considerate? It was something that caught him entirely off guard, and not meaning to, and with out warning, Yuki’s heart went out to Kyo. He touched over the hand at his cheek and nodded. “Alright, I think—maybe one more kiss and then we can sleep.” He turned his face down letting his hair fall into his eyes. He feared his eyes would give away his newfound emotion and he dared not let it loose until he was positive as to its nature. Yuki then leaned back a bit from the young man before him now. “I really did like it when you were on my lap when I woke up…I had never thought you looked so cute before.” He gave a smirk and turned his gaze back up to Kyo. “You were always so much less annoying in sleep, or so I thought before tonight. Now I realize you are a lot cuter when you are silent.” he teased, hoping to get one more rise out of Kyo before he slept.

“Silent, I am cute? What if I don’t want to be silent? But if you want me to be silent you must give me a reason to be silent.” Kyo teased back. Looking at the shocked expression, Kyo decided it was time to have a cat to mouse talk. Kyo grabbed Yuki by the shoulders turning his back to the futon, and then tripping him unto the bed. Falling with Yuki, Kyo pinned his shoulders to the bed with a playful tug at Yuki’s shirt. “So my dear little mouse, what do you have for me that would keep me silent?” Kyo let a purr growl come from his chest. “You did say one more kiss before we slept?”

The Prince’s eyes grew wide in shock and surprise as he was pinned to the bed and one thought crossed his mind—‘Kinky’. Even after the thought, he had to turn his head away in embarrassment, fearing Kyo would read his thoughts. “Then kiss me!” he exclaimed and met orange eyes with violet, a challenge rising in the deep violet orbs. “I haven’t got all night you know….” The mouse pulled Kyo down to him after fighting out from the grip and gave him the best kiss he could offer. The kiss was slow yet deep and after a moment it increased in speed and passion. Yuki was taking no prisoners with his kiss and he hoped to affect Kyo as much as he himself had been affected by the cat.

Kyo let a purr go as Yuki kissed him. Pulling Yuki closer, Kyo rolled Yuki on top of him, slightly tickling him. Laughing into the kiss, Kyo began to tickle Yuki more wanting to make him happy and pleased at the same time. Feeling his body surge with the passion that he had for Yuki, Kyo began to kiss him again.

Yuki's laugh rang out into the room like the happy bells of a church choir. His side wanted to curl away form Kyo’s tickling touches while his mouth wanted nothing more than to push farther to his lips. When Kyo stopped his tickling, Yuki had the biggest smile on his face that had ever graced a Sohma, even though his lips were mesh with the cat’s. The rat of the zodiac moved his tongue softly around in Kyo's mouth and traced it over the inside walls of the warm cavern. Great displeasure came when he had to pull back. The darkness filling the room was a tell tale sign that it was time for them to sleep. "Come on...let's sleep, stupid cat." he smiled, his cheeks still flushed.

Kyo looked up into Yuki’s eyes, nodded, and helped Yuki to lie down beside him. Kyo pulled the cover over both of them. Pulling Yuki into him so that they laid in the spoon position, Kyo nuzzled his nose into Yuki’s hair. Yuki smelled so nice. Kyo had never realized Yuki smelled like this. Breathing in Yuki’s smell, Kyo began to doze off with his arms wrapped around Yuki.

Yuki had never realized just how warm and comfortable it could be to lie with another person, at least not until now. He laid a hand over the arm wrapped around his waist and nuzzled his face into his pillow to have a restful sleep. Before long, his eyes had drug to a close and the night that was far beyond unusual was finally over.

As Kyo and Yuki slept, the night continued on. Both boys were relaxed and happy to find that having someone so close was such a comfort.

Unbeknownst the two sleeping boys, Shigure, Ayame, and Hatori decided to stop in to check in on everything at home. Neither boy was up so Shigure decided to go upstairs to check on them. The first room Shigure decided to check was Yuki’s He expecting to find the young boy asleep, yet his bed was not slept in. Since this was found, Shigure moved to Kyo's room. There, to Shigure's surprise, he found Yuki and Kyo snuggled together on Kyo's bed. Snickering and gently shutting the door, Shigure rushed down stairs to let Ayame and Hatori know what he had found.

The little silver haired rat was oblivious to the man walking in on their sleeping forms as he curled further into Kyo's chest. Somehow, his position had changed during the night but neither complained as they slept so very close and comfortable to the other's warm body. They were so comfortable that they would have slept through the day had Kyo's damned alarm clock not rang out like the annoying contraption it was. Yuki turned over and slammed a hand down on the digital device and groaned. It was 10 am and, regretfully, he couldn't go back to sleep after the rude awakening. After a long sigh he slid out from the covers and kissed Kyo's forehead. His walk down the stairs gave way to hushed voices and foot steps. Yuki was fine until he got to the last stair and heard Hatori’s voice say, "Quiet...it is none of your business."

"What is none of their business?" Kyo asked, coming down behind Yuki. Kyo had awoken when Yuki had given him a kiss on the forehead. Kyo had reached over to cuddle but Yuki was no longer in the bed. Needing a drink and plus wanting to find Yuki, Kyo went downstairs to walk in on Yuki being curious also of what was being said in the kitchen. Slightly startling Yuki, Kyo slinked by Yuki in his old manner, running his hands through his hair, "What are you three up to again?" Kyo said, kinda snarling at Ayame who was smiling and whispering to Hatori.

"Ah young love, don't you remember Hatori...when we were like that?" Ayame said, holding his clasped hands to his face.
"Yes, but not the way you remember it, Aya." Hatori said as he shook his head at Ayame.

"It looks like we need milk." Kyo said, staring into the fridge. "I think I am gonna go down to the market to get some. Do we need anything else?" Kyo asked, looking in the direction of Shigure and Yuki.

Yuki saw Kyo looking at him after tiring of Shigure and nearly killing his brother. "Oh, Yuki, I know you love your dear brother but please be gentle on the coat. It is quite new." he cooed causing Yuki to glare at him.

"You’d better be grateful I don't do more than ruin it!" he exclaimed and Kyo's voice rung out to him. "I am going with you. The last time you went to get milk, you stupid cat, you came back with everything BUT the milk." he sighed and walked to the door, a slight smile letting Kyo know that this wasn't your usual fight and such.

“Yeah, yeah...what ever you say, you damn rat. . . I forgot the milk because it wasn’t on the damn list Tohru gave me.” Kyo said rushing out the door just as Tohru walked in. Stopping, Kyo blushed and dodged her.

“I heard someone say they were going to the market? We need groceries?” Tohru said. “Give me a moment and I will go with you to pick up some. This way I will have helped carrying groceries back.” Smiling, Tohru turned to set her stuff down and grab her basket, just as Shigure and Ayame grabbed her from both sides.

“Ah, dear Tohru... You don’t want to go with those silly boys--- go with us, we will show you an even better spot to shop for groceries. And we will buy you lunch and help bring them back.” Ayame cooed. Shigure nodded and fell right into Ayame’s act. Kyo looked at the two and Tohru, then to Hatori. “Looks like you and Yuki had best go ahead to the market. These two don’t seem to be letting up on Ms. Honda here. I will make sure they behave themselves. You and Yuki go ahead.” Hatori said to Kyo. Kyo nodded.

“Come on, you damn rat. I ain’t waiting on you all day!” Kyo said and walked out the door.

Yuki left, arguing with Kyo as much as humanly possible without seeming forced. "What ever, you stupid cat. Feel lucky that I am going with you or else you would probably forget the location of your own tail." he breathed and walked past Kyo, keeping his position until they were well past the gates to Shigure's home. "Do you think...they know?" he asked with a worried expression on his face, a hand to his hip. Yuki seriously didn't want too many to know, if they did then he was sure Akito would make it a hell for the both of them...especially since he had not asked for permission to even think such about Kyo. It was absurd to think such a way, but it was exactly what Akito would have wanted.

"I don't know---but they were acting stranger than usual. And why did Ayame and Shigure want Tohru to go to the market with them. I really wish I knew what to say." Kyo laid his hand on Yuki's shoulder to comfort the young rat. Yuki walked beside him with his head down with a slight slump to his shoulders. Kyo knew that look... Yuki was thinking 'What will Akito say or do?’

"Hey, don't worry about it! It will be alright." Kyo said, bouncing in front of Yuki while walking backwards, trying to play fight with him.

Yuki raised a brow and gave a mischievous smile as he lightly punched Kyo in the shoulder. "What a wimp...hmm...maybe you are braver as a kitty...here kitty, kitty, kitty." he teased and pushed slightly past Kyo, egging him on to mock fight as well He wanted Kyo to throw a punch, for he had something in store for him when he did.

Kyo grabbed Yuki by his shoulders and did a mock clothes line with a dip, leaving Kyo still holding Yuki but with Yuki bent over at the will of Kyo. “Kitty, I will show you a kitty, my dear mousey.” Kyo wanted to play fight back but was afraid to go too far with it due to their competitive nature. Smiling at Yuki, Kyo acted as though he was gonna let Yuki fall to the ground. “So my dear Mousey . . . would you like a good kitty or bad kitty? Good kitty would let you up and bad kitty would drop you . . . if you want a good kitty what am I gonna get out of it?” Kyo asked with a mischievous grin on his face.

A spicy glare was sent at Kyo, the rat smirking. "Bad kitties are pretty good too, but I guess the stupid cat will get a kiss." He smirked and tugged Kyo's face to him before forcing Kyo’s feet from beneath him and toppling them to the ground. All Yuki could do at the look on Kyo's face was laugh. "Priceless."

Kyo laughed at Yuki as they lay on the ground. "You know, this is gonna be a sight for sore eyes. Us lying here on the ground like a couple of crazed loons." Kyo gave Yuki a quick kiss then jumped to his feet. Tapping Yuki on the shoulder, Kyo yelled, "Tag! Last one to the market is a rotten rice ball!" and jogged off backwards laughing at the sulking rat he’d left on the ground.

Yuki unusually shouted out an obscenity to Kyo with a laugh and took off. He wouldn't let Kyo win. He hadn’t let him before and he wasn’t going to let him this time either. His running was fast and sure and before long he had caught up with Kyo and tagged him on the head, calling him a stupid cat and headed off... Getting a good lead on Kyo, he knew
by the time Kyo would reach him or at least stand a chance of catching up or getting ahead of him, he would be at the market...that was if he hadn't ran into Haru and Momiji. "YUKI! OH MY GOD!" Momiji shouted for joy and glomped Yuki. "Oh, are you here with Tohru? I wanted to see her anyway. I bet you are here to try and tell her you like her!" Momiji shouted and bounced around only to be stopped by Haru who blinked black for a moment when he saw Kyo not far behind Yuki.

Kyo came to a halt as he saw Momiji and Haru standing in front of Yuki with Momiji becoming almost a permanent attachment to Yuki. Scouring at Momiji and trying to avoid Haru’s ‘I am gonna so kill you.’ glances, Kyo grabbed Momiji. “Get off, you stupid kid! What do you want anyways?” Kyo said, holding his hand on Momiji’s head to keep him from grabbing Yuki again. God, this kid just annoyed him! Momiji began to whine and cry and as he did, Kyo got even more annoyed with him. Kyo let go of Momiji’s head allowing him to fall on the ground, then Kyo grabbed his head and rubbed it in the pavement. “You are such a cry baby! When are you gonna grow up?” Kyo said picking on Momiji.

The whole time Momiji was screaming and crying, “Wahh! Kyo is being mean to me!”

“We have been wondering the same thing about you, you stupid cat.” Black Haru said, stepping closer to Kyo and Momiji.

Before Black Haru could get to Kyo, Yuki stepped between them. “I’ve got this, Haru. Kyo, let go of Momiji. I will take him into the store and get him some candy, this way he can tell me what he needs to, ok? ...Without you beating him up.” Yuki said as Kyo stepped away and Momiji grabbed a hold of Yuki. Sniffling, Momiji hid behind Yuki. “As for you and Haru, just wait right here and be nice. OK?” At this Yuki nodded at Haru and Kyo and took Momiji to the candy shop nearby.

Yuki shook his head when they entered the candy store. Momiji was everywhere in a matter of seconds and insisted on looking at every single piece of merchandise in the store and Yuki had to follow. "OO, I just love this one!" Momiji stated and grabbed it up. "Oh, but it wouldn't be good...what would he say to me if I told him I ate cow tails...." he sighed to himself and regretfully put it back. Yuki chuckled simply because he knew who Momiji was talking about. It was blatantly obvious. "Hey Yuki?!" Momiji said and stopped so suddenly that Yuki almost ran into him. Luckily, the grey haired boy managed to stop just before running into the happy bunny. "What is it, Momiji? Did you find something else you wanted?" he asked and Momiji shook his head, turning around to look up at Yuki with a light blush. "No, I just.... Well, I wanted to see Tohru today because I figured...maybe she could help me with a problem...” He shuffled his feet like an elementary school child and Yuki raised a brow.

"Well I am a lot like Tohru in many ways, so maybe I can help?" he said and Momiji smiled softly. He didn't smile as large as normal, but still stood up tall. "I wanted to know...how do ‘you’ tell someone you like them. It seems so hard and I have tried so many times but it just stops...like I am out of breath." He sighed and tugged at Yuki's sleeve. "Can you help?" he asked, and to be simple, Yuki was surprised. . .utterly shocked. It was almost as if he hadn't expect Momiji to like someone so very soon, but he took a deep breath, blushing himself. He kept forgetting Momiji was only a year younger than them, just as Haru was. He didn't know what to tell Momiji but he tried what every adult said. "Well...get them alone and somewhere you are both comfortable and are doing something then just tell them...it should be easy that way." He smiled and Momiji was so happy he grabbed a box of pocky and screamed to Yuki from the front of the store that he was ready to go.

As Yuki and Momiji walked out of the store they witnessed Haru and Kyo arguing.
“Look here, YOU need to leave Yuki alone! He is my first love and you have no right to him! You don’t even like him!”

“What would you know? Me and Yuki have lived in the same house now for over a year and we do just fine, thank you. It’s none of your damn business anyway what me and Yuki do!” Kyo yelled back, squaring off with Haru who was still Black.

“NONE of my business? You weren’t there! You weren’t the one whose head he road on to the banquet! It wasn’t you who was picked on, people saying nasty things about you! Hell he saved me, unlike you!” Haru retorted, stepping forward and swinging at Kyo. Kyo grabbed Haru’s hand and spun him around. Unfortunately for Kyo, Haru was on his game today and got in a good punch that knocked Kyo on the ground. Haru was on top of Kyo screaming at him, “He’s mine! Do you understand that?! You Stupid Cat! Mine! Leave him alone or I swear I will kill you. We will see if you really do have nine lives.

Kyo reached for his bracelet thinking hard on if he should remove it. In his true state, Haru would back off. Yuki and Momiji were already running over, however Yuki noticed where Kyo’s hand had went when he went down. ‘Don’t!’ Was all Yuki could think as they ran to break up the two boys from fighting.

Momiji rushed in not a moment too soon to grab Haru off of Kyo. It was a mess. There was blood on Kyo’s chin from a bloodied lip and Yuki could only shout as Kyo stood up. Kyo was still reaching to pull off the bracelet that has always set on his wrist except for the time his sensei took it off.

"Kyo, don't!" Yuki yelled and grabbed the cat from behind. Yuki’s mind was racing and he hated the words Haru had said, yet in a way, he felt remorse. Haru liked him, but he just...he was in lo—he likeed someone else. He held Kyo tight to his chest, his hand around the bracelet to keep it intact. "Stupid cat, having Yuki interfere... You don't deserve him! You cause him nothing but trouble! He almost died once because of you and your stupid competitive ego!" Haru shouted at Kyo, pointing and fighting the hold of the small rabbit. Momiji did all that he could to hold the angry cow, burrowing his head between Haru’s shoulder blades and tightening his grip while crying at the same time. Would he ever be able to tell him? He liked Yuki! He felt the muscles tighten in Haru’s body as Yuki’s voice struck out again.

Yuki felt Kyo’s body tremble beneath his hands before he realized what he was about to say. "Shut up, Haru! I-I lov---Like Kyo!" And at that moment, it was as if a bomb had long past exploded, for every one in that small area froze, looking on the shivering rat with confusion.