Title: Sucker
Pairing: Kurogane/Fay, a hint of Touya/Yukito (Characters by CLAMP)
Warnings: Ummm, watch out for a little bit of suggestive content?
Notes: AU. Just fluff. I drew this a couple of days ago, and the accompanying story popped into my head:
http://imladra.deviantart.com/art/Sucker-75529966 In. Out. In again. Slowly pulled out. Halfway in, sucked on. Completely in. He took his hand away, but it moved, which meant he was tonguing it.
Damn.
Kurogane looked forward at the blackboard again. He didn’t know when he’d turned his head, when he’d started watching Fay again. This had been going on all morning. Fay had unwrapped it and put it to his mouth rather absently before class, and Kurogane had been inexplicably fascinated. It really made no sense. There was no reason to stare at your best friend enjoying a lollipop. Maybe, Kurogane thought desperately, it's the weather. He tugged at his shirt collar. It was far too warm today. He was easily distracted. That was it. He pulled his collar out a little and watched as Fay licked his lips, opened his mouth and…
Damn.
Kurogane stared down at his notebook. Damnation. Fay was taking forever to finish the stupid thing. He must be the slowest sucker ever. Even as this thought formed in his mind, Kurogane felt heat rise in his cheeks. No. No. He was not thinking that. He wasn’t. Kurogane shifted uncomfortably in his chair, then reluctantly let his eyes shift to the side. Bright blue eyes were looking at him with concern. “Are you alright, Kuro-chan?”
“Yes!” Kurogane hissed in the way he’d perfected over years of dealing with the blond. Fay sucked thoughtfully on the candy for a moment, and Kurogane was frozen. Fay then removed the sucker and waved it at Kurogane.
“Would you like one?”
“No!” Kurogane replied, with enough force to make the teacher turn around. Kurogane faced forward and slumped in his chair, cheeks burning. Ichihara-sensei studied him for a moment, then turned back to the board. Why, wondered Kurogane, was she letting Fay suck on that stupid thing during class?
“You seem out of it, Kuro-chan,” Fay said, lying back on the grass. Kurogane stayed sitting, where he couldn’t see the candy in the blond’s mouth.
"Shut up,” he replied, then, cursing himself, he turned. Fay was lying back, gazing into the sky, sun falling into his face and highlighting the gold in his hair. And that little white stick moved slightly in his mouth. Kurogane pushed sweaty strands of black hair off his forehead. “Aren’t you finished that thing yet?”
“Huh?” Fay looked at him. “What?”
“That candy!”
“Oh.” Fay removed it, looked at it with mild surprise. “Yukito-kun gave me a couple of these on the bus this morning.”
“Tsukishiro?” Kurogane looked around. There. Under the trees sat the catalyst for his miserable morning. Tsukishiro Yukito. Sitting and laughing…with Kinomoto Touya. Kurogane felt Fay sit up, settle beside him and look over at the couple under the trees. They were both quiet for a few moments, then Fay sighed.
“Don’t they look happy?”
Yes, thought Kurogane. What he actually said was: “Who cares?” He’d denied his own feelings for his best friend for some time now, he was not about to get into a discussion about other people’s. Kurogane glanced at Fay, and immediately regretted it. Fay had his mouth partly open, and was absently rolling the sucker over his tongue as he watched Touya and Yukito. Kurogane felt that if the blond looked at him right now, he’d see something he shouldn’t. Still, he couldn’t look away. He couldn’t move, and finally Fay turned, looked right into his eyes. They both stayed motionless, Fay holding the candy to his tongue and Kurogane staring. They were far too close to each other, Kurogane thought. Far too close.
Slowly, the blond lowered his hand, the candy leaving his mouth. “Kuro-chan…?”
Kurogane leaned forward quickly and closed the distance between them, pressed his lips against Fay’s. It was warm and wet and sweet, and over before Fay could even realize what had happened. Kurogane felt panic rise inside him as he pulled away. Why? Why did you do that? His mind screamed. He was on the verge of bolting or talking or something, he wasn’t quite sure what, when he saw a smile spread across Fay’s face. He felt a warm hand close over one of his. The blond tilted his head forward, and Kurogane leaned in to meet him and kissed him again. This time, Fay had plenty of time to close his eyes and kiss back.
Damn.
Maybe, Kurogane thought, I owe Tsukishiro a word of thanks.