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Falling For You - 16. Confession [TRC; KuroFai]
Title: Falling For You - Confession
Series: TRC
Pairing: KuroFai
Rating: PG
Length: about 2000 words, chapter 16 (16/26)
Kurogane woke to the sound of Tomoyo banging on his door.
"Guess what day it is!" She shouted excitedly.
Kurogane had a sinking feeling in his stomach. "Don't tell me …" he groaned.
"It's Valentine's Day!" She declared, flinging his door open and chucking a small package at his face. Kurogane caught it at the last moment, his reflexes sharp even though he had just woken up.
"I'm not going to school today," Kurogane immediately declared. "I'm not going to suffer through another day of being hounded by girls and drowned in chocolate. I'll just stay home."
"Nonsense, Kurogane-kun!" Kendappa declared as she appeared in his doorway. "You'll break countless hearts if you stay home."
"I'll break them anyway if I go," Kurogane grumbled. "I'm not interested in any sort of relationship."
"He's saving himself," Tomoyo informed Kendappa with an irritating air of superiority. "He's going to marry Fai someday."
"Don't be ridiculous!" He snapped angrily at his sister. Kendappa chuckled and left them to bicker.
"Kurogane," Tomoyo said seriously. "If you refuse to acknowledge your feelings, Fai will still accept you. Fai will love you anyway, because you're the only one that listens to him; he communicates in a way that only you can understand what he's not saying."
"I don't understand him at all," Kurogane replied, worried by his sister's seriousness. Trying to regain some sense of normality, he frowned at her. "What would you know about love, anyway?"
Tomoyo laughed. "Ohoho! I know plenty, Kurogane Suwa. Plenty more than you, anyway."
"Who is he?" Kurogane demanded. "Aren't you too young? He better be treating you properly, or we'll be having a chat."
"Don't worry," Tomoyo waved her hand dismissively. "I don't have a boyfriend. My point is, you will be marrying Fai some day in the future."
"Stop it with your wild suggestions," Kurogane ordered as he climbed out of bed. "And leave, so I can get dressed."
"It's not a suggestion," Tomoyo smirked. "It's a prediction." She flounced off before Kurogane could say anything more.
He kept his mind carefully blank as he got dressed. The thought that his best friend might be in love with him was slightly troubling and something he would prefer not to think about. He had enough issues to deal with today anyway.
Kurogane was not fond of Valentine's Day.
-
"How many chocolates have you gotten so far?" Fai chirped eagerly. His arms were already full and his backpack seemed to be bulging dangerously as well.
"I don't know, but they're all in the garbage now," Kurogane answered while making a determined beeline to his locker. He feigned deafness every time a girl called his name and didn't accept a chocolate unless it was thrown directly at him or Fai and posed a safety threat.
"Kuro-chuu, you're so cruel!" Fai pouted cutely. "I hope I'm not rejected like that someday."
Kurogane looked pointedly at the pile of chocolate he was holding, a faint blush rising to his cheeks as he remembered what Tomoyo had said. "I don't think any girl would turn you down."
Fai laughed. "Whichever girl wins Kuro-chuu's approval will be really special, huh?"
"I'm not interested in girls," Kurogane growled. When Fai started, he hurried on. "I'm not interested in anyone. I have no intention of entering a relationship."
"Kuro-chuu's a heartbreaker!" Fai sang gleefully. Unfortunately, Tomoyo also chose that moment to show up, with Sakura and Syaoran in tow. Judging by the furious blush on both of their faces, chocolate had changed hands.
"How many girls have you made cry this morning?" Tomoyo inquired idly.
"Only the ones that are insane enough to think chucking chocolate at me is going to win me over," Kurogane retorted.
"Kuro-chuu yelled a lot this morning," Fai said cheerfully. "He seemed very manly."
"All those girls, hoping to be his princess," Tomoyo shook her head and sighed dramatically. "How they must have been disappointed!"
"Have you given anyone chocolate, Tomoyo-chan?" Fai asked curiously.
Tomoyo pulled out her video camera. "Just my friends. But you should see the footage I have of those two." She gestured at Sakura and Syaoran, grinning.
"Ah, Sakura-chan!" Fai's eyes twinkled. "You gave Syaoran-kun some chocolate?"
Sakura squeaked. "U-um, I w-wasn't - uh, yes."
Fai nodded. "Kuro-daddy and Fai-mommy are very proud of all of you," he declared. "We've raised three such wonderful children!"
Kurogane took a swipe at him, which he dodged skillfully.
"Wah! Kuro-chuu's on the rampage!" Fai flung his arms up and ran off; Kurogane followed with ominous growls.
"I told you not to call me that!" The three children left behind could hear as they vanished from sight.
-
"Kurogane-kun!" A girl called out to him eagerly as he made his way to the cafeteria with Fai.
"Not interested," Kurogane said wearily. "You can keep your chocolate; I don't want it."
"Now Kuro-chuu, that's not the proper way to address young ladies!" Fai admonished. He barely had time to finish speaking before a flustered girl appeared in front of them.
"Fai-kun, will you accept this?" She asked breathlessly, holding out a small box with an elaborate bow on top. There was a tag, on which her name, HANA SUZUKI , was clearly printed.
"Of course, Suzuki-chan," he beamed at her.
"Just Hana is fine," she said faintly before dashing back to her pack of madly giggling girls.
They were stopped a few more times before they finally managed to meet up with Souma, Doumeki, Watanuki, and Himawari.
"Let's go," Kurogane ordered. He glanced over his shoulder at a group of girls that were eyeballing them. "Quickly."
The group settled to eat in the grass, nearby a few sakura trees, as they always did.
"Have you given any chocolate to anyone Souma-chan?" Fai asked, nibbling on a cookie.
Souma shook her head. "I have chocolate for all of you now though." Digging through her bag, she unearthed small bundles that she handed to the five of them.
"I have chocolate too," Himawari piped up once Souma was done. "They're not homemade though."
"Anything you give me will be treasured!" Watanuki declared loudly. Everyone else cheerfully accepted the gift and thanked her and Souma.
"This is good," Doumeki intoned, taking a bite out of his lunch.
"Was that-" Watanuki sprang up and pointed a finger at him. "A tone of superiority in your voice!"
Doumeki blinked. "No."
"Of course it's good!" Watanuki huffed. "I made it!"
"There they go again," Souma said with amusement.
"They're such good friends," Himawari giggled. "It's always funny, seeing them do their comedy act."
Fai and Souma shared sly glances. Even Kurogane knew that Watanuki had a crush on Himawari, yet if she knew about it, she gave no sign.
"Hopelessly in love," Fai sighed. He and Souma chuckled.
"Speaking of which," Souma turned to Kurogane. "How many hearts have you broken today?"
"Why does everybody keep on asking me that?" Kurogane shouted, throwing his hands up.
"Everyone knows you, Fai-kun, and Doumeki-kun are the three most popular boys in school," Himawari pointed out, which started another rant by Watanuki about how 'foolish girls fell for that big oaf'.
"Well, if it answers your question, the only chocolate I've accepted are the ones that I've just been given," Kurogane said crossly. "Plus Tomoyo's this morning, and I don't think I'll be accepting anymore as the day goes on."
"Heartbreaker," Souma said, shaking her head. "You really should be more polite to all those poor girls."
"Kuro-chuu is soooo picky," Fai teased.
Kurogane swatted at him for the second time that day and they were off on another chase.
This time, Fai led Kurogane up the branches of the closest sakura tree. Kurogane growled determinedly and followed him, until they were both resting in crooks in the branches.
"You really should be kinder," Fai called down to him from the branch above his.
"Why should it matter to you?" Kurogane snarled, ill-tempered at having been given the same advice so many times.
"Because I think about how each of those girls must feel, gathering the courage to come go up to someone they like and tell them," Fai answered simply. "Even if I can't honestly return their feelings, I think they would be happy if their gift made me happy."
Kurogane scoffed. "Oh, so you're not just afraid that karma will come back and bite you if you reject all the girls now? I said it before; any girl would be willing to go out with you."
"Of course not," Fai swung down suddenly and landing beside Kurogane. "Besides, Kuro-chuu, I wouldn't choose any girl."
"Well, I'm sure she would be a special girl," Kurogane said, wondering where Fai was going with this. "No one would choose just anyone."
"Kuro-chuu is misunderstanding," Fai chuckled. "I wouldn't choose a girl."
Kurogane stared at him, surprised. "You're gay? Since when?"
Fai chuckled again, although Kurogane noticed he was watching him anxiously. "Since I was born, I guess. I never thought … I've never really …" he bit his lip nervously.
"Why are you telling me?" When Fai looked surprised at the question, Kurogane just frowned at him. "You should know by now that I don't care whether you're gay, straight, or blatantly mechasexual. I judge people by the things they do, not by who they fall in love with."
Fai sighed and clambered down from the tree. When Kurogane joined him again, he spoke almost wistfully. "Kuro-chuu is so straightforward about what he feels."
"Unlike someone," Kurogane grumbled. Fai just smiled at him. "Whatever. Let's get back."
-
Kurogane opened his locker, thankful that the nightmare of a day was almost over. He was exhausted from dodging clingy girls all day, and although he would never admit it, he felt sort of bad whenever he saw the hurt look on girls' faces when he rejected them, one by one.
Seeing a small box that hadn't been there before, Kurogane frowned. The only person in the entire school that knew his combination was Tomoyo, so either someone had spied on him and gotten his combination, or they had planted it with her help. With this in mind, Kurogane reached into his locker cautiously and pulled out the box. It was small enough that it fit in his palm and unlike everything else that had been offered to him today, it was a white box tied with a blue ribbon, instead of something pink or red and frilly.
When Tomoyo appeared suddenly by his locker, eyes sparkling, he glared at her suspiciously. "Did you put this in here?" He demanded.
"Who, me?" Her eyes widened innocently. "Nope, I already gave you your chocolate this morning, remember?"
"But you know who it's from, right?" He brandished it in front of her face. "You're the only one that knows my combination!"
Tomoyo winked. "It's such a beautiful shade of blue, isn't it, Kurogane? Ohohoho!" She left, her maddening laughter trailing after her down the hall.
Kurogane stared at the box, comprehension slowly dawning.
-
Now (21 years and 5 months old)
'It's such a beautiful shade of blue, isn't it, Kurogane?' Tomoyo's voice rings out in his mind and Kurogane is certain for a moment that wherever she is right now, his little sister thinking of him and laughing.
A month after the day of Fai's confession, on White Day, the blond had found a small black box, bound with a red ribbon, in his locker. Although he never mentioned it to Kurogane, Kurogane was sure he saw him pick up the box and smile.
Kurogane wants to see that smile again.
-
A/N - This entire chapter came to life because I really wanted Kuro to have blue ribbons from Fai, for whatever reason. *strange author is strange*
Series: TRC
Pairing: KuroFai
Rating: PG
Length: about 2000 words, chapter 16 (16/26)
Confession (11 Years and 7 Months Old)
February 14, 12: 11 Years and 2 Months Old
February 14, 12: 11 Years and 2 Months Old
Kurogane woke to the sound of Tomoyo banging on his door.
"Guess what day it is!" She shouted excitedly.
Kurogane had a sinking feeling in his stomach. "Don't tell me …" he groaned.
"It's Valentine's Day!" She declared, flinging his door open and chucking a small package at his face. Kurogane caught it at the last moment, his reflexes sharp even though he had just woken up.
"I'm not going to school today," Kurogane immediately declared. "I'm not going to suffer through another day of being hounded by girls and drowned in chocolate. I'll just stay home."
"Nonsense, Kurogane-kun!" Kendappa declared as she appeared in his doorway. "You'll break countless hearts if you stay home."
"I'll break them anyway if I go," Kurogane grumbled. "I'm not interested in any sort of relationship."
"He's saving himself," Tomoyo informed Kendappa with an irritating air of superiority. "He's going to marry Fai someday."
"Don't be ridiculous!" He snapped angrily at his sister. Kendappa chuckled and left them to bicker.
"Kurogane," Tomoyo said seriously. "If you refuse to acknowledge your feelings, Fai will still accept you. Fai will love you anyway, because you're the only one that listens to him; he communicates in a way that only you can understand what he's not saying."
"I don't understand him at all," Kurogane replied, worried by his sister's seriousness. Trying to regain some sense of normality, he frowned at her. "What would you know about love, anyway?"
Tomoyo laughed. "Ohoho! I know plenty, Kurogane Suwa. Plenty more than you, anyway."
"Who is he?" Kurogane demanded. "Aren't you too young? He better be treating you properly, or we'll be having a chat."
"Don't worry," Tomoyo waved her hand dismissively. "I don't have a boyfriend. My point is, you will be marrying Fai some day in the future."
"Stop it with your wild suggestions," Kurogane ordered as he climbed out of bed. "And leave, so I can get dressed."
"It's not a suggestion," Tomoyo smirked. "It's a prediction." She flounced off before Kurogane could say anything more.
He kept his mind carefully blank as he got dressed. The thought that his best friend might be in love with him was slightly troubling and something he would prefer not to think about. He had enough issues to deal with today anyway.
Kurogane was not fond of Valentine's Day.
-
"How many chocolates have you gotten so far?" Fai chirped eagerly. His arms were already full and his backpack seemed to be bulging dangerously as well.
"I don't know, but they're all in the garbage now," Kurogane answered while making a determined beeline to his locker. He feigned deafness every time a girl called his name and didn't accept a chocolate unless it was thrown directly at him or Fai and posed a safety threat.
"Kuro-chuu, you're so cruel!" Fai pouted cutely. "I hope I'm not rejected like that someday."
Kurogane looked pointedly at the pile of chocolate he was holding, a faint blush rising to his cheeks as he remembered what Tomoyo had said. "I don't think any girl would turn you down."
Fai laughed. "Whichever girl wins Kuro-chuu's approval will be really special, huh?"
"I'm not interested in girls," Kurogane growled. When Fai started, he hurried on. "I'm not interested in anyone. I have no intention of entering a relationship."
"Kuro-chuu's a heartbreaker!" Fai sang gleefully. Unfortunately, Tomoyo also chose that moment to show up, with Sakura and Syaoran in tow. Judging by the furious blush on both of their faces, chocolate had changed hands.
"How many girls have you made cry this morning?" Tomoyo inquired idly.
"Only the ones that are insane enough to think chucking chocolate at me is going to win me over," Kurogane retorted.
"Kuro-chuu yelled a lot this morning," Fai said cheerfully. "He seemed very manly."
"All those girls, hoping to be his princess," Tomoyo shook her head and sighed dramatically. "How they must have been disappointed!"
"Have you given anyone chocolate, Tomoyo-chan?" Fai asked curiously.
Tomoyo pulled out her video camera. "Just my friends. But you should see the footage I have of those two." She gestured at Sakura and Syaoran, grinning.
"Ah, Sakura-chan!" Fai's eyes twinkled. "You gave Syaoran-kun some chocolate?"
Sakura squeaked. "U-um, I w-wasn't - uh, yes."
Fai nodded. "Kuro-daddy and Fai-mommy are very proud of all of you," he declared. "We've raised three such wonderful children!"
Kurogane took a swipe at him, which he dodged skillfully.
"Wah! Kuro-chuu's on the rampage!" Fai flung his arms up and ran off; Kurogane followed with ominous growls.
"I told you not to call me that!" The three children left behind could hear as they vanished from sight.
-
"Kurogane-kun!" A girl called out to him eagerly as he made his way to the cafeteria with Fai.
"Not interested," Kurogane said wearily. "You can keep your chocolate; I don't want it."
"Now Kuro-chuu, that's not the proper way to address young ladies!" Fai admonished. He barely had time to finish speaking before a flustered girl appeared in front of them.
"Fai-kun, will you accept this?" She asked breathlessly, holding out a small box with an elaborate bow on top. There was a tag, on which her name, HANA SUZUKI , was clearly printed.
"Of course, Suzuki-chan," he beamed at her.
"Just Hana is fine," she said faintly before dashing back to her pack of madly giggling girls.
They were stopped a few more times before they finally managed to meet up with Souma, Doumeki, Watanuki, and Himawari.
"Let's go," Kurogane ordered. He glanced over his shoulder at a group of girls that were eyeballing them. "Quickly."
The group settled to eat in the grass, nearby a few sakura trees, as they always did.
"Have you given any chocolate to anyone Souma-chan?" Fai asked, nibbling on a cookie.
Souma shook her head. "I have chocolate for all of you now though." Digging through her bag, she unearthed small bundles that she handed to the five of them.
"I have chocolate too," Himawari piped up once Souma was done. "They're not homemade though."
"Anything you give me will be treasured!" Watanuki declared loudly. Everyone else cheerfully accepted the gift and thanked her and Souma.
"This is good," Doumeki intoned, taking a bite out of his lunch.
"Was that-" Watanuki sprang up and pointed a finger at him. "A tone of superiority in your voice!"
Doumeki blinked. "No."
"Of course it's good!" Watanuki huffed. "I made it!"
"There they go again," Souma said with amusement.
"They're such good friends," Himawari giggled. "It's always funny, seeing them do their comedy act."
Fai and Souma shared sly glances. Even Kurogane knew that Watanuki had a crush on Himawari, yet if she knew about it, she gave no sign.
"Hopelessly in love," Fai sighed. He and Souma chuckled.
"Speaking of which," Souma turned to Kurogane. "How many hearts have you broken today?"
"Why does everybody keep on asking me that?" Kurogane shouted, throwing his hands up.
"Everyone knows you, Fai-kun, and Doumeki-kun are the three most popular boys in school," Himawari pointed out, which started another rant by Watanuki about how 'foolish girls fell for that big oaf'.
"Well, if it answers your question, the only chocolate I've accepted are the ones that I've just been given," Kurogane said crossly. "Plus Tomoyo's this morning, and I don't think I'll be accepting anymore as the day goes on."
"Heartbreaker," Souma said, shaking her head. "You really should be more polite to all those poor girls."
"Kuro-chuu is soooo picky," Fai teased.
Kurogane swatted at him for the second time that day and they were off on another chase.
This time, Fai led Kurogane up the branches of the closest sakura tree. Kurogane growled determinedly and followed him, until they were both resting in crooks in the branches.
"You really should be kinder," Fai called down to him from the branch above his.
"Why should it matter to you?" Kurogane snarled, ill-tempered at having been given the same advice so many times.
"Because I think about how each of those girls must feel, gathering the courage to come go up to someone they like and tell them," Fai answered simply. "Even if I can't honestly return their feelings, I think they would be happy if their gift made me happy."
Kurogane scoffed. "Oh, so you're not just afraid that karma will come back and bite you if you reject all the girls now? I said it before; any girl would be willing to go out with you."
"Of course not," Fai swung down suddenly and landing beside Kurogane. "Besides, Kuro-chuu, I wouldn't choose any girl."
"Well, I'm sure she would be a special girl," Kurogane said, wondering where Fai was going with this. "No one would choose just anyone."
"Kuro-chuu is misunderstanding," Fai chuckled. "I wouldn't choose a girl."
Kurogane stared at him, surprised. "You're gay? Since when?"
Fai chuckled again, although Kurogane noticed he was watching him anxiously. "Since I was born, I guess. I never thought … I've never really …" he bit his lip nervously.
"Why are you telling me?" When Fai looked surprised at the question, Kurogane just frowned at him. "You should know by now that I don't care whether you're gay, straight, or blatantly mechasexual. I judge people by the things they do, not by who they fall in love with."
Fai sighed and clambered down from the tree. When Kurogane joined him again, he spoke almost wistfully. "Kuro-chuu is so straightforward about what he feels."
"Unlike someone," Kurogane grumbled. Fai just smiled at him. "Whatever. Let's get back."
-
Kurogane opened his locker, thankful that the nightmare of a day was almost over. He was exhausted from dodging clingy girls all day, and although he would never admit it, he felt sort of bad whenever he saw the hurt look on girls' faces when he rejected them, one by one.
Seeing a small box that hadn't been there before, Kurogane frowned. The only person in the entire school that knew his combination was Tomoyo, so either someone had spied on him and gotten his combination, or they had planted it with her help. With this in mind, Kurogane reached into his locker cautiously and pulled out the box. It was small enough that it fit in his palm and unlike everything else that had been offered to him today, it was a white box tied with a blue ribbon, instead of something pink or red and frilly.
When Tomoyo appeared suddenly by his locker, eyes sparkling, he glared at her suspiciously. "Did you put this in here?" He demanded.
"Who, me?" Her eyes widened innocently. "Nope, I already gave you your chocolate this morning, remember?"
"But you know who it's from, right?" He brandished it in front of her face. "You're the only one that knows my combination!"
Tomoyo winked. "It's such a beautiful shade of blue, isn't it, Kurogane? Ohohoho!" She left, her maddening laughter trailing after her down the hall.
Kurogane stared at the box, comprehension slowly dawning.
-
Now (21 years and 5 months old)
'It's such a beautiful shade of blue, isn't it, Kurogane?' Tomoyo's voice rings out in his mind and Kurogane is certain for a moment that wherever she is right now, his little sister thinking of him and laughing.
A month after the day of Fai's confession, on White Day, the blond had found a small black box, bound with a red ribbon, in his locker. Although he never mentioned it to Kurogane, Kurogane was sure he saw him pick up the box and smile.
Kurogane wants to see that smile again.
-
A/N - This entire chapter came to life because I really wanted Kuro to have blue ribbons from Fai, for whatever reason. *strange author is strange*
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Fai is so utterly adorable in this chapter - it's really nice to see him not being a ball of angst. And Kurogane's reaction to him coming out was priceless. "Mecha-sexual," eh? I'm saving this term away for future use. Probably against my husband...
I like the colored ribbons ;)
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Who doesn't love flustering dear Kuro? =D
It's really nice not writing him as a ball of angst, too XD I think I wrote this chapter not long after I watched Code Geass - so mecha-sexual is a reference to Lloyd <3
Thanks X) I have strange ideas sometimes, but if they work .. XD