Disclaimer: Sadly, Tsubasa isn't mine. If it was, KuroFai would be more than just subtext. I don't own the song used for the titles either ("Abandoned Driveways" by Hawthorne Heights).
The sun was shining brightly on the weathered boards of Kurogane Suwa's wide back porch, and for some reason it was pissing him off to no end. He stood barefoot, feeling the rough wood against the soles of his feet. From the front yard he could hear the sounds of a moving van.
Great. Neighbors.
He sure as hell wasn't hiding, but he wasn't interested in going to see these new additions to the neighborhood. It didn't matter if it was some soccer mom who would constantly complain about the fading paint job of his house or some sniveling brats who wanted to see his sword collection every day; he was sure they'd be annoying.
"Kurogane-san!"
He looked up as a familiar voice called his name. The kids who lived next door to each other a few houses down, Sakura and Syaoran, were peering over his fence from the front yard.
He sighed and ran a hand through his unruly black hair. Knowing the kids, they'd want him to come greet the neighbors. Still, he could play dumb. "What is it?"
"Aren't you going to come say hi?" asked Sakura in her usual cheerful, innocent voice. Of course.
As she spoke, a third head joined theirs. It was pale but smiling and framed by tousled blond hair. The big, blue, haunting eyes found Kurogane's narrowed red ones and the smile grew.
"Hello, Mr. Black!" the blond chirped, waving like an idiot.
"I am not 'Mr. Black!'" Kurogane snapped; he could already tell this moron would make a point of annoying him from now on, "I'mKurogane!"
"Kurogane, huh?" the blond asked as the kids slipped away, "So what works? Kuro-chan? Kuro-rin?"
"It's Kurogane!"
The other man ignored him. "You can just call me Fai," he told Kurogane, draping himself over the top of the fence.
"Whatever," Kurogane snapped, stomping across the creaking porch to his back door.
"Hey, Kuro-tan! Don't leave!" Fai called after him.
Kurogane slammed the door shut behind him with a resounding bang!
Two days later, Kurogane was retrieving his mail from the box next to his front door when he spotted the kids headed up the street. He frowned to himself, wondering what they could be doing with the box Syaoran carried. His question was answered before he could even wave to the kids.
"Hyuu~! Is that for me?" asked a voice that grated on his nerves.
He peered around the corner of the house to see the lanky blond leaning on the railing of his own porch next door. A tiny fake smile was pasted on his pale face. Kurogane couldn't stop his eyes from drifting down to the smooth skin of his stomach, revealed by a too-short blue shirt and black pants that clung to the feminine hips. Swallowing hard, Kurogane pulled back.
Maybe it was a good thing he found Fai so damn annoying.
"Yeah, it is. Sakura-chan made it," Syaoran's voice called back.
Kurogane turned away, hoping to escape back into the house before the kids called attention to him. However, it would seem that fate had other plans for him.
"Good morning, Kurogane-san!" Sakura's voice called. Kurogane froze, knowing it was only a matter of time before-
"Kuro-myu?"
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Abandoned Driveways
FanfictionAU, boyXboy. Kurogane has new neighbors, including an attractive but annoying blond. However, it doesn't take him long to discover that Fai is hiding more than he ever imagined behind that fake smile. Can he save the blond from all the demons in and...
