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Ritsuka smiled and exited the room and went to the bathroom(how he knew where it was sutis me! rofl ). His eyes hurt because of the sunlight that came in through the windows and his hair was a mess. His neck hurt he had snuggled too much(since when was there a too much for snuggling?!) and it made his neck hurt a bit. Ah well he'd get of it after a nice warm shower! His hand turned the knob and the water flew out the shower head and dripped down the drain.

After a few moments he few the water and it was warm enough now. He undressed and lay his clothing in a empty corner of the bathroom. He yawned once more a light mew coming from it as he entered the shower and shuddered as the waters hit his body and ran through his black raven colored tresses. He was drenched, and clam which was strange for a cat and someone with cat like characteristics, but he was ok with showers.

His head shook and he let the rain like waters fall upon him so refreshing, he smiled to himself as his tail and ears lowered themselves letting the boy enjoy the shower.

Kio awoke in his bed later than usual. He let out a soft noise of protest before moving to a seated position, swinging his legs over the side of the bed, and pushing himself off of the enticing furniture that still beckoned him to sleep. With a yawn and a stretch, the blonde opened his door and walked to the kitchen. 'I wonder if Soubi ever came home.. he must have. I was up waiting for him for ages. And.. how else would I have made it to my bed? Wait. Did...-- Would Sou-chan actually CARRY me to my bed? And I wasn't even awake to see it?! Nooo. DARN it.'

In the kitchen, the blonde noticed a coffee pot going. "Maybe Soubi already got up? I wonder if he's still here..." he mumbled to himself. "Sou-chan? Are you here?" the artist called from the kitchen. He took a drink from a now full cup of the hot, caffeinated liquid. Unaware of anyone else's presence in the house besides Soubi's and his, Kio jumped slightly at the abrupt ring of an unfamiliar cell phone. He put his mug down on the counter and picked up the flashing, ringing, and buzzing phone. The name 'Nagisa' appeared on the phone's Caller ID. "Neh, Sou-chan, did you get a new phone?" he called out again. However, the persistent ringing of the phone caused the blonde to shrug and just pick up. "Moshi-moshi," he spoke into the receiver of Youji's confiscated camera phone.
"HELLLOOOOOO? Hai, Youji-kun? Why have you been IGNORING meee?" the demanding voice of Nagisa rang through the earpiece.
Kio switched the phone to speaker by accident. "Eh? Youji? Who is this?"
"Aw, Youji-kuun. Don't tell me you've forgotten all about me! You'd make me oh-so-very-sad."
"This is Kio... who's Youji? Who are YOU?"
Nagisa's tone suddenly became greatly annoyed. "Where's Youji and what are you doing with his assignment phone? Is Soubi dead yet or what? For that matter, why the HECK isn't Natsuo answering his stupid phone?!?!"
Kio froze up at the mention of Soubi's fate. A few moments later, he snapped. Seimei was abusive and sadistic. Ritsuka was some little bratty kid now ordering his crush about. And now, Soubi's life was being put into far greater danger than Kio could've imagined. Even if he did imagine this, he couldn't believe it had gotten this far so fast. What was happening to his Sou-chan?!
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'IS SOUBI DEAD?' WHO ARE YOU?! Stay the HELL away from him! Do you hear me?! Stay the HELL AWAY!!"

Youji yawned when he crawled out of bed his ears were perked at the ringing of his celephone. "Huh? Who the hell is calling me so ear-," stopping in the middle of his sentence he had noticed his phone wasn't in the jeans he was now done searching. Where was it?! Hearing that the ringing had stopped he felt relieved but then heard that familiar voice---Kio answer his phone.

Those pale green tresses fell on his shoulders after a shake of his head his golden hues dull with annyonce to the acknowledgement that Nagisa had called him. The young sacrifice sighed as he stormed out the room wanting to get the phone before---the click was heard and Nagisa was gone and now the taller blond fighter had the phone. He gritted his teeth and yelled at Kio, "Thanks alot you idumbass!" He leapt for the phone and snatched it out of Soubi's hand. "Gimme that---" Turning to Kio his ears lowered, "Because of you Nagisa probably knows where we are now!"

Knowing very well that because the other had answered the phone Sensei would probably track the Zero pair. He shook his head and rubbed his temples and went back into the room to discuss things with Natsuo. "Tsun-chan...Nagisa-Sensei called...and she might know where we are now."

He confessed though he didn't want to leave since they were so settled. And if they left then they'd have no time for---well let's look on the bright side, maybe Sensei would track them down? Ok, maybe that's going a bit far.

Ritsuka's dampened raven locks dripped with a few droplets of water and his violet hues were drowsy. It was a bit cool when he stepped out of the shower and pulled on a towel and walked out not having heard the other voices out side.

Gah what an embrassing scene, he blinked trying to pull together the images and laughed nervously seeing Kio. "Uh...excuse me." He knew that the blond would go beserk so he quickly left towards Soubi's room, hoping Kio wouldn't catch sight of him...did that work?(let's find out! Hey guy's I'M BACK<3)

Soubi was more than a little surprised when Kio's worried eyes fluttered shut and his frantic voice died down. He was so surprised, in fact, that he almost didn't catch his friend when his body swayed ad collapsed. Luckilly, however, he didn't miss and ended up with an armfull of unconcious Kio.

He moved past the Zero pair's door and moved into the one that had been claimed by his friend before laying him on the bed. Once free of his burden, Soubi sighed. He gazed upon his best friend's face with a sense of regret at keeping such things from him. But it was for his own good, so that he didn't worry and fear for his life. Soubi thought he did enough of that already.

With a silent vow to explain things to him when he returned, Soubi brushed the blonde bangs from Kio's face and walked from the room.
"Ritsuka," He murmured as he peeked his head into his own room. "Hurry. You'll be late for school," With that he made his way back off to the kitchen.

Natsuo was out of bed and near to the door by the time the green-haired boy returned. He heard Youji shouting... hopefully his sacrifice wasn't too upset. He hadn't caught what the topic of all the yelling was. Seeing the other come back, he spoke up. "'Ji, what's all this about?" he asked curiously. He beared a small smile, hoping to infect the other with it. But he was only to be answered with something he'd rather not have heard.

Nagisa... knew where they were? Suddenly, Natsuo's sweet, teasing, and light-hearted exterior hardened and that sparkle left his deep jade orb.

"Did you answer the phone?" he inquired evenly, staring at the other. He couldn't imagine that the Youji would do such a thing... especially when it could endanger their lives again, but he wanted to make positively sure.

"Was it you, Youji? Who could've answered your phone?" Natsuo's temper hadn't flared... yet.

Natsuo scowled. Soubi had such dumb friends. Kio had no business intercepting their calls! He did agree whole-heartedly that Youji should've turned off his phone, but he supposed the other had some reason for choosing to keep it on. He wasn't one to question Youji on everything.

As the other searched through the drawer, the deep red-haired boy watched him curiously. His sole eye widened with the sudden SMACK. Indeed, Youji seemed to be taking his frustration out on his cell phone. But what was it all for?

As his sacrifice stepped aside and Natsuo saw that he had uncovered the blinking tracker chip, he suddenly realized what his little genius of a soulmate was going to do. He hurried to the window to see the tracker chip land on the car. Damn, Youji was good. Not that he should expect any less from his incredible sacrifice, but he had to admit he was impressed.

"Hai, it's already off," he murmured, still looking out the window. He stepped away from it and considered kissing Youji at that moment. Unfortunately, the other took that moment to say something entirely absurd. Leave?! Leave where? They had no place to go. That's why they were staying in their former enemy's apartment to begin with!

He walked from the window to his pretty partner and placed a hand on the wall on either side of Youji's head. Jade pool watching that smile he liked so much, Natsuo struggled with his disagreement. He settled for merely hanging his head and shaking it, no. He certainly didn't want anything bad to happen to Youji. Feeling almost obligated to explain himself, his lips parted and he whispered, "I love you..."
He hoped Youji might understand what he meant.

'Never be afraid to tell me what you want...ever'

As the youth's head was lifted and he felt Youji's kiss, Natsuo felt a surge of affection for his sacrifice. The painful truth was that he didn't always give his partner all the credit that was due. He stared back into those golden orbs that held such feeling for him. Youji's words were washing over him like a soothing breeze.

With the returned profession of love, Natsuo couldn't help but smile into the other's green hair throughout the embrace. He adored Youji so much. He knew what he wanted. He wanted to protect his soulmate. He wanted to be loved. But most of all, he just wanted Youji to be with him... forever. And guess what? The Zero Fighter had everything he wanted.

"I know, Ji-chan," he whispered. He held onto Youji while several minutes passed them by. He could've held on for much longer, but a teasing thought popped into his head and he forced himself to speak up.

"Ne, Jiiiii... forever is a long time. You sure you want me for that long?" he murmured teasingly.