| TITLE: No Heart AUTHOR: Nika
 EMAIL: haido@t...
 MIRROR: no
 ARCHIVE: just let me know where, okay?
 BAND: Deg
 GENRE: AU, but only a small shift to reality
 RATING:
 PAIRING:
 It's much too late and I've written too much. It's too
 long!
 Gomen.
 Everyone who has ever commented on this fic I'd like
 to tell you a
 heart-felt thank you. Thank you!
 Dedicated to all of the people who suffered with these
 brave boys.
 This is the last part.Please do enjoy.
 21."Here he is, Professor", the pleasant voice of the
 cyborg says, before he
 drops the limp drummer in front of his father. The
 body makes a
 disturbingly loud noise when hitting the floor, making
 Die and Kaoru wince.
 The red-head is trying to stand up, intends to hurry
 over to the lithe
 drummer and help him, but a solid foot is suddenly
 landing in his neck,
 keeping him to the ground efficiently. His throat is
 constricted and he
 gasps for air, making Kaoru look up into the friendly
 face.
 "Don't hurt him!", he pleads to the unconcerned face
 of the man-made
 humanoid, "Please, please... just don't hurt him."
 The passive face does not change and neither does the
 body move, Die's face
 slowly pales and his twitches grow faint.
 "Die!", Kyo calls out from his position, still
 kneeling in front of the
 silver table, clutching Toshiya's hand. He is
 undecided if he should let go
 of the artificial bassist to help Die. He wants to,
 but then he realizes
 the blank and unblinking stare from the cyborg, that
 is currently
 obstructing Die's air-support.
 Just you dare and I'll snap his neck, it seems to
 transmit, even though no
 emotions are perceivable.
 Maybe I can read him because I'm so much like him?,shoots through the
 blonde's head. Kyo whimpers, feeling so helpless that
 it burns inside of
 his heart like acid.
 "Die!", Kaoru sobs, crawling towards the red-head,
 ever-smiling,
 encouraging face now so ashen, death clawing under the
 skin, dragging him
 away from the grasp of life. Kaoru feels himself
 sobbing, when suddenly the
 elderly voice of Shinya's father orders:
 "Let him go, Kimutaku!"
 The foot disappears from Die's neck, Kaoru feels
 himself being lifted and
 shoves in the direction of, Die.
 At once he gathers the man in his arms, rocking him,
 while Die inhales in
 long breaths, almost desperately. Almost unconscious
 he notices the small
 hand of Kaoru caressing his hair and there are words
 of compassion reaching
 his ears. The scent of blood, faintly some expensive
 perfume and lots of
 fear makes him comfortable, soothes him. He knows this
 aroma, knows this
 man... the cruelty around him can't reach him now, in
 this moment. Just for
 a few heartbeats, he is safe.
 Kyo bites his lower lip, seeing one of the cyborgsclosing up to him with
 slow strides.
 They're coming to get me, beating me to make me weak
 like Kaoru and Die. I
 don't want to become weak, I don't want to leave
 Toshiya alone, he will be
 scared.
 I just won't let him be scared anymore.
 A loud groan echoes through the relative silence ofthe room when Shinya
 finally regains consciousness.
 "Kyo...", he mumbles. "Die-kun..."
 Opening the his tired eyes, he tries to comprehend his
 surroundings. At
 first there are black business shoes, distinctly his
 father. So the next
 glance shoots up the legs to the face of the man who
 has given him life, twice.
 "Father...?", he whispers and his voice shows him his
 own terror.
 The gaze flickers down on his face and he is
 confronted with the
 intelligent dark eyes and the unmoved face.
 "Fa...", he stops in mid-word, realizing that he
 probably can't reach the
 man anyway. He tries to get on his knees, which feel
 like jelly, but he
 fails for the moment.
 So he looks around, seeing the small table with tools,
 right next to the
 silver table. The drummer is familiar with those
 tools, especially produced
 for Professor Terachi and his team. The ones he would
 have used to
 disassemble Toshiya, cutting open the living tissue,
 labeling, sorting,
 specifying.
 No room for unwanted emotions. No need to think about
 the body lying under
 the merciless lights.
 Shinya closes his eyes for a short moment, when the
 voice of his father
 reaches him suddenly:
 "Son."
 He freezes and just then his eyes travel to his
 father's: "Yes..."
 "I'm very disappointed in you", even though the
 feeling does not show in
 the neutral tone.
 "I can imagine", Shinya sadly replies, very softly, a
 smile lingering on
 his lips.
 "Do you think your betrayal is amusing?" "No, it's not amusing", the lithe man's voice drops,intimidated.
 "Why the smile then? You are in no position to smile,son", the voice isn't
 even really bitter, just... cold.
 "I thought you'd be at least a little more gratefulafter I have saved you
 precious friend Kyo. Remember when you begged me to
 save him? How can you
 turn your back on me now?"
 Shinya feels tears at blurring his vision.
 "I didn't mean to betray you, I swear", the youngdrummer gulps away the
 choking urge to beg his father for forgiveness. His
 mind pushes him towards
 the easy solution.
 Beg for forgiveness and betray your friends. Just do
 it. Your life will be
 like before, easy, cultivated and calm.
 Trying to ignore all the voices inside, Shinya
 struggles to get on his feet.
 "You didn't mean to betray me? Like I believe that.
 And now your actions
 have ruined your life for sure", the elderly man gives
 a disgusted snore.
 "Your musical career, it's over. Your academic
 occupation is done for. I'm
 going to call security and you and your band-mates
 will go straight to jail."
 "Don't do it, father. Please, just let us go", almosta whisper, yet full
 of urgency. The drummer finally is able to stand up
 straight, facing his
 father on eye-level.
 "What you're doing is wrong, can't you see?" "I certainly don't. All I can see is that you and yourfine 'band-mates'
 have illegally entered the Goki Motors laboratories in
 order to steal a
 very valuable prototype. The laws are against you,
 son."
 "It's not the law I'm talking about!", Shinya's voicegoes up, hard and
 hysteric, like no one has ever heard him before. Kaoru
 stops rocking Die
 and turns towards the drummer, helping the red-head in
 his arms looking up,
 while Kyo rises, keeping the hand of the cyborg in a
 steady grasp.
 "It's you! I don't want you to become a murderer!!" "Murderer?!", Professor Terachi calls out, his voiceunbelieving, "What are
 you talking about? This is a piece of very complex
 machinery you're looking
 at, like an AIBO."
 Kyo feels the acid burn inside of him, boiling over,just like before Die
 had stormed into the lab, he tenses, about to jump at
 the tall, elderly
 man, ripping his throat out and feed it to Toshiya.
 "AIBO?", a low growl escapes his throat, dangerous and
 warningly.
 He understand so much at once. Shinya's silences,
 Shinya's stubbornness.
 Like me, Shinya is just like me!!
 "Now I finally understand. So...then this is all Ihave ever been to you...
 A cyber-pet."
 Gasps are heard from the three band-members when they
 hear Shinya's
 cheerful, laughing tone.
 "It's somehow good to know after all these years..."
 "Shinya, that is not...""True?", a soft, cruel laughter, "Stop searching for
 absolution father. I
 was your masterpiece and when I turned out to be not
 so masterful after all
 you made another son."
 "Shinya", Die's voice is rough, pained. Still he is inKaoru's arms,
 realizing his own weakness, unable to get up and yet
 he wants to help and
 protect the gaunt younger man.
 Shinya doesn't even hear him, he's lost in fury and
 the need to see this
 man before him writhe in tremendous pain, suffering
 until he has
 experienced all the ache the drummer had ever endured
 being his son.
 Kyo's grip tightens around the limp hand of thecyborg, he shares Shinya's
 emotions on more than a rational basis, since he knows
 what it feels like
 to realize "I'm not human!", when suddenly there is a
 twitch touching his
 palm. Shocked, his eyes flicker to the figure of the
 cyborg, who is
 unmoved, before they turn to their joined hands.
 Doubting he senses the soft pressure, yet the cyborg
 does not move.
 Die wonders, why Shinya's father doesn't disagree.
 Maybe his son speaks the truth? Or he thinks it's
 beyond him to argue with
 a cyborg?
 Shinya's voice breaks the thick silence.
 "But even your second self-made son failed you, becameimperfect, so you
 decide to get rid of him."
 Shinya tilts his head a little, his eyes are dreamy,
 soft, lovable.
 "When will you get rid of me at last?"
 "Shut up, Shinya!", the Professor reacts. "You are myson. I did only it to
 save you from death. I'd have given everything to save
 your life."
 "Even your heart and soul...", Shinya laughs sadly."Maybe I didn't want to
 treat my life for your soul, but you never asked me.
 You never asked me at
 all. You just decided."
 "We have to help him...", Die whispers urgently intoKaoru's ear.
 "How? When we move those stupid cyborgs will attack
 us, probably even kill
 us", Kaoru states.
 Their looks linger on the unmoving, yet somehow
 threatening
 artificial-people, the pains in their respective
 bodies is still raging.
 "We can't do anything...", Die whispers, his voice
 full of self-mockery.
 Kaoru doesn't know why his hand suddenly strokes
 through the red hair, but
 it soothes him too.
 Meanwhile Kyo's look rests on the tools beside thesilver table. A scalpel
 is shining brightly, seductively, almost like
 beckoning him: 'Take me and
 kill him!'. His hand holds tighter onto Toshiya's,
 when he tries to find
 patience in the relaxed face.
 The lips open: "Kyo-kun...", it's just a breath,
 formed into speech, but
 the blonde's heart skips a beat.
 "Toshiya!", he bows over the cyborg and the heads of
 all non-artificial
 beings in the room jerk towards the two of them.
 "Toshiya! Toshiya?", Kyo whispers, hoping to receive
 another of those
 breathed words. Amazed Kaoru and Die try to jump on
 their feet, only to
 tumble back on the ground, groaning. And they still
 cling to each other
 like there was nothing else real that they could hold
 on to.
 Kyo doesn't even hear them, he just concentrates on
 the lips of his
 cyborg-child.
 "Impossible!", the Professor exclaims, but he is also
 ignored. Shinya moves
 towards the table, but is hold back by his father, who
 tries to shove his
 son at the side to get there first.
 Without opening his eyes, Toshiya's lips move again:"I was hoping...", his
 eyes open and Kyo is able to make out tears rimming
 the orbs. The cyborg
 fixes his look on the blonde.
 "Hoping to see you when I would wake up. Always
 hoping..."
 "I'm here", Kyo assures, releasing Toshiya's hand and
 placing it on the
 naked shoulder. The skin is cool and the cyborg
 shivers.
 "Are you cold?", the singer asks and the cyborg nods a
 little, before Kyo
 can do anything about it, he hears an order: "Nikki,
 hold him!"
 Kyo feels grabbed by strong hands, twisting his arms
 behind his back and
 before he is even able to put up any resistance, he
 totally restricted. The
 cyborg drags him back from the table and towards Die
 and Kaoru, who call
 out: "Kyo!", in terror, fearing for the little one's
 health.
 "Kyo-kun!!"; Shinya's voice is even more desperate.
 Toshiya's arms reach out and stretch for the small
 man, his hand only
 manage to catch the air. "No!", he sobs, "Kyo-kun!"
 Weakly the cyborg tries to sit up, when the hands of
 the Professor press
 him back down on the metallic surface. "Sleep Toshiya,
 sleep!"
 "I don't want to sleep, I'm not tired", the artificial
 bassist resists,
 "What are you doing to my band-mates?!"
 Shinya reaches the table and encourages Toshiya:
 "Don't listen to his
 orders, Toshiya. Get up! Get up and run for it!"
 "Kimutaku, hold my son!", only two heartbeats after
 the order has been
 spoken, Shinya feels the supernaturally strong arms
 bind him.
 "I hate you, father! I really hate you!! Run,
 Toshiya!" the lithe drummer
 squeals and struggles against the restraining flesh.
 "Shinya-kun!", Toshiya calls out, now sitting up.
 "Don't hurt him!"
 Kyo joins Shinya: "He's right, run for it, dammit!"
 The cyborg wipes away the hand of the Professor with
 strange ease, before
 his long legs dangle over the side of the table. He
 jumps to his legs, a
 little unsteady and yet as if he is fully aware of his
 body.
 "Yes, Toshiya, run!", Kaoru croaks from his position
 on the floor.
 "No! I won't leave you! You are my band-mates!", the
 cyborg protests and
 his face shows that he means it.
 "Sleep, Toshiya!", Professor Terachi tries again, his
 voice hold a certain
 hypnotic quality.
 "Shut up!", all eyes grow wide.
 "If you won't listen to me, I will have to hurt your
 precious band-mates!",
 the elderly man struggles for his countenance and the
 control over this
 berserk piece of machinery.
 Toshiya hesitates, his motions grew less fluent...just
 a moment. Then his
 strides direct him to Kyo easily.
 "No, idiot! Run! Run!", Kyo protests, still attempting
 on freeing himself,
 but his eyes meet the cyborg's and he sees the
 sweetest smile on the lovely
 face. "Run...!", he mumbles, defeated.
 "Keiichi, get Toshiya!!", comes the next order, one
 the four other members
 were almost expecting. The large, heavy-built man
 moves with grace,
 catching one of Toshiya's arms in a unyielding fist.
 The blue-haired cyborg
 does not seem surprised, as he turns and beams at the
 older model.
 Kyo closes his eyes since he doesn't want to
 experience the scene when his
 cyborg will be torn into pieces, he lowers his head to
 the floor and waits
 for the inevitable.
 But only undisturbed silence ensues.
 He dares to blink and the two cyborgs are staring at
 each other in a way he
 could almost define as enthralled.
 However, the contact breaks and Keiichi shakes his
 head, before he turns
 and heads to the Professor.
 "Keiichi, what are you doing? Keiichi?! Stop! Sleep!"
 Much to his horror,
 the cyborg doesn't listen to him but comes closer
 without even hesitating.
 But Toshiya isn't even paying attention to the
 desperation in the eyes of
 the studied man, he walks over to Kyo, who looks at
 him wonderingly.
 "What.... how?", is all he can urge out, but Toshiya
 shakes his head,
 afterwards directing his look up to the eyes of the
 cyborg holding the
 blonde in a tight grip.
 Shinya understands suddenly: "Visual data
 exchange...", he whispers in awe,
 the shocked intake of breath from the Professor proves
 him right.
 Keiichi reaches the Shinya's father and stands beside
 him, doing nothing,
 but making very sure that he always could do something
 terrible and painful.
 Kyo feels that his arms are free suddenly. He rubsthem to get to blood to
 flow properly, when two iron strings are wrapped
 around him.
 "Kyo-kun!", Toshiya croaks, while he presses the small
 body to his naked
 one. "I was so afraid. I wished for you to be with
 me."
 The he releases the small vocalist, who nearly loses
 his balance back on
 his own feet. Seeing the cyborg, he is reminded of a
 small, fragile bird again.
 "That was quite cool, Toshiya. I didn't know you could
 do that", Kyo
 finally mumbles, tilting his head towards the two
 influenced cyborgs.
 "I didn't either. I suddenly just felt that I could",
 Toshiya's lips again
 form a delicate smile. "Are you hurt?"
 "No..."
 "Good."
 Toshiya tuns around and his eyes grow icy and fierce:
 "Good for you!"
 The cyborg takes Kyo's hand and tugs the smaller
 along, as he heads for the
 last remaining cyborg.
 "Tell your man to release Shinya", Kyo growls at the
 man who is paling more
 and more, his fingers clinging to the edge of the
 silver table, knuckles
 white, but he still puts up a fight for superiority.
 "Tell him now!", the singer sounds more like a wild
 beast.
 "Release Shinya", Professor Terachi's voice is
 suddenly flattening,
 lifeless. Then he sinks to his knees, just as defeated
 as the band-mates
 only a few minutes before.
 When the drummer is free, he flies into the arms ofKyo, burying his head
 in the smaller man's neck. Astonished the small blonde
 wraps his arms
 around the sobbing drummer.
 "Are you alright, Shinya-kun?", Toshiya asks
 carefully. "I'm sorry he has
 hurt you so much."
 Shinya's still sobbing and not up to any answer.
 Toshiya sighs and hurries over to Die and Kaoru."How are you two?", he kneels beside the pair, still
 entangled, just
 realizing that they still have their arms around each
 other.
 "Toshiya, listen! Get a piece of paper and a pen,
 quickly", Kaoru hisses,
 Die mumbles something like a question, but it drowns
 in his aching throat.
 "Then come back here."
 The cyborg nods and scans the room for the items,
 finding them immediately.
 He gathers them, while Kaoru strokes Die's hair again,
 the red-head feels
 himself passing out from exhaustion and it's warm and
 safe within Kaoru's arms.
 "It's okay, Die-kun", the leader reassures him, his
 voice trembles with
 anger towards the man who had hurt Die and his own
 helplessness.
 Toshiya returns, kneeling beside Kaoru, who smiles,
 but says in a
 businesslike voice:
 "Write this: I herewith give up any claim on the
 "Toshiya-Cyborg" prototype
 of Goki Motors. Got it?"
 "...yes..."
 "Now, bring it over to Shinya's father and let him
 sign it, okay?" The
 cyborg sits totally still, eyes dull.
 "Toshiya-kun..."; Kaoru closes his eyes in realization
 of his own fault,
 the choice of words.
 "...yes...", a soft whisper. Then the lithe beauty
 stands up abruptly.
 "I'll do it, Kaoru-kun."
 Shinya has got a grip on himself in the meanwhile,rubbing away the unusual
 wetness on his cheeks.
 "I'm sorry, Kyo-kun."
 "Don't be!", Kyo cheers him, a tender smile on his
 lips, inducing a sad
 echo on the drummer's face.
 "Thank you, Kyo-kun.", he looks at his frail hands,
 thoughtfully, "I feel
 so... empty... now."
 Kyo laughs bitterly: "Believe me, I just know how you
 feel. It's okay, you
 don't have to be perfect now. One day you'll wake up
 and feel less empty
 and gradually your life fills up again."
 His smaller hand, seemingly more powerful to anyone
 who doesn't know
 Shinya's endurance, softly strokes the shiny hair:
 "I'm here for you,
 always. Die is there for you. Kaoru too, and now
 Toshiya will be with us,
 also. You have us and we are certainly damn lucky to
 have a brave young
 drummer like you."
 Shinya bites his lower lip before he falls into Kyo's
 arms again: "I love
 you, Kyo-kun!"
 Kyo closes his eyes, takes in the emotions and love
 radiating from Shinya's
 strong hold.
 "I know", is all he can urge out.
 Professor Terachi twitches, when a hand is catchinghis collar and pulls
 him up with startling strength.
 "Sign this!"
 It's his own creation, his very own cyborg who hisses
 this order, a paper
 is shoved under his nose.
 Numbly he sees the content and chokes at the words.
 This is his moment of pain, of humiliation.
 "Sign!", the cyborg urges impatiently, a pen is also
 there, but no way out.
 So he shakily draws his Kanji under the neat writing.
 "Here it is", the unreadable faced cyborg states toKaoru, again sinking to
 his knees and giving him the paper, "What shall I do
 now?"
 "We have to get out of here", Die's hoarse voice makes
 Kaoru jump. Kyo
 appears beside them suddenly, Shinya in tow, the young
 drummer still puffy
 eyed and yet smiling a little.
 "I second that", Shinya says.
 "But what'll we do with him?", Kyo's thumb points to
 the broken Professor.
 Then he puts a white smock around Toshiya's naked
 shoulders where the skin
 is still cool. Toshiya looks up into the blonde's
 face, a grateful, magic
 smile lighting up his closed face.
 "We need some time to get away", Kaoru ponders, all of
 them nodding. A
 smile despite the pin spreads on his face when it
 finally sinks in: They're
 all still here.
 "Let's bind him", Toshiya suggests in a low, hard
 voice.
 "Good thinking", Die agrees, "We will have the time to
 get away and yet
 those Security Guards are going to find him sooner or
 later."
 "I'll do it!"
 And in lieu of any possible protest, the cyborg stands
 up, slipping into
 the smock, closing up the buttons. With long, elegant
 strides he reaches
 the Professor.
 "Are you alright, Shinya?", the singer asks a little
 worried when he sees,
 how the drummer stares at the shattered figure of his
 father.
 "I don't know...", Shinya whispers.
 "You will be", the croaked voice of Die suddenly
 enthuses him. "I know you
 will be."
 The drummer nods, even though it seems a little
 forced. Then, just to do
 something, he gathers their stuff and shoulders the
 bag.
 Toshiya's eyes transmit orders to his fellow cyborg,even when it's less
 advanced than himself and the older model takes a hold
 of his maker, an
 iron lock around the body.
 "Don't hurt him, just hold him", are the final words
 from Toshiya, who does
 not even pay his maker a look of disgust.
 I think he's changed. He's so cold and plotting,shoots through Kyo's head
 when he watches the scene. He knows!
 God in the heaven, he knows what he is!
 "Toshiya...", he begins when the slender bassist joinsthem again, but then
 he sees...tears rolling down the perfect cheeks.
 "I want to get out of here", the cyborg whispers and
 it sounds like he is
 about to break.
 "Sure", Kyo answers, trying to help Kaoru and Die up
 to their feet,
 together with Shinya. Die seems still more out of it
 than able to stand on
 his own.
 Toshiya just sweeps the tall red-head in his arms and
 starts to carry him
 out: "I don't know the way, please show it to me."
 His voice is so cold that the other shiver, while Kyo
 and Shinya help Kaoru
 walking.
 Their way out is a frightened, hasty one, the painfulpants of Kaoru are
 the only real noise. Much too their surprise the door
 is still open and
 when they leave the smelly, run-down building, it
 feels like they are reborn.
 First signs of dawn are seen on the horizon, when they
 take a short break,
 Die is carefully set on the ground by Toshiya and they
 are standing,
 breathing in carefully.
 "We really made it", Kaoru whispers, able to stand on
 his own.
 "Are you able to drive?", Shinya asks, but Kyo denies
 for him:
 "I'll drive. Just get in the car and we're really out
 of here!"
 Somehow shakily they climb into the car Die is put in
 the front, and Shinya
 wraps his arm around Kaoru in the back.
 "Kyo-kun", it's Shinya, a shadow of his usual
 self-confidence reappearing
 in his voice.
 "Hm?"
 "Get us to Die's apartment. I'll watch the two of them
 today."
 "Shin...", Kaoru tries to protest.
 "No, you can't stay alone today. I'm not wounded, so
 I'm the one to do it."
 Kaoru finds himself smiling: "There is our old Shinya
 again...", he mumbles
 and Kyo starts the car.
 Die is fast sleep.
 "Die-kun, wake up", being shaken softly, Die awakes."Come on, you're home."
 He nods numbly and follows the friendly voice, even
 though he feels
 powerless he stumbles to his feet and finds himself in
 his apartment.
 "Just a few more steps, Die-kun", the soft voice
 assures him. He recognizes
 the smell that surrounds him. He is really home, feels
 pressed into his
 bed, sighs and lets his body give in to fatigue.
 Vaguely he feels another body next to his own, but he
 just doesn't care.
 In the back of his mind he triumphs, because he has
 kept his promise and
 reached his aim, so a sleepy smile is even staying on
 his lips when he's in
 deep slumber.
 Shinya sighs and looks at the two entangled men on thesmall bed. He hauled
 out the spare-futon and spread it on the floor.
 Trying to lock out the voice of his father and the
 pictures still so vivid
 by concentrating on the regular breathing patterns of
 the two men beside him.
 Kyo, he suddenly thinks.
 The soft smiles, the tender embrace.
 He knows Kyo does not love him, but he gives him
 strength.
 Clinging to the picture of a smiling Kyo, he slips
 into his own world of sleep.
 Kyo feels worn out emotionally and physically when hefinally turns the key
 of his apartment.
 Toshiya is silent, broody. Not an ounce of the former
 bouncy personality in
 him.
 When Toshiya has entered the apartment, he heads
 straight for his room,
 lowers the blinds.
 Then he turns around and whispers: "I'm not human."
 For the longest time Kyo has feared this statement,
 but he decides to nod
 and say:
 "I'm not really either."
 "What am I?" Fear...
 "What do you want to be?" A question as an answer.
 "What can I be?"
 "Whatever you choose. It's all up to you", Kyo inhales
 deeply.
 "Me?", the tone of voice is the one that said: "I was
 waiting for you to
 explain the sense of taste to me."
 in this fragile, noisy, hopeful way.
 Suddenly Toshiya grabs the bag from Kyo's shoulder,
 pulls out the laptop
 and holds it out to the small blonde: "Make it go
 away! Erase it!"
 "No, I won't because it isn't going to help!" Loud
 voice, no patience. "I'm
 sorry."
 He softly urges the cyborg to sit on the couch, taking
 the laptop away,
 placing it out of reach, only to sink beside the
 disturbed artificial being.
 "I can't say that if it was right what we did today or
 if it was wrong. But..."
 He gently puts an arm around the bony shoulders of the
 cyborg, who then
 meets his eyes.
 "Apart from what I thought, you are something very
 human that came out of
 an inhuman act and our selfishness. We shouldn't have
 urged the Professor
 to make you, that is true. We shouldn't have been
 tempted to take it the
 easy way, cause there is never an easy way."
 He pulls the cyborg in a warm embrace, even though
 Toshiya remains still.
 "I'm glad you're here."
 Toshiya's walls break down, he clings on to the singer
 and words stream out
 of his mouth as tears stream out of his eyes.
 "I was so afraid I would never see you again. It hurt
 so much, my body hurt
 and there was another pain, burning deep inside of me.
 I felt them coming,
 taking me but I couldn't move. All I ever hoped for,
 was to see your face
 when I woke up. I was so glad to hear you!"
 "And I was glad to see you waking up again."
 The cyborg pulls away and studies Kyo's face: "So it
 doesn't matter to you
 what I am?"
 "It used to, but since I'm much like you myself...no
 it doesn't. It's our
 band-secret, okay? We're the only band to have a
 perfect bassist-cyborg in
 the whole damn world. That should make you proud."
 The first short laughter fills the room.
 The pretty blue-stranded head falls to Kyo's chest and
 listens to the
 heartbeat.
 "You know... Kaoru hurt me, somehow."
 Kyo gulps: "I know... It can't be undone, I'm sorry I
 didn't protect you."
 "Un... but... can you forgive him?"
 "I'm not sure."
 "I do."
 "If you can... then I can."
 "Good, because I want our band to be like a family",
 the cyborgs sighs a
 little longingly.
 "You sound like Kaoru."
 "Really? Gotta change that."
 "Yep!"
 The small blonde pulls away: "I don't know about you,
 leader-sama, but I'd
 like to give myself a rest. Unlike you, I haven't been
 sleeping for quite a
 long time."
 A grin: "I can deal with a little sleep."
 No words disturb their slow way to Kyo's futon, wherethey undress and sink
 into the comfortable folds quietly.
 When Kyo closes his eyes, a warm mouth suddenly covers
 his own.
 "What was that...?" He doesn't even bother opening his
 eyes.
 "Was it horrible?"
 "No, it was nice, but..."
 "But?"
 "I'm too tired for sex tonight. Tomorrow, yes."
 "Sex?"
 A amused grunt: "Okay, making love."
 "I thought it was called 'fan-service'."
 "Don't listen to Kaoru too much. Fan-service is for
 show, it is fake.
 Making love to someone isn't fake."
 Kyo unwillingly opens his eyes and is caught in the
 fiery gaze of the
 cyborg: "I want to learn all about the difference",
 Toshiya whispers,
 seductively. Kyo feels a shiver grazing his skin and a
 sad thought:
 How many hearts will he steal? How many of these nightuntil he finds out
 what he does to people.
 Despite that a grin appears on his face: "I will beyour ready teacher. But
 now let's sleep."
 He reaches out to the other man who snuggles into the
 waiting arms.
 "I think I know the difference already...", Toshiya
 mumbles sleepily.
 "So...?", a even more sleep-laden answer.
 "With Kaoru it was fake..."
 "...right...", that is coming from within dreamland
 already.
 "But it's not fake with you."
 That is all he can is sure about for now.
 -End- Yes, it's long and there isn't even a lemon. Sorry
 bout that.
 Nika *also off to bed*   back to deg 
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