Just One Kiss (Sebastian)

[Ren Satoshi]

"You. Ever. Loving. Jerk!"

Each word was accented with a well placed smack to the back of his brother's thick skull. Takumi, at first, looked throughly confused. He'd just entered Hogsmeade to find his twin standing there with his arms folded tightly over his chest and his black eyes locked on him with an edge of anger. Now, this? What did he do this time?

"Veritas serum?? Seriously? Trying to ruin me?!"

Oh. That.

"Ruin you? Why? Did you have company?" Takumi raised his hands to block the next smack hurtling at his head as Ren drew in a sharp breath.

"Yes! The person I didn't want to scare off, and the instant that bloody stuff made me start spewing my guts...he looked like he was having a heart attack and bolted!"

The next sound made Ren fume. Takumi was nearly roaring in laughter, and finally unable to block the furious whack to the back of his head. "Ouch! Will you relax? Bloody Merlin. Have you taken your medication today?"

Ren huffed bitterly, "Yes. Did you lace that too?"

"No, but piss me off, Ren. That sounds like a great idea." Ren drew back again and Takumi straightened, straightening his hair, which fell long today, like his brother's. Standing one in front of the other, so many people stopped and stared. It was as if they were were mirror reflections of each other, save Ren's annoyed and frustrated face and Takumi's neutral gaze, bordering on amusement.

The twins fell into step with each other, Ren's mood easing from frustrated to concerned. "Do you think I really upset him that badly?" "It depends on how he reacts to surprise. From what you've told me, you've done a good job masking your emotions and were trying to convince yourself down from them, correct?" Ren scuffed at the ground with his shoe softly. "I just...didn't want to get hurt again. You know how hard I fall." "I know."

They passed the sweet shop and the tea shop in quiet contemplation before Ren faltered, looking at a display of roses in front of the tea house. A sort of far off smile started to curl over his lips when he looked at one with blue petals. "It's already bad, isn't it?" He'd not noticed Ren had stopped walking until he turned his head nearly half a block away and looked back before coming back to his side. "Do you want one? I'll get you one." Ren was thinking about that smile again, that one full smile. Maybe a rose would help make him feel better. He could always take one to him in an apology for making him panic.


"Not for me, I want to get one for Tanaka. And one for Sebastian." He bought a red rose with a long stem for his daughter, and a blue one for Sebastian, handing over a few galleons to the stall owner. "Hey! What about me? I thought I was your favorite brother!"

Ren looked at him and squinted slightly, "Who laced my tea with Veritas serum and caused a big issue!" Takumi laughed and took the red rose he thrust at him bitterly, paying the lady again. The lady was holding in laughter, her frame shaking slightly as the twins set off again.

"I'm sorry. I hope I didn't ruin your chances." Takumi wasn't teasing this time. He was being remorseful, looking at his older twin through the curtain of long hair. Ren mirrored his look to look back at him. "I know. I'll go by St. Mungo's later and see if he's still there. Can you take this to Tanaka?" The other rose was given, gentler this time, and Takumi kept it safe. "Of course, she'll be upset that she missed you."

Curse that fourth year rule.

They turned and stopped again, gazing in the window of a shop as Takumi spoke to a couple of students passing behind them. "Good afternoon, Miss Walsh, Mister Demetriou." Ren looked behind him and smiled slightly at the sight of the young couple. Wait a second. Wasn't that the brother of the girl Aito went to the Yule Ball with? He looked far different than he did in the image, stronger, healthy, deeply happy. The girl too. The way they looked at each other pulled a bit on his heart strings. That was a powerful gaze.

That was a deep gaze.

He returned his gaze back to the shop window, admiring the covers of the books within the display as the girl told Takumi she would be at the classroom early in the morning for her lessons and the couple excused themselves, going off hand in hand to the tea shop. 

"Kind of gives you faith in humanity to see love like that, doesn't it?" 

Ren smiled, "Yes. It does."

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It was the second time that he had been to Hogsmeade since he had graduated and he could honestly say that he was more scared than he had ever been before in his life. Today was the day that he would be scouting for the boy, Artemis and after the disaster that had happened the last time he had seen one of the twins, after the pain he had suffered he honestly was not sure that he could take another helping of that pain that he had suffered through last time. While Daphne and Roderich had been justified in their anger towards him, the pain would be far too much strain for both his heart and body to handle a second time. He was sure that if at the very least Artemis did not turn out to be happy and healthy then they would end his life here on earth so that he may further face their wrath in the afterlife and the thought of an angry Daphne was more than enough to have him praying harder than he ever had before, hoping with all of his might that at the very least Artemis was happy.

Merlin help him if he wasn't.

As he walked through Hogsmeade keeping an eye out for his nephew, [and that strange man that had touched him in a way that made him very uncomfortable to think about, he truly did not want to run into him again any time soon now that he knew of his feelings for Ren, least he feel any more pain from guilt.] he found that he was taken in by the sights and scents of the shops that he had not been in since he was a teenager, the most notable one being the tea shop that he could remember being dragged into by a certain couple who had been trying so hard at one time to get him a date with another living person, something that caused a small smile to pass his lips as he chuckled quietly at the memory.

If only they could see him now, supposedly in love with a beautiful man that he had quite possibly caused him to hate him by now because of his actions. His dark gaze moved to glance around the different selection of tea that the store had before deciding to enter the shop. He would pick up some tea and offer it to Ren as a peace offering, if he accepted it then he would proceed to tell the Japanese man just what had happened, if he didn't then he would know that he had blew his chance and would cherish the time that they had spent together. He would be content with the knowledge that he had met a wonderful man and had had the chance to get to know him, if even for such a small while.

Looking around the shop, he finally selected a canister of unsweetend lavender earl grey tea, remembering that that had been a tea that both his mother and brother had favored before paying for it and having it wrapped so it would be presentable when he went to give it to Ren later. Upon exiting the shop, he was immediately greeted by a familiar sight. Two rather. First, was the physical representation of the boy that he had seen in Ren's photograph with the girl that he had been with, smiling and talking with a man that looked scarily similar to Ren. With a curious glance he slowly made his way closer to the threesome, hoping to catch a bit of their conversation before freezing when he saw another person with the three of them.

Ren.

Cursing quietly to himself, he tried to look for a way to avoid being seen by any of them but found that he was too late for as they turned he immediately made eye contact with his nephew, the boy that he wanted the most to avoid for the second that he made contact with those eyes, he was lost for a moment, Those eyes were the exact match of Roderichs. The exact match of his father and mother's.

The exact match of his own, but mixed with the kindness and the happiness that Daphne had held in her own blue eyes.

The boy and the girl seemed to be concerned for him, as they both asked if he was alright and for a moment a sigh was torn from his lips as he knew there was no way for him to avoid them or the other two that they were talking too and he merely gave them a small smile before speaking to them. " I am fine. You two just remind me so much of some old friends of mine that I miss dearly. I wish you both the best of luck and hope that one day you may find the happiness that they found together." With his answer, the two seemed sastified and he watched with a small smile as the two wandered off to the tea shop of all places.

They truly were just like Roderich and Daphne

Feeling two sets of eyes on him, he swallowed roughly before turning to face the staring eyes of both Ren and Ren's twin [whose name he couldn't honestly remember at the moment] and smiled almost weakly at the two of them. A quick glance into their eyes was more than enough to tell him who was who and it was then that he spoke up calmly. " Hello again Ren and you must be his twin, Takumi, right?"

He hoped to Merlin he was right about his name, the last thing he needed was to make a fool out of himself again.

[Ren Satoshi]

Ren looked surprised as he turned at seeing the reflection of Sebastian in the glass, and even more shocked when he spoke his name while looking at him. Takumi looked shocked as well. "Th-tha...that's right." His fingers clenched the stem of the rose and his eyes moved to Takumi, who was already looking at him. Ever since they were born, he had never met a soul that could tell them apart.

"A pleasure to meet you, again, Sebastian. It has been a long time." He flicked his bangs from his eyes and offered a firm handshake to the Auror. Ren was still reeling at the thought of being...recognized beside Takumi, gazing at Sebastian with a look of shock and adoration. The first time someone ever noticed a difference, and it had to be by someone who he already liked. Bloody Merlin. 

Takumi shot him a look, snapping him from the thoughts and he finally moved closer to Sebastian before handing him the rose that he'd kept clasped in his hands up until that point. "I...was worried that you might really be sick. I really, really hope that I didn't upset you with all that I said." He smiled softly. He knew he had a tendency to upset the people that he liked at least once.

"I was going to find you at St. Mungo's..."

Stop it.

What?

Just...do it.

Ren's eyes closed, it wasn't proper to such things...but he lost the battle and quickly tossed his arms around his torso and pressed a kiss to his cheek. Even the gesture was enough for his heart to try to burst from his chest and beat within his. Suddenly, he pulled his down until there was a slight brush of lips upon lips.  "I'm so glad you're alright. What did the doctor say? Are you going to be okay? I'd never forgive myself if you were hurt because of me."

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He was honestly relieved when he was told that he had been right in calling them by their correct names, though there was a secret part of him that had also known that he had not been wrong. He had plenty of experience with telling people apart back when Daphne had been alive and because of that experience it made it easier for him to recognize people than it was for others. All it usually took for him was a quick glance into their eyes to tell who was who and even if that did not work there was always something different, something that set one apart from everyone else even if they recognized it or not. All it would take was one simple glance with a careful eye to figure it out, but that was a story that was better suited for another time and place, for now he would give all of his attention to Ren and his brother Takumi.

When Takumi spoke to him, saying that it was a pleasure to meet him again and saying that it had been a long time, he was given a simple nod and a returned hand shake. " It is a pleasure to meet you again as well Takumi." After speaking, he allowed his gaze to fall from Takumi to Ren, surprise showing in those dark eyes and hope rising in that cold heart of his when he saw the expression on the other's face. There was a mixture of shock and a look that he could remember his brother directing to his wife later on in their lives. It was adoration and it made him hopeful that he had not managed to destroy his chances with the man.

Perhaps he wasn't as much of a screw up as he had previously thought.

The Japanese man made his way over to the Hungarian before handing him a beautiful blue rose, something that caused a smile to form on his lips before he in turn handed the canister of tea to Ren in return. " I figured that you might like some tea that isn't laced with that serum. I've never personally been drugged with it, but the other night gave me a small taste of how embarassing it might be." He was teasing the other male, something that was clear with the small almost unnoticable sheen of playfulness in his eye for a moment before he directed his attention to Ren as he began to speak again, his cheeks turning red when Ren mentioned that he was worried that he had been sick before mentioning that he hoped he had not upset him with what had been said, something that made him shake his head quickly before he spoke again. " You did not upset me at all...I was...well....it..." He sighed slightly, running a hand through his own hair for a moment as a blush covered his cheeks, something that darkened when he said that he was going to find him at St. Mungos.

He opened his mouth to try and speak again before falling quiet as he was drawn into a hug by the person that held his affections. His blush darkened when he felt a pair of lips brush against his cheek before gasping quietly as he was pulled down until their lips met for the briefest of touches, something that caused his heart to soar and left him with an almost dazed expression on his face for a moment before he snapped out of it a moment later when Ren asked him what the doctor had said again, causing him to break out in another dark blush.

" He called me an idiot because I am unable to realize the most basic of things without medical help. He said that there is nothing wrong with me, that I felt as strange as I did because I had feelings for you...but...there was no way I could have known...I'm bad with these sorts of things because I've no one to ask and before you, I've never even been even remotely attracted to another person...all I knew is that you made me feel weird and my heart beat faster around you...I seriously thought that I was either sick or dying and that was why I panicked...I'm sorry if I worried you Ren."

[Ren Satoshi]

Ren cradled the canister of tea between his hands, listening to him as he spoke with a fixated look of confusion on his face. He'd thought he was sick, his heart was beating so fast that he thought he might die? Wait...he made his heart beat that fast?

His face began to change from confused to something of surprise. Someone that he liked...actually liked him in return. Someone he liked for a tremendously long time, at that! When Sebastian said that all he knew is that he made him feel weird and his heart beat faster around him, he could feel the smile creeping up on his lips. Takumi had wandered off, as was typical of him whenever feelings were involved. Though Ren could understand. Only one of the Satoshi siblings had been spared a broken heart over losing a loved one. Ren had more than his fair share, but, Takumi was the first of them. Sayuri was so far safe, but Aito was not, and his future nephew was not.

Heaven help the world if Tanaka was not safe of this curse.

Heaven help the world if Daichi was not safe from it.

He'd rather die than let them hurt like the rest of them had.

His mind snapped back to what Sebastian had told him. He did like him too...that was something that his mind couldn't wrap around it and he found himself standing close to him and breathing a soft whisper into his ear. "You've no idea how happy that makes me to hear that." Eyes lifted slightly, his chin settling softly on his shoulder as his eyes lowered again, lashes sliding along the soft slope of his cheek. In silence, he stood there for a moment before he finally whispered again, an arm wrapping about his waist gently, "I would never, ever hurt you...you know this, right? I'd rather live my life alone than ever hurt you. I promise you...if you allow me this...you will never be left wondering what I feel for you."

He'd lost one person to that, he wasn't about to do it again.

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He could feel his embarassment level rapidly rising as he watched the reactions that Ren had to his small explanation of what had happened to him while he had been at St. Mungos, his expression going from a look of absolute confusion before changing to a look of surprise when he admitted just how fast Ren's presence in his life caused his heart to beat, something that made him avert his gaze for a only small moment before returning his gaze to Ren's face, a surprised expression crossing over his own face when he saw that Ren was smiling at him. There was not a single trace of the annoyance that he had seen on that doctor's face nor was there any sign that Ren would start laughing at him for his mistake. No, Ren just looked happy, almost as though what he had said had made his entire day better than what it previously had been. Never before had he been able to make a person smile like that, it was something that made him return that smile with a small one of his own.

He could get used to seeing that smile.

When Ren moved closer to his own larger frame, he found himself staring into those dark eyes of his curiously, trying to figure out what the other man was doing before listening to the soft whisper that left his mouth. His feelings had made Ren happy. He had made Ren happy. Why did that make him feel so peculiar? It was somewhat similar to that weird soaring feeling that his heart had felt when Ren had kissed him, only this feeling felt much better for some reason or another causing him to feel happy as well, a feeling that had been scarce before Ren had shown up into his life. If caring for someone made him feel this good, this happy then he hoped that this feeling would never end. He had selfishly prayed for the smallest bit of happiness to enter his life as he had searched the world for his niece and nephew, perhaps this was his answer. Perhaps he was meant to find his happiness with Ren, something that he would be sure to do even if it was only a temporary happiness that he was meant for.

He was distracted from his thoughts when he felt the soft pressure of Ren's chin settling on his shoulder and his gaze moved down to meet the dark one that stared up at him for a moment, another smile crossing his features when he felt the small brush of soft lashes against his cheek before Ren spoke again as a arm wrapped around his waist, surprising him the slightest bit with both the affectionate action and the words that were spoken. Ren promised that he would never hurt him along with saying that he would rather live his life alone then hurt him, words that touched his cold heart again in the most beautiful of ways, causing that gaze to soften as he looked at Ren. He promised that if he would allow Ren to be with him, that he would never be left wondering just how it was that Ren felt about him.

How the hell could he be expected to say no to him when he liked Ren just as much as he liked him?!

" Ren. I could not turn you down even if I wanted to do so. I care for you in the same way that you care for me, I would be an idiot to not allow this."

[Ren Satoshi]

It is said that some must wait until later in life for their true happiness, and until that smile came across Sebastian's lips, he had begun to think that his happiness was not something that he was going to be able to expect in his lifetime. Something shared in that smile was enough to begin to ease the settled in ache from his heart. For the first time in almost fifteen years, he didn't feel the radiating pain that coursed through his chest on a nearly constant basis. It was something that made him feel incredible.

Sebastian's closeness held feelings of warmth that he didn't think that he would ever be allowed to feel again. He had been cursing whichever lifetime that he had angered the fates to deserve this sort of life, until this person wandered into his life again. All he'd had to do was be himself, and there was no belittling, there was no hurt, no need to try and pretend. As if loving him was the most natural thing in his life.

Sebastian said he would have to be an idiot to not allow this to happen, and Ren found himself smiling try as he might to not let it break his concentration. His face mirrored that just before he moved back and he tried to look up at him without making that face again, but he found it happening again and he found himself raising a hand to his face, as if trying to duck behind it, the redness returning to his face.

When he looked back up, he thought he might have finally regained control of his facial expressions. But, the instant that he had met the Hungarian's eyes, his resolve wavered. It was going to be impossible to not smile around this man, wasn't it? Good Merlin, how did he manage to have such a strong hold on him? 

While he knew that he had had considerably more relationship experience than Sebastian, he knew that Sebastian could possibly offer more than the mostly one sided relationships that he had been in for most of his life. He didn't have to fake this, and he knew that Sebastian was not faking it. There was no way someone could fake that sort of nervousness with an unfamiliar feeling. He could understand that too, when he was first bitten with the love bug, he thought he might have been ill, and after so long of feeling nothing but pain for the last decade and a half or so, he almost thought he was getting sick when that fluttery feeling ran rampant through his chest again.

"Can I tell you a secret?" He asked, still with that accursed smile on his face, "I had felt so much pain for such a long time, that when my heart started fluttering near you...I thought I was getting sick too. It took a lot longer than it should have for me to realize that my feelings for you had never left and were just getting stronger as time went on." He blushed softly. It was taking a lot of control to not just take him into his arms and kiss him...really kiss him.

It's said that the first kiss could tell you everything about a relationship. While their first meeting of lips had been brief and vague, like the first recognizing of feelings, there was a true first kiss brewing from the connection of both sets of dark eyes. He could feel his gaze softening.

Oh, Merlin.

Subconsciously, he licked his lips before drawing the taller male into a soft embrace, before forcing himself to lay his head gently on his chest, listening to the rhythmic pounding of his heart within his rising and falling chest. His heartbeat could have been the last drum he ever danced to with how he felt right now. After a moment he drew his gaze up and coaxed his lips downward with soft touches before he kissed him again. This time, it lingered and a soft caress of Ren's hands slid over Sebastian's cheeks and softly through his hair.

Oh, bloody Merlin...he could kiss him for hours. However, he eased back after a few pregnant pauses and smiled again. "How does that make you feel?"

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It was just amazing how many warm and tender feelings that Ren could draw from the depths of his heart within such a short amount of time of them being together. With Ren he could forget any sort of pain that he felt from his past and he could truly be happy in his company, a foregin concept that was readily welcomed with eagerly opened arms. He liked Ren just as much as he liked how he was able to make him feel and he was determined to show him that in every way that he possibly could, even if it meant pushing beyond his comfort zone and doing things that he normally would not be comfortable with. All that he needed was time and patience, something that he hoped his new love would be willing to give to him so he could properly learn how to make him just as happy as Ren made him. He wanted the other to smile and laugh with him and as he saw the beginnings of that smile cross Ren's face before the other tried to hide it he found that his hand moved unbidden, gently grasping Ren's hand to move it away from that face so that he could properly see that wonderful smile.

" Please do not try to hide that from me because I like it when you smile. It suits you well." He murmured quietly, face coloring slightly with the admission before a small pang of worry stung at his heart and he released the other's hand from his grasp. Was he being too forward or bold already? His eyes moved from the ground back up to glance at Ren again, eyes softening when he saw another smile covering the other's lips and relief spreading through his heart when the other man did not seem upset by his previous actions or words and that honestly made him even happier than he had been before.

When Ren spoke again, still with that smile on his face, Sebastian listened intently before another surprised expression crossed over his face at the revealation that Ren had also been through a lot of pain in his life and on top of that that when his heart had started reacting around Sebastian's presence in a similar way that he had also believed that he was getting sick. It apparently had taken him a long time for him to notice the strength of his feelings for Sebastian as well, something that made him feel not as alone.


" Throughout the last sixteen years of my life, I have jumped from country to country searching for something that was dear to my heart, living in the pain of my past the entire time. When I came here, I did not expect that things would change and yet they did the minute that I met you on that one day when you were dancing in the rain. For some reason, the pain that I feel does not come whenever you are around and while I do not know who or what was foolish enough to hurt you, I hope that one day I may bring to you the relief that you bring to me because I do not want you to feel any pain when you seemed to have saved me from mine."

He smiled before gasping quietly when he was drawn into a soft embrace by Ren, standing still for a moment before shyly bringing his arms up to wrap around Ren and returning that gentle embrace with one of his own, that smile of his growing when he felt the other rest his head on his chest for a moment when that beautiful gaze moved up to meet his own again for a moment before his head was drawn down with the most gentle of touches and he was given another kiss from the beautiful man, this one lasting longer than the first one. Hands moved to gentle caress his cheeks before running through his hair with a softness that was foregin to him, causing him to release a soft sigh against Ren's lips before he shyly returned the kiss for a small second, right as the kiss ended. His face was covered in a soft blush, one that darkened when Ren asked him how that kiss made him feel.

"...Happy in the most wonderful sort of way." He spoke, fingers moving up and gently running over his own lips that tingled from the brief contact with Ren's. He would have never thought that having both his first and second kisses taken by someone that he cared about could make him feel so wonderful.