Thank you everybody for your input on last chapter's questions, I'm still debating everything, but I must admit that my Shisui is just so uke xD

Uh, by the way someone asked what is an uke and a seme...so here you go: Basically uke is receiver, bottom, onewhotakesitupthe*BEEP*, and the seme is the giver, top, onewhoisdoingthepenetrating...lols ^^

Oh, interesting tidbit, me and Tsuki have recently begun recording our conversations where we talk about this story, and sometimes the reviewers (you guys) xD but mainly we started recording them because I wanted to have an audio version that you guys could listen to about who is seme/uke, and what happens in what chapter...I might post links to them I dunno. They're actually kinda funny.

To Time May We Surrender, Chapter 10: How Long Must One Wait?

Standing by the young king's bed, he picked up a warm hand and held it gently. Soft breathing informed him that the younger teen was asleep, though the position showed the boy's restlessness. He had been tossing and turning it seemed...

From the door came: "Lie with him, it will be alright."

So he retrieved the abandoned blanket and covered them both as he slid silently in beside the other...

"You knew I've been awake the whole time…didn't you Ryuuko-sama?"

"Yes." The King answered from the door. His eyes had finally adjusted to the darkness of Shisui's room, so he found himself smiling at what he could make of the scene before him. Akira lying on his side with the younger teen's back pulled tightly to his chest, fast asleep, while Shisui—eyes closed—was holding onto the arms wrapped around his torso. "I'm beginning to think it's a good thing that you are so talented at pretending to be asleep…and not to mention lucky that Akira didn't notice."

"..and that he's such a heavy sleeper, or else we wouldn't be able to talk like this." He silenced a small laugh in his throat.

"That, too." Ryuuko finally swept fully into the room and took a place at the edge of Shisui's side of the bed. "How long have you been awake though? I know you had been sleeping before we arrived, the kicked off sheets informed both of us…"

"I woke up when you two opened the door. I suppose I had 'tuned' myself in to listen for that sound…"

"You hadn't been sleeping well before we got here, I can assume?"

"Not well at all." Shisui sighed, snuggling back further into Akira's warm embrace.

"Nightmare?"

"Yes." Fidgeting.

"…of?"

"You'll laugh…" Shisui turned his face down towards the pillow. He felt a little embarrassed about why his dream was a 'nightmare' to him. He thought it would look stupid to anyone other than himself—actually even to himself he felt it was stupid, but he didn't like it. It made him a little scared, a little…insecure.

A comforting hand on his shoulder told him to feel differently.

"I was talking to him about…things…and then he was telling me he hated me…among other…things."

The older King released his shoulder. Ah, yes. Things and more things, how descriptive. "That's rather vague, but either way, he doesn't hate you. You should know this—"

"Then why did he run away earlier?" Shisui asked quietly, his knuckles visibly whitened as he gripped harder at Akira's arms.

"Calm down, Shisui, you'll wake him." Ryuuko said quickly.

"R-right…" He loosened his grip, and bit his lip. "But why did he…?"

"He lost control, he is…under a lot of stress at the moment, and he doesn't want to upset you. Believe me when I say that he could never hate you." Ryuuko gave a wry smile. "Never."

"…I'm glad you brought him here." Shisui said after a moment of being unable to respond. "I hope you won't be insulted, but even though you may be stronger than him, I feel safer when he is with me. Is that odd?"

"Not at all. I'm glad you feel that way to be honest."

Inside the King's mind, he hoped that the teen would soon begin to recognize his own feelings—if he hadn't started to understand already.

But then again…

On the other hand, if Akira and Shisui were to begin a…'relationship' now, it would not end up well for Shisui when Akira left for his own time. He'd be torn.

He sighed, hmm…

"As for the dream—what were you talking to him about exactly?"

"N-nothing."

It may have been dark, but Ryuuko could plainly see he was blushing. He quirked an eyebrow, "I don't believe you." The outline of Shisui's knees in the sheets traveled up as the teen brought them closer to his chest. "Shisui, you can tell me."

"I...I told him how I really liked him, and that I felt safe with him. He just laughed and said I was a pathetic, worthless king. As for me liking him, 'that's disgusting, and by the way I really hate you, I wish Ryuuko-sama would stop leaving me alone with you'." The King sniffed a bit and shivered.

"Hate you? Just for likinghim?" If I can get him to say it…

"W-well, more than just liking him…"

"More?" Almost…

"L-love…" Shisui blushed fiercely, his voice shook horribly, breaking, "He really would be disgusted, wouldn't he?

Ryuuko let a soft breath escape his lips in relief, "I don't believe so." He admitted it…well that makes this a little easier, too bad Akira really is asleep.

"Really?" A slight smile had slid onto the teen's face.

"Yes." Ryuuko lifted his hand to pat the teen's arm before standing up. "It's already morning, but we only just got back an hour ago…it been a rather hectic night, hasn't it?" Laugh. "Well, give him a little more time to rest, if you will. I will talk to you later."

"Wait, Ryuuko-sama?"

"Yes."

"I was still 'half-asleep' when you got back, but was it you who told him "lie with him, it will be alright"?"

"Yes." He answered again.

"Why?"

That was a little unexpected. Ryuuko looked down, "Pardon?"

Shisui smiled nervously, "Why did you tell him to lie with me? And why did he?"

"It was the right thing to say. As for the second question, why don't you ask him when he wakes up?" He smirked. It may have been a little evil, but he wasn't about to outright tell Shisui about Akira's feelings. Some things needed to be heard from the origin…

I wish he'd wake up…I want to talk to him…

Shisui shifted in Akira's arms, trying his best to not lose his patience and shake the teen awake. Truly, it was a very difficult task with Ryuuko's rather mysterious words echoing in his head. Every movement or shift that Akira made had the young king's heart feelings like it was being squeezed and made him realize just how close they really were. 'Is he awake?' he would think, but when the other did not stir to complete consciousness that thought became nothing.

There was a click by the door. Was that the light switch? Shisui wondered.

"What! What is he doing in—!" Kou's voice rang harshly from the doorway. "I'll kill him!"

Akira woke up immediately, pulling Shisui underneath him as if shielding him from an attack. He felt the familiar feeling of energy race over his skin as he shifted to his Rei form. Making sure to keep his body over Shisui, he turned his head to look over his shoulder.

"…uh, thanks Ryuuko-sama."

In the doorway was Kou with his arms being twisted to lock behind his back by one smiling King Ryuuko.

"You're rather protective aren't you?" He asked, releasing one of Kou's arms to clamp a hand over the furious boy's mouth.

Akira stuttered, half embarrassed that Ryuuko was commenting on his current position. "Hey, h-he-he's my King. Of course, I am." …on the other hand, he was glad that it being called "protective" when it could be very easily considered "perverted—he was practically straddling Shisui.

"Right." Wink. "We'll be leaving now." And leave they did.

Damn…it…

"I'm sorry, Shisui, I didn't mean to jerk you so roughly." He looked down, "I just…didn't know…what…" His eyes went wide.

Shisui's face was flushed deep red, eyes as wide as Akira's—if not more so. "I-i-it's f-fine." His stutter was worse than other teen's had been a moment ago. I know he was just holding me only a few seconds ago…but when he's over me like this…I feel like I'm burning, I must be blushing horribly!

Even though Akira knew what was bothering the king he just couldn't bring himself to move, he was frozen in place. Just looking. He just wanted to…look.

"A-Akira?"

He snapped back to reality. "Sorry! I got a little…lost for a second there," he answered while he maneuvered into a sitting position at the edge of the bed, legs hanging over the side. His eyes never left the other's face.

"Lost?" Shisui sat up as well but remained in the near middle of the bed.

"Um, yeah, in my head. " In your eyes, your face…

The room was dead silent after that, awkwardness coming down in layers on them.

What can I possibly say right now? Akira was thinking.

After a few more minutes of uncomfortable silence, Shisui asked, "S-so you sleep okay?"

"Oh, uh yeah. You?"

The King hesitated, technically he didn't sleep once Akira had returned, and before that he had nothing but nightmares. He wasn't sure if he should tell him he was awake the whole time, though. In the end he settled with, "Well…once you came back, I slept very nice." He hoped that it was a big enough hint that he enjoyed sleeping by the other, with his arms holding him…he blushed at the memory.

Akira caught that blush again and found himself smiling. "You weren't uncomfortable, then?" He turned fully to the teen and brought his legs back onto the bed, then crossed them in front of him, leaning forward ever so slowly.

"No, n-not at all. I was very comfortable and warm." Shisui started to mimic him and scoot down the bed until they were almost side by side, but still facing opposite directions. He let his head rest against the other's shoulder, his hands slid up and 'round his neck. "Whenever you're holding me, I feel…safe." On cue, Akira leaned over the side so that his arms could wrap around the King's waist.

The reply was less of a spoken sentence and more of a breathy exhale. "Like this?"

"Yes." My heart…it's beating so fast.

As much as he wished he could stay in that position, Akira's spine suddenly informed him that the angle that he had to be at to hold the other was not very comfortable…so he pulled back—immediately causing a disheartened look to appear on Shisui's face. "It's a little difficult to hold you like that," he said quickly, hoping the King would understand.

…however, Shisui did not give any sign of such as he let his arms fall to his lap. In fact, he downcast his face and gripped the sheets beneath them fiercely.

"A-Akira…there's something I want to tell you." He finally said, his tone was nothing but hesitant and fearful. "But, I don't want you to be angry or anything."

Akira pried the teen's fingers from the poor sheets, "I won't be angry."

Shisui bit his lip before, in a very shaky voice, said, "I…I like you."

Wait… "I like you, too," Does he mean…?

"No," he whispered, "No, no, no. Akira, I mean…I mean—I just—"

"…that you more than 'like' me?" The older Rei finished for him. Crap, what do I do? If he does 'more than like me' am I supposed to return that? I won't be in the past forever. It'll more than a decade before he even next speaks to me, not to mention another year after that for me to…remember.

"…yes." Shisui lifted his head, "You're not mad, or…disgusted, right?"

"No, don't worry," shoot, what do I do? "I'm not mad—I..."

Ryuuko, was practically encouraging me to pursue him, so maybe—maybe it's okay if I let this happen.

"I more than just like you, too…Shisui."

Shuichi…when I come back, I hope you're waiting for me…

A/N: Well...hello xD how's everybody doing?

We have the confessions, Oooooo-Aaaaaaaahh. Yay.

Meanwhile I have started an AU AkiraXShuichi...XShisui, kinda confusing but if you read it you'd get it. It's kinda like Shuichi-Akira-Shisui (A.K.A. if you don't read arrows (edit: the arrows aren't showing up, lol, just read the next sentence), Shuichi likes Akira, Akira likes Shisui)...I swear it makes sense O.O

Mmmm, by the way, would anybody be interested in a ReWrite of "Truth Be Told" that ended in AkiraXShuichi instead of ShiroganeXAkira? xD purely for lulz of course.

W.S.K. out