Deceiver: Contains high amounts of fluff! Repeat! High amounts of fluff! Just for those who like fluffy!KanoKido! So if you think that CH5 ending was good enough, you can skip this!

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Two Hearts as One

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A week passed since he woke up from his long sleep and Kano was trying to act social without his mask. There were occasional teasing and jokes coming from him towards the gang, but that was just Kano being himself. As long as he didn't hide his feelings again, it was fine.

After the whole story on how the entire gang tried to help him, Kano forgave them because really, they didn't know it would be that bad in the first place. And he admit it, it was nice to share some of his pain with others. It actually made him feel lighter compared to when he used his Eyes.

However, there were times when he wanted to lie, just a little. When he was caught though, Kido tried her best to forgive him, because she knew that Kano was really sincere when he apologized rather than making an excuse as usual. He knew that he didn't break his habit completely, since, really, it was a part of him.

He thought about this as he lied down on the roof of the base, hands under the back of his head as he looked up at the black void above him. It was late, the urban night sky littered with tiny clusters of stars here and there. He could hear the sound of vehicles passing by and the smell of the entire place filled his lungs. He sighed, before he tried to use his Eyes again. But there was nothing still.

"There you are." Kano turned his head to the right to see Kido climbing up the ladders he placed there. He gave her a look.

"How did you find me?"

"I heard you leaving your room," Kido came up and sat beside him. They remained silent as they looked up the night sky together, glad to have some peace and quiet for once. Right after Kano was able to get out of bed, he and Kido were assaulted by Seto and the others, telling them to date already. They were not going to give them the satisfaction, but it didn't give him the chance to ask about that kiss. He was going to pester Kido about it one day or another. He needed to know if she really returned his feelings.

"What's on your mind?" Kido suddenly said after ten minutes of absolutely silence. Kano turned to her, blinking before giving her a shrug.

"Nothing, just thinking about how much you hurt me two weeks ago."

"Oh, you were hurt? What a surprise," came Kido's sarcastic response. Kano rolled his eyes and looked back up at the sky. "But, it's better to know that you're hurt than not knowing it at all."

Kano turned back to Kido in surprised, and in the darkness, he saw her smiling at him. It was funny to finally see Kido's smile instead of her usual scowl.

Still, Kano just smirked. "I don't know, Kido, it is alright to share my worries with others, but everyone has their own problems too. I don't think I deserve to…"

"Kano, it is not despicable to lie and put everyone first before yourself," the interruption came out harsh, and Kano could see the hurt in her eyes. "It actually shows you care. But really, it hurts me and everyone more to know that you were hurt so badly and for so long. I'll admit that it would take time for you to stop lying, but…" a hand reached out to him, and at once, Kano took it in his. Their fingers intertwined and the contact felt nice. "I want to help you…like how you helped me years ago."

He was still, didn't say anything, but she got a reply. Kano's genuine smiles was a good answer. Really, he felt great with that mask broken completely. He was so free right now! He glanced at the hand he was holding, and just to be sure, yep, there was no wedding ring on her. Satisfied, he sat up and brought up Kido's hand and kissed her on the ring finger.

She was surprised at this, but allowed it. When Kano pulled back, his eyes suddenly shone in seriousness.

"Hey, Kido," the leader raised an eyebrow to show she was listening. "Here's a question for ya. Which one do you love more? The 'lying 'me? Or the 'honest' me?"

"Honest," Kido said within a beat.

Kano made a wistful smirked at this. "Of course. But I can't promise you I'll completely change though."

"It will take time. I know. But I'm used to your lying self for the past 15 years."

"That's not what I meant," the tone in Kano's voice startled her, especially when he was staring at her so intently with his golden cat-like eyes. "It's not that easy, Kido. I can be honest now, but I will still lie. Someday my powers will return and I will use it again. It won't change no matter how much time passed. And even if I don't use my Eyes as much, I will use it to look out for everyone."

The habit had grown too much on me anyway.

Kido began to look furious at that declaration and was about to retort. But suddenly Kano swiftly maneuvered himself to pin Kido down, straddling her waist with his hands placed either sides of her head at once. Kano knew how much Kido hated being dominated in the gang, so he was being mindful. Besides, she knew he wouldn't try to do anything to hurt her; she trusted him to be honest so she should trust him on that too.

As Kido tried to calm down from the position they were in and Kano's gaze softened as he went on. "I won't change. Not completely. I can still lie, but I can be honest too. We all lie in our lives too, Kido, so it can't be destroyed completely. And lying will always be my forte, it's part of who I am.

"My personality, however," Kano smirked playfully at this, "is still as sneaky and mischievous. Being a liar fits it pretty well, don't you think? But do I still have to be a complete liar to stay just as sneaky? I don't think so, being sneaky can be honest. And what I'm going to do next is 'honest'."

And what he did was quick and instantaneous, it didn't even give Kido the time to react when Kano's lips met hers. It felt like forever, like back then on that flower field, but it only lasted for a single second. The blond pulled back, still wearing that smirk as he continued to watch the green haired girl as she blushed uncontrollably with a finger on her lips.

Kido could only blink at him, the sensation lingering still. After a while, she rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, going back to being the cool person she was.

"You know, now that you're honest, you're really cheesy."

Kano balked at this, not sure how to react. "Umm…should I stop then?"

A hand came up and grabbed him at the back of his neck, pulling his face closer to her. "Not a chance," and Kido went for another kiss, which Kano gladly returned.

Yep, being honest was good. They prefer it like this.

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Deceiver: Oh my dirty! How underhanded! I ended this as fluff! I cannot write angst even if my life depends on it! I may have deceived you all into thinking that this is a sad fic; but well in the end I will end it just like this!

*shot*

Seriously, this ending is the remains from the original plot. Like I said it should have been 3 chapters long before we jump to this (with slight changes). If you want to know, after some prep talk from everyone, the honest side of Kano ran towards the church (while Ene messaged the gang he was on his way while her team jumps into Kenjirou's van). He has flashbacks (ch2) and wonders why he was running until he reaches the church, stops the wedding and exclaims he didn't want Kido to marry Seto. And he cries as he tells them his reasons (ch4). Then Ene appears, laughs and ask if Mary took a video of that. Kido couldn't believe he actually did it. Then yeah, you know the whole story.

There was no voice inside Kano's head.

No flower field.

No Kido's flashback (it replaced the explanation on the plan).

No conflicting moments.

No fainting moments.

…You know what, I like how this came out compared to my original idea.

Haha, well, I guess that's the end of my first complete chapter fanfic. I hope you all won't feel bad for making it a fluff end for this one (you can go back to Chapter 5 and believe that was the ending). But hey, my name is now related to a Deceiver, so I deceived you all into believing this is angst. Also this is clearly under the KanoKido category (on FF), so of course it will not be that angsty (well in my definition of KanoKido anyway *sweat drop* I just can't take too much heart aches! My kokoro would be bokoro!)

Thank you for reading!