I squeezed to pass through the chaotic crowd who seem to be in a race of rallying, saying 'excuse me' politely along the way. When I looked back at Kane's whereabouts, he was already looking at me, making me stride quickly as possible.

 I am already in front of him and I said my greetings, "Hey."

 He didn't say a word instead he looked at his scarf that was wrapped around my neck. Having to realize that I should give it back to him, I removed my camera and placed it to the bench just close to us as I quickly pried the fabric out of my neck and was about to offer it back at him but his hand stopped me and slowly he draped it back at my neck.

 "You seem cold last night that's why I gave it to you." He said. "Don't remove it, it's cold today as well."

 I nodded my head in agreement. But I want to say that I am really used to it.

 "Why are you here?" I believed I told him to come to my gallery last night.

 He didn't respond for a while and when he already spoke he just simply said, "I need to do something here."

 I wanted to ask what is it but then the way he said that seems to imply that he isn't going to entertain whatever questions about that topic that I'm going to ask. It must be something private, again I am not one to pry.

 I sighed, "About yesterday," I began, changing the topic. "what did you mean about it?"

 Again, he gave me those lingering stares as if he is really searching deeply inside my eyes. I really can't believe how a person's eyes are this blank the entire time.

 But then I started to notice his eye move slowly downwards, at first I don't know where he is looking at but when it came lower I automatically covered my neck for some reason. I felt hot all of a sudden like a fire started to get ignited. His hand moved, it seems to be reaching out to touch my face, and I, on the other hand, felt weird for anticipating those hands on my skin.

 "Jace! Did you f*cking see how amazing I am man!?" Out of nowhere, Gin came disturbing us. Great timing, I say.

 He had his arms curled possessively around Rose's neck as they make their way towards us, of course, with the people stopping them to congratulate and shake hands.

 "Man, I am telling you!" I almost hit him back when he suddenly smacked my shoulders playfully with his fist. "It scared the sh*t out of me-" He came into a halt when finally noticed Kane. "O-oh, I didn't know that you have company."

 I shake my head, I guess it's time for me to introduce them.

 "Gin, Rose, this is Kane...my...," Now, I don't know what to say. Should I just say, 'you know the dreams that I was talking to you about, he was in it.' Kane seems to notice that I was struggling to talk so he came in and said,

 "Friend, I guess."

 "Oh..." Rose looked at us weirdly. "Friend, you guess?"

 I sighed once again. We're not really that friends, our relationship isn't as deep as that yet. Yet?

 Gin is making an expression that I am the only one who seems to be noticing it, Rose just kept eyeing Kane like an experiment gone wrong.

 "So, since when have you been friends with mister..." Gin waited for me to say his last name, but even I didn't know.

 So, I just said, "Kane."

 "Yeah, Mister Kane." Then he laughed. "Why do I feel like some nagging father?"

 I answered him, "We met here by chance, it seemed like just like me he is interested in butterflies."

 Rose raised both of her eyebrows in realization, "Oh, that's why."

 I bet Kane was about to say something because I lied so I stopped him by giving him a  slight elbow.

 "Why?" I almost gagged when Kane asked me that, questioning me why I just elbowed him, and it's in front of Rose and Gin.

 I just smiled at him in a threatening way but he still looked unhinged.

 "Oh, yeah, tonight at Clover club, be there, it's on me." Gin said enthusiastically.

 "Bachelor party?" I asked.

 "Not yet," Rose said. "Gin and I just want to go into one since we promised each other not to go into clubs anymore once we get married."

 I cleared my throat and said, "Cheezy."

 "Where is Elaine?"

 Oh, yeah, I forgot about her. I excused myself to go and find Elaine. I know it's not good for me to come and disturb her but I just want to check how she's doing.

 I asked her coworkers if she's around the staff room. They said that they've seen her running through the restroom. I said my thanks and proceeded ongoing in front of the restroom. I was about to knock when it suddenly opened.

 "Elaine!" I exclaimed in shock. "Are you okay-"

 I stopped talking when I felt her hand squeezed my arm.

 "Jace, I have something to say!"

 My eyes widen, I knew what was coming and I don't know how to react. With her teary-eyed face, she almost shouted.

 "I have always. since high school," Don't say it, "I am in love with you."

 KANE stared at the couple who seems to be consumed into their own world. Some of the people were still giving them congratulations.

 'Kissing, holding hands...' the things that couples do, for his entire life he doesn't have the urge to do those things.

 He is called asexual, both men and women don't interest him.

 But for some reason his hands were itching to hold that person since the moment he saw him.

 He sighed, as he turned to leave but when he saw Jace's camera sitting on a bench he picked it up. It smelled just like him, it seems like his scent was engraved in this thing.

 "Oh, that?" He turned around and looked at Gin who was snorting. "There was nothing to see there, it's just full of butterflies and such. He didn't even take pictures of us."

 Rose smiled, "Well, that's our Jace. That's why he still hasn't got a girlfriend before, his only interest is butterflies."

 'Our...Jace?'

 Kane wanted to dismiss that thought, he didn't even know why those words seem so bad for him.

 Wanting to run away from his thoughts he just pressed the camera open to see what pictures he's been taking.

 He froze when he saw the first and the latest pictures that appeared on the gallery. Gin and Rose seem to notice something in his reaction, so they asked him what happened.

 He just shakes his head and said, "It seemed like he caught a black one."

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My friend reads this first before I publish it, and when she said, "WHERE IS THE YAOI PACING?!" I asked her what she means, "THERE IS ALREADY 9 CHAPTERS AND THERE IS STILL NO KISSING OR ANYTHING HOT IS GOING ON?!" so I decided in the next chapter to------

No spoilers, just wait.