A Friend to Kiss

Summary: Even now that Seto has finally found Ren he still feels like something's missing. Little two-shot sequel to the game. Crow/Seto yaoi POSSIBLE SPOILERS R&R plz

Disclaimer: You know the drill. I don't own anything but the plot. :P

Warnings: Nothing too explicit in this chapter but perhaps in the next one. Either way this is yaoi so no like, no read. I don't want any anti-yaoi flames. Don't be hatin', peeps. :P

I absolutely refuse to believe the ending of the game was the ending to Seto's adventure. D: So this is what I think probably happened. This fic'll be a two-shot so it'll be complete very soon. :3

I love Seto. Probably because he reminds me a lot of myself. He's such a little uke. I didn't do any Ren bashing since I don't like or hate her either way. Though if you ship Seto/Ren you should just get the fuck out of this fandom right now. xD

R&R and please be gentle. I bought and played the game, finished it, and wrote this in less than a week.

CHAPTER 1: THE DEATH OF A DOLL

I sighed and scratched the belly of a purring white cat that was stretching in the sun next to me. Playing with stray cats always made me feel better but today it didn't seem to be working.

It'd been months since I finally found Ren and saved her from Shin and his Glass Cage Project. We'd been traveling around together for a while, searching for other humans so far to no avail. I've gotten to know her a bit better. We've laughed and cried together, befriending cats and drawing pictures on the rundown walls of buildings, doing everything I'd dreamed of on those nights I'd been searching desperately for her.

I got to tell her how beautiful I thought the moon was.

The whole time that I'd been looking for her, not even knowing her name, I'd been convinced that just her presence would make me happy. Being void of human contact for so long made me long for anything, even the smallest interaction with another of my species.

I remembered talking to Sai, her asking me how I was so sure that I would even like being around this girl I barely knew. I can admit now that back then I didn't even care about her feelings or who she was. All I wanted was to feel another human's warmth.

I was a fool.

Being with Ren didn't make feel like I thought I would. It's nice having her around and we get along well but I still had that feeling like… something's missing. I still felt just like I always have: needing something more.

It took me a while to realize that all this time I haven't been alone. I had PF. I had Sai. I had Chiyo, even the creepy merchant.

I had Crow.

Why had I been so blind? Why did their lack of a heartbeat make me take their presence for granted? I talked to them and had adventures with them. They'd eased my loneliness without me even realizing it.

I hadn't been alone so what had really been missing?

My mind drifted to Crow. I blushed, remembering Crow the night he'd stolen my locket and, later, my lips.

I enjoyed kissing him more than I would admit. I wanted more of those kisses. But Crow was gone; and I couldn't imagine doing such a thing with anyone else, much less Ren.

I never even got to kiss him goodbye.

A tear rolled down my cheek and the cat saw, meowing and rubbing himself against my face to wipe the tear away. I smiled slightly at his attempts to make me feel better, closing my eyes and feeling his purring lull me to sleep.

x-x-x-x-x-x

That day I'd had a dream of Crow. He kissed me again and again and this time not just on the lips. I mewled under his touch, making noises just like a cat. He smirked at me as always, looking into my eyes, holding me tightly, letting me know that he was there for me and he was never letting go.

I understood in that moment why Shin had so much faith in wordless communication. When Crow stared at me that way and he kissed me, my breath caught in my throat and I felt complete, like I'd finally found what I'd been searching for all along.

Crow had told me that friends kiss each other but if that was true then why hadn't I felt the urge to kiss Ren? Why did I only want to kiss him…?

x-x-x-x-x-x

I woke up still laying on the concrete, my face buried in the white cat's fur. Tears rolled down my cheeks and I sobbed as I slowly remembered my dream, realizing what I'd been missing all along.

I wanted a friend to kiss, a special person. I wanted my best friend.

I wanted Crow.

The cat opened one eye, looking at me with an unamused expression.

"Sorry," I said to him pitifully, wiping the tears away. "I didn't mean to disturb your nap."

He stood up and stretched before walking away from me unsympathetically. I sighed, knowing I probably deserved it. Though after a minute he came back, meowing at me, giving me a look that showed he was getting impatient.

"What?" I asked, standing up and walking over to him. He scampered down the street, glancing back to see if I was following. I took one look at Ren, who had also fallen asleep in the middle of the day with a cat in her arms, and decided it was alright to leave her, following after the cat in curiosity.

The white cat led me towards a building that looked a bit like what could have been a warehouse at one point in time. The cat easily slipped through a hole in the wall, leaving me to figure out my own way of getting in. He poked his head out, meowing impatiently.

I used the katana I had with me to cut vines away from the doorway, turning the doorknob and pulling as hard as I could until the door popped open with a loud crack. The door swung open and threw me backwards onto my back, dust flying everywhere. I groaned but stood up again, knowing the cat would be annoyed if I lagged behind.

I looked around for the cat but couldn't see him. All this room seemed to be filled with was a bunch of boxes all stacked on top of each other. I looked at them curiously, shining my flashlight on them. They weren't labeled so I couldn't really tell what was in them. All I could do was follow the sound of the cat's meowing through another doorway and towards the back room of the building.

Once I found him, the cat was scratching at a wall, looking up at me to make sure I was paying attention. I walked closer and shone my flashlight high. I nearly dropped it with shock at the words glowing green in front of me.

'THE DEATH OF A DOLL IS NO DEATH AT ALL. USE A METHOD THOUGHT NOT TO EXIST: SAVE YOUR DOLL WITH A BATTERY… AND A KISS.'

The white cat seemed to grin up at the look on my face, proudly sauntering back towards the room of boxes.

My eyes widened. Did this mean that if I could only find a battery and bring it back to Crow then I could bring him back? My heart swelled with hope.

I turned around at another meow from the cat and was once again stopped in my tracks by more writing, this time above the doorway.

'LOOK IN THE BOXES.'

I walked into the other room, spotting the cat who was now catching up on his much-delayed nap. My trembling hands reached for the nearest box, almost sure of what I would find.

Inside the box was none other than a pile of doll batteries.

x-x-x-x-x-x

I walked back to Ren with a huge smile on my face, my briefcase filled to the brim with batteries. She'd already woken up and blinked in my direction once she spotted me coming back.

"Where did you go?" she asked, noticing my smile and unable to help smiling back in curiosity.

"I followed a cat and it showed me something," I said, showing her one of the batteries. "I left a friend at the dam that needs this. I didn't think they existed anymore. Please... we have to go back and save him!" Ren nodded a little, seeing how serious I was about this.

"O-okay. Is he human?" she asked slowly as I'd hastily gathered up all of our things and put out our campfire.

I turned to her and grinned.

"That doesn't matter to me."