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Between a Fox and a Hard Place 3: Home 
“You know how Itsuki is, he probably thought he was rescuing you.” Aya slipped his arm around Aoi’s shoulders and pulled him close. “It hit him hard when we lost you and it made him realize how much he needs you in his life.”
“It’s been three, fucking weeks, though!” Aoi leaned into his boy, feeling more frustrated and hurt than angry. “No one’s shown up to steal me away and no one’s going to.” He was too tired for this, but he was also pretty sure that Aya wasn’t going anywhere until they’d talked everything out. His boy was stubborn like that. “Besides, I still don’t get how being jealous and possessive helps the situation, either.”
“I think he’s trying to be protective, but he makes a bad mother hen, unlike me.”
“It feels like he doesn’t trust me.” Aoi twisted a long bit of hair around his finger and sighed unhappily. “And that hurts.”
“Maybe you should tell him that.”
“I know, but it’s hard to talk to him about stuff like that.” Aoi buried his face in hands. “I try but we usually end up fucking until we forget what we were fighting about.”
“You know sex doesn’t fix everything, right?” Aya asked, smoothing Aoi’s hair. “You two need to talk about this before something breaks.” He leaned close dropping a soft kiss on Aoi’s forehead. “I’d hate to see our little family split because no one’s talking to each other.”
Aoi smiled and patted his boy on the shoulder. “We’ve managed through worse, bo-ya and we’re still together, but I’ll talk to him, okay?”
“Okay.” The boy stood and stretched. “We should go home, before Itsuki tries to find us and gets picked up by Animal Control or something.”
“Yeah, we should, even if it would be really funny if we had to get him out of the pound.”
Aoi followed his boy down the street. Aya was right, it was better to go settle this now than to wait it out like he usually did. Then again, his boy was right about a lot of things and he was proving to be the most mature one out of the three of them, which was pretty funny since he was still basically a kid.
“So, should we get some breakfast for our grumpy fox before we head home?” Aya asked as they waited for the light to change.
Aoi nodded, bouncing a little. “He might be a little less grumpy if we do.” He stopped for a second as his eyes caught something small and furry sitting in the street. It was a kitten, meowing fearfully. Oh, the poor thing was probably too scared to move and it couldn’t have been in a worse place.
“Aoi, wait!”
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