~Dog~

When my mother walked into my room and I saw the handprint on the side of her face, I felt my blood boil. I walked over and gently turned her face to the side. "He slapped you..." She smiled up at me. "It's ok Shino. It worked though. He said you all are free to do as you wish outside for one year!" I sighed and kissed her forehead. "I'm 19. One year means nothing." I walked away. "My boy....when did you grow so tall...so sad?" I looked back to see tears streaming down my mothers face. "I accepted my fate a long time ago. It's too late for me. The kids still have a chance though. They can go to school and make friends. Be...normal." With that I closed the door. I needed to pay Kanayuki a visit. When I got there I saw little Kaoru with him. Since Kaoru was so young he didn't understand what Kanayuki was really like. I called out to him and asked him to rub along while I talked to Kanayuki. After Kaoru left Kanayuki laughed. "My darling little mutt, I wonder what brought about this rare visit. He hugged me, and reached up and pet my head. "How is my puppy today?" I looked into his eyes. "You slapped my mother." His eyes widened, but he still smiled like he hadn't done anything wrong. "She shouldn't have talked to me like that. She knew better." He kissed my cheek and wrapped his arms around my neck. "I'm happy you came to see me though. You've been locked up in your room so long. Were you ignoring me? You're still my favorite you know Nono-Kun." I kissed his forehead. "I wasn't ignoring you Yuki-San. You know I like to be alone." He glared at me. "You shouldn't ever want to be alone! You should want to be with me!" He let go of me and walked away. I hate him. Hate him and love him. It had been this way since he beat me. I remember a time when I had purely loved him just like Kaoru. Had craved being with him. "So are you leaving me too?" I shook my head. "There's no reason for me to leave." I saw his smile. "I would like...to go outside to walk around. Maybe take some photographs of things that I can paint. Or find inspiration to sing about." His smile disappeared. "So you will be leaving." I shrugged. "Not really. It's not like I'm getting a job or going to school." I headed to the door. "I will be here. I won't leave you." I heard him mumble. "Where would a mutt like you go anyway." I closed the door. Everyone was running around getting things ready to go outside. I ignored them until I found Naoki. He was the next zodiac child born after me. I leaned against the wall and waved at him. "So, what are your plans for your year of freedom?"

~Kaoru~

My father was very happy that I would be going outside to regular school. I was sad. I knew that Kanayuki-San would be sad about this. I went to his room, and knocked. "Kana-Oniisama?" The door slid open, and I hugged him. "I won't go if you don't want me too! I don't want you to be sad! Or lonely!" I looked up to see him smiling. And truthfully his smile scared me a little. "Kaoru-Chan!" I jumped and turned to see NoNo-Nii coming. He looked down and smiled at me. He ruffled my hair. "Why don't you run along. I need to talk to Kanayuki-San." I nodded and headed off. Shino's smile had looked sad. I wonder what's going to happen. Why can't everyone just be happy?

~ Yays ^^ and no Shino and God's relationship is not sexual in any way! It's kinda how God will act with all the zodiac. And the reason he called Shino his favorite is cause Shino was the first zodiac child born after him.