"No one ever wanted me," the pretty boy said, his voice soft, trailing his fingers along the rim of the burbling - now empty - tank, "no one ever thought I was pretty, until you . . . I've never had a name."

Keisuke's throat tightened. "I- I call you Kin-chan," he said before he could think, and the boy turned to him with those pretty, wide eyes shimmering, "I mean, it's just-" he faltered, rocking back on his heels and barely keeping his feet as he caught the boy against his chest.

"I love it!" Kin said in a little sob, clinging to Keisuke, long hair trailing over his arms. "Thank you! Thank you!"