Teehee~ Oh, man, Nom's gonna kill me XD

Anyway, in case you didn't notice, this is a NekuxJoshua shonen-ai fanfiction, because I'm too young to do the hardcore stuff! It's not really fluffy, but it's not exactly angst either (excluding Neku's emo). I hope you enjoy this!

Neku's left headphone was beginning to crackle with each hit of the bass drum. Damn, Neku thought, as he pulled off his headphones to examine the personal speaker. This was his fourth pair of headphones he'd gone through in a year, and he wasn't looking forward to buying new ones. Suddenly, like an unexpected gust of wind, words, sound, noises and the like came rushing forth into his eardrums, making them ring with pain and discomfort. He needed the silence. He needed something he wanted to listen to. This…this was too much to bear. He quickly placed the headphones back on his ears. But the crackle was almost as annoying as the murmurings of Shibuya, so he turned his music off. Lonesome silence was better than annoying comfort.

Neku looked down as he crossed the street, heading towards WildKat. Whenever he decided to buy some clothes from J-M, or pick up some new tunes at Towa Records, he'd stop by WildKat for a "cuppa Joe" or something, like the owner said. Of course, he never took anyone else's advice except his own, so Neku would buy some donuts and be on his way. This time, Neku chose to sit-in, seeing that he had no rush to go anywhere, and the streets were currently being poured on by truckloads of rain.

"Hey, boss," the man at the counter said.

"Yo, uhm, can I get two muffins?" Neku asked casually.

"Make that three," another voice said. It echoed from the corner of the café. An older woman? No, a kid, maybe around his age. Neku turned to see a boy with dull blonde hair and a smirk that could mean anything.

"No problem, Josh," the owner said.

"Oh, Sanae, I was supposed to be incognito. Ah, well. I would've told you my name anyway." The other boy stuck his hand out to Neku. "Hi, I'm Yoshiya Kiryu, but my parents call me Joshua."

Hi, loser, Neku thought. He stared at Joshua's hand.

Joshua giggled. "You're supposed to shake it, silly." Damn, this kid won't leave. Neku sighed, not wanting to have to make more than the necessary amount of human interaction. Oh, well. Might as well 'be nice'. Neku let his left hand slide into Joshua's, and moved it up, then down, in a very short amount of time. The brief contact seemed to please Joshua, though, as the smirk held its place, maybe even grew wider.

"Joshua, don't make him do anything he doesn't want to do," Sanae intervened, "Don't wanna scare off my customers."

Joshua replied, "But, of course." Joshua bowed deeply to Neku, who made a face that screamed "WTF", and he giggled at his reaction. "See you around, Neku." And with one fluid motion out the door, Joshua was gone.

Neku stared through the glass of the window, stunned by this strange boy and his strange actions, not to mention that bizarre giggle of his. Neku wore his headphones as a warning, meant to say "back off because I'm not listening." Most of the time it had worked, except for the few minutes of interaction between the two boys. Was his caution sign being ignored? Or did Neku seem more approachable? His headphones period of defectiveness must've had a 'positive' effect on his aura. Still, there was something strange about the Kiryu boy that he couldn't quite put his finger on. Did Neku even tell the kid what his name was?

"Hey, Phones, you gonna eat your three donuts or what?"

That was the first time Neku had met Joshua.

Fufufufufu, R&R por favor! (So I know if I should just keep pointlessly posting these)