Tied together

'You have got to be kidding Nagisa!' Haruka exclaimed as he looked at his left hand. He could see Makoto's hand dangling next to it because handcuffs were firmly placed around their wrists.

'A bet is a bet Haru-chan! You brought this on yourself!' Nagisa started laughing loudly at the duo in front of him.

Never in a million years did Haruka think this would happen to him. He was the King when it came to playing games on the playstation. Why did he lose to Nagisa so easily? The bastard probably cheated to win. He would have enjoyed seeing Nagisa and Rei tied up but this wasn't the case. Now he became trapped and had to spend 48 hours together with Makoto rather closely. He had always loved being close to Makoto but this was just ridiculous.

'Well, I have set up a sheet of paper with all the rules and the challenges you two have to complete.' Nagisa said with a gleeful smile. One day, Haruka might have to wipe that smile off Nagisa's face.

'I am off you two, I will come free you in 48 hours! Have fun!' Nagisa shouted as he walked out the door effectively leaving Haruka and Makoto alone.

It had dawned on Haruka that Makoto had not uttered a word since they had become tied up. Perhaps he was also very distressed at the thought of being extremely close for 48 hours.

'Let's go over the rules quickly' Makoto whispered softly as he grabbed the piece of paper.

You have 48 hours to complete the ten challenges listed below. Should you fail to do so, 5 hours will be added to your 'prison' time until you complete the entire list.

You are not allowed to break the cuffs with any tool. Should you do this, you will be punished severely.

Haruka - I will steal all of your swimming pants and rip them to shreds.

Makoto - I will lock you in a basement away from Haruka for at least 36 hours.

Challenges that have to be completed

Bake a cake

Go swimming

Play the piano and sing a song

Go to the supermarket and buy the following items: Condoms, rose petals, a bottle of champagne, 4 candles and Vaseline.

Have your romantic fun in the tub!

Follow a yoga video and do all of the poses.

Jump over a rope 100 times.

Have a photoshoot in your swimming pants

Beat the 'Supermeat boy' game

Make a drawing together.

'I am so not doing these challenges' Haruka scoffed as he looked at the sheet of paper. What was Nagisa thinking? Like he would go to a store to buy condoms while tied together with the olive-haired male. This was ridiculous and Haruka wanted none of this shit.

'That it, I am going to my basement to get my saw.' Haruka said fiercely while dragging Makoto behind him.

'Haru! We can't! We'll get punished even more.' Makoto whined while being dragged towards the basement.

Haruka was stopped in his tracks and he looked at Makoto. The latter was trying very hard to suppress a smile that would make every girl in the world fall in love. Was he actually enjoying this game?

'Are you enjoying this?' Haruka asked softly while looming closer to Makoto.

'Maybe.' The emerald eyes God said softly while biting his lip.

Haruka started ferociously tickling Makoto and the latter started laughing so loud that it made Haruka's ears ring.

Makoto couldn't take it anymore and fell to the ground, effectively dragging Haruka along with him. On the way down Haruka had a close encounter with the edge of his dining table. This was going to be a true nightmare. He rubbed his forehead in agony and wanted to crawl in a hole and die.

'We have to work together in order to make this work out.' Makoto said with a warm smile as he looked at Haruka. Makoto was right, he was always right and it made Haruka feel a little bit annoyed.

'Let's do this thing then.' Haruka said with determination and they both crawled to their feet.

They both looked at the sheet of paper again and noted that they had to record each challenge. They looked at all the supplies that were left by Nagisa. At least he had the decency to leave everything they needed for the challenges.

'What should we do first?' Makoto asked while they were rummaging through all of the items.

'I think we should bake the cake first.' Haruka said while picking out things to use for this challenge.

The best friends had a hard time picking out the ingredients because their coordination wasn't exactly working that well. In the process they had managed to drop two eggs, let the bag of flour fall to the ground and meet an explosion of flour all over the kitchen.

'Have you ever had the feeling you wanted to cut off Nagisa's balls?' Haruka said while cleaning up the mess they had made. The comment made Makoto laugh and he agreed with a forceful nod.

'Ok, now that everything is clean and is sorted out neatly, we can finally begin making this cake.' Makoto said while smiling warmly at his mate. Of course they had been recording this challenge and Nagisa would probably die of laughter when he saw the accidents that they had in the kitchen before even preparing the cake.

'Do you even know how to make a cake?' Haruka examined Makoto while he knew that his cooking was limited to toast with mackerel or mackerel with pineapple.

'Well, I've seen my mum do it more than once so we should be fine.'

Makoto turned around rather forcefully to preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Haruka stumbled behind him rather clumsily.

'You could at least say something when you plan to move around.' Haruka whined while inspecting the actions of his friend. He thought it was funny when Makoto moved his right hand that his left hand followed it like a puppet.

'Sorry! I sometimes forget we are tied up together.' Makoto's apology was soft and sweet.

'How can you forget?' Haruka whispered softly as they turned back to the rest of the ingredients.

A little while later the two friends placed their precious batter in the over. It had taken them one hour and a half to prepare. Haruka had felt a great respect towards bakers now that he had experienced what it felt like to bake a cake. Normally you wouldn't be tied to someone else, but still.

'What should we do while waiting for the cake to bake?' Makoto asked while turning to meet the raven-haired boy's gaze.

'I don't know, you can pick out the next challenge.' Haruka said and then turned his head to stare out of the window. He could be having a nice day at the beach, soaking up all the water he could possibly manage.

'We could already practice playing the piano.'

'Fine.' was all Haruka muttered. Playing the piano was something that Makoto enjoyed doing when he was alone. Of course, Haruka was allowed to hear Makoto play but the thought of him playing and even singing made Haruka shiver. Perhaps he would pop Makoto's eardrum with his singing.

They both sat down behind the keyboard and Makoto looked at Haruka expectantly.

'What? Do you think I can play too? Why are you looking at me like that?' Haruka suddenly felt extremely shy and he quickly looked away. Sure, he had tried to play but the sound that he made was… well it was bad enough to start crying.

'No, I don't think you can play but we do need to pick out a song. Nagisa left a bunch of songs behind to choose from.'

'But these are all love songs!' Haruka whined while going through the list.

'Just choose something.' Makoto demanded as he waited rather impatiently for his friend's decision.

Haruka closed his eyes and then pointed his finger randomly at the page.

'I can be your hero.' Makoto whispered softly while looking at Haruka.

Haruka felt a warm blush creeping up on his cheeks. Of course Makoto had saved his countless times before but he felt like this was a confession of love. Haruka blinked at Makoto a couple of times, bracing himself for the soft lips of his friend. He couldn't believe Makoto would actually confess his love for him. It made him feel happy and awkward at the same time.

'You do realize I mean the song. Look, you finger points at that song.'

Haruka was rudely awakened from his daydream and he felt extremely embarrassed. He could picture Makoto bring this up at every chance he got.

'I knew that!' He spluttered while avoiding eye contact with the olive-haired male.

'First let me try it out and just follow my lead. Then we'll practice and I will use my left hand and you will use your right hand.' Makoto explained while examining the rosy glow on Haruka's cheeks.

Makoto softly started playing and Haruka took this as an opportunity to eye his friend closely. Makoto's eyes looked so soft yet strong and determined. His nose was probably the cutest one in the entire town. Haruka didn't like people with ugly noses, it was a huge turn-off for him! Other than the fact that the people he hung out with better be fond of water! Haruka smiled as he saw Makoto's head sway softly while playing this precious piece of music.

Before Haruka reaslised Makoto was done playing he was staring at the olive-haired male like he was high on drugs.

'Did you take drugs or something? You've been acting really weird.' Makoto uttered his annoyance while Haruka just continued to stare.

'What did you say?' Haruka looked up to see Makoto grinning like an idiot. He decided not to comment any further because Makoto sometimes had this funny little moments with himself. Makoto laughed by himself more than once when there was absolutely nothing to laugh with.

'Ready to practice?' Makoto inquired softly and Haruka nodded stoically. Makoto wasn't going to get the best of him just yet.

The two boys were so engrossed in their practice that they didn't notice the burning smell in the kitchen. Makoto had already pulled at his own hair at least twice when Haruka screwed up the song royally.

'Why do you always keep pressing the wrong keys?' Makoto sobbed to himself quietly. They were never going to complete all the challenges in 48 hours. Three hours had already passed and they had only baked a cake and played the piano.

Makoto jumped up and dragged Haruka behind him.

'What the fuck are you doing?!' Haruka shouted as he got dragged around the house.

'The cake!' was all that Makoto shouted and when Haruka saw his kitchen he was about to faint. The entire kitchen was engulfed in a thick cloud of black smoke. The smell was horrible and Haruka imagined he would be smelling this for days. They opened the oven and more smoke was coming their way. Makoto grabbed the cake and dumped it in the sink that was filled with water from doing the dishes. Black pieces of cake started floating around in the water, finally receiving the coolness they deserved.

A little while later, all the smoke was cleared and the two sat by the table sulking like two small children. At least Nagisa wouldn't have that embarrassing moment on tape as they were filming their piano moments.

'We really suck at this.' Makoto whispered softly while staring at the cup of tea in his hand. It was rather hard to admit because the two friends were always together. What difference would it make if they were actually tied up? They both thought it wouldn't be as hard but they were sadly mistaken.

'Makoto?' Haruka whispered softly.

'Yes?'

'I have to pee.' They both stared at each other with absolute horror. Of course they hadn't thought of the fact that sooner or later, they would have to go to the bathroom. Together.

I thought of this story while I was laying in my bed tossing and turning yesterday. I had a really crappy day since I saw the new episode. I was so not pleased that Haruka lost! :(

Anyway, this will probably be a story with three chapters or so :) Hope you enjoyed and stay tuned to see how the two Gods will complete the rest of their challenges and fall in love.