Uncreative title is uncreative. I'm not that great at coming up with titles for my stories, so sorry about that. ^-^;; Anyway, this is sort of a work in progress. The idea suddenly came to my mind to make Shirogane and Kou jealous of Akira and Haruka's close friendship. I like to call them the Possessive Semes. XD Okay, onto the story and I hope you enjoy!

Series: Monochrome Factor.

Pairing(s): Kou x Haruka, Shirogane x Akira, and partially Akira x Haruka.

Warnings: Yaoi/Shounen-ai (Boy x Boy) and Shota (an older man with a young boy).

Disclaimer: I do not own Monochrome Factor or any of the characters. They all belong to their rightful owners. If I did own Monochrome Factor, there would have been more moments between Kou and Haruka.

(The workings of disbelief were happening inside the local hang out, Bar Still...)

"This is unacceptable, Shirogane!" Kou exclaimed, slamming his hands down on the table. "How are you so calm about this?"

The Shin mentioned closed his eyes and rubbed at his temple, sighing. "I'm just as unnerved by this as you are. But, what is there for us to do?"

This current situation was a first for Kou, the almighty pervert, and for Shirogane, the gorgeous white-haired shadow. The thing that caused the pair to become distressed is all because of two certain boys. Teenager Akira Nikaido and his younger friend Haruka Kujo have been really close as of late. Almost too close, from the perspectives of Kou and Shirogane.

"I can't believe this has happened! How could this-!" Kou continued on with his hysterical rambling, while Shirogane wanted him to try and calm down. "Did you ever think this was going to happen?" Kou asked, turning his attention to the other man who was sitting down at the bar.

"No, not at all." Shirogane responded, adjusting his black hat and his eyebrows knit in deep thought.

To get straight to the point of the men's distress: Akira and Haruka went out on a supposed date.

"How could Aki take my beautiful Haru away from me like that? Shirogane, you should have controlled your lover!" Kou looked stern, but a pout sounded in his voice.

"As much as I would love to call Akira-kun my lover, he's not. Besides, we weren't expecting them to go on a date, so there's no way we could have prevented it." Unlike Kou, Shirogane was remaining calm and relaxed about all of this. Or rather he was forcing himself to do it. "What I can't figure out is when they developed romantic feelings for each other."

"Oh, hell no. I will not accept the idea that Haru is in love with Aki." Kou crossed his arms together, showing that he was completely against the thought of Haruka and Akira being in love.

Shirogane couldn't help but smile a little at the childish act of a twenty-five year old man being jealous of a teenage boy. "You've always had a problem with jealousy, Kou." The lean man said, as he got up from his seat and turned around to face the only other in the room. "There could also be the possibility that Akira-kun and Haruka-kun didn't go on a date."

"I doubt it. They sure as hell looked like one of those young couples who are so happy to be together." Kou said, already being negative.

Shirogane rested his clasped hands in front of his stomach and asked, "Do you know for sure?" The Shin was clinging to some hope that Kou could be wrong about the close friends going out on a lover's date.

"I'm positive. I saw the two of them eating ice cream and then when Haru got some of it on his cheek, Aki cleaned it off for him." Kou responded, seeming to be in denial about seeing that.

Shirogane raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Well, that seems like something normal friends would do for each other."

"You don't understand!" Kou replied immediately. "The way that they were looking at each other, they seemed like a real couple. Aki was smiling and Haru was giggling..." Kou trailed off, leaning back against the wall. "Oh, Haru looked so cute when he was giggling." The man said, a desperation in voice that secretly indicated he really loved hearing Haruka laugh, but wished it was with him instead of Akira.

"And it gets worse." Kou added in before Shirogane had the chance to question him again. The man took a deep breath, feeling that his next sentence was incredibly difficult to say. "They were holding hands..."

Shirogane's last sliver of hope was blown away by the winds of grief. The shadow felt as if he wanted to collapse to the ground, like in one of those over-dramatic soap operas. Bringing a gloved hand up to his mouth, Shirogane let out a slow sigh. "I guess they really are together." He then fell back into his seat and stared down at the ground. "It's over now, isn't it?"

Kou looked at his sad white-haired companion and got a serious, almost determined, expression on his face. "No. We can't give up this easily."

Shirogane turned his attention to Kou, a bit surprised at the man's sudden change in attitude. "What do you mean?"

"We should find out what Aki and Haru's relationship is really like; how they really feel. There might still be a chance for us to get what we want." Kou's serious look turned into a more cunning one and a smile started forming on his face.

The Shin's eyes narrowed slightly and he couldn't stop his questioning gaze. "I hope you're not planning what I think you are." Shirogane knew that whatever Kou's smile meant, it couldn't be good.

Kou grinned, glancing at Shirogane and put an unlit cigarette in his mouth, keeping his usual sly exterior in place. "I say that we go follow them on their date."

Shaking his head, Shirogane let out yet another sigh. "I should have known it would come down to this."

What do you think for a first chapter? I'm still not fully sure yet where I'm going with this story, but I have a few ideas and I'll work on where to take it from here. :) If you think I should continue or have any suggestions for things you'd like to see, I would love to hear them. Feedback is appreciated and thanks for reading! Ciao! ^o^