I do not own xxxHolic though I do own a friend who will answer to Watanuki but only because I can pull off Yuuko. Also I apologize for the overly clichéd topic of the story. I ran this off rather quickly.
"Thank you." Watanuki said as he closed the door of his apartment. One of his neighbors had just stopped by. A friend of theirs had a cherry tree and they thought that perhaps he'd like the treat. Smiling to himself he turned to go and wash the cherries and set them in a bowl to enjoy as he did his homework. He didn't have to worry about Yuuko or any insane requests of food from Doumeki so he figured he deserved the time to treat himself.
Cherries washed and sitting glistening, in a glass bowl Watanuki took it into his small living room to enjoy.
"Oi." Doumeki said by way of greeting having come in through the window.
"AH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING SNEAKING INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES UNINVITED!" Watanuki screamed pointing a trembling hand at Doumeki in indignation.
"Taking a cherry." Doumeki said reaching for the bowl without another thought. He'd met Yuuko on his way to the store and she'd told him to just go and visit Watanuki.
"YOU DIDN'T EVEN ASK! I GET THESE AS A TREAT AND YOU COME IN AND STEAL THEM FROM ME!" Watanuki said snatching the bowl away too late as Doumeki caught a cherry by its stem.
"I saw Yuuko she told me an interesting fable." Doumeki said popping the cherry into his mouth, stem and all.
"You idiot you aren't supposed to eat the stem!" Watanuki said lowering his voice to something barely below screaming. He'd resigned himself to the fact that he wasn't getting rid of the boy anytime soon.
Doumeki didn't answer right away and seemed to be playing with the cherry in his mouth. After a few minutes he took out the stem and at the pit and looked at the stem closely. "Thought so," he murmured just loud enough for Watanuki to hear. In the stem was a small tight knot about halfway up it.
"What do you mean 'you thought so'?" Watanuki asked slightly confused.
Doumeki held up the cherry stem so that Watanuki could see the knot. "What is that?" Watanuki asked slightly confused.
"It seems I'm a good kisser," Doumeki deadpanned. It wasn't that he didn't care it's just he figured it would rile Watanuki.
"How do you figure that?" Watanuki asked skeptical about the knot.
"You try," Doumeki said grabbing a cherry for Watanuki.
Watanuki took the cherry. "I don't believe I'm doing this," he muttered disbelievingly. Putting the cherry in his mouth he fought with it for a moment before, to his chagrin, he pulled out a loosely knotted cherry stem.
Doumeki smirked smugly, "Try again." He pushed the bowl of cherries towards Watanuki. Watanuki, now intrigued, took another cherry and put it in his mouth. 'At least he isn't eating all of them.'
Watanuki pulled out a slightly tighter knot and Doumeki prodded him again. It was like he was searching for a specific outcome but wouldn't share with Watanuki what it was. After a good ten minutes of Watanuki suffering with cherry stems he finally produced a knotted stem almost twin to Doumeki's. Doumeki grinned, "Seems practice makes perfect."
Watanuki opened his mouth to ask what he was talking about only to have his lips captured by Doumeki. True to the knot he'd tied Doumeki was a very good kisser. Breaking apart Doumeki headed towards the window. "Thank Yuuko for sharing that with me okay, and tomorrow I want shrimp."
Watanuki stared at Doumeki as he left his apartment through the window. Finally surfacing back in reality he went over to the window and yelled down at Doumeki, "I DON'T TAKE ORDERS!"
Doumeki raised a hand and just kept walking; who knew Yuuko bringing up something so completely innocent could be so much fun. 'I should buy her some sake to thank her. I'll ask Watanuki what kind she likes tomorrow.'
Sitting in his apartment staring at the half empty bowl of cherries on his table he smiled, 'Practice makes perfect huh?'