Takano looked up, the sun had set and most of the editing office was about to head to their homes. He saw the young editor, Onodera Ritsu, packing his black briefcase full of incorrect storyboards. "Are you going home?" Takano asked as he took a sip of coffee from the ash-black mug siting on his desk, the rich taste seemed to calm the stressed man who still had a few things to work on before he could even step out the door of the company.

"Y-Yes, sir." Onodera replied and a strange light blush caressed his cheek before he looked at the floor, his heart also racing as he looked at Takano.

"Onodera…" Takano got up from his office chair and a small smirk caressed the corner of his lips as he took three small steps and quickly, but passionately kisses Onodera. Their tongues swirled together for a few short seconds before Onodera placed his hands on Takano's shoulders as he tried to refuse the kiss that made his body tingle.

"Ah! Takano-san!" Onodera whispered as he pushed Takano's broad body back and looked to the floor.

"I'm sorry, but we're at work. We can't do this here, we can do this when we get home." He soon added as he felt Takano's heart beat rather quickly in the small office.

"I'll hold you to that, Onodera." Takano whispered and let Onodera gather his things and leave the small office and head home.

"B-Bye, Masamune…" Onodera whispered under his breath as he carried his bag and looked back at his boss who held a new shojo manga over his eyes as he took a short break.

Onodera was 15 minutes from his home when his cellphone buzzed for the tenth time that day. He looked down and sighed as he pulled the phone from his tan coat pocket. He flipped it open and frowned as he saw it was his mother. 'I really don't want to talk to her!' Onodera thought as he shoved the phone back into his pocket and stormed off, only to find it buzzing three seconds later.

'Damn it!' He thought to himself and cursed under his breath he broke the phone out and answered it without looking at who the caller was. "WHAT?!" He roared into the phone and deeply breathed into the phone's receiver.
"Whoa, watch it." A man's voice on the other line jokingly whispered on the other end; Onodera could tell the man's voice just by the tone.

"Oh…sorry. I thought you were my mother." Onodera guilty confessed to his lover, Takano Masamune, with a hint of disappointment under his tone.

"Onodera, can you pick up some milk? I think we're out." Takano asked as he rifled through some finished paperwork, double checking it before he left the office himself.

"Sure, I'll pick some up. Do you want to have dinner at your place…or mine?" Onodera asked after he felt his heartbeat pick up a little, obviously glad that Takano had called him.

"Why don't we eat at my place? I know that it's clean." Takano cruelly joked as a light laugh reached Onodera's ears. "Haha, really funny." Onodera joked back as he rolled his eyes. The brunette man was passing by a convenience store, the bright lights slightly blinding his face. "I know it was, so about the milk…"

"Yeah, I'll pick it up. See ya later." Onodera replied as he snapped the phone shut and looked around the store in search of milk. He opened at clear door and pulled out a liter of milk and walked to the front of the store before he placed it on the counter. The black-haired cashier scanned it and apathetically spoke the amount. His eyes couldn't have cared less as he put the milk in a bag as Onodera paid the bill.

Onodera kindly smiled and took the bag before walking outside and continuing on his way home.

"Have a nice night." Onodera spoke and walked down the street, the cool air blowing through his hair as he felt his phone vibrate once again. He didn't care to look at the annoying little phone, knowing if it were Takano they could always talk about it later. He walked up the small hill and gasped when he saw a young, brunette woman was standing outside, waiting just for him.
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Onodera looked at the beautiful woman and gasped as he called her name. "An-chan, what are you doing here?!" He asked before he felt his heart race before her. "You keep ignoring your mom! Ric-chan, we're both worried about you. You never call us and you always seem like work is trying to kill you!" She angrily shouted at him, worry evident in her voice. "An….I-I…I'm sorry." Onodera frowned as he looked at her teary-brown-eyes.

"You should be! Now, tell me why you're being so distant from your family…and me!" She looked to the cold pavement, desperate for an answer from him.

"Work has me on edge. I'm sorry I worried both you and mom, but I am a grown man!" Onodera replied as he heavily sighed towards the ground.

"Ric-chan…I love you, do you still love me?" She frowned and looked at the small bag in his hand, wiping her tears away with her dainty and pale fingers. The wind drying her tears as she looked at him.

"An…I…I….do still love you, but…" Onodera stuttered as he heard something hit the ground. He turned around and his eyes went wide as he looked at the man who was watching them. "T-T-Takano-san!" Onodera shouted in surprise as he saw Takano's angered face. The tall ash-haired man walked past them, sighing as he looked at An-chan.

"Good night…" he smiled towards her and walked into the building, boarding the elevator and sighing as he remembered the sight of his boyfriend and that woman.

The young woman nodded and slightly bowed as she turned back to Onodera before bidding him farewell. "Good night…,Ric-chan. Have sweet dreams." A light blush caressed her cheeks as she shut her eyes and looked down, running down the hill and leaving Onodera torn between going after his friend who wasn't in safe hands or going after his lover, the only one who had ever made is heart skip a single beat.

'Damn it, why must I be like this?' Onodera thought as he turned and walked An to the main street, sending her away in a bright yellow and black cab.

Onodera was walking back up the hill to his apartment. He frowned as he saw Takano's lights turned off, he tried to call Takano's phone but only received his voicemail and a depressed and hurt feeling caressing his heart.

"Takano…" he mumbled and walked into the lobby to board the elevator that never moved fast enough when he was still discovering his feelings for Takano and moved too rapidly when he had finally discovered the confusing and even sometimes awkward feelings for him.

He grabbed his keys out of his briefcase and sighed as he walked past Takano's door, feelings of regret soon welling over him as he opened his door and walked in, kicking off his shoes as he heard his phone vibrate.
"I-Is it Takano?!" Onodera asked himself as he flipped the phone open and absentmindedly answered it, obviously he'd regret his decision right after a loud and obnoxious voice reigned over him.

"RITSU! HOW COULD YOU SEND AN-CHAN HOME IN A CAB!?" Onodera's mother tore him a new one as she sank her claws into him and tore him apart with every anger-filled word that was spewed at him.

"M-Mom, I…I'm not even with her. Why do you constantly think that we're engaged or something of the sort?"
"Ritsu…you are engaged to her. Do not try to tell me you aren't." His mother was completely serious as her tone changed and slightly softened, but not by much.

"Mother…I love someone else, so will you please just stop? I love someone other than An, and I'm happy." Onodera finally confessed to his mother and a small smile crept to the corner of his lips as he grabbed a pair of sandals and walked outside before snapping his phone shut, hanging up on his mother when the phone shut. He dropped the phone and gasped as he saw the shocking and unimaginable view in front of him, not wanting to believe such a view was plausible since Takano belonged to him.

(hey! I'm Emothebunny. I'd like to thank you for reading this story or well the first chapter. I am currently looking for a beta reader so please send me a PM if you are interested. I will write whenever I have time. I hope to see you in the next chapter. ~Emo~ P.S. This could EASILY be a multiple chapter fic.)