Just One More Day

Summary: Before leaving Hotel Dusk for what he thinks is for good, he meets Louie in the lobby. There, he uncovers a secret that will change his life and he ends up staying at Hotel Dusk longer than he planned. Shonen-ai/yaoi

A/N: The first Kyle/Louie fic, at least on fanfiction dot net! It's a two-shot, I'm not big on chapter fics with this game yet, though I am starting one as a crossover with Case Closed, if anyone's interested. It's called Murder at Hotel Dusk.

A/N 2: This may be the first Kyle/Louie fic out there, but it's certainly not the first yaoi/shoneni-ai fic concerning the game.

A/N 3: Enjoy and review! ^_^ If I get any facts wrong, let me know please and I'll fix them. Be nice please, it's my first REAL Hotel Dusk fic.

Disclaimer: Hotel Dusk isn't mine. It's owned by Cing, and it's a great game to play!

Warning: Spoilers cause it starts towards the ending of the game, and yaoi shoneni-ai (boy-on-boy romance). Don't like, don't read. Oh, and also OOCness and AUness, cause obviously the game isn't yaoi, however much we'd like it to be.

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Chapter 1: More Than Just Partners

December 29, 1979
8:30 am
Hotel Dusk Lobby

Walking into the lobby early in the morning around 8:30 am after saying goodbye to Iris on the roof, and Melissa and her father in the hallway of the second floor, Kyle didn't plan on saying goodbye to anyone else, except maybe Dunning when he checked out. He had his suitcase with him, and made sure all of the items he ' borrowed ' from different rooms of the hotel were returned to their original places before he was caught by Dunning. He sighed, running a hand through his hair. He had no idea what he was going to do now... he had found his reasons for why Bradley did what he did, so there was no reason to start searching for him again right?

'I'm a ghost now.'

He could hear Bradley's voice as he imagined him writing the letter while using his name at Hotel Dusk. If only he had gotten here sooner than later, maybe he would have had the chance to see him again and ask him in person.

"Yo, Hyde!"

A familiar voice roused Kyle from his thoughts, and he looked around to find Louie near the vending machine. He walked over towards him, shifting the suitcase in his hand slightly.

Louie: "You checkin' out, man?"

Kyle: *nods* "Seems that way, yeah."

Louie frowned lightly. The other caught sight of this, and wondered why.

Kyle: "Hey."

Louie looked at him and tilted his head.

Louie: "Yeah?"

Kyle: "Something wrong?"

Louie shook his head and looked down. Louie knew he couldn't fool Kyle, so why was he even trying?

Kyle: "Spill, Louie. Something's up, and I want to know what."

He was just curious, but sometimes he could be a bit....was persistent a nice word?

Louie sighed and looked up at Kyle again, shaking his head.

Louie: "Naw, nothing's wrong man! It's just gonna be hella boring now that you're leavin'."

Kyle blinked. Why did it matter if he was leaving to Louie? Maybe these past few hours meant more to the other than he had originally thought?

Kyle: *sigh* "Why don't you try...doing some work? That might get your mind off things."

Fat chance of Louie doing anything work related except where the bar was concerned, but he could at least try.

Louie: "No, that won't help, man! It's just...I..."

Kyle raised an eyebrow. He was trying to say something and just couldn't get the words out, or so it sounded to him.

Kyle: "C'mon. Spill."

The other looked down again. Kyle was really confused now.

Louie: "I...didn't want ya to go so soon, man."

Kyle: "Why's that?"

Louie: "Well....we were partners here, right? Didn't that mean...well, anything to ya?"

Kyle sighed. Maybe it did, a little, but he wasn't sad about leaving. He felt there was more to it than that.

Kyle: "...Sure, it did. But that's not enough reason to be sad over my leaving."

Was it?

Sure, Kyle was wrong sometimes, but he was usually on the dot. However, this conversation with Louie was making his head turn this way and that, his brain overwhelming with thoughts and questions as to what in the hell was bothering Louie.

Louie: "....it does for me, man."

Kyle: "And why's that?"

Louie: "Because....because...."

Whatever it was Louie was trying to tell him was taking a hell of a lot of time, which, Kyle didn't have on his hands at the moment.

Kyle: "Louie...."

Louie: "Ah, hell, man. Can't ya see? Do I have to spell it out for ya?"

Kyle: *nod* "That'd be nice."

He was beyond confused.

Louie sighed.

Louie: 'Well, here goes nothing!' he thought to himself.

The next few seconds were a complete blur to Kyle, his mind frozen as well as the rest of his body.

Was that Louie---kissing him!?

And why was he kissing back? Of course, it took a few seconds for the shock to wear off, but he did kiss back...

Why, he had no idea.

When the two parted, Louie was looking away and trying to hide a rising blush to his cheeks. Kyle was just blinking several times, as if he were waking up from strange...strange, wet dream.

Louie: "Trip, man! Who knew you were a good detective and a good kisser?"

Kyle couldn't help but chuckle. Even in situations like this, Louie couldn't help but be...himself.

But something was bugging him.

Kyle: "I thought you liked Mila."

Louie blinked and looked up at Kyle.

Louie: "Do I have to repeat what I just did? Sure, I like Mila man! But not like the way I like you, man."

Kyle: "And what way's that?"

Louie sighed. Sometimes, for a genius when it came to detective work, he was pretty oblivious to anything else.

So, he'd just have to fill him in.

Louie: "I love ya, man!"

-END-

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A/N: I hope they were in character enough. If anyone likes it, let me know in a review and I'll post the second chapter soon! That's all there's gonna be, by the way, unless I get inspired again.