A/N: This fic is SO long overdue...I hope I'd be able to continue it! If things get confusing, don't hesitate to drop me a PM! ...enjoy!xD

Small World

Chapter One

Slam!

The door adjoining the Dining Hall and the guest rooms merrily closed shut.

Suoh and Akira were laughing as the glasses of sake sloshed precariously in their slackened grips.

The pair had just narrowly escaped the chaotic celebrations in the aforementioned chamber, as well as in the Receiving Hall.

The Christmas party in the Imonoyama Mansion looked more like a bachelor party because of whom they invited and what they were doing.

And speaking of what people were doing...

The ninja bodyguard wondered mildly where his boyfriend had gone. They had been together for two years and were planning to level up their relationship.

The ebony-haired boy with him bounced off the wall a bit as he giggled at an earlier delivered joke he couldn't get over. The bluenette chuckled at the expression on his kouhai's face and downed the rest of his sake in a gulp...

...before considering for a moment then getting Akira's drink and downing it too.

"Suoh!" he whined and the elder teen gave chase.

The rolled about on the walls before collapsing on the carpeted floor in tears of joy.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." but the tone Suoh said it in was not in the least bit sincere. He was red from laughing so much.

"I'll get you more," he promised as he helped Akira up.

Thump.

Thump.

BANG!

The sound made the pair jump and turn around.

A room by the end of the hall had its lights on. Tell-tale moans and hushes issued curiously from the slightly open door. The two exchanged glances before going over and unceremoniously pushing to door...

Suoh blenched.

All the color and liquor drained from his body. Akira gasped loudly.

Nokoru and Idomu soon became aware of company and the former let out a cry of half surprise and half indignation as his companion hastily yanked up the bed sheets to cover their sweaty, naked bodies.

"Suoh, it's not what you think!"

But the bluenette did not want to hear any excuses or explanations, how ever absurd they could be. Who in their right mind would try to cover up for such a deed, anyway?

So he ran, without a word, away and out the house.

The crash of champagne glasses resounded in his wake. The blonde and the redhead flinched as shards ricocheted from the wall behind them.

"How could you, you JERK?!" Akira yelled, all dignity forgotten, and he raced after his sempai after throwing then pair a revolted look.

--

"Takamura-sempai?"

He found him under a cypress tree.

"Please Ijuyn, leave me alone..."

He could tell the bluenette had been crying; his voice was shaky and thick. A persistent hand gently landed on Suoh's shoulder in a gesture of comfort.

"I said leave me alone!"

The warm touch immediately vanished, followed by a succession of breaking twigs. Alarmed, he looked up and could swear that Akira, too, had tears in his eyes as he ran away.

TBC

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