Earless:

Summary: Soubi's been gone for a year, he returns to discover that Ritsuka not only has a boyfriend, but is now…earless.

Warning: Slash, maybe some swearing and a small limeish/lemon scene.

Soubi sighed in relief as he set his last suitcase in his cupboard; it was fantastic to be back in Japan after spending a year in an American college.

'I wonder what Ritsukas' doing right now' Soubi thought to himself, looking at the picture he had of the cat boy on his wall 'maybe I should call him'

"Hey, Soubi-kun ready to hit the bar?" Kio bounced into his friends' room, he had appeared to have gotten over his Soubi obsession while the man had been away and was now dating an art student he had met at his school.

"Come on! Simons' waiting." Kio puled the fighter up "You can think about Ritsuka all you want later."

Soubi stumbled into his room, he, Kio and Simon had drunk well into the night and Soubi was more than ready to sleep for a few days if possible.

Soubi lay on his bed and removed his glasses, setting them on the nightstand; he picked up a framed picture of Ritsuka.

Ritsuka. Soubi had thought of him daily, he had longed to see the cat boy, he was hoping Ritsuka wanted to pick up their relationship where they had left it off, the fighter was most definitely planning to take those ears very soon.

Soubi looked at the time "I'll wait until tomorrow to call." The fighter was soon asleep, the picture of Ritsuka still in his hands.

Ritsuka groaned as his phone rang loudly, fumbling through his desk he finally found the annoying item "Hello?"

"Hello Ritsuka-kun."

Ritsuka bolted upright "S-Soubi? You're back?"

There was a chuckle on the other side "Yes Ritsuka-kun I am. I'm coming to see you."

Ritsuka gulped nervously "No! I'm…um…busy today."

Soubi sighed, "Can't I see Ritsuka-kun?"

Ritsuka felt like crying, he had a very good reason not to see Soubi "You'll show up anyway, won't you?"

"Yes Ritsuka-kun"

The teen rolled his eyes "Fine. We'll be at the park, you know the one."

"We? Will Yuiko be there?"

"No, Yuiko and Yayoi have a date today. See you later Soubi."

Ritsuka hung up and took a deep breath; he was going to be in a lot of trouble!

Ritsuka ran into the park, gasping for air, he was happy to note Soubi wasn't here yet.

"Hey beautiful."

Ritsuka felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist and turning him around "Shannon!"

Shannon smiled "And how is my cute little boyfriend today?"

Forgetting his problems momentarily, Ritsuka frowned "I'm not little!"

Shannon smiled easily and led his kawaii boyfriend to the nearest bench "Of course you are, you're tiny!"

Ritsuka shook away the comment "That doesn't matter, I have bad news."

"What?"

Ritsuka nibbled his bottom lip cutely "Well, you know the guy I told you about? Soubi. He's gonna be here any minute."

Shannon shrugged "So?"

Punching his boyfriend on the arm, Ritsuka stopped worrying his lip "So? He doesn't know I have a boyfriend!"

Again Shannon shrugged "No big deal, would that be him now?"

Shannon pointed at a figure moving towards them, Ritsuka nodded, he couldn't help but notice how gorgeous Soubi looked , Ritsuka shook the thought away, he had Shannon now!

"Ritsuka-kun." Soubi smiled as he stood before the terrified teen not noticing Shannon "I missed you."

Ritsuka nodded "I missed you as well Soubi."

Shannon was glaring at the man "I'm Shannon, Ritsukas' boyfriend."

Soubi gasped, suddenly noticing the boy who had his arms wrapped around Ritsukas waist, his eyes roved over Shannon's head noting the missing cat ears, he looked to Ritsuka and he visibly flinched.

"Ritsuka, your cat ears… they're gone!"

TBC

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