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Strawberries

Strawberries are what started this whole mess and if Ritsu never saw one again, it would be too soon.

It all started when Ritsu first saw Misaki sitting at the kitchen table with a big bowl of strawberries after he came home from work. He stared at his roommate for a bit before speaking.

"What the hell are you eating?"

Misaki gave him a weird look.

"Uh, strawberries," said Misaki, like the light brown haired man was an idiot. "You know, the fruit that I love so much?"

Ritsu shook his head.

"I know what you're eating," he said in an exasperated tone, "and I know you love strawberries. But I mean, do you really need that many?"

Then, his eyes widened before he glared at him.

"Please tell me you didn't buy these," said Ritsu in a forced calm voice. "Just because I have money and your boyfriend does doesn't mean…"

"No!" Misaki exclaimed, standing up. "I didn't buy these! They were given to me!"

Ritsu blinked, obviously flabbergasted.

"Who the hell would give you this many strawberries?" he asked, walking over and taking one of the fruits. "Are they trying to turn you into a strawberry?"

Misaki huffed and pouted at him.

"It's Akihiko," he told him. "And no, he's not trying to turn me into a strawberry."

Ritsu raised an eyebrow as he bit into his strawberry.

"You sure?" he asked, gesturing to the bowl. "He gave you enough to do it."

He finished up his strawberry and went to get another one when his dark haired friend slapped his hand away.

"Hey!" Ritsu cried, holding his hand close to his chest.

Misaki snatched up the bowl and began to walk towards his room.

"No more for you!" he shouted.

Then, he entered his room and slammed the door. Ritsu blinked a couple of times.

"I make the weirdest friends," he muttered, nursing his 'injured' hand.

JRSHJRSH

After two more weeks of receiving strawberries every other day had passed, Ritsu started to get annoyed. While visiting Hiroki, he began to complain to him about them.

"…I mean really," he said, sitting on the couch and eating some of Nowaki's chips. "Does Akihiko need to send him those strawberries every other day? And don't even get me started on the trash…"

"Ok, first of all," Hiroki snapped, interrupting his friend. "he spends a lot of money on Misaki anyway. And second, I'm not saving you if Nowaki finds out you ate his chips."

Then, he snatched the bag of chips away from Ritsu, who winced.

Nowaki, while a sweet guy, gets protective of his chips and refuses to share even one. Once, Chiaki tried to eat some and Nowaki shouted at him and snatched them away, making the other man cry. Nowaki apologized immediately and bought Chiaki a new manga after that but everyone learned that day that no one touches Nowaki's potato chips.

Ritsu waved him off.

"I'll buy him some more later," he said, sitting up on the couch that he was lounging on. "But what should I do about this strawberry thing? It's driving me crazy."

Hiroki, who had his student's papers and a soda in his hands, sat down next to his friend and began to read the papers.

"You won't do anything," he told him, eyes on the papers. "I'll convince Akihiko to take it easy with the strawberries."

Ritsu smiled widely.

"Really?" he asked. "Sweet! Thanks!"

Then, he propped his feet up on Hiroki's coffee table, intending to lounge.

"Go away," said Hiroki, without looking up and turning a page.

"Ok," said Ritsu, getting up and leaving.

JRSHJRSH

Ritsu sighed when he returned home and saw a man standing at the front door, holding a big bowl of strawberries. Frowning, he went up to him and tapped on his shoulder.

"Can I help you sir?" the light brown haired man asked.

The delivery man turned around and looked at him.

"You live here?" the man asked.

Ritsu raised an eyebrow.

"Yes," he drawled out in a suspicious tone.

Then, the man shoved the strawberries into his arms.

"Here you go," he said before walking away.

Ritsu just stared at the bowl as the delivery man walked away from him.

"Just what we need," he grumbled as he juggled the bowl and his keys. "More damn strawberries."

He managed to get himself inside his strawberry smelling apartment without dropping the fruit and placed the bowl on the kitchen table. Then, out of the corner of his eye, Ritsu noticed a card fall out of the bowl. Curious as to what it says, he picked it up.

To my precious MiMi,

Thank you so much for your help! Here are more strawberries to feed your unearthly obsession.

I love you so much my angel. I hope we can make our relationship public soon.

Your one and only,

Haruhiko

P.S. Just leave him and come with me already! You know how much you want to.

Ritsu's eyes widened.

'MiMi?' he thought. 'Does he mean Misaki?'

He reread the note about five times before finally putting it down.

"Oh my God," he said in shock. "Misaki is cheating on Akihiko!"

Then, he heard the doorknob turning. Quickly, he stuffed the note into his pocket and turned around, trying to look casual, when his roommate entered.

"Hey Misaki," he greeted.

"Hey Ritsu," the dark haired man replied with a smile. "Guess what happ…"

He stopped when he saw the bowl on the table. Ritsu could see his friend tense up.

"Oh yeah," Ritsu added, gesturing towards the bowl. "These came for you today."

Misaki gave him a nervous smile.

"There wasn't a note, was there?" he asked.

The older one of the two could see that he was very nervous and contemplated telling him about the note but decided not to.

"No," he lied, shaking his head before feigning confusion. "Why? Was there supposed to be one?"

He made a show of looking for the note when Misaki grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"No, there wasn't supposed to be one," he told him, letting go. "Thanks for getting it for me."

Then, he took the bowl and moved it to the fridge.

"I was thinking that we could have Kakitamajiru for dinner tonight," Misaki continued, walking about the kitchen and grabbing what he needed to make dinner. "And I could make some for the others as well and we could have a bit of a party."

"That sounds like a great idea!" said Ritsu in a tone that seemed to be a mixture of excited and nervous. "I'll go invite Shinobu and Chiaki right now!"

Then, he raced out of the apartment and into the one across from it.

"Chiaki!" Ritsu cried. "Shinobu!"

Chiaki, who was sitting in his lounge chair, jumped up and raced over to his friend.

"What!" he cried as well. "What's wrong!"

"I think Misaki is cheating on Akihiko," Ritsu told him, showing him the note.

The manga artist took the note and read it. Once he finished it, he stared at the light brown haired with his mouth wide open.

"Oh my gosh!" he shouted.

"I know!" Ritsu shouted back.

"What are we going to do?" Chiaki shouted again.

"I don't know!" Ritsu shouted once more.

"Why are we all shouting?" a new voice shouted.

The two men turned and saw Chiaki's roommate, Shinobu, come out of his room.

"Oh Shino!" Chiaki cried dramatically and race over to him. "It's so horrible. Misaki doesn't love Akihiko anymore!"

Then, he thrusted the note towards Shinobu and stared with sad eyes as he read it. Shinobu's eyes got wide.

"Oh Kami!" he breathed, looking up towards his two friends. "What are we going to do?"

Author's note: So, I was asked to do this by Shiranai Atsune. I hope you like it! And don't worry, there will be more! I'm going to split this story into three parts and will add more one-shots! Again, I hope you all like it!