Been real busy lately yo. So I wanted to write something fun and easy rather than "OMG STORY LINE PLOT YES/YES?!" because my other fics actually aren't the easiest to write now that stuff has been established :'D Also I just really like Beat/Neku and wanted to give some love to the pairing. X posted from the BeatxNeku lj comm.

Just Us

"You thinkin' of that girly guy?"

"Huh? Oh. Joshua. No."

"You lyin'. I can tell, yo," Beat said, alternating between eating his burger and speaking.

"Fine. Think what you want."

"A'ight. I think you thinkin' of him. Kinda whack, since we ain't seen him since the game," the blonde shrugged, "all I'm sayin'."

"I didn't ask your opinion…" he murmured. He didn't particularly like how easy he was to read. Especially to someone like Beat. In fact he didn't even know why he'd accepted the invitation to 'just chill' with the guy seeing as he usually ended up wishing for his old headphones after about 10 minutes with the skateboarder. Besides, what business was it of Beat's what he was thinking of? Or rather, who. What does it matter if I'm thinking about the Game? The whole thing had repeatedly mind fucked them all so how could he not think of it even after it was over? And how did mom and dad not even notice I was gone? …How does the Game even work?

"Aw man, you thinkin' too much Phones. Makin' me lonely, yo!"

"You were the one who wanted to hang out. You could've brought Rhyme along."

At that the other guy shrugged, scratching his head, "Nah…She got other stuff to do."

"I'll Shiki and Eri then. I'm sure they'll talk to you. Then I can go home."

"Wh-Whaaaa?! That's harsh, yo! Invited you to hang out Phones and now you invitin' other people along too?!"

He doesn't want anyone else around? …Weird. Definitely weird. He poked at his fries, unsure whether he should just eat them or offer them to his friend currently scarfing the rest of his burger with enough gusto to scare off even the best of professional eaters.

"If you wanted to just have it be just us I would've brought my MP3 player."

"Man, you pissed at me? Might think you hate me, keep talkin' like that. You wanna check out CAT's new stuff? Heard it showed up yesterday or somethin' in the Shibuya River. Uh…you know what I mean."

"There's new CAT?! It didn't say anything about it on the watch site…How'd you find it?!" he nearly pushed his meal off the table in his haste to get to his feet.

"Oh yeah? Was just chillin' with my bros las' night an' saw it up near the Tigre Punks shop, yo," a grin spread across Beat's face.

He looks so happy…What a weirdo… Neku thrust the remaining French fries at the blonde, "you want these?"

"Sweet! Let's go Phones, take it on the go."

The box of fries was snatched up by the bigger guy and they went towards Dogenzaka. There were a lot of people around the area-probably having found the new CAT graffiti. He didn't worry too much about it though since Beat was bigger than him and created a kind of drift opportunity for the skinny teen. All he had to do was stick close behind the other player and he'd get through the crowd no problem. The noise though. I forgot how noisy everything was…Especially Shibuya. Crap. Wait…

"Beat! Crap…out of my way…"

"Aw snap! You getting' pushed back Phones? Grab onto my shirt or somethin' a'ight?"

He did. Only because he didn't want to get swept away again. Beat's shoving fries into his mouth with one hand and people away with the other. The closer they got to the place in question the thicker the crowd became and the harder he had to grip the white jersey. They were forced into even tighter quarters once they got to about the front of the pack-his face pressed against the bottom bit of Beat's beanie. Which smelled a bit like old sweat, he had to be honest. Not that he minded all that much since it was Beat who'd told him about the new mural in the first place.

"Alright back there Phones? Should switch places, yo."

The orange haired teenager slid under the guy's arm to get a more favourable look at the artwork. He smiled. Woah…it really is new… so wrapped up in his admiration of CAT was he that he didn't even notice Beat's hand on his shoulder. The flow of people slowed to a trickle leaving them mostly alone for the time being-or as alone as they could get in Shibuya. Beat didn't say anything at all even after just standing there for a long time. If I look at it long enough I'll memorize it. Without taking his eyes off of the wall he reached into his pocket and took out his cell phone. He took a few far away pictures to encompass the entire piece then moved closer to highlight specific parts that were his favourites. It was important to take proper photographs for the CAT community after all-for the people who didn't live near Shibuya.

"Hey, Phones."

"Yeah."

"French fry?"

"They're cold probably…" he muttered. Cold French fries are the worst…

"Still good. CAT's stuff is pretty tight, right?"

"Of course it's cool! But…this can't be CAT. Mr. H was CAT and he…isn't around anymore," he couldn't figure out why he hadn't even thought of that before.

"Huh? Maybe it's someone who knows Mr. H real good? Knows how he paints an' stuff? Looks like CAT to me, yo."

"I guess…But if Mr. Hanekoma is around again…" his stomach dropped. Then that means…

"You thinkin' of that guy again. Just accept it like it is, Phones. Ain't no reason t'get worked up. If he is back he is if he ain't he ain't. Not like Mr. H an' Josh were like the same dude. Oh man, you think-"

"They were different people Beat. But…"

"Pretend you don't know nothin' about the game. You think CAT's still around?"

"…Yeah…It looks like his stuff."

Beat slung his arm around Neku's shoulders, "just be happy 'bout that. Can't let stuff you can't control take over all the stuff y'love yo. The point in livin' if y'ain't got nothin' to be happy for?"

Easy for you to say. Since all you do is skateboard, eat and sleep. He shrugged, "Yeah. I guess you're right…"

"Hey, you wanna go get somethin' to drink? Can invite Shiki or Eri or whatever if y'want."

"It's fine. But didn't you just drink something?"

"Was the one doin' all the work t'get here! C'mon Phones, let's go an' get some juice!"

Without asking Beat grabbed onto the other boy's wrist and pulled him along, "I'm payin' a'ight?"

Yeah…whatever. I guess it's not so bad with just us. Unless he starts talking about skateboarding or something.

End (chapter?)

I was gonna call Beat's hat a toque. Then realized that most people call them beanies right? Sorry, I am Canadian :'D May make this multi-chapter, Idk. Just because I want them to kiss XD Now time for scary face: Please don't bother commenting if you're just gonna say "lawl i like JoshuaxNeku better!" because *channelling Dr. Cox* I reheeeally don't care. I don't mind Joshua either but yeah. I don't care if you like that pairing better :\ That's all ^^;