The only sounds that could be heard from Hiro's apartment were the two friends fighting over a stupid dare.
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiro do I have to?" Shuichi was looking at Hiro with puppy eyes.
"Yes, I won the bet, which means you have to dress up like a girl for a whole entire week."
"But, Hiiiiiiro don't you think that is a little harsh?" Shuichi gave the puppy eyes to Hiro again and it still failed to work.
"Nope and besides you agreed to the dare and the consequences for losing," Hiro said before turning away from Shuichi's puppy eyes before they started to take affect.
"Yeah, but come on, don't you love me enough to let me slide from this bet."
"Maybe I should," Shuichi started to light up, "but then again I won't."
Shuichi flung himself on the overstuffed couch and put his hand on his head, "Fine, but I have one word for you."
Hiro interrupted, "Yeah and what would that be?"
"Karma." Shuichi started to walk towards the door.
"But why would karma affect me when you lost the bet that you created."
"I don't know. It just will."
"Oh and Shuichi the bet starts tomorrow. See ya at school!" Shuichi gave him a look of dread as he walked out of the door to go shopping.
Outside, the cold fresh air blew against Shuichi's face causing him shiver. Walking to the nearest store, because he didn't quite know how to drive, Shuichi wasn't really paying attention to anyone around him and when he ran into a blond stranger he was startled.
"Watch was you are going you brat." The blond spoke with a cold voice and had golden eyes staring down at Shuichi.
"Ohhhh! I am so sorry. Are you okay?" Shuichi fretted over the blond stranger.
"Yeah I am fine," the blond man said taken back by this weird pink haired kid's kindness, usually people would just keep walking.
"Oh, well that is good," Shuichi said to the blond, but noticed he was walking away.
At the store Shuichi was thoroughly confused. He didn't know where to begin looking for girl clothes and he felt stupid even trying to attempt asking a sales person. What was a grown man… okay a 20 year old man going to do. Shuichi was planning to go back over to Hiro's apartment and say that it was over and that he wasn't going to dress like a girl, and have Hiro make fun of him from the rest of his life, when a lady came up to him.
"Miss, are you having any trouble finding what you are looking for." It was insulting to Shuichi to have this woman call him a girl, but it was also very helpful.
"Yeah I was looking for the woman's section."
"Ohh hmmmm, you would probably be in the junior section because you are so small."
"Yeah," Shuichi was confused, "I think that is where I need to go."
"Oh well let me take you there," the woman started to walk away and Shuichi slowly followed. When they reached the junior department the woman took Shuichi around to the many clothing racks, and shoved articles of clothing that she deemed 'cute' for Shuichi.
When he was done choosing the clothes that he would need for the week of torture, with a couple extra articles of clothing from the junior section, he went to the cash register.
It was a man that started to immediately ring up the items, but he kept on giving what Shuichi thought of, as uncomfortable stares.
When he was done ringing up the items he said, "Here you go miss and I will even throw in my phone number for you."
Shuichi was too stunned to speak; this was the second time he was mistaken for a girl. He was a man for crying out loud and it was even more insulting for this ugly, nerdy looking guy to be asking me out. Even if Shuichi was a girl, he would have definitely would have said no to this guy.
"Umm, sorry I am taken." Shuichi said trying to get the guy off of him, who was basically eye fucking him.
"Really who is the lucky guy?" The guy questioned and was keeping Shuichi's bags of clothes away from him.
"Umm, he is right over there," Shuichi pointed to a blond guy who was waiting by the door.
"Ohh, I don't believe you, sexy." Shuichi didn't know what to do.
"Well I will just go get him," Shuichi walked over to the blond guy.
When Shuichi got closer he realized it was the man he had run into earlier, "Umm excuse me, and you see that guy at the cash register. Well he is sort of …hitting on … me, I was wondering if you would pretend to be my boyfriend so I could get him off my back."
The blond just stared at him, "No."
"Please, I promise just real quickly,"
"Sure, whatever brat." They walked back over to the cashier.
"It seems you have been bothering my boyfriend," the blond spoke in a cold harsh tone.
"B-boyfriend," the cashier stuttered."
"Yeah you heard me," the blonde spoke with hatred in his voice, which brought a smile to his face.
The cashier turned to Shuichi and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry sir,"
"You better be," the blond turned and kissed Shuichi full on the lips, and to Shuichi that wasn't the worst thing that had happened. The worst thing was that he actually kissed back.
When they broke the kiss the blond whispered, "Your welcome." Shuichi just nodded and the blond walked away.
Shuichi turned to the cashier, "Can I have my bags now?" Shuichi asked.
The cashier handed Shuichi his bags with a disgusted look on his face. When Shuichi left he heard the man mutter under his breath, "Fag."
Shuichi left the store and went straight to Hiro's house, to show him the clothes that he had bought. When he opened the door to Hiro's apartment he was surprised to find the apartment dark. Shuichi listened to see if he could hear Hiro snoring, but he didn't. Although, he did hear a strange noises coming from the bedroom. Not thinking anything of it Shuichi walked into the bedroom without knocking and was shocked at the sight he saw. It was Hiro and Suguru making out on the bed. "Errr, sorry I didn't mean to… umm interrupt." Shuichi backed out of the room quickly deciding to go to his apartment instead.
Walking out of the house and towards his apartment, he was amazed at what he saw. He was even more amazed that guy had kissed him. He couldn't get his lips out of his mind. To bad he would never see the guy again. When Shuichi thought this it brought a frown to his face. Then he realized that he was thinking this about a guy. Shuichi had nothing against gays, he basically just saw what gay men do in bed, but Shuichi wasn't gay was he? No, not possible, he was just curious. It just had been so long since he had received a kiss. That was all; it was just going to his head. Shuichi shook his head; maybe he should just sleep it off.
Shuichi woke up to the phone ringing next to him on his nightstand. "Hello," he answered.
"Hi Shuichi… it is me, Hiro."
"Ohh, hi Hiro are you done?" Shuichi could basically here Hiro blush over the phone.
"Ummm… yeah sorry you had to see that," Hiro apologized then continued, "do you still want to show me what you got."
"Ohh yeah sure, I will be over there in a second." Shuichi was basically out of the house as soon as he hung up the phone.
When Shuichi reached his house he knocked on the door.
"Oh Shuichi it is you, you never knock."
"I didn't want to interrupt anything again." Shuichi saw Hiro blush.
"Hahaha very funny, Suguru isn't here, he had to go home."
"Oh let's hope he took a shower, he wouldn't have wanted to go to his parent's house smelling like sex, would he." Suguru was the only one of us that still lived with his parents even though he was in college with us. I guess it was because he was still a couple years younger than us.
"Shuichi, shut up. So what did you get?" Hiro asked.
"Clothes, but that is boring. You probably would like to know more about the guy that kissed me."
"What?" Hiro looked shocked. "Start from the beginning."
"Okay so I was walking into the store and I run into this guy with blond hair and golden eyes. I say sorry and go on with my day," Shuichi paused for moment thinking about those lips and then went back to what he was saying, "Yeah so then I picked out all of those clothes and I go to the cash register. It's a guy there and he calls me 'miss' which totally pisses me off. To make matters worse he starts hitting on me, so I pretend to be taken. He asks me who and I say a guy over by the door with blond hair."
"Same guy?" Hiro asks.
"Yeah, well anyway the cashier isn't fooled so he says bring him over. So I go talk to him and I get him to come over. The blond guy acts all cool and says 'are you messing with my boyfriend' and kisses me."
"Did you kiss back?" Hiro asks.
Shuichi thought about those lips on his and felt a shudder go through his body, "maybe a little bit,"
"A little bit my ass," Hiro laughed at him.
"I don't know Hiro, he was just so cool," Shuichi smiled to himself.
"I say you are falling for the guy."
"I am not," Shuichi said, but he didn't know if he really meant it, "Besides he is a guy."
"So, love doesn't matter, as long as it is love."
"Hiro I don't even know his name," Shuichi tried to convince Hiro that he wasn't falling for him.
"It doesn't matter what his name is as long as you feel a connection."
"Yeah, whatever I will see you tomorrow," Shuichi headed for the door.
"Remember Shuichi love doesn't come in a shape or form, there is no such thing as right and wrong when it comes to love."
Shuichi just waved goodbye and walked out the door.
When he reached his apartment again, he immediately went and stripped down to his boxers and lay in his bed. All he could think about was those lips.