A/N: Okay, so I actually started this story last year on a piece of torn up paper and just found the paper a couple of days ago. I don't know if writing this story would be regressing in my capabilities, but who cares.

I know that the sections are painfully short, but falling in love doesn't usually happen with some big, grand gesture. It's the little things that make you love someone, right?

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And I'm over-joyed,

And I'm over-loved,

"Physical attraction does not create love."

Watanuki sighed, annoyed. "I know, I know Yuuko-san."

The time-witch cocked an eyebrow at the seer. "Do you now? Then tell me," Yuuko paused, taking a drag from her hookah. Smoke filtered out of her mouth as she spoke. "do you know Himiwari's favourite colour? Her hopes and dreams? What she is terrified of?"

Watanuki kept a straight face. "Then I will learn and I will love her even more than I do at this very moment. I will prove you wrong, Yuuko-san." Watanuki stood up, making a move to leave the room when Yuuko burst into laughter, her voice piercing through Watanuki, making him cringe. He turned and looked at Yuuko, annoyance practically spilling out of him. Yuuko was sprawled over the couch, nearly falling off, her hookah forgotten on the floor.

"Is that a challenge?" Yuuko asked, whipping her eyes as her laughter subsided.

"Yes, it is," Watanuki spat. "If I win, you cook me any dish I want."

Her eyes were mischievous. "And if you lose?"

Watanuki stood there for a moment, contemplating. Finally, he spoke.

"I'll tell Doumeki that he's my friend."

Yuuko smiled, Cheshire cat. "Deal. I'll be waiting for your confession."

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And I'm feeling lucky like a little boy

Who's hiding undercover

A few days had passed and Watanuki had made no progress. He was walking home with Doumeki (as usual), complaining the whole way (again, as usual).

"…I mean, this shouldn't be that hard! Should it? I haven't even figured out her favourite colour, for Christ's sake!" Watanuki threw out his hands, gesturing towards Doumeki. "I even know your favourite colour!" Watanuki kept walking for a moment before he noticed that Doumeki had stopped. Watanuki, also stopping, turned to look at Doumeki with a questionable face.

"You know my favourite colour..?" Doumeki half-asked in his usual monotone voice.

Watanuki shrugged. "Well, yeah. It's orange. You wear the god-awful sweater all the freaking time (1)."

Doumeki almost, just almost, smile. "It's not god-awful. Let's go to the shrine. I want food."

As they continued walking, Watanuki throwing a fit – "HEY I am NOT your personal chef!" "Then why do you keep cooking for me?" – a light bulb, somewhere in the back of Watanuki's mind, went off (2).

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And looking to discover

Every way to play the part inside this darkened cave,

Watanuki sighed, walking along the sidewalk. He had spent the majority of the past afternoon at Doumeki's house-temple, rushing to Yuuko's shop, cooking a half-assed meal for her and Mokona, rushing home, doing homework and finally falling asleep around 1 am. To put it short, Watanuki was freaking tired. He readjusted the bento boxes he was carrying when he heard someone clear their throat.

"Do you want me to carry those for you?"

Watanuki turned and looked at Doumeki, pouting and straightening his back.

"No, asshole, I can carry it." Watanuki kept walking, knowing Doumeki would follow. "Besides, why would I want you to carry it? Himawari might think that you actually did something for once. I want her to fall for ME, not YOU!"

Doumeki shrugged. "I was just offering. You seem tired. Don't have an aneurism."

"You're a dick," Watanuki seethed while continuing to walk a little faster.

"I was just being nice." Doumeki half-said. Watanuki wasn't even sure if he had actually said it, but another light bulb went off in his head.

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The meaning of life, well it starts at the nightlight,

Close your eyes and I hope you see mine,

The next day was Sunday, so Watanuki had no school. Yuuko had, surprisingly, given him the day off to "Go! Fall in love with your dear, dear Himiwari-chan!", leaving Watanuki with nothing to do all day but lie at home and read.

Well, Watanuki made the stupid decision to take a short nap before dinner and woke with a start when he heard something banging around in his kitchen. Watanuki quickly got to his feet, tripped, and caught himself on the kitchen doorframe as it was opening.

"Oi, you have no food." Doumeki stated as he poked Watanuki in the forehead with his finger.

"What do you mean I have no food? There's TONS of food in the kitchen if you just FUCKING look, you glutton! Learn to cook, and then I won't have to -" Watanuki paused, Doumeki's finger still on his forehead.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?!" Watanuki screamed while flailing his arms around, trying to hit Doumeki in the face. Doumeki held him back with his finger, a smile almost playing at his eyes.

"I'm hungry. I want oniguri," Doumeki vaguely said while pushing Watanuki back with little ease. Watanuki caught himself on the doorframe again, trying to fight gravity. He propelled himself away from the doorframe, past Doumeki.

"Fine, fine, just get the HELL out of my way," Watanuki hotly said while scooting past Doumeki, heading into the kitchen and getting out a pot and rice. "You should WORSHIP the ground I fucking walk on, you asshole. I should let you STARVE, then you would know how to appreciate good food and say 'thank you' for once in your goddamn life. What makes you think I actually LIKE cooking for you, huh? I mean, - GAH!"

Watanuki jumped as the water boiled over and made a hissing sound on the burner. He had been too absorbed in his rant to pay attention to the boiling water. Doumeki laughed quietly to himself.

And I've, well I've seen a thousand things in one place

But I stopped counting when I saw your face,

Watanuki tried to remove the pot from the burner, only succeeding in burning his hand. He dropped the pot, spilling hot water and half cooked rice all over the floor. Watanuki cursed and quickly stuck his hand under the faucet and turned on cold water. He sighed, and then glared at Doumeki.

"Thanks to YOU, YOU showing up at my goddamn HOUSE, wanting fucking FOOD! How the hell did you get in my house anyway? Hello, are you going to answer me or just stand there like a retard?"

Doumeki just stared at Watanuki for a moment before turning and leaving the kitchen.

"Hey, HEY! Where the FUCK do you think you're going? COME BACK HE-!"

Doumeki was suddenly beside him, holding a first-aid kit. Doumeki turned off the cold water, took Watanuki's hand and started to gently dry it with a paper towel that seemed to come out of nowhere. Watanuki was in so much shock that he couldn't even think of what to yell. He then opened the first-aid kit and took out some antiseptic, gently rubbing some onto Watanuki's burns. Gentle bandaging came next, surprising Watanuki.

When did this asshole learn to do this? Watanuki thought while glancing at Doumeki's face. Doumeki seemed to be concentrated on gently wrapping the bandage around Watanuki's thin fingers. Doumeki glanced up at Watanuki, meeting his stare. They awkwardly looked at each other for a moment before Doumeki said, "Finished."

Watanuki blushed, pulling his hand away. Doumeki bent down and began to clean the mess that they had both sort of made, leaving Watanuki in a sort of shocked state, blushing and blinking while another light bulb went off in his head.

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Erasing memory, well I feel as though I've never seen a face before

Until I saw your eyes,

Yuuko laughed, spilling sake down her front. "You still don't know any more about her, do you?"

Watanuki growled. "No, I don't. Leave me alone or you won't get any pancakes."

They were both in Yuuko's kitchen, Watanuki at the stove, a bandage still wrapped around his hand. Yuuko stood right behind the seer, blowing in his ear. Watanuki swatted at her.

"Leave me alone."

"You still don't get it, do you?"

Watanuki turned to look at her. Yuuko's face was mischievous with a hint of seriousness. She smiled and put her hands on her hips. "Well, do you? Do you get it yet?"

The bi-coloured eye boy just stared at her, slightly confused. "Get what?"

Yuuko laughed, patting Watanuki on the shoulder. Watanuki cringed. "You're a stupid little boy, looking at it every day and not even realizing it yet. I do hope some light bulbs are going off somewhere in the back of your head though." Yuuko sighed, turned and gracefully left the room. Watanuki scratched his head.

"Staring at what?"

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And they're smiling back at me through my tears

I've been counting all these years, oh,

The three of them sat under their usual spot, eating the amazing lunches that Watanuki had made. They were happily talking (well, mostly Himiwari and Watanuki), when Doumeki noticed that Watanuki began to act all nervous and fidgety.

Oh, here we go. Watanuki is gonna make himself look like a moron.

"S-so Himiwari-chan," Watanuki started while scratching his face. Himiwari looked at him and smiled. Doumeki cringed on the inside. It's always so horrible to watch something embarrassing happen. "What's your dream? I mean, what is the thing you want most in life?"

Himiwari stared at Watanuki for a moment, thinking. Doumeki kept shoveling rice into his mouth.

"Hmm, well, I guess that after we graduate I'd like to take some time off from school and view my options, you know?" Himiwari smiled. "What's your dream, Doumeki?"

Watanuki's face fell. I thought she was gonna ask ME! Doumeki look slightly surprised that she was even talking to him. Doumeki cleared his throat, thinking. He glanced over at Watanuki, cleared his throat again and shut his bento box. Watanuki was confused. What the fuck?

"I want to fall in love," Doumeki quietly said while glancing at Watanuki again. Himiwari smiled, clapping her hands and started talking, but neither of the boys was listening to her. Watanuki stared at Doumeki, feeling awkward. For some reason, Watanuki could feel his face heat up and his heart flutter. Doumeki stared back, his face a little softer than it usually was. Watanuki tried to smile, but it looked more like a grimace. Doumeki almost laughed, and looked away, nodding and Himiwari so that she wouldn't feel dumb if she realized that they weren't listening.

In the back of Watanuki's head, another light bulb went off, brighter than the last ones.

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Suddenly the thousand things I've seen were nothing more than dreams of,

Of you and me,

And there they were again; walking down the sidewalk towards some unknown grocery store to pick up some things that Yuuko wanted (demanded) Watanuki to buy. The seer was quiet, pondering on all of those strange light bulbs that had been going off lately, all of them to be strangely connected, but unable to connect them all. It was like trying to put on make-up in the dark. You end up just looking like a scary transvestite.

Watanuki laughed a little. Doumeki glanced at him.

"What're you laughing at?"

"Transvestites."

Doumeki almost couldn't hide the bemusement and confusion from showing on his face. It was so random and had nothing to do with anything at all. I swear that kid lives inside his head most of the time. Watanuki caught Doumeki's almost-look. "What? I was laughing at my thoughts. Shut up."

Doumeki blinked. It was only for less than a second, almost nothing in the grand scale of time. When his eyes opened, Watanuki was standing in front of a car, kneeled down towards the ground, almost unaware of the car coming at him. Doumeki quickly reached down and grabbed tightly to the back collar of Watanuki's shirt, pulling back with such force that Watanuki ended up sprawled on the ground.

You and me

Quietly at a standstill now,

Watanuki looked up at Doumeki, who was standing over him, heart beating madly. Watanuki held a little orange and black cat close to his chest. They stared at each other for a moment, Watanuki pissed and Doumeki slightly relived. The archer finally helped the seer to his feet. Watanuki placed the kitten in his breast pocket, the kitty's orange face poking out.

It was so absurd to Doumeki that he let out a small chuckle. Watanuki looked like his brain exploded. "What? You're laughing at this poor little cat that probably has no home? Oh my god, you're such an asshole!" Watanuki stomped his feet while walking in the same direction they had been going. Doumeki just couldn't hold it anymore. He burst into laughter, holding his stomach while doubling over. Watanuki turned around, pissed and surprised. He stood there for a minute, tapping his foot. Doumeki finally calmed down after a while.

"You almost got hit by a car while trying to save that kitten. I closed my eyes for a second, and you were in front of a car. You would've died."

Doumeki walked past the seer. Watanuki's eyes were wide, a billion thoughts rushing at him at once, light bulbs going off all over his brain. Only one thought seemed to grasp his attention.

Yuuko, you bitch.

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Fortunately you will, well you'll kiss me, I will

I will kiss back.

The front doors of the shop banged open and all Yuuko could do was smile. He stomped into her living room, not even bothering to take off his shoes. Watanuki slid the paper door open harshly and stomped over to Yuuko, who was sitting on her usual couch. Watanuki glared at her, steam nearly coming out of his nose.

"You knew."

Yuuko smiled, playing innocent. "Knew what?"

"You knew Doumeki likes me more than a fucking friend. Why did you let me make an idiot of myself?"

Yuuko pushed hair out of her face. "I can't intervene with fate. You had to figure it out on your own. All I could do was push you in the right direction."

Watanuki exploded. "My original goal was to find out more about Himiwari-chan! All I figured out was that Himiwari is boring and that I know a hell of a lot more about Doumeki than I would care to know! All of this because YOU had to force this on me!"

"I didn't force anything," Yuuko calmly said while taking a drag from her hookah. "Any feelings you feel right now you felt before I even suggested this stupid bet. You would have come to terms with it eventually. Don't have a fit because I helped you, foolish boy."

Watanuki was at a loss. He sunk slowly to the floor, sitting on his knees. He wiped at his face, exhaustion showing.

On the fact of the matter is

And I don't know what the latter is, oh no way

"What do I do Yuuko? I seriously have no idea what to do now." Watanuki looked at Yuuko through his fingers, desperation in his eyes.

"You tell him. You already know you have to do it, you just don't want to admit it."

"Tell him what?" Watanuki would feel a little nervous pull on his stomach, like his body already knew what Yuuko was going to say.

Yuuko scoffed at him, rolling her eyes. "Don't give me that shit. You know what you have to do; you know you feel the same way. Don't even deny it anymore; it's too sad to watch."

Watanuki glared at Yuuko as he slowly got to his feet. "I hate you so much."

Yuuko just laughed, kimono falling slightly off her shoulder. "You'll be kissing my feet by the time all of this is over."

"You're a whore."

"And you look like a twelve year old girl."

Watanuki just sighed, scratching his head while turning towards the door. "I guess I gotta do… Whatever."

"Don't chicken out."

Watanuki turned back; looking at Yuuko with knowing eyes. "I know, I know. Everything would happen eventually, it's inevitable. I get it. I'm leaving now." He then turned and left quickly through the door, the front door slamming a moment later. Yuuko smiled, staring at the spot Watanuki had been standing in.

"He sure has grown, hasn't he?"

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See, I've always wanted to kiss you

But I, I always wanted to run from you

The door opened before Watanuki had a chance to knock. He had run home, changed his shirt five times before putting the original one back on, stood in front of the temple for ten (or twenty) minutes before finally gathering the courage to walk up to the door and knock, only to have Doumeki open it, leaving him no choice but to go through with it.

Damn fate Watanuki thought while nervously giving a small wave to Doumeki. Doumeki raised one of his eyebrows and slowly waved back. "Hey."

"H-hey," Watanuki barely managed to say, nervously shifting on his feet. Doumeki thought it looked like the seer had to pee a little. The archer suppressed a laugh, noticing that Watanuki was trying to say something important.

He picked at his fingers, breathing unevenly. "You like me."

Doumeki's heart sank a little, but kept his face straight. "So?"

Watanuki looked surprised and laughed. "So? That's a really big deal to me Doumeki." The archer just looked at Watanuki for a moment. "Okay, it's a huge deal to me. I can't believe you would just sit there and let me run after Himiwari. That's like stabbing yourself in the eye. It's just stupid."

Doumeki shut the door behind him as he stepped out onto the porch, standing closer to Watanuki. Watanuki fidgeted a little, but didn't move.

"Why chase after something you could never catch?"

Watanuki blinked his bi-coloured eyes for a moment, blushing. He cleared his throat and averted his eyes. "You never had to chase me, stupid. You always had me."

Because I've always wanted to miss you

And I, I always wanted to come for you

Doumeki bent down slightly, kissing Watanuki softly, and yet with so much passion that Watanuki was at a loss. He stood there; eyes wide open, having the best kiss of his life.

They finally pulled apart after a moment (or Doumeki did), the archer's hands reaching up and cupping Watanuki's face.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for you to say that."

Watanuki smiled, wrapping his arms around Doumeki's torso. "It didn't really take much for me to say it, did it?"

Doumeki sighed, breathing slightly on Watanuki's neck. The smell of spices and sake filled Doumeki, surrounded him until he was sure he would be permanently drunk by the smell of Watanuki.

If the world ended right at that moment, Doumeki couldn't think of another place he would rather be.

"Well, I loved my comfort foods," you said

While you always say "How do you do?"

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1. Reference from The Wollen Monstrosity by Anyjen. Go read it, it's amazing

2. In Host Club, in the first episode when they were figuring out the Haruhi is a girl, the show would flash to the light bulb thing, so I used the idea.

A/N: Oh my god, that took me so long to write. This is officially the longest chapter I have ever done!

I really hope you guys liked it. The next story I'm gonna do might be a second chapter to this, only a lemon. Oh ho ho, look out for that!

Review please. Flame if you must.