Kentaro/Takeshi
By the way I don't own these characters or any characters by Clamp. I somehow forgot to write that I think. I don't know if this is any good. I'm kind of going through a slump. I think Kentaro is harder to write '. Well hopefully the next update will be faster and maybe I'll get better at naming things. Any way I appreciate reviews. They can be mean, you can say that I totally suck, but if you do I would love to know why. I might change the rating later.
Well I hope you enjoy. I attempted to write as Kentaro, but somehow Takeshi took over several times. I guess Takeshi wants to be the star. Oh well you may read the story now if you like.
Afternoon and Dinner
Kentaro sighed as he looked at his schedule. Sometimes he wondered he hired Takeshi to be his secretary, he was always good at making sure that Kentaro had somewhere to be. To his credit, Kentaro would probably have lost the company long ago if Takeshi weren't around to say this needs to be done or you need to see this person. God couldn't he get some sort of break; he didn't even have time to eat his regular nine meals. Takeshi seemed to think that three meals were enough and sometimes he thought two meals was enough. Kentaro sat up and stretched a bit before looking for the missing secretary.
For being completely serious and sometimes downright boring Takeshi still managed to somehow surprise Kentaro every now and then. Today was one of those days. First Takeshi actually ate some of his food, after he punched Kentaro for throwing food at him. The only good thing about Takeshi's punches was that they didn't hurt nearly as much as Eri's did. The second thing Takeshi had done was call him Kenpi. Kentaro smiled a bit at that. Finally he had gotten Tekepon to say the nickname. It had taken a few years, but it had happened. Now his dream of getting married to Takeshi was closer then it had been before.
Takeshi was not in the bathroom or in his office. Kentaro frowned thinking about all the places his friend went to during the day. He decided to just go back to his office, if he didn't finish the paperwork today he was screwed because it should have been done today. It wasn't his fault that the damn thing was hidden under his food. He always put his bento boxes in the same place.
Takeshi sat down and stared at the paper. No he definitely didn't want to do the stupid paper work. He almost said screw it, but had a sudden vision of angry Takeshi. When he said angry he meant I will kill you kind of angry. Takeshi had always had a short fuse, but he was usually never truly angry at least not nearly as angry as he could be. Kentaro was now ready to work and then the phone rang. He looked curiously at the caller id and paled slightly seeing who it was. Kentaro reached for the phone and said hello rather depressed.
"What's wrong Kentaro," asked the girl on the other line.
"Nothing really," Kentaro sighed. "So why are you calling me? Weren't you and Sukiyabashi going to visit his family?"
"We did now we're back, its been three weeks Kentaro."
"Really it's been that long." Kentaro asked looking at his calendar with some confusion. "Wow, time has really flied these past few weeks."
"What did you and Takeshi get together yet or something?"
"Unfortunately no we haven't, but I've made progress. He's been slipping and calling me Kenpi and he yells at me a lot less. I've even seen a rare smile every once in awhile."
"Kentaro, that's great to hear. Is Takeshi there?"
"No he's out doing something, I'm not sure what."
"Oh, ok tell him I said hi. I just wanted to see how you guys were doing."
Kentaro hung up the phone and looked at his paper work. He really didn't want to do it. In reality crime had been at an all time low and he hadn't been called into service for a long time. Takeshi seemed relieved and chided Kentaro for his childishness. Kentaro could see his point in a way, not getting called meant that people were not in trouble. Still there was an excitement to being a superhero that made him feel special. It gave him a reason to live other then making money and having a family. He wondered if he would of still fell in love Takeshi if he hadn't become a superhero.
Kentaro jumped up and stretched. He rarely ever thought these thoughts and hated it when he did. Kentaro was convinced that Takeshi had had some sort of influence on him, just as he had some influence on Takeshi. Kentaro looked up to see Takeshi enter with a bunch of papers. He stared at them hoping they were not for him, he was behind slightly.
"Why aren't you working," Takeshi frowned as he set the papers on his desk. "Your behind aren't you? You should do those now so you don't have to stay late Friday."
"I guess your right as always," Kentaro smiled at Takeshi. "Guess who called."
"Who?"
"You have to guess silly. You get three guesses. I'll do my paperwork if you get it."
"Hmm, was it Eri," Takeshi asked with a smirk.
"How did you know," Kentaro asked.
"She text me a minute ago asking me where I was, so I put two and two together. Now do your paper work no complaining."
"That's so not fair," Kentaro grumbled and sat down in his chair glaring at the paper work.
With Takeshi staring at him he had no choice, but to get started on his paper work. It didn't take as long as he thought, of course it helped that he didn't have any meetings today. He finished those and sighed happy for a moment because he thought he was finished.
"Oh these papers are for you to fill out," Takeshi said handing him the papers that he had brought in earlier.
Kentaro felt like crying as he reached his hand over and took the papers, "Do I have to do these now?"
"Well I guess you don't have to, but I recommend doing them now," Takeshi replied fixing him with a glare.
Kentaro stared for a few seconds then looked at papers. Takeshi was probably right if he didn't do it he might not do it till next week. He might as well do it now there were only 15 pages. Nothing big, right, he really did feel like hitting either himself over the head or Takeshi. Both sounded equally good at the moment. He chewed on the tip of his pen and knowing that in fifteen minutes he would be starving. He looked at Takeshi and got a determined look on his face.
"Takeshi I'm hungry I think we should go eat I can finish tomorrow," Kentaro said looking at him with a puppy dog face.
"I guess it would be ok to go eat," Takeshi said slowly.
"Yay! Let's go."
Takeshi began packing his stuff in an orderly fashion while Kentaro stuffed all his things in his brief case. He didn't really know why he brought it home with him since he usually didn't open it till he came back to work. You could say he didn't take his professional career seriously and if it weren't for Takeshi the company might have been lost just because Kentaro had no interest in business. Kentaro knew that if he hadn't been born into a family that had their own company he definitely would not have gone into business. Maybe art or a scientist, like an archeologist he could travel the world. Unfortunately he couldn't do something like that because no matter how crazy or fun loving he was he did want to please his parents. He knew that his parents would have supported him if he didn't take over, but they would be disappointed. He didn't want to see his parents upset because he truly cared for them.
Maybe that's why he didn't understand Takeshi sometimes. Takeshi always seemed to get embarrassed when others would call him poor. He didn't even let Kentaro come over until their last year of high school. Kentaro understood a little of the embarrassment because there were people even at Clamp school that could be very snobby to less fortunate people. Kentaro wasn't one of them and he had made it quite clear from the very beginning which was why he didn't understand Takeshi being embarrassed about it in front of him. Maybe it was the different life styles that they lived. Takeshi was the prodigy of his family, their only chance to get more money in the family. While Kentaro was indeed smart he wasn't the smartest in his family and many distant relatives had been disappointed that he was the heir to the company. Not that Kentaro ever cared about things like that.
The car ride to Kentaro's favorite Italian restaurant was silent. Neither Kentaro or Takeshi really wanted to talk, Takeshi was usually not the one to strike up the conversation and Kentaro was quiet. Kentaro really didn't have much to say since his sugar high had been wasted on doing his paper work.
Once they were seated Kentaro studied the menu looking for something new, every once in awhile asking the waiter to specify what a season was or a sauce was. Takeshi got the same thing every time, tortellini, it was his favorite. Kentaro finally decided on seafood cannelloni, which was a rather normal dinner for him. They ate the bread in silence then Kentaro regained some of his energy and began talking while sipping a soda that the waiter had brought a minute ago.
"So Tekepon can you believe that its Eri is already back." Kentaro asked his friend while reaching for another piece of bread.
"Well yeah they said they were coming back today so I assumed that they were coming today," Takeshi sipped some of his diet soda. "Any way Eri text messaged me while you were busy at work and asked if we wanted to go to their anniversary party at Eri's parent's house."
"Of course it would be fun," Kentaro got that look in his eye the one that spelled head ache in Takeshi's head. "When is it?"
"Two days from now. Its from noon till five."
"Are you coming too," Kentaro asked.
"Yes, Eri did invite me too you know," Takeshi said slightly peeved.
"Well I was just making sure you know," Kentaro said his eyes slightly wide. "Man, I hope the food comes soon your kind of crabby. Oh where were you when I was talking to Eri?"
"I was getting Eri and Sukiyabashi an anniversary present, don't worry I used your credit card so it's from both of us," Takeshi said.
"That's smart, Eri would have been after out heads if we had forgotten to get her a present," Kentaro leaned over and tried to hug him forgetting that Takeshi had used his money.
"Umm excuse me," their waiter said at the exact same time, he had their food and was giving them strange looks.
"Oh sorry," they said at the same time and broke apart.
They ate their meal in silence because both of them were very hungry. Takeshi was surprised that he at as much as he did and was impressed with himself for finishing off all his food. Kentaro had finished his early and had ordered desert and was currently stuffing his face with chocolate cheese cake. Takeshi winced slightly at the sugary substance, unlike Kentaro sugar was not one of the things he craved.
When they were finished Kentaro insisted on taking Takeshi home. Takeshi used to fight with him about it, but the past few months he realized that no matter how much he protested Kentaro always got his way no matter what. Takeshi wondered why he let Kentaro get away with ordering him around. Eri got away with because she was scary, strong, and did he mention scary. Kentaro on the other hand wasn't scary unless you called his obsession with becoming a bride and marrying Takeshi scary, which the later was slightly disturbing to Takeshi. Takeshi did realize though that he really wasn't as bothered by it as he should be. Takeshi did not as a rule think about these things because he truly was afraid that the reason he didn't mind was because he wanted to be Kentaro too. He didn't know if he could deal with it.
When they reached Takeshi's home, Takeshi got out of the car then turned to Kentaro and before he could stop himself he said, "See ya later Kenpi."
Kentaro smiled at that and gave Takeshi a small hug before he let Takeshi close the door. He watched Takeshi walk into his house as his limo drove off. He could say that he was happy. He was making progress even though it was a slow and hard trail he had hope that he would get Takeshi to admit his feelings. Kentaro sighed and leaned back in his seat, he had just realized how tired he was.
