Manga refereances(sp?) mentioned here! Please be gentle with me, this is my first story. But I would love some R&R.

Well, here it is.

Chapter one: I shouldn't have overheard

"My body...won't move..."

Norio felt his whole body freeze upon staring at Hidekunis pupil as he was told. He didn't expect his body to freeze and as much as he was afraid of what was going on, he kept his words in his mouth. He felt, or thought he felt, a hand on his shoulder and vaguely heard,

"Your soul is frozen." He didn't bother listening, with his body still frozen. But then he thought he heard something about his body moving, so he tried moving his hand, silently happy he could move them.

He relaxed against Shinobu and let out a soft sigh. Jesus, all that panicking for nothing. He finally relaxed and shut his eyes. His relaxation didn't last long when he heard, "Hidekuni, seduce him. Start releasing your seductive pheromones."

Norio suddenly locked eyes with the blond man, feeling his body suddenly tingle with anticipation, and not the good kind of anticipation he got from Kunimasa. He felt sick and betrayal sitting in his loins. He couldn't do it...he couldn't let him get into his head like this. He fell to his hands and knees, trying to gain control of himself, but those pheromones...it was like alcohol. He felt his control slipping rapidly. His body wasn't listening to his commands...it seemed like the lower half of his body went numb.

He made his pain notable, but was retorted with, "It's painful because the body can't release the soul to the outside world. This is what resisting is."

Norio groaned. 'I know that, but what the hell am I supposed to do?' He felt like puking; This was just too much for him to handle. The world seemed to be spinning...he felt like he was about to pass out. Hidekuni saw how bad this was affecting him and reached out to help him. Norio quickly pushed him off, whimpering, "N..o...don't touch me...please don't touch me..."

He hated how these pheromones were affecting him. He didn't want anyone but Kunimasa to affect him like this...but then...he thought about what Kunimasa truly wanted. What did he want? Oh Norio's mind was spinning, making it hard to focus on his training. Taking deep even breaths were not working as well as he thought they would. His brain felt like it was being crushed. He was crying, he could feel tears running down his cheeks. But why was he crying? Because Kunimasa was allowing his family to do this to him? Was that it? He wasn't very sure.

His pain finally received some notice when he heard Hidekuni tell Shinobu to stop this. He then set his hand on Norio's head, which made him resort to his form of a cat. Hidekuni took the half monkey half cat into his arms and patted his back, comforting him. He knew this would be too much for Norio to handle and he still went along with it. Deep down, he knew who to blame for this. Kunimasa. Of course he wouldn't care. Of course he wouldn't care if Norio was touched by someone else...would he?

He wasn't aware of how long he was crying, or out cold. He didn't know which but either way, it gave Norio a massive headache. He looked around his room, oblivious to the fact he was placed in his room. He rubbed his eye while rubbing his head.

"Ugh...my head is throbbing...what happened?" He rubbed his neck, looking out the window. It looked as though early evening was approaching. He smiled and stretched, feeling his limbs pop.

"Ahhh well, whatever happened, my mind seems to be at ease...hmmm..."

He hugged his knees to his chest, thinking about what the others were doing. By others, of course, he meant Yonekuni, Shirou, and Kunimasa. He hadn't seen them all day and wondered when they would be done...suddenly, he felt crestfallen. Thinking about Yonekuni and Shirou always seemed to bring him down. He thought about how they became a couple and how shocking it was.

Madarame Yonekuni...the notorious man hater...was in love with and was dating said man, Fujiwara Shirou, a class president no less. But no matter what the title, no matter whatever, Norio could see that Yonekuni was madly in love with Shirou and Shirou was madly in love with Yonekuni. And as much as Norio was happy for them...deep down in his core, it made him sick. Simply because he had always wanted to experience a love like that and had hoped that Kunimasa would surprise him with love like that. So far, he got nothing but that same thought: Sex. It seemed like it was all he thought about and he had repeatedly reminded Norio that he wanted him to bear his children. Of course Norio would do it. He was in love with him, after all.

"Gah! I have to stop thinking like that. I'm making myself depressed...I'm sure Kunimasa has some feelings for me, he just hasn't, well, found them yet..." Smiling his usual cat smile, he got to his feet and said, "I'm gonna go find him. I wanna see what he and the others are up to." He put on a clean shirt, got his shoes on and ran out the door, knowing where they were.

He ran to the entrance of the restaurant looking building, seeing the three, but stopped when he heard Yonekuni say, "Manami was telling the whole world about it."

Norio groaned, shaking his fist. He knew Manami was out to get him simply because he had a brother complex...which was odd, to say the least. He overheard Kunimasa say, "I'm the older brother. Of course I'm first."

First? First at what? What did being the older brother have to do with this? Norio's curiosity grabbed hold and he listened in further, hearing Shirou ask,

"Kunimasa, you like Tsuburaya-kun, don't you?"

There it was. The question Norio had burning on his tongue for so long. He had been dying to ask Kunimasa that very question. Granted his question was usually, 'Do you love me? Because I love you.' Inwardly, he thanked Shirou for asking that question, since he was too afraid to do it on his own. He listened in, hearing Kunimasa make those noises he made when he was deep in thought. He smiled, wanting to hear his answer. He heard him open his mouth and there came the words that seemed to stop Norios world:

"I never said anything like that."

Norio's eyes grew wide with shock. He was racked with sudden memories of when they first met, when Kunimasa had said, 'You will bear my child.' He remembered a conversation he had with Hidekuni and remembered saying to himself, 'He's never said to me, "I love you."' Which was the same day Hidekuni told Norio he liked him.

Norio felt his heart being crushed into pieces...he felt everything in the world stop. He suddenly felt sick...worse then sick. He just stood there, stunned. He hadn't realized how long he had been standing there until he felt someones hands on his shoulders. He looked up and was staring into Hidekuni's eyes, those caring eyes. He couldn't stop himself. He let himself be embraced by those arms. He shut his eyes, not wanting to say anything. His tears said it all. He was heartbroken.