Ryutaro, Tobio and Reiji went around the supermarket. At the checkout Tobio took the ingredients out of the basket and Reiji packed them into bags, Ryutaro had to help the redhead a little, which gave him an unnoticed glare from the blonde. They all went back to Ryutaro's, Reiji and Tobio carried shopping bags. When they got inside, Ryutaro set out the ingredients and got to work. When Ryutaro had finished making the bread for the base, as it had to rise he left it to do so and sorted out the other ingredients. Reiji and Tobio watched the bluenette, until the redhead got up, walked over to the fortune-teller and put his chin on his shoulder as he often would, to tell Ryutaro that he was bored or hungry or wanted to taste whatever was being made.
"Can I help?" Reiji asked, making Ryutaro jump and cut his finger with the knife he was using to cut some meat.
"Reiji, you shouldn't sneak up on people with knives in their hands, now I've cut myself." Ryutaro frowned at Reiji, who stepped back, looking apologetic.
Tobio stood up and went into the cupboard, bringing out plasters. Before Tobio could reach Ryutaro, Reiji had stepped towards the bluenette. Grabbing Ryutaro's wrist, Reiji licked off the blood from the injured finger.
"I'm sorry Ryutaro." The redhead apologised as the bluenette's face was full of surprise.
Tobio glared at Reiji, he stomped forward, took a plaster out of the box and wrapped it around Ryutaro's finger. The blonde was glaring at the redhead the whole time, who blinked upon noticing he was being glared at. Reiji glared back at Tobio, but it went unnoticed as his eyes were covered by his blonde-tipped hair.
"Thank you Tobio." Ryutaro smiled, as Tobio turned around to put the box of plasters away.
The sniper smiled to himself as Reiji looked at the fortune-teller with a sad expression. Ryutaro looked at the redhead, thinking that Reiji thought he hadn't forgiven him.
"It's ok Reiji, thank you." The bluenette smiled gently.
"So can I help?" Reiji asked, blinking and tilting his head to make his left eye visible.
"Sure you can." Ryutaro answered.
"What can I do?" Tobio grumbled, which made Ryutaro once again surprised.
The bluenette smiled at the blonde.
"I'm sure I can find something for you both to help with. You two have been a lot more helpful lately." Ryutaro's smile grew much more pleasant and grateful, the other two boys blushed a little under its glow.
Ryutaro made the pizza base once the bread had rose enough and allowed both Reiji and Tobio to put on the toppings.
"I want to put on the tomato sauce." Reiji demanded.
"No, I'm going to put it on." Tobio argued.
"I want to, it looks like blood, especially when spread lightly." Reiji hissed, making Ryutaro sweatdrop.
To Ryutaro, it seemed like Reiji still had some of his psychotic tendencies and he made a mental note that the redhead was not ready to have his Beyblade back yet.
"True, but I want to spread it on thickly so that it will be full of flavour." Tobio grumbled.
"I want it spread thinly." Reiji stared in a creepy way.
"It's going to be spread thickly." Tobio glared. "Next, you won't want much cheese."
"Yeah?" Reiji blinked.
"Well it's gonna have lots of cheese too! It needs to have lots of flavour. If we get your way, it will be bland and suck." Tobio explained.
"We wouldn't be able to eat all of it if you put loads of everything on it." Reiji whined.
"Just because you don't eat much, it doesn't mean that the rest of us have to eat so little!" Tobio complained.
"Tobio!" Ryutaro interjected. "You know perfectly well why Reiji doesn't eat much. He told us himself that he was only given a little food when he lived in the Dark Nebula building."
Tobio looked at Ryutaro apologetically, he hated it when the bluenette was annoyed at him.
"How about having half the pizza each? Reiji can have his half how he likes and Tobio, you can have your half however you want." Ryutaro compromised, annoyed by their argument, evidence shown by his eyebrow twitching.
Reiji spread the tomato sauce while having a little smile on his face, he liked it when Ryutaro was mad at Tobio. He had at least two reasons for this; Ryutaro was defending him, which meant that Ryutaro may like him more than the blonde and also the redhead found the bluenette's face attractive when annoyed. Then again, Reiji always found that Ryutaro looked attractive. Another reason for Reiji's tiny smile was that Ryutaro had let the redhead get his way once again. Well, partially since Ryutaro wanted to make Tobio happy too for some reason. As Reiji thought it over a little, he stopped spreading the tomato sauce for a moment and glared at Tobio.
"Just remember that he got mad at you." Reiji whispered.
Tobio blinked, unsure of why Reiji said that. The blonde knew Ryutaro got annoyed at him, but he still got to have half the pizza the way he wanted it. Clearly Ryutaro wanted Tobio to be just as satisfied as Reiji.
"He only lets you get your way because you never did while with the Dark Nebula Organisation. He only sees you as a having a disturbed child's mind who knows nothing of the world, so in his kind-heartedness, he took you in and taught you how to be good." Tobio whispered back angrily as Reiji gave him the tomato sauce for the blonde's half.
"I'm happy Ryutaro cares for me. He knows I like him too." Reiji whispered back.
"Yeah, it's pretty obvious, but Ryutaro doesn't like you as much as he likes me!"
"Remember when Ryutaro was teaching me about love and your mother let us watch her DVDs at your house? The girls always had taller guys, I know Ryutaro would prefer a taller guy, like me. You're too short for him!"
"It's called 'Vertically Challenged' and Ryutaro can look over my only imperfection. Ryutaro prefers my company anyway."
Ryutaro had been sitting on the floor since he let the other two work on making the pizza. He sighed while watching the redhead and blonde. He often didn't mind the two spending time together, but it sounded like they were whispering angrily. The bluenette felt like he should stop them, then again the two had seemed to be tense with each other lately, so maybe they needed an argument to release and vent whatever was bothering them. If it seemed like it'd get physical, he'd stop them though.
"That's a lie." Reiji whispered before accidently raising his voice. "Ryutaro loves me in every way, you're just his friend!"
"You're wrong! Ryutaro loves me and sees you like his child or little brother...Even though you're older!" Tobio had also raised his voice, so they were both beginning to speak angrily at a more audible level and Ryutaro could hear them.
Cliffhanger. Dundundun...I wonder what Ryutaro will think hearing that both Reiji and Tobio are fond of him...
Hopefully this chapter was more interesting than the last. I appreciate reviews. :)