Day 2.

I woke up to the door bell ringing like mad, my cell was dead and my home phone was buzzing too. I stood up and walked threw my now empty apartment, yanking on pants before swinging the door open with a loud crack.

"THE HELL?" I yelled as the door opened to reveal a startled looking tenth. Crap.

"Sorry! Tenth! I-" His arms surrounded me effectively cutting off my voice.

I gingerly hugged him back as he spoke.

"Thank god Hayato! When I saw that your stuff was laying around everywhere outside I thought you had lost it, that you might have t-taken your life!"

I gasped in his arms, Tenth...

"I'm sorry tenth. Don;t worry, I was just reading the book you gave me, and well. I suppose I got carried away with it."

The tenth let go of me and looked at my face, as if measuring how much of my words he could trust, that hurt a bit. But really, I have been acting like an idiot lately.

"I see. So, that persons book is helping you?" he asked, a light smile on his face..

That person?

"Yes, but tenth, just who is the author of that book?"

His smile got wider, like reborn-sans used to get when he was up to something.

"don't worry, that person will tell you sooner or later. Just don't read more then one page a day. Okay?"

I blinked, confused. But nodded anyway.

"i understand, tenth, but why? Did you... right the book?" I asked, my eyes widening. Could the tenth..?

"Ha-ha, no no! It's not me, but well, it is someone we both know... That's all I can say though. Anyway, do me a favor and clean up the stuff outside okay?"

I blushed embarrassed, and nodded.

"Good, then Hayato, See you tomorrow. I want to see you at the board meeting this time, he- Well, he won't be there this week so.."

I nodded solemnly, some right hand man I was! I couldn't even handle going to a board meeting for the tenth. All because of that god damn baseball freak!

"Then, i'll be going." I looked up at the tenths slightly forced smile and nodded again, bowing to bid him farewell before going back into my bedroom.

I grabbed the little black book and walked back into the kitchen, looking for some much needed coffee..

Wait, where the hell is- I threw the coffee maker out of the window!

/

Three hours later.

I pulled my hair back as I walked out of the apartment with my list in hand.

I had spent the better part of the morning listing all the shit I needed to replace in order to live normally again. As it turns out, I ended up throwing just about all of my possessions out into the street. It had then decided to rain the night before.

Needless to say, I needed to go shopping.

By the time I had made it to the damn bus stop I was sweating, out of breath, and completely sure I had gained at least ten pounds in my weeks of moping around, just by the way my body felt as I tried to keep myself upright in this blasted heat.

When I finally got into the bus and snagged the only remaining seat by the widow from some stupid looking yokuza-wannabe I was in dire need of a pick me up.

So, I pulled out the little black book from my pocket, opened it to the second page, and read the simple lines. Again they where written in black ink, in the same hand.

The 20 ways to fall out of love.

Day 2.

The next thing you need to do,

assuming you have indeed followed day 1's steps, is move.

It may sound insane, however in you're case you are simply to attached to the place you shared together. A completely clean break will allow you to see things in a calmer manor.

I nodded along with the words, again this sounded right. After all the baseball bastard was the one who wanted the apartment in the first place. I just went along with him, and now what? I am still in there, a place I never wanted to be. I really should do this. I mean I am already out, might as well pick up a few for rent adds, maybe stop by a realtors.

Who knows, I might find a great place closer to the tenth!

/

The Mall.

Fuck! I hate this damn place! How many stupid stores full of makeup and shoes do these people need anyway? All I want is to find the god damned realtors office from three years ago!

I stormed down the hall angrily, looking left and right until I finally came across the shop I was looking for.

Namimori Realtors

The sign was dull blue with some tropical palms painted on it, they had shown us a number of good places in the city, and there was one I had really liked.

I only agreed to sign the lease to the place I live in now because of the bastard.

I walked into the shop, the woman behind the counter looking up from her paperwork mountain when she heard the bell. I walked over to her and spoke in my nicest voice.

"Hello, My name is Gokudera Hayato. I would like to meet with a realtor to discuss finding myself a new house. "

She blinked, her face flushing slightly. Funny how all the girls look at me like that, but never the guys... What am I, a man repellent?

" Yes , Gokudera-san, I will get someone to speak with you shortly."

She pushed a little red button on her desk and a few moments later some blonde girl came bustling out from the back, smiling at me like she won the lottery.

Her shoes clicked. How annoying.

I sat with my new realtor, Suzuki, for a good hour before we got some positive results. There where three houses, one split level duplex and five apartments in the area I had asked for, all within or close to my budget.

"So when should we plan to take a look at these?" she said, moving her hand towards the screen of her oversized computer.

I sighed, great. Another day with this stupid woman.

"Tomorrow, or later today. I want to move within the week."

She blinked up at me seeming shocked at my haste but nodded anyway.

"I can do later tonight, if you wish. We can tour the apartments and the House's. The duplex will need 24 hours notice before we can tour-"

I cut her off, tired and not really interested in what she was saying anymore

"Great. Then I will meet you here at, say 5pm?"

She nodded, and I left as quickly as I could.

I needed a smoke.

/

Same day, 5pm.

I meant up with Suzuki at five and was at the first place by five thirty.

It was in a good naiborhood, with a park and a school not far from the building.

But there just means that I would end up with kids to protect in case of emergency.

Thats really not my thing.

It was a flat too, with a bathroom and a small kitchen, no window that opened and a balcony.

I told her it sucked and to take me somewhere else.

The next two apartments where the same, and two of the houses where too small or too big, and too far away from Tenth!

Finally we got to the last place, my feet where killing me and I was ready to kick my realtor in the ass for bringing me to dumps all evening when I saw it.

It was the most amazing house I had seen.

It was white, much like the tenths old place, with a large yard and many trees and shrubs. Perfect for hiding explosives.

Walking in, you had a larg open space, with a large kitchen just off to the side and an amazing dinning room for visits with the tenth. Up stairs it had three balconys, four bed rooms and a total of five bathrooms in the house.

I would make myself a library and a lab plus have room for the tenth and Kyoko-san...

"I'll take this one. Contact whoever owns it and tell them I want to close the deal within the week." And before she could say more then okay.. I was out the door.

Now I just needed to get to packing.

/

Same day, bus stop.

I was just about to call the tenth from the bloody bus stop when the yokuza-wannabe decided to come over and start a fight with me. Now normally I really wouldn't bother with some bastard wannabe/ The tenth hated pointless deaths. But theses assholes needed a good beating.

I was just about to pull out a stick of dynamite with a tonfa came crashing down on their skulls.

By the time I looked up enough to see Hibari standing in front of me, the thugs where half dead.

I blinked, Since when did Hibari look so... HOT?

"Hey, what the hell was that for? I could have taken them all myself."

I complained, trying not to ogle him. Seriously, what the hell was up with him tonight. He was in his normal attire, the same suit and hair cut and eyes he always had. And yet the way the slight sheen of sweat from the heat glistened on his skin, and the way his eyes looked at me... It was hard to stand straight.

"Hn. I thought they needed to be bitten, so I bit them."

and with that, he turned away with nothing more then a simple smile, yet it took my breath away. It was like I thought of him in a way that I never would have thought possible, it was as if he was somehow... endearing?