Title: Saving A Moment

Author:Tsubasa-fan Youkohieifan(LJ)

Warnings:Yaoi, lemons later on, language, spoilers for recent chapters.

Pairings:Doumeki/Watanuki, others

Rating:PG-13, M eventually

Notes: sorry if Ichiro is ooc, I've never read/watched angelic layer.

The next day of school found Watanuki a nervous wreck. He had been thinking about Doumeki ever since he had woken up this morning and didn't know what or how he was supposed to act around the stoic teen. He was so deep in thought since this morning that he didn't even watch out for the spirits that normally plagued him or did he notice the person he had walked into in the hallway.

"Oof, Oh, I'm sorry, let me help!" The boy then scan the ground to see if he had dropped anything.

"Where's lunch?" A familiar voice asked. Watanuki's eye twitched, looking up at the guy he had been thinking about all day. 'Wait a minute! Why the hell am I nervous?!'

"You'll get it at lunch. idiot, and stop walking into me!"

"You're the one that wasn't paying attention, idiot. Besides it is lunch time." Doumeki smirked and Watanuki looked over the others shoulder at the school clock. School was almost over and he hadn't even noticed. Growling the shorter boy lead the way to their groupds usual spot. Himiwari already there eating her own bento.

"Himiwari-chan, how wonderful it is to see you again!" Hearts appeared out of nowhere and the glasses wearing boy twirled around the pig-tailed girl. Doumeki swaatted away the hearts floating around.

"Watanuki-kun, Doumeki-kun! The two of you were late, so I started on my lunch, sorry." Tanpopo chirped happily on her shoulder.

"It's alright, I would have been on time if Doumeki hadn't bumped into me."

"You hit me." Somehow Doumeki had taken his lunch from the other and had already eaten about a quarter of the meal.The three friends ate together, Himiwari leaving early, saying something about introducing herself to a new teacher cause she was on student council. Doumeki finished his and was eyeing the other boys' food. Watanuki kept thinking that he was in an awkward situation. He took a deep breath, it was now or never.

"So, about yesterday...why did you hug me?"

"Does it matter?"

"I-I guess not." 'Damn, he should have said that it really did matter, because you don't just go and hug people.'

"Are you going to eat the rest of that?" Doumeki pointed a chopstick at Watanuki's food.

"Is that all you think about?!"

"No, I think about alot of things." Amber eyes stared at mis-matched ones.Watanuki looked away.

"Whatever, I have to go to Yuuko's today."

"I'll walk with you."

"It's fine, I'm not a girl that you have to escort everywhere!" Watanuki was angry, though he didn't understand why, he stood up took the empty bento box from the others' hands' and stormed away in the direction of Yuuko's shop. Doumeki stared at the retreating back, sighing in defeat.

He arrived at Yuuko's, anger subsided a little as he prepared a meal for the witch and manjuu. Spreading a tray in front of the two, he left to clean when Yuuko stopped him.

"Watanuki-kun, come and tell ua of your day off!"

"There's nothing to talk about I went home, that's all."

"Your blush says otherwise, now come and tell Moko-chan and Yuuko-san all sbout it." The dark haired woman patted the couch, encouraging the boy to sit beside her.

"Nothing happened, Doumeki came over, I made food and he made us tea, to thank me for helping him sweep the other day."

"That was nice of Doumeki-kun, don't you think so?"

"I guess."

"Now, it's time for some more sake!"

"No, some whine!" cheered Larg, as the manjuu raised a bottle in his paw. Watanuki yelled about drunkards and storm out of the room. Yuuko turned solemn, Larg looking up at her.

"Will he be okay?" Asked the black Mokona, brows knitted together in a frown.

"If he realizes what's in front of him, he will, hopefully he won't have to learn it the hard way." The Space-Time witch took another drink of sake, patting Mokona on the head.

"Hello class, I'm Ichiro, and it seems that I'll be your substitute science teacher for a few weeks or at least until your actual teacher stops coughing up blood...anyways, I'm sure will get to know each other alot better."

After a rather interesting class, with the new teacher checking to if any of the students needed help and invading a little too much personal space, Watanuki meet up with his friends for lunch. The three sat and talked about how odd their new teacher was, Watanuki fawned over Himiwari and Doumeki glanced at the others antics between bites.

Watanuki was starting to get more annoyed by the minute, somone would not stop staring at him, and he was pretty sure he didnt have anything on him, or something stuck to him. It was probably Doumeki wanting more food.and he was pretty sure he didnt have anything on him, or something stuck to him. He inhaled and counted to ten.

"Bastard stop staring at me!"

"My, my, you have a potty mouth!" Ichiro-sensei smiled at the flustered boy.

"I-I'm so sorry Mihara-sensei, I thought you were someone else!" Watanuki was mortified as he bowed deeply 'Doumeki's going to pay for this, if he wasn't acting so weird lately Inever would have thought it was him staring at me!'

"Was there anything you needed to ask me Mihara-sensei?"

"No I just saw one of my students by themselves and as a teacher I worry about the welfare of my students."

"Thank you?" Ichiro then proceeded to pat his student on the head.

"Oi" A familar voice caused an increasingly uncomfortable Watanuki to turn his head.

"You!" Watanuki leapt to throttle the other boy when said teen grabbed his elbow and began dragging him away from Ichiro's pats and smiles. Watanuki was trying to stop the other digging his heels in the ground. They were already outside of school and were going in the direction of Watanuki's apartment.

"Let go, why the hell did you do that?!"

"You wanted to be molested by the new teacher?" Watanuki paled, Doumeki even seemed angry.

"That's not...you don't just drag people...shut up." He looked ahead, Doumeki's larger hand still clutching his arm, and walking briskly. Watanuki could see the top of his apartment complex.

"Why are we here? I have to go to Yuuko's idiot!"

"Shut up." Shock was apparent on the smaller teens face. Doumeki was mad, but at what, he had no idea. Watanuki unlocked his automatically unlocked his door, worried about the others mood. Doumeki stood in the small living room, arms crossed.

"What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing."

"Fine, if you won't answer me, I guess I don't care." Watanuki turned to go to the kitchen away from Doumeki.

"I don't like that teacher." Watanuki turned, eyes wide. Did Doumeki actually answer him?!

"Why?" The shorter teen turned facing his friend. Doumeki walked past him reaching for the door.

"Hey, you could at least answer me!" Doumeki's turned his head and smirked, Watanuki blushed.

"You really want to know?" He was now facing the smaller boy, the door opened slightly.

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't, loser." It happened so quickly that Watanuki wasn't even sure it had happened at all. Doumeki had just kissed him on the cheek. The archer left sayong something about sherbert for tomorrow's lunch.

Watanuki placed a hand on his cheek, beat red and shocked beyond all belief. The click of the door shutting snapped him out of his stupor. 'What the hell, did...did Doumeki just kiss me and why didn't that bother me as much as it should?'

"That's it, I'm going to bed, I'll just have to work twice as much for Yuuko tomorrow."

Doumeki meanwhile was smirking, hoping that the idiot would finally realize how he felt. Though now he would have to keep an eye on that teacher as well as watch out for a lecture from Watanuki. Walking home he realized after thinking back on the others face when he had kissed him, he could handle a headache for a few hours. Especially if it led to him getting a chance at another kiss.