Disclaimer: I do not own .Hack//GU nor it's characters.

Pairing: Haseo/Silabus

Setting: After volume three, summertime

Warnings: BL implied. Grammatical errors that I didn't notice, and OOC-ness on both characters. (Which I apologize for) And I just copied this off from chapter one and two. Because I'm so lazy that way.


Chapter three:

"Excuse me…"

Yuuichi stopped laughing when they both heard the butler from behind the sofa.

"Dinner is ready, please proceed to the dining room." The butler said gesturing them the

dining room.

"..Alright, we'll be there in a minute. Thanks…" Ryou said trying to brush the butler away from them.

The butler took the hint and quickly went off to the kitchen. As soon as he went in though, he looked up and thought "Hmm…How interesting…" He knew Master Ryou since he was little and he never saw this side to him. As if the master wanted to be left alone with his guest… "Rather peculiar… but very interesting indeed."

Back at the living room…

"Well we better get going or the butler might get mad for making the food go cold." Yuuichi said with a smile on his face and then stood up. He was about to head for the dining room when Ryou suddenly grabbed his wrist.

"Wait...!"

"Huh..? What is it Ryou?" He turned around to see that Ryou has a serious face on.

"I still want to know what you were going to ask me about..."

"We have to go now. The food might get cold… and the butl--..."

"The food can wait…I only want to know what you were trying to ask me." He stated more like ordered the older teen and gripping the older teen's wrist a bit tighter.

"You won't let go of me if I don't ask...now do you..?" He laughed but stopped when he saw how serious Ryou looked at him.

"Actually I could make out a little of what you were trying to say a while ago…something about a card…that I sent to you..?"

"……" Yuuichi looked away with blush spreading across his cheeks

"Was it….that "promise" card..?" Ryou's grip on his Yuuichi's wrist loosened a bit and he turned to look at the floor, slightly blushing and his eyes showing an unreadable emotion.

"Ryou…?" Yuuichi sat down slowly and turned to face Ryou with concern written on his face for him.

"That card…." Ryou said gently and low enough for only Yuuichi to hear.

"…..?" Yuuichi turned to face him again trying to hear what the other teen was saying to him.

"I do…you know… That's why I sent it to you… I value our friendship..." Ryou muttered the next few words to himself and didn't allow Yuuichi to hear it. However, Yuuichi saw the sincerity in the younger teen's eyes and also an emotion that he couldn't believe for it to be true.

He couldn't believe it was there for he too had the same emotion with him. Yet he contradicts himself for he is wishing for it to be true.

Silence once again engulfed the whole room until the butler coughed looking rather amused when both of the teens were startled.

"Again, I'm sorry to intrude on your private moment with young master Yuuichi, Master Ryou." The butler smirked when the two young masters flushed and continued... "But I must, for the food that I provided is getting cold. Or maybe the two young masters are not hungry at all..?"

"No, we're really hungry… And we're sorry for taking so long...!" Yuuichi stood and bowed many times at the butler trying to appease him.

Ryou sighed and stopped Yuuichi from bowing frantically by placing a hand on his shoulder. "Yuuichi stop, he gets it now." Then he turned to the butler. "And were going there now, sorry for being so late..."

The butler then bowed at the two young masters and then left with a smirk on his face.

Ryou was about to move towards the dining room when Yuuichi stopped him.

"….Yes..?" Ryou turned around to face the older teen and saw Yuuichi looking a bit embarrassed.

"Uh…uhm… shouldn't we wash our hands first…? I mean, my grandmother always nags me about it…wash hands then eat…you know…" Yuuichi said looking at the floor while his pointing fingers were pointing at each other.

Ryou blinked once, twice, and then finally let out a smile.

"Hmm... You're right. Let's go to the bathroom then." Then he grabbed Yuuichi's hand and slowly led him to the hallway.

Yuuichi was slowly led across the hallway and couldn't say anything for he was too busy trying to calm down his heart.

A lot of questions entered Yuuichi's mind and it all centered on the situation he was in.

His free hand started to clench his chest as Ryou remained in front, oblivious to what's happening to the older teen.

"Why am I feeling this way…? My heart… feels like it's going to burst anytime soon…" Yuuichi thought as he clenched his chest even more.

"Is it because your hand is holding mine…? Why did you grab my hand anyway…? You could have grabbed my wrist instead…. But you grabbed my hand…Why…is it that it doesn't feel strange…? In fact, I feel happy… Why is it…. I feel…" The questions kept flooding Yuuichi's mind as he walked through the hallway with Ryou leading him.

"My heart… won't stop…" His vision started to become blurry.

The two teens suddenly stopped in front of a white door.

"This is the bath room; you could go ahead and use it first. Alright…?" Ryou said as he slowly opened the bath room door with his free hand and then gesturing Yuuichi to go in as he released his other hand from Yuuichi's hand.

As no movement or sound that should have come from the older teen, Ryou decided to face Yuuichi.

"Hey, Yuuichi, are you goi--..!?" Only to catch the falling teen with his arms…

Notes:

Yes, it is sort of weird for Yuuichi to faint. But isn't it more interesting that way? Hehe..

Thanks for reading.