Why am I so lazy uploading stuff? *orz in corner* Well, there's finally some action in this chapter so I hope that will make up for making you guys wait~

Over the next few weeks, Yuu had almost forgotten about Mino. Almost. He'd done his best to forget since Mino annoyed the hell out of him and was damn creepy. But sometimes, when he'd just be sketching Chiaki or backgrounds, Mino's annoying grin would pop into his head; like a fly that he just couldn't get rid of no matter how hard he swatted.

Yuu sighed and scratched his head irritably. He needed to stop getting distracted by that stupid Mino! He brought his attention back to the background he was sketching. The deadline was today, but he wasn't sweating as much as the author was. She still had three pages left, but Yuu was completely caught up. Well, except for this page and one more out of the last remaining three pages.

When he was done with the background, he handed the page to another assistant and sat back to stretch. He yawned and closed his eyes briefly as he waited for the author to finish the page he was supposed to draw on. His eyes still closed, Yuu heard the door open and close. He assumed it was a fellow assistant taking a bathroom break so he paid it no mind.

"Ms. Inoue, is your manuscript ready?" Yuu's eyes flew open and he almost fell out of his chair. He knew this voice. He looked towards Inoue's desk warily, hoping that his ears were wrong.

Unfortunately, they weren't.

Inoue gave a little squeak of fright as she babbled some nonsense about being almost done, to none other than Mino. The man still had his creepy smile on, though it seemed slightly threatening. Based on Inoue's reaction, he must get pretty scary near deadlines.

Yuu shook his head to clear it. This was beside the point! Yuu had to make sure Mino never noticed him. He tried to pretend like he was working, but unfortunately Mino had spotted him. He turned his grin to Yuu.

"Ah, it's you!" His tone was completely different from the one he used with Inoue and she looked up in confusion, momentarily stopping her frantic drawing. She looked between Yuu and Mino, obviously wondering how the two knew each other. Yuu felt like dying.

"How do you know Yuu?" Inoue asked. Yuu smacked his head on the table at the unintentional pun; positive that he'd never told Mino his name. Mino turned to Inoue.

"Did I say you could stop drawing?" He commented, the threat clear behind his grin. Inoue yelped and went back to her drawing, Satisfied that she would draw without his supervision, Mino walked over to Yuu.

"So your name is Yuu? I don't think we had the pleasure to officially introduce ourselves before." Mino stuck out his hand. "My name is Kanade Mino."

"… I really don't want to be an acquaintance of yours, dude." Yuu didn't want to touch that hand. This was the man who had teased him, threatened him, pissed him off to no end, and now he wanted to become friends? Not likely! He tried to go back to pretending he was working, but Mino ignored his statement and grabbed Yuu's hand; starting to shake it violently. Yuu jumped in surprise and hoped his arm wouldn't come out of its socket.

"What's his name?" Mino asked Inoue, who was scribbling the last page; a relieved look on her face.

"Yuu Yanase," she said absentmindedly. Mino smiled triumphantly and stopped shaking Yuu's hand. Yuu rolled his shoulder irritably.

"Well, nice to meet you Yuu." At Yuu's look of wanting to punch him in the face, Mino grinned and added. "It was just a pun, Yanase."

"Like I haven't heard that pun enough," Yuu growled. How he hated his name sometimes. Mino laughed and sat down at the table.

"You know, I asked Hatori about you." Yuu had started sketching the last background, but he dropped his pencil at what Mino had said. He stared at him, flabbergasted. How did this man just say shell shockers like they were nothing? At Yuu's silence, Mino just continued talking.

"His expression was pretty funny when I asked him about a man who was after his author," Mino laughed, his closed eyes boring into Yuu's head. "He suddenly had to use the bathroom! Kisa and I were laughing about that for awhile."

Yuu didn't know who this Kisa person was and frankly, he really didn't care. Gosh, Mino was horrible. Yuu picked up his pencil and started drawing again, his eye twitching.

"Why are so intent on making fun of my life?" Yuu growled. Mino looked thoughtful for a moment before Inoue cried out.

"Mino! I finished!" She ran up and hugged Mino, throwing the manuscript into his arms. Mino laughed and his mood lightened considerably as he thumbed through the pages. Yuu saw this as his chance to escape.

"Good job, Inoue. I think I'll be going now," Yuu said curtly, gathering up his supplies as he rushed out of the room. He sighed in relief as the door closed behind him and he started to descend the stairs.

Suddenly someone grabbed him and Yuu grunted as he was thrown back against a wall. He flinched as a hand slapped against the wall next to his head. He looked up to see Mino smiling, Inoue's manuscript under his free arm.

"I was wondering that myself," Mino said as if their conversation had never been interrupted by Inoue. His hand moved from the wall to grip Yuu's chin tightly. Yuu slapped his hand away, more than a little creeped out by what was happening. He tried to leave, but Mino stepped in his way.

"So I asked Kisa about it," Mino continued, running his hand through Yuu's hair. Yuu flinched and grabbed Mino's arm to throw it off him. This was seriously freaking him out. Yuu kicked Mino's shin in an effort to escape. Mino, however, didn't seem to feel it. He threw Inoue's manuscript lightly to the floor as he used his hands to pin both of Yuu's arms to the wall. Yuu struggled but it was no use; Mino was amazingly strong.

"He said I must be feeling some kind of attraction to you. And he knows about this kind of thing quite well you know," Mino chuckled; face was inches from Yuu's. Yuu was starting to really hate this Kisa person. He moved his face in the other direction, hoping that someone would walk out here and save him.

"And I think he must be right." Suddenly Mino was kissing him and Yuu's eyes widened. He tried turning his head, but Mino kept chasing after him; snatching Yuu's lips in his again before Yuu could do anything. He tried to kick his shin but Mino had iron legs. He tried to struggle free but Mino had an iron grip. He swore inside his head.

Mino's lips parted and his tongue poked Yuu's lips roughly, demanding entrance. Yuu suddenly, finally, had a burst of strength. He threw Mino off him and ran down the stairs, not stopping until he got back home to his apartment. The whole time he was running, he felt Mino's closed eyes boring into him. Once he finally got there, Yuu shut the door tightly behind him and slumped against it.

His arms hurt from where Mino had pinned him to the wall and his lips were burning. Yuu couldn't stop the flushed feeling on his face and he couldn't tell if his heart was beating so fast because of running or…

No, it was definitely the running.

Yuu sighed and hit his head back on the door. He suddenly wondered if this was how Chiaki felt every time he tried to make a move on him. Yuu scowled. Now he doubted himself.

That damn Mino.

According to Ritsu, Mino is now Iron Man xD I hope you loved that beautiful image we just put in your head. You're welcome. Picture sponsored by Marukawa Publishing. We'll kill you if you copyright it *smiles*

Naw, actually we don't mind if someone draws it xD It's beautiful and should be shown to the world~