Author's Note: TO BE ADDED

Warning: See first chapter

Chapter Word Count:

"Speaking"

"'Quoting something'"

Character thoughts

/"Other person speaking on phone"/

Thursday

Kiryu pulled away from Neku and Neku's face remained completely flushed. "Uh… I guess I fell for a trick."

"Hm?" Neku leaned down and grabbed his bag, shouldering it. "What?" Kiryu questioned again.

Neku ran his hand threw his hair, offering a "No, never mind."

Kiryu's eyes flew open as the alarm rang shrilly nearby. He laid in bed, drenched in a cold sweat and not feeling rested at all. He practically punched the alarm clock in his haste to shut the annoying noise off. I don't want to get up…

He stumbled into the bathroom, washing his face and attempting to wake up. I keep taking his jokes seriously. He glanced at his reflection in the mirror and raised an eyebrow. "My face is weird today." He closed his eyes, silently enjoying the feeling of water dripping down his face. That's how I've been up until last week, right?

Day Four

What kind of expression should I wear when I face him today? Kiryu stood in the same spot as before, waiting for Neku to get off the train and walk him to school. I haven't felt like this in a long time. What if Neku-san's attitude changes? If it's been a joke up until now… He sighed. If that's the case, even being friends is –

"Yo, morning." Neku greeted him from behind, catching him off-guard.

"Ah, morning."

Neku's eyebrows knit together, "What's with your face?"

"Huh!" Kiryu almost reached up and felt his facial expression. "Is it weird?"

"You were acting normal yesterday when you called me, so why are you so quiet now? I don't get you." Neku cocked a hip to the side, a small smile on his face. "Oh, you better not try anything like a morning kiss or something. Yesterday's was an accident. It's all your fault."

Kiryu couldn't help but burst into laughter. "It wasn't an accident, it was a trap!"

Thursday

It was lunch time, and the two sat against a wall in a hallway alcove. Their garbage was in a pile, and Neku seemed to continuously be yawning. "Damn I'm sleepy."

"Why don't you take a nap? There's still a while until fifth period."

Neku shrugged. "I feel bad, because I fell asleep last time during the movie too."

"I don't mind."

"Yeah?" Neku sat up, swaying slightly in his exhaustion. "No way. Okay, lend me your lap then. I'm gonna use it as a pillow."

Kiryu's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Huh?" Neku dropped down, his head landing on Kiryu's thigh.

"Wow, it's all muscle."

Kiryu couldn't help but scowl slightly, the blush ruining it. "I'm not a girl, you know..."

Neku chuckled. "I guess that's true. Can't expect you to have nice, soft thighs." He closed his eyes, almost nuzzling the leg. "I guess this is alright though."

Alright for you maybe… but for me it's a bit...

"Oh, hey." Kiryu flinched out of his thoughts. Neku glanced up at him from his position. "There's a girl in my class that you've dated… Misaki Eri? Do you remember her?" Kiryu had to think about it for a second, but he nodded. "I knew it. Misaki-chan's got a strong personality. She's fun to have as a friend, isn't she?" Neku sat up, smiling at Kiryu as he spoke about his friend. "Do you still see her?"

Kiryu shook his head. "I don't stay in contact with anyone I've dated."

Neku's excited expression relaxed and he appeared more solemn. "But, don't some of them call you? They do, right?"

Kiryu turned away. "I don't know. I don't answer calls from unknown numbers."

"You…" Neku stared at the ground. "Delete their numbers? Mail addresses too? Just like that? No more contact? Isn't it kind of cold?"

"Well," Kiryu drawled. "Could you stand it if the person you were dating kept getting calls from someone you didn't know?"

"Hm… I guess it is kind of…" Neku took a deep breath. "In other words, next week, you'll delete my number too."

"Uh well." That's not up to me, Neku!

"Ah, that's right." Neku seemed to deflate, his eyes bright with an emotion Kiryu couldn't place. "We're… not really like that, so it's okay, right?" Kiryu scowled. "It's not like we're actually dating."

With his cell phone buzzing from an incoming call, Kiryu stood from his position on the floor. "I guess so." He pulled it out of its pocket and glanced at the screen. "Excuse me for a sec, I have to answer this." Kiryu clicked the button and held the phone to his ear. "Hello? Is this-"

/"You know what? Megumi's such a jerk!"/ Mitsuki's voice came through the speaker shrilly and loud enough that Kiryu had to hold it away from his ear to prevent going deaf. /"I ended up calling him, but he was still mad! What do you think about that?"/

"Well, did you apologize to him properly?" Kiryu began walking away from Neku, to give himself just a bit more privacy in the call.

/"Why should I have to apologize! Are you on Megumi's side too!"/

Kiryu sighed. "It's not that I'm on his side… Mitsuki, you cheated on him!" Neku flinched back, recalling what Kiryu told him a few days back: "'There was a woman who dumped me once before… and because she would lie when she was with me, referred to me as Sakuraba to her friends and family,'" and wondered if this was her.

/"That's not my fault!"/

"Sorry, Mitsuki," Kiryu glanced back toward Neku, a worried expression on his face. "I'm-" Neku snatched the phone out of his hand, hanging up on Mitsuki with a scowl.

"Mitsuki." He tossed the phone back to Kiryu, who caught it out of pure reflex than anything. "So you… can just delete the numbers of all the girls who like you like it was nothing, but you still have the number of that one girl you like? That's not fair, is it?"

Kiryu stared at him in shock. "Why are you so angry?"

"Why?" Neku's face flushed, whether it was from anger or embarrassment Kiryu had a hard time telling. "Because… I'm the one who's dating you right now! Why shouldn't I be angry!"

"Uh…" Kiryu stood in shock as Neku stomped down the hallway back to his class. He leaned against the wall, sliding to a sitting position. He glanced at his cell before calling Mitsuki back. There was silence. "Are you crying?" Mitsuki didn't respond. "Why don't you just forgive him? He's only ever cheated on you the once, and that was a year ago. Haven't you had your revenge?"

/" –sniff- It doesn't have anything to do with how many times. Once, ten times, it's all the same."/

"Yeah… I guess it is hard. Because you love my brother more than anyone, Mitsuki. I've always envied him, to be so important to you…"

/"-sniff- Yoshiya, you must be some kind of masochist…"/

"I'm not."

/"Hey, Yoshiya, I love you. Yoshiya."/

"Yeah. I love you too."

Day Four

Neku stood outside the archery club practice, waving to people as they left, giving them smiles and telling them "Good work." He had to wait a bit, but Kiryu finally exited the building. "Not bad." A smile was Kiryu's response, a happy air surrounding him.

"Wasn't it?"

"You idiot," Neku shook his head. "What are you getting all cocky about. You're supposed to show up to club activities. That's how it's done." He led Kiryu off school grounds, just kind of mindlessly wandering. "I'm sorry about what happened… at lunch I mean."

Kiryu sped up slightly in his walk so he could be beside Neku and hear him better. "Now that I've thought about it, did I really need to throw a tantrum? Even I don't get it. I mean…" He glanced at Kiryu. "What in the world was I mad about?"

Kiryu chuckled, "How would I know? But I don't think you need to apologize." He motioned Neku to come closer, and when he finally did Kiryu leaned over and whispered in his ear. "I'm the type who likes being tied down, I think."

A couple of Kiryu's fan girls were all atwitter, "What's this? What are you two whispering to each other about?"

"Hm? Oh I want to know!" Another cried.

Neku glanced over at the happy, smiling Kiryu before pointing at him. "This guy here, he's a masochist." As the girls squealed and surrounded their idol, Kiryu stared at Neku in shock, trying to get the girls to leave him alone. Neku eventually took pity on him and led him away, laughing the entire time.

Thursday

Mitsuki poked her cell phone, wondering about her conversation with Kiryu. "What's the attitude for?" she questioned the phone, sighing as Kiryu's voice replayed in her mind.

"'Well, I love you too, but, Mitsuki I'm not going to answer your calls anymore.'" There was a knock at the door and someone entered. "'Just like how you always put my brother first, I also…'" "Megumi…" Mitsuki's eyes teared up. "'have someone more important to me than Mitsuki is.

"'Someone I love from the depths of my heart.'"

TBC