Bwahaha Cliff hanger no more! -sigh- Know what I found out while writing this? That I can type with only one hand almost as fast as I can with two hands (which is pretty fast mind you!) You see I was reading with my left and thinking things up as I read along and sorta just started typing all of a sudden I was like 'OMG I CAN TYPE ONE HANDED HOW COOL IS THAT?" not like any of you guys care but yea thats my big thing of the moment. ENJOY!
"Good evening Niou-kun I'm sorry to be bothering you on your time off." Yagyuu smiled weakly from the hallway. His briefcase in hand, apparently he had come there immediately after work. Strange.
"Yagyuu-san! What is it? I mean how did you...?"
"Your coworker told me, Kirihara-kun I believe it was." Yagyuu said.
"Oh well, come in if you'd like." Niou replied holding the door open a little wider. 'I'll have to thank that little bastard later I guess.' "Would you like some coffee?"
"If it wouldn't be too much trouble, I would." Yagyuu said taking a seat on the couch, the very one Niou had been tossing and turning on earlier.
"I'm sorry for barging in on you like this Niou-kun." Yagyuu said after Niou came back with two cups of coffee. Yagyuu blew on the hot liquid for a minute before taking a careful, but quick, sip.
"N-no you've nothing to apologize for Yagyuu-san, I'm the one who should be I guess." Niou looked down at his own cup before speaking again, "I'm sorry about earlier, I just pushed all of my feelings onto you I forced you to-"
"I was surprised when you confessed to me Niou-kun, so I thought it best that we didn't see each other again. I thought it would be easier for you that way." Yagyuu interjected.
Niou stared at the man waiting for what he was going to say next, there had to be some explanation for him coming here all of a sudden. Yagyuu had even gone as far as to ask Kirihara for his address.
"But when I stopped seeing you, I began to feel lonely. I came here today to confirm those feelings." Yagyuu let out a small sigh as he shifted his gaze downwards as he sat his cup down, "I'm come to give you an answer."
"An answer?" Niou muttered giving a confused look.
"The other day," Yagyuu stood up and placed his hands on Niou's shoulders, "I pushed you away so suddenly." He bent down a place a small kiss on Niou's forehead. "I'm just glad to be able to see you now, and I don't think this simply has to do with being just 'friends' Like you, I think I'm in love and just didn't know it until it was too late."
"Who ever said it was too late?" Niou asked standing up quickly, placing his own hands onto Yagyuu's shoulders he sat the man back down onto the couch and laid him down. Then getting on top of him he kissed Yagyuu gently on the lips being sure to not startle him too much.
After breaking the short kiss Niou sat his head down on Yagyuu's shoulder, "I'm not letting you take that one back."
"I won't." Yagyuu smiled back wrapping his arms around Niou's waist. "I'm sorry I hit you."
"It's fine; I would have done the same thing in your place probably…maybe not." Niou snuggled closer into Yagyuu's neck. Niou then pulled away for a moment and stared at Yagyuu.
"What is it?"
"Nothing I'm just taking all of this in for a moment." Niou smirked before diving in for another kiss.
"Thank you very much, and do come again." Kirihara plastered on a fake smile as he the couple left. "Oh look Yagyuu-san is here!"
'YAGYUU-SAN!' Niou immediately perked up and finished what little work he had quickly before running up to the front of the store. "Yagyuu-san!" He smiled waving to the other man. Yagyuu looked over and gave a small smile.
"Your at work remember!" Yanagi grimaced. "How do I run this place with you two?"
"Wait are you and Yagyuu-san on good terms again?" Kirihara asked glaring at Niou.
"Something like that I guess. I've been upgraded from a mere employee if that is what your wondering."
Three weeks later
'Sorry Niou-kun, I've got some work that I have to finish up today…'
"It's fine Yagyuu-san, umm good luck with it." Niou replied hanging up the phone. Staring at it for a moment wondering why he had even called in the first place, oh yea that's right they hadn't seen ach other in two weeks!
"OI NONE OF THAT YOU ARE WORKING!" Kirihara yelled throwing a book at Niou's face.
"Hey that's a product you know Bakaya, what would Yanagi say if he saw you throwing that?" Niou snarled back picking up his phone. Kirihara blushed severely before picking the book back up. "Besides, I'm your elder you shouldn't be throwing things at those with more life experience than yourself. You just might need me one day, but I'll be incapacitated because I'll be laid out on the floor because of a damn concussion!"
Kirihara let out a snort, as if he'd ever need Niou's help for anything he was hardly even capable of taking care of himself much less give help to anyone else.
"Besides its slow right now," Niou commented pointing to the empty void that was the book store.
"You are right, it is slow this time of day, and boring since Yagyuu-san doesn't come in any more."
"He's busy with his work," Niou muttered leaning onto the counter.
"I see wait…How do you know that?" Kirihara asked picking Niou's head up by his hair earning a cringe from the latter.
'Because we are seeing each other? No wait I can't say that.'
"Oh well," Kirihara shrugged turning away from Niou. Niou let out a sigh and went to the back room, his normal brooding place.
'I'm not a kid I know how this works. But still not being able to see each other… We have our own things to do. There are times when our schedules will conflict. But it's still a little lonely…not being able to see him for two whole weeks.' Niou let out another sigh as he sat down in his normal chair and tried to catch a quick nap before Kirihara came in there and beat him to death for slacking off again.
'Sorry I'm really busy, so I can't see you today, Yagyuu.'
Yagyuu sat there for a moment and let out a sigh, rereading the message again before he decided to press send.
"Oi Yagyuu-san, what's that a text message? To who your girlfriend?" One of Yagyuu's coworkers, Jackal, asked leaning over Yagyuu's shoulder.
"Hmm, sort of." Yagyuu replied with a smile.
"That's nice of you; though I think that message is a little negative don't you think?" Jackal said pointing to the screen.
"I should probably stop texting her though, I don't think she uses her phone that much."
"Really? Well I guess if you're too persistent, women are quick to call you annoying. They're tough like that!" Jackal let out a laugh before giving Yagyuu a small pat on the shoulder "Well off to work."
Yagyuu looked back down at the screen of his phone and moved his finger from the send button to the delete button. 'Just push it Yagyuu, its just one message it's no big deal.' After his small battle he did just that he deleted his message and turned his phone off.
'That bastard hasn't called or texted all day!' Niou grimaced again letting off a very dark aura to anyone and everyone around him.
"Oi Niou-san cut it out, you've been gloomy all day and it's starting to piss me off!" Kirihara yelled.
"But-"
"But my ass! We are here to make money so you had better start doing your damn JOB!"
"…" Niou let out a sigh, "sorry…it's just that things might not be working out between me and someone." Niou replied clenching his phone tightly in one hand.
"Oh…alright…I can handle things here for about ten minutes if you want to go and make a call." Kirihara smiled, "but your attitude had better improved or else you are dead…DEAD GOT IT!"
"Thanks Kirihara!"
"Yeah whatever…"
Niou ran to the back room and dialed up Yagyuu's cell phone number.
'Hello this is Yagyuu's phone. Sorry but Yagyuu is currently unavailable at the moment. If you leave your name and number he'll get back to you.' Niou frowned as the message played.
This is why he never called or messaged Yagyuu because he didn't want to bother him; Yagyuu was always busy with his work.
'I know it can't be helped but still…'
Niou's phone rang suddenly in his hand, jerking the cell phone up to his ear; with out checking to see who it was, he answered it.
"Yagyuu-san!?" Niou yelled desperately.
"Yo, Niou? It's Marui, are you still at work?"
"What it is just you fatty?" Niou scowled kicking the plastic trashcan next to him.
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that. Anyways listen up are you free today? I know it's sudden but we're having a mixer and are sort of short on people."
"A mixer?" Niou fell up against a wall and slide down tot the floor. "I'm not interested in going." 'This isn't the time for that you idiot!'
"Oh come on don't say that, you can just sit there and not say anything."
"Hey!"
"You've got nothing better to do right?" Marui asked.
Niou let out a sigh and dropped the phone from his ear, staring at the ground for a moment he made his decision, before finally lifting the phone back up to his ear.
"Alright…I'll go." Niou then hung up the phone and leaned his head back against the wall. 'I am free anyways. I haven't seen my boyfriend in two weeks, have barely even heard his voice. So much for my ten minutes.'
"Damn it Kirihara is going to have my head for this."
Bleh, so much typing in this one, and YEAHS Jackal and Marui get some screen/page time! I'm wondering how I can work Sanada and Yukimura into this, I don't have to but it would be nice too I guess.
