Chapter four! It's not smut. If you want the smutty chapter I promised go read "Graduation." It takes place the night before this chapter, but I didn't want to raise the rating on this story to M. Please enjoy the total sap that is this chapter!

Eiji shifted as he slowly woke up to the unusual surroundings. He had been sure that the bed had been a lot warmer a moment ago and couldn't figure out why it had changed as he was still wrapped up in blankets. He blinked several times, rubbed his eyes and blinked several more times before he remembered where he was and why he was there. Frowning he started to sit up only to have a flash of pain shoot through his lower back. He whimpered as he laid back down and wondered why Inui wasn't in bed with him. Eiji had been looking forward to waking up with Inui still in bed with him, but his boyfriend was most definitely not in bed. Pouting and trying to ignore the faint throbbing in his lower back and butt he curled up in a ball hoping Inui would be back soon.

Inui opened his bedroom door hoping that Eiji hadn't woken up yet. He hadn't meant to get out of bed until his sensitive boyfriend woke up, but his parents had called and he wanted to let Eiji sleep a little longer. He sat down on the bed and ran his fingers through unruly red strands. Eiji was truly cute in the morning before he had a chance to get ready. Eiji turned his head and blinked up at Inui still pouting. "You left" he accused with a hurt tone to his voice that Inui never wanted to hear again.

"My parents called so I had to talk to them. I didn't want to wake you" he explained as he slipped back beneath the covers and wrapped his arms around Eiji's waist pressing his chest to the redhead's back. "I didn't think you'd wake up before I got back. Gomen."

Eiji sighed and snuggled back further into Inui's chest. "'S okay. You're here now." Inui smiled and placed a light kiss on Eiji's cheek. "My back hurts" he complained softly.

"I'm not surprised. You were tense even after I told you to relax. I didn't mean to hurt you" he whispered into Eiji's ear. He knew that Eiji didn't blame him for the pain, but he still felt guilty.

"I know. You wouldn't hurt me." There was a cheerful tone to the acrobat's voice that Inui was used to hearing. Eiji shifted and flinched in pain as he faced Inui. "This isn't going to be a regular thing" he stated firmly even as he buried his face into Inui's chest with a grin on his face.

"Only when you want to" Inui said with a soft chuckle. "I won't force you into anything." Eiji nodded slightly. "Are you hungry?" Eiji lifted his head from Inui's chest blushing lightly as his stomach growled at the mention of food. Inui pressed a light kiss to his lips. "I'll go make breakfast. You just relax, okay?"

"Okay" Eiji agreed as his eyes slid shut again. He was still tired, but he supposed that wasn't too abnormal considering what he had done the night before.

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Eiji sighed as he collapsed on his bed that evening. He really wanted to spend the night with Inui again. Not to do that, but it had been nice sleeping in Inui's arms. Somehow he had slept better than he usually did. He didn't wake up at some ungodly hour like he usually did. Granted that could have been from his sheer exhaustion, but he was pretty sure it was because he had been safely snuggled against Inui the entire time. Sighing a second time in as many minutes he turned over and buried his face in his pillow.

Inui looked at the text message he was getting ready to send wondering if it was the right time for such a thing or not. For once he didn't have data to predict the probability of the possible outcomes to this one small action. His finger hovered over the cancel button as he thought this was something that might be best said in person, but he wasn't sure if he could actually say it out loud just yet. Nodding to himself in confidence he pressed the proper button and put his cell phone down on his desk.

Eiji lifted his head from his pillow as his phone played the tune that meant he had a text message. He really had no idea who could be sending him a text message at 10:30 at night and he was going to ignore it, but his curiosity got the better of him. He opened the text and couldn't help the wide grin that appeared on his face. Three simple words appeared on his screen that would take a four word reply before he could sleep peacefully. He quickly typed those four words before rolling over and curling into his covers.

Inui lifted his cell phone as it started buzzing. He opened the text and couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face at the four words written on his screen.

"Love you too silly."

See? Complete and total sap, but it's what came out. Yes, I'm aware that Inui is incredibly OOC, but I couldn't help it! He just wouldn't stay in character for me. Please review anyway!