¡Hallo! Today I´m bringing you a short chapter and it´s not the best chapter but I hope you like it. The title speaks for itself and it´s mostly the brothers informing you about the elipse I pulled off. :D Trust me, if I don´t do this the story will never get to a good point. ;) ¡Thank you for reading!

Ghost, ¡I´m so glad to see you back! Thanks so much for leaving me a be truthful, I dont know either what´s kept you reading, but I´m glad you like how I write. Some people have told me I´m too descriptive, I don´t know if that could be it? Either way, it makes me happy to know you like the other chapter. Hopefully you´ll like this one too.

Guest, XD I´m really curious aswell. We`ll see what comes up but I promise you next week we´ll see Louis and Kazuhiko already ona couplish-state. :D Thanks for your review!

And now I´ll let you read. :D

Chapter 7: ¡Family Meeting!

The Asahinas were holding a partially secret family meeting. Partial and secret because only Masaomi, Ukyo, Azusa and Hikaru were attending.

The reason for the meeting: Hikaru´s surprise visit to the apartments.

The topic of the meeting: Louis´s suspicious behavior for the past five –almost six– months.

As for how the meeting began in the first place… it went like this:

Once again, it was Sunday morning. The twins had had plans to go out to a convention, but Azusa had caught a cold and had been sneezing all over the living room since the very early morning.

Tsubaki, both worried and frustrated because of his brother, suddenly decided he was going out to get a doctor, medicines or whichever he found first, and that no force on this Earth would stop him, not even Ema, who said she´d go with him since she couldn't stop him.

This of course created an uproar in the house.

Tsubaki wasn't going to stay home. Ema wasn't going to allow him to go alone in his distressed state. Yuusuke came up with the excuse that there was no way he´d allow Tsuba-nii to go alone with Ema because he was too unstable at the moment and needed someone else with him in case he threw a tantrum or made a scandal. Seeing how it was turning out to be a family trip, Wataru decided he´d tag along as well.

About ten minutes after the four of them left, Masaomi arrived from his night shift at the hospital. He gave the youngster a once over before handing him some pills and giving strict orders to rest. It wasn't until then that it hit Azusa there was no need to go get out meds because they had a doctor home.

Masaomi decided he´d stay with Azusa until the others came back and the two of them lounged on the living room couches with the TV on.

Ukyo arrived fifteen minutes later from his weekly shopping trip with Hikaru in tow, who´d just come back from Spain.

Greetings were exchanged. The usual jokes were made. Hikaru announced he´d planned to stay two days before flying off to Hungary this time. It was after those words that he sprung the important question.

"Is Louie-chan home?"

Azusa sneezed his answer. Masaomi blinked, looked at Ukyo. The blonde shrugged. "Louis doesn't spend his Sundays at home anymore," he said.

Hikaru raised an eyebrow. "He doesn't."

Azusa nodded, coughed, spoke this time. "Not since the last time you came. In the past months, Louis has been going out around eight in the morning and coming back at nine on the night on Sundays."

"And he doesn't eat here on those days," Ukyo added. "On Saturdays he doesn't have dinner here, and on weeknights…" He looked thoughtful.

"Talk," Hikaru said, rolling his eyes.

Sky-blue eyes looked annoyed. "I was just thinking that apart from the food Louis hasn't been himself in the past… geez, five months or so, I´d say."

And that's how then ended up moving to the dining table to move, each of them with a drink placed in front of them.

"You don't think Louis is doing drugs and that's why he´s changed so much do you?" Azusa asked, sipping his warm tea.

"No, I don't think that's it," Masaomi mused sipping a nonalcoholic beer. "I´ve seen Louis a lot lately and I´ve talked to him but he doesn't show any sign of using drugs or drinking alcohol. No matter how small, I´d have detected puffy eyes, a needle mark, needy tendencies, abstinence, anger… anything."

"No reason you should. He hasn't changed," Ukyo argued while holding his glass of soda, which earned him the stares of his three other brothers. "He hasn't changed, really."

"But you said…" Hikaru began as he raised his vodka glass to his lips.

"If you talk to him, see him or spend time with him he´s still the same, Hikaru. He hasn't changed his weekly routine or abandoned his job or gotten moody or other stuff. All he´s done is gone out much more and look happier."

Silence. A long silence.

… And then more silence.

"Drugs?" Azusa tried again.

Hikaru burst out laughing.

Ukyo fumed. "He´s not on drugs, dammit."

"Ukyo," Masaomi warned as if he were a little kid.

"I apologize, Masaomi-nii-san, but my point remains,"

"If Louis hasn't changed then what´s different about him?" Hikaru asked.

Ukyo gave him a flat look. "I just told you."

The redhead stared at his brother, then bit his lip. He hadn't been at home since the day he talked to that lady at the salon… Akiyama, was her name? and to Louis about getting a boyfriend. He´d left the next day and hadn't done much besides send an occasional email in the time he´d been gone. He´d arrived at the house hoping to talk to Louis to see how he was doing and was met by this instead. It wasn't good news unless…

"Hold it!" he cried, causing the others to jump.

"Hikaru, don't do that. What is it?" Masaomi said.

"Has Louis been talking a lot on the phone?"

"Phone?"

"The little electronic thing in which you press the buttons to dial a number."

"I know what a phone is, but I…"

"Now that you mention it, yes he has," Ukyo put in with a thoughtful look.

"Where and when?"

"When he comes home straight after work. Like half of the time he comes through the door talking to somebody, sometimes before dinner and sometimes when he´s about to have breakfast or while he´s eating."

"And you say he´s been going out."

"Oh yes."

"And you don't think he goes out to work."

"Unless he does house calls now," Masaomi said, and his eyes brightened. "Of course! That must be it."

Hikaru knew what 'it' meant already, though he suspected the 'it' he saw in his mind was definitely different from the one Masaomi was thinking. He wasn't going to say a word, though. Not until he con a confirmation from Louis; verbal, visual or otherwise.

The thought made him smile.

Just to keep up his appearance of ignorance he said, "What is 'it', Masaomi-nii-san?"

"Louis is dating somebody," the eldest announced proudly.

Again, silence took over.

"Louis dating," Azusa said confused. "It doesn't sound right."

"He´s never dated before," Ukyo mumbled.

"But each of you here has at least once and I´ve learned to see the signs." Masaomi smiled. "I should have figured it sooner but I was too distracted. This is good for Louis, you know, but I wonder why he´s kept it a secret. It´s been almost half a year after all."

"Maybe he isn't ready to introduce her to us," Azusa offered.

Hikaru couldn't help but chuckle.

If Louis hadn't brought… what was his name? Kaz… Kazuo? Kazuhiro? Well, whatever his name was if he hadn't shown up at the apartments yet it was because Louis hadn't asked him to. Hikaru knew his otouto was that unthoughtful.

Or then again, they couldn't be dating.

Was that even possible? If Louis was acting the way he was and Masaomi –the personification of perception– already knew it… maybe they were going out but weren't a couple yet.

Knowing Louis, it wasn't as impossible as it had first sounded.

Could it be neither of the boys knew how to move forward? Could it be that neither of them had the nerve to make it official or didn't want to do it yet?

"For God´s sake, one of them has gotta be the seme," Hikaru said as he felt himself frown.

Azusa overheard. Thanks to his job he knew the lingo used in the various types of anime that were produced every year, and he´d heard 'seme' enough times to know what it implied.

"Seme?" he whispered, eyes wide.

The redhead blinked, stared, then smiled. "Personally, I think Louis would be more the uke type, but you get the idea," he said with a shrug.

To be continued...