August 8th

Torahiko decided to invite me over to his house, it seems he wants to try cooking something again. I look forward to it so much. Not surprising that when I get there Tatsu-nii is waiting as well, but sitting next to him is Redd. The chimera wagging his tail as he notices me.

Redd- Ah! Hiroyuki! So that's whom Torahiko was talking about. He said he wanted to wait until you got here before we go.

I smile and look at Torahiko, I know he would wait regardless, but the fact that he mentioned waiting for me anyways made me blush.

Torahiko- Now that everyone is here lets get going! That import store isn't going to get food from itself.

We all nod and start to walk to Tatsuki's light truck when Redd smiles and walks beside me.

Redd- It's like a double date, huh?

My eyes go wide at the words. Did he know already about Torahiko and me? More importantly, is there something between him and Tatsu-nii?

Hiroyuki- I-I guess… Do you know already?

Redd- Yeah. It's not hard to tell. You look at him fondly and I can feel the love you have for him, and him for you. I guess it's odd to say that.

Yes it is.

Hiroyuki- Okay… first things first. You and Tatsu-nii?

Redd- oh… I just said it because I knew I could trust you… I haven't confessed or anything yet… Still trying to find a good time to do that.

So I've learned that Redd feels that way towards Tatsu-nii, but there was something else.

Hiroyuki- What is this "Feel the love" thing?

Before I could answer there was a shout from the other two males. Tatsu-nii was sitting in the front and Torahiko was sitting in the loading bay area.

Redd- Sometime else I guess.

We climbed into the truck next to our respected beastman as we began the ride to the import market.

Once we walked in Redd seemed to light up. Not surprising, it's probably been a while since he's seen all this stuff. He immediately runs off on his own.

Hiroyuki- Wait! Redd!

Tatsuki- Let him go. He loves to look at all this stuff that they have here.

I nod and follow as we begin to shop for the ingredients.

After we paid for the food we walked out and to my surprise we found Redd sitting in the passenger seat of the truck.

Tatsuki- See? He wanders off, but always comes back. I wonder what he bought this time?

As we made the ride back to Minasato I finally asked Torahiko what I've been meaning to ask.

Hiroyuki- Torahiko… did you tell Redd about us?

Torahiko- No, why?

Hiroyuki- He knows about us. He put it together on his own.

The look of shock on his face would have made me laugh, but I tried to stay serious.

Hiroyuki- Don't tell him I said this, but he has feelings for Tatsu-nii. He trusts me with this information, and probably will ask me for advice, right?

With a nod Torahiko looked at the chimera who was happily reading a book he had purchased.

Torahiko- Yeah. I just hope he doesn't wind up with a broken heart. He's too sensitive and fragile to deal with that.

Don't I know that…

We finally made it to Torahiko's place again where he began to cook, I managed to pull Redd away for a while to talk.

Hiroyuki- Redd… about you telling me your feelings for Tatsu-nii… I told Torahiko.

I was expecting him to be angered or shocked at me telling him, but he just tilted his head in confusion.

Redd- Yeah? So?

Hiroyuki- U-Uh… N-Nothing. He just wishes you luck and I want you to know that we both are here for you.

Redd gave a nod and smiled before trying to walk away.

Hiroyuki- But first I need to ask. What did you mean you could feel our love?

Redd smiled and wagged his tail

Redd- I don't know… I can just seem to feel other people's emotions. Being overjoyed, being in deep sorrow, being in love. It's odd.

And with that Redd walked off. I followed and the tasting of Torahiko's new dish began.

It was a delicious dish that he and Redd called "Fettuccini Alfredo" it had some chunks of squid and other seafood in it.

Redd then took the time to show off what he bought. The first being a book written in English, he explained it was a story he read while in Canada about orphan siblings running away from an evil relative. Another thing the chimera bought was an apron, it was white with red around the edges and a red leaf on the chest, he said it was his country's flag, and that the leaf was called a maple leaf. The final thing he brought seemed to make him cry as he looked at it, it was an odd statue of a dragon curled up like it would sleep. He said the dragon looked like the one his mother owned back in Canada.

It seemed there was much more to learn about this foreigner. And there was a romance I was determined to start between the chimera and the dragon.