Chapter 10

Clear and Foggy Skies

Naoki was working on his guitar when Katsuya slowly came in. At first, the guitarist did not notice until the singer tripped over the step and squeaked in slight pain. Naoki looked up in surprise. "Katsuya! What are you doing home so early? You shouldn't be done with foreplay, let alone the whole thing!"

Katsuya just looked at his friend with a sad look on his face. Naoki immediately dropped his joking attitude. "Hey man, are you all right?"

Katsuya slowly shook his head and started to drudge his way to his room. Still wanting an answer, his friend stopped in front of him. "Hot shot, talk to me." When Katsuya stayed silent, Naoki shook the blond. "Katsuya, snap out of it! Now what happened?"

Katsuya looked up, remembering the conversation between Katsuya and Kevin. His mind immediately gave him a painful and dirty image of what the two of them could be doing. Tears forming, Katsuya broke away and bolted into his room, slamming the door behind him. Naoki stayed standing, more confused than ever.

For the next few days, Katsuya would only come out of his room to either get something to eat or use the restroom. In both cases, he refused to talk to his friends and would retreat back to his room as soon as he was done with what he was doing. Tetsuya was growing extremely worried while Naoki was simply annoyed with the singer's moping. He finally snapped. "That's it! Tetsuya, get some water! We're going to snap him out of it!"

Tetsuya stared at Katsuya's door. "Do you think that's wise?"

Naoki groaned in frustration. "Look, either you help me or not. Either way, he's getting out of that room."

Tetsuya was about to answer when the front door flew open and Toya and Kaiyuki came in. The bassist gave the guitarist a look of attitude. "Called in reinforcements, did you?"

Naoki scowled. "Well, I can't do this properly on my own."

Toya added, "Plus, he needs to know that we're all here for him."

Tetsuya sighed. "All right. Just get him to the bathroom. I'll get everything prepared."

The friends nodded in understanding. Tetsuya headed to the bathroom while the three others looked at Katsuya's door. Naoki kicked it open and they headed in. Surprisingly, Katsuya was nowhere to be found. Naoki checked the windows to see if the blond escaped while Toya looked in the closet. Kaiyuki, on the other hand, stayed still and looked at the bed. Naoki and Toya continued to search for the singer until they exhausted their options of where to look. Naoki glared at Kaiyuki and sarcastically said "Thanks for the help."

Kaiyuki did not answer and pointed to the bed. Toya looked at the bed and then back at the drummer. "Kaiyuki, Katsuya is not on the bed. If he was, we would have seen him."

Kaiyuki shook his head and kept pointing at the bed. Naoki rolled his eyes; Toya, on the other hand, decided to investigate what his friend was suggesting. He looked under the bed and almost immediately chuckled. Naoki looked and put on a look of attitude.

Katsuya was sleeping under the bed. He was curled up at the head of the bed with a box of tissue next to his head and his earphones in his ears. The floor in front of him was littered with balls of tissue and empty food containers. Toya reached in and looked at the singer's iPod. The song that was currently playing was Death Becomes Me's 'Yearning.' The long haired singer shook his head. "Let's get him out."

Katsuya opened his eyes at the sound of his friend's voice. He whined and reached for his iPod. Toya shook his head and pulled the instrument away, taking the ear phones with him. Naoki then snapped, "Time to get up, hot shot. Tima to face a new day."

Katsuya looked away since he could not roll over in the tight space. "Go away…"

Naoki refused to take no for an answer. He lifted the bed as high as he could and Toya and Kaiyuki pulled the stunned singer out. Katsuya struggled to break free but his friends kept a tight grip on him. Kaiyuki had the legs, Toya held the arms, and Naoki helped by carrying the blond's midsection. With the singer struggling and yelling at them to put him down, the three band members carried him into the bathroom where Tetsuya had the bathtub full of cold water. They tossed Katsuya into the water, where he sat stunned for a moment. Tetsuya smirked. "How's the water?"

Katsuya glared. "What's the big idea?"

Kaiyuki calmly stated, "We were worried about you."

Naoki added, "It's not natural for a dude to lock himself in his room…at least, when he's alone."

Kaiyuki and Toya smacked the guitarist upside the head while Tetsuya kneeled down to the singer. "Talk to me. What's wrong?" Katsuya looked down and the bassist took a guess. "Does it involve Kaiba?" Katsuya's eyes filled with tears. Seeing this, Tetsuya drained the tub and Toya put a towel over the trembling singer. The drummer asked, "Want to tell us what happened?"

Katsuya pulled the towel closer around him and sighed. "I think…Kaiba has a boyfriend."

Toya tilted his head. "What do you mean you think?"

Katsuya looked up. "That guy, Kevin…called Kaiba by his first name."

Tetsuya pointed out, "They could be brothers."

Katsuya sat up. "Kevin talked about his lover, who had muscles and brown hair just like Kaiba!"

Toya added, "He's not the only guy with brown hair and muscles."

Katsuya sighed. "I guess so…"

Naoki scoffed. "So you just assumed that they were lovers because of those two things? That's stupid."

Kaiyuki covered the guitarist's mouth. "You should go over and figure it out." Katsuya opened his mouth to protest but the drummer shook his head. "If you're right, we will help you get over him. If you're wrong, you still have a chance. Right now, you don't know and it's killing you."

Toya agreed. "You can't go on like this. So take a shower, put on a good outfit, and find out, okay?"

Katsuya slowly stood up and nodded. His friend left to give him privacy as the singer looked out the window. "Please let me be wrong."

About an hour later, Katsuya was in a pair of jeans and a white shirt with black horizontal stripes. The black part of his hair was tied back in a ponytail and he had sunglasses on. He was looking at the apartment building where Kaiba resided, 'Yearning' stuck in his head. He knew that he wanted his rival all to himself but was aware that he could not steal him from Kevin if his suspicions were correct. Taking a deep breath, he walked the short stride to the building and up the stairs to the correct floor.

As he got closer to Kaiba's door, he could hear sounds of moans and grunts. The singer bit his lower lip, getting up the nerve, and peeked in the window. What he saw nearly made his eyes bulge out of their sockets.

On the kitchen counter was Kevin, fully dressed. In front of him was another man who had brown hair over his eyes and was dressed in a business suit. They were currently engaged in a very steamy love-making session. They were not aware that they had an audience until their movements knocked over a glass and Kevin turned to catch it. His and Katsuya's eyes met and Katsuya immediately ducked down, red with embarrassment.

The singer tried to escape but the door opened and a fully dressed Kevin peeked out, red but giggling. "Hey there, Katsuya. Come on in." Katsuya did not look up so Kevin pulled him up and into the apartment. "Katsuya…meet Seth."

Still embarrassed by what he saw, Katsuya slowly looked up at the man called Seth. He was fully dressed as well and looked a little annoyed. Up close, he looked of Roman descent with his strong facial features and tall statue. Kevin grinned and hugged his lover's arm. "Don't let his sully attitude scare you. He's really a big teddy bear."

Seth scoffed. "Not to people who interrupt our sessions."

Kevin grinned and reached up to nibble his lover's ear. Seth smiled softly as Katsuya cleared his throat. "So…this is the boyfriend you were talking about the other day."

Seth nodded with pride as Kevin smirked. "I told Seto that he should have cleared up that confusion with you."

Seth added with attitude, "You should have figured it out with how Kaiba treats my puppy."

Katsuya blushed with embarrassment as Kevin shook his head. "That's not fair, lover. Seto treats everyone like crap."

Seth nodded and went to the couch, leading his smiling boyfriend. "That's true."

Curious by that statement, Katsuya joined them and sat on the loveseat since Seth was on the couch and Kevin had his head on the brunette's lap. "Why? Why does Kaiba treat everyone like that?"

Seth shrugged and started to stroke Kevin's hair, making the blond sigh in happiness. "I don't know…hell, no one knows."

Kevin slightly perked up. "Not true. His siblings know part of the story…but they won't even give us that much."

Katsuya tilted his head. "He had more than one sibling?"

Kevin looked up. "Who did you meet, Mai?" The singer nodded as he yawned. Seeing this, Kevin got up and led his friend into Kaiba's bedroom. "Get some sleep." Katsuya wanted to protest but Kevin pushed him onto the bed. "Kaiba won't be back until late tonight…so rest up."

Tired, Katsuya was asleep in no time, breathing in Kaiba's scent from the sheets. Kevin left the room and sat on Seth's lap. "What do you think of him?"

Seth sighed and held his lover. "I think…their relationship is going to be interesting to watch. Painful…but interesting." Kevin nuzzled into Seth's chest and nodded in agreement.