#76: Waiting:

Endymion quickened his pace as he approached the apartment style room Nephrite and Kunzite shared when staying at the Moon Palace. Of all the long distance relationships imaginable, Endymion never fathomed that he would be the one with his love living a planet away – or in his case a moon away. Still, when they had a chance to be together, he intended to enjoy every minute of it and tonight they were all supposed to meet for dinner in half an hour. This would be the first time any of them would see their ladies in over a month.

He walked in to find Zoisite lounging in an easy chair, Jadeite eating fruit and Kunzite walking around in his bathrobe.

"Uh guys, shouldn't you be getting ready to go?" Endymion asked, nervous that they were about to give him a few grey hairs and a massive urge to strangle someone.

Kunzite shrugged, "I was just getting out of the shower and now I'm going to change," he said as he closed the door to his temporary bedroom. Endymion could always count on Kunzite. Jadeite and Zoisite on the other hand were more of a mental challenge.

"Ahem," Endymion said in their direction. Zoisite looked up.

"Right, I'll go change," he said, getting up to walk across the hall to the apartment style room Jadeite and he shared. "Seat check!" he called over his shoulder, with a smirk.

Endymion looked over at Jadeite and said, "you can go change too, you both have your own rooms over there."

"It's only going to take me 5 minutes to change, I still have time," he said dismissively, plopping down in Zoisite's recently vacated chair.

Kunzite popped his head out the door and called out, "guys, will this color clash with the orange I know Minako will be wearing tonight?"

"No, its fine," Endymion said. Kunzite looked doubtful and replied, "Still, I think I will try something else." He went back into his room and closed the door.

Nephrite took this moment to put in his appearance, dressed and ready to go. Endymion felt a fourth of the weight lift off of his chest. Nephrite came over and sat on the sofa next to Endymion. Endymion felt more weight lift off of his chest as Zoisite returned, also dressed and ready to go.

"Dude, you took my chair," he called over to Jadeite, annoyed.

"You left," Jadeite said.

"I called seat check," Zoisite tossed back.

"But you left the chair area," Jadeite finished. Endymion gracefully stepped in to play mediator.

"Jadeite, it doesn't matter because now you have to go change," he said. Jadeite made no move to get up. Kunzite marched out a second time, wearing a different outfit.

"Does this outfit make me look too flabby? It just doesn't catch my muscles the way they were meant to be caught." Unbelievable, Endymion thought.

"You look fine, Minako will love you," Nephrite replied.

Scratch that, can't count on Kunzite, but can always count on Nephrite, Endymion amended in his head. Kunzite just muttered to himself and walked back into his room, closing the door. Endymion and Nephrite jumped as they heard the telltale sounds of a scuffle. Jadeite was out of the chair, but was holding the cushions in his hands.

"You can have the chair," he said sarcastically to Zoisite.

"You took the essence of the chair!" Zoisite cried, with a murderous scowl. Jadeite hooted and ran out the door, still holding the cushions. He returned 5 minutes later, in a towel and without the cushions.

"You stole my underwear!" cried Jadiete, accusing Zoisite. Endymion moaned and put his head in his hands.

"You stole my cushions!" cried Zoisite, "but I did not steal your underwear."

"I am soooo getting you back. I am going to do the opposite to you!"

"What are you going to do? Buy an underwear store?"

Kunzite appeared a third time, wearing yet another outfit

"Opposite is opposite!" called Jadeite, pointing a finger at Zoisite and then marching out the door. He then re-opened the door and stuck his head back in. "Kunzite, quit acting all girly like Zoisite and just wear that!" he called, closing the door again.

Both Kunzite and Zoisite turned bright red. Kunzite sighed and settled down on the couch, finally deciding that he was ready. 3 down and one to go, thought Endymion.

Jadeite burst back into the room wearing multiple layers of what looked like Zoisite's clothes.

"How is that the opposite?" cried Zoisite, disturbed.

"You take my underwear and I take everything you own. Gee, its hot in here," Jadeite said, ignoring Zoisite's troubled expression. "Maybe I should do some lunges. Too bad I'm going commando…"

"UHHAHHH" cried Zoisite.

"Ok, that's it! Zoisite, give him his underwear back, or find him some underwear to wear! Jadeite get dressed! Kunzite, that outfit is fine!" Endymion called out at his exasperating so called friends.

Jadeite and Zoisite grumbled as they filed out the door. He looked down at his watch. They were 1 minute late.

"I don't want to keep the girls waiting, heck I can hardly wait to see them myself," Endymion said. He motioned for Kunzite and Nephrite to follow him. "The Joey and Chandler wannabees can just meet us there."

A/N: I love the TV show FRIENDS, and I bet you can see the show's influence on this drabble…bonus points if you can name the episode! If you didn't watch FRIENDS or don't watch the reruns, Joey and Chandler are two characters from the show.