In the field Akihiko found Misaki now laying down with his hands behind his head. As if sensing Akihiko, Misaki turned his head to smile at him. Say something. Akihiko thought. You know his name. Why can't you say anything?
Akihiko reached his hand out and was surprised as Misaki put his hand out to meet him halfway. He saw Misaki shiver from Akihiko's cold hand. He wanted to be closer. Misaki gasped, hell even Akihiko was shocked, that he was able to move his legs and straddled Misaki's waist, careful not to put his weight on him. Hand still holding his. This was the closest they have ever been.
He got lost in his emerald green eyes. They were almost the color of Ritsu's but these were brighter and held much more youth. The perfect angel, if he was one. Misaki's mouth opened slightly before closing and a look of frustration appeared on his face that Akihiko found adorable. At least he was not the only one annoyed with this lack of communication.
Misaki went to open his mouth again when Akihiko saw him beginning to become see through. Not yet. Akihiko frowned and in haste leaned down, hearing Misaki suck in a breath, Just as his lips barely touched the young man's he was gone before his eyes. Akihiko did not move from his position and when he did he slammed his fists on the ground. He woke up not a few second later, frustrated. He wanted to hear his voice.
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"MISAKI!" Opening his eyes Misaki shrieked as Kisa was bent over him and fell off the bed. "Kisa-nii, what are you doing?"
Kisa chuckled, "Rough night." Misaki pouted, standing up. "Another dream?" Misaki nodded. "You know, you have been having these dreams more often lately." That was true. Misaki used to only have these dreams once, maybe twice, a month but now it seemed to be every other day. "Are you sure you've never seen this man before?"
"Never. It's so weird." Misaki sighed. These dreams were really getting on his nerves. Kisa patted his head in comfort before leaving so Misaki could get ready for school. When he walked out Kisa gave him a plate of eggs. "If these dreams are bothering you so much why don't you and Shinobu go out somewhere after school? Get a change of scenery."
The look on Kisa's face made Misaki smirk. He knew Kisa was nervous for tonight. "Yeah right. You aren't getting rid of us for this dinner."
Kisa's head fell with a loud sigh. "I still don't understand why you two have to do this. Don't you think it's too early in the relationship?"
Misaki shook his head and held his head up. "This is the first guy you have ever taken an interest in so of course as your son I have to make sure he is a good fit for this family." He said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"F-family?" Kisa blushed and stood up rather quickly. "W-What are you talking about?"
Misaki looked up, not understanding why he was freaking out. "Well when you fall in love with him then he will be around for a long time so that means he will be joining our family."
"There is no guarantee I'll even fall in love with him. And even if I do we could separate in the future."
Misaki gasped. "But we only fall in love once." The sad smile on Kisa's face made Misaki regret saying that. "Misaki you forget I'm not an angel so that rule does not apply to me."
Good going Misaki. You made Kisa-nii sad. Misaki rushed over to hug him. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be insensitive."
Kisa chuckled. "Calm down I'm not mad." They pulled away. "I guess I'm just nervous for tonight."
Misaki smiled. "Do not worry Kisa-nii. Shinobu and I are on it." Kisa eyes were now strained. "I still don't get why they have to come over." Laughing, Misaki did the dishes and headed out for school.
"THANK YOU MIYAGI!" Misaki cried, bowing frantically in front of said man. At school they received their final papers and thanks to study sessions with Miyagi he got an 83% which was a huge improvement from his usual 60%.
Miyagi chuckled, "I told you all you needed was to fix your grammar and word choice."
"And your thought process, and spelling, and fluentcy, and research…" Misaki glared at Shinobu who looked back with a smirk. "You just suck at essays."
"Shut up." The three started laughing. "Kisa you are going to give yourself an aneuryism with the way you're stressing." Misaki and Shinobu looked back to see Kisa sitting at the table with his eyes darting around the room and feet tapping rapidly. Last time they saw Kisa like this was when Misaki got sick for the first time at 12 because he stayed out in the cold too much. "It's just dinner."
"I still don't see why you two have to be here." He grumbled from behind his hands. "I already told you things will be alright." Miyagi sat down next to him. "An old man like you should not be stressing this much. Bad for health."
"He's not that old." Misaki protested.
"If anyone is old it will be you old man." Shinobu added. The two glared at them when Misaki looked at the time and gasped. "Yukina will be here in an hour and an half. We better get to work Shinobu." The two ran to the kitchen. "NO CABBAGE.
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"I'm off." Yukina shouted from the door.
Nowaki and Ritsu smiled. "Good luck Yukina."
"Don't forget to try and get any useful information." Hiroki reminded him.
Takano pointed to Akihiko who sat next to him. "And don't forget to get more information about Misaki for this lovesick dude."
"Shut up." Akihiko growled.
"Don't put out!" Everyone looked to Chiaki before laughing. Hatori's hand hit his forehead as shook his head.
"Ok, bye now." Yukina left. As he got closer he could feel his heart beating fast. It was not only the fact he would be seeing Kisa again, which made him extremely happy, but he was also going to be having dinner with Misaki. Kisa loved Misaki and if Misaki did not like him then Kisa would push him even more away. And then there was Akihiko and Misaki's weird meetings that he could not mention. Plus Shinobu would be there meaning Miyagi may be there and he was afraid what the confrontation would be like. Would Miyagi flip out? Does Kisa and Misaki know? Are they angels too?
Soon he was walking through the apartments when he found the door with the number 43 on it. Inside he could hear chatting and his nerves came back.
Ringing the doorbell Yukina could hear running when the door opened and was greeted with the two young boys smiling at him. "Hi Yukina, glad you could come." Misaki greeted as they moved to let him in. "Uh yes, thank you for having me."
"You're too polite." Shinobu pointed out. "Better shut that down if you want to survive here."
"Shinobu, Misaki, do not scare him." Yukina looked as Miyagi walked over. "Ignore them they are just immature." Miyagi smiled and held out his hand. "Hello, my name is Miyagi Yo. I am Kisa's neighbor." Yukina was confused for a second when Miyagi glanced to the boys and Yukina nodded, grabbing his hand.
"Nice to meet you." So Miyagi did not even tell Shinobu about us meeting? So did he not tell Kisa-san too? "You can sit down. Kisa will be out shortly." Yukina went to sit down but Misaki and Shinobu stood inbetween.
Shinobu looked Yukina up and down, making him feel slightly uncomfortable. "You look awfully young. How old are you?"
"21." Yukina said, mentally cringing. Now what would Misaki think of him being a few years older than him. Shinobu and Misaki looked to each other and started chuckling silently.
"Yukina?" He looked over their head and smiled as Kisa walked in. "Hi Kisa-san."
Kisa barely took a step when the boys turned and pointed at him, yelling as loud as they could. "COUGAR!" Kisa's face turned red and Yukina was unsure of what to say. "You two shut up." Kisa yelled at the two who could not stop laughing. "Go somewhere else."
They kept laughing until Miyagi walked over and hit the two on the head. "OW."
Miyagi glared, "behave." Kisa growled at them and pointed to the kitchen. When they left, still laughing, Yukina looked back to Kisa who was looking down and blushing. "Li-like I said, those two together are a bad combination."
Yukina chuckled. "That just means they are great friends."
"Yeah." "DINNER'S READY." Yukina sat next to Kisa while Misaki and Shinobu sat across from them and Miyagi sat at the head next to Shinobu in what Yukina noticed was a different chair than the rest. Must have been from Miyagi's perhaps. They were having beef stew with pieces of cabbage that Miyagi and Kisa scolded the two that they were not supposed to make cabbage. Shinobu's reply was that it was really the only thing he knew how to cook and that it would not matter. Yukina found it was really delicious and when he complimented Misaki the boy blushed and thanked him. "You like manga right Yukina?" Misaki asked. "You met Kisa-nii at his job."
"That's right. I always read manga whenever I have time." Yukina replied.
Misaki smiled widely. "Have you ever read The Kan?" Shinobu made a grunting noise. "Mmm, I'm afraid not. I usually read the shoujo manga like Peach Girl and Girl's Master."
"Those are real girly manga." Shinobu took a bite of the stew. "Misaki won't even touch those."
The other boy pointed to Shinobu with an irritated scowl. "I would but when I went browsing through that section Shinobu made such a commotion in the store and I was humiliated. It is bad enough I have to hear him talk crap about my favorite manga."
"Manga is for kids."
"No it's not. Right Yukina?" Yukina wanted to say something with Misaki's eyes on him but Shinobu's eyes were making him too nervous to answer. He felt a hand on his arm and turned to Kisa. "Just stay quiet. For your sake." Yukina was dazzled by Kisa's soft smile. "Picking a side will lead you to pain and suffering later." He saw Miyagi nodding in agreement.
Turning back the two boys had stopped arguing and were back to eating, argument forgotten. Hearing a buzzing noise Yukina looked to see Miyagi pull out his phone. "Who is it?" Kisa asked.
Miyagi sighed, "the Dean once again."
"Why is Mr. Takatsuki texting you?"
"And how does my dad even know how to text?"
"He wants to check up on Shinobu." Miyagi replied, ignoring Shinobu. "There is an investigation going on at Mitsuhashi right now so the, police, have been asking him questions. Probably thinks they will come to ask you questions as well." Miyagi glanced to Yukina who looked down. Must be Marukawa.
"What investigation?" Misaki looked confused. Miyagi shrugged. "Apparently there was an illegal substance in the science department two nights ago. They are questioning the whole staff to figure out where it came from."
"Sounds tough." Kisa took a bite of the stew. It seems Miyagi did not tell him about the real problem and Misaki too looks to not know anything. So that means those two were human then right? "Did they find the culprits?" Miyagi shook his head.
"Who cares?" Shinobu shrugged. "It's not our problem."
Misaki gave him a disapproving look. "It is your father's school. Have some sympathy." Shinobu did not reply as he kept eating. "Where do you live Yukina?" Misaki asked, shifting the conversation back to him.
"Ah I live a few blocks away from here. More downtown."
"You live by yourself?"
He shook his head. "I have five other roommates but two others are also staying with us." The two gasped. "That many people?! Doesn't it get annoying?" Yukina explained to them that they have been friends for quite some time and so all have gotten used to each other's habits. He also said they were on business and so do not usually stay together like this. "Where are you originally from?" Shinobu asked.
"America."
"When are you going back?" Misaki began to frown, his eyes looking to Kisa. Yukina smiled and looked at him too. "Well, there's a chance I will be staying here. As long as I have a good reason to." Kisa's face lit up and would not look away from his bowl. Yukina found him cuter than before.
"That's great." Misaki smiled wide. "I need someone else willing to read shoujo manga." Shinobu scoffed and the manga argument was back on. After dinner and a lot of resistant and a whisper from Miyagi, Shinbou quickly said goodnight and pushed Miyagi out the door. "Dinner was really good." Yukina complimented again as the two were doing dishes. Kisa was leaning on the other side of the island, watching them.
"I'm glad you like it. I figured since I do not know what you like we would go with something simple. I even made sure you would not be able to taste that much of the cabbage." He chuckled.
"You are a natural. Did Kisa-san teach you how to cook?" The two busted out laughing. "What?"
"Sorry, sorry." Misaki wiped his eyes. "Just that Kisa-nii barely knows anything about cooking. The old lady who used to babysit me taught me a few things and then Kisa-nii started buying me cookbooks and I learned on my own."
Kisa sighed with embarrassment. "All I knew was to make salads and miso soup when I took Misaki in. If it wasn't for that lady Misaki would probably not have survived."
"Don't be so dramatic Kisa-nii." The two laughed and Yukina relished in the warm, family feeling that hung in the air. To think Kisa only got Misaki just eight short years ago. "It is amazing." Misaki smiled, Yukina realizing he said that out loud. "It feels like I have been with Kisa-nii my whole life. I do not even remember the time before him."
Yukina saw Kisa's smile grow sad and he remembered what Kisa said before about not wanting to hold Misaki from his true family. "It was cold that day." He turned to see Misaki looked at the dish in his hand. "And dark. Everything about my life was dark. And then Kisa-nii appeared, like an angel. As I learned more I realized most people would not have done what Kisa-nii did. He was just about to finish school and try to get the job he wanted. I am proud he still finished school but he had to give up the job because of me. It sounds like a cool job too, editing manga, so I decided I would give it a try. I'm super proud of Kisa-nii."
Kisa's face was red and his eyes began to tear up. "Misa…" "So if anyone decides to hurt my Kisa-nii...it's their funeral." Yukina gulped as Misaki's smile grew menacing and did not miss the knife that he was currently washing, pointing at him. "Misaki…" Kisa shook his head as Misaki went back to normal, laughing. "The kid always have to threaten the date. It's just tradition."
Yukina said nothing but watched the two bicker briefly with awe. The warm feeling came back but harder than before. In his eyes they were the perfect family and he wanted to join. "Don't worry." They turned back to him but Yukina was looking at Misaki. "I would never hurt Kisa-san in any way."
Misaki blinked before smiling. "Good to know."
