Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me but the story I am writing.
Author's notes: 'Say again' is used in place of 'what'. 'Say again' is my trade mark saying like Chichiri's is 'no da'. I hope you like the story.
Wedding of Time
Chapter 4
Hikou was frozen still where he was standing. 'Did I just hear what I thought I heard? No, I didn't. I just heard it wrong. Ya that's it.' The only thing that would come out of his mouth was, "Say again?"
Hikou waited for an answer. He had not moved one muscle and his eyes were on Chichiri who was still crying. 'I can't believe this. He's serious. Why else would he cry? I guess it is possible but he just doesn't look like the kind to me. Well, Kouji and Tasuki didn't seem the type to me either but they are. I know I was surprised when they told me and I know they were equally surprise about me, too. What a minute, he said that Kouji was with the guy he liked but I thought he wasn't going with anyone because we were talking. Man, now I am very confused. Kouji has even asked Chichiri and me to come over for dinner tomorrow night. I don't know who is new guy is in Kouji life but he ain't going to take my Kouji away from me. Oh man, I almost forgot about Chichiri. He probably thinks I hate him now. I will make sure he knows that I understand.' With that final thought Hikou moved over to where Chichiri was sitting. He had stood in the same place for a few minutes.
Chichiri was still crying but not as hard as before. He had slowly started to stop when Hikou came over and took him is his arms and began to rock him a little bit.
"It will be ok. I am here for you and you don't have to worry about me making fun of you or anything like that." said Hikou.
Slowly Chichiri stopped crying and looked at Hikou and asked, "You mean it? You won't make fun of me? Why? Why won't you?"
Hikou took a deep breath and then looked at Chichiri right in his eyes. He began to speak, "Because my two best friends and I are gay, too. I was going to tell you tonight after we had eaten dinner but now you know. I wanted to tell you before someone else did, so you wouldn't get mad at me for not telling you first."
"You are? And your best friends are, too? Who are your best friends? Do I know them?" Chichiri asked Hikou.
"They are Kouji and Tasuki." Hikou replied.
'I wonder if that is what Kouji meant when he said that Hikou was a close friend?' thought Chichiri.
"Do you feel better now?" asked Hikou. He then got up off of Chichiri's bed and picked his books off the floor. He had dropped them after Chichiri told him why he was crying.
"Yes. Thank you very much. I enjoyed our talk, too. For helping me feel better, I will cook us some dinner. If, that is, ok with you?" Chichiri asked.
"Sure that sounds good to me. By-the-way, I almost forgot to tell you that we are invited to eat with Kouji and Tasuki tomorrow night. Do you want to go?" Hikou watch Chichiri for his response.
"Well…ok. I guess it won't hurt to have dinner with Kouji and Tasuki. In fact, I will finally meet Tasuki. Hey, what time are we supposed to be there?" Chichiri asked while walking into the adjacent room to start dinner.
"I think Kouji said 7pm. Is that still ok with you?" Hikou asked Chichiri from his desk.
"Ya! I will be able to make it. Dinner will be ready in about 30 minutes." Chichiri yelled back at Hikou. Chichiri was on the floor and in a cabinet looking for something.
Meanwhile
"Tasuki, have you been listening to me?" Kouji was staring at his roommate from the other end of the table.
'I wonder what tomorrow will bring. I sure hope Chichiri is at practice. He was a good player and looked fine. What is Kouji talking about? I haven't been paying attention to one word his has said. I better answer him before he hits me in the head like he normally does.' "No. I haven't, but I am listening now, so what did you say?" Tasuki finally answered Kouji who was about to hit him on the head but stopped when he spoke up.
"I said: I invited Hikou and his new roommate over for dinner tomorrow night." Kouji told Tasuki again.
"You what? I can't believe you! You are supposed to ask me first before inviting people over for dinner. Is his roommate cute? No wait, don't answer that. I don't want to know because even if he is, I will still be mad at you for dragging me in to this dinner thing you like to do." Tasuki said before he looked down to see that he had not touched his dinner that Kouji had made them. Tasuki looked over at Kouji's plate to see that he was done eating.
"Sorry, about not telling you first but I didn't think you would mind, it because I will be cooking instead of you tomorrow night." replied Kouji.
"Ok, then. Just as long as you do the cooking and stuff even though tomorrow is my day to cook." Tasuki then began to eat his food rather fast, because do to the fact he was starving.
"It is a deal." Kouji then picked up his plate and went into the kitchen to clean his dishes. 'That was easier then I thought. I thought Tasuki would have put up a bigger fuse about having a stranger over for dinner. I would think by now he would know that I am trying to hook him up. I guess since I said that I would be doing the cooking that's why it was so easy. I am glad that he isn't too mad at me, because he now how much I like Hikou.'
'I think Kouji is trying to set me up again. Sometimes I wish he would leave me bee and hook himself up with Hikou. Oh well, I guess I can try to have fun tomorrow night for Kouji's benefit.' Tasuki thought to himself while watching Kouji in the kitchen washing dishes.
Next Day
Hikou and Chichiri had stayed up late and talked all night. They had grown very close to each other over a short amount of time. Both of them enjoyed each others company and felt close to each other like brothers.
Kouji and Tasuki went to bed late as always, because they both stayed up studying. They do their best studying at night.
For Chichiri the day went by real fast do to the fact it was his first day in his classes. Hikou and Chichiri had had lunch together liked they planned the night before so they could talk about where the rest of Chichiri's class were at on campus.
Tasuki, on the other hand, was going crazy. Each class seemed longer than normal and he found his mind wondering of the subject at hand. When it came to lunch, Tasuki felt like it wasn't long enough to calm himself down. The whole time he was eating lunch with Kouji his mind was on Chichiri and how well he played yesterday. Kouji noticed that he was a little spacey but just thought that it was because they were having company over that night, and so he said nothing to Tasuki about it. Tasuki's other classes were just as slow.
3 p.m.
"Ok, everyone began your warm-up stretches. Zero, please lead the group." said the coach. Zero was the number 3 on the team. The coach had lined everyone up according to rank for warm-ups.
'Chichiri looks great.' Red Head thought.
'I can't look at him. He had someone else, but I can't stop myself from looking and liking him.' thought Chichiri.
After the warm-ups, the coach paired everyone off for doubles. Since Red Head and Chichiri were the top 2, they were made partners. They were to play the number 3 and 4 who are Zero and Sky.
While the players were practicing the coach was making notes in a note book. He was writing down what each play needed to work on. The one thing that he noted was that Red Head and Chichiri make great double partners unlike Zero and Sky because they could communicate to each other very well. Zero and Sky needed help with communicating to one another.
Red Head and Chichiri are both enjoying themselves while playing. They were also talking to one another. This helped them trust one another. (It is important to have a good relationship with your partner or it will be hard to play with out blaming each other because someone messed up. It is because you are a team. If one loses the other does to.)
After practice was over Red Head and Chichiri said their good byes and went their separate ways.
Chichiri goes into his room to find Hikou studying at his desk.
"Hey, how was practice?" Hikou asked but still looking at his book on the desk.
"It was great. We practiced doubles and I was paired up with him. I know he has someone but I can still hope." Chichiri then began to find his nice pair of clothes that he wears on special occasions. Once he found them he went to go take him a shower. "I am going to take a shower and get ready for dinner."
"Ok. We have about 45 minutes, so you have plenty of time to get ready." Hikou had started putting away his books so he could get ready himself. 'I have to look good so Kouji will notice me.'
45 minutes later
"Are you ready, Chichiri?" asked Hikou who was at the door waiting on him with the keys in his hand.
"Yes, I'm coming." Chichiri was finishing putting on his shoes. "Ok. Let's go."
So out the door and down the hall they went after Hikou locked their room. They stopped at room number 6 and Hikou knocked on the door. It was just a few moments before Kouji opened the door.
"Hey! You made it on time. Come on in and make your self at home. Dinner will be ready in about five to ten minutes, so you can go over to the couch and visit with Tasuki while you wait." Kouji said.
'They both look hot. Hikou is wearing a beautiful green short and a pair of white jeans that fit him perfectly. Boy, I hope this works. Tasuki is going to flip at the site of Chichiri.' Kouji thought to himself before shutting the door and going back into the kitchen to finish dinner.
'This room is much bigger than the one I share with Hikou.' thought Chichiri.
'Kouji looked so cute in his white short and pair of black jeans. I wonder were Tasuki is sitting?' thought Hikou.
Hikou and Chichiri walked in the livingroom area looking for Tasuki. There they saw someone start to move in front of the TV.
"Kouji, is that them?" asked Tasuki.
"Yes, Tasuki, it is them." Kouji yelled back at his roommate from the kitchen. Tasuki gets up of the couch and turned around.
"Hey, there. How are ya'll doing…" Tasuki stopped and stared at Hikou and Chichiri.
"Your Hikou's roommate?" Tasuki asked with a surprise look on his face while he pointed at Chichiri.
"Your Kouji's roommate and your Tasuki. But…but…but I thought your name was Red Head?" Chichiri was in a state of shock. 'If he is Kouji's roommate then that means I might still have a chance with him after all.'
Hikou was just looking back and forth between them. No one moved until Kouji came into see what all the noise was about.
TBC...
Author's notes: I hope you enjoyed that chapter. It took me longer to write because I could not make up my mind about Kouji and Hikou. Thanks for all your reviews. It gives me motivation to write more. Also, sorry it took so long but I am working on three stories' at the same time plus my other life stuff. Please review.
Author's notes: 'Say again' is used in place of 'what'. 'Say again' is my trade mark saying like Chichiri's is 'no da'. I hope you like the story.
Wedding of Time
Chapter 4
Hikou was frozen still where he was standing. 'Did I just hear what I thought I heard? No, I didn't. I just heard it wrong. Ya that's it.' The only thing that would come out of his mouth was, "Say again?"
Hikou waited for an answer. He had not moved one muscle and his eyes were on Chichiri who was still crying. 'I can't believe this. He's serious. Why else would he cry? I guess it is possible but he just doesn't look like the kind to me. Well, Kouji and Tasuki didn't seem the type to me either but they are. I know I was surprised when they told me and I know they were equally surprise about me, too. What a minute, he said that Kouji was with the guy he liked but I thought he wasn't going with anyone because we were talking. Man, now I am very confused. Kouji has even asked Chichiri and me to come over for dinner tomorrow night. I don't know who is new guy is in Kouji life but he ain't going to take my Kouji away from me. Oh man, I almost forgot about Chichiri. He probably thinks I hate him now. I will make sure he knows that I understand.' With that final thought Hikou moved over to where Chichiri was sitting. He had stood in the same place for a few minutes.
Chichiri was still crying but not as hard as before. He had slowly started to stop when Hikou came over and took him is his arms and began to rock him a little bit.
"It will be ok. I am here for you and you don't have to worry about me making fun of you or anything like that." said Hikou.
Slowly Chichiri stopped crying and looked at Hikou and asked, "You mean it? You won't make fun of me? Why? Why won't you?"
Hikou took a deep breath and then looked at Chichiri right in his eyes. He began to speak, "Because my two best friends and I are gay, too. I was going to tell you tonight after we had eaten dinner but now you know. I wanted to tell you before someone else did, so you wouldn't get mad at me for not telling you first."
"You are? And your best friends are, too? Who are your best friends? Do I know them?" Chichiri asked Hikou.
"They are Kouji and Tasuki." Hikou replied.
'I wonder if that is what Kouji meant when he said that Hikou was a close friend?' thought Chichiri.
"Do you feel better now?" asked Hikou. He then got up off of Chichiri's bed and picked his books off the floor. He had dropped them after Chichiri told him why he was crying.
"Yes. Thank you very much. I enjoyed our talk, too. For helping me feel better, I will cook us some dinner. If, that is, ok with you?" Chichiri asked.
"Sure that sounds good to me. By-the-way, I almost forgot to tell you that we are invited to eat with Kouji and Tasuki tomorrow night. Do you want to go?" Hikou watch Chichiri for his response.
"Well…ok. I guess it won't hurt to have dinner with Kouji and Tasuki. In fact, I will finally meet Tasuki. Hey, what time are we supposed to be there?" Chichiri asked while walking into the adjacent room to start dinner.
"I think Kouji said 7pm. Is that still ok with you?" Hikou asked Chichiri from his desk.
"Ya! I will be able to make it. Dinner will be ready in about 30 minutes." Chichiri yelled back at Hikou. Chichiri was on the floor and in a cabinet looking for something.
Meanwhile
"Tasuki, have you been listening to me?" Kouji was staring at his roommate from the other end of the table.
'I wonder what tomorrow will bring. I sure hope Chichiri is at practice. He was a good player and looked fine. What is Kouji talking about? I haven't been paying attention to one word his has said. I better answer him before he hits me in the head like he normally does.' "No. I haven't, but I am listening now, so what did you say?" Tasuki finally answered Kouji who was about to hit him on the head but stopped when he spoke up.
"I said: I invited Hikou and his new roommate over for dinner tomorrow night." Kouji told Tasuki again.
"You what? I can't believe you! You are supposed to ask me first before inviting people over for dinner. Is his roommate cute? No wait, don't answer that. I don't want to know because even if he is, I will still be mad at you for dragging me in to this dinner thing you like to do." Tasuki said before he looked down to see that he had not touched his dinner that Kouji had made them. Tasuki looked over at Kouji's plate to see that he was done eating.
"Sorry, about not telling you first but I didn't think you would mind, it because I will be cooking instead of you tomorrow night." replied Kouji.
"Ok, then. Just as long as you do the cooking and stuff even though tomorrow is my day to cook." Tasuki then began to eat his food rather fast, because do to the fact he was starving.
"It is a deal." Kouji then picked up his plate and went into the kitchen to clean his dishes. 'That was easier then I thought. I thought Tasuki would have put up a bigger fuse about having a stranger over for dinner. I would think by now he would know that I am trying to hook him up. I guess since I said that I would be doing the cooking that's why it was so easy. I am glad that he isn't too mad at me, because he now how much I like Hikou.'
'I think Kouji is trying to set me up again. Sometimes I wish he would leave me bee and hook himself up with Hikou. Oh well, I guess I can try to have fun tomorrow night for Kouji's benefit.' Tasuki thought to himself while watching Kouji in the kitchen washing dishes.
Next Day
Hikou and Chichiri had stayed up late and talked all night. They had grown very close to each other over a short amount of time. Both of them enjoyed each others company and felt close to each other like brothers.
Kouji and Tasuki went to bed late as always, because they both stayed up studying. They do their best studying at night.
For Chichiri the day went by real fast do to the fact it was his first day in his classes. Hikou and Chichiri had had lunch together liked they planned the night before so they could talk about where the rest of Chichiri's class were at on campus.
Tasuki, on the other hand, was going crazy. Each class seemed longer than normal and he found his mind wondering of the subject at hand. When it came to lunch, Tasuki felt like it wasn't long enough to calm himself down. The whole time he was eating lunch with Kouji his mind was on Chichiri and how well he played yesterday. Kouji noticed that he was a little spacey but just thought that it was because they were having company over that night, and so he said nothing to Tasuki about it. Tasuki's other classes were just as slow.
3 p.m.
"Ok, everyone began your warm-up stretches. Zero, please lead the group." said the coach. Zero was the number 3 on the team. The coach had lined everyone up according to rank for warm-ups.
'Chichiri looks great.' Red Head thought.
'I can't look at him. He had someone else, but I can't stop myself from looking and liking him.' thought Chichiri.
After the warm-ups, the coach paired everyone off for doubles. Since Red Head and Chichiri were the top 2, they were made partners. They were to play the number 3 and 4 who are Zero and Sky.
While the players were practicing the coach was making notes in a note book. He was writing down what each play needed to work on. The one thing that he noted was that Red Head and Chichiri make great double partners unlike Zero and Sky because they could communicate to each other very well. Zero and Sky needed help with communicating to one another.
Red Head and Chichiri are both enjoying themselves while playing. They were also talking to one another. This helped them trust one another. (It is important to have a good relationship with your partner or it will be hard to play with out blaming each other because someone messed up. It is because you are a team. If one loses the other does to.)
After practice was over Red Head and Chichiri said their good byes and went their separate ways.
Chichiri goes into his room to find Hikou studying at his desk.
"Hey, how was practice?" Hikou asked but still looking at his book on the desk.
"It was great. We practiced doubles and I was paired up with him. I know he has someone but I can still hope." Chichiri then began to find his nice pair of clothes that he wears on special occasions. Once he found them he went to go take him a shower. "I am going to take a shower and get ready for dinner."
"Ok. We have about 45 minutes, so you have plenty of time to get ready." Hikou had started putting away his books so he could get ready himself. 'I have to look good so Kouji will notice me.'
45 minutes later
"Are you ready, Chichiri?" asked Hikou who was at the door waiting on him with the keys in his hand.
"Yes, I'm coming." Chichiri was finishing putting on his shoes. "Ok. Let's go."
So out the door and down the hall they went after Hikou locked their room. They stopped at room number 6 and Hikou knocked on the door. It was just a few moments before Kouji opened the door.
"Hey! You made it on time. Come on in and make your self at home. Dinner will be ready in about five to ten minutes, so you can go over to the couch and visit with Tasuki while you wait." Kouji said.
'They both look hot. Hikou is wearing a beautiful green short and a pair of white jeans that fit him perfectly. Boy, I hope this works. Tasuki is going to flip at the site of Chichiri.' Kouji thought to himself before shutting the door and going back into the kitchen to finish dinner.
'This room is much bigger than the one I share with Hikou.' thought Chichiri.
'Kouji looked so cute in his white short and pair of black jeans. I wonder were Tasuki is sitting?' thought Hikou.
Hikou and Chichiri walked in the livingroom area looking for Tasuki. There they saw someone start to move in front of the TV.
"Kouji, is that them?" asked Tasuki.
"Yes, Tasuki, it is them." Kouji yelled back at his roommate from the kitchen. Tasuki gets up of the couch and turned around.
"Hey, there. How are ya'll doing…" Tasuki stopped and stared at Hikou and Chichiri.
"Your Hikou's roommate?" Tasuki asked with a surprise look on his face while he pointed at Chichiri.
"Your Kouji's roommate and your Tasuki. But…but…but I thought your name was Red Head?" Chichiri was in a state of shock. 'If he is Kouji's roommate then that means I might still have a chance with him after all.'
Hikou was just looking back and forth between them. No one moved until Kouji came into see what all the noise was about.
TBC...
Author's notes: I hope you enjoyed that chapter. It took me longer to write because I could not make up my mind about Kouji and Hikou. Thanks for all your reviews. It gives me motivation to write more. Also, sorry it took so long but I am working on three stories' at the same time plus my other life stuff. Please review.