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Snap, Crackle and Pop!

"Sorry Mr. Takatori. . . Some little brat and his friends ran into us and broke the statue. I'm afraid your "Loving days" are over." As Brad hangs his head and smirks.

Takatori retorts "Over huh?" as he pulls out his nine iron and grabs Schuldig by the collar pulling him closer. WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! Schuldig tries to shield his face but Takatori knocks him to the ground.

Then he directs his attention to Farfarello who was obediently waiting his turn. Takatori wails away on his head and Farfarello smiles as he secretly enjoys this type of abuse. (That sick puppy, hah, hah)

Reiji screams "You worthless piece of crap! Can't you do anything right?!" Shouting at Schuldig, who's lying injured on the ground.

Nagi's surprised at Takatori's contempt for his orange-haired comrade, especially since he did nothing wrong. He telepathically makes Reiji drop the golf club on his foot as he helps escort Schuldig to back to his room.

9:00 pm rolls around and Schuldig sulks while looking in the mirror "Man! This bruise just healed. What's he got against me? At least it's on my forehead this time." Intense pain fills his head as he screams in agony. "Ahhhhhhhh! Damn you Takatori! You gave me a concussion! I'll get you for . . . " Then passes out, falling off his bed with one foot and hand resting on the mattress.

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Meanwhile at Hiro's apartment the pizza has just arrived. Hiro shouts "I ordered this at 8:00 p.m. and what time is it now?! 8:54!! What took you so long?" The pizza delivery boy apologizes "I'm sorry sir; we're short handed tonight as our main delivery boy was arrested for stealing some statue. Please take this coupon for a free pizza, as our apology!" Hiro sweat drops as he takes the coupon. The delivery boy bows his head and quickly leaves.

Shuichi opens the pizza and drools at the sight. "I'm starving! What about you Hiro?" Hiro knells on the floor with his head between his legs. Shuichi approaches him "Are you alright, Hiro? Maybe you should lie down" as he helps Hiro into his bed.

Hiro apologizes "I'm sorry Shuichi, but for some reason I have a terrible headache but don't worry about me go ahead and enjoy the pizza. You can crash here again if you want." Shuichi hands Hiro a glass of water and some aspirin but Hiro passes out cold. Shuichi notes the time to be 9:00 pm. "Strange? Hiro's usually a night owl but then we did have a hard day."

Shuichi decides to eat some pizza "Well I wouldn't want it to go to waste." He takes a thin slice from the box and eats it. After feeling guilty about Hiro spending his hard earned money and replaying Yuki and Ayaka's kiss over in his mind, Shuichi ends up eating all the pizza. "Maybe Hiro's right, I should go over there and retrieve my belongings from Yuki's house."

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Nagi has just stepped out of the shower. He dresses himself in a white bathrobe. Putting on his best cologne and styling his hair he retires to his bedroom where soft music and a candlelight dinner await.

It's 10:00 p.m. and he's a little worried. "I hope you haven't been waiting too long my darling." as he delivers a slow and passionate kiss to his blow up "Tot doll". "You know I've prepared your favorite dish "Strawberries and Whipped Cream" as he dips a luscious red strawberry into the cream and pretends to feed it to the doll. "I made sure to select only the sweetest strawberries, my love" as he leans over to stroke the hair, collapsing on top of the doll.

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As the clock strikes ten, Suguru's mom hollers "Suguru dear, it's your bed time." She gives him a kiss on the forehead. "Nighty night and don't let the bed bugs bite." Suguru blinks "Mom! I'm sixteen! Do you have to say this every night?" as he retires to his room and puts on a pair of striped pajamas.

He sneaks down the hall, grabs a coke out of the fridge and goes back into his room. "It's too early to go to sleep so I'll practice our song for tomorrow." He plugs in his headphones so his mom won't hear him practicing on the keyboard. "Do re mi fa so" Warming up, he takes a swig of his soda and falls unconscious, spraying the coke all over the walls and himself.

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Back at Takatori Enterprises, gleeful giggles are heard down the hall. It's 10:30 p.m. and Farfarello is turning in for the night. Standing in front of his medicine cabinet he proceeds to take his nightly medication, an array of colorful pills. He looks in the mirror and tells himself "Open wide! Here comes the pill train, Choo, Choo!" as he shoves all twenty pills down his throat at once.

He then calls out "Suki? Where are you my love?" as he searches around for his shiny knife. "There you are baby! Are you ready for bed? I'll let you be the dominate one tonight." He pets and licks the knife slowly. Abruptly he collapses to the floor, the knife narrowly missing his good eye.

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Shuichi reluctantly opens the door while calling out Yuki's name. "Yuki? . . . Yuki? Oh good! He's not here. I'll quickly pack before he gets home." Shuichi sits on the couch as he writes an apology note. "Dear Yuki, Please forgive. . ." Shuichi passes out on the couch as the clock strikes ten thirty.

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It is 11:00 p.m. and Brad, standing on the veranda, is smoking a cigarette and drinking a glass of wine as his thoughts drift off to the museum. "I wonder where that dust came from? It was a real pain to get out of my suit! And why in the world was it pink?"

Brad gets a vision "Strange! I foresee that I'm not going to be myself tomorrow." "Damn! I have another headache! I hate getting visions!" as he returns inside and lies down on the couch. He closes he eyes as the world becomes hazy.

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Sakano nervously paces the floor. "What I'm I going to tell Mr. President tomorrow! I'm a failure! I couldn't get Shuichi to stay!" Buzzzzzz! The timer on the stove interrupts his thoughts as he pulls out his Banquet T.V. dinner. "Ahh!" he takes in the aroma while pulling off the plastic wrap. "I should enjoy this gourmet meal before I'm too poor to eat."

Sakano finds a nice comfy spot on the couch and surfs through the T.V. channels. "Yippee! My favorite program! I can't believe it "The Facts of Life" is on at 11:00 pm." He returns to the kitchen and pours a large glass of iced tea. "This is the life! Facts of Life, Salisbury steak, and Iced tea! What more could a man ask for?" While digging into his Salisbury steak. SPLAT! Sakano lands face first into the dinner, gravy covering his glasses and splattering all over his hair and suit.