*time for the meat of the plot. It sure did take me long enough.*

To his incredible relief, Jonathan found himself once again in Akio's observatory. He collapsed on one of the white couches and was immediately joined by a shirtless Akio. They sat in silence for a moment. Okay, it was more like two moments. But they did get up finally. Akio stood and surveyed his room for any trace of liquor. He disappeared behind the telescope for a little bit, then reappeared holding two glasses.

"Would you like a chairman?" he asked, lifting a glass for emphasis.

Jonathan considered, then nodded his aquiescence.

"Good!" Akio countered. He was beginning to get his momentum back. He knocked down the chairman in a single gulp and set the empty container on the table this time, remembering what happened last time he finished one of these.... ((think back to chapter one...you can do it.....)) "Okay! We shouldn't waste any time, you know. I need to get you a uniform so you won't be questioned. And we HAVE to do something with your hair."

Jonathan recoiled as the other man fussed over him, suggesting this and that, and began to realize how slow time was going to move for him here. His inner turmoil was flattened, however, when the elevator dinged. Akio flung himself onto the couch, appropriated himseklf with a chairman from out of nowhere, made sure his shirt hung as far open as possible, and stuck a pose that immediately suggested that he was comfortable, dazedly sexy, and completely at ease. Jonathan just looked up through his loose hair and clung to his couch.

Touga stepped through the doors when they opened and sparkled a little bit. He didn't get far, though. He took one look at Akio sitting atop his couch and smiled with sexy rapture. He took one look at Jonathan grappling with his couch like a half wild thing poised for flight ((okay, so I stole that simile. SORRY.)) and gave him a sultry stare.

"What is this?" he asked prettily, his voice like nothing else. I fact, he had the voice of god. Unfortunately for the writer, those last two sentences contradict, because the voice of god appears in nearly every anime she's seen. He still has a really damn good voice. ((we all love you, takehito koyasu!))

Akio looked over at Jonathan nonchalantly, as if he'd just at that moment registered the man's presence. "Oh, him?" he asked, his own voice lowered to it's lowest timbres, "He'll be staying with me for a little while."

Touga's shirt flew open.

Akio stared.

Jonathan just kinda sat there being really disgusted and unhappy about being the only hetero in the academy.

Akio brightened up a little bit as an idea struck him. "You know, Touga..." he began, "I think I'll let you in on a little secret."

Touga perked up immediately, "You mean how you're really using everyone in the whole academy to accomplish your purposes so you can destroy the world?"

Akio stared at him, then snaped a red rose into existence and gnawed on it.

Touga shut up.

"Wow, that's cool." Jonathan interjected.

Akio looked over at him warmly, "I know! ^-^" He then cleared his throat and turned his attention back to the red0haired beauty at the door ((not to be confused with the red-haired beauty at the couch)). "No, Touga. I'm going to tell who this man is. His name is Jonathan and he's here to learn from me the Ohtori art of sexiness. I was just thinking that maybe you could help me out with him a little bit." He cocked an eyebrow to elaborate silently the kinds of rewards involved.

Touga quickly agreed.

"Good. We'll start by taking him for a short ride." With a wink, Akio stood and waltzed to the door. Literally. jonathan followed him, looking awkward in his stiff, military movements. Akio pivoted on his heel abruptly. "First lesson, birdy-boy. You can't walk like that. You have to glide." he demostrated by 'gliding' into the elevator with a very excited Touga and motioned for Jonathan to follow his lead.

This was possibly the most embarrassing thing Jonathan had ever been asked to do in his life up to that point. He sighed inwardly, left all thoughts of the real world behind him, and slid over the smooth floor flawlessly to join the two men as they descended.

**you thought that was the end, didn't you**

The moment was shattered, however, when they hit the bottom. Akio stopped the doors from opening and pressed the button to go back up. Touga looked at him strangely for a milisecond, then put it down to the other man's weirdness. jonathan was not so accustomed.

"Uh.... Why are we going back up?" he asked.

"My car's upstairs."


**There. now it's over. No more excuses to stop reading early, okay!? Yah, that's what I thought.**