Okay, okay, here's part eight. Things will hopefully get exciting from this point on. Weiss boys are out of the picture for now, but will return later.

Surprises are nice, aren't they? ^^



TO HOLD ON 8



Mitsui got out of the train and shifted the weight of his sports bag on his shoulder. The air of Kannagawa felt good on his face. He was dressed in jeans and a sleeveless Air Jordan blue top, given to him by Omi during Christmas. He looked around and made his way out of station. Tetsuo had told him to meet at their regular meeting place, which as at the harbor. He owned an apartment there. It was a single storey building, to others looking like an abandoned house. He began to make his way towards the harbor, feeling good to be home once again.

The full moon was glowing above the clear waters of the harbor. There were no stars that night, and everything seemed quiet. Mitsui caught sight of a figure sitting by the edge of the docks, dressed in jeans and an old dress shirt. He smiled, knowing that it was Tetsuo. He approached him and gave him a tap on the shoulder.

Tetsuo turned to glance at the person behind him. He raised an eyebrow. "What do you want?"

"Tetsuo? It's me." Mitsui said.

Tetsuo's cigarette fell from his lips. He got to his feet and eyed Mitsui up and down. "Sportsman?"

"Not anymore, sadly." Mitsui said, shrugging.

"What happened to you?" Tetsuo asked, giving Mitsui a brief hug, something they always did in private after not seeing each other for some time. When they were together, the entire bad boy attitude, the gangster pride and tough exterior vanishes. They were just good friends, almost like brothers and they acted differently. "You're so - skinny!"

"Rub it in will you." Mitsui sighed. "You did not recognize me?"

"Not in a million years." Tetsuo said and took Mitsui's bag that looked really heavy for his skinny frame. "Come on inside, I'll call for a pizza."

They entered Tetsuo's apartment. The walls were all black, and there were neon lights lining the ceiling. There were two leather couches, a glass center table and a home theater. The kitchen was small, but had decent healthy food and a never-ending stock of beer. The apartment had two bathroom, and two bedrooms. The floors were carpeted by thick dark blue wool carpet, with no patterns. It was a very nice place to stay in.

Mitsui sat down by the couch and leaned against the leather fabric. Tetsuo tossed him a can of beer, which he caught but winced at the sudden cold feeling he got. He still had very little resistance. Tetsuo had already called for a pizza, and was now sitting opposite him, drinking from his can.

"You need to put on weight." He said, stating that obvious.

"I know."

"Are you doing something about it?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I don't know."

"Mitsui, you have looked in to the mirror lately haven't you?"

"I have."

"What do you see?"

"A hopeless gone case, who turned in to a full-pledged geek and a weakling."

"And?"

"A walking bag of bones and Tarzan's reincarnation."

Tetsuo sighed. "Mitsui, you've always been a geek. You just never showed it." Mitsui shrugged. "How are things in Tokyo?"

Mitsui's eyes lit up and he began to tell Tetsuo about how he met the boys at the flower shop and how they've helped him. He also began to tell Tetsuo about Koshino's visits and how they went out and had little innocent fun. Tetsuo took everything in, nodding and just listening, not making any comment.

"It's been hell in university, but Tokyo is a great place. Why don't you come by?"

Tetsuo shrugged. "Sure why not? When I have the time, I'll drop by." Tetsuo said, cracking his knuckles. "Who knows you're here?"

"No one."

"Aren't you going to tell any of your basketball buddies that you're here?" Tetsuo asked, taking a sip from his beer.

"Not just yet." Mitsui smiled, twirling a lock of his jet-black hair around his finger. "Not just yet."

*



The party was located in one of the prestige hotels in Kannagawa. It was a formal party. Mitsui had rented himself a black tuxedo. Now, there he was standing in front of the mirror in one of the rooms of Tetsuo's apartment, staring at a complete stranger. He did look good in a tuxedo, and he settled for tying his waist length hair up in a high ponytail. His face had changed because of all the weight loss and also because from all the stress. He looked a lot older than he's supposed to.

"When will my reflection show who I am inside?" He asked to himself, his eyes not leaving his reflection.

"Mitsui, it's eight thirty already! You're already half an hour late." Tetsuo hollered from the living room.

Mitsui stepped out and looked up at Tetsuo, who gave him an appreciative nod. They both mounted Tetsuo's black Harley and drove off to the night.

They arrived the hotel ten minutes later, thanks to Tetsuo's sense of good direction; they managed to dodge the heavy night traffic. The hotel was brightly lit and had red and blue laser lights crisscrossing the building. There was a big banner in the front reading 'Congratulations Kannagawa Batch 2002'.

"Have fun!" Tetsuo said and drove off, leaving Mitsui to stare behind him for some time.

Sighing, Mitsui made his way in to the building, and in to the ballroom. He saw many of his old friends, but not one of them gave him a glance, and even if they did, it would be a mere curious look. Not one person recognized him. He smirked. It was funny. He could not wait to see the looks on their faces when they finally knew who he really was.

"Have a good evening Rukawa-san." Hikoichi said, taking a board with a pen and paper on it that Rukawa had just signed. Hikoichi's eyes fell on Mitsui, but no flicker of recognition came in to the talkative boy's eyes. "Good evening sir. Please sign this guest list." He smiled and handed the board to Mitsui. Mitsui looked up and found Rukawa looking at him with a look of assessment on his face.

"You are -" Rukawa gasped a little bit.

Mitsui smirked and signed his name on the guest list. He handed it to Hikoichi who gave him a 'Thank you and have a wonderful evening sir'. He raised an eyebrow at Rukawa whose eyes widened.

"Mitsui-san!" Hikoichi yelled at the top of his lungs, his eyes wide as they fell upon Mitsui. Many eyes turned towards him. Mitsui felt his eyebrows twitch at Hikoichi's loud mouth.

"Greetings to you too, Hikoichi my friend." Mitsui said, forcing a smile.

Sakuragi, Kogure, Sendoh, Miyagi, Ayako, Maki, Jin, Fujima and Kiyota approached him and gave him a shocked look. Mitsui felt so small under their gazes.

"Oh my god!" Sendoh exclaimed. "Mitsui-kun! You look so - different!"

Mitsui turned to look at Rukawa, who had something in his eyes that he only knew as want. He looked about and found Koshino gaping at him. He cleared his throat and adjusted his black tie.

"Okay, now will you guys quit it?" He said. " Do I look like some freak to you?"

All eyes quickly looked away and everyone gave him a proper friendly greeting. He laughed at a few jokes and hugged old friend. Koshino had been so happy to see him that they hugged for a long time.

"You look very handsome Mitsui." Kogure commented, smiling. "A little bit thin, but very handsome."

Mitsui swallowed, blushing. "Uh - thanks." He received several similar comments from many other students and the blush on his cheeks never left his face.

As the night progressed, Mitsui grew tired. The buffet had been wonderful. People were very nice as they all exchanged tales on where they will end up and what they plan to do. He sat himself by the bar, getting himself a can of beer. Koshino appeared and sat beside him, giving him a small smile.

"You've changed a lot sempai." He said, not meeting his eyes.

"Aren't you going to tell me that I look absolutely sexy and desirable?" Mitsui teased, looking at him from the corner of his eye as he took a long drink from his beer.

"No. I'm going to tell you that you look like you just came out of a famine." Koshino said and looked at his watch. Mitsui shrugged. He always knew that Koshino told him the truth. "I got accepted in Tokyo University."

"Really?" Mitsui asked, turning his full attention towards Koshino.

"Yeah, multimedia and internet." He said, rubbing his knuckles. Koshino was dressed in a blue tuxedo with his hair gelled and much shorter than it used to be. "Scholarship."

"That's great!" Mitsui said smiling. "At least there will be a familiar face around!"

"Sempai, is it all right if I -"

"Stay with me?" Mitsui finished and Koshino nodded. "That's a dumb question Koshino." Mitsui finished off his beer. "Of course you can!"

"Miyagi and Sendoh are going to St. Adam College. You know? The college a block away from Tokyo Uni?" Mitsui nodded. "They're there for computer engineering and to play for the team." Mitsui raised both his eyebrows. "Well, I was just thinking, since they're still together and everything, maybe they could come with us. You know, in the other room you have? The green one?"

"Uh-huh." Mitsui nodded. "Sure! That would be great! More faces, more fun, and more people to split the chores with!" Mitsui winked at Koshino who laughed silently.

"It's very nice to see you again sempai." He said sincerely. They stared at each other silently for a while before the sound of Koshino's cell phone ringing shook them out of their reverie. "Hello?" Koshino said, paling. "Of course. Right away." He hung up and took a look at his wristwatch. "Well, I've got to go. Please take care sempai. How long are you going to be here in Kannagawa?"

"A week." Mitsui answered, sad of Koshino's departure.

"Why don't we meet up again?" Koshino said, forcing a smile on his pale face. "We can all go out. You know, like olden times?"

"That would be nice." Mitsui said, trying to look happy.

"Well, I'll see you then."

"Bye."

He watched Koshino leave. Once the younger boy was out of his field of vision, Mitsui rubbed his temples. He called for another beer. Soft music was playing in the background, and many couples were slow dancing. Mitsui rolled his eyes as he drowned his thoughts with the bitter liquid. As he was drinking his third can, he felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Sempai."

"Ah! Rukawa!" Mitsui raised his can of beer. 'How have you been?"

"I'm all right." The taller pale boy answered. "May I have this dance?"

Mitsui looked up at Rukawa and blinked, but smiled. "Sure!"

Rukawa led Mitsui to the dance floor and led him. Mitsui had remained silent, until he looked up and found Rukawa looking down at him. He suddenly felt want course through his veins. Rukawa looked absolutely dashing in his black Armani suit. Mitsui tightened his hold on Rukawa's waist.

"Let's go." Rukawa said, and took Mitsui's hand in his and led him out of the hotel. They rushed back to Rukawa's estate, the whole time their bodies glued together. Once they were in the doorway, Rukawa slammed it shut and locked it. Mitsui did not give him time to think. He simply pulled the younger boy's face towards his and began to kiss him for all that he was worth.

Rukawa wasted no time either. He pulled Mitsui's thin frame towards his healthy and lithe one and began to run his pale hands all over Mitsui's torso. How they managed to make it into the living room was beyond them. Clothes trailed all the way from the front door towards the living room. Rukawa nearly ripped Mitsui's tuxedo off him.

"Watch it!" Mitsui hissed before the taller boy claimed his lips once again. "I'm broke and any damage to that thing I'll have to pay."

"Doesn't matter." Rukawa said and pushed Mitsui to the carpeted floor in the middle of the living room.

Mitsui winced and groaned as his bones collided with the hard floor. He felt his vision blur for a while but he began to see colors when he felt his manhood being claimed expertly by Rukawa's skilled mouth. He grabbed Rukawa's raven locks and tightened his grip on them.

"Take me. Take me now!" He ordered hoarsely and Rukawa merely obliged. He pushed himself with one strong thrust deep in to the warmth of Mitsui's entrance. Mitsui howled in pain. "Fucking hell, damnit! Ever heard of lubricant?"

"You were impatient." Rukawa stated, his breathing ragged and his cheeks flushed.

"And what would you be?"

"An obedient boy."

Mitsui managed to smirk amidst all the pain he felt. It was like being ripped in two and his mind was swimming in a million directions. He felt Rukawa shift and moaned as he felt Rukawa's pulsating length twitch inside him. Rukawa began to move in and out of him, pushing inside him and hitting his pleasure spot with each thrust. Mitsui gave out a loud cry when he finally came, spilling white liquid all over Rukawa's abs, who came a few seconds later. He collapsed on top of Mitsui, his face on the senior's neck, breathing coming out in fast loud gasps. He withdrew himself a few minutes later, both of them shivering as they separated from each other. Rukawa rolled himself towards Mitsui's left side and propped himself on one shoulder.

"You're beautiful." He said.

"One person says otherwise." Mitsui said, as Rukawa began to play with his long black hair.

"Who?"

"Koshino."

"Sendoh's friend?" Mitsui nodded. "You're beautiful after sex, dimwit. Your long hair - they're amazing."

"I want to cut it. It's getting a bit annoying." Mitsui said. "It makes me look even skinnier."

Rukawa leaned closed and began to kiss his lips once again, before turning his attention toward the scar on his chin. "It's true. You're very skinny. Are you in pain?"

"It doesn't matter."

"As you wish." Rukawa said and brushed a loch of his long hair away from his face. "You like Koshino?"

"I love him."

"Does he know?"

"No."

"Will he ever know?"

"I don't know."

"Why not?"

"I'm scared."

"Gangster boy is scared?"

"Yes."

"A softy too."

"I know."

Silence rang in the air. Rukawa laid his head on the beige carpet and looked up at the ceiling. "You should tell him, before you loose him."

"Someday, when I have enough courage." Mitsui said. He then remembered Sakuragi. "What happened with you and Sakuragi?"

"He thinks I'm cheating him for Maki." Mitsui burst out laughing at Rukawa's bland statement. "He said he wouldn't talk to me for the next two weeks. That means no kisses, no sex. And I'm a growing boy. A growing boy needs his food and sex. Sue me for being horny when you came in to the picture."

"Once fuck buddies, always fuck buddies." Mitsui said, smiling. "I needed that."

"Up for round two?" Rukawa asked.

"Where's the lube?"

*

A week later after going out with friends and sex with Rukawa every night, Mitsui was heading back for Tokyo, this time with Koshino, who put his family house up for rent and had all his belongings packed. Miyagi and Sendoh would follow next month. They still had two months of holidays to kill.

Mitsui led Koshino up to his apartment. "Welcome to your new home."

Koshino smiled weakly and nodded. "My new home."

Mitsui got himself a job at a pizza parlor as a waiter for the evenings and worked in the car wash in the mornings. He earned himself a hundred thousand yen by the end of each week. It was very little considering how much he had to pay and how much he needed. His aunt sent him a check of six hundred thousand yen, which he immediately put in to a bank as an investor's account. His temporary jobs will have to do for all the things he needed. He worked non-stop and took Aya's offer to work in the flower shop during the afternoons.

Koshino however was another case. He left the apartment everyday at three in the afternoon after doing chores and would come three in the next morning. His whereabouts were not known, but Mitsui could see that he came home extremely tired and weary. Mitsui pretended that Koshino was all right and occasionally would ask him if was fine or if he needed anything. The answer would always be the same.

"I'm all right. Don't worry your head over me."

But Mitsui did worry his head over him. The entire summer was the same. He worked non-stop and Koshino apparently worked non-stop. The only difference in the end was Miyagi and Sendoh were with them. And those two were not the quietest people when night falls.

Mitsui buried his head under his pillow. Koshino wasn't home yet and the two next door was going at it like mad. He bit his lips and winced.

"Where is Rukawa when you need him?" He said in despair and vainly tried to go to sleep.

The next day, he woke up with bags under his eyes.

TBC

Woohoo! Done that! Yes! So what do you think? Poor Mitsui - he needs a good lay. Should I have Yoji and Aya do a threesome with him? HA HA HA HA HA

Eye candy? For me? Pretty please?