Title: Amen
Chapter: 9
Author: Megane-chan & Akai-chan
E-mail: megane_chan5@yahoo.com, chaos_serenity_14@hotmail.com
Pairings: HanaKiyo/KiyoHana, RuMit/MitRu, and still some others.
Genre: humor, romance
Disclaimer: We do not own them! No Money! No Sue!
Rating: General
Archive: Fanfiction.net. And if you want, just tell me.
Warning: Shounen-ai and OOC
Notes: I'm so sorry for the long delay and I'm sure this chapter isn't enough to make up it for it but I do hope you guys still read this one. Oh, and don't forget the reviews! ^_^
"…" Dialogues
/…/ Thoughts
*…* Actions/sounds
Chapter 9: Good Morning Friday!
"Here's your mango juice, sir, ma'am. And a couple of pineapple-orange shakes to both of you, sirs."
The waiter went around the table servings the drinks.
"Here's your black coffee and I believe this freshly squeezed lemonade is for you. And this four season goes to the two of you, sirs."
He went from one person to another balancing one big tray of pint-sized glasses with great experience.
"The iced mocha latte you ordered, sir. And the fresh watermelon shake, sir"
As the waiter served the second to the last drink ordered by the group, he took a very deep breath.
"The fresh fruit shake. Fifteen percent apple, twenty-five percent ripe mango, seven percent green mango, ten percent orange, nine percent pineapple, one percent lychees, five percent banana, eight percent peach, seven percent melon, three percent strawberry, four percent grapes, and six percent watermelon. A pinch of lemon, a teaspoon of sugar, and a spoon full of honey just like you ordered sir." The waiter turned a bit blue due to the lack of oxygen.
Fujima incredulously eyed his ordered healthy concoction then shook his head dejectedly.
"You forgot to add the half a teaspoon of vanilla."
The group stared wide-eyed at the drink then at Fujima.
"I'm very sorry, sir. I'll take this back and return with a new one including the half teaspoon of vanilla." And before the waiter returned to the kitchen he faced Kogure and handed the last drink.
"Oh, and the sugar free, non fat, skimmed hot milk, sir"
And the group thought Fujima's drink was ridiculous.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Kogure said at the end of the table then pointed at Hanagata at the other end. "It's his fault, he ordered it for me!"
"What matters is it's healthy."
"And orange juice is not?"
"I did not say that. I just merely told you that you might get acidic because of those citrus drinks."
"What about Fujima? Won't his drink give him stomach ache later on?"
"End of discussion, Min-kun. Besides, Fujima is stubborn."
"Hey! I resent that!" Fujima protested.
Everyone shook their head and resume in eating their ordered breakfast. Kogure and Hanagata are seated opposite each other at both ends of the table. At the right of Kogure sat Miyagi eating his bacon and eggs. And in front of Miyagi sat Ayako with her traditional Japanese breakfast. Jin was situated beside Miyagi and in front of Sendoh who vigorously consumed his chocolate-blueberry marble waffles with lots of syrup too.
"Here, Jin! Have some of these." Sendoh cut a big portion of one of his waffle helping then dumped it to Jin's eggs and toast."
"Thanks, I guess." Jin lifted his very droopy eyes and observed the soggy waffle and the syrup oozing from it.
"Sendoh, How can you eat that?" Hanagata also eyed the waffle drowning in the sticky and too sweet maple syrup.
"With much gusto, Hanagata-san!" said Sendoh while taking one mouthful of his breakfast.
"I guess now we know where Sendoh gets his sugar supply." Fujima snickered while he cuts his sausage. He sat just beside Jin and in front of him was Koshino who also ordered sausage, egg and toast for today's morning nutrient intake.
"Pass the salt, please." Mitsui, who sat beside Fujima, cut half of his bacon-mushroom cheese omelet and place the other half on Rukawa's, who's seated in front of him, plate. "So what are we going to do today?"
"Thanks." Rukawa said softly and started eating his French toast with the omelet.
Mitsui showed a small smile as he handed Maki, who sat beside him, an extra butter.
Maki applied butter on some of his bread and different jams on the others. It looked like he ordered every pastry available on the breakfast menu. He spread a generous amount of butter on a bagel, took a large bite then he spread or more like poured all the contents of the strawberry jam on his croissant. Something is making him jittery this morning and that something might just be Ikegami who sat in front of him.
Hanagata looked at his right then left, Ikegami and Maki respectively, wondering but not questioning the heavy evil gaze Ikegami's giving Maki. He shook his head at Maki's atrocious eating style. "Be careful, Maki. You might choke."
Maki gobbled up the rest of the croissant in his hand then gulped down his whole pint sized latte. Ikegami just evilly smiled as he took a small slice of his pancake while the waiter went over their table to take Maki's order of another latte.
Hanagata tore his eyes away from Maki and answered Mitsui's question. "I don't think we need to plan anything for today, Mitsui. There's nothing else we can do but enjoy ourselves."
"I wonder what happened to Sakuragi and Kiyota?" Kogure wondered as he took a bite of his apple. "I'm sure Akagi and the others reached the museum, I don't know about those two though."
"Sendoh," Fujima wiped his mouth. "What other locations do you think might've gotten involved in your little photocopying accident?"
"Well, there is one grand honeymoon getaway map included there." Sendoh licked the remnants of the syrup in his fork. "But what are the chances of them winding up there?"
"You're right. Anyway, wherever they are, I hope their place is still intact." Ayako said then took a sip of her miso soup.
Kogure pondered on the thought of Sakuragi and Kiyota being the same confined room without any supervision. /They're probably killing each other right now. That is if they haven't killed each other yesterday. Unlike me, I felt like my mother was with me last night taking care of my every needs and so much more./ Kogure let out a small smile.
*Flashback*
"Have you brushed your teeth already, Min-kun?" Hanagata asked from the bathroom.
"Yes, I already did." Kogure answered as he pulled up his maroon pajamas. And he was in the process of buttoning down pajama shirt when Hanagata suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Here let me take care of that for you." Hanagata took over in completely buttoning up his shirt and then guided him in his bed.
"I'm sure I can manage on my own, Toru." Kogure gently objected as Hanagata started fluffing his pillows and slowly guiding him down on his bed.
"I know, Min-kun. Just let me do this for you." Hanagata said and Kogure, being a sucker for sweet things, melted and let Hanagata tucked him fully in.
The taller boy took Kogure's glasses from his face and wiped them clean before putting it on top of the small table between their beds. Hanagata sat down on the bed and let his fingers linger on Kogure's face.
"Anou… Toru?" Kogure was startled when he felt long fingers caressing his face from his forehead down to his cheeks and chin.
Hanagata was lost in his own little world of seeing the most angelic face right before his eyes. He slowly leaned over until his lips met Kogure's shocked one's. The Shohoku vice captain lay still, unmoving with warning bells dangerously ringing on his head but he paid no attention to them. The only thing that weren't making him totally numb were the gentlest, sweetest lips kissing him like he was the most fragile thing in the whole world. He then slowly started kissing back and Kogure unconsciously let his hands travel from the taller man's back to his head.
Before the kiss can become more than just a kiss, both lips parted from each other in need of a small breather. Still not letting go of Hanagata, Kogure sat up, his back resting on the wall.
"I just kissed you didn't I?" Hanagata's free hand started to play with the covers. "I'm sorry, Min-kun, I shouldn't have done that." Said Hanagata as he slowly looks down.
Kogure caught Hanagata's face and gently lifted it up to face him. "Hey, I kissed you back didn't I?"
Hanagata smiled. "Yeah, I guess you did."
"So…" Kogure laid down on the bed once again. "Where you in the process of tucking me in?"
"Oh yeah…"
"Then get on with it." Kogure grinned as he let Hanagata pull the covers up to his chest.
"Goodni ---mph!"
Before Hanagata could finish, Kogure grabbed hold of his shirt and pulled him down for a deep, sensuous goodnight kiss. When Kogure let go, Hanagata's face was more than flushed.
"Goodnight, Toru-kun." Kogure whispered almost breathlessly as he managed to tease Hanagata's lips for another kiss.
*End of flashback*
Miyagi noticed that his vice captain was eating rather quietly, not that Kogure wasn't the silent type, but he was eating so inaudibly while staring at Hanagata across the room with that small smile showing from his lips that reached up to his eyes.
"Oi, Kogure-san, are you alright?" Miyagi asked looking from Hanagata to Kogure.
Kogure took another bite from his apple and nodded then said, "Uh huh."
"Really?"
"Uh huh."
"Are you sure?"
"Uh huh."
"What's my name?"
"Uh huh."
Before Miyagi can ask another question Ayako slightly kicked his shin underneath the table. "Itai… Aya-chan?"
Ayako shook his head and sternly said, "Don't."
Miyagi sighed catching on that he better leave Kogure alone to think about whatever he's thinking. He turned to look at Hangata's direction and saw that Jin was eating or more likely brooding in his seat. Attention now diverted towards the quiet shooting guard beside him, Miyagi asked, "Is something the matter, Jin?"
Jin stared at him then at Sendoh then slowly shook his head as he sighed. Miyagi immediately noticed the deep, dark circles under the Jin's usually doe eyes.
"Hey, what happened with you last night?"
Jin looked very tired, exhausted in fact, unlike Sendoh who's babbling away himself like nothing's wrong in the whole world.
"Ne, Jinjin! May I have some of those?" Sendoh smiled his megawatt smile and gestured to some of Jin's eggs and toasts.
Jin did the unthinkable, he snapped. Everyone quieted down and gaped at him and Sendoh. Jin glared and everyone was frightened, yes even Rukawa was disturbed. Mental note to everyone, do not piss off the quiet ones like Jin. Miyagi and Fujima slowly moved their seats away from the fuming lad when Jin gripped his fork and knife so hard it bended until it eventually broke in half.
/Breathe, Soichiro, breathe…/ Jin tired to calm himself down by counting. /1, 2, 3…/ Jin took one big breath then smiled at Sendoh.
"Of course you may, Sendoh-kun." Jin said too sweetly. Everyone sighed in relief but nonetheless Fujima and Miyagi took the utensils away from the shooting guard's grasp and reach then quickly replaced them with plastic ones.
"Thank you, Jinjin!" Sendoh replied cheerfully oblivious to Jin's momentarily rage.
Then Jin growled and yes, Fujima and Miyagi now also took the plastic utensils within Jin's hold for safety purposes.
*Flashback*
Jin not only had his whole body covered with the hotel's blanket, he also has his two pillows clamped over his head.
"Jin! Listen to me!" Sendoh took the pillows away from Jin's face. "I thought you'd be glad that I'm sharing my sudden revelation to you!
"But, Sendoh! You can finish telling everything tomorrow when my brain is fully functioning!" Jin whined, yes he whined. "It's already three in the morning!"
"But but… why not now? I thought you're my friend?" Sendoh sat down on Jin's bed dejectedly, his lips quiver and eyes that were ready to burst rivers of tears.
Jin is a sweetheart. We all know that and that is a fact. So obviously he gave in and listened to Sendoh's sudden revelation. Jin shook his head awake when his eyes started to firmly shut. He swore the only thing he can hear coming from Sendoh's mouth was Rukawa, Mitsui, Rukawa, Mitsui, Good looking, hot, handsome, to die for, Rukawa, Mitsui.
Sendoh made himself comfortable lying down on Jin's bed, he place one of Jin's pillow over Jin's chest and laid there, thinking his added weight might keep the tired shooting guard awake.
Jin's body can't take it anymore, slowly he's drifting off to oblivion. His body already adjusted to the full weight of Sendoh half-lying on top of him.
Morning came and Jin concluded that Sendoh fell asleep while relating his 'sudden revelation' to Jin. Yep! Sendoh definitely fell asleep while babbling his air supply away because Jin can't move. His whole body ached and now he felt a start of a cramp on both of his legs. But before he noticed the aching cramp he looked at his chest and saw Sendoh's innocently sleeping face.
The only thing that probably was capable of moving in his whole body was his arm. He lifted his right hand and let his fingers caress those soft ebony locks. He stayed like that for a minute. Then he let his hands travel from Sendoh's hair down to his cheeks, nose and lips. Jin was hypnotized. /Sendoh looked even better when sleeping, well, he already looked good unless he starts to open that cute mouth of his and talk for eternity./ Jin thought as he continued to trace the contour of Sendoh's face.
Then the sudden knocking on the door woke up Jin to reality.
/Ack! What am I doing?!/
He quickly withdrew his hands from Sendoh and tried standing up without throwing the Ryonan ace on the floor. Jin tried to move his legs but to no avail. He also tried lifting Sendoh's upper body but it strained his already cramped arms and body. Left with no choice he started to shake the ace awake.
The knock grew louder and Sendoh doesn't show any signs of waking. Sendoh only 'hmm…" and then hugged Jin like his favorite cuddle pillow.
"Oi, Jin! You guys awake?"
Jin heard Mitsui's voice calling from the door. He tried shouting back but he only managed to let out a weak, "Help… Mitsui-san…"
"Guess they're still asleep, ne, Rukawa?"
Jin assumed Rukawa only nodded or shrugged in reply and he could only sigh in dismay as he heard footsteps walking away from their room.
The quite annoyed Kainan player gathered all his strength and voila! He managed to sit up but unfortunately he's still cradling a very asleep Sendoh in his arms. Or more likely Sendoh's arms are wrapped around him, tightly. "Damn! Sendoh, you weigh a ton!"
Slowly, Jin wormed his way out of Sendoh's strong hold and he left the slumbering man in the bed. He looked at the sleeping form of Sendoh for a while then he proceeded to the bathroom.
Sendoh woke up when he heard a soft clicking sound of a door being close. Funny how it is that he can wake up by the quietest of sound but he will remain unconscious even if a circus parade stomps around his room. Sendoh moved around the bed and he felt there was something missing in his place. Then his common sense dawn unto him, /Oh my! I slept on top of Jin!/
That thought made Sendoh immediately sat up and looked for his friend. /I just hope he isn't mad at me./ Without thinking Sendoh open the bathroom door which Jin unfortunately wasn't able to lock. Sendoh was met with a gush of steam coming out of the shower stall. Thankfully, Jin didn't heard the door opened
Sendoh stared and stared some more. The shower stall all cover with moist hardly masked the silhouette of Jin's tempting body. When Sendoh caught himself staring or drooling and maybe even both, he slowly and quietly crept out of the bathroom blushing. Yes, Sendoh is capable of blushing.
When Jin finished, he went out of the bathroom only clad with the hotel's fine violet silk robe and the robe wasn't doing a good job in covering Jin's whole body. The robe was left half-open, letting the boy's chest exposed. And thankfully, Jin's lower body was covered enough for Sendoh's eyes to stop traveling downwards.
"Sendoh, what are you staring at?"
Jin saw Sendoh standing at the window overlooking other skyscrapers. And when Sendoh felt Jin's presence behind him, he immediately looked back wasting no time in admiring his roommate's, fresh from the bath, body. Sendoh's always been very appreciative of every beautiful thing there is. He definitely knows a very fine specimen when he sees one. And Jin fits the category perfectly.
"You know, you really look good lathering your hair like that and even more when you were just standing there letting the water rinse the remnants of the soap on your body." Sadly, Sendoh's mouth had to take control of his brain today.
"WHAT?!"
Sendoh had to jump back because of Jin uncharacteristic outburst.
"You saw me in the shower?! You were watching?!" Jin's usually calm face was crossed with utter shock and exasperation. He growled while dangerously walking over towards Sendoh. The lack of sleep was immediately catching up to Jin. "Answer me, Sendoh!"
Sendoh felt the sliding glass door of the balcony came in contact with his back as he slowly backs away from Jin. "Wait, I can explain!" Sendoh held out his hands when Jin was already a meter away from him.
"Then explain." Jin crossed his arms on his chest eyeing Sendoh with his evil glare. Sendoh thought that it was impossible for the likes of Jin to produce such fierce look but he was proven wrong when he himself witnessed one of the evilest glare known to man.
"I was looking for you to apologize because I slept on top of you and then I saw you in the bathroom and saw you well…bathing!"
"You went inside the bathroom?" Jin raised one fine eyebrow. "Haven't you got any common sense that people don't go in the bathroom when another person was occupying it?"
"I'm sorry, Jinjin. I wasn't thinking."
Jin didn't want to waste his morning by being so aggravated with Sendoh, so he waved his hands to dismiss the topic. Sendoh sighed in relief then smiled when he saw the resigned expression on Jin's face.
Sendoh was walking towards the bathroom then said to Jin, "Now that we're on good terms again, I'll tell you the rest of my revelations later ne?"
Jin's eyes snapped back at the direction of Sendoh. "Excuse me? Weren't you finished telling all of them last night?"
"Not even halfway done, Jinjin!"
Jin's eyes widened as he watched Sendoh opened the bathroom door and slowly slipped in.
"By the way, Jinjin, I was really honest when I told you that you looked good back there without anything, but your state right now isn't bad either."
*End of flashback*
"Pervert!"
Everyone's attention was back again to Jin's totally unusual behavior this morning.
Jin's eyes glared menacingly at Sendoh across him.
"What?"
"Pervert." Jin repeated with venom in his voice recalling how dare Sendoh watch him bathe and say all those things at him. He stared at the Ryonan ace, his fist rolling up into a ball and his knuckles turned so white Fujima and Miyagi had to pry them open to prevent Jin from cutting his palms.
"Sendoh, what the hell did you do to Jin?" Koshino asked already overcoming his shock towards Jin's behavior when he heard the enraged boy say 'pervert' towards his best friend.
"Nothing! I didn't do anything!" Sendoh put his hands up in defense. Then he turned to Jin, "Right, Jinjin?
"Nothing?! You did nothing but watch me bathe!" Jin stood up and shouted making everyone from the hotel's restaurant turned his or her attention to him. "That's what you did! Nothing but stare at me! You, you… you pervert!!!"
Fortunately, Fujima had the mind to hold Jin before the shooting guard can lunge himself across the table and strangle Sendoh to death.
"You did what, Sendoh?!" Both Koshino and Maki shouted in defense to Jin.
Automatically, a newspaper appeared from nowhere, Ayako rolled it up and before she can slam it right unto Sendoh's spiked up head, Koshino grabbed the opportunity and clobbered Sendoh's head for all his worth.
"You perverted BAKA!!!"
*thwap*
"Itai! Hiro-kun, why???" Sendoh pouted all his worth. "There's no harm in staring at someone right? I didn't do anything to him I just stood there while he bathe and there was mist everywhere so I didn't see anything at all. Well… maybe a little but not all! I swear!"
"You imbecile! You sexually harassed, molested, violated, dishonored, desecrated, defiled, tainted, spoiled, fouled, corrupted, tarnished, de-virginized our innocent, angelic, pure, unspoiled, virtuous, saintly, untouched, unadulterated Jin! How could you!?"
Everyone stared at Maki's wide vocabulary.
"De-de… de-virginized?! Hold on a minute there, Maki-san! I did no such thing!"
"Maki…" Ikegami silently called out to the angry Kainan captain and surprisingly for the rest of them, Maki immediately cooled down with a blink of an eye. Even if Ikegami himself wanted to sock that junior of his, Maki should calm down before he can sprout any more embarrassing nonsense for the sake of Sendoh and Jin.
Rukawa showed a small smirk gladly and thankfully thinking it wasn't Mitsui that Sendoh was gaping at. But he couldn't help but feel a bit sympathetic to Jin.
Jin slumped back to his seat avoiding Sendoh's worried gaze. Fujima took one last worried look at Jin then resumed eating his breakfast when Jin told him he was okay.
Fujima, while eating, kept on wondering to what really transpired between Sendoh and Jin last night and this morning. Well, aside from the little bathroom incident that is. Fujima may not know the Kainan player well but he's quite sure that Jin is a man who would always check his temper first but it seems that Jin was out of his system this morning.
When Fujima looked up from his food, he saw a very annoyed but still cute (in his opinion) Koshino lecturing Sendoh, who's face was pouting and defensively saying it wasn't his fault that Jin has a great body to watch. In fact Sendoh almost shouted that it was Jin's fault that he has the great body and he was tempted to watch. Had it not for Koshino who immediately shut the ace with the table napkin, Jin will now surely attack Sendoh with his bare hands and Fujima won't be able to stop him.
Fujima continued to stare at Koshino who now started lecturing Sendoh again about his perverted tendencies to which the latter clearly objected.
*Flashback*
"Don't you think Mitsui-san can solve his own love problem?" Koshino asked as he sat down to his bed where Fujima was laying stomach down writing or plotting his plan to help Mitsui with his love interest.
"No, and that's why where here for, Hiro-kun." Fujima flashed him his cunning smile.
"But from the way I see it, he seems to favor Rukawa more than my hentai friend." Said Koshino as he took one pillow, hugged it then leaned back at the wall at the head of the bed.
"Hmm… how so?" asked Fujima as he tries to figure out what he wrote down on the paper.
"Of course you noticed that Rukawa was holding on to Mitsui when my dear friend assaulted the poor guy."
"Uh huh, go on."
"But did you see that Mitsui was holding him back?" Koshino slightly grinned as he saw Fujima turned his head to his direction.
"I'm not blind to not notice that, Hiro-kun." Fujima also grinned as he flips over and lie staring at the ceiling. "But that doesn't prove anything."
"I know, but there is a key person in this pot we're brewing."
"Jin." Fujima clearly stated as his expression returns to a devious one. "Did you see the more than shock look on his face when Sendoh kissed Mitsui?" Fujima laughed.
"So what now, oh great one?" Koshino asked joining Fujima in his position.
Fujima turned his head to the left and saw Koshino offering him another pillow for his head. "Okay, first we make sure no one comes in between Mitsui and Rukawa. Nothing, not even basketball."
Koshino shot him a look that says 'Really? I thought Rukawa lives and breathes basketball.'
"Okay, basketball maybe an exception, but not always."
Koshino thought about it then nodded.
"Second, we make sure Sendoh notice how sexy our friend, Jin is." Said Fujima as he smiles to himself.
"The second one isn't too hard. Sendoh notices everything. And Jin will surely catch his eyes one way or another."
"I know but we make it to point that when Sendoh notice Jin. Jin will also notice Sendoh. You got me?"
"Absolutely. Though I'm afraid that if Sendoh notices Jin there might be nothing left in Jin for him to notice Sendoh. My sometimes perverted friend might take the guy already with his oh-so-fast hands."
"He's really that bad?" asked Fujima as he wrinkles his nose.
"Sendoh's Kiss Mitsui assault?"
"Oh, good point." Fujima then sighed. "It's just too bad though. That Mitsui's already taken. Well, will be."
"What's so bad about that?"
"That leaves our chances in maybe dating or even screwing that one helluva hot guy out the window."
"Fu… Fujima!" Koshino immediately turned to one steaming tomato.
"Hey! I thought I told you to call me Kenji." Fujima watched Koshino imitate a blowfish then Koshino frowned at him. "Hey, I was only kidding! But you can't blame me though. If Rukawa is the gorgeous ice prince, that Mitsui is a steaming hunk."
"Yeah, you're right. That leaves our chances out the window. And that includes groping Rukawa's cute tight ass."
It was Fujima's turn to bug his eyes out. "Hiro-kun?!"
"Lucky Mitsui-san ne?" Koshino congratulated himself when he was able to make the Shoyo captain blush real hard.
"What are you thinking, Kenji? I was only referring to how lucky Mitsui to have someone and not how lucky the guy to have one Rukawa with a tight ass. Though, it was an added bonus to the whole package." Koshino only managed to make Fuijima blush harder.
Fujima cleared his throat and regain his composure. "Anyway, you're driving us off topic here, Hiro-kun."
"You started it Kenji-kun."
"Right, anyhow, it's obvious that the relationship between Mitsui and Rukawa will be a very silent one. Mitsui doesn't look like someone who'll sprout mushy nonsense to his beloved and let's not start about Rukawa." Fujima started explaining the plan brewing up on his brain.
"Go on, I'm listening."
"We'll help Rukawa in sort of courting Mitsui. And we'll make sure that he'll talk. We'll make him talk so much that Mitsui will have drag him in bed just to make him stop."
"Sounds good to me."
Koshino was now lying sideways and his head almost nesting on Fujima's shoulder.
"Now, as for Jin and Sendoh we will…"
Then it was already in the morning when Fujima and Koshino found out that they slept together on one bed.
*End of flashback*
Fujima had to smile at his sudden recollection and when he saw how angelic Koshino looked while sleeping beside him. He also found out the Koshino likes to cuddle. He made it very clear when Fujima woke up with two strong arms hugging him for dear life.
"Cute…"
"Excuse me?" Koshino stopped for a moment his a mile lecture on Sendoh and faced the person sitting in front of him
"Nothing, Hiro-kun." Fujima smiled then nibbled a piece of his toast.
Mitsui smirked at Fujima. "Nothing. Yeah… right."
"What?" Fujima, still smiling, asked innocently at Mitsui.
Mitsui shook his head then said, "Anyway, do you know what's wrong with this guy?" Mitsui gestured at Maki. "He's a nervous wreck especially when Ikegami's looking at him."
"Oh. Him." Fujima's cheerful attitude darkened as he was reminded of Maki and his little swimming pool accident.
"Don't mind Maki, Mitsui." Ikegami suddenly said catching on Mitsui's remark. "I got him under control. He he he… yeah, totally under my control."
Ikegami smirked evilly and Mitsui decided to leave it at that. Whatever happened between them wasn't his business after all.
*Flashback*
The lights were closed except for a single dim lightened lamp at the working desk across their room.
Maki can't sleep.
He kept on turning and turning over his bed to find the best comfortable position but nothing came out of his wriggling. He only managed to make himself more frustrated than he was a few hours ago. Maybe he can sleep if only Ikegami will stop boring holes at his head and back.
"Please, Ikegami! I will buy you a whole series of new mobile phones just please stop staring at me while I sleep. Please!" Maki begged as he sat up and looked at Ikegami's direction.
The Ryonan vice captain slowly sat up leaving the covers to slide down his waist. Ikegami liked to sleep in the nude but since he started rooming with another guys, he decided to keep at least his boxers on.
"You do know that my mobile unit was a collector's model right?"
"Oh. Shit." Maki very quietly cursed.
"Oh shit alright." Ikegami grinned then slowly got out of his bed and went over Maki's.
"Now, how are you planning on replacing my phone, huh?" When Ikegami reached Maki's bed, he got on, parted Maki's leg and crawled in between them.
Maki didn't expect this from the usually composed Ryonan vice captain. "Anou… Ikegami, wha… what a… are… yo.. yooouu… doing?" Squirmed Maki as Ikegami made his hands crawl from Maki's legs to his chest up to the Kainan captain's face.
"I just wanna know how are you going to replace my precious phone…" Ikegami whispered sultry. His eyes are not leaving Maki's own not even for a second. "But if you're not able to find the exact copy of my phone…"
"What err… will I have to umm… do then?" Maki can't tear his eyes away from Ikegami but he'd rather have his eyes planted on Ikegami than let it go travel from his assailant's face down to the other's body.
Ikegami gently pushed Maki down his bed and he gently got on top of the tanned boy. Ikegami moved his face to Maki's ear and whispered breathlessly, "Then you'll be very, very… sore…"
Ikegami felt Maki's whole being stiffened immediately after he said that last word. He intentionally bumped every inch of his body onto Maki's before leisurely getting himself up from the bed.
/Damn! I love being in control!/ Ikegami beamed at himself and left Maki to think to what he meant by being sore. "Don't disappoint me, Maki. Though I don't think I'll be that disappointed if you're not able to buy me my phone. I'm sure it will be very pleasurable." Ikegami grinned at Maki before lying down his bed. "For me that is… Goodnight, Maki…"
*End of flashback*
"Yes, definitely under my total control." Ikegami grinned more evilly.
Rukawa heard Ikegami muttered under his breath. Then he discreetly moved away from the grinning vice captain. "I think I'm finished here, if you'll excuse me." Rukawa oh so quietly said at the group.
Everyone hardly noticed what the stoic boy said, they've only been aware that Rukawa announced that he was finished eating when Mitsui decided to join Rukawa out of the hotel's restaurant.
"If anyone needs us, we'll be in our room." Mitsui turned his attention to Sendoh. "I'll just place all your stuff in Jin's room, okay?"
"I appreciate that, Mitsui-san." Sendoh smiled and Jin was terrified once again.
Ayako draw a small smile as she thought of very yaoifull thoughts between Sendoh and Jin. She was thinking that Sendoh might can't hardly get his eyes much less his hands off of Jin if he was given the chance to grope the shooting guard in every way he would like. That was so unlike to what she encountered last night.
*Flashback*
Ayako opened the door of their room when a tanned hand stopped her in turning the knob.
"Are you really sure that you're okay with me staying with you in one room?" Miyagi asked, not letting go of the doorknob.
"Yes, I'm sure."
"Really, really, really, sure?"
"Of course, I am."
"You know I could like stand here for the whole night."
"Give me a break, Ryota. I said I'm okay with you staying in a room with me. It's not like we're sharing a bed or something."
"But I could sleep in the janitor's closet or even in the laundry shoot."
Ayako looked at Miyagi wondering if the boy grew another head or something.
"Really, I could even sleep in the elevator if you like."
Ayako had enough. She was tired and was indeed of sleep. She tore Miyagi's hand from the knob and opened it herself. She went it and Miyagi didn't even take a step forward.
"Ayako, please, promise me that you'll kill me if I even lay a hand on a single strand your hair." It looked like Miyagi already planted himself in the doorway.
"Ryota…" Ayako's patience was running out, fast.
"I swear really I'm okay sleeping here. I could like you know, stand guard or something. And I could –"
Before Miyagi can utter any more nonsense, Ayako pulled him in and shut or more like slammed the door firmly on its place. What Miyagi did was kind of sweet and Ayako will be lying if she told herself that she didn't appreciate Miyagi's actions. And if she didn't like Miyagi at all.
*End of flashback*
Ayako smiled as she watched Miyagi gobbled down the last bits of his food.
"Wait, aren't we forgetting something?" Mitsui suddenly said, stopping both himself and Rukawa walking any farther from the group.
The group stopped eating when Hanagata and Kogure dropped their forks and shouted, "The kids!"
"Oh my, we forgot to feed the kids!"
Then everyone ran up to the function rooms terrified to see, as Maki would most likely say, hungry little demons.
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The tables had turned. Unlike their wake up call yesterday morning, Kiyota found himself in the total opposite situation, instead of being the one hugging; he was the one being hugged. Or more like being cuddled.
He decided it felt nice to be in someone's warm hold. It felt so nice and heavenly until he realized who was cuddling him in his sleep.
/Ack! The red haired monkey!/
Kiyota's immediate reaction was to stand up but Sakuragi's grip on him was so strong, he can't even manage to move his arms. Only when Sakuragi turned in his sleep when he felt Kiyota moved, he was able to free himself from Sakuragi's hold.
Kiyota got his stuffs, change his clothes but stopped in sliding the door open. He hesitantly looked back at the still slumbering red head. Kiyota took a small step back to the futon where Sakuragi lay dead to the world. He then took another, and another, and another until he's beside Sakuragi again.
/Oh bloody hell! Someone help me!/
Kiyota shouted at himself while his hands, totally out of his control, covered Sakuragi with the thick blanket. He then heard Sakuragi moaned, 'hhmm…" in his sleep and in that moment, he didn't know what came over him. Kiyota just bent down and placed a very soft kiss on to Sakuragi's unsuspecting lips.
/Oh shit! I did not kissed him!/
Then he didn't stood up at once but placed another kiss, this time on Sakuragi's forehead.
/Damn damn damn!/ Okay, so the second kiss was his own fault. But who can blame him when you have a very gorgeous guy so close, sometimes you just can't resist.
Kiyota surely didn't trust himself this morning. So he got up, quickly and swiftly got out of the room. /The kids, I have to attend to the kids. Yes, the kids will keep my mind off that cute baka. Argh! Did I just said that he's cute?/
When Sakuragi came about, he was smiling. He had just the most beautiful dream. He was smiling so much he didn't mind that he didn't dreamt about Haruko, instead in his mind was the most beautiful being he has ever seen. He, yes it was a he and He has eyes as glittering as sapphire, hair as dark as night but wild as the winds and lips! Oh, the lips he wouldn't forget! Lips that are red as blood but sweet as chocolates. Uh huh, your assumption was correct. In his dreams, the boy kissed him the kiss immediately sent him to cloud nine.
Sakuragi's dream proved to be a good stimulant for our boy. He didn't even mind folding up the futon and cover. Cleaning up his stuffs and also folding and fixing Kiyota's belongings. He was in the process of zipping Kiyota's bag with a big realization hit him.
/Holy shit! I just dreamt about Kiyota!/
Sakuragi jumped back and moved very far away from any of Kiyota's things. He stayed like that for a while, eyeing any of Kiyota's stuffs as if they're going to bite him any second now.
His imagination was getting the best of him so when the sliding door opened and revealed Kiyota, Sakuragi just well, screamed his tonsils out.
And wow! Sakuragi surely has some great sense of lungs if he was able to scream like that for two whole minutes!
"Ack! Shut up will you?! Are you trying to shatter my eardrums or something!?" Kiyota complained while shaking his head trying to get the ringing sound of his ears.
"You! You… you!!!" Sakuragi shakily pointed his finger at Kiyota. "No! Don't come any closer!"
"Huh? I'm not walking or anything, what's wrong with you?"
"You kissed me!"
Kiyota bugged his eyes out then blushed real mad. "I… I… I did."
*chirp*chirp*
Total silence…
"You did?" Sakuragi was utterly shocked.
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End of Chapter 9
