Disclaimer: I don't own Hikaru no Go.

Author's note: Hi, minna! I'm so sorry for late update and grammar
mistakes. I have to share the computer with my little bro, but this chapter
is longer.. And, uh.. would someone kindly tell me how to get a beta-
reader? Actually, this fic is mainly focused on Hikaru and Akira. yeah,
it's kinda rushed a bit. but I hope it's not too corny. Thanks for all
reviews!

A line has been drawn in the middle of Akira's room to separate his space
with Hikaru's, and a curtain was hung between. Hikaru feels fine with all
that, just as he expected. The only matter is, he got a VERY narrow space
for him and Sai... but Akira didn't know that.
And out of his knowledge, Akira DID have his own problem...

Meanwhile, Akira was in the Go club. He moved the Go stones, supported his
head with his hands, looked rather sleepy..
"Akira-kun, you look worn out... is there something wrong?"
Ichikawa asked.
"No. It's nothing. I just didn't get enough sleep last night," he smiled
weakly.
'It's just Shindou. His snoring habit kept me awake all night...
and to think that I'm going through this for a few weeks...'
He sighed in frustration. 'I must plug something into my ears tonight.'
And so he did. ~ ~ ~

On the next morning, it was Sai who woke Hikaru up.
[ Hikaru! Wake up or you'll be late! ]
Hikaru stretched and groaned.
[ Uh.. let me sleep a few minutes more... even Touya hasn't wake up yet...]
[ But Hikaru, it's already half past seven! ]
"Nani!?" Hikaru grabbed his clock. Sai's right.He jumped at once and
reached the door. [ Hikaru, you must wake Akira first! ]
[ Who cares..? ]
"Touya!" Hikaru shouted, "Touya, wake up!!"
Akira still slept soundly and didn't even move. Hikaru shook him hard.
"Get up! It's half past seven now!"
Akira finally woke up. "...Whatt? Half past seven!!"
Hikaru gazed at him with incredulous look.
"Geezh, Touya... you slept like a dead person...," he smirked and turned
his back, so he didn't see Akira took out the cotton he plugged into his
ears last night, "I can't believe you're late!"
Something in Akira's forehead twitched. Sai understood his pain.
[ Err... Hikaru...]
" ... Have you finished..? Well.. the only reason - why - I'm - finally -
late - is - because, ...YOU snored like a pig, ya know..?"
And he threw the pillow to Hikaru before he got up. ~ ~ ~

"Hey, dude, how's life?" Waya asked with a smirk across his face.
"Hn." It was a limp reply from the black-yellow haired boy. 'You can't call
it wonderful life when you have Touya and a talkative ghost attached to
you.'
They were in the Go institute, waiting for their matches. Hikaru and Akira
managed to come - amazingly - NOT late, after their short argument.
"Aww, come on! It wouldn't be so bad, would it?" Waya slapped his back,
Hikaru nearly fell to the ground. "OUCH! Why you..."
Before he could do anything to retaliate, Morishita 9-dan appeared.
"Ah! Shindou!" He suddenly realized something. "Sorry, I mean -- Touya,
( Hikaru facefaulted ) how's your father? I plan to visit him this
afternoon."
"Uh.. my parents have gone for...honeymoon..."
"Oh, I see... ... WHAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTT?????????"
Morishita-sensei and Waya dropped their jaws. Hikaru fetched a DEEEEP
breath. "...Yeah, I said... honeymoon..."
Silence. "... ..."
They all knew that the marriage had caused a big commotion in Go world,
even more sensational than Touya Koyo's retirement publication. But talk
about honeymoon..
"... .. First, he played Internet Go... then he retired... and now he's
married *again* and went for honeymoon..." Morishita-sensei muttered to
himself.
" I'll never understand him." And he left the two younger pros. ~ ~ ~

Tired and rather depressed ( no matter where he was, there're always people
who asked him about 5 questions every hour ), Hikaru finally got home.
[ If they're still as curious as they were before, I'll stay home tomorrow,
all day. ]
[ Yeah! And you can play Go with me, Hikaru!] Sai replied happily. Hikaru
sighed.
He walked to the refrigerator to get some softdrinks and saw a paper stuck
on it. He caught something like "cooking", "cleaning" and found his name
and Akira written on it.
"Touya, what's this?" he asked Akira, who just walked in.
"You don't need to call me Touya because we're both Touya now."
"Ugh. We can just call each other like before for our parents are not here.
Besides, I don't want people to confuse me with you."
"They won't. Because I'm 4-dan now, and you're still 2-dan," Akira replied
as innocent as he could.
Hikaru glared. "... I won't take it as an insult," he finally decided.
"So, what's this?"
"That's a schedule. You will cook on Monday, Wednesday and Friday when I'll
clean the floor and vice versa on the other days ."
"Oh.."
".. we will decide who cooks or cleans the floor on Sunday by playing Go.
The winner decide."
( Author's note: In case you're curious, they brought their clothes to the
laundry since the 'honeymoon' and hardly eat at home because, uh.. pros are
busy, you know. )
They can just eat toasted bread for breakfast, but what about dinner? And
the house's getting dirty too.. that's why Akira finally decided they had
to do the houseworks, as long as *their* mother's not home.
Hikaru was still amazed when Akira narrowed his eyes and asked
suspiciously, "Shindou... you CAN cook, can't you?"
Hikaru, and Sai, blinked.
"Of course I can!" Hikaru tried to cover his awkwardness by saying it
outloud with confidence.
Akira sighed in relief. But Hikaru was lying. ~ ~ ~

'Me and my big mouth...' Hikaru thought when he faced a challenge in the
kitchen. [ Sai! Help me..! ]
[ Do you think I can cook? All I did in the last 400 years was playing
Go... You really don't have to lie, Hikaru...]
[ You want me to look stupid in front of him, huh? ]
[ Well.. you CAN'T cook....]
[ If you can't help, then keep quiet! ]
It's Monday afternoon, Hikaru's turn to cook. He was wearing a white apron
and a book ( 'How to be a perfect housewife' ) was laid open in front of
him.
"Let's see... cut the onion, mushroom and beancurd first... then boil the
water..." Hikaru cut the onions poorly, almost cut his fingers.
[ Hikaru! The water is boiling! ]
[ Put the noodles! ]
[ How can I? ]
[ Arrghhh! You're useless! ] Hikaru threw the noodles into the pan.
[ You're mean! ] Sai started to sulk. "Now, make the sauce..."
[ Hikaru! ]
[ Be quiet, Sai! ]
[ But... but.. your apron is burnt! ]
" Aaaaahhhhhh!!" ~ ~ ~

It was six o'clock while Akira was walking home from his Go session. He was
hungry for sure. 'I wonder what Shindou cooked....'
" Tadai -- ..." A burnt smell welcomed him as he opened the door.
Akira could sense something IS wrong. He ran to the kitchen and saw a
mess...
Hikaru sat on the floor, exhausted. His apron was burnt, and so was the
thing in the pan. Sai was blowing the smoke ( of course Akira can't see him
).
"... ..." ( Akira was too shocked to say anything )
Hikaru saw him and laughed nervously, "Oh, you've come home... eheheh..
how's your day?" Akira turned his head to look around the kitchen.
"Oh, err... it was an accident..."
"Shindou... "
"... ..."
" WHAT HAVE YOU DONE HERE?!??" stormed Akira.
[ Kami-sama...] Sai covers his eyes and ears. ~ ~ ~

Author's note: Well... how was it? Btw, can you guess what Hikaru's going
to cook?