Reality TV

Back to college! Err, not really, but oh well! What ever comes up, does. Hopefully I can get this chapter going quicker than the last... @_@

Warning: FLUFF!!!

Something I forgot: I don't own the manga. I don't own my school. I now own a Yugioh T Shirt and yes, a lotta anime, two knives, and some CD's. And I have a lil brother. If you sue, all you're getting is the lil brother, trust me!

Excuse me if dates are off, but blah...

Chapter 4-

"See? This is a good car." Alfeegi patted the top of the corvette as he closed the door. "It lets me out."

Ruwalk just stared at him, amused by his boyfriend's actions.

They had just driven from the campus to a fast food restaurant for dinner, and back to the dormitory that they shared.

The stars had come out early and Alfeegi looked up at them, smiling. "They're really pretty tonight. I'm surprised we can see them. This is Houston, after all."

Ruwalk took his hand and smiled. "They're still not half as beautiful as you are, my Alfeegi." He kissed his lips soundly before letting his own lips travel to Alfeegi's neck, nibbling playfully.

Alfeegi laughed. "It's only Wednesday, Ruw."

"I know, I know. Shall we?"

They walked up to the room together, slowly as they gazed at the stars above.

"Um, Ruw?"

"Hm?"

"Remember, I want a light on tonight. Maybe the bathroom light with the bathroom still open?" Alfeegi stopped and looked up at Ruwalk with the most adorable orange eyes.

"Yes, I remember..."

Both smiled complacently as they entered the building and make a sharp turn for the stairway that led to the second floor. Making it to the room, Ruwalk slowly unlocked it and switched on the lights. He turned on the bathroom light, just to make Alfeegi feel better before joining him on the couch. The TV was turned on and channels were flipped.

"Stop here." Alfeegi said, stopping it on WB and Angel. Falling back completely into the couch, he curled up into Ruwalk's side and grabbed the blanket that was now affectionately known as the cuddle blanket. He threw it over them and snuggled into the warmth of Ruwalk's body, content on staying there for a while.

"This?" Ruwalk asked, lifting an eyebrow.

"Yes. Do you have a problem with that?"

Ruwalk sighed as the opening song came on. "Well, I like the theme song. And I guess... no. Just don't go drooling over Angel and I'm happy."

"Ok then." Alfeegi smiled affectionately. "I love you, Ruw."

"I love you too, Feegi."

"Kiss?"

Ruwalk leaned down and captured his lips, savoring the natural sweetness that entered his mouth and warmed him like cocoa on a cold, wintry day. Soft, supple fingers caressed his cheek as he ran his own through strands of silk and satin. The tingling was like ecstasy flooding his system, bringing him further and further from the light of sanity and down into the beautiful, starry darkness of what felt so right.

Slowly he drew his own tongue back and panted subtly as they parted. Alfeegi gazed at him with his orange eyes lovingly, as if now the TV show didn't matter- the whole world didn't matter anymore, just so long as they could stay in that single, eternal, liminal moment forever and ever till death whisked them away and even still... it wouldn't be long enough.

His heart skipped a beat almost as those eyes stared up at him with those emotions- those emotions that would be damned and yet were purer than the heart of any saint.

Who has a right to say that any love is wrong? So long as a feeling does exist, it cannot be wrong or damnable. The nervous fluttering of his heart mixed with the feeling that everything would most certainly be alright in the end. The sky could fall and the world could end and still this moment would seem to stretch on, gazing at one another from so close, and yet to afar.

Their thoughts were interrupted as Alfeegi's cell phone rang. He glared his own deadly glare at it as he slowly got up and picked it up, ready to condemn whoever was on the other end.

"Hello?" He snapped.

"Uncle Feegi?" The sweet voice on the other side asked.

Instantly a smile came to Alfeegi's face. "Hi Reema."

"Hi Uncle Feegi! Um, I need to stay over this weekend cause Daddy has a work meeting and wants to know if I can stay with you. And, and, and-"

"Can I speak to your father?"

"Ok! Daddy! Uncle Feegi wants to talk to you!" The phone was handed over.

"Alfeegi?" The male voice asked.

"Hello Duma."

"Yes... Reema told you about the fact that I have a business meeting. DO you think you could possible watch her on Sunday and Monday? It's Labor Day weekend. I'm sorry if you already have plans, but-"

"No, no! It's ok! We can watch her! I owe it to my big sister to do so."

Duma sighed. "Yes... thank you. Is it alright if I bring her to the college around noon on Sunday and pick her up Monday evening?"

"Sure! Ruwalk and I will be glad to have her over. It's been a while since I've seen her."

"Again, thank you. This means a lot to me."

"Any time." Alfeegi smiled. "I'll see you and Reema Sunday then?"

"Yes, goodbye."

"Bye."

They hung up and Alfeegi sighed.

"What's going on?" Ruwalk asked, rising from the couch.

"My niece needs to stay with us on Sunday and Monday." Alfeegi walked past Ruwalk and sat back down.

"Oh, is this the Reema you told me about?"

"Yes." Alfeegi nodded.

"So, Sunday? At least it's not on Saturday..." He sat and sidled next to Alfeegi, putting an arm around his waist.

"Yeah... it's just been a while. I haven't seen her since... well, my sister's funeral. Of course, Reema was too young to know what was going on."

"I'm sorry, Feegi." Ruwalk sighed as Alfeegi laid his head on his lap.

"Don't worry. I'm over it." Alfeegi whispered as Ruwalk started running his fingers under his shirt and up and down his spine.

"So Rath, how was school?" Kaistern asked, looking at the teenager across from him at the table.

"Nn-mn." Rath shrugged, picking at his food with a fork. "Band was ok. I have a crazy teacher for English and I think I'm going to be hit with a backscratcher before the nine weeks are up. In Geography, my teacher is going to destroy the rainforest, if she hasn't already. The Psychology teacher pops in that class and tells me I need help. And Spanish... the teacher had chili pepper Christmas lights. Oh! And in Advisory, this Hispanic girl keeps staring at Thatz and I."

Kaistern was still stuck on the 'backscratcher' thing, having one eyebrow raised. But then he dismissed it as Rath's overactive imagination and tendency to exaggerate. If only he knew...

At this point, Rath pushed his half-eaten dinner aside and pulled out a deck of cards, shuffling them over and over before laying out a hand and drawing a card.

"Rath, you're going to get those messed up." Kaistern indicated Rath's dinner with his fork. "And it was expensive to get all of those."

Rath's eyes narrowed. He drew a card out quickly and held it out a full arm's length away to the side. "I know how to throw these cards so that they'll become lodged in hands. Don't mess with me." With this, he got up and took his deck, placing the drawn hand and the newest card on top. Right when he left the kitchen, he peeked at this card, revealing a card named the Blue Eyes White Dragon. He smirked and quoted the TV show this came from. "I am such a good drawer- oof!" Insert previous sound when he tripped on his own tennis shoes that were lying in the middle of the floor.

Grumbling, he went into his room and closed the door behind him. On the way to his bed, he turned on his radio/CD player. Japanese music started up. A haunting voice filled the room as heavy music backed it up. Rath nodded his head slightly in rhythm.

Still out at the table, Kaistern could hear the music, if not the lyrics. He hated keeping Rath in an apartment like this, but it wasn't easy getting money... not as easy as it could have been.

Checking his watch, he saw it was nearly time to go to work. Standing, he moved both of their plates to the sink to be washed later.

Maybe I'll just call in sick today... I've saved them up, after all.

Sighing to himself, he rethought what he and Alfeegi had conversed about earlier. If that's the way it was, then fine. Or maybe he thought that because Alfeegi had cheered him up- but he was already in a relationship, so what did he know?

Idiot. He scolded himself. Alfeegi's already been through this. He knows about it. Now, it whether you're brave enough to take the initiative or not that's the problem. When it comes to this, you are an absolute coward. Ok, ok... let's say I am gay. Yes, I'm gay- or at least bisexual. I like guys, yeah. Now the problem is, does he like me? Or am I telling myself that this feeling is something more for absolutely nothing, only to have it bite me in the ass later? How does he feel?

And the words of the music swelled up, making Kaistern think that if the neighbors were home, they'd be over to complain soon.

 
Kokoro no mama ni tada Fighting to dream
Dare ni mo jama sasenai
Unmei nado jibun de kimete yaru
Kaze no you ni tada Shooting to dream
Kako no itami tachikitte
Kono te de ima mirai mo kimete yaru
Getta chance!

Tetheus banged his head on his desk. His parents were out, leaving him and his younger siblings with their friends alone in the house.

"Oh no, Cesia! It's burning!"

"Oh!"

So that's the smoky smell. Better go make sure they aren't hurting themselves... He stood from his desk and his essay pre-write. On the way to the kitchen, Shydeman and Fedelta met with him.

"I think Shyrendora and Cesia killed something." Shydeman mumbled, one hand over his nose and the other dragging Fedelta, who also was covering his nose. The former dragged the latter into his room and shut the door loudly.

Tetheus shook his head, sighing. He walked into the living room and could see smoke from the kitchen. Going into the said kitchen, he raised an eyebrow at the two girls who were running water over a hot pan, making steam and loud noises while the other fanned the smoke and opened a window.

"Again, you two?" He asked.

"Sorry Tetheus." Shyrendora turned off the water.

He shook his head once again and picked up a phone. Dialing, he got a few rings before an answer. "Yes, it's me again. You can see the smoke from there? Yes. Yes, the usual. Um... make it double, it wasn't just Shyrendora this time. Yes, my siblings have friends over. Yes, uh-huh, thank you. See you in twenty." He hung up.

"Chinese food again?" Shydeman yelled from his room.

"Yeah!" Tetheus called back. Turning back to his sister and her friend, he returned to his inquiry. "What was it supposed to be this time?"

"Spaghetti." Cesia said cheerily.

Tetheus groaned. "Here, I'll clean up."

"Thanks Tethy!" Both girls sang as they skipped off.

"Wanna go annoy my other brother?" Shyrendora asked.

"Yeah!" Cesia agreed.

Shaking his head, Tetheus started to clean everything. He was a little over halfway done when the phone rang. Looking at the Caller ID, he saw Kaistern's name come up to greet him.

"Hello?" He asked, picking up the phone and putting down his dirty towel.

"Hello Tetheus." The voice on the other side answered.

"So..." Tetheus urged him to continue to what he was going to say after a few silent moments. The silence was a little too long for his liking.

"I um... I..." On the other side of the phone, Kaistern wiped the back of his neck nervously. Why did sweat accumulate so easily?! Oh screw it, you can't! Abort! "I was wondering if you may have accidentally picked up some of my papers!" He panted to himself for a horrible, and yet completely believable save.

"Papers?" Tetheus raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah! Um, a page or two from a rough draft essay I had to write!" He laughed nervously. "I seem to have misplaced them, and neither Alfeegi nor Ruwalk knew where they were."

Tetheus shuffled through his own papers before, yes, coming to a couple of papers that were in a handwriting messier than his own. "Oh yes, here they are."

"Hm?!" Kaistern's eyes widened. I actually did lose some papers?! When? Huh?

"Do you want me to bring them over?" Tetheus asked.

"Sure." Kaistern answered slowly, catching his breath.

"Ok, I'll be right over. Good bye."

They hung up, leaving Kaistern scrambling every which way to make his home- and himself- seem more presentable.

"Shydeman!" Tetheus yelled loudly.

"Huh?" They said white-haired teenager ran into the room, surprised at his older brother's sudden yell. Fedelta followed right behind him.

Tetheus took out some money. "This goes to Lin when she delivers the food, ok? No pocketing any- it's the exact amount, tip included." A corner of his mind noted how pathetic it must be if he knew the delivery girl by name.

"Where are you going?" Shydeman raised an eyebrow, taking the money and shoving it into his jean pockets.

"Kaistern accidentally mixed some of his papers into mine, and I need to return them to him." He picked up the folder of papers and opened the door a crack.

"Whatever." Both younger males sat at the table.

"Shydy! Feddy!" Two female voices sang.

"Shit!" Shydeman and Fedelta yelled in unison, taking off in another direction.

Tetheus quickly left the house before Shyrendora and Cesia decided to bring 'Tethy' in on the fun.

Kaistern was staring out the window next to the door of his apartment. He could still hear Rath's music, so that was usually a good sign. He pushed on the noseband of his glasses nervously.

Raising Rath had been hard all this time, for the boy's parents had died and he had no other living relatives. Kaistern's parents had been friends with Rath's parents, but Kaistern's parents moved around a lot, so it was more suitable for Rath to stay in a place where he actually stayed a while. Kaistern had gotten a crash course without preparation in parenting, skipping the young child phase and going straight to preteen, and this is how it had been for the past three years.

But doing so had its rewards, in a way. He got extra money to take care of Rath with from the government, and he gained someone he considered a friend, even if Rath withdrew a lot from him.

A car parked in front of their first-floor apartment, right next to Kaistern's own van. Tetheus slid out of the driver's seat with some papers in hand.

Kaistern stood up straight, wondering how to meet Tetheus. How to act? Should he be grateful? Or maybe indifferent... no, that wouldn't work! Flirt a little? Oh, now he sounded like some high school teenage female.

There was a knock and Kaistern answered it. Tetheus held out the papers wordlessly.

"Thank you." Kaistern smiled. "Would you like to come in?"

"Yes, thank you." Tetheus answered, coming in. "I'm afraid that I cannot stay too long, however, because I left Shydeman and Shyrendora home alone with Cesia and Fedelta."

"What have they done now?" Kaistern shook his head, amused.

"The girls almost burnt down the kitchen." Tetheus shook his head, smiling a little.

"That was the smoke, I assume?"

"You could see it from over here? I'm now surprised no one called the fire department."

"Everyone may be used to it by now." Kaistern pointed out.

To this Tetheus did not reply. It was true, most likely. His sister had taken Home Economics in seventh grade, and ever since, she assumed she could cook anything- especially whenever Cesia came over. And that spelt trouble.

"So, how's Rath?" Tetheus asked finally, after a few moments of silence passed them by.

"Oh, he's doing well. He didn't get into any fights and he has friends in some of his classes. Though," he paused, contemplating, "I am rather worried about one class... he said that he will most likely get hit by his English teacher's backscratcher."

A small sweat-drop appeared on Tetheus' head.

"Well, um, I suppose I shouldn't detain you. Thanks for bringing the papers over." Kaistern flashed him a smile.

"Are you sure that's it?" Tetheus asked.

"Huh? Oh, yes. That's it." Kaistern felt sweat on the back of his neck.

"Ok then. I will see you tomorrow." He opened the door. "Good bye."

"Bye." Kaistern diverted his eyes for a second as Tetheus left. He heard the door shut. "Good bye."

As Tetheus got into his car, he wondered various things. He wondered how much of the house was left now, whether there was any Chinese food left, and why Kaistern had acted so nervously. It was a mystery to him, and possibilities streamed through his head. Maybe he was sick, or something was wrong with Rath. It was possible, though greatly improbable, that he had done something illegal and didn't want him to figure out what. There were so many things possible, but each flirted with the line bordering impossible.

And he didn't even know how far from the truth he was.

Wildwolf: Hihi! **has been listening to Gravitation music over and over again** The opening song is so happyful~!

Chibi: **skips around** Yay! We got a chapter done!

Kaistern: You're trying to torture me, aren't you?

Wildwolf: Oh! What ever gave you that idea? **whistles innocently**

Tetheus: And me too. My siblings... **round on Kaistern** Kaistern, what was wrong? Something is wrong!

Chibi: How dare you even think that we're plotting anything! I feel so insulted!

Quatre: Give it up. They know that you're plotting. You've had three glasses of iced tea and have been talking to V-chan. You're plotting.

Chibi: Huh? **clueless**

Wildwolf: Yes, it's all coming together now... **grin and laugh**