Orchid Green 5

Dr. Mwaahaha

"I love you...Watari," I stare.

Watari stares back at me, speechless. Tsuzuki tenses up next to me. I stay still, afraid to make a sudden move.

Watari shuffles around nervously. He shoots Tsuzuki a nervous look. Then, looks back at me.

"Bon...I- I'm, uh...flattered, but," Watari spurts out. "But I don't feel the same way, I'm sorry."

"What?" The surprise must be splattered all over my face, because Watari begins to comfort me.

"It's not you Bon! You're a wonderfully wonderful person, and nice too!"

"You're not in love with Hisoka?" Tsuzuki asks him.

"Um, no."

"Not to bring up bad memories, but you were just chasing Hisoka a minute ago."

"Eeh?! What?!" Watari's glasses hung off his nose.

'Eh, what,' exactly. Why did Watari stop chasing after me?

"Hmmm, I think I know what happened," Tsuzuki looked thoughtful. "Most spells end when its purpose has been achieved. The purpose of an aphrodisiac is to have someone else fall deeply in love. Hisoka accidentally told you that he loved you. That's when you stopped liking Hisoka."

"That's pretty cruel. If the person using the aphrodisiac were to finally admit his feelings, the person he likes would turn him down," I became thoughtful.

"Well, you know what this means, don't you, Hisoka?" Watari grinned evily. Uhhh, I somehow think I know *exactly* what he means. I determinedly stay silent. "You're going to have to go to everyone and announce that you love them!"

"Rub it in, Watari-san, and you'll be informed of everything you did to Tatsumi-san. In detail!" I warn him.

"But Watari is right, though, you have to tell everyone that you love them," Tsuzuki pointed out.

All right, if I have to tell them all that I love them, then I'll do it all at once! I proceeded to go to the main office where the loud speakers were kept. Watari and Tsuzuki came along.

I notice that Tsuzuki is more guarded than usual. When he's alone with me, Tsuzuki becomes relaxed. At least, that's what I thought. Now, he's walking a few steps ahead of me, as if not wanting to get too close.

"Tsuzuki, what's wrong?" I reach out to pull him back. He flinches.

"Hisoka, you might not want to touch me just now," Tsuzuki informs me. Although this confuses me, I decide not to push the subject.

After a few minutes of sneaking around, we arrived at the room. I pushed the button and held the microphone close.

"Attention! This is Hisoka! I love you very much! I! Love! You!" I accent every word carefully so that no one could have possibly heard anything else but my confession.

I lay back on my chair, relieved that everything was finally solved. ::rumble, rumble::

My eyebrow twitches, "What is that rumbling?"

Tsuzuki, Watari, and I instinctively barricade the door, and not a moment too soon. Everybody that was previously searching for me is gathered there, trying to come in.

"Aaaahhh! Why didn't the words work?!" I hold the table against the door as everyone pounds on the door. Looking over at Tsuzuki and Watari, I see they're doing the same.

"This is just a hunch, but I think you have to tell each one to his or her face!" Watari deduces.

"How much of a hunch is it?!" Tsuzuki exclaims. "If we send Hisoka out there, he'll be eaten alive!"

"I'm incredibly sure!" Watari yells back, trying to be heard over the crowd waiting outside.

"Watari! If I die, I'll make sure to make all of your experiments fail!" I threaten. Watari looks nervous.

"Don't worry, bon! You'll just have to try to tell each one of them individually!" Watari yelled.

"Oh! I think I know how. Can you guys hold the door for a few minutes?" I ask. If I can get to the speakers, I think I can persuade them to talk to me individually.

"Yea, don't worry, we have it!" Tsuzuki yells. I let go, and rush over to the speakers.

"Waaah! We were lying! Hurry, bon! I'm not sure how long we can hold this!"

I waste no time, "Everyone! This is Hisoka! I have decided who I will choose! I want to talk to you individually. When you are alone with me, I'll tell you whether or not I've chosen you!"

I pause. Good, the clamoring is gone.

"Watari," I whisper loudly. "Let them in one at a time!"

He let in someone.

"Tatsumi!" I visibly become nervous. Tsuzuki and Watari tense up as they close the door.

"Hisoka-sama," he says in what I could only describe as a lovey dovey voice. Best to get this over with quickly.

"Tatsumi, I love you," I tell him, looking into a corner.

"Hisoka-sama!" he says surprised. Why didn't it work?

"Look him in the eyes, bon!" Watari encouraged me.

"Watari, I didn't know you were rooting for me! I shall forgive you for your earlier actions," Tatsumi decided. I turn his head to face me.

"Tatsumi, I love you," I quickly spit out.

"Kurosaki-kun, I, well, I don't think, that is to say, I'm flattered, but-" he starts to babble.

"You don't love me! Thank god! Next one, Watari!" I cheer, while Tatsumi looks very confused.

"You can leave now, Tatsumi," Tsuzuki pushes him out.

"No! Keep him, he'll be useful in case any other person gets out of hand," I stop Tsuzuki.

"All of you better have a good explanation for what's going on," Tatsumi threatened us.

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A billion confessions later, I scramble out of the office, exhausted. Some people were more persistent than other, and needed 'encouragement' to keep their hands to themselves. I also discovered a few kinky things about my fellow employees that I rather would have never known.

"Hisoka, do you want Tatsumi and me to walk you home?" Tsuzuki offered.

"Ask me first, why don't you, Tsuzuki," Tatsumi said sarcastically.

"No, wait, actually, I would appreciate it. I don't really want to be jumped and end up hurting one of my co-workers, Tatsumi," I admit.

"Hmm, that's true. However, I need to get everything in order. Please accompany Hisoka home, Tsuzuki," Tatsumi orders Tsuzuki.

"But Tatsumi!" Tsuzuki tries to come up with some excuse. Wasn't he the one who offered to come in the first place?

"Weren't you the one who offered to go in the first place?" Tatsumi voices my thoughts.

Tsuzuki sighs, "You're right."

We walk out into the night.

My thoughts begin to drift off. I'm pretty sure that I had stared at Terazuma when I was wearing my sunglasses, but he was still affected. The only explanation was that the sunglasses offered no protection at all, but then that would mean that EVERYONE that I looked at was affected by the spell.

Tsuzuki must have been affected by the spell too. Unlike everyone, he didn't chase me around continuously. What did that mean? Does that mean that he wouldn't like me even though there was a spell?

But if there was the possibility that he was affected, I'm not sure that I want him to dislike me. So I won't tell him that I love him. I know that it sounds childish and selfish, but I feel like keeping him close even if it is because of a spell.

No! I shouldn't do that! If I get Tsuzuki to like me, I want it to be real!

"Hisoka? Um, we've been standing at your house for a few minutes," he points at my house.

"Tsuzuki!" I startle him.

"Hisoka?" he says meekly.

I look him in the eyes. I can't back off now, this is the best choice. Of course, it's also the only time that I'll be saying this and actually mean it. I take a deep breath.

"Tsuzuki, I love you," the words spill out. As soon as I've said them, I look away, ready for the rejection that has accompanied everybody that I've said that to today.

"You knew I was affected by the spell too?" he questions.

"Yes, you had to be, Terazuma was affected without looking at my eyes," I explain, hoping that he might not reject me.

"So that's why you said 'I love you' then," he states. No, I can't let this stay like this. Even if he does reject me, I have to let him know.

"Yes, and no," I start. His attention was certainly focused on me now. I begin to feel nervous.

"I had to get rid of the spell, because that would have been mean to let you stay like that, but I also, well, I never meant it when I was telling everyone else," I finish lamely. Tsuzuki keeps looking at me seriously.

"Do you mean to say that you meant it when you told me?" Tsuzuki asks.

I didn't expect Tsuzuki to be this serious, it makes him more intimidating, but I still had to let him know.

"Yes," I focus on the beautiful stars. Silence fills the void between us for a couple of seconds.

A hand touches my chin and turns my head. I look at Tsuzuki in surprise as he puts both hands on my cheeks and leans in to kiss me.

The sensation of his kiss and feeling of not being rejected overwhelms me.

"Tsuzuki," I breath.

"I love you too, Hisoka," he pulls me in for a long embrace. I mentally thank the mad scientist and hope her sentence isn't TOO hard.

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Mwaar harr harr my dearest!

It feels so good to finish!!!!!

Now I'm debating whether or not to write an epilogue. This story really grew on me. ::sniff sniff:: IF I write an epilogue, I'm wondering about whether I should raise the rating, if you know what I mean. ::nudge, nudge::

For those who might still be wondering, the reason that Tsuzuki didn't want to walk alone with Hisoka, and didn't want Hisoka to touch him, was because Tsuzuki's libido was raised by the spell. Hee hee hee

Well, I guess this is the time to thank all of the readers for waiting this long for this chapter to be posted, as well as reading the entire fic.

Disclaimer:
Yami no Matsuei belongs to Yohko Matsushita and Hana to Yume Comics, but mainly to Yohko Matsushita, because she created it. This fanfic belongs to me, and any attempt to copy it will make me mad and bloodthirsty. 0_0 ::Doctor slips secret potion into drink::