Chapter 5
Seiya, Andy, and Ryan were back at Seiya's house. Bored once more. Seiya was lying down on his bed, Andy was rocking back and forth in a chair, and Ryan was sitting on the floor leaning up against Seiya's bed.
"Does anybody else, besides me, think Yaten's a bit strange?" Andy looked over at Ryan and Seiya.
Seiya sat up. "Why? I don't think he's strange."
"Seiya, you're too in love with him to see his strangeness."
Ryan nodded his head. "He's got a point Seiya. Are you even sure Yaten's gay? We don't really know that much about him either."
"That's why we have to hang out with him more!"
Andy got up. "No, you have to hang out with him more. C'mon Ryan. I'll see you later Seiya." Ryan got up and followed Andy out the door.
"Fine." Seiya lay back down on his bed. 'I think I'll call him.' Seiya reached for the phone, but soon withdrew his hand. 'I don't have his number. Maybe I'll go over his house..' Seiya started to get up, but soon realised that he didn't know where Yaten lived. 'I'll sleep."
* * *
Yaten's eyes were barely closed when he heard his doorbell ring. 'Crap.' He got up and walked towards his front door, praying that it wasn't Seiya. He pulled the door open. A tall teenage girl with long red hair stood there. Yaten recognised her. "Hi Kakyuu. How are you?"
"I'm fine thanks.actually, I'm not." Kakyuu's eyes shifted to the floor. "Well you see.could I come in?"
"Sure." Yaten stepped aside and let Kakyuu in. "So, what's up?"
"Ok, I was watching my little sister today. We were at the park and she wandered away. And now I can't find her. I know we don't know each other too well, but the park was near here, and I noticed you outside before.. So, I thought maybe she wandered over here."
"Uh, I'm not sure. What does she look like?"
Kakyuu swiped at the tears forming in here eyes. "She's about 2, she'll be 3 in a month. She has red hair and blue eyes. she-"
"Does she say 'Chibi' a lot?" Yaten cut Kakyuu off. He knew that she must have been talking about Chibi Chibi, although he hoped she wasn't.
"Yes!" Kakyuu's eyes lit up. "Her name is Chibi Chibi. Have you seen her?"
Yaten hesitated a bit. "Yeah, I saw here."
"Where is she? Do you know?"
Yaten smiled. "She's."
"Where!?" Kakyuu frantically pulled on Yaten's arm, hating all the suspense.
"She's upstairs sleeping."
Kakyuu flung her arms around Yaten. "Thank-you so much! Thank-you thank-you thank-you! Would you mind if I took her home.um-"
"Would I mind? She's your sister Kakyuu. Of course you can take her home." Kakyuu blushed a bit and followed Yaten upstairs. Chibi Chibi's small body was curled up in Yaten's bed, sleeping peacefully under the covers. Kakyuu took Chibi Chibi up in her arms, thanked Yaten again, and left.
Yaten laid down on his bed. 'Too bad.' Yaten smiled, in spite of losing his company. At least somebody in this world kept their spirits up. 'Probably supported by hope." Yaten shut his eyes and fell asleep almost instantly.
* * *
Seiya bolted up from his bed. "Oh! I can't believe I was that stupid!' Seiya mentally kicked himself. 'Chibi's Kakyuu's sister!' Seiya quickly dialed Kakyuu's number.
"Hello?" Kakyuu's voice appeared on the other line.
"Kakyuu? Hi, it's Seiya."
"Hi Seiya, what's up?"
"Was Yaten watching Chibi Chibi for you today?"
"Oh, you heard? Yeah, well it's actually somewhat embarrassing. I lost Chibi at the park, Yaten found here, so I went over his house-"
"Kakyuu, you know where he lives?"
"Now I do. Why?"
Seiya jumped up and down. "Where? Where does he live?"
"Why, Seiya?"
"Just tell me. Oh, I'm glad you found Chibi Chibi." Seiya awaited instructions from Kakyuu. Now he'd get to see Yaten whenever he wanted!
* * *
"You can come in Ryan." Andy held his front door open for Ryan.
"Thanks. I can't stay long though, my mom wants me home at 6:00 tonight. Some family dinner thing."
"Sure, I understand. So, we have a half-hour together."
Ryan nodded and walked upstairs with Andy. "You wanted me here to talk about Yaten, didn't you."
Andy stopped mid-way up the steps. "N..no..yes. Yes I did. I can't shake off the feeling that he's hiding something. He seems to hate us too. What if he has this weird killer streak in him."
"Nah, he's got this weird gentle look in his eyes. It doesn't look like he'd ever kill anybody."
"He sucks at fighting too. he's proven that already."
Ryan sighed. "Lets just take this slowly, we'll find out more about him soon. We've got Seiya for that."
Andy nodded. He shut his bedroom door and went and sat over by Ryan. "Are you ok? You've been really quiet lately."
"Andy, I'm always quiet. Nothings wrong." Ryan gave Andy a reassuring smile.
"Are you sure?" Andy moved closer to Ryan, his lips barely touching Ryan's. Ryan muttered a 'yes' as his lips came in contact with Andy's.
* * *
Seiya looked at his clock. 5:30. Not too late to pay Yaten a visit. 'Should I call first.' Seiya reached for the phone. 'Wait. I don't have his number. I'll be getting it though!'
* * *
Yaten was barely in dream state, when he heard the doorbell ring.. again. 'Dammit.' He quickly ran down stairs and opened the door. And there stood Seiya.
"Hi Yaten! Kakyuu told me where you lived." Seiya looked around. "Was I interrupting anything?"
Yaten sighed. "No. Do you want to come in?" 'Please no! Please no!'
"Sure. Thanks." Seiya stepped inside and looked around. "Nice place." All he could really see was the living room, which had two couches separated by a coffee table. And a big-screen t.v. up against a wall with a stereo on it.
"Thanks. Did you want something? Or are you just here to say hi?"
"Just here to say hi. Sorry about Andy earlier today. How's your arm?"
"Still hurts, but I'm not sure if it's broken. Your dad said it was, but I can still kind of move it. It just hurts when I do."
'Hmmm, I'm not sure. I don't really take after my dad. Can I sit?" Yaten nodded and Seiya sat down on the couch. "So, where are your parents?"
"They're not home. They'll probably be home around 6:00, so-"
"Oh, I'd love to meet them. Can I stay for dinner?"
Yaten's mouth hung open. "You're very rude Seiya."
"Oh, sorry." Seiya shifted a little uneasily in his seat.
"Sure."
Seiya's eyes shot up and rose to meet Yaten's. "Really? Thanks!" Seiya's eyes stayed locked on Yaten's.
Yaten jumped up quickly. "I have to set the table."
"Ok." Seiya shook his head and followed Yaten into the kitchen. "So, what are we eating?"
"I'm not sure. I think they said they're bringing home Chinese food. Do you like that?"
"Chinese is good." Seiya smiled as he grabbed the plates out of Yaten's hands. "I'll help."
"Thank-you." Yaten quickly grabbed four napkins and four forks. "Could you get the glasses, please?"
"Sure. Where are they?" Yaten pointed to the cabinet above the coffee-pot. Seiya nodded as he and Yaten quietly finished setting the table. 'I think he's easing up a bit.'
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"Do you want me to drive you home? Andy asked Ryan as he walked him to the door.
"No thanks Andy. I'll walk. I live pretty close anyway." Ryan smiled and turned towards Andy. "I'll see you tomorrow, right?"
Andy kissed Ryan. "Of course. I'm going to call Seiya, but I'll call you right after, ok?"
"Alright." Ryan gave Andy a hug and walked home. Andy walked back up to his room and dialed Seiya's cell phone number.
* * *
Yaten's mom came into the kitchen. "Hi Yaten. Who's your friend?"
"Hi mom. This is Seiya. Seiya, this is my mom Herena."
Seiya shook Herena's hand. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." Herena heard Shinu come in. "Oh, this is my husband Shinu. Honey, this is Yaten's friend Seiya."
"Hi Seiya. Yaten go get the food out of the car. Is your friend eating with us?"
"Yes. Seiya, would you please help me?"
"Sure. Nice to meet you." Seiya nodded towards Shinu and quickly followed Yaten out the door.
"So," Shinu looked at Herena. "Is that his new boyfriend?"
"How am I supposed to know?" Herena walked into the garage to help Yaten and Seiya bring in the food. They put all of the food and sat down at the rectangle table. Shinu sat down at the head of the table, Herena sat down on the left of him, and Yaten sat down on the left of him. Seiya sat down next to Yaten.
"So, Seiya, did you meet Yaten in school?" Shinu looked at Seiya.
"Yes, we have all of our classes together."
Herena poured some drinks into their glasses. "I'm surprised Yaten made friends so fast. When we lived in Tokyo he never really socialised with anyone."
"I'm surprised. Your son's so nice." Seiya looked over at Yaten and smiled.
Herena saw Yaten blush a bit. "Awe, Yaten. You found a good boyfriend."
"Oh, I'm not his-" Seiya stopped talking as his cell phone rang. "Um. excuse me." Seiya flipped open his phone. "What Andy?"
"Hi Seiya. Why are you whispering?"
"I'm eating dinner over Yaten's house and your kind or interrupting."
"Oh sorry. Do you want me to call back later?"
"Yes!"
"All right, sorry. Bye."
"See ya." Seiya hung up his phone. "Sorry about that."
"It's all right. You knew something embarrassing would happen." Herena smiled at him. "Especially in front of your boyfriends parents."
"Actually he's not my boyfriend. We're just friends."
"For now." Herena smiled again and winked at Yaten.
* * *
"Do you want a ride home Seiya?" Herena and stood by their front door with Seiya.
"Oh, no thanks. I have to stop by my friend Kakyuu's house. She lives near. I'll see you tomorrow Yaten."
"See you tomorrow." Yaten shut the door and turned to go back to his room.
"You could have kissed him goodnight Yaten." Yaten rolled his eyes and kept walking. "What? I think he's nice. And cute! Good choice Yaten." Herena hugged Yaten. "Good night sweetie."
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Seiya, Andy, and Ryan were back at Seiya's house. Bored once more. Seiya was lying down on his bed, Andy was rocking back and forth in a chair, and Ryan was sitting on the floor leaning up against Seiya's bed.
"Does anybody else, besides me, think Yaten's a bit strange?" Andy looked over at Ryan and Seiya.
Seiya sat up. "Why? I don't think he's strange."
"Seiya, you're too in love with him to see his strangeness."
Ryan nodded his head. "He's got a point Seiya. Are you even sure Yaten's gay? We don't really know that much about him either."
"That's why we have to hang out with him more!"
Andy got up. "No, you have to hang out with him more. C'mon Ryan. I'll see you later Seiya." Ryan got up and followed Andy out the door.
"Fine." Seiya lay back down on his bed. 'I think I'll call him.' Seiya reached for the phone, but soon withdrew his hand. 'I don't have his number. Maybe I'll go over his house..' Seiya started to get up, but soon realised that he didn't know where Yaten lived. 'I'll sleep."
* * *
Yaten's eyes were barely closed when he heard his doorbell ring. 'Crap.' He got up and walked towards his front door, praying that it wasn't Seiya. He pulled the door open. A tall teenage girl with long red hair stood there. Yaten recognised her. "Hi Kakyuu. How are you?"
"I'm fine thanks.actually, I'm not." Kakyuu's eyes shifted to the floor. "Well you see.could I come in?"
"Sure." Yaten stepped aside and let Kakyuu in. "So, what's up?"
"Ok, I was watching my little sister today. We were at the park and she wandered away. And now I can't find her. I know we don't know each other too well, but the park was near here, and I noticed you outside before.. So, I thought maybe she wandered over here."
"Uh, I'm not sure. What does she look like?"
Kakyuu swiped at the tears forming in here eyes. "She's about 2, she'll be 3 in a month. She has red hair and blue eyes. she-"
"Does she say 'Chibi' a lot?" Yaten cut Kakyuu off. He knew that she must have been talking about Chibi Chibi, although he hoped she wasn't.
"Yes!" Kakyuu's eyes lit up. "Her name is Chibi Chibi. Have you seen her?"
Yaten hesitated a bit. "Yeah, I saw here."
"Where is she? Do you know?"
Yaten smiled. "She's."
"Where!?" Kakyuu frantically pulled on Yaten's arm, hating all the suspense.
"She's upstairs sleeping."
Kakyuu flung her arms around Yaten. "Thank-you so much! Thank-you thank-you thank-you! Would you mind if I took her home.um-"
"Would I mind? She's your sister Kakyuu. Of course you can take her home." Kakyuu blushed a bit and followed Yaten upstairs. Chibi Chibi's small body was curled up in Yaten's bed, sleeping peacefully under the covers. Kakyuu took Chibi Chibi up in her arms, thanked Yaten again, and left.
Yaten laid down on his bed. 'Too bad.' Yaten smiled, in spite of losing his company. At least somebody in this world kept their spirits up. 'Probably supported by hope." Yaten shut his eyes and fell asleep almost instantly.
* * *
Seiya bolted up from his bed. "Oh! I can't believe I was that stupid!' Seiya mentally kicked himself. 'Chibi's Kakyuu's sister!' Seiya quickly dialed Kakyuu's number.
"Hello?" Kakyuu's voice appeared on the other line.
"Kakyuu? Hi, it's Seiya."
"Hi Seiya, what's up?"
"Was Yaten watching Chibi Chibi for you today?"
"Oh, you heard? Yeah, well it's actually somewhat embarrassing. I lost Chibi at the park, Yaten found here, so I went over his house-"
"Kakyuu, you know where he lives?"
"Now I do. Why?"
Seiya jumped up and down. "Where? Where does he live?"
"Why, Seiya?"
"Just tell me. Oh, I'm glad you found Chibi Chibi." Seiya awaited instructions from Kakyuu. Now he'd get to see Yaten whenever he wanted!
* * *
"You can come in Ryan." Andy held his front door open for Ryan.
"Thanks. I can't stay long though, my mom wants me home at 6:00 tonight. Some family dinner thing."
"Sure, I understand. So, we have a half-hour together."
Ryan nodded and walked upstairs with Andy. "You wanted me here to talk about Yaten, didn't you."
Andy stopped mid-way up the steps. "N..no..yes. Yes I did. I can't shake off the feeling that he's hiding something. He seems to hate us too. What if he has this weird killer streak in him."
"Nah, he's got this weird gentle look in his eyes. It doesn't look like he'd ever kill anybody."
"He sucks at fighting too. he's proven that already."
Ryan sighed. "Lets just take this slowly, we'll find out more about him soon. We've got Seiya for that."
Andy nodded. He shut his bedroom door and went and sat over by Ryan. "Are you ok? You've been really quiet lately."
"Andy, I'm always quiet. Nothings wrong." Ryan gave Andy a reassuring smile.
"Are you sure?" Andy moved closer to Ryan, his lips barely touching Ryan's. Ryan muttered a 'yes' as his lips came in contact with Andy's.
* * *
Seiya looked at his clock. 5:30. Not too late to pay Yaten a visit. 'Should I call first.' Seiya reached for the phone. 'Wait. I don't have his number. I'll be getting it though!'
* * *
Yaten was barely in dream state, when he heard the doorbell ring.. again. 'Dammit.' He quickly ran down stairs and opened the door. And there stood Seiya.
"Hi Yaten! Kakyuu told me where you lived." Seiya looked around. "Was I interrupting anything?"
Yaten sighed. "No. Do you want to come in?" 'Please no! Please no!'
"Sure. Thanks." Seiya stepped inside and looked around. "Nice place." All he could really see was the living room, which had two couches separated by a coffee table. And a big-screen t.v. up against a wall with a stereo on it.
"Thanks. Did you want something? Or are you just here to say hi?"
"Just here to say hi. Sorry about Andy earlier today. How's your arm?"
"Still hurts, but I'm not sure if it's broken. Your dad said it was, but I can still kind of move it. It just hurts when I do."
'Hmmm, I'm not sure. I don't really take after my dad. Can I sit?" Yaten nodded and Seiya sat down on the couch. "So, where are your parents?"
"They're not home. They'll probably be home around 6:00, so-"
"Oh, I'd love to meet them. Can I stay for dinner?"
Yaten's mouth hung open. "You're very rude Seiya."
"Oh, sorry." Seiya shifted a little uneasily in his seat.
"Sure."
Seiya's eyes shot up and rose to meet Yaten's. "Really? Thanks!" Seiya's eyes stayed locked on Yaten's.
Yaten jumped up quickly. "I have to set the table."
"Ok." Seiya shook his head and followed Yaten into the kitchen. "So, what are we eating?"
"I'm not sure. I think they said they're bringing home Chinese food. Do you like that?"
"Chinese is good." Seiya smiled as he grabbed the plates out of Yaten's hands. "I'll help."
"Thank-you." Yaten quickly grabbed four napkins and four forks. "Could you get the glasses, please?"
"Sure. Where are they?" Yaten pointed to the cabinet above the coffee-pot. Seiya nodded as he and Yaten quietly finished setting the table. 'I think he's easing up a bit.'
* * *
"Do you want me to drive you home? Andy asked Ryan as he walked him to the door.
"No thanks Andy. I'll walk. I live pretty close anyway." Ryan smiled and turned towards Andy. "I'll see you tomorrow, right?"
Andy kissed Ryan. "Of course. I'm going to call Seiya, but I'll call you right after, ok?"
"Alright." Ryan gave Andy a hug and walked home. Andy walked back up to his room and dialed Seiya's cell phone number.
* * *
Yaten's mom came into the kitchen. "Hi Yaten. Who's your friend?"
"Hi mom. This is Seiya. Seiya, this is my mom Herena."
Seiya shook Herena's hand. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." Herena heard Shinu come in. "Oh, this is my husband Shinu. Honey, this is Yaten's friend Seiya."
"Hi Seiya. Yaten go get the food out of the car. Is your friend eating with us?"
"Yes. Seiya, would you please help me?"
"Sure. Nice to meet you." Seiya nodded towards Shinu and quickly followed Yaten out the door.
"So," Shinu looked at Herena. "Is that his new boyfriend?"
"How am I supposed to know?" Herena walked into the garage to help Yaten and Seiya bring in the food. They put all of the food and sat down at the rectangle table. Shinu sat down at the head of the table, Herena sat down on the left of him, and Yaten sat down on the left of him. Seiya sat down next to Yaten.
"So, Seiya, did you meet Yaten in school?" Shinu looked at Seiya.
"Yes, we have all of our classes together."
Herena poured some drinks into their glasses. "I'm surprised Yaten made friends so fast. When we lived in Tokyo he never really socialised with anyone."
"I'm surprised. Your son's so nice." Seiya looked over at Yaten and smiled.
Herena saw Yaten blush a bit. "Awe, Yaten. You found a good boyfriend."
"Oh, I'm not his-" Seiya stopped talking as his cell phone rang. "Um. excuse me." Seiya flipped open his phone. "What Andy?"
"Hi Seiya. Why are you whispering?"
"I'm eating dinner over Yaten's house and your kind or interrupting."
"Oh sorry. Do you want me to call back later?"
"Yes!"
"All right, sorry. Bye."
"See ya." Seiya hung up his phone. "Sorry about that."
"It's all right. You knew something embarrassing would happen." Herena smiled at him. "Especially in front of your boyfriends parents."
"Actually he's not my boyfriend. We're just friends."
"For now." Herena smiled again and winked at Yaten.
* * *
"Do you want a ride home Seiya?" Herena and stood by their front door with Seiya.
"Oh, no thanks. I have to stop by my friend Kakyuu's house. She lives near. I'll see you tomorrow Yaten."
"See you tomorrow." Yaten shut the door and turned to go back to his room.
"You could have kissed him goodnight Yaten." Yaten rolled his eyes and kept walking. "What? I think he's nice. And cute! Good choice Yaten." Herena hugged Yaten. "Good night sweetie."
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