The Dog And The Cat
By: Sissy
Sissy: I don't think I said it yet, but oh well. This is the last chapter. I hope you all enjoy it.
Aoi: YnM doesn't belong to us.
Amy: And here are the replies:
SapphireDragon-san; thanks. Yes, Hisoka didn't lose his memories. But this is a long/short chapter and I hope you like it as much as I did.
kaori-chan-san; you'll see what happens. I hope you enjoy the fic and the ending.
Sissy: On with the last chapter!!
Chapter 19: Forever with you…
"Could you bring her here? I need to talk to her." Hisoka repeated himself and Watari nodded, leaving the room.
"…" Tsuzuki was in an overly slump mode, when Watari passed him by.
Tsuzuki had been sitting outside the room the whole time, listening to the conversation. It hurt him when Hisoka had said he wanted to speak with Tsubaki.
"Tsuzuki-san, what are you doing?" Tatsumi asked, as he stepped outside the room.
"What about you?" Tsuzuki asked him as well.
"Kurosaki-kun asked me to leave him alone, since he wanted to speak to the girl alone when she gets here with Watari-san." Tatsumi answered as Tsuzuki stood up.
"Then I'm leaving as well." Tsuzuki said.
"What do you mean?" Tatsumi asked him.
"Don't worry Tatsumi. I'll just be outside if anyone asks." Tsuzuki smiled to his friend and left, passing by Watari and Tsubaki.
"What's wrong with Tsuzuki?" Watari asked Tatsumi, as he and Tsubaki stopped in front of him.
"Nothing." Tatsumi told Watari and looked at Tsubaki, "We'll leave you alone now." Tatsumi told her and left with Watari as Tsubaki entered the room.
"Hisoka?" Tsubaki called as she approached her friend.
"Hi Tsubaki. How are you?" Hisoka gave her a very rare soft smile.
"Very good. What about you?" she asked him.
"I just woke up, but I'm good." he answered her.
"…" Tsubaki sat next to him on the bed, "I was told of what happened when we were captured. And Watari-san tells me you and Tsuzuki-san can't see each other anymore."
"So? What's the point? I don't care about that idiot." Hisoka told her, looking outside the window.
"Is that true, Hisoka? Are you really sure about that?" Tsubaki asked him.
"I don't want to see him anymore." Hisoka told her, not daring to look at her.
"I watched how Tsuzuki-san watched over you when you were still asleep. I could tell he cares about you very much, Hisoka. Are you sure you want to say goodbye?" Tsubaki asked him again.
"I…" Hisoka wanted to say something, but didn't dare to.
"Yo Hisoka!" Jack surprised them by entering the room with Maila.
"How did you get in here?!" Hisoka asked.
"I was here before once. It isn't that hard to find." Jack said, grinning form ear to ear, "Aren't you going ta introduce us to your girlfriend?"
"What?!" Hisoka yelled, blushing.
"I'm not his girlfriend." Tsubaki said shyly.
"Right…" Jack said, suspiciously.
"(ahem) Tsubaki, this is Jack. He helped me find you and Hijiri. The girl with him is his lover, Maila." Hisoka introduced them.
"Hiya. Nice to meet ya." Jack said.
"Hello." Maila bowed.
"Hi. Thanks for taking care of Hisoka." Tsubaki bowed a little.
"It's no problem." Maila answered for Jack.
"Can we go now? Hisoka's good and awake, so…" Jack 'suggested' and Maila nodded.
"Yes, we can go now. I'll visit some other time again, okay?" Maila said to Hisoka.
"Alright." Hisoka told her and she dragged Jack out the door.
"They're a lively bunch." Tsubaki smiled.
"Yeah. But they're good friends." Hisoka weakly smiled.
"Were you okay when Jack called me your girlfriend?" Tsubaki asked him.
"I don't know." Hisoka said, looking down.
"Hisoka." She called him and he looked at her, "I've known you just as long as Hijiri has, and we only want what's best for you."
"But I-" Hisoka was about to question her but she shushed him.
"You can't run away from fate Hisoka." she told him, as she grabbed his face, "I know you love this man, so why do you run away from him?"
"I…" Hisoka didn't know what to say to her. Tsubaki had always taken care of him and Hijiri since they were kids, and she was now.
"Hisoka, just be honest with yourself and with him." Tsubaki told him and he started to cry, "What's wrong?" she asked surprised as he clinged onto her.
"I can't! I can't be honest with Tsuzuki! He's too nice to me. I'd feel guilty!" Hisoka cried.
"Hisoka. What do you want?" Tsubaki asked, lifting Hisoka's head to meet her gaze.
"I… I want to stay with Tsuzuki…" he shyly told her.
"Then go. Go find him. And tell him what you want." Tsubaki dried his tears and Hisoka nodded, leaving the room.
"You did a good job. Not many people have that kind of courage." Hijiri walked into the room and sat next to Hisoka.
"I want him to be happy. After all, he now can stay with him." Tsubaki said, smiling sadly.
"Tsuzuki-san doesn't know, does he?" Hijiri asked her.
"No. They told me they were going to tell him soon. It was just pretty recent that they found out." Tsubaki said.
"I think it's better this way." Hijiri said as Tsubaki laid her head on his lap.
"I hope he becomes happy." Tsubaki wished and Hijiri nodded.
… …
Hisoka ran around JoUhCho looking for Tsuzuki.
He asked around but no one had seen him. Until he bumped into Watari.
"Hisoka! You shouldn't be up yet!" he scolded the boy.
"I'm looking for Tsuzuki." Hisoka told him.
"I see. I think Tatsumi said he went outside, but…" Watari didn't get to finish since the boy ran to look for the idiot.
"Such impatience." Tatsumi said from behind Watari.
"Ah! Seii! Well, yeah… Wonder why?" Watari thought.
"Is it not that obvious?" Tatsumi asked.
"What do you mean?" Watari asked.
"You'll see soon. By the way, have you told Tsuzuki about the matter with Kurosaki-kun?" Tatsumi asked him as he put a hand on Watari's head.
"Yeah, he was completely shocked. Just like all of us." Watari told him.
"Good. Now please get back to work." Tatsumi told him and Watari aww-ed.
… …
"Tsuzuki!!!" Hisoka called, running around the field of sakuras.
To Hisoka, it now seemed hopeless to find Tsuzuki in the giant field. That was, until he found himself feeling Tsuzuki's emotions and followed them.
"Tsuzuki!" he continued to call and finally saw, at least, Tsuzuki's back, resting on the trunk of one of the sakuras.
He slowly approached Tsuzuki, so as not to frighten him.
"Tsuzuki?" he called when he was closer and ended up scaring Tsuzuki half to (another) death.
"Hisoka?!" he asked, blushing.
"You idiot. What are you doing?" he asked.
"I could ask you the same thing. You look like you've run a marathon." Tsuzuki told him, making the boy blush.
"I… I was looking for you!" he admitted, looking away to hide his blush.
"Really?" Tsuzuki asked, turning chibi and Hisoka nodded.
There was an awkward silence followed after that and Tsuzuki remembered Watari's visit earlier.
… …
"Tsuzuki, there's something I need to tell you." Watari arrived where Tsuzuki sat.
"What is it?" he asked.
"It's about Hisoka."
"What about Hisoka? Did something happen to him?"
"Yes. We just found out earlier when Hakushaku-sama called Konoe."
"What happened?"
"They found out that Muraki killed Hisoka. He admitted it when we questioned him a moment ago."
"Then who's-?"
"That is Hisoka. Only that he's now a shinigami. We don't know how Muraki did it, but he did. Hakushaku-sama verified it."
"Does Hisoka know?"
"I don't think he knows for sure, but subconsciously, I think he does."
… …
"Hisoka… I…" Tsuzuki wanted to tell the boy what had been done to him.
"…" Hisoka, who had felt everything Tsuzuki remembered, looked at him and softly laughed.
"Hisoka?" Tsuzuki asked.
"Tsuzuki, there's something I need to tell you." Hisoka began, blushing a little.
"What?" he asked oblivious as Hisoka knelt beside him.
"I…" Hisoka didn't know how to say it.
"Did something happen?" Tsuzuki asked, afraid Hisoka had been told about what happened.
"I was talking to Tsubaki and she made me realize something…" Hisoka said, looking down.
"I see…" Tsuzuki said, a bit sad, thinking they got together.
"I…"
"…" Tsuzuki couldn't hear it. If Hisoka was going to say that he was staying with Tsubaki then he didn't have the guts to handle it.
"I… I want to stay with you…" Hisoka said it so lowly Tsuzuki thought he didn't hear him right.
"What?" Tsuzuki asked, looking at Hisoka, who looked as red as a tomato.
"I want to stay with you…" he repeated himself a little louder this time, yet still not looking at Tsuzuki.
"Hisoka… I…" Tsuzuki found himself with out words.
"I want to stay with you forever." Hisoka said clearly, making Tsuzuki blush and was now looking at Tsuzuki, "I love you." and he cried.
"Hisoka…" Tsuzuki smiled and put his hands on Hisoka's cheeks, "I love you too…" he admitted.
"Tsuzuki…" Hisoka continued to cry as Tsuzuki slowly closed the distance between them for a slow soft kiss.
"I won't leave you alone. Ever. I want to stay with you as well." Tsuzuki smiled when they separated.
"Tsuzuki…" Hisoka hugged him.
"There, there." Tsuzuki smiled and petted the boy.
"I can stay with you then?" Hisoka asked.
"Forever, if you wish." Tsuzuki said and embraced him.
"Forever then…" Hisoka cuddled his newfound love.
OWARI…
… … …
Sissy: Yay!!! I finished it!!!!
Everyone: KAMPAI!!!!!! (lots of pops in the room)
Kody: You did good.
Aoi: Congrats Sissy.
Amy: You're planning on doing the epilogue, right?
Sissy: Yeah! Gotta explain a few things that weren't mention here.
Aoi: It'll be short, though.
All: Let's do it!!!!
Ryu: Amy, let's go.
Amy: Already?
Ryu: Of course.
Sissy: Where are you two going?
Ryu: To our private celebration. (leaves the room with a blushing Amy)
Kody: Well, coming Aoi?
Aoi: Following! (both leave the room)
(Sissy looks around. There's no one in the room but the computer)
Sissy: That sucks. What happened to my celebration party?