Alright Chapter 3! Thanks to all who reviewed, I'm glad you're enjoying it!! This turned out to be a much longer chapter then I intended, but the story kinda took over and wrote itself. I had no control!!!
As Tohma was being dragged inside he glanced around for Kai. He couldn't see her, was she in the washroom? Had he misunderstood Shuichi? Had he invited Tohma but not Kai? His heart sank; he would have rather spent the night arguing with Mika then at an awkward dinner with Shuichi and Yuki.
" TOHMA'S HERE!" Shuichi announced as he continued to drag Tohma into the kitchen, " AND HE BROUGHT WINE!" Shuichi grabbed the bottle from Tohma's left hand, " You want some Kai?"
Kai popped her head up from the couch, " I'd love some thanks," she glanced over at Tohma and waved, " Hi Tohma!"
Tohma smiled at the sight of her, she was here after all. He could feel his heart start to race; he took a deep breath and walked over to see what Yuki was cooking.
" You want a glass too, Tohma?" asked Shuichi.
" I'll wait till dinner thanks," Tohma leaned against the kitchen counter and watched Yuki as he cooked their dinner, " Smells delicious Eiri."
" Only the best for Tohma Seguchi," Yuki said. Tohma could sense that Yuki was anything but pleased with this dinner arrangement.
Tohma turned his gaze to the couch where Shuichi and Kai were sitting. They were laughing uncontrollably about something, and it had peaked Tohma's interest. He walked over to the couch and leaned over the back of it to find out what was so funny. Shuichi was holding a large photo album in his lap they had only just started to look at it, but they had stopped on one page in particular. Tohma took a quick glance at the pictures. He saw a younger Shuichi at the carnival holding a giant stuffed dog, with his arm around a younger Hiro, who was seductively licking his candy apple in a playful way. The picture below featured the younger Shuichi smiling sweetly as he held a young Kai in his arms. Her arms were wrapped around his neck and she was kissing him on the cheek. Tohma thought they almost looked like they could have been a happy couple, he found himself wishing he had been Shuichi at that moment.
When he glanced over at the other page he assumed he had found the picture that had made them laugh so hard. It had been taken at the fair as well, but this one was from the 'Olde Tyme Picture Shop'. It was a large sepia tone print of the three of them dressed in old western style clothing. Hiro was dressed as a cowboy with the giant cowboy hat and a cheesy vest with tassels. Kai was also dressed as a cowboy with a long fake mustache that twisted up near her eyes, a western style embroidered dress shirt that was about three sizes too big for her, and she too was wearing an overly large cowboy hat. They were standing on either side of Shuichi with pistols pointed at the cameraman. Shuichi however, was not dressed as a cowboy. He was wearing a long blonde curly wig with ribbons tying it up off of his face, an old western style strapless dress, which was raised up in the front to show off the garter belt that adorned his leg. He had his arms wrapped around the necks of Hiro and Kai, and his left leg was raised up in front of him as if he was doing the can-can.
Tohma couldn't help but chuckle, he thought that might have been the funniest picture he had ever seen. Shuichi and Kai looked up to see Tohma smiling, " I just came to see what was so funny."
" God, we were so crazy when we were young," Kai said as she looked back down at the photo album.
Tohma noticed a cardboard box sitting on the coffee table, " What's in the box?"
" Photo albums, keepsakes and some videos from back when we were in junior high," answered Shuichi as he continued to flip through the pictures.
" Videos? You didn't tell me there were videos in there!" cried Kai in excitement, "Throw one in Shuichi!"
Shuichi grabbed the closest tape in the box, bent down in front of the television, and popped the tape into the VCR. The tape started up right away showing the floor of someone's house.
" Okay boys, why don't you tell the camera why you're all dressed up," a cheerful female voice could be heard; she was clearly the one working the camera.
The camera panned up to show Hiro and Shuichi dressed in suits and ties playfully fighting with each other. At the sound of his mother's voice Shuichi turned to look at the camera, " Come on mom, you know why we're dressed up."
" Shuichi!" his mother snapped.
" We're headed to our junior high prom," Shuichi answered unenthusiastically.
Hiro put his arm around Shuichi's shoulder and leaned in close to him, he ran his hand through Shuichi's hair seductively, " Yep, we're headed to the prom and Shuichi's my date. Isn't that right sweetheart?" Hiro turned and kissed Shuichi on the cheek.
"HIROSHI!" Shuichi's mom cried out in shock.
" Don't tell me I'm going to lose you to Hiro sweetie. Just my luck," a soft female voice could be heard out of range of the camera's view. Shuichi's mom turned the camera towards the kitchen to show Kai standing in the doorway, her hair was pulled up with only a few curls hanging down, framing her face. She wore a long blue halter dress that sparkled glamorously as she walked over to the two boys.
She reached up and kissed Hiro on the cheek, " Stay away from my boyfriend or I may have to hurt you, understand?" She warned him playfully.
Tohma's jaw dropped, did she say boyfriend? CRASH!
" Shit!" Tohma, Shuichi and Kai turned to see Yuki standing in the kitchen, " It was just a glass, it's okay."
As Tohma turned back to the television he caught the image of Kai kissing Shuichi, he felt jealous. Sure they weren't together now, but had they really dated? He had to find out. Tohma cleared his voice in hopes of sounding casual, " You two dated?"
" Yeah, back in junior high," answered Kai, " It was only for a couple months, but I wouldn't really call it dating," she said with a laugh.
" Yeah," added Shuichi laughing, " We were more like best friends who kissed."
" Dinner's ready," Yuki interrupted.
The four of them seated themselves around the table. Yuki had already set the table, poured the wine and served the food. There was a silence while they ate their dinner, but after they had finished, it was clearly evident that Shuichi had, by now, had way too much to drink. He had migrated from his seat to Yuki's lap and was kissing his neck. Yuki was busy carrying on a conversation with Tohma while Kai cleared the table. She had offered to do so, and Yuki hadn't protested since he was a little busy at the moment.
" Yuki, come on, let's go in the bedroom," Shuichi started to unbutton Yuki's shirt. Yuki slapped his hand away.
" Piss off," Yuki snapped at him. The sudden outburst didn't seem to faze Shuichi much; he continued to run his hands over Yuki's body and to kiss the nape of his neck coaxingly.
" Piss…off…" Yuki repeated.
Tohma smiled awkwardly at Yuki, " Guess, I'll leave the wine at home next time."
" That would probably be a good idea," replied Yuki.
Shuichi started to unbutton Yuki's shirt for the second time, but this time Yuki changed his tone, " ALRIGHT ALREADY! GEEZ!"
Yuki grabbed Shuichi and flung him into the bedroom. He stood up from the table and Tohma did the same.
" You can stay for a while if you want, just lock the door when you leave," Yuki reached out and put his hand on Tohma's shoulder. Tohma's shoulder began to sear in pain; Yuki's hand was squeezing his shoulder harder and harder. Tohma's knees buckled slightly the pain was so intense. He looked into Yuki's eyes; why was he doing this?
" Tohma," Yuki said plainly, " I think you'd agree with me when I say that I don't think it would be wise to mix business…with pleasure."
Tohma was taken aback. How could Yuki have known about his thoughts of Kai? He had gone out of his way to not treat her any different then Shuichi that evening. Yuki loosened his grip and walked into the bedroom leaving Tohma standing there in shock.
" Where'd everyone go?" asked Kai as she walked back into the kitchen.
" Eiri couldn't take Shuichi's advances anymore so they headed to bed," replied Tohma.
" Headed to bed? Right. Knowing Shuichi, they'll be up all evening fucking," Kai picked up her wine glass from the table and finished off what was left in it, " I never thought my gay best friend would be getting more action then me," she laughed.
Tohma forced a laugh, if only she knew that he'd be willing to change her luck that night. He grabbed her coat from the closet and held it out in front of her, " Shall we?"
Her cheeks flushed pink as she turned around, sliding her left arm into her coat, followed by her right arm. Tohma adjusted the collar of her jacket, then, feeling like he couldn't hold his feelings back any longer, he slid his hands over her shoulders and down her arms. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her back against him. Kai tilted her head to look up at Tohma, her eyes meeting his. The look in her eyes told him that she had been resisting her feelings for him as well. She turned to face him, their eyes never left each other, with his arms still wrapped around her waist, he pulled her body next to his.
Kai raised her hand up and touched Tohma's face. He leaned into her hand and closed his eyes; her touch was so warm and so gentle. Tohma reached up, she closed her eyes as his delicate fingers sensually brushed her hair away from her face. Kai opened her mouth to speak, her voice wavering with emotion; she could barely manage a whisper, "T-Tohma."
He leaned in, and she followed by rising up towards him, his lips were barely an inch away from hers…
" OH YES! OH YUKI, DON'T STOP! OH GOD YES!"
Tohma and Kai drew back from each other, both startled by the sound of Shuichi screaming. Tohma threw his jacket on; he could have killed Shuichi at that moment, "Let's go, I'll drop you off."