The Boys Of Summer

ST: Hello everyone. Gawd, why do I always start off my author's notes with hello?

TK: Cause you're a 'tard.

ST: Oh yea... HEY!

TK: Oooo, muse got the best of the musee.

ST: Is there such thing as musee? You have employee, addressee, so why wouldn't there be musee?

TK: Well, if there isn't, there is now.

ST: Hey, that's smart. Very smart...

TK: You wanna know how stupid this chick really is? Go read her live journal. Pshea, it really shows how STUPID she is!

ST: Who are you talking to?

TK: Eh, your devoted fans?

ST: I'm sorry, what?

TK: Your fans idiot! You have fans, believe it or not.

ST: Really?! eyes swell cool!

TK: rolls eyes You need to get a life, really.

ST: I know.

TK: On with the story:

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-Chapter 7-

O0O Mattie O0O

It was almost time for dinner, I had made a chicken-stir fry, and I went to call TK and Dais. But I didn't have to.

Suddenly the front door opened and in walked TK, a small smirk on his face and his clothes and body dripping wet.

"Hello brother of mine. What's for dinner?"

Right when I was going to question his whereabouts, Dais walked in, a strong look of thought clouding his face.

"Hey Yama," he mistily said.

Maybe I missed something, I don't know.

"Uh, um, where were you guys?"

TK smiled cheerfully and said, "Well, Davis and I hung out at the beach. Sorry we were back so late. Oh, and sorry for not telling you before we left. And I'm sorry we didn't invite you! You really look like you could use some time to embrace the ocean."

He patted me on the shoulder, leaving a wet handprint on my shirt. Embracing the ocean? TK has been spending WAY too much time with Dais.

"Uh, okay."

He laughed and began to walk towards his room. "I'm gonna change. Dinner almost ready?"

I nodded slowly. "Good! What are we having?"

"Er, stir-fry."

"Sweet!"

And with that, he went into his room. I turned to Dais. He was still pondering something and didn't even notice when I waved my hand in front of his face. Snapping seemed to work. He went cross-eyed before shaking his head and glancing at me.

"Yama, do I have good vision? Be honest, do you think I need hearing aids? Really."

Good vision? Hearing aids? Maybe, I nearly blurted, I was the one who needed the check-up and a possible catscan.

But I didn't say anything. I didn't think about it too long, nor did I want to. For, suddenly, a burning smell began to emit form –my- kitchen.

I sprinted in there, scared to death that I'd see what I saw: the chicken stir-fry, MY STIR-FRY, burning, getting charred, well done, turning black, on fire!

I quickly turned off the burner and lifted the wok that once held my once perfectly golden stir-fry, in a last minute attempt to save it. And failed.

Devastated, I threw the crisp rice into the trashcan. Tai, who was still lounging on the couch, called out, "How's it coming?"

I sighed and placed the pan into the sink.

"Call for pizza."

O0O0O n is for normal O0O0O

Gathered around the dinner table was Matt then Davis then TK then Tai.

............ Matt ............ Davis [tbl] TK ............ Tai ...............

"Hey, "Davis suddenly said as Tai and TK reached to open the pizza box. "Why are we sitting here? It's only another pizza dinner."

Matt gave the burgundy-head a parental look. "Tonight was supposed to be a nice night. But then, uh, an, er- accident occurred."

"Cough, burned the food. Cough."

Matt scowled at Tai. "We shall sit as a family and eat as a family! If you don't want to, then you will just have to eat the rice in the garbage can. Any takers?

Tai, Davis, and TK sat back and plastered very fake smiles on their faces. Matt grumbled something that sounded a lot like, "ungrateful freeloaders" and opened the box.

A flow of steam rose from the pineapple sausage pizza with extra, extra cheese. TK looked distastefully at the small, triangular yellow fruit as he pointed at a piece and flicked it onto the box.

"Who ordered pineapple? Gross."

Tai glared at him. "I did. You got a problem with that?"

"Well, yea. I despise the ugly buggers."

"Then pick them off."

TK stuck his tongue out. "Ick! I don't like to touch them either."

Tai began to ground his teeth. "Then starve."

TK grabbed a slice and slid it onto his paper plate. He started to poke at it, hmming and ohhing. "I've got it!"

As he got up and went to the kitchen, Davis swallowed two pizzas and Matt and Tai finished one each. When TK came back he had a fork.

With great care, he began to pick the pineapples off and push them as far away from his pizza as possible without making them tip off his plate.

Tai watched in repugnance. "How could do that to the poor pineapples?! You're disgracing them."

TK continued to pick them off. "Do you want them? You seem to hold them in such high regard."

Tai finished his second pizza and got another. "Sure, throw 'em at me. I'll gladly take them off your pineapple hating hands."

Usually, only Davis would take this analogy seriously. Today wasn't his day to shine, though.

With a sudden twonk, a pineapple flew into Tai's hair.

"HEY!"

TK stared to laugh uncontrollably as he flung a handful of pineapples at the fuming brunette. Tai leapt out of his seat and began to chase after TK, leaving a trail of pineapples that were falling off his head as he reached for the blonde's neck.

Matt simply sat and placed his face in his hands, groaning. Davis reached into the box and grabbed the last slice of pizza.

Swallowing it whole, he said through his full mouth, "So much for a family dinner, huh?"

Matt groaned louder as TK passed by screaming, "Revenge is sweet!" with Tai on his heels.

O0O0O The Great Daisuke O0O0O

Tai wasn't very happy. The so-called "Pineapple Incident" caused great controversy in the household.

Tai wanted TK dead. Matt wouldn't let Tai kill TK. Tai and Matt both yelled at me for not helping when I simply sat on the couch with the younger blonde.

"You're supposed to be on MY side!" Tai was trying desperately to get around a blocking Matt so he could wring TK's neck.

"Davis, you've broken the defense and now you're hanging out WITH the enemy instead of hanging HIM!"

BLAH BLAH BLAH. Tai wasn't very happy about his situation. Neither was I! Tai was practically being groped by my hottie Yama! It just wasn't fair.

But I'm not one to complain. Especially when Rurouni Kenshin is on. That show is so kick ass.

Matt was groaning with protest as Tai tried to crawl between his legs (damn you luck Tai!). "Dai! Could you help me?"

I didn't alter my stare from the TV. I was too busy watching the Tekken getting a wake-up call from Himura. Hee hee. They're both so hot...

On the other hand, I was also resisting the hanging temptation to launch myself at my cousin. He was getting WAAAAAY to fresh with my Yama.

To my relief, at this moment, TK suddenly sighed and got up. "I'm going to bed. 'Ve got an early start 'morrow."

He walked ever so casually past a struggling Tai and a distressed Yama.

"Night everybody!"

Tai growled with pure anger as Yama finally gave up. My hot headed duplicate fled after TK, but only get a door slammed in his face.

"Just you wait till tomorrow, Takashi! Your ass is grass!" Another slam followed.

Yama slid down next to me. "Arrrrg... Those two are like trying to push a negative magnet towards a positive one."

I merely nodded, still "transfixed" by the sword action on the screen. Slowly I crept closer. Yama didn't seem to mind. He tilted his head until it rested on my shoulder.

"You don't mind, do you?" Well, duh. No, fuck, I didn't. But it's not like I was gonna giggle like a girl and tell him so. Instead I shrugged my shoulders gently.

And my Yama and I stayed like that for the rest of the night.

O0O0O TBC O0O0O

ST: So, did you all like? Hope so!

TK: Review please.

ST: Yes, do please. I'd very much appreciate it.

TK: boot licker

ST: Shut it Teeks.

TK: ...

ST: Anywho! Look out for the next chapter! Since summer's almost out, I'll have a lot more coming! And 02 will be updated lost, too. Due to the fact that I favor it...

TK: Yea, til then...

[tbc]

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