And again... DISCLAIMER: Gravitation does not belong to me. It belongs to Maki Murakami-sensei.

WILD KISSING NIGHT

CHAPTER 3 – The Game Begins

"Here goes!" Tatsuha spun the beer bottle with his right hand.

Spin, spin, spin...

Round and round and round.

Slowing down, coming to a stop, bottle points to...

SHUICHI.

Shuichi looked blankly at Tatsuha, unsure of what to do.

"Pick a card. Whoever's name is on it, you'll have to kiss that person. It could be ANYONE OF US here..." Tatsuha smirked and cast a sideway glance at Yuki who glared back at him.

Shuichi gulped. His eyes roamed the cards which were arranged in a square, 3 cards by 3 cards. Hands trembling, he turned over his chosen card slowly.

Everyone held their breath.

The card reads:

'Kumagorou'

"Waahhh!! Shuichi gets to kiss Kumagorou! Here!" Ryuichi held Kumagorou out to Shuichi.

Shuichi breathed a sigh of relief. All that was going on in his head just now had been: Yuki. Yuki. Yuki. I have to pick Yuki and only Yuki!!

Smiling, Shuichi patted Kumagorou and pecked it. "What now?"

Tatsuha answered: "You spin the bottle. Whoever it points to pick a card..."

"Ok!!" Shuichi cheered, excited that he had a chance to spin the 'deadly' bottle.

Spin, spin, spin.

Bottle points to...

SHUICHI.

Shuichi's eyes widened in horror. "No!!" He wailed. "Not me again?!"

"Well, you spun the bottle... you can't blame anyone else..." Hiro explained.

"Hmph!" Shuichi scanned the cards again. (Of course they have been shuffled and rearranged.)

Yuki, Yuki, Yuki, Yuki, Yuki, Yuki, Yuki...Endless chanting and praying.

His hands rested on a card and he turned it over ever so slowly again.

'Ryuichi'

"What?!" Shuichi exclaimed in surprise, as did Tatsuha (who looked crestfallen and furious). Shuichi gulped. "Do I really have to-"

"Shu-chan!! It's my turn to receive your kiss!" And with that, Ryuichi leapt at Shuichi, and their lips met, for a short, sweet moment. "Ryuichi likes Shuichi!! Best friends!"

"Th-thanks, Sakuma-san..." Shuichi scratched his head in embarrassment, happy to be liked by his idol, his god.

Yuki looked pissed.

"Whatever! Spin again!" Tatsuha spat with jealousy. His motive had been to steal Ryuichi's first kiss. And Shuichi had ruined it completely!

Spin, spin, spin.

Bottle points to...

SHUICHI.

The pink haired vocalist shook with anger.

"What kind of bottle is this?! It's CURSED!! Change it!!" He screeched and kicked the bottle hard, sending it flying to the other side of the room.

"Ok!! Just calm down, Shuichi..." Hiro got up to get a new empty beer bottle.

"You still have to pick a card." Tohma smiled.

"I know!" Frustrated and fuming, Shuichi grabbed a card at lightning speed, throwing it face-up onto the floor. "There!"

'Tatsuha'

His jaw hung down opened, all the way down till it was touching the floor. His eyes widened in horror as he started pulling at his hair.

Tatsuha grinned mischievously and drawled: "Come on, loverboy..." He lowered his voice: "Ryuichi's taste is still on your lips..."

He reached out across Yuki for Shuichi (remember their sitting positions) and pulled Shuichi's face close, forcing his lips hard on Shuichi's, right in front of Yuki.

Tatsuha tried forcing his tongue through Shuichi's lips next, but the latter struggled for what his life was worth, and pushed Tatsuha back with all his might. With tears in his eyes, Shuichi brought his hand up to cover his 'stained' lips.

"What are you so shy about? We did kissed once before-" If looks could kill, Tatsuha would not only be dead by now, but ripped apart into a million pieces... by a certain blond novelist.

Tatsuha gulped and forced out a laugh, in hopes of lightening the mood. "Let's carry on... spin the bottle, Shuichi."

However, Shuichi shook his head. "I don't wanna play anymore!! I-"

"Shuttup. You were the one who agreed to play in the first place." Yuki's cold and uncaring voice sliced through the air, into Shuichi's heart. "I told you not to cry when you lost. So, spin!"

Shuichi bit his lip to keep himself from bursting into sobs. Trembling with tears in his eyes, he obeyed and spun the bottle.

Spin, spin, spin.

Bottle points to...

TOHMA.

Tohma blinked. "Me?"

He shrugged and reached for a card.

'Yuki'

Smiling with an evil glint in his eyes, Tohma clapped his hands together in mock surprise. "Oh my! How lucky am I!"

On the other hand, Yuki had frozen in his position when he saw his name on the card. His face contorted in a mixture of horror, shock and DREAD.

"Saa... Eiri-san, come to me..." Tohma beamed and edged towards Yuki.

"Over my dead body..." Yuki snapped as he felt the hair on his back stand. He shifted backwards uneasily.

"Don't you dare touch Yuki!" Shuichi protested anxiously.

"Oh, come on, both of you! Obey the rules!" Tatsuha exclaimed exasperatedly and slapped a hand onto Yuki's back, causing the latter to be pushed forward into the arms of Tohma, who caressed his lips against Yuki's.

In his terror and shock, Yuki was paralyzed, unable to react.

Fortunately, Shuichi jumped to the rescue in a split second.

"Get away from Yuki! GET OFF! DON"T TOUCH YUKI!!" Shuichi shrieked and jerked Yuki away from Tohma, wrapping his arms around Yuki protectively. He then began to shake the novelist who was still struggling to recover from shock. "Yuki! Yuki! Are you ok?!"

Once Yuki did recover from his paralysis, his eardrums nearly burst.

"Stop shouting into my ear, brat!" Yuki grabbed Shuichi by the collar. "You're the one who got me into this! And now you're trying to kill me with your sickening, loud voice?!"

Shuichi's eyes watered. "But Yuki... I... I..."

"SHUT UP! The game stops now!"

"Aniki!" Another voice cut in.

"You shut up too!"

"Eiri-san?"

All heads whipped around to face Tohma.

"Eiri-san... every game has its rules, and you can't just stop playing as and when you like. If you insist on it, you'll have to be punished. I'll gladly stop by your place everyday from tomorrow onwards until we've all decided on how you're going to be punished. How about that?" Tohma smiled brightly.

A look of utter repulsion overtook Yuki's face.

"Fine. Spin."

Tohma put on a look of concern. "Are you sure, Eiri-san? I really don't mind coming by..."

"Just spin!"

And so, the game resumed...

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