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Legend: Interlude ………..0000000000……….
Author's note: Wow… this is my fifth fic since I started here. Well anyway, this is for killer-of-wills. Since you're my favorite flame reviewer, I'm giving you a chance right now to close this window or click the back button I don't think you'll like this fic. If you decided to continue, it will be your own personal choice to waste your time. This message also goes out to bet you love that and anne drew. To the rest, I hope you'll enjoy. And please leave a review, I would be happy to hear from you, be it a flame review or otherwise. LONG LIVE YAOI! -tensai di-chan
"Hana? Are you okay?" Noma asked worriedly. "Do you need water?"
"No, Hana…try this. This is better." Takamiya offered.
With large gulps, Hanamichi swallowed to release whatever is obstructing his breathing.
"Gross! What the hell is this?" while making a face, he wiped the disgusting liquid away.
"Nyahahaha!!! That's chocolate drink with ketchup."
"April Fool, Hana!!!" the other four exclaimed while throwing confetti in the air.
My eyes stung at the familiar words. In order to vent my anger and embarrassment, I rewarded the four fools with head crushing head butts.
"Alright!!! He's back to his old self!!!" once again the gundan threw confetti in the air.
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I decided to skip classes and just go home. I couldn't care less with the celebration that the gundan had prepared. All I could think of is my bed alongside my 51st heartbreak. I'm Japan's record holder with a whopping record of 50 girls and a boy. But the last really affected me. This is the surest feeling I thought I had and it resulted to a joke. The joke was on me. I planned to sleep on it until the hurting stops. I wouldn't be waking up until my heart heals. Tensai that I was, I couldn't help but cry.
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Zzzzzttt!
Zzzzzttt!
Zzzzzttt!
At the recesses of my dream, I could hear a doorbell ringing. Wait a minute! That's not a dream the doorbell is really ringing. Trying to shake off the last bits of sleep, I peered at the clock on my bedside table. It read: 11:55. Who could be ringing at this ungodly hour? It's probably the gundan. They want to spend time with me during my birthday. I sighed and wearily forced myself out of comfortable and warm bed. As I stood up to open my bedroom door…
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! How did you get in here?" with face as white as chalk, Hanamichi demanded. "I almost had a heart attack!" he exclaimed while clutching his chest for effect.
"Do'aho. Happy Birthday and April Fool's." Rukawa was holding a pizza box in one hand and several bottles of beer in the other. "Besides you left your front door open, so I let myself in." He shrugged in the way of the front door.
Anger rushed to me while remembering the cruel joke earlier. How thick of him to think I would fall for the same joke twice?
"The joke's a little rusty, kitsune." And I did what I should have done earlier. I gave him a head butt as I swung my door in his face.
A few minutes later, I peered outside my bedroom door to check if the kitsune was gone. The hallway was deserted.
'Good.' I thought.
A rustling at the background…
"Bad move, 'aho. You left your window open." Rukawa, still with the pizza and beer, clambered on top of my bed.
"Teme! Who asked you to enter my domain? Get out before I call the police and charge you with trespassing!"
"Do'aho. You don't get it, do you?"
"Get what?!" Hana asked heatedly. "I must admit you had me on your first joke. Nice. Happy April Fools."
"You think I'm joking?"
Hanamichi glared at him.
"'Aho, I love you."
Hanamichi looked at the clock. It read 12:04.
"You're four minutes late, Rukawa. It's no longer April fools."
"My point exactly. I. Love. You" Rukawa punctuated each word.
"Should I punch you really, really hard?" Hanamichi's hand is itching to pulverize a certain kitsune.
"Like I said, you don't get it."
"Get what? Stop speaking in riddles."
"Math lesson. I am better at you, you know? Negative multiplied by negative is positive."
"So?"
"April fools multiplied by April fools means no April Fools. The note was a fluke."
"You expect me to believe that?"
"Actually another part of it was false. I told you earlier that I like you but I really love you." Rukawa smiled sadly.
"You're delusional." Hanamichi couldn't keep from rolling his eyes at the absurdity.
Rukawa glanced at him seriously. "Deliriously in love?" with a corner of his mouth turned up.
"Okay, let's rationalize. Given that you have feelings for me which is totally unreal, how can you be so sure of my own feelings?"
"Actually I don't. When I whispered something to you and you reacted really badly, my first thought was that you're homophobic. But since I saw you're expression after you have read the note…" Rukawa shrugged carelessly.
Hanamichi was speechless.
"Besides, you have admitted I had you on my "joke". Youhei then confirmed my doubts by giving me a testimony which included me." Rukawa winked.
"What? I'm going to kill him. Youhei no baka! I told him to keep it a secret!" Hanamichi shouted angrily.
Rukawa raised his eyebrows curiously. "Another fluke, Hana. I never asked him. I assumed you told him, and a little reverse psychology always works."
Hanamichi's eyes bulged and his mouth opened and closes like a gold fish. "Seems like there is no way out." He whispered in resignation.
"There isn't." Rukawa closed the remaining gap between him and the redhead. "Just admit it."
"Admit what?"
"That you love me too?" Rukawa's eyes shined with flitting hope.
Hanamichi's eyes melted as he stared at Rukawa's blue orbs. He felt something tugged at his heart. "Let me eat my pizza then I will. What's the topping?"
"Pepperoni." Rukawa said simply.
"Wow! My favorite." On an impulse, Hanamichi kissed Rukawa's cheek.
"I know. Finish it quickly so we can move to the more important agenda."
"What the heck! Iloveyoutoo kitsune." Hanamichi admitted rapidly with blushing cheeks.
Rukawa's mouth lingered on Hanamichi's lips before taking it all in. "Yappari."
OWARI