Everything is back to normal now, or so I thought. Now that Shuichi and I are getting so close to a relationship, I feel like I am doing a wrong thing. I shouldn't put him through this, he is too innocent to know the other side of love, the darker side. I want him to stay as he is, I don't want his heart to be broken. I never want to see a drop of tear on his smiling face. Never again do I want to see him by himself, I want to always be near him. But I can't do that. It's unfair to him, he deserve someone better than me.

"Yuki? Are you home?!" Shuichi called. I closed my laptop and walk into the kitchen.

"Ya home early."

"Yep! Hiro dropped me off, you should see his crazy motorcycle riding skill." Shuichi beamed at me.

"Oh." It been like this for days, we just feel so awkward talking together. Even Shuichi noticed it, or at least I think he does.

"Got anything to eat in this house?" Shuichi stick his face into the refrigerator and look around.

"Nope, sorry. You mind getting the grocery?" I asked.

"Me?!?!" Shuichi face lit up with…whatever it is. Okay, so bad idea…

"Never mind. I will get it tomorrow, in the mean time, just eat whatever you can find in the 'food hideout'." Shuichi's idea. He wanted me to buy a whole bunch of food and put it in the pantry, then when we run out of things to eat, we can eat whatever in there. Shuichi call it his 'food hideout'. Many times I caught him eating stuff from there…even if there is food in the fridge.

"YAY! I love my 'food hideout'!"

"That is, if the foods are still in there." I glanced over just in time to see him stick his tongue out at me.

The trip made me realize how bad things have been. Shuichi didn't have fun, real fun, sitting home with me. He had more fun hanging out with his friends and they can give him something I couldn't. The trip was the first time I ever saw Shuichi so happy, just being around people. Even my smile can't bring him such happiness, I realized.

"Be honest, Shuichi. Do you love me?" Yuki asked. I was surprised...and very shocked. I can't think of anything or anyways to express how much I truly love him. That came out of nowhere, he has been acting weird. First he locked himself in his room, then the camp trip, then the grumpy car ride home, and how this?

"Of course. I always have. It was you who denied it." I laugh as I try to kiss him on the mouth. But...unfortunately I was too short...so it was more like on the chin and little part of the lower lip. Damn it! I hate being short.

Yuki smiled. "It didn't make sense to me, how someone like you could possibly love me."

I thought about it for a second...okay! So it was more like five minutes. I don't know why I love Yuki either. I just do, there is no way I could explain it. I just do! He is everything to me.

"Well, maybe it's because you are so cute and charming. Even though you tend to push people away, I know there was something behind all that coldness."

Yuki smile again. He is such short on words...ne? I am full of them.

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YUKI

I didn't know what to say. I know he meant every word from his heart. I know nothing I say could compare to his words. What am I doing----? Am I falling in love with him, if I am not already? For the first time I actually feel my heart open up, feel the hot blushes on my face as he kissed me. Yet, I am sad. Sad because I know someday we will part, sad because I don't want to lose him. But it's destiny...there is nothing we can do about it.

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Tina: soo sad and touching!

Yuki: yea..whatever...get on with the story!

Tina: you just want to kiss Shu-chan again!

Yuki: kill and drag Tina's body toward a river

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::Yuki::

How can you tell if it's love?

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::Author's note::

Ryuichi: hello everyone! Welcome back!

Shuichi: Yes...to another chapter of Eccentric.

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Shu-chan really does love Yuki-san. It's hard to tell if it's real love, but when it comes to Yuki and Shuichi, there is no doubt about it. Even though Yuki act cold and mean, he is a very sweet and fragile person. He was traumatized by the incident that happened 10 years ago, and he thought he could never love again. It's a long story...so I am not even going to try and tell it. But just know that he was betrayed.

Yuki closed his heart ever since, fear he is going to get hurt again. He tried to push Shu-chan away...but that didn't work. They are getting closer as each day passes by, without even realizing it, they play an important role in each other lives. Shuichi might have realized it a little, but even he don't know how deep their love really is.

Yuki smile more often around Shuichi, and Shuichi's smile seems a bit brighter too. When he is around me, his smiles are not like his smiles for Yuki-san. It's hard to explain...you will have to see it to get it.

-- Ryuichi.

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If you love me and you know it clap your hands clap clap

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