Hi again, it's me! I feel kinda depressed because I just reread the first two books of Legal Drug (all of the series that I have), which I haven't read for a while, and realized that I'm not getting Rikuo quite right. I'm playing him more like Lysander, my RP character. The difference: Lysander is more outgoing and aggressive than Rikuo. I think, at least. I don't know. But this is a different story, so I don't think that it matters much. I also completely forgot that Saiga smokes. Oh well, I also haven't gotten him as the lazy man who flirts a little too much with Kazahaya.

I've never seen the anime, so I can be forgiven with this. I didn't know that Kazahaya had brown hair; I thought he had almost blonde brown, like dirty blonde or something. I noticed the pictures in the beginning of the first book and thought, 'Crap, I have his hair all wrong!' Is Kakei's hair blonde? I can't tell; there don't seem to be any color pictures of him in the manga and I've never seen the anime…moo…

And fans who are girls, forgive this shojo-ai intrusion. I personally find homosexual relationships very hot, no matter the gender. Also, my twist wouldn't have worked without it, so forgive me.

Oh yeah, and no powers. I meant to do that. I didn't really want them, this story is confusing enough!

Chapter Six

"Nii-san!" Rikuo said, waving as Kota entered the living room and placed his bags down, "Did you meet your new brother, Kazahaya."

Kota shrugged. "The guy scared to death of our parents relationships? I sort of met him. He was standing near the door paralyzed with fear."

"He's so fun to tease." Rikuo informed him. "Hey…what are you doing living with Mom? You're old enough to live alone; you're 21!" (I'm not exactly sure how old you need to be to move out of the house in Japan…)

"I just helped them pack. I also wanted to see dad and his lover."

The two brothers, somehow without their parents knowing, had kept contact and updated each other on what gender their new mom and dad would be, so neither was really shocked by their parent's choices.

"I get to sleep on the couch." Kota said, dropping his bags on Kazahaya's chair. "The female Mom and Dad get your room, so you get a cot." He sat next to his younger brother and watched the TV, both almost identical brothers suddenly silent as the TV swallowed them.

Kakei, Hana, Saiga, and Yuki were in the kitchen around the table, still sorting things out and Kazahaya still stood by the door, not moving. A tear then slid down his cheek as the realization finally hit him; that he'd never ever have a normal life while living in the house. He started to cry and then ran up to his room to try to get away from it all.

Kota turned to his brother. "Does he normally do that?" He asked.

Rikuo nodded.

"Ah." Kota waited a while and then said, "When you said fun to tease, did you mean that you don't like him, or that you do?"

"What do you mean?" Rikuo growled.

"Well, you 'liked teasing' this girl, and a few weeks after telling me this, you were dating her." Kota remembered. He then watched the sudden mixture of emotion that filled his brother's face. "So it is like that, huh?" He said smiling. "I thought so. Have you told him?"

"Of course not, he was freaked out by Dad and Kakei enough; I didn't want to drive him to suicide!" Rikuo insisted.

"What if our mothers have?" Kota asked.

Rikuo stiffened and then stood. "I'll…go see if he's alright." He muttered as he walked up the stairs to Kazahaya's room.

Kazahaya was on the floor, box cutter in one hand as he knelt over a bowl with some water in it. He lightly placed the blade to his wrist, though had to take it way to wipe tears from his eyes so he could see clearly, though they were quickly replaced. With a shaking hand, he placed the blade to his wrist again and pressed down slightly, drawing blood that slid down his wrist to the bowl.

It hurt a bit, but he composed himself to push harder and bring it across when the door flew open, causing the box cutter to slip and land in the bowl. He whipped around to see who had interrupted him, but with his tears, he couldn't tell. In fact, the tears blurred his vision so that the person appeared to have wings. Angel wings. He gasped and wondered if he was dead.

"Kaza…" It was Rikuo's voice.

"I'm in Hell!" Kazahaya cried, "Rikuo's come to torture me forever!"

Rikuo paused and then entered the room and gently knelt in front of Kazahaya. "Settle down," He murmured to the sobbing boy. When Kazahaya didn't, Rikuo frowned and then slowly moved in to his step-brother and kissed him. Rikuo, as usual, didn't get the reaction he expected. Instead of shoving him away and yelling at him, Kazahaya fell into the kiss and started to settle down a little, though tears still fell down his cheeks.

Rikuo pulled away after what seemed like ages and then smiled, wiping away Kazahaya's tears. "Baka," He murmured, "You're bleeding."

"Jerk," Kazahaya replied, though he was smiling and he even laughed slightly.

"Aw…It's so cute," came Kota's voice. Rikuo turned and glared at him until the older boy left.

"Come on, Kazahaya," Rikuo said, standing and offering his love a hand, "lets stop that bleeding."

I feel as though I'm getting better at writing these! Oh, and just so you know, I wrote chapters 4, 5, and 6 today (17th), though I just released them on different days. I hope you like what I'm doing so far! Love you, all who review!