(05-18-05) I don't want to end this series yet…I like writing it.

I had Bento for the first time the other day! It was nummy! It was chicken teriyaki, rice, sushi, 2 deep fried shrimp, 3 gyoza, and this salad/cabbage thing that smelled funny, so I didn't try it.

I'm also thinking of changing my pen name or something. I was considering lindleymoo or Rin-chan. I like queeneternity, but I think that I need something different. I use queeneternity for every web site that I'm on. Enough of my complaining, on with the story!

Chapter Eight

Kazahaya didn't know how Rikuo convinced him, but there he was, lying on his back in his own bed, shirt off as the black haired boy's hands explored his chest as his lips tasted his neck. "Rikuo?" Kazahaya murmured.

"What?" the other boy asked, though only paused in his kisses long enough to mutter the word before returning to his job.

"I don't think that I want to spend my first time with a guy." Kazahaya explained.

"Kaza," Rikuo said seriously sitting up, "Live with it; what are you going to do otherwise, sleep with a girl for one night and then come back to me?"

"What if I don't like you?" Kazahaya asked, "You're just raping me!"

"You said I could, so it's not rape, baka!" Rikuo said with a snort.

"Jerk," Kazahaya snarled.

"Asshole," Rikuo shot back.

"Pervert!" Kazahaya shouted, slipping out from under Rikuo and snatching up his shirt. "You stole my first kiss and now you want my virginity! When will you be satisfied?"

"You're gay, admit it!" Rikuo said, "Why else would a nice, good looking guy like you still be a virgin at 17, hmn?" Kazahaya said nothing, but pulled on his shirt. "Anyways, you kissed me back, so how did I steal it?"

"I did no such thing!" Kazahaya snapped, "Get out of my room!"

"Just like you," Rikuo muttered as he stood, "Leading me on like that…"

"I never lead you on!" Kazahaya shouted, storming out of his room. Rikuo sat in Kazahaya's bed in silence until his step-brother's head poked back into the door. "You get out of my room too, you pervert! I don't want to find you touching my stuff!"

"I know…" Rikuo muttered, "But I don't see how I'm going to touch your stuff when you aren't in the room."

Kazahaya glared, shivered in disgust, and then stormed out of the room.

"I was soooo close…" Rikuo muttered, following slowly.

"I'm not gay, I'm not gay, I'm not gay…" Kazahaya told himself over and over again under his breath as he walked into the living room.

"Bi, then?" Kota asked as he came up behind the boy.

"Gah!" Kazahaya shouted in surprise. His eyes then narrowed and he then snapped, "I'm straight, damn it! The only one in this whole house, apparently!"

"Or so you think," Kota said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Kazahaya said suspiciously, not sure if the older boy meant that he still thought he was gay or that Kota himself was straight as well or what.

"Rikuo's straight." Kota said, "Or, he claims to be, even though he's been in two boy's beds in his life."

"Two…?" Kazahaya prompted.

"Yeah," Kota said, "Yours and Rikuo's old boyfriend's."

"He…"

"Had a boyfriend, yeah."

"And…"

"He's straight."

"Can I finish my own sentences?" Kazahaya snapped. He thought about what Kota was saying. "You think I'm like Rikuo, don't you?" He said finally.

"Yup!" Kota said cheerfully, "Don't take it personally. You really do need to grow up, you know. You're so immature. Well, so is Rikuo."

"Yeah, I know." Kazahaya said, remembering the condom jokes.

"He's just like those little school boys who tease the ones they love most." Kota said absently.

"Tease…?" Kazahaya wondered, remembering all the times that Rikuo would taunt him. "I don't like Rikuo," Kazahaya insisted, "he's just… I don't know… He's a good kisser and stuff and I get lost by that, but I loathe him!"

"Sure…" Kota said, smiling slyly.

"Really, Damnit!" Kazahaya said as he stormed back up to his room, hoping that Rikuo wasn't there still.

"Hear all that?" Kota asked, poking his head around the doorway to look at his brother whom Kazahaya hadn't even noticed in his rage.

Rikuo narrowed his eyes as he looked up the stairs. "He's crazy about me," He said, "Baka just doesn't realize it."

Kota nodded in agreement. "My thoughts exactly." He said with a smile.

"Why did you lie to him?" Rikuo asked after a pause.

"Well, he doesn't really need to know Tsukiko-chan right away,"

Another chapter done! I love all your reviews, so please keep writing them! I've considered a Rikuo likes Kazahaya likes Kota triangle, but decided against it, it just wouldn't work out quite. Sorry!