Disclaimer: I do not own Super GALS! in any way…and as I said in the last chapter, I don't own Ragnarok the Animation and Card Captor Sakura too. I do not own the world, nor do I own a country. I do not even own the house, as my parents own it. I do not own my room, cause I don't own the house. But I do own this fic and its twisted plot. End of discussion.

Sorry guys! I mean, SORRY! I just realized when I reread my previous chappies, I've been mostly ranting things about my sad, absurd and pathetic way of living. I hope I wasn't becoming a burden to the readers of this fic. (slaps himself on the head)

Flack: Gee…way to go. (sarcasm drips heavily on his mouth). You did make some improvements.

Hn, because I'm feeling good about myself for no apparent reason whatsoever that may cause me to not regret this later on, I will not hit you with this heavy pan that I bought for this situation or this spiky wooden mallet…but I will pat you on your head for doing a good job as a muse.

(drops the mallet on Flack's tail)

…Ooops.

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Chapter 5

"Yuuya, are you finished?"

"Rei, don't…"

Rei came inside the cubicle, to see a shirtless Yuuya reddening at him. Oh, he was certainly going to combust if he were paper.

"That was uncalled for!" Yuuya took up a random shirt and covered his chest with it.

"Stop acting like a girl, Asou. It's only me. As if I haven't seen anything in there." Rei rolled his eyes, leaning casually on the wall, his arms crossed.

"Oh, really? Haven't seen? Are you implying that you've seen at least something that's mine?" Yuuya began to draw venom on his voice. Ooooh, he's fuming. How entertaining…

"Why certainly. It's not as if I come to your room each night when you're fast asleep and I get a chance to feel you up while you're drop dead." Rei deadpanned.

"WHAT! Did you really! Why, I ought to…" Yuuya wasn't hissing angrily. He was mad. Mad as in about to kick and destroy anything in sight while furiously blushing, which meant that somebody is being entertained out of his expense.

"Grow up, Yuuya." Rei shook his head exasperatingly. "No, I've no intention of feeling you up. I certainly AM not feeling you up. And I'm not some maniac." Rei rested his head on his supported hand, feeling the urge to laugh at the gaping blonde in front of him.

"Stop kidding around me like that Rei…" Yuuya heaved a sigh, smiling a bit. "I almost thought I lost something I only know…"

"Right. Here." Rei took off from his stand and came towards Yuuya.

"Uh…" Yuuya turned red again as Rei placed both of his hands on Yuuya's bare shoulders…only to pluck out the snowflake necklace he picked.

Yuuya trembled for a minute, wondering why Rei's hands took a little bit longer to linger on his shoulder and neck before attaching the two ends of the necklace. Or maybe it's just him, thinking that time slowed a bit. Rei stepped back a bit, quietly scrutinizing the blonde.

"It looks good on you…" Rei commented, taking hold of the pendant to let the light play on it, before pressing it back gently on Yuuya's bare chest. It really looks good…

"Uh…" Yuuya stuttered. "Thanks…"

As if he didn't notice Rei's satisfied look.

As if he didn't see Rei playing with his fingers, trailing it slowly on his palm.

As if he didn't see that small feral grin that developed in the corner of his lips.

The gentle hitch of Rei's breath as his hand ran lightly on his shoulder.

An imperceptible moan when Rei saw him blush…

"Yuuya…"

"Huh?" Yuuya's vision cleared, Rei waving his hand in front of him.

"Yuuya, are you daydreaming again?" Rei sternly asked, mildly affronted at having a person daydream in front of him.

"Huh? What?" Yuuya asked, slightly surprised with himself.

"You've got drool on the side of your mouth." Rei pointed out, to which Yuuya promptly took care of. "I was asking whether you like the necklace or not."

Yuuya gazed down to see the snowflake pendant dangling on his neck, a strange light seeming to play on its surface, as if mocking him.

"Yeah, yeah…I do like it." Yuuya nodded, somehow entranced with it.

"Place it on the things you'd like to buy, I'll wait for you outside." Rei simply said, leaving him to himself once more.

Yuuya shook himself forcefully with his hands. "Yuuya, what the hell's wrong with you!" He turned around, looking at himself in the body-length mirror. "What's wrong…with me?"

He wrapped his hands around him, feeling a bit vulnerable from being shirtless and the cold air from the air conditioner.

"How will I get through this everyday of my life?"

Slowly, he took the necklace off and placed it on top of the other pile of clothing…

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"Hey, Rei! I'm all done!" Yuuya came out of the cubicle, one hand with all the clothes he wanted, and the other, to be returned to the display area.

"Where's the necklace?" Rei asked, noticing its disappearance from Yuuya's neck.

"It's here." Yuuya opened his left hand, where the necklace was enclosed.

"Good." Rei took out his wallet and handed him his credit card. "Go to the cashier and use this. I'll return those other set from their stands."

"Okay." Yuuya took the card and handed Rei the unwanted shirts and other clothing.

While Rei was on the other side of the store, Yuuya managed to peek whose name was on the card.

"Wait a minute…this is his! I thought Auntie was the one who'd pay for all of these." Yuuya scratched his head, mildly confused.

After paying for his stuff, Yuuya came out of the store; card on one hand, and his stuffs on the other.

"Here, Rei. Thanks for these." Yuuya handed Rei back the card, and bought his three bags up for evidence.

"Why thank me? I'm not the one who bought that for you." Rei brushed off the comment.

"It's enough that I used YOUR credit card!" Yuuya piped up a bit, as if the obvious wasn't hitting Rei dead in his face.

"Mom said she'd pay for those when the bills for this credit card came." Rei replied, not minding the hint of annoyance on the other's voice.

"Is it?" Yuuya suddenly, turned sheepish.

"Want some smoothies?" Rei directed both of them to the nearest food booth, where fruit shakes and smoothies were served.

"Well, I am kinda thirsty…" Yuuya felt his parched throat; obviously the cold, dry air wasn't helping one bit at all.

"Rei…is that you?"

"Huh?" Yuuya and Rei whirled around, to find Ran and her two other companions following her.

"How are you, Yuuya?" Miyu politely greeted her, to which Yuuya affirmed in the positive.

"Say, both of you wanna come to the karaoke bar?" Ran elbowed Yuuya, earning a growl from his stomach.

"Ah, pardon me!" Yuuya felt downright embarrassed, sighing off, as his stomach began growling more and more.

"Maybe the fruit smoothie isn't a good idea, let's head for the cafeteria instead." Rei went forwards to the corner lined with all sorts of food stalls.

"Wait…Rei! Are both of you going or not?" Ran called from behind him.

"I'm not coming along. You can ask Yuuya if he wants, but as for me, I'm hungry." Rei impassively answered, following a straight line directly to the stalls.

"Spoilsport…" Ran muttered beneath her breath. "…fine, let's just eat. We can go singing another day." She followed Rei in a short distance.

"Hey, Yuuya, what are those in the bags?" Miyu pointed at the sleek, black glossy bags Yuuya had been holding.

"These? Oh, these are my new clothes. Re…"

"Yuuya! C'mon, the lines a bit long here!" Rei called towards him.

"Uh, be there in a sec, Rei!" Yuuya rushed, leaving an apology at Miyu.

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"So what do you want?" Rei asked, his gaze shifting from different plates of fake food.

"The steak kinda looks tempting…but it's kinda costly…" Yuuya poked the fake steak on a hotplate with his finger.

"Two steaks please. And two glasses of soft drinks as well." Rei told the person over the counter. "And what would you girls want?"

"I'll have this nice cake!" Ran pointed at a pink, fake plastic cake.

"The egg pie looks nice…" Miyu prodded the yellow fake pie with her finger.

"..I…l…h..ve..th..e.ch…la…ca…e…" The long-haired girl spoke softly.

"Ehh?" Yuuya and the other girls looked at her, she somewhat embarrassed.

Rei finalized the order for them. " Two steaks, one strawberry cake slice, one egg pie and one slice of that chocolate cake plus five glasses of soft drink." He ordered, taking a wad of cash from his wallet.

Yuuya looked at him, bewildered. "You understood what she said?" Both girls agreeing.

Rei looked at them weirdly "What's to understand? She was pointing at the cake." He turned his attention back to the man who was handing him his change.

"Ahh!" Ran slapped her forehead. "I almost forgot, Rei…Yuuya; this is Aya. She's the newest member of our group." She beamed, patting her shoulders for effect.

"It's a pleasure meeting you…Mr. Rei and Mr. Yuuya…" She reddened furthermore.

"Oh, don't get formal with us, Aya. You can simply call us Rei and Yuuya." Yuuya explained to her, as Rei walked away to find some vacant seats.

"Thank you…" Aya smiled a bit, feeling more comfortable now.

Yuuya grinned, then scooted off to help Rei find a vacant table. By and by, all of them situated at a table near the window and ate their food with as much gusto as possible.

"Oh that was good, Rei!" Ran sucked thoughtfully on her fork, trying to lick the sticky remains of strawberry sweet.

"Of course. Especially if you didn't pay for it." Rei countered, giving Ran the time for her sheepish grin.

"REI!" A mob of girls came in front of their table.

"YUUYA!" A second mob came up from behind.

"WE WANT YOUR AUTOGRAPH!" The mob shouted, filling the air with sighs of romance and admiration.

"Of course." Rei simply stood and took a pen from one girl, signing each notebook and pad that was handed to him. Yuuya did the same, showing the same air of confidence Rei was radiating.

After a full half-hour of signing and swooning (by some of the girls), the mob left them (We love you Rei, Yuuya!). Both returned to their seats, Yuuya finishing the last bits of his now cold steak and Rei emptying the contents of his glass.

"Does it always become an event each time both of you come out of your house?" Ran muttered under her breath.

Rei almost sputtered on his drink, but had the sense to control it. "OUR house?" He turned his gaze at Yuuya. "Were you the one who told her?" He asked, his eyes crossing at Yuuya.

Yuuya gave his innocent eyes look. " Sorry. It clean slipped out of my mouth when Ran came up earlier."

Rei sighed a bit. Ran, seeing the opportunity, asked some more.

"So ,what gives? Why are you both living under one roof? Are you related or something like that?"

Rei answered for them, his eyes telling Yuuya to let him handle things. "His parents had to work in other countries, so they entrusted him to my parents. Ever since that, we are living under one roof."

That seemed to satisfy Ran, who had her arms over her head to stretch after eating. Rei stood up to finally say their goodbyes.

"We have to go now." Rei spoke, the statement more directly pointed at the girls than to Yuuya.

"So soon?" Miyu asked. "Anyway, thank you for the afternoon treat. " She said, Aya and Ran agreeing with a simple nod.

"You're all welcome. Let's go, Yuuya." He said, walking simply out of the cafeteria and out of the mall.

"You wait here, I'll go get the scooter." Rei walked off, leaving Yuuya in front of the mall.

After the short wait and the long ride, both had returned to Rei's house; Yuuya running as fast as he can back to his room to lay his clothes out and try them on again. Rei had to secure the scooter in the garage.

While Yuuya was trying out the chain mesh shirt (which he thought he might need later on), Mrs. Otohata came in, wondering what the noise was all about.

"My, my! Yuuya, where did these clothes all come from?" She asked, slightly marveling at the texture and quality of them.

"These?" Yuuya pointed at the clothes on his bed, as he whirled around the mirror with a new purple polo on hand. "Thank you, Auntie!"

"Me? But I never bought them…" She said, slightly confused.

"Oh, had you forgotten, Auntie? You told Rei to buy me new clothes and that you'd pay for the difference of his credit when his bills would arrive." Yuuya ran his hand on the new coat he'd plan to wear tomorrow.

"Oh did I?" Mrs. Otohata thought hard. "Maybe I did! Good for you, Yuuya!" She smiled, happy for him. Then left momentarily to go back to her chores.

"Oh Rei!" She met the boy who just came in the front door. "Did I ask you to buy Yuuya a new set of clothes?"

"No. You didn't mother." He replied, and then shuffled up the stairs towards his room.

"Hm, that was odd…" She scratched her head, before turning back to sweeping the living room, forgetting the whole thing in the first place.

-

From his room, Rei could hear the excited sounds Yuuya was making as he tried on each and every clothes he bought for him.

That's right, HE which means REI.

Feeling a bit, impish, Rei came out of his room and slowly opened Yuuya's door, not making a sound.

Woah.

Yuuya had nothing on but his boxer shorts. Rei tried to stifle a laugh from escaping, but failed miserably.

"Rei!" Yuuya turned around, panic in his face when he saw the other boy on the door side, drawing up all clothing within his reach to cover his bare body. Rei had his hands covering his mouth from showing a laugh, or a smile.

"Can't you knock?" Yuuya asked irritably, dropping the clothes he used as emergency cover.

"Are we going back to the same episode earlier, Yuuya?" Rei tried keeping a straight face. "I'm not mooning on you or anything, you can be sure of that."

"Of course you're not. But what if it was your mom?" Yuuya poked Rei on the shoulder.

"You suspect mom to moon on you?" Rei cocked an eyebrow, more so amused at the situation.

"No, of course not. But what if perchance, she 'accidentally' opened the door to clean my room and saw me in nothing except my boxers?" Yuuya looked cross on him.

Rei didn't answer, but pointed at him. "You need a tan."

Yuuya looked at the mirror, somehow convinced he did need one.

"You look pale." Rei went on.

"Are you here to make me look all deficient? Because if that is what it is, you're succeeding on it." Yuuya sighed a bit.

"No, silly. I was just wondering how you'd look with a tan." Rei sat on the bed, his gaze still fixed on Yuuya.

"Riiight, Mr. I'm-more-better-than-you-in-every-way. I bet you don't even have a tan…"

One thing Rei hated most of all was to be challenged at something.

Especially when it meant he knew he'd certainly win.

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Ooooh! Rei's finally showing his naughty side! But that's just me. I don't think Rei has one, which is the reason why fanfics are made…to give characters something you want.

The snowflake pendant? I don't know. Yuuya has this outgoing personality, and a character hyped on energy like the sun. Rei is this stoic, cynical person who could personify a blizzard. To see Yuuya wearing a snowflake pendant…take note of that! That is certainly gonna give an impact on the story!

One thing I learned is to not drink fruit smoothies on an empty stomach. Oh geez, I experienced the worst stomach cramp of my life (well, other than getting impaled in there…or being dismembered at that section…). Never, ever eat something other than a regular meal on an empty stomach.

Fake food? It's a common display in food stalls nowadays. The fake food really looks realistic, and it shows the customers what exactly they're getting. I find it convenient and a modern work of art.

Yuuya in his boxers…sigh, wish I had a picture of that. My birthdays coming up in a month since this uploading, sigh… Oh boy, here I go again ranting about my insignificant, little life. Oh, don't mind me guys.

I guess your perverted minds have the slightest idea what Rei plans to do with Yuuya on the next chapter, do you? (evil smirk)