Title: Thirteenths the Charm
Summary: Having been in and out of twelve homes already, Jakotsu Akimori has grown used to being unwanted. When he starts living with a psycho woman and a very cute boy, things might just start looking up for him.
Pairings: No new ones kiddos. Still trying to get these two boys together.
Note: Okay, seeing as I got a flame for another yaoi story of mine, I am going to make this very clear to everyone. If I am writing a story that involves Jakotsu and Bankotsu, especially if it says "JakotsuBankotsu" in the summary, there is most likely going to be at least hints of a romantic/sexual relationship of some kind. I hate putting up these warnings, but I am sick of people getting pissed because they can't read a damn summary. There will be yaoi in this story, so if you have any problem with that, go read something else and stop wasting my time.
Dedication: Dedicated to both Micca and Skittlez for looking over this for me, and for urging me to write when I am being a lazy bum.

Waking up the next morning, Jakotsu groaned as the sun hit his face. Not bothering to look at his surroundings, he briefly wondered if his new home had been nothing but a dream. 'I really hope it wasn't... then Bankotsu would have been a dream too...'

Right on cue, the door to Jakotsu's room burst open. "Hey Jakotsu, wake up! It's time for breakfast!"

"Don wanna..." Jakotsu hid pulled his covers up over his head in an attempt to hide from the sun, and also the noise of Bankotsu's voice.

"Come on, get up!" Bankotsu ripped the covers off Jakotsu, who began giggling.

"What's so funny?" Confusion was very apparent on the poor boy's face.

Jakotsu sat up. "Didn't know you were so eager to see me almost naked. All you had to do was ask you know!" Blinking, Bankotsu finally noticed that Jakotsu was wearing nothing but a pair of tight blue boxers. Blushing, he turned around and made to walk out of the room.

"J-just get ready and come down to breakfast..." He mumbled, closing the door as he left.

Laughing to himself, Jakotsu got out of bed and began pulling his clothes on. When he was dressed, he went downstairs, where he could smell food cooking.

"Tsk tsk Jakotsu." Yura said as he came into the kitchen. "Your hair is a mess. You do I know what I must do now."

"Wha...?" Before Jakotsu could fully respond, Yura had begun combing through his hair with a red comb she had seemingly pulled out of nowhere. "What are you doing!"

"That would be the reason I shaved all mine off." Jakotsu pulled away from Yura's comb and turned around to see a man lying on the couch. As he had said, he was completely bald.

"How many people live here?" Jakotsu asked, looking around to see if anyone else was there.

"Just you, Bankotsu, and I." Yura said. "He's just a bum that lives on my couch. And steals my food."

"How can he live on the couch but not live here?" Jakotsu asked, confused.

"I really don't know how he does it..." Bankotsu said, pretending to contemplate something. "Don't bother with what goes on with everyone, it's too confusing."

"Sounds good to me." Both boys sat down to eat the food Yura had set on the table for them.

"Well, I should be going." The yet-to-be-named "bum" said, getting up off the couch and stretching.

"Aw, okay." Yura pouted. "You know, I really do miss your hair Renkotsu..."

"I'm sure you do. That is the reason you stalked me, right?" Renkotsu grumbled.

Yura giggled a little. "Well, of course!"

"Whatever Yura, I'll see you all later." With that, he went down the hallway and out the door.

"So..." Jakotsu began, trying to start up a conversation. "Does anyone else live on random pieces of furniture?"

"Naw, on'y R'kot'u." Bankotsu said, his mouth stuffed with eggs.

"Now Bankotsu, what have I told you about talking with your mouth full?" Yura said, bopping him lightly upside the head.

"Noffin?" He said, attempting to swallow the mass amount of food in his mouth.

"Oh yeah... very true. Continue." Yura grabbed her keys off the counter. "I have to go into work today, so you boys stay out of trouble, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever Yura." Bankotsu said.

"Bye!" Yura got went outside, where her car was parked, and drove off down the rode towards Joile Fleur, the hair salon where she worked.

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After breakfast, Jakotsu and Bankotsu were at a loss as to what they should do.

"What do you want to do?" Bankotsu asked Jakotsu after awhile.

Grinning evilly, Jakotsu replied in a seductive voice. "I can name a few things..."

"W-well, uh..." Bankotsu stuttered, blushing up a storm.

Jakotsu sighed and pouted. "I'm just playing with you silly." He paused for a moment. "What is there to do?"

"Um... not much really. Nothing that's within walking distance anyway."

"Oh... then are we going to just sit around and do nothing?"

"I guess..."

"Well that's no fun." Awkward silence filled the air as the two just sat there.

"Are those tattoos?" Bankotsu asked after a minute, eyeing the purple fang-like stripes running down Jakotsu's face.

"Yeah... what about that?" Jakotsu pointed at the star on Bankotsu's forehead.

"Yeah. When'd you get those?"

"A couple years ago. I lived with a guy that ran a tattoo parlor." Jakotsu said. "What about you?"

"You know Renkotsu?" Bankotsu continued after getting a nod from Jakotsu. "Birthday present from him. He used to work at a body shop last year."

"Oh, he get fired or something?"

The tension in the air had finally been lifted, and the two began conversing freely.

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Time passed quickly as Jakotsu and Bankotsu talked about everything with each other, and before they knew it, it was late into the afternoon.

"Yura should be getting home soon." Bankotsu noted, looking at the clock.

"Already home boys!" Yura's voice came from down the hall.

"Oh, hey Yura." Bankotsu said. Jakotsu just waved.

"I'm going out tonight, so you're free to do whatever, okay?" Yura ran upstairs.

"You want to actually do something tonight?" Bankotsu asked.

"Like what?"

"Well..." Bankotsu stopped and tried to think of something for Jakotsu and him to do. "We could go to the movies... Yura could take us there to the theater."

"How would we get back though? Will she be done doing whatever she does when she goes out?"

"No, but we can just make Renkotsu pick us up. He has a car somewhere." Having decided what they would do for that night, they went upstairs to ask Yura to take them to the theater.

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After being dropped off at the theater, the two realized they never decided what they wanted to see. Walking over to the ticket counter, they looked at the movie listings and times.

"I hear that's good." Bankotsu said, pointing at the label for " Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

Jakotsu nodded. "Or we could see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I hear that's a good movie too."

"Then we'll go see that. We can see the other movie a different time." Jakotsu and Bankotsu bought their tickets and headed into the building.