Rating: PG.
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: None.
Notes: I wrote a fic called a href"http/ yesterday. I posted it and people liked it. Yay! But I liked it, too, so I wrote a sequel. Enjoy!
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Waya heard a knock on his door as he was leafing through the latest issue of Weekly Go while eating Chinese takeout. He got up, setting his chopsticks down on top of the container. He wondered briefly who it was as he wasn't expecting anyone for another few hours. He opened the door to see Hikaru grinning wildly. "Shindou? What are you doing here?"
Giving Waya a thumbs up, Hikaru said, "Hi! We're your new neighbors."
"We?" Waya raised an eyebrow and looked past Hikaru to see Touya Akira standing behind him, looking almost demure as he tried to blend in with the wall. "Touya! Shindou, you're moving in with Touya? Why?"
"Because... well, because we're dating."
Several hours later, Waya was still dizzy. But passing out and hitting one's head against the doorframe did that sometimes. Hikaru and Akira were still sitting with him, worried that he had a concussion.
Isumi, upon his arrival, was worried. He didn't remember there being a huge dent and a small bloodstain on Waya's door. He knocked and was surprised when Akira opened the door for him. "Um... Touya? Where's Waya?"
"He's -- concussed, we think. He's by the go board. Shindou's playing him in a blind game to test his consciousness."
"What happened?" Isumi asked, knowing full well that he probably didn't really want to know.
Akira pointed to the dent and the bloodstain. "That's what happened. And if you know what's good for you, you'll lay down on the floor on your back before asking anything else. Even a fall from a sitting position can be hazardous to one's health."
Isumi chose to stay silent as he followed Touya inside. With as small as the apartment was, he didn't have far to go to see Waya bright-eyed and smiling, lying on the floor with a wet cloth across his forehead while calling out go moves. He paused when Isumi came into sight. "Hi, 'Sumi. Meet my new neighbors!"
Taking a long breath, Isumi lay down on the floor. "Okay. Tell me."
Hikaru set down his own stone while saying, "14-7." He held his fingers up in the air in a V. "Touya and I -- we're dating!"
Isumi did not faint, but felt sure that the floorboards had been pulled out from beneath him. He was willing to bet that the resulting dizziness was an equal match for Waya's at the moment. "For how long?"
Hikaru checked his watch. "Three hours, forty-seven minutes, and... some seconds."
"Isn't this a bit sudden?" Isumi sat up and looked closely at Akira who was blushing slightly.
"We've known each other for years now, Isumi. We don't even yell when we play go anymore."
"Oh."
Waya sat up from the floor, the wet cloth flying across the room. "'Oh'? You find out that the two most eligible bachelors of the go world, that we keep getting turned down by girls because of, are gay and your response is 'OH'!"
"I'm not gay," Hikaru said.
Akira looked at him, his expression blank. "Shindou, I'm male. You're male. We're dating. If you're not gay, you're confused about something."
"Well, I just -- it's not that you're a guy. It's that you're you."
Waya collapsed back onto the floor. "You're nuts. You're completely nuts and you're going to be living next door to me. Both of you. I really need to remember to lock my doors."
"Waya," Isumi said calmly, "You're rambling."
Quieting quickly, Waya looked over at Hikaru and Akira who were looking at each other over the go board. He realized that it was strange to see them together when they were not playing go.
Not much later that evening, Hikaru and Akira took their leave. They were planning to come back the next day with the first loads of their belongings.
Akira stretched his neck slowly as they walked down the sidewalk. "Well, this has been an eventful day. I don't see how tomorrow could top it."
Hikaru smiled mysteriously. "Tomorrow will be interesting."
"Why do you say that?" Akira raised an eyebrow, stopping midstep.
"Because," Hikaru said after turning to face Akira, "tomorrow, we'll have to tell our parents." Akira's eyes widened. "And once we're moved in, I have to tell you about Sai."
"Shindou!"
"It's important... but I won't tell you until we're moved in."
Akira smiled. "I guess I'll start packing tonight."
They came to the place where they would part ways. "Well, I guess this is goodnight."
Reaching up to touch Hikaru's cheek with his fingertips, Akira smiled. "No. This is." He pressed a tender kiss to Hikaru's lips and walked away.
Hikaru was tempted to follow him or call after him, but knew that this was like sealing a move. Tomorrow... play would resume.
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Owari.