When Shuichi arrived back at the apartment, he was scared to open the door. He didn't want to tell Eiri, that he gave up. He knew that Eiri would never let him live it down, but it had to be done. As Shuichi opened the door, he listened for sound, any type of sound. He didn't hear a thing, so he opened the door all the way and came face to face with an empty apartment. He couldn't believe that Eiri wasn't there when he had something important to say to him. Just then he spotted a note on the side table. It said,
"Dear Shuichi,
I've gone to the store to get things for dinner, I'll be back soon. We need to talk.
Love,
Eiri"
Having nothing to do now, Shuichi went into the living room and turned on the T.V. Apparently there was a special about Ryuichi and Fujisaki supposed to be on, but Shuichi didn't know when or what channel so he went through each one looking. As he was flipping through, Eiri returned home. Shuichi was so aggravated by not being able to find it, he didn't hear him come in. When Eiri entered the room and Shuichi saw something out of the corner of his eye, he jumped. "Don't ever do that again." said Shuichi holding his chest.
"That'll teach you not to get so immersed in what you are doing that you block out what's around you." Eiri said with a smile. "We need to talk."
"Yes, we do." said Shuichi nervously. "Have a seat." So Eiri set down the bags and sat next to Shuichi on the couch. "It's about the bet."
"What I need to say is about the bet as well." said Eiri curiously.
"What about it?" asked Shuichi.
"What do you mean 'What about it'?" asked Eiri giving Shuichi curious look.
"Tell me what you were going to say first." said Shuichi who was curious about where this was going.
"Oh no. You brought it up, you go first." said Eiri with a getting annoyed tone.
"We'll say it together." said Shuichi as he hoped Eiri would agree.
But Eiri didn't agree. He stood, up grabbed the grocery bags, and said, "After I put the food away."
Shuichi was speechless. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. He realized that Eiri was trying to avoid this subject just like he was. So he let Eiri put the groceries away before he said, "Ready now?" Eiri nodded and sat down at the table. Shuichi did the same. Both of them looked quite nervous and were avoiding each others eyes. Finally Shuichi said, "Lets do this then." Eiri nodded again. "On three. One."
"Two," said Eiri.
"Three." They both said at the same time. Then they said, "I give up," at the same time and both went wide-eyed. "You give up? Stop that!"
Eiri finally held his hand up to stop more of them saying the same things at the same time. When Shuichi settled down, Eiri said, "Since you give up, and I give up, what do we do?" Shuichi shrugged. He had no idea what to do. Finally Eiri said, "What do you think we should do since we both lose?"
"I don't know?" said Shuichi quickly. "I don't want to have to be on a diet for two weeks."
"And I don't want to be a servant for a day." said Eiri immediately after Shuichi stopped talking. "So, what should we do?" Just then there was a knock on the door. Eiri got up and went to answer it. When he opened the door, he came face to face with both Tohma and Mika.
"Good afternoon Eiri." said Tohma smiling. "May we come in?"
Eiri nodded and let them in. After he closed the door Shuichi yelled, "You is it Yuki?"
Eiri walked into the kitchen and said, "Tohma and Mika," right before they walked in. "What do you want?"
"Eiri," said Mika. "We have the most wonderful news to share with you."
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