Kei had considered the matter closed, but the next afternoon when he came home from his classes, he was met with a rather unpleasant surprise. From outside the door, he could hear giggling. He slid the door open with a loud smack, his glare immediately fixing on the young man that sat at the table next to Ranmaru. The boy turned to Kei with a bright smile.

"Hey, bro."

Kei felt the muscle at the corner of his eye twitch. He turned his gaze to his lover.

"What the hell is Kai doing here?"

Ran was about to answer, but Kai interrupted.

"Ran invited me over," he said brightly, though Kei could already catch the sharp edge in his little brother's tone. "He asked me to bring over some milk since he knew you would forget and not take care of it."

Kei ground his teeth, smacking his half-brother over the head. Still, he couldn't exactly object – Ran had asked him to pick up some milk on the way home and it had slipped his mind. Kai smirked up at him. Kei growled, grabbing his little brother by the collar and dragging him towards the door.

"Well, you brought the milk and now you can leave. Goodbye!"

"Kei!" Ran exclaimed.

"Let go of me, asshole!" Kai hissed. "Ran invited me to stay the night!"

Kei lost his grip, and Kai broke free, glaring at his brother. Ran stood behind the younger man, looking calmly at Kei. He knew that no matter how much the two brothers hated each other, they'd tolerate one another if he asked them to. He turned to Kei a bit apologetically.

"I was trying to find out about that boy that got the notes for you. I thought maybe you should thank him. Kai brought over his school directory since you threw ours away, and I invited him to stay the night since the weather is supposed to get worse. We can't have him riding his bike around on slippery roads, Kei."

Kei scowled, shooting Kai a warning glare. He finally came over to the table, flopping down. There were a few books out, and he pulled one over to himself. It was an old yearbook from back when he and Ran had been perhaps fourteen or fifteen. Kei couldn't help but grin as he flipped through a few of the pages.

"What are these old things out for?" he asked.

"I was just showing Kai some of my old kendo photos," Ran said, sitting beside his lover and looking over his shoulder at the yearbook. Kai plopped down on the other side.

"Who's that loser?" Kai said, pointing to Kei's face in the Library Club photo. Kei swatting at his little brother, but Ran reached out to jerk the yearbook closer to himself, inspecting the picture.

"Hey… isn't that the guy from yesterday?"

Ran laid the book back down on the table, pointing to the picture while the other two men leaned in. Kei blinked. The face hovering in the row behind his own did indeed look quite a bit like the young man who'd approached him the day before.

"What guy from yesterday?" Kai asked, his curiosity aroused.

"Some kid took notes for me in my class the other day," Kei responded, staring at the photo as he tried to place a name to the face. "One of Ran's groupies trying to suck up to me to get closer to him."

Kai's eye narrowed and he leaned closer, trying to get a look at his latest competition. His suspicion quickly faded when he saw the timid mouse of a boy in the second row.

"Oh, that's Reisuke Akimata," he said off-handedly.

"You know him?" Ran asked.

Kei nodded. "He's in a few of my classes at school – he just transferred this year. He's nothing to worry about."

The last sentence was directed at Kei, who just nodded absently. He could vaguely recall the mousey boy in the library club years ago. The boy had been so intensely shy that even Kei, infamous for making sure he knew a little something about everyone in the club, had been unable to get to know him. Of course, the young boy in the picture was now a young man who had grown into a handsome youth, and certainly more bold now than he had been before. He knew that he didn't have to worry about Reisuke taking Ran away from him, yet he couldn't help but be annoyed. It was bad enough dealing with the group of Ran's loyal followers hounding him every day, but to now have Reisuke trying to get closer to Kei in order to get to Ran? That was just low. Luckily Kei knew that Ran wasn't the type to fall for those sort of tricks.

"Let's have him over for dinner sometime," Ran suggested brightly before Kei even had the time to finish his thought.