Sorry for the long wait! Sorry sorry sorry! I was really busy, I had to do so many things for school, and I still got 3 out of 10 on my Greek test (meh) and I also thought I had already posted the first half of this chapter seperatly, but I didn't. Anyway, I wrote the first half, then I didn't look at it for, well, since I posted the last chapter, it's been so long I can't even remember, but I wrote the rest today. Can you tell what part I wrote today?

Anway, the next chapter is already halfway through. I'll try to write a lot soon, since I'm getting a tablet (for digital drawing) at 'sinterklaas' a Dytch celebration where we get presents from a character kinda like santa. It's on December 5th. Anyway, I'll most likely get addicted, so I might not update for a while after that…


Suguru woke up slowly, not really wanting to feel his tired body again.

"Ah, you're awake! Finally, I thought you were gonna sleep forever. Anyway, the guy I hired the canoes from called and said he was ready and we could leave any time we wanted. I told him we'd be right there."

Suguru groaned. "Have you got endless energy supplies or something!"

"Nah, I just drink lots of sugary drinks. Shuichi gave me one that gave you a sugar high that lasts a whole week!"

Suguru stared at him and made a mental note to find that drink and flush all of it down the toilet.

"So, Su-kun, are you ready? You didn't unpack last night because you were so tired, so we're all set and ready to go now, right?"

"Well, I'd like to take a shower before we leave, and breakfast would be nice."

Tatsuha stared at him like he'd grown a second head. "We're going out into the wild jungle and you want breakfast and a shower! C'mon, you need to get the whole wild-feeling, Su-kun!"

Suguru sighed and sat up. "I wanted to enjoy civilization as a kind of goodbye before we went primitive…"

Tatsuha rolled his eyes. "You're gonna get smelly anyway, besides, you showered yesterday before we left."

"I still think breakfast would be a good idea though."

Tatsuha shrugged and nodded. "Fine."

After eating as much as they could fit in their stomachs at breakfast, the two newlyweds headed for the river. After a five hour drive through the huge city and another hour trhough the jungle, they found an old shack with a sign above the door that read 'Mwambe's canoojing rentel' in faded letters.

Silence fell as they both stared at it. The taxi drove away again. Somehow, Suguru felt his fate had just been decided.

Suguru broke the silence very originally, he sighed. "I don't even care anymore, as long as the canoe is of good quality."

Tatsuha nodded and went inside.

"Me Mwambe, you want canoo?"

Tatsuha nodded. "Yes please."

"That three dollar day."

Suguru nodded. At least Tatsuha's vacation was cheap, which was good, because he was a very economic person.

"You pay ahead and give Mwambe hundred dollars for you not come back."

Suguru paled. "For when we… Don't come back…? Tatsuha-kun, are you sure this is safe?"

"Well, what's an adventure when you're sure to survive! Now pay the guy."

Suguru grunted. "I have to pay for it, too!"

"Hey, you're the famous rock star, not me. I'm a priest; I live off what people give me."

"Yeah right."

"Just pay the damn guy."

Suguru sighed. "How long are we going?"

"Oh, I dunno, just pay him for two weeks or something."

Suguru paid the smelly Mwambe, who quickly grabbed the money and counted it.

"You not here two weeks, Mwambe charge twenty dollar day for longer!"

Suguru sweat dropped. "I wouldn't put it past this guy to set up a trap to keep us away for a few extra days…"

"Stop complaining, this'll be fun!"

They went out the back door. Suguru sighed in relief. At least the canoes seemed to be floating and in good condition.

"Need paddles? Ten dollars paddle!"

Suguru sighed and paid the guy. He did, after all, have plenty of money; he just didn't want Tatsuha counting on him to pay everything.

"Need water free box for stuff? Stuff keep dry in box! Ten dollars each!"

Suguru twitched and paid him.

"Ten dollars day!"

Suguru knocked him over the head with the paddle he just got, knocking him out.

"You know, he'll probably charge us for hospital and everything once we get back."

"I'll knock him out again, and we'll make a run for the airport. Now let's go."

Tatsuha laughed and kissed him. "You're learning, Su-kun!"

They then packed their stuff in the boxes and they were off. Finally.


"I'm a happy explorer, exploring the great big river! I've seen beautiful deserts and seas, but I've never been on a river! I'm a happy explorer, exploring the-

"Tatsuha, shut up! Your singing is terrible!"

Tatsuha huffed. "Then what am I supposed to do!"

"Well, you could enjoy the scenery, or we could have a decent conversation or something..."

"The scenery is boring. It's just great big trees, and it's been like that from the start. Sure, they're impressive, but once you've seen one of them, you've seen them all, y'know?"

"No, I don't. There are a lot of things to see, like animals or flowers. You don't see any of this in Tokyo."

They were both quiet for a moment.

"My hands are getting sore."

"I told you to get gloves."

"But they only had really dorky ones."

Suguru rolled his eyes. "No one is going to see you out here in the middle of no where."

Tatsuha looked at him (though Suguru couldn't see it since he was in the front of the boat). "What about you? You see me."

"I'd rather have you wear dorky gloves than have you complaining about sore hands and pierce your blisters while you scream it hurts."

Tatsuha shut up. It was no use talking to Suguru when he was like this. He sighed. He was bored again.

He remained bored for the rest of the day.


They set up camp in a small clearing a little ways from the river bank. Suguru made a fire while Tatsuha struggled with their tent.

Suguru hummed to himself softly as he made dinner. It was one of the few things in life he enjoyed, cooking. And he was a good cook. Tatsuha was very lucky to have someone like him working for him. He grimaced at the thought of his 'husband', who was sitting by the fire reading one of them dirty magazines again. He couldn't believe Tatsuha had filled the majority of his suitcase with magazines and other stuff'. Wasn't he enough or something!

He grunted.

"Su-kun? Something wrong?"

He grunted again. Tatsuha sighed.

"Still mad about the zines? It's partly your own fault, y'know. If you wouldn't be such a prude, I wouldn't have needed to bring them."

"You're blaming me?" He huffed angrily and turned away.

"Su-kun…"

Tatsuha got up and moved over. He wrapped his arms around the boy and cuddled him. "Hey, sorry. I didn't think you'd be so upset."

"Just leave me alone for a while please." Suguru said softly. Tatsuha sighed, but got up none the less.

"Ok. I'll just take a walk then I guess…"

"Make sure you get back in time for dinner."

He left the small clearing wordlessly.

"And… be careful…"

Suguru sighed softly again. He didn't really want to hurt Tatsuha, but he also felt really upset Tatsuha was so irresponsible. They were staying in a wild jungle for quite some time, they were going to need all the clothes and food they could take, for goodness sake!

As Suguru continued rambling we're going to take a look at Tatsuha, who was about to make their trip several times more difficult.

"He's such a sore puss… So I brought a few zines, and maybe it was not very smart given the situation we're in, but he still doesn't have to be so harsh! Man…"

He grumbled as he walked through the rainforest, completely oblivious to all the beauty around him. Suddenly, his ramblings were disturbed by someone screaming loudly and annoyingly.

"…And he's such a prick, not letting me-uh?" He looked around surprised, searching. Suguru had a high voice, but not that high. He finally spotted the source of the ongoing noise. A woman who, judging by her nakedness a native, was screaming her head of at him. Apparently his prejudice about primitive people running around naked wasn't all that much off. And he couldn't blame her, it was damn hot here.

Was she trying to tell him something? She sure seemed to be. Wait… was she bleeding!

He rushed over to her. "Hey, ma'am, are you okay!"

She grabbed onto his shirt and started crying. She mumbled something he couldn't understand and pushed a baby he didn't see before into his arms.

Wait, a baby…?

"Umm… what am I supposed to do with this…?"

She looked at him, seemingly begging him. She pointed at the child and said "joni". Or at least that was he thought she said. It might also have been jomi or jori or jomey.

Then, she gurgled up some blood and died. Tatsuha stared at her. Then he stared at the baby.

"Suguru is so not going to like this."


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Switch: Yeah, Tatsuha is a little hyper. Hopefully it'll get less. I actually think this is a very good pairing. It started off in R&J as a random background paring 'cause I hated Suguru, but it soon grew to be my all-time favourite 0.o

Mariella: It's not that I don't write fast, It's just that I didn't start on it. But seeing how I already started on the next chappie, it shouldn't take too long.

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