Author's Notes: The 15th chapter will probably be the last. I hope. And that should be up by the end of February. I hope. I really don't want this to go into March.
Hoshi-Hiru- There's a few different spellings: Touma, Tohma, Toma.. Well,Those're the only ones I can think of. Kitty in the Box- Tatsuha shall get over his profound feelings for the ground, as lovely as it is. You'll see. Asato-Chan- Thank you! I'm glad you think so!
Chapter XII - Invitation
Yuki collapsed on a nearby bench. How did I wind up here? ...I didn't mean to get here. How could I come here, when I was trying to get away from memories of Shuichi... How? Maybe I'm trying to punish myself. But I'm trying to help Shuichi! I didn't want to break up with him... I have to forget about him. I should just go home. Yuki discovered that his eyes had started to water. Damn Touma, that bastard! Yuki found a napkin in his pocket and started to wipe his eyes, only to discover that they had gone beyond simply tearing, and his eyes were flooding.
'Shit!'
Yuki picked his laptop up, which was -miraculously- unharmed, before his eyes were too blurry to see it. After picking it up, he just sat there, and sobbed silently.
K was driving to Ryuichi's house. Surprisingly, he had called ahead and found out that Shuichi had went out. Which was perfect because K wanted to speak to Ryuichi alone. At the insane speed he was driving, it didn't take him long.
K went up and rang the doorbell. Considering that he had managed Ryuichi the three years had been in America, it didn't surprise him when Kumagoro answered the door.
'Hello Kumagoro. Is Ryuichi in?'
The small, pink, stuffed bunny nodded, and was moved to reveal Ryuichi.
'Hello K-san!'
'Hello Ryuichi. May I come in?'
'Yup!' replied Ryuichi, as he moved to allow K to enter. K followed Ryuichi inside. They stood there for a while. 'Eh.. Ryuichi?' inquired K.
'Yup?'
'Can we go in now?'
'Yup!'
K proceed to follow Ryuichi the rest if the way in. Ryuichi sat down ib a couch which K did as well.
'Touma's having a Christmas party tomorrow night. Would you like to come?'
'Yay! Kumagoro and I would love to go! Should we bring anything?'
'Yes.. Could you bring Shuichi?'
'Shu-chan's sad.. He might not want to come. I can ask him...'
'You have to bring him. If you can bring him to Touma's house at midnight, I'll buy Kumagoro a new outfit.'
'I don't know if I can... I try to bring him!'
'If you don't think you can... I'll help. He needs to be there. Is that all right...?
'Okay.'
'I'll come pick you up a little bit before midnight. You need to make sure you and Shuichi are both awake, and at home.'
'All right. I'll try, K-san!'
Noriko had told K to tell Ryuichi that Tatsuha would be there. He wasn't completely sure why, but he could guess.
'Tatsuha would be there as well, Ryuichi. Ukai-san said to let you know.'
Ryuichi had to clue that K had figured out why it mattered that Tatsuha would be there. It hadn't occurred to him that Tatsuha would be there, and was ecstatic. Not that he would've necessarily figured it out anyways.
Ryuichi had called Tatsuha a few days earlier, and through all the rambling and stuttering, Tatsuha had managed to decipher it's meaning. Surprisingly. Which is why Tatsuha had been so anxious to visit his elder brother.
Tatsuha hadn't told Ryuichi that he was coming to visit Tokyo, he had wanted to visit Tokyo, he had wanted to surprise him. And it had worked.