A/N: Sorry, but I forgot to make sure whether or not Publix was a nation wide store. Heh, heh! Turns out it's not! But it's a grocery store, I guess mainly in the south. Well, 'ya learn somethin' new every day! Enjoy the next chapter!
Chapter 4 Incorrect Assumptions and Muraki! Saya and Yuma laughed hysterically as they walked arm-in-arm down the hallway. They were amazed at how well their plan had worked. Both of them were completely aware that on Valentines Day the men (minus Tsuzuki and Watari) tried to avoid them and since their presence was now established, it ensured that three certain people would remain in their office for at least a few hours. That gave plenty of time for the others to get gifts, come back, and get ready. The two were just surprised that all it took was a simple ambush and greeting.
"I had no idea Terazuma was so scared of us!" Saya laughed.
"Yeah!" Yuma agreed. Suddenly, something of dire importance struck her. "Oh no! Saya! With Hisoka in his office, we won't be able to dress him up in his new outfit for Tsuzuki!"
Saya gasped, "You're right! But maybe we can think of a way to get Hisoka out without Tatsumi or Terazuma knowing?"
"Like somehow teleporting him to us?"
"Wait a minute! Yuma, who do we know who can draw a picture of someone and with that drawing bring said person to where the drawer is?"
"Oh! Watari!"
"Right! Now we just gotta go find him!"
"Well then, let's go! They're probably at a Hallmark or something."
Meanwhile, at Publix:
"He's not here," Watari and Wakaba sighed.
There was a long pause between the two as they pondered over the other places Tsuzuki could have gone.
"Eckerd's?" Wakaba offered. "They have 20 off all their candy."
"We went there three stores before Hallmark," Watari pointed out. "And didn't he say he was going to save his money for tomorrow?"
"Oh yeah. He said that there's always sales going up to 90 off on Valentines candy after Valentines Day. Wait, that means that he probably isn't at candy stores or bakeries since the big sales are tomorrow and Hisoka doesn't like sweets!"
Standing up, Watari exclaimed, "By George, you're right, Wakaba! Very good deducting skills, by the way."
"Thanks! Some of it is from Hajime-chan!"
"There's one thing he's good for. But now we need to figure out where Tsuzuki would have gone besides any place that specializes in sweets. Any ideas?"
Wakaba took a moment to think before saying, "A book store?"
"Tsuzuki at a book store? Hm, never thought that sentence would come out of my mouth."
"Uh-huh! See, my thinking is that Tsuzuki is thinking about Hisoka and what to get him since that's why we came out here. So he's thinking how Hisoka thinks and now we have to think how Hisoka thinks because that's how Tsuzuki is thinking."
"Wakaba, you need to stop or else my job will be on the line because you're a genius!"
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome! Now, to the library!"
Meanwhile, still at Hallmark:
"I am so glad to have found you, Tsuzuki," an incredibly familiar and creepy voice purred from behind Tsuzuki.
Aw, shit! Not now! Tsuzuki thought. Looking over his shoulder, he confirmed his thoughts. Muraki was standing right behind him with his trade-mark smirk on. Mentally sighing, Tsuzuki turned around to get the inevitable over with. "Muraki," was all he said (it's really all you have to say).
"How appropriate that I should run into you on the day of lovers, Tsuzuki."
"Uh, yeah, can we skip this?"
"You want to go straight to bed?"
"NO! I'm just in a hurry so if you could be so kind as to let me be-?"
"Tsuzuki you make me laugh so much!" Muraki followed this statement by laughing, and due to it being naturally creepy (it's in his DNA), he attracted many, many stares.
"Um, sir?" a Hallmark employee squeaked. "Could you please keep your voice down? You're disturbing our customers."
"Very well. Come, Tsuzuki. Let us go get some fresh air. Tsuzuki followed, but only because he was planning on making a mad dash for the nearest sanctuary once outside.
However, before our sexy hero could make any type of movement in a direction opposite of the psychopath, Muraki shoved some flowers in his face. Tsuzuki was then thrown into de-ja-vu and a curiosity of where they came from.
Inconspicuously throwing them in a nearby trash can, Tsuzuki tried again. "Uh, I really don't have time for this."
"Why?" Muraki asked. He decided it would be fun to mess with him since he's so cute when he's flustered.
"I'm in a hurry."
"For?"
"For shopping."
"Shopping for what?"
"Just stuff! Now stop that!"
"Stop what?"
"That!"
"What? You mean this?"
"Yes, that!"
"Why?"
"Because!"
"Because why?"
"Because I said so!"
"Well who are you?"
"Asato Tsuzuki!"
"What's your point?"
"Huh?" Tsuzuki was starting to get a bit dizzy.
"Alright, that's enough. I'm going to guess that you're getting a late Valentine's Day present for the boy, right?"
"………….. Maybe."
"You're a horrible liar, Tsuzuki, but that's one of the things I find most endearing about you." Taking off his glasses, he began to clean them with his eyes closed. Quite an amazing feat, no? Anyway, the man continued, "I don't see why you bother with him, he's just a child. You need someone who can actually please you."
Meanwhile, in Tsuzuki's head: Why does he bother me all the freakin' time? Time? What time is it?... 1:30! Shit! I gotta go! Hey, his eyes are closed. How can he clean his glasses like that? Hang on; I can go without him noticing!
Because of Muraki being so overly confident that Tsuzuki would stay and listen to him go on forever, he didn't realize his "love" was high tailing it to a non-Muraki place. Where was this place? Well, we don't know since Tsuzuki wants to keep it a secret so Muraki can never find him there and he and Hisoka can make-out without all of the fan girls taking pictures. So sadly, we do not know.
A/N: Come on! You gotta have at least one Muraki appearance!
Oh, there were so many typos in my last chapter! I am so sorry! I'm supposed to be good at noticing this stuff!
And does Eckerd's have places all over the country? I don't know.
You know the drill, people!