Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation or Yami No Matsuei
Shuichi and Tatsuha stepped off the elevator and walked towards the door to Yuki's apartment. Shuichi already had his keys out so he unlocked the door and stepped inside, closely followed by Tatsuha, "I don't see anybody here." He whispered quietly.
"Yuki's probably writing again." Tatsuha shrugged, "But I don't see Maiko anywhere." He glanced around the apartment.
"Think he plan worked?" Shuichi asked quietly.
"I hope so…"
"There you two are!" Maiko said happily coming towards them with open arms for a group hug. She pulled them in close and whispered, "He's gonna ask" in both their ears. The two boys nodded and returned the hug to Shuichi's sister, "Yuki! You lover and brother are home!" She screamed happily.
"Shut up! I'm working!" Yuki's voice could be heard from down the hall.
"He's been typing all day." Maiko rolled her eyes.
"What else is new." Tatsuha laughed and went over to sit down on the couch. Shuichi followed him and sat down next to him on the couch holding his throat with his hand. K had them working nearly nonstop and his vocal chords were almost shot.
"I'm getting ready to make supper." Maiko informed them, walking back into the kitchen, "It's eel!" She said happily.
"This isn't eel…" Shuichi poked the food on his plate, "Is it even from Earth?" He glanced at everyone else's food that sat on the table.
"Well sorry if Yuki's the only one here that can cook well!" Maiko snapped and took a bite of the eel. Her expression froze immediately and she had to force herself to swallow.
"That's not true!" Shuichi leaned over and placed his hands lovingly on Tatsuha's shoulders, "Tatsuha's a great cook too."
"Since when?" Yuki took a bite of the eel and cringed, spitting it back out into a napkin. "I'll go order a pizza." He said getting up from the table. Everyone else nodded in agreement and handed Maiko their plates so she could go dispose of the 'eel' she'd made.
"Come on," Tatsuha whispered into Yuki's ear, "We have to put a better show on then this." Shuichi started to giggle. Tatsuha gave him a confused look then Shuichi shot him a glance.
"Keep whispering!" He said trying not to move his mouth. Tatsuha eyed him for a moment, then noticed Yuki was watching them and leaned in to pretend to whisper in Shuichi's ear again. Shuichi started laughing again.
"You have so little testosterone…" Tatsuha shook his head and Shuichi playfully pushed him away.
"You're funny!" Shuichi smiled, "I never realized just how funny you are! A lot funnier than Yuki!"
"I think you're overdoin-" Tatsuha began but then stopped, "Yeah, I am." He nodded in agreement. Yuki hung up the phone and went over to join them, sitting back down.
"They should be here in about twenty minutes." He informed them. He pretended he hadn't noticed them while he was gone, but he had moved his chair over a little closer to Shuichi.
"Hey, Tatsuha." Maiko peered from around the corner, "Do you think you could help me do the dishes." She raised her eyebrows at him and sent a telepathic message that read: 'You better get in here now!' Though the chances of him getting it were slim to none.
Tatsuha got up from the table and went to go help with the dishes and cleaning up the mess she'd made making the grotesque meal. This left Yuki and Shuichi alone for once.
"I'm hungry." Shuichi sighed rubbing his stomach. The odd quiet was beginning to get to him after so long. Yuki just nodded in response; it was a few minutes until he finally spoke up.
"Me and you never go out do we?" He finally managed to say, making it sound like he'd just thought about it.
"Nope…You never want to go out." Shuichi said shrugging it off, Here it comes…He thought to himself, dreading having to turn Yuki down in a once on a once in a lifetime chance.
"How about we got out tomorrow night and spend sometime together." Yuki suggested.
'No…I'm already going out with Tatsuha…He's been a lot nicer to me than you ever have been!' Argh! Why can't I say that? Shuichi stayed silent, fighting the war going on in his head.
"Shuichi? You feeling OK?" Yuki looked at the pink haired boy questioningly.
"I…Uh…" Shuichi stammered, Just say 'NO' "Sure, we never go out! It'll be fun!" No! You were supposed to say you had a date with Tatsuha, how can one person be so stupid! Tears started to fill his eyes at the thought of having to tell Ryuichi he'd ruined his well thought out plan and he started to rapidly slam his head in the table.
"Shuichi stop!" Yuki yelled and grabbed a hold of his lover's shoulder to stop him. Shuichi looked up at him, "You're putting dents in my table" Yuki sighed and let go. Shuichi slammed his head back down one more time and kept it there.
"He ruined it!" Maiko squeaked through clenched teeth. She began to shake Tatsuha by the shoulders rapidly, "That brilliant plan that you and Ryuichi-"
"It was mainly Ryu-"
"Had planned out so perfectly!" Maiko began to cry and buried her face in Tatsuha's chest, "It was such a great plan too! I even made my favorite author hate me just so he could go and ruin it all for his own selfish self! I have the dumbest brother in the world!"
"Actually I do." Tatsuha said scratching his head. And looked down at Maiko, "We can figure something out." He patted her head to try and calm her down from crying, "I'm sure we can beat Yuki before the nights over…We have to. There is no way I'm wearing my sister's dress." He shook his head.
Maiko looked up, "The French maid's dress?"
"Yeah." Tatsuha said, a bit surprised, "How'd you know about it."
"Yuki was talking about it on the phone Saturday afternoon before he ate lunch." She explained.
"Well, in our bet we agreed that I'd have to wear it if I lose…" Tatsuha sighed, "And I'm not wearing it no matter what, so I better win."
"I think you'd look hot in a French maid's uniform." Maiko said thoughtfully.
"I don't think I would…" Tatsuha shook his head, "Come on let's go join them again." He and Maiko walked out of the kitchen and sat down. Maiko was unable to resist the urge of giving her older brother dirty looks because of his stupidity and ruining the plan.
"It's getting kind of late…" Tatsuha glanced at the clock next to the TV. They were sitting on the couch watching TV and it was about 11 that night. Empty pizza boxes and dirty plates were still on the table and no body made any motions to suggest they were even considering cleaning up.
"It's only 11." Yuki gave his a perplexed look, "That's not very late."
"Yeah, but Shuichi has to work again tomorrow and afterwards he promised me the other day that he'd go out with me tomorrow night."
"No he didn't" Yuki shook his head. "I'm taking him out tomorrow night."
They both turned to Shuichi who did his best to ignore them both, but the fact that he glanced over at them every few seconds didn't help. "You guys think Yami No Mastuei is on tonight?" He asked casually.
"What's going on, Shuichi?" Yuki asked.
I have to do this. Shuichi told himself, I have to put on a good show and help out Tatsuha…then maybe Yuki will respect me more. And Maiko did promise me another date.
Shuichi told himself,"Shuichi?"
"I'm tired of you ignoring me all the time!" Shuichi jumped up and faced Yuki, "You always spend your time putting me down or typing you stupid stories, so I decided to go out with Tatsuha tomorrow night. I should've told you when you asked before supper…" His voice began to fade out, "But I was just happy that you asked me that I didn't want to say no…"
"So who are you going with then?" Maiko asked, pretending she had no idea what was going on. Shuichi could almost hear her saying Tatsuha's name in her head.
"Tatsuha." He finally said. Then looked back at the clock, "I think I'm going to go to bed now." He quietly went off to bed and lied down. Maiko pretended to be upset with Shuichi's choice and went to bed herself.
"I guess you win…" Yuki shrugged and stood up.
"You upset about it?" Tatsuha asked him.
"Of course I am!" Yuki almost shouted, "But I'll get another chance with him when you're gone and back at the temple."
"Good point." Tatsuha shrugged.
"He doesn't know about the bet does he?" Yuki asked eyeing his brother as he stood up.
"Nope." Tatsuha shook his head.
"Let's keep it that way." Yuki turned off the TV and went to bed the same time Tatsuha did. Shuichi was already asleep, or at least looked it, when he got into the room. He took his clothes off and climbed into bed. He was settling in and getting ready to fall asleep when a thought hit him. Mika's traveling all the way from Kyoto Saturday now for no reason…
A/N::tear: Only one chapter left...I know that this chapter seems like it's the end. But I just feel the complete urge to end it with Mika...why? Because she's awesome! Come on, you can't deny it! Anyways, the last chapter is going to be completly humorous and I'll hopefully have it up tomorrow night or Sunday morning, depends on how much my mom makes me clean.