Carnival Pt. 1

Touya pulled out two tickets from his pockets. "Yuki, do you wanna go with me?"

Yukito placed the burger he was eating down on his plate. Touya had invited him to eat dinner over at their house earlier that day, and Yukito didn't want to pass up an opportunity to eat cheeseburgers. "Hmm…? Go where?"

"To the Toko Winter Carnival. Remember when I won the raffle at school a couple months ago? They gave me two tickets for it, and the carnival begins this weekend, so… " Touya looked at him hopefully.

"Oh…" Yuki began. He suddenly remembered something. "Wait a minute. Isn't the Toko Winter Carnival that carnival that all the girls at our school have been talking about? I've been hearing them say that it's a couples carnival. Maybe it'd be better if you took one of them?"

Touya laughed. "I've been asked by a different girl everyday to take them ever since I won those tickets. You should consider yourself lucky, Yuki," he said jokingly.

Yukito raised an eyebrow. "A different girl everyday? And you turned them all down?" He suddenly frowned, thinking of all those girls who had their hearts broken by his best friend. He still had no idea why he always refused to take any girl out on a date.

"Well… I've sort of been saving the tickets for the two of us…" Touya said, looking down at his plate. He obviously wasn't getting through to Yukito that he wanted to go with him, instead of another girl.

"I'm glad that you want to go with me, but I mean, wouldn't it be better to go with a girl? It is a couples carnival, after all."

"I know, I know, but who cares if it's a couples carnival?" Touya said slowly, looking up at Yuki. Yeah, I know it's a couples carnival. That's why I'm asking you, Yuki! he thought. "Just please, go with me."

Yukito suddenly laughed when he saw Touya's desperate face. "Okay, okay. I didn't know that you wanted to go with me that much! Just don't complain if you're the only one there without a date."

Touya smiled and was relieved. He had been waiting for the perfect time to ask Yukito to the carnival for the past couple of weeks. It wasn't until tonight that he mustered the courage to do so. He always thought that it was funny that he felt comfortable talking to Yuki about anything but asking him out on what could be considered a date took every fiber in his body. Well, at least part one of his plan was over with. The next part was going to take even more courage for him to do.

"I just think that it'd be better for you to ask someone that you really like or someone that you had a crush on to go with you to this carnival," Yuki continued, still unaware that Touya considered their going to the Winter Carnival a date.

"…I just did," Touya said quietly, smiling. He suddenly froze. His heart began to beat rapidly. Did I just say that out loud?

"Hmm…? What did you say?"

Thank god he didn't hear that, Touya thought quickly. "Oh, nothing-"

They suddenly heard the front door open.

"I'm home!"

"We're in here, Sakura-chan!" Yukito called out to her.

Sakura walked into the kitchen as Yukito stood up to get a cheeseburger from the counter for her. Touya remained sitting down at the table, staring at his half-eaten hamburger. Now all I have to do is confess my feelings to Yuki on the night of the carnival… like that's going to be any easier, he thought nervously.

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A/N: quickly dodges rotten tomatoes I know, I know… it's been months since I last updated. hehe please forgive me! But, I do intend to finish the challenge over at the 30romances community on livejournal. So, let the Touya/Yukito love continue! And watch out for Carnival Pt. 2 very soon. Thanks to everybody who has been reviewing!

This is for challenge 11: Mission Impossible, over at the 30romances challenge on