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Chapter 2: Working With Them

His orange haired ex-boyfriend, ex-lover, ex-fiancé, the guy that he loves so much, the guy that he was trying his hardest to forget, has resurfaced back into his life. A tear formed at the corner of his eyes. He bowed to both Kyo and Tohru, and said, "I hope we will be able to work greatly together." He looked up and saw that Kyo was taller and Tohru has gotten fat. He turned to Mr Parker. "Sir? I'll come back tomorrow. Is that okay?"

The man was a bit surprised at the sudden change of Yuki. "Yes, that's all right. But you must be here before seven tomorrow morning." Yuki nodded and walked out of the restaurant. He wiped away his tears and ran all the way back to his apartment.

He thrashed around on his bed that night, and then lay quiet again. In his dream, he was walking hand in hand with Kyo in the park, and then, suddenly, they were fighting, and it got more and more violent. And then an image appeared. There were three people. He could make out Kyo and Tohru, smiling happily, but the other person… He… She… It… Whatever gender, was so small, and was being held in Tohru's arms.

"AHH!" Yuki screamed and woke up. That was the first time he dreamt of Kyo since leaving the ship. His eyes adjusted quickly to the darkness of the room. He ribbed his eyes and looked at his table clock. 5:00:00 AM. He lay back on his sweat-soaked pillow and thought about his dream. Too many images got in at once in his head, and he just decided not to think about anything.

A few minutes later, he got up, took a freezing shower, put on his clothes, ate some bread, and walked to the restaurant.

"It's pretty early," Yuki said, looking at a display of watches from the window of a shop that read 6:15. He went to the restaurant, and saw that all of them were already there.

"Yuki! Welcome!" Mr Parker greeted Yuki the moment he entered the restaurant. Yuki saw Kyo and Tohru arranging the tables and chairs. He immediately turned his attention to his boss.

"What's my job, sir?" Yuki asked, praying for a normal job, not cleaning the bathroom and such.

"Well, let me tell you about OUR job, all four of us. Early in the morning we arrange the tables and chairs. Well, that's the only thing all four of us do together. Well, Kyo there," Mr Parker pointed towards Kyo and Yuki winced. "He sweeps the floor, takes orders, be a waiter, and clean dishes. Tohru is the chef. Her 'part-time job' is making the windows, tables and chairs squeaky clean."

"What about me, sir?" Yuki asked.

"Jim." Yuki looked at him, confused. "I'm not old, okay? Call me Jim."

"Um… Okay…" Yuki paused for a while. "What about me, Jim?"

"You, Yuki, will do what Kyo does. We're kinda short on that." Yuki stared at him. He opened and closed his mouth, wanting to protest. Jim gave him a deadly look. "You got a problem with that?" he asked in a deep voice. Yuki quickly shook his head. Jim's expression changed. He smiled and pats Yuki's head. "Good boy. OK, sweep the floor." He walked away and disappeared into a room. Yuki sighed and followed orders.

At noon, the customers thickened. Most of them were women. Jim stared in disbelief. "This is three times more than what we usually get!" The restaurant was a small one, with only eleven tables to serve. Most of the customers had to leave, but most of them waited patiently. "It must be you guys!" Jim explained. "You guys are so cool and cute! Babe magnet!" He playfully ruffled their hair, and Yuki played along.

Yuki concentrated on the customer's attitude when they ordered. He blushed madly. "Oh my God!" he exclaimed to himself. "Look at the way they look at me! Maybe Jim is right." They had to open the restaurant for an extra one and a half hour. Jim worshipped both him and Kyo after that.

"This money's five times more than what my restaurant used to make!" he said. "I'm doubling all of your salaries, you guys!"

"Yes!" Yuki pumped his fists in the air. "Now I can pay my double rent and live a life." But their work wasn't finished yet. Tohru cleaned the tabled, leaving both Kyo and Yuki in the kitchen to wash the dishes. They worked together, but didn't talk. The tension kept building up, but they didn't want to blow their heads off. Finally, everything was over, and Yuki breathed a sigh of relief. After Jim allowed them to go home, Yuki rushed out the door, not wanting to say goodnight to anybody, and not wanting to hear any.

He kept up this "not talking to Kyo" thing for a week already, and it was eating him inside out. Jim was getting livelier, which made him want to blow up more.

One afternoon, after the restaurant was closed for the day, he saw Kyo and Tohru talking in the kitchen, so he left them alone. He waited for them to finish, and then came in to wash the dishes. "Five more minutes, guys, and then we can go home," came Jim's voice. Kyo saw Yuki getting ready to go home.

"Y-Yuki?" he called out to him. Yuki froze when he heard them coming from Kyo. At first he wanted to listen to what he wanted to say, but thought about it, and quickly went out of the kitchen. "Yuki, please! I wanna talk to you!" Yuki walked faster. Jim saw Yuki and wanted to play with him, but he backed away when he saw his angry face, and Kyo following him from behind. "It's important!" Kyo shouted, and Yuki finally stopped.

Kyo walked back to the kitchen and Yuki followed from a far distance. Yuki heard Kyo whisper, "I'll be back around dinner" to Tohru, who was on her way out. She smiled at Yuki, but he glanced away.

Yuki sat uncomfortably on one of the four chairs at the kitchen table, and Kyo sat across him. Yuki hid his face by looking down at his feet, and his hands on the table. They sat silently for a few minutes. They could hear each other's breathing. Finally, Kyo couldn't take it anymore. "Yuki…" he said slowly. Yuki didn't move, and kept his head bent down. "Yuki." Still, no movement. "Yuki, look at me!" he shouted and saw Yuki winced. He gritted his teeth. "I'm sorry…"

Without realizing it, his hands went forward to Yuki's. Their skins barely touched, but the sudden feeling swept through their bodies and the air around them. It felt like they were electrocuted. Although it lasted for only a quarter of a second, to them it felt like forever.

They both quickly pulled back their hands and blushed madly, looking at the floor. Their hearts skipped a beat. It was a full five minutes before Kyo could finally talk. "Y-Yuki," he muttered. Both of them were still looking at the floor. "M-Me and…" He couldn't say it, but he had too. He raised his head to look at Yuki. "I have something very important to tell you."

Something important? I wonder what it is… Just read on next chapter to find out.

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