Disclaimer: Nope...I still don't own it...*sighs*
Author's Notes:
*Gives computer a hard glare* stupid, stupid, stupid…*blinks and realizes that people are actually reading this
*^-^*;; sorry bout that! It's just that I got a new comp upstairs in my room, and I'm still getting used to working with it-that includes a new word processor, which for some reason didn't save the changes that I made to this chapter as I went and grammar and spell checked it *before* I went to dinner so that way when I came back all I had to do was go downstairs and upload it and you guys could take it from there! BUT…*sighs and shakes head* it didn't save the corrections and reverted back to the old form of it :P making me do it all over again!
BUT-I went ahead and re-edited it real quick, just for you guys! (Cause all you reviewers are too awesome, and I didn't want to make you wait any longer then what you had already!-let me know if you guys see any *major* mistakes in this, and I'll eventually go back and fix them all. I think I got everything though…)
Seriously though, I'm *so* sorry for the wait in this…I've got a couple of reasons…the first one is that I was being lazy and didn't really feel like reading through this chapter and correcting all the mistakes that I had in this as it's a little on the long side and I had typed it up fast-so I knew there'd be quite a few errors in it (and I'm not even sure if I caught all of them)
And the *second* is that I just got a new job…so my schedule is all out of whack, but hopefully after the next few weeks of me being there and getting trained all the way, my schedule will be settled out and I can get back to doing what I believe I personally do *best* in my life at the moment-writing! (Minus the grammatical errors that I know we all have from time to time! :P)
So without further ado, the next chapter to Forevermore…^-~
Story Rating: PG13
Time Setting: Five years after my first fic, Eternity...the DD's are now in college (save for Tomoki and Shinya-who I know isn't a Digi Destined, but he does play a role in this fic...so ;P)
Warning: Contains slash/yaoi-if you don't like male/male relationships then I suggest that you leave now or forever hold your peace...you've been for warned.
Pairings: Takuya/Kouji, Izumi/Koichi
Response to Reviewers (who've all be so awesome in being so patient for my update-Thanks!)
*PrincessSwifty*- **Down girl, DOWN!**
Your review made me laugh so hard I almost fell out of my chair! ^-^ And yes, I know Kouji's acting like a really big dolt at the moment…but hey…I've got to have Takuya suffer just a little more…and then maybe when I feel like he's suffered enough we'll let him have a little lovings…and then maybe some more suffering…(Grins mischievously)…or not. I don't know why I'm having so much Takuya angst, but I'm having fun with it (normally for me, it's all Kouji angst…but…dunno, muses are pulling toward making Takuya suffer at the moment.) You won't hate Kouji for long…trust me. (Besides, who can hate Kouji for long? Seriously, he can be a jerk sometimes, but he's still a loveable character…at least for me he is! ^-~V)
*Kimra Dattei*-
I almost
made you cry -_-;; I
didn't mean to! (You know I didn't,
right?) Why is it
that everyone thinks that Kouji's being an obnoxious brat? *glances at past chapters she's written and sweatdrops again* Oh, yeah…heh…maybe
that could be why! Don't worry…he'll
soon be turned into a puddle of mush soon…hehe…can't
say nothing more though! (I don't want to give everything away, do I?
Besides, you already know some
of the things that're going to happen….I can't give
away all my secrets however!) And I know
I'm a horrible tease…it's all in the fun of being a writer…sometimes you've
just gotta do it!
*Kelly Q*-
Thank you! *Gives authoress a hug and then glares at her*…you need to do the next chapter of Bleeding Hearts, or, I'll…I'll…*shakes fist*…I'll flood your inbox till' you do! Your beta reader commands you to do it! NOW! (Wait, what am I saying?!? Read this chapter first, and then go and do the next chapter of Bleeding Hearts!) Hehe, sorry, couldn't help myself! Take all the time you need on it…I'm sure I've done plenty of that with this fic of mine so far! And how many times do I have to tell you that Takouji rules? Is there any way that I could write a Takouji fic without them getting together in the end? OF COURSE they'll be together! ^-~ (Whether Kouji-kun wants it or not! *drags the bratty Kouji to the depressed Takuya and makes them make up and live happily ever after.)
*Dragi*- *Gives author a hug*
I know I can always count on your review! You have no idea how happy I always am to see your name among the others! Hope you like this…^-~
*Chibi Kitty*-
It's all good, I like long reviews… *^-~* I'm so glad you're liking this and wanted to read more of it, and that you also liked Eternity! Here's chapter four…and trust me when I say that I'm *just* really getting started with this…you haven't seen anything yet…
ForevermoreAuthor: Angel Spirit
Chapter IV: Shibuya University
Kouji sighed as he unlocked the door to his dorm room, happy for once that Sen wasn't around. But, for that matter Koichi, Junpei, and Izumi weren't around either. All Koichi had told them was that the three of them had something important to do that weekend and to not expect them around much. Otherwise then that he had been pretty cryptic as to what their plans were.
He snorted as he dumped his school bag onto his bed and stretched, feeling his sore muscles wince in protest. He had just been with Rei, and the two of them had attended a martial arts class that was held at the campus in the gym every Friday night. Rei had just asked him one night awhile back if he wanted to come with her-because she hadn't wanted to go alone, and Katsume hadn't been interested. So he'd agreed-and they'd had so much fun that they just kept on going back.
But for some reason tonight, Kouji couldn't concentrate. He sighed as he stretched a little more before grabbing his towel. Maybe a hot shower would help-but that would mean that he'd have to go downstairs to where the dorms showers were located...and he didn't want a run in with Sen again this weekend.
Kouji shook his head. Was he actually admitting that he was now afraid of Sen? He knew that the others knew that he was afraid...but was he now finally admitting that to himself? He hated admitting fear...but...Sen did scare him. He bit his lower lip and decided that a shower would be worth running into Sen-if Sen was around anyway.
So he grabbed a pair of baggy dark blue sweat pants and a white shirt, along with his towel and headed back out of his dorm room into the hall. As he got to the stairs though, he heard shouting from the end of the hallway and sighed as it sounded like Rei and Katsume were arguing again. They'd been doing that a little too often lately-and while normally it would be Katsume who started the argument, Rei's voice was actually louder this time.
Debating whether or not to go and interrupt, as he knew that the last time things had gotten out of hand, Katsume had accidentally slapped Rei, he was rescued when Rei opened and slammed the door, her own shower things in hand-and she looked pissed.
"Stupid, arrogant little-Kouji? How...how much of that did you hear?" She whispered, looking a bit distraught as Kouji bit his lower lip and shook his head.
"Not a lot...just the tail end of it-not enough to know what you two were arguing about." He replied back softly, and Rei sighed as she brushed her rebellious dark brown bangs out of her dark brown eyes.
"You're heading to the showers too?" Kouji nodded and she led the way.
"Katsume got angry at me when I came back because she still thinks I need to spend more time studying-somehow she had found out from one of my Trig classmates that I've got a test on Monday, and she thinks that I should've been spending my time studying for it instead of 'hanging out' with you-and going to Karate." All Kouji did was shake his head.
"You've been studying for that test all week long...so what has she got to complain about? If you've been studying as much as I've seen you, don't you think that she'd have seen you been doing it as well?" Rei laughed.
"Yeah right. The only times she sees me is when I'm with the cheerleading squad-my "preppy" group as she calls them. I can't believe her lately Kouji...it's as though she's ignoring me whenever she gets the chance too, except to tell me off for 'not studying'-since she's such a bookworm herself, she thinks that everyone else has to be! She drives me crazy-I don't know what's wrong with her." Kouji chuckled and put an arm around her shoulder.
"She knows you're not like the rest of those "preppies" on the cheerleading squad-and she knows that next year you're switching to the dance/drill team anyway, right?" Rei nodded gloomily. As much as she loved being a cheerleader, the only thing that was keeping her on the team at the moment was just the fact that she enjoyed doing it. Izumi had turned down a position on the team earlier in the quarter because many of the girls had dissed her friends-including her boyfriend. When Rei really thought about it, the girls on the cheerleading squad had gotten far worse then what they had started out as.
"I know she knows that. I just don't know what she's on lately because she used to not act like this...she's so confusing. One minute she's all...I don't know how to call it-cuddly maybe? And the next day she wants to throw me across the room! Last night we were curled up on her bed watching my TV that I had brought with me here from home. Laughing over an old Science Fiction movie that was on. And tonight-I bet you she'll be 'faking' sleep when I go back in there."
"At least you're giving her time to cool off." Kouji told her and Rei smiled.
"True. Thanks for listening to me rant and rave at you Kouji, I know I can always count on you for that!" He chuckled and put a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it lightly.
"Yeah, well, turn around is fair play Ashia. I listen to you and you listen to me." Rei laughed along with him.
"Deal. I'm going to take a hot shower...and I think you probably want to do that as well. But if things are still not good between me and Katsume when I get back...do you think that...um..."
"You can use the unused bed in my dorm room?" Rei sighed.
"Yeah...I know you've been nice and done that with me before, and I know that got both of us into trouble because people that that we were dating when we really weren't-that was a mess...I just don't want that to happen again." Kouji laughed.
"You're cute and all Rei, and maybe if I wasn't gay, I would maybe ask you out. But as it stands-"
"You are." Rei said, finishing it with a broad grin and giving him a playful push in the direction of the guys designated shower area.
"You've got that right. But hey Rei, I doubt that anyone will really think that we're dating at all after the last incident." Rei giggled at this.
"I think Katsume was at her wits ends with that one...go take a shower Kouji, you stink." She held her nose as she walked toward the shower stall she most commonly used as she heard a faint 'do not' reply from Kouji. She only giggled as she turned on the water and changed out of her clothes, enjoying the warm water, thinking about what Kouji had just said.
The last incident had involved many rumors spreading around debating whether or not she was dating Kouji Minomoto or not. As many times as she had said no, the fact that she had been sleeping with him in his dorm room on the spare bed he had because she and Katsume had had a major fight and she had been afraid to go around Katsume, only caused the rumors to heighten.
It had taken one bright sunny day after an exhausting cheerleading practice and an unusually acting Katsume, to end all the rumors. Plenty of people had been watching their practice outside that day as there was going to be a football game that night. Rei remembered walking off the field and tossing her pom poms off to where she had put her duffel bag, and grabbed her water bottle-looking up a second later to see Katsume standing very close to her-black trench coat on and everything, looking a bit bright eyed.
'Katsume?' She had asked, wondering what the dark haired blond had been doing there in the first place-Katsume had never watched her cheerleading practices-never. She believed it to be a 'waste of time'. But she had been there that day...
Rei sighed as she rubbed her tired eyes, still remembering what had happened after that.
'We need to talk'. Kastume murmured, and Rei shrugged.
'So talk-I'm listening.' Rei knew that it would be about the rumors that had been going on lately.
'In private.' Katsume had replied back.
'I can't-I've got to go with the girls and get prepped for the big game tonight...which, I know you're not going to be there cause you never go so I'm not even going to ask you to be there to cheer me on as I've got a solo cheer tonight. So just spit out already what you want to talk to me about and-'
Rei had been abruptly cut off when Katsume had suddenly pulled her close and kissed her. She had ended up dropping her water bottle on a guys head as she had stashed her stuff on a bleacher bench a few rows up from the bottom and the guy had turned around to see what was going on behind him. As he stood up sputtering, Katsume broke the kiss.
'That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I know you're not going out with Minomoto-and now the rest of these preppy jocks know that you're not either. Because you're mine Ashia.' With that, Katsume had stalked off. And Rei hadn't even bothered turning around to face the squad, all she had done was gather her stuff as quickly as she could and bolted away from the stadium...knowing that there was no way she could do the game that night. Not after what had happened. The kiss had left her startled-frantic for a talk with Katsume as to the reason behind it. But Katsume had been nowhere to be found. And Rei had just dumped her stuff in their dorm room and gone out to look for her...despite the fact that suddenly the day was no longer sunny and it had started to rain.
Koichi and Kouji had found her hours later, sitting on a swing in the park still in her warm-up clothes that she wore whenever the squad practiced. They had heard what had happened-rumors spread quick.
Rei had been sick all the next week for the time that she had spent out in the rain. And Katsume wasn't around to take care of her. When Katsume had come back, she'd been...different ever since. As though the kiss had never happened, and hadn't meant anything to her. The rumors about Rei and Kouji being a couple had stopped...but now the cheerleading squad was as nasty as ever to her, and she was ready to quit any day...she had given them enough notice to find a new person...and once her replacement was found, she was out of there.
They didn't want to associate with people like her. All because of a kiss that didn't mean anything-or supposedly didn't mean anything. She felt like crying again, but dashed the tears away as she turned off the shower, having no clue as to how long she'd been in there. She figured that Kouji had already left because it was too quiet as she changed into her pajama's-a pair of dark red and white flannel pants and a white T-shirt...she'd given up long ago on changing into street clothes after showering and then going up to her dorm room and changing into her PJ's. It was a waste of time.
She was towel drying her hair, when she bumped into Sen on her way upstairs-and his friend. Someone who gave Rei the creeps whenever he hung around Sen; but then again Sen was just a creepy guy in general.
"Sen." Rei murmured, trying to avoid looking him and his friend in the eyes, as Sen nodded in greeting and then waved a hand in the direction of his friend.
"You know my pal Hirotaka right?" He asked, and Rei nodded.
Hirotaka grinned at her and eyed her with a strange look in his dark gray eyes, which caused Rei to shiver as his smile grew wider.
"Rei…aren't you looking lovely tonight…you know you can call me Hiro instead of Hirotaka, right? Not many people are allowed to call me that-just my closest friends." He made to reach for her hand, and she snatched it back as Hirotaka attempted to shake it...or worse (she thought with a shudder) kiss it. There was no way in hell she was going to be a 'close friend' of his anytime soon.
Only when Hell freezes over…and then I want to freeze along with it instead of being in his company! Rei thought bitterly.
"He's not allowed to stay much longer you know that right Sen? Lights out at midnight, as it's a Friday night and it's now eleven o' clock straight up. Your 'friend' goes home in an hour...got it? If I find out he's still here in this dormitory I'm calling security in to help him on his way out...understood?" She sneered, not really caring about her chilly attitude at the moment. She didn't feel like putting up with Sen's crap tonight-she already had Katsume to deal with if she was still awake. Sometimes, she hated being in charge of her hall…why did she have to get the hall with all the creepy people in it? Besides Kouji and his friends…and Katsume-that is, when she wasn't acting like a major bitch.
"Fine, fine...an hour it is Rei. Cranky much?" Sen tried to joke as he headed up the stairs, and Rei followed, allowing the two boys to go up before her-it made her feel safer.
"Oh, and one more thing Sen-don't bother Kouji...not even to try to somehow get him to come out and introduce him to this friend of yours." The other brunette laughed.
"Don't worry Rei-kun, I wasn't even planning on bothering Kouji." Sen smirked at her as she scowled at him for attaching 'kun' to her last name-the only people she allowed that to happen with, were close friends. And Sen was not an exception.
"Whatever. You know the rules, stick with them." She sneered, and headed back to her own dorm at the end of the hall. Before she got to it however, she heard Hirotaka ask Sen: "Is she always that bitchy?" And then heard Sen reply with: "Her bark is worse then her bite."
Growling under her breath, Rei walked into the dorm room that she shared with Katsume, to find it empty...and she sighed when she saw the note that Katsume had left her in her nice cursive handwriting that was impossible to read sometimes-to make matters worse, Katsume had written it in English. No doubt to test how much she was learning in her English class.
"She just did this to piss me off even more no doubt...why can't she just write in Japanese like everyone else does around here?" Rei muttered as she picked up the note and scanned it, sighing as she got the jest of it.
REI-
Got called into work. We'll talk later-after you've chilled out.
KATSUME
It said more, but that was basically what Rei got from it. Snarling at the note, she crumpled it up and tossed it into the garbage can.
"Work...who works at eleven pm on a Friday night? Oh, yeah, that's right...Katsume does." Throwing herself onto her bed, Rei picked up the phone in their room and dialed the extension to Kouji's dorm. She figured that he'd let her rant and rave a little bit at him before bedtime...that's what best friends were for, right? Right.
~***~
Morning dawned too early for Takuya, and by the time that he was up and out of bed, the others had already gone downstairs-save for Koichi, who was still fast asleep next to him.
Takuya groaned and stretched as he shook Koichi awake. Like Kouji had once been, Koichi awoke a second later at Takuya's wake up call, and stretched as well.
"Damn...Takuya, your bed is so much more comfortable then the ones at the dorms." Takuya winced as Koichi said that-he didn't want to hear that. Here he was, in his bed for the first time in five years, only to maybe in the next week or so have to probably move into the dorm rooms at Shibuya University, to find out from Koichi that the beds there were probably just as hard as the one that he had had when he had lived with his father in New York-perfect.
"Dude, don't tell me that!" He muttered, as he slipped out of bed as Koichi chuckled, following suite.
"Sorry man...actually, Kouji likes the mattress he has...so...I think it might just depend on the room that you get-or whatever. I don't know. Are the other's downstairs already?" Takuya pretended that he hadn't heard Koichi say Kouji's name-he was not going to let that ruin today as it had ruined last night. He assured himself that there would be a time where he could probably manage to get to talk to Kouji-but that would probably be much later.
"Probably...smells like mom's making pancakes-if we don't hurry, there's going to be nothing left-if I remember correctly, she's probably making her special chocolate chip ones-Shinya's favorite." Koichi only shook his head and grinned as he followed Takuya downstairs, watching as Takuya gave his mother a hug and ruffled Shinya's hair, who was helping her in the kitchen. He turned to where Izumi and the other's were sitting in front of the television, making fun of one of the newer anime's that were on. Deciding to let Takuya have some time with Shinya and his mother, Koichi headed over there and sat next to Izumi, putting an arm around her.
"Shinya...can I talk to you for a minute?" Takuya muttered, still feeling a bit sleepy as his mother handed him a mug of coffee that he greatly accepted as he motioned for Shinya to join him back out on the small balcony that their fight had taken place the other night. Shinya only nodded, biting his lip as his mother pushed him gently into the direction that Takuya had headed off in.
By the time they were outside, Shinya wanted to turn back and go back into the kitchen. But he also knew that he had to hear his older brother out.
"Look...bro...about what I said the other night...forget it, okay?" Shinya's eyes widened as he looked at Takuya, who avoided looking anywhere but into Shinya's own dark brown eyes.
"What do you mean by forget it Takuya? Forget what you told me? Forget that you were even trying to hint to me, that dad was abusive to you physically? Takuya...niichan...if that is true-you need to tell mom. I mean it." Takuya's head jerked up as he suddenly managed to look into Shinya's eyes and he licked his lips.
"You-you didn't tell mom what I said?" Shinya shook his head and looked out to where the sun had just risen.
"No. I didn't. Only because I think that it's something that you need to tell her Takuya-why you haven't told her yet, I'm not sure. I don't know all the details either, and I know that you'll probably tell me when you're ready. If you're ever ready. I know that I lucked out big time with the divorce and all-but...you can't blame me Takuya. As much as you wish it were me, I spent the past five years really wishing that it was me. I hated seeing you and Kouji so...angry and sad. When Tomoki and I finally got together, in my heart I wanted it to be you and Kouji holding hands and stuff. So please Takuya...don't be mad at me for that...please? If I could go back and switch places with you, I would."
For a little while, Takuya said nothing. And Shinya sighed, getting ready to go back in, but Takuya reached out a hand and placed it gently onto his shoulder, stopping him as he set his coffee cup onto the ledge.
"Shinya...I...I'm not mad at you. There are times when I want to be mad at you-and to tell you the truth, you have no idea how many times that I was angry at you because I always thought that it should've been you. But then when I realized what started happening, I knew in a way that I was glad that it was me and not you. It felt like I was protecting you. So no matter what, you're still my little bro...okay?" Takuya pulled him into a tight hug, and Shinya sighed happily as he hugged Takuya back. He knew that his older brother had been through a lot-how much, he wouldn't know until he was ready to tell him. But Shinya would be by his side no matter what.
"Hey Takuya...?" Takuya only looked at him when Shinya sheepishly looked back into the living room where the others were watching television and eating a freshly made batch of pancakes.
"Two things." He finished, and Takuya only nodded at him, a questioning look in his dark brown eyes.
"Thing one-can...well, Tomoki and I were wondering if we could come with you guys to Shibuya University today-and mom thought that I should probably ask you first before we asked the other's because you know, you would probably want to hang out with them and all...and the other thing...we're missing breakfast." Takuya's eyes widened as he realized what his little brother was actually looking at, and he laughed.
"Okay Shinya-two things." Shinya only raised an eyebrow as he looked at his brother, who actually had a smile on his face.
"One-of course you and Tomoki can come with us! Tomoki's my friend-just like everyone else...and you're, well, you might be my kid brother, but you and Tomoki look like you're practically inseparable. So sure, you guys can come with. That just means that someone else might have to drive...and thing two-let's go inside and get some of those pancakes before Junpei and Tomoki eat them all!" Shinya giggled as he and Takuya tried to wrestle their way into the doorway, and when they tumbled inside, the other's only chuckled as they both fell to the floor as Izumi held up a pancake, a playful glint in her eye.
"Hey guys-there's one pancake of that last batch left..." Both boys launched for it, and caused her to fall over as well, shrieking as she did so.
As Takuya's mother watched from the kitchen where she was making another batch, she sighed and shook her head, allowing a giggle to escape as she watched her son interact with his friends and his younger brother.
"I'm so glad you're back home Takuya." She murmured, as she went back to flipping pancakes while listening to the laughter in the other room.
~***~
"So this is Shibuya University? Damn...this place is huge!" Takuya exclaimed, as Koichi chuckled and nodded.
"It's not so bad once you get used to it though!" He replied back as he headed toward his parking spot which, was relatively close to Izumi's. Koichi had taken the twin's jeep in order for them to take Tomoki and Shinya. Junpei had agreed to ride with Izumi, and Shinya and Tomoki had decided to ride in the backseat of her car, saying that she was a lot more fun to ride with.
But Takuya knew that Shinya, Junpei, and Tomoki had really done it to allow him some time alone with Koichi-which, had been wonderful. They'd talked about anything and everything-besides Takuya's stay in New York City, and Kouji. Both topics which both of the boys had decided without words, could be avoided. And so they were. Now Takuya was in much lighter spirits then he had been the other night when he had come home...and he had to admit to himself that he was actually excited.
"Do you think they'll really let me in after this quarter is over?" Koichi nodded as he parked and they got out of the jeep. Since it was a gorgeous day, Koichi had opted to have the top off- and both boy's hair was rumpled from the wind.
"Of course...new students come in every new quarter-its how it's done here...that's what we all did. I'm sure you'll get in without a problem...you've got your transcripts with you, right?" The first mention of Takuya's stay in New York-but, it wasn't as bad as Takuya thought it would be-he managed to keep from wincing as he nodded and only fingered the sealed envelope that he had tucked away in the inside of his jean coat, where he had a hidden pocket. Koichi grinned.
"Good, then as long as you show that to registration, and get an application filled out and turned in, you'll probably be able to sign up for classes today for next quarter-and I recommend that you do that all today or else there won't be any good classes if you decide to sign up later." With that said, they met up with Izumi and the others-and Izumi looked more then excited.
"I can't wait to show Takuya everything, I'm ready to burst!" She exclaimed, as they all laughed.
"Before we give Takuya a whirlwind of a tour of our school Izumi, why don't we show him into the registration building first?" Izumi nodded happily as she led the way, and turned around so that she could talk to everyone and point out things to Takuya for him to look at. Takuya chuckled inwardly-she was acting as he might've acted had he come there with them...but he shook his head. He wasn't going to think like that today. He was home...and that's what mattered-home with his brother, his mother, and his best friends.
"So the registration building is that brick one right up there and...oh! There's Kai and Kita! Takuya, you've got to meet them! They're the other twins in the school...the only other set of twins that is!" Koichi chuckled as she dashed over and grabbed the brother and sister pair by the hands and dragged them over. Kita looked flushed at having to have walked so fast, and Kai was only grinning like a mad man at Izumi's sparkling blue eyes.
"Excited much Izumi?" He joked, as his eyes looked over the group and finally landed on Takuya. At first Takuya looked away, only to catch the same dark brown eyes of Kita. And as he looked from one twin to the other, he felt himself starting to relax slightly. He wasn't sure what it was, but he felt...okay with them. Like they were just a part of his group of friends-and if they wanted to be friends with him, then he was more then willing to do the same. So when Kai stuck out his hand, Takuya shook it gladly and flashed the other dark haired teen a smile.
"Name's Kai and this is my twin sister Kita." Takuya nodded at him as he let go of their handshake to take Kita's slender hand and do the same. The girl was smiling as she used her other hand to brush back her auburn colored hair, which was nearly down to her waist.
"Nice to meet you..." Kita started out, and then stopped suddenly and turned to look at Izumi. Izumi giggled when she realized suddenly the twins really didn't know who he was...even though she had talked about Takuya to Kita plenty of times-and Kita had always replied with how much she'd wanted to meet him because he sounded like a fun person to meet.
"Kita, Kai, this is Takuya-you know Kita..." Izumi winked at her, and Kita's dark green eyes sparkled as she smiled at Takuya, who found him self smiling back.
"So this is Takuya...Izumi, why didn't you tell me to begin with!" Izumi giggled and pat her friend on the back.
"Because I wanted to watch you make a fool out of yourself, that's why Kita!" All Kita did, was chuckle as she withdrew her hand from their handshake.
"So is Izumi-kun over there giving you her unofficial 'tour'?" Takuya nodded sheepishly as Kai laughed and put his arm around Takuya's shoulders. There was just something about the twins that made Takuya feel completely at ease with them.
"Let me guess...she hasn't even taken you to the registration building yet, has she?" Izumi blushed as she smacked Kai's arm away from Takuya's shoulders, glaring playfully at him as she did so.
"We were on our way and we spotted you guys...where were you two off too?" Kai shrugged and looked at Kita, who only shook her head, smirking at her twin.
"He was going back to the dorm rooms to take a nap...I was thinking of going for a swim or something...anything is better then sitting on my lazy butt on a gorgeous day like this. Isn't that right niichan?" Takuya found him self chuckling with the other's as Kai shrugged again.
"So, I want to take a nap-what's the big deal?" Kita muttered something of a 'waste of time', when Kai reached out and tickled her. She shrieked playfully and swatted his hand away.
"Hey, do you guys want to hang out with us today? We're only showing Takuya around. I think we were planning on going back to that pizzeria place that we found a week back for dinner." Koichi asked, as Kita eyed Kai, who sighed and shook his head.
"Okay-fine...we're in. There goes my nap Kita...are you happy?" Kita only nodded as they joined up with the others and they headed over to the registration building. As they stood at the door, Koichi groaned-it looked incredibly busy in there.
"There's no way we're all going to fit in there-especially since it's just one of us really needing to go inside."
"But Takuya shouldn't go in there alone." Izumi insisted, as Koichi grinned at her and squeezed her hand as he released it.
"He won't go in there alone-I'll go in there with him, why don't you guys hang out here in the sunshine?" The other's nodded, as Kai suddenly waved at a pair of guys who were walking toward their group, and Izumi gave a squeal of delight. Koichi groaned and grabbed Takuya by the shoulder.
"Those're Taichi and Yamato-I swear...doesn't anyone go home during the weekends anymore? Come on...let's head in there and get done what needs to be done before Izumi starts introducing you to everyone we run across...I had no idea she was this popular." Koichi muttered, suddenly sounding very much like Kouji to Takuya, as he grinned and they headed into the building. Though as they headed into the building, someone brushed passed Takuya, and he suddenly felt a very familiar presence. He turned quickly, despite the fact that it was crowded in the building, and thought that he could've sworn that he saw Kouji walking away. Takuya wanted to call out to him, but knew that now was not the time.
I'm attending here...I'll see him again, and I know that it was him. He thought, as he waited in an incredibly long line with Koichi for a better part of the afternoon.
~***~
Kouji jumped as he brushed past someone in the Registration building, looking around wildly, his dark blue gray eyes opened wide as he tried to find out who it was...he suddenly had that feeling-a feeling that he had used to get whenever Takuya was around and near him.
Don't do that to yourself anymore! He's not here, so get over it already! Kouji thought, scowling as he headed out into the bright and sunny day, and was surprised to see Izumi and the other's, standing on the steps of the registration building, along with Shinya, Tomoki, and Yamato and Taichi. He placed a hand on Izumi's shoulder, causing her to jump, and he chuckled at the startled expression as she turned around to face him.
"Kouji Minomoto, don't DO that to me anymore!" She hissed, and Kouji only smirked.
"Nice to see you too Izumi-where did you guys run off to yesterday? And did I hear correctly that my twin and Junpei actually ditched their Chemistry class for the afternoon?" Izumi nodded and Kouji shook his head.
"I don't believe it." He muttered, as Junpei grinned.
"Yeah, we "overachievers" as I know you and Kita, Rei, and Kai like to call us, actually ditched class-we had something important to do yesterday, that's all." Kouji raised an eyebrow and nodded a hello to Shinya and Tomoki, who were holding hands, and Tomoki used his free hand to wave at him.
"I just can't believe that there was something more important to do then to attend you Chemistry class, with the quarter ending and all." Junpei snorted.
"Yeah, well bud, sometimes there are more important things." Like Takuya. Junpei thought to himself, but he'd never say that in front of Kouji. Not since they were keeping Takuya's arrival a secret from Kouji. He was dying to tell the dark haired teen standing before him that his koi was back-but he bit down on his lip to keep from saying it aloud, obeying Koichi's orders not to tell him. It hurt not to. And was it just his imagination, or did everyone else besides him look really uncomfortable.
"Hey Kouji, we just met a really great guy that Izumi introduced us too...he's pretty cute, and I know how you're single and all, and I-" Izumi elbowed Kai harshly in the ribs, who grimaced and glared at her as he rubbed that spot. Kouji only smirked as Kai mumbled something about harsh treatment and Izumi chuckled nervously.
"He's already taken Kai...didn't I tell you that already, hmmmm...?" She asked with a pointed look as Kai seemed to understand an encrypted message that Kouji couldn't read as he just chuckled.
"Why do I have the feeling that you guys are hiding something from me?" He questioned the group, as his friends all shrugged and Kita actually remained silent for the whole conversation-a very Kita-unlike thing for her to do, as she was usually quite talkative-right in their with Rei. Speaking of whom...
"Hey, you guys haven't seen Rei come out of that madhouse yet, have you? We were gonna just hang out today." The others all shook their heads no, and Kouji sighed...he couldn't believe that she was still in that zoo. Meaning that he'd have to wait for her until she came out…or face her wrath for not waiting. She must've been having problems signing up for her classes.
"Great, now I'm going to have to wait for her. Hey...did you guys know that she and Katsume fought again?" Izumi nodded, suddenly look downcast.
"Yeah...I wish that they'd just come to an understanding already-they used to have a lot of fun together...but it's almost as though Katsume's changed lately." Kouji nodded and shrugged as his watch beeped and he let out a low curse.
"Sorry guys, I've got to go...tell Rei to meet me in front of our dormitory building, okay?" As Kouji waved while he walked off, the other's all let out a sigh of relief.
"So Izumi, what was that all about? Why didn't you want me telling Kouji about Takuya?" Izumi only bit her lower lip and tried to think of the best answer to give Kai.
"Um...because...well...um...he already knows Takuya." She said softly, as the twins raised an eyebrow, as did Yamato and Taichi.
"You know, I'm thinking that there's a story behind this story." Taichi said, as Izumi nodded and looked sad suddenly.
"Yeah, but that's something for another day-something that I think Kouji or Takuya are going to have to tell you guys when they're ready." The other two boys nodded as Taichi squeezed Yamato's hand.
"Come on Yama...didn't you have practice with the guys today?" Yamato nodded as he held up his guitar so that everyone could see, looking sheepish and Kita grinned.
"Don't tell me you formed another band Ishida!" All the blond did was grin at her and give her a wink.
"Maybe I have, maybe I haven't...who knows? It's a good weekend-thing...know what I mean. We'll catch you guys later, okay?" They all nodded as Izumi shouted at them to meet them at the pizzeria for dinner, and Taichi hollered back that they would as they walked off.
"And I wanted Takuya to meet them too-Taichi especially, I think they'd get along great!" The twins only smirked and shook their heads.
"What-is Takuya as much into soccer and obsessed with the sport as dear old Taichi is?" Kita asked, as Izumi nodded and Kai chuckled.
"Yeah, they'd get along just fine then." The group sat on the steps and continued to chat, still waiting for Takuya and Koichi to come out, so they could start on their plans for the day.
~***~
Kouji still couldn't get over the feeling of being watched. He'd felt it when he had left the group, and continued to feel it as he made his way to his dormitory. He bit his lower lip as he continued to move at the same pace he had been, but decided to quicken it a bit as the growing sense of danger heightened.
He wasn't fast enough, and when a hand grabbed his shoulder and spun him around, he was unprepared and fell backwards into a pair of unfamiliar waiting arms...
TBC
AN2:
*Gives readers a wicked grin*…I know, I'm bad. I can't help myself though…^-~
I know you guys all just love me and my writing so much that you want to just go down there to the GO button right NOW and click on it and review…*bats eyelashes and gives everyone a puppy-dog eyed pleading look*…you know you want to! Seriously, I live on reviews these days…but doesn't everyone? *^-^*
So, some new characters in this chapter-but the ones that I introduced are the only ones that will probably have any main parts in this fic. Remember, they're in college now-and I thought it would be a bit more fun if I added a few twists and turns. And you guys thought that Kouji and Takuya are gonna have a problem…wait until you find out more about Katsume and Rei! This is my first attempt at anything Yuri, so it's not going to be heavy Yuri…probably just strong friendship between those two (eventually). And yes, I'm sure you all know the Taichi and Yamato I'm talking about…
I *KNOW* that Kouji's acting like a major brat…but…he thinks now that he's already seen Takuya. Wait till' next chapter…^-~
And just because I feel like it, here's a list of first and last names and ages of the new characters that I've got introduced in this chapter-you already have met Sen, so I'm not gonna worry about putting him here.
Rei Ashia-Age: 19
Katsume Ebina-Age: 21
Hirotaka (Hiro) Masumi-Age: 19
Kai and Kita Minami (twins)-Age: 20