Somewhere... in the desert...

Summer vacation was nearly over, and Archy (of course), knew that. She finally crawled out of the hole she'd fallen into. She found herself extremely weak. Her throat hurt from the insane amounts of... things she'd swallowed over the course of the summer. She felt parched, needing something to drink. And, HAY GUYS. She found Sethy. And Sebastian, Kyle and Audette. And they had cans upon cans of Coca-Cola!

Hooray for Archy.

"Heeey, girl!" said Audette, giving a big wave. The 15 year old beckoned her younger friend over to the group. Archy crawled over, coughing dryly. Audette pulled Archy into her lap and forced an entire can of sugary goodness down her throat.

Archy smiled happily.

"How was the hibernation hole?" asked Kyle, getting out a crick in his neck. His neck always hurt. Seth scratched the cheesegrater scars on his stomach and yawned. He was incredibly tired. After all, Archy had been tying him up and leaving him in closets for the last month or so. Sebastian was a ball of sheer happiness, perched on... a cactus. Or something that you find in the desert.

"I'wwas good," said Archy, still grinning. By now, she was bouncing up and down on Audette's lap.

"Yeah, but some of yer readers are pissed off at your absence from fanfiction," said Audette with a little frown. Archy shrugged. Hey, everyone deserved a break once in a while.

"I've been really dry for ideas," said Archy, motioning to the giant desert around them. Everyone shrugged in union. Seth tossed Archy a computer.

"Better get to updating, Spooky, love," said Seth, winking and motioning to the fuzzy pink handcuffs that were now in his hand. Archy's eyes were as wide as saucers.

"LOLLERSKATES! HOKAY!"


Cheerio my deario

(by FIT BUT SHE KNOWS IT archy)

warnings: pairing switcheroo (?)


Kyou was tired. His thin body was slumped over the railing on the attempt at a balcony that sat on the side of his room. Yuki had left about an hour ago, deciding to go get some sleep in his own room. Kyou decided to stay in his old room. He didn't feel like dealing with Yuki for the rest of the night. Hell, he didn't really feel like dealing with Yuki ever again.

There was a slight knock at the door, but it sounded awfully hesitant. Kyou was too fatigued to yell or try to make the person go away. He didn't even turn around. The cat heard light footsteps approaching him before a pair of slender, but warm, arms wrapped around his stomach. A chin rested on his shoulder and nuzzled his cheek.

"Is everything okay?" muttered a voice. It was Ayame, and Kyou didn't have the strength to push him away. Besides, it felt nice to be held in a real embrace. Kyou let his guard down, relaxing into the touch. It was a few moments before he responded.

"Yuki... just, ugh... I don't know," muttered the redhead. Ayame pressed a small kiss into the younger man's neck. Kyou took that opportunity to remember that Ayame wasn't just shamelessly flirting with him, but that the man was somehow believing that Kyou was his boyfriend. Joy.

"If he's giving you that much of a problem, I can talk to him," said Ayame, just happy that Kyou wasn't being moody. His boyfriend was really sexy when moody and bothered, but it was nice just to cuddle with him. "You know, resolve the problem. What is the problem, anyway?"

Kyou stayed silent again, thinking over what was going through his head. What was he going to say? He couldn't exactly blurt that he was pretending to be Yuki's boyfriend. And then again, it would confuse Ayame more because Ayame thought that he was Kyou's boyfriend. This was going to be difficult. "I can't really... explain. It's hard to, but you don't need to talk to him."

"I understand."

The two stood there, just enjoying the moonlight, not really having anything more to say. It was a few minutes later that Ayame realized that Kyou had fallen asleep, half leaned against him and the railing. The snake sighed, dragging the cat over to the wall and sitting his own body against it. He let his 'boyfriend' lay in his lap.

It was definately a Kodak moment.


Kyou was quite disoriented when he woke up. He knew he was laying on something rather warm and while it was comfortable, it was a little odd. All he remembered was leaning on the railing last night, staring at the stars... and then, Ayame came in. Ayame.

Well, it was about this time that Kyou opened his eyes and found himself looking up at Ayame. Ayame was staring back down at him. Upon the opening eyes of Kyou, the older snake smiled warmly, running his fingers through Kyou's soft hair.

"Hi," said Ayame, his voice rather quiet. Kyou blinked his blurry eyes and sat up properly, still seated between the snakes legs. Kyou looked at Ayame, eyes a little droopy from the 'just waking up' stage, mouth hanging limply and hair utterly frazzled. It was then that Ayame carefully grasped the cat's chin and pulled him in for a delicate kiss.

This kiss was much different than anything he'd forced with Yuki, Kyou thought. It wasn't as rushed, Ayame was obviously taking his time and being tender about it. Kyou could feel a tongue pressing against his lips and he slowly opened, letting Ayame explore his soul. Kyou could really get used to this.

Really, he could.


Somewhere else...

Archy fell asleep at the keyboard.

Audette smacked her with a tin-can. "WAKE UP."


Kyou made his way down the stairs a little later, still a little frazzled. He'd just ended a particularily long make-out session with Ayame, and now really didn't know what to think. Only Tohru was awake, already cooking something in that kitchen of hers, and he figured it would be best to talk with her alone while he had the chance.

"Um, Tohru..." said the cat, carefully making his way into the kitchen. Upon arriving he got a warm smile and a friendly giggle.

"Why, good morning, Kyou! It's beautiful outside. How did you sleep?" said the girl, already a bucket of sunshine even though it was insanely early.

"Uhm, good," said the cat, making way for her so that Tohru could bustle by and grab something from another cupboard. Truth be told, he had slept better nestled in Ayame's embrace than he had on the floor of Yuki's room. Tohru noticed his obvious discomfort and put on a distressed face.

"Is something wrong?"

"Uh, sort of. I mean... ugggh, I don't know!" said Kyou, getting aggravated and letting his voice slip into something just below a yell. Tohru stopped what she was doing for a bit and approached the cat.

"If there's something wrong, you can tell me," she said, looking up at him with her most sincere expression. Kyou sighed and reached up to scratch his head.

"Well, I sort of... cheated on Yuki. But, not really. I don't... uh," muttered Kyou. Tohru's expression went from sincere to hurt to disappointed. She didn't know what to think. But Kyou, truly, hadn't cheated on Yuki, for he wasn't actually dating Yuki. But of course, Tohru didn't know that.

"With who, Kyou?"

"...Ayame."

Now Tohru was just astounded. Kyou was going to drive the brothers apart again by his cheating. It wasn't looking good for anyone at this point. "But... how? Why, Kyou?"

"I don't know," said Kyou, feeling rather ashamed, for reasons he didn't know. "It just sort of happened."

"You didn't... erm, sleep with him, did you?"

Kyou blushed and Tohru blushed and they blushed together for a few minutes before Kyou cleared his throat and shook his head. "We just made out." And it was a pretty intense make out session, but he didn't feel like describing it to poor virginal Tohru who probably didn't even know the basics of sex.

A slight look of relief passed Tohru's face, but it quickly went back to blushing. "Oh. Well, I don't think Yuki will be as mad about that, but I'm sure he'll still be mad. Oh, why don't we just not tell him. But then I'll feel bad. Oh no, what do we do?"

"What do you do about what?" said Yuki, in the middle of a yawn as he shuffled into the kitchen. He didn't even look at Kyou as he went over to the fridge. Kyou's eyes immidiately went to the floor and the cat stormed off into the other room. Tohru still looked flustered, debating if she should tell Yuki or not.

"Um, nothing! Say, it's an awesome day! Yeah, what a cool day!" said Tohru, doing a freaky little dance in the middle of the kitchen. Yuki eyed her a little cautiously as he nibbled on a small block of cheese.

"Are you feeling alright, Miss Honda?" said the rat. Tohru made a pathetic noise, closed her eyes, balled up her fists and tried to hold the news about Kyou and Ayame inside of herself.

Now, to Yuki, this just looked like she really had to pee.

"Um, Miss Honda? Do you need to go lie down, or something?"

"Hhnnngnn!"

"KYOUANDYOURBROTHERMADEOUTBUTHETOLDMENOTTOTELLYOUANDIWASN'TSUPPOSEDTOBUTIFIGUREYOUSHOULDTRYTODOSOMETHINGABOUTITSORRYSORRYSORRRREEEEE!"

"Good morning Yuki. Tohru," said Shigure, strolling into the room. He took one look at Yuki (who looked absolutely confused) and one look at Tohru (who was now shrieking and pounding herself on the head with a cookie pan) and walked right out of the kitchen again.

What an interesting day today was going to be.


"There, I'm done this chapter!" said Archy, clicking the last button on the keyboard. Seth let his eyes scan over the story quickly and grinned at a few parts, but that was it.

"Eh. It's not as funny as the rest of the chapters, but I think it fits with the story. For now. And it's too short. You need longer chapters!" said Seth. Kyle agreed silently and Sebastian continued to bounce around on the cactus. Audette was throwing back sodas near Sebastian.

"And I wish Robyn was back in these! She's awesome!" said Seth. Everyone else agreed with a loud 'AYE!'

Archy grinned. "Maybe later..."

Of course, who knows what's going through this cockroach's head.

Nobody.