Day Five

Kaidoh was carried into the living room and was placed on the sofa. Inui went into his room for a minute and then came back with blankets and placed them around Kaidoh.

"Hungry by any chance?" he asked.

Kaidoh nodded.

"If you don't mind senpai," he murmured.

"Of course I don't," Inui answered heading into the kitchen that was connected to the living room. Kaidoh quietly watched him make some chicken noodle soup for the both of them and then came back to the sofa while waiting for the food to finish.

"We can watch TV if you want," offered Inui.

"If we can," Kaidoh replied.

"Of course."

Inui flipped through a couple channels but nothing really interesting was on. They ended up watching some Korean soap opera called Hotelier. It was interesting how much of a love triangle formed between Jin Young, Frank, and the boss of the hotel in Seoul. Inui glanced over at Kaidoh who seemed to be watching it as if interested.

'I guess you really can learn something new everyday. My kouhai likes romance dramas…'

Inui got up from the sofa to pour the fully cooked chicken noodle soup into two bowls. He added a little salt to Kaidoh's bowl knowing that salt helped heal the throat even though it might sting a little. Inui joined Kaidoh back over at the sofa where it seemed like some CEO or rich business man of some sort was going to buy the hotel except; his daughter had wanted to work there had also fallen in love with her boss.

What a twist… The show ended with commercials and the next episode started up. Kaidoh sat the empty bowl on the coffee table and curled up in the blankets. Inui smiled and scooted a little closer Kaidoh finishing up his food before also placing his own glass bowl on the coffee table.

He looked over at the clock seeing that it was about twelve fifteen. They still had a very long day ahead of them but it felt like the morning had went so fast. Inui once again was watching the drama that he never thought he'd even cast and eye on for more than a second. When Frank proposed to Jin Young Kaidoh gasped and blushed. He buried most of his body under the covers except his eyes.

Inui chuckled and pulled the covers away.

"You're going to smother if you do that," he commented.

Kaidoh didn't reply but was flushed.

"Are you not used to watching such things Kaidoh? You've never watched a romance movie or read anything of the sort?" asked Inui.

"No senpai. I….This is usually the stuff my mother watches," Kaidoh answered awkwardly.

"And yet you're so into it," said Inui.

"Fsshu…"

Kaidoh couldn't dare look at Inui-senpai. No, he wasn't into romance movies, but Kaidoh thinking about Inui proposing to him had made him surprised. Right after that one scene on TV he thought about meeting in such a nice place, on a romantic dinner or somewhere that meant the most to both of them, and then about Inui just popping the question. Kaidoh wanted to hit himself for thinking that way…

"Kaidoh?"

Kaidoh snapped out of his train of thought and looked over at his senpai.

"Yes senpai?"

"We need to get you cleaned up before your mother gets here to visit you. I think you can take a bath on your own, so just let me pick out some clothes of mine that will fit you," said Inui.

Kaidoh nodded in agreement and stood up from where he was.

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Filling fully refreshed from having a shower and some clean clothes, Kaidoh made his way back into his senpai's room. It was about three thirty and Kaidoh was feeling tired again but decided not to fall asleep. Inui was typing away at his computer. He stopped and looked over at Kaidoh chuckling.

"I'm surprised. My clothes are still loose on you even though you have grown and I picked the smallest thing I had," he said.

That was true. The dark blue shirt Kaidoh had on was really loose on him and went a little below the boy's waist. The sweat pants had to be folded at the leg probably once since there wasn't that much of a height difference between Kaidoh and Inui.

Kaidoh blushed and looked away.

"You should lie down; you look exhausted," pointed out Inui shutting down his computer.

"I'll be okay senpai," said Kaidoh.

Of course that was sort of a lie. Kaidoh was tired…he just found it awkward sleeping in someone else's bed with someone who wasn't a family member looking over him. Inui stood up from his desk chair, walked over to Kaidoh and pulled him to the bed before shoving him down onto it.

"Sleep. You don't lie well by the way," he ordered flatly.

Kaidoh squirmed and obeyed willingly before he actually had time to even pull the covers over himself he was already asleep. Inui smiled softly and sat at the edge of the bed, pulling the covers over Kaidoh's body and watching him go into slumber. When Kaidoh was asleep he usually didn't look as scary or even stressed like he was often. It was like every worry in his mind disappeared right then and there, and even in his sleep you could tell he looked happy.

Inui was shamefully on his behalf was going to admit that Kaidoh was very…pretty? No, pretty sounded too frilly and pink for Inui's liking; beautiful was the word he was looking for. Kaidoh was beautiful in Inui's eyes; he could be actually quite graceful, caring, and quite shy. It was all the data that he collected that was proof here and there. Little tid bits of information on actions and words.

There was a ring of a door bell and Inui made his way over to the living room to the front door. Hozumi Kaidoh was there with her purse in her hands looking a little worried. Inui placed a finger to his lips and let her enter the apartment.

"Kaidoh is asleep," Inui whispered.

"I see; no wonder though, he must be exhausted," said Hozumi.

"He's had medicine and has been fed and showered so he's all set to be okay for this afternoon. He'll probably have to take medicine tonight though," explained Inui as they quietly made his way into the slightly cluttered bedroom.

Hozumi smiled as she saw the sight of her sleeping son and pulled a couple strands back from his face and felt his forehead.

"You've really done a good job of taking care of him, thank you," she said.

"It's no problem, he is my kouhai. It's only right for me to take care of him when he's like this. He tried really hard to make it today and not let me know that he was sick," Inui replied.

Hozumi lightly chuckled.

"That's Kaoru for you. Inui; is he…just your kouhai?" she asked.

Inui looked shocked and he couldn't help but to have a slight blush cover his face.

"Well...ano…eto….-" he began.

"You're in love with my son aren't you?" Hozumi asked her eyes looking determined as she questioned her son's senpai.

(A/N: This is where I'm stopping. One more chapter to go. XD)