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"Mask-chapter 2-"
-Shopping and a day full of memories and regret-

Shuiichi woke up,rubbing his eyes and looking at the ceiling. 'This is not Yuki's place'he thought. He sat up in bed and saw Ryuichi sleeping peacefully down the floor below.

"So it wasn't a dream"he said to himself,feeling sad again.

+At Yuki's apartment+

Yuki stayed up all night waiting for Shuiichi to come back.He thought confindently that Shuiichi will still come to him,only to be left alone in his spacious apartment.

"It just isn't the same"he whispered.

Suddenly the phone rang. Yuki smiled.

'Ha!I knew the brat would call..can't stand a moment without me'he thought confidently.He quickly picked up the phone .

"Ready to come home brat?"Yuki said coldly as usual.There was a slight pause by the caller.

"Anou...Eiri-san it's me Tohma"the caller answered.

Yuki sighed sadly. "What do you want?"he asked.

"I was wondering if you could accompany me today..i have to pick up some groceries"Tohma replied.

'Boring'Yuki thought but instead he said. "Okay". "Arigatou Eiri-san!let's go to that band new mall that opened a few days ago..i hear it's large"Tohma said excitedly.

"Fine" was all Yuki could answer back.

"Hai!meet you there in half an hour.Ja!"Tohma said then hang up.

Yuki put down the phone and sat back on the couch. He closed his eyes and imagined Shuiichi's childish squeals and that annoying way he calls his name. He imagined how Shuiichi would hold his hand,lay his head on Yuki's shoulders and say mushy stuffs like 'I love you's and you're the only one I need'. But most of all Shuiichi made Yuki feel whole again..and a life without Shuiichi is just...empty.

Yuki opened his eyes, just to see the spaciousness of his apartment,no noise,not a sign of his lover.

'Baka!stop thinking about him..isn't this what you wanted?The place is all yours again,you can work in peace..what more do you want'Yuki cursed mentally.Yuki decided to go online for a few minutes and browsed through a advice giving site. He found one called "Advice Inn-advice site for people of the 3rd sex". He clicked on it and typed away. He decided to let his stiffness ease a bit and ask people for their opinion. This is what he wrote:

-Hey everyone,

Just call me by the name of Cold_Lover, I have this problem and I do hope you can help me. You see I have a lover, we are such opposites. In what way do you ask? I mean he's super childish and hyperactive and perhaps annoying too. He always says he loves me..well I haven't had the courage to tell him freely as he does to me.We are living together or we used to. It happened one night when a friend of mine had to come to my apartment(me and my lover shared) because he had to give me a package from my sister.I don't know what happened we just got into that moment..you know. We kissed,but we were caught by my lover.He was so crushed by what had happened.He left me and now I'm all alone.I may not show it but I love my lover very much..what should I do?Please help me,e-mail me at dark_author@hotmail.com.-

He clicked the submit button..it was sent.He sighed. 'I hope it wasn't too pathetic'he thought.He shut down his laptop,grabbed his coat and went on his way to meet Tohma.

+Back at Ryuichi's house+

"Yumyum!oishi!"Shuiichi said genkily as he glomped down one of Ryuichi's homemade pancakes.

"Na,Shu-chan wanna go shopping with me and Kumaguro?"Ryuichi said with matching beaming eyes.Shuiichi smiled and nodded.

"Then let's go,I'll do the dishes later"Ryuichi said,grabbed Shuiichi by the wrist and quickly rushed out heading for the mall.

Once in the mall, Ryuichi and Shuiichi's eyes beamed at the sight of the pretty,big and new mall that had opened.

"We should go to the groceries and buy for our food supply"Ryuichi said.Shuiichi followed him without any complaints.

Yuki met up with Tohma. Tohma smile,gave Yuki a peck on the cheek and held his hand.

"Come on Eiri-san let's go"Tohma said.They headed to the supermarket.

+In the supermarket+

"You can get what you want Shu-chan"Ryuichi offered.

"Hontou?"Shuiichi said genkily. He quickly rushed towards the snack section and got 10 boxes of strawberry pocky, went back to where Ryuichi was and put all the boxes in the cart. Ryuichi had gotten 5 packs of chocolates.

"Yuki can you carry this basket for me?"Tohma asked.Yuki didn't answer,just carried the basket and followed Tohma.They went to the Beverage section which was near the snack section.

"Waiiiii!"Yuki heard a voice, a very familiar voice in fact. "Wait here"he said to Tohma and quickly rushed over to where he heard the voice.When he got to the snack section there was no one there.He put a finger and massaged his temple. 'I should have known ..just my imagination' he thought and went back to Tohma.

Shuiichi and Ryuichi got out of the market and left their bags of groceries at the Package counter. "Where do you wanna go next Shu-chan?"Ryuichi asked.

"I have to check my mail Ryuichi-san..if that's ok?"Shuiichi replied.

"Sure it's ok....one thing don't call me Ryuichi-san..Ryu-chan is fine..you make me sound old" Ryuichi replied as he flashed a smile.They were headed to Cyberfrogz internet café.Ryuichi sat beside Shuiichi,computer next to his.Shuiichi took a peek at what site Ryuichi was looking at. Shuiichi smiled as he saw what Ryuichi was looking at...a site full of Nursery Rhymes. Shuiichi on the other hand went to his favorite site—www.adviceinn.com.(he was a regular at this site,some people gave him answers regards to their problems concerning Yuki and him)

'Hmmm...wonder who's in need of help today?'he thought as he browsed throught the Help list.There,caught his eye was Cold_Lover.He opened the letter and read through it.His heart skipped as he read every last detail.

'He has got the same situation as what Yuki and me are having right now'he thought.He decided to mail Cold_Lover with this reply:

-Dear Cold_Lover,

I know how it feels,what you're going through now is what I am also facing.It really hurts me,when I found my koibito kissing some other guy.He seems like me..your lover I mean...my lover thinks I'm loud,noisy and annoying.His pet name for me?BAKA.He never really tells me he loves me but me?I love him oh so much.As for my advice to you,go get him now before it's too late.Explain to him every detail of what happened,don't let your relationship end there.You must not give up until you are finally Able to tell him how he means to you. I hope my lover could eventually do the same but I doubt it..he's as cold as ice.Well anyway I got to go..hope we can become good friends and help each other out.Take care-

Shuiichi clicked the Send button,message sent!He logged out and sighed.At least he wasn't alone...that guy had the same situation he and Yuki were in.

"Are you done Ryu-chan?"Shuiichi turned to Ryuichi.

"Humpty dumpty had—oh yeah I'm done"Ryuichi said,closed the internet explorer.They went to the counter and paid.They went to the Package counter and claimed their things and went home.

Yuki brought all the groceries at Tohma's car.

"Thanks for all the help Eiri-san"Tohma said gratefully.

"Uhn"was all Yuki could reply.He went inside his own car and drove away.

Author's notes: Gomen minna I know this chapter was really crappy...I'm just not in the mood today so I hope you'll excuse me.Please read and review this fic so that I can be in high spirits to write again.Please?I love you all!