DisclaimerI would own gravitation if the creator gave it to me...or...something like that...

A/note: Yeah...sorry about the long update...School has started!-groan- Anyway, this is gonna be short but I promise that the next chappie will be long. Thank you for the reviews! Keep 'em coming,pwease.

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Bring on the competition...

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If there was ever a person who could hate somebody so much, Shuichi realised, it was Marissa. He practically lost count on how much she glared at him after they got back to Yuki's apartment.

Shuichi took a sip of his tea that K had given him ' to calm his nerves'..

Well, who wouldn't be near fainting after the piece of information that his lover had neglected to tell him? First, Yuki Kitazawa and now his daughter?

Was Yuki trying to meet his death early to get rid of him? If he was, it was damn well working.

Shuichi nearly had a heart-attack!

They were in the living room while Yuki, Ayaka and K were fixing up Marissa's bedroom, HE; Shuichi; didn't even know there WAS another bedroom, leaving Shu with Marissa and Hiro.

Yes, Hiro was here too because of Ayaka.She had been there in no less than a minute the moment Tatsuha had told her that Mika texted him that Tohma called her that Ryuichi squealed in his ear that Sakano cried to him that K threatened him that Yuki said to pass the information to Ayaka that their kept-away daughter was with him. ( Long and fun'ne?) That finally, Ayaka told Hiro about. Receiving the same reaction Shuichi had at the airport as well.

Ayaka had practically ran through the door, squealed, and glomped her daughter,with tears and all,so tightly that everybody began to panic when Marissa had looked like she had purple face paint all over her.

"Daddy?", Marissa asked sweetly breaking the ackward and heated silence once her parents and K had graced them with their presence.

"Yes?"

"What is he still doing here?", Mariisa asked, her tone fierce, talking as if Shuichi wasn't in front of her at all.

Before Yuki could've even do so much as a reply, Shuichi stood up outraged. " I live here!", He burst before he could stop himself.

Marissa had stood up too, more out of hatred,annoyance etched in her Yuki-like Face. " I wasn't talking to you!", she spat indigantly and crossed her arms," And..", she scoffed, " Where exactly are you going to sleep? Seeing as Im occupying the other room now", with a raised eyebrow.

Shuichi pouted at this and proudly exclaimed, "In Yuki's room,of course!"

Ayaka, K and Hiro's eye twitched as they prepared for the worst when they saw Marissa's expression w/disgust.

Marissa took deep breaths, as if it pained her to keep this newly found news in, she turned and stomped her feet to the ground, "Daddy!" She addressed w/ rage, " Daddy,surely not?" , but again Yuki wasn't able to reply because he found his daughter talking again. " No! I will not stand for this...this...", she struggled, trying to find her words for her father and the pink-haired boy's crime, " Monstrosity!" She ended with satisfaction.

Hiro took notice of her European language and words and felt awed even if this girl had been lashing out on his best friend. 'The way this girl speaks and acts...as if she wasn't even Japanese!'

Shuichi, fully knowing it was best to shut-up, still couldn't control himself, " Well, where did you expect me to sleep then?"

"Nowhere!", Marissa nearly shrieked, " Because you are most certainly not going to stay here and infect me and my father with your deadly disease!"

Shuichi gaped at her, " Could you be more of a sexist?"

Marissa chose to ignore him however and got herself in all her might, "You won't leave? Fine.." she smiled dangerously, "Just fine..."

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"Yuuukkiii...", Shuichi cried outside his apartment, banging on the door, his things with him whlie K and Hiro stood by him.

Hiro sighed, scratching his head, not really knowing what to do. " C'more Shuichi. Why don't we go back to my place for a while?", he offered tiredly.

Shuichi sniffed, and turned to Hiro w/a runny nose and teary eyes, " That's easy for you to say! She didn't even ackowledge you that much!", and Shuichi resumed back crying.

K had had enough then and pointedhis pistol at Shuichi's head, " Listen you---"

He was cut off when, in the corner of his eye, Tohma appeared with Mika beside him.

"K, what's the meaning of this?", Tohma asked to the one he knew would've had amore sensible answer.

K crossed his arms and 'hmph"ed. " Shuichi's crying because of the arrival of Marissa who kicked him out--literally"

Mika, whose attention was with Shuichi who was crying his hearts out to her in a dog costume, averted to him , " Marissa?..Oh,yes!Marissa's here!", as if she forgot her real purpose and, ignoring Shuichi who was going to be trampled with her stilletos, ran towards the door,pulled out her key and stepped inside.

Tohma smiled in his usual way, " She sure is happy,..", following his wife, he stopped for a whil and tipped his hat off to Shuichi, " I wish you good luck, Shindou-san..", and he walked back in and closed the door, concealing the smile he had at the events.

Yes, he was starting to like Marissa more and more.

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Yuki sighed, as he took out his cigarette and massaged his temples for a while, whil watching Mika and Ayaka bombared Marissa w/gifts,hugs and everything. He egded away from Tohma who was smiling ever since he came in as if he was the happiest man on earth. Bastard.

As he continued to watch, he began to think, ' At least now I have a Shuichi disposer...', not that Yuki didn't love the pink-haired guy. Shuichi would be back anyway,he was sure of that.

But one thing that ached his head more was the many troubles ahead..