Riku: HIYA! Oh em gee I'm sooo sorry I haven't updated before now. My comp was F'ed and blah blah blah, and I've actually had this written, but I forgot about it / I'm REALLY sorry.

Eiri: yes! We are so sorry! –bows apologetically-

Riku: Hope ya'll don't hate me now Thank you to the people who reviewed and without further a due, the long overdue, TftSD Ch3!

Warning: So far shonen-ai kinda, but yaoi maybe in later chapters

Eiri: better be some in later chapters…

Riku: -laughs nervously- you're cuteness is just a façade to your perverted nature, isn't it, Eiri-chan?

Eiri: -coughs- pfft, no way -becomes silent-

Riku: oookay

Disclaimer: I'm sick of having to say this...it hurts so much…ME NO OWN!

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Thanks for the save, Doc

By

Riku-chan

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Hatori was standing outside a nice restaurant at eight o clock, two days later, looking around for Eiri. Having the scary thought he'd been stood up, Hatori quickly glanced around. Not seeing anyone, Hatori began to get worried. Then someone shouted:

"Ha'ri!" Hatori spun around, and saw Eiri running up to him. Stopping in front of him, Eiri rested his hands on his knees, and caught his breath.

"I'm, so sorry," Eiri puffed, "I was late, Hatori," Hatori watched Eiri uneasily; afraid he'd take another attack.

"Do you have your inhaler with you this time?" Hatori asked, his voice laved with concern. Caught unaware by the worry in the older man's tone, Eiri gasped. Mistaking this as a sign of an upcoming attack, Hatori hurried to Eiri's side. It was then Eiri stood up straight, brandishing an inhaler he'd taken out of his pocket.

"No need to worry, Ha'ri! I brought it with me this time! Takeshi threatened me into bringing it," Eiri joked, but Hatori could tell that his friend had indeed threatened him. Understandable.

"Eiri, you better take a puff of that, or-"

"I'll be fine," Eiri took a deep breath "see? No wheeze!" Eiri smiled warmly at Hatori. "But thank you for your concern Ha'ri!" Hatori returned the smile, ((Eiri: oh how I was put to the test...+Riku rolls her eyes+)) and suggested,

"Shall we go in?"

"Yes!" Eiri exclaimed, grabbing Hatori by the hand, and dragging him into the restaurant. Hatori felt he should be in a theme park, and not a restaurant with this guy. 'He's like a little kid...'

When they walked inside, they stood at the podium, and Eiri gave their names.

"Table for two, under the name 'Itsuki Eiri'!" he said brightly. The Maitre-dee took two menus, and began to walk away.

"This way, Itsuki-san," she said. Eiri and Hatori followed her, and were lead to their seats.

"Would you like anything to drink?" she asked them. Hatori just said,

"Water please," and turned to the menu. Eiri cast a glance at Hatori 'he looks so uncomfortable...maybe I read this one wrong, maybe he's not gay, or at least not interested...well, I guess I can use my sneaky technique to get him interested, and less uncomfortable, fufufufu,' ((Riku: Eiri thinks as fast as he talks, so all that was thought up in a millisecond.))

"And you sir?" she asked him. Eiri put on his 'serious face' ((Eiri: it's sexy, if you ask me)), and turned to her.

"The same," he flashed her a charming smile, which instigated a small blush on her cheeks. "Please,"

"Y-yes, sir," she said, flustered, before scurrying off to get them two glasses of water. Eiri, looking pleased with himself, turned to menu, and started to skim through it. Hatori looked up at him. 'So I was wrong, this isn't a date. Damn Ayame, putting thoughts in my head,'

Two Days Ago, After Hatori Hung Up On Eiri

"Oh Ha'ri!" Ayame called.

"What is it, Aya?" Hatori sighed.

"Oh I just wanted to say have fun on your date!" Ayame stated, stepping out from behind a door.

"My what?" Hatori asked.

"Your date! With this Eiri guy! Sounds like a catch!" Ayame said, smiling widely. "I'm jealous, Ha'ri,"

"It's not a date Aya, I saved his life, and he's taking me to dinner to thank me," Hatori explained. 'Wow, does sound quite suspicious,' Hatori thought.

"But he called you 'Sexy Doctor' he's so got the hots for ya, Ha'ri!" Hatori rolled his eyes, and decided to ignore the rest of Ayame's ramblings, but he had to admit, Eiri did call him 'Sexy Doctor' '...could this possibly be a date to him?'

Back At The Restaurant

Hatori shook his head, getting the flash back out of his head. 'Stupid Aya...' ((Eiri: perceptive Aya))Hatori looked back at Eiri. Well, even if this was a date, I guess it wouldn't be that bad. It wasn't like Eiri was bad looking. Quite the opposite in fact. His smile had to be one of the cutest things Hatori had ever seen. Hatori blushed.

Eiri looked up, and noticed the tint in Hatori's pale cheeks. "Ha'ri? Are you okay?" he asked. "You look kind of-,"

"Oh, I'm fine," Hatori interrupted, before flashing Eiri a smile. To Hatori's delight, Eiri smiled back. 'Cute...' And it wasn't like Hatori was completely straight; fooling around with Shigure and Ayame had proved this. 'I guess I'm just nervous,' Hatori admitted to himself.

Just then, the waitress came back with two glasses of water, and a nervous look on her face. 'Please tell me I don't look like that,' Hatori thought desperately. The waitress placed the glasses on the table, and then took out a pen and paper to take down their orders.

"O-okay, what would you b-both like?" Hatori gave his order. It was something small and simple ((Riku: I haven't a clue what to put down, so use your imaginations XD)).

"A-and y-you, sir?" she asked Eiri again. Hatori noticed that once again, Eiri was putting on the charm, and began to really doubt Ayame's assumption. 'Seems straight to me,' he said to himself, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"What do you suggest, my dear?" Eiri asked the waitress.

"Uh, how a-about the s-special?" she suggested.

"Sounds wonderful," he flashed her another smile, and she collected the menu's before trotting off, smiling to herself. Hatori felt a little angry with this, the fact Eiri was flirting so openly in front of him. 'He's here with me, not her,' Hatori let out a small gasp, that thankfully Eiri didn't notice. 'Why am I so, jealous...?' Hatori asked himself, blushing again. And once again, Eiri just happened to see.

"Are you sure your okay, sensei?" Eiri asked, and Hatori responded with a nod of his head. 'Yes! All's going to plan! Yay!' Eiri thought to himself, unable to keep back the smirk that was threatening to come out.

Minutes later, the waitress returned with their meals. Hidden under the edge of Eiri's plate was a small slip of paper. He looked at the waitress, confused, and she winked at him. Eiri opened the piece of paper once she left.

It read:

'Hey cutie,

Hope that guy isn't your boyfriend,

Call me,

Roxie'

A cell-phone number then followed it. 'Sorry to disappoint you, my dear, but if all goes well, Sexy Doctor will be my boyfriend,' Eiri smiled to himself.

"Seems you got her interest," Hatori commented, and Eiri looked at him.

"Well it's not hers I want," Eiri, admitted. "There's someone else who's caught my eye,"

"Then why flirt with her?" Hatori asked.

"See if I could, make sure I wasn't rusty. Ya see, my flirts with the other person didn't seem to be working," Eiri told him. 'I wonder if he'll realise it's him I'm talking about...'

"Oh, I'm sure they are," Hatori told him. 'If it's me you're talking about, then they definitely are,' Hatori thought to himself. They ate their meal, and talked about their lives. Of course, Hatori kept the whole, 'and when I'm hugged by a girl, or if I get very sick, I turn into a little seahorse' thing to himself. When the meal ended, and they walked outside, at almost 10pm, there was a chill in the air, and Eiri wasn't looking foreword to walking home.

"Want a lift home?" Hatori asked him.

"Huh?" Eiri asked, confused. Hatori walked over to his car, and sat in the drivers seat.

"Hop in," he called, "I'll give you a ride home," Eiri didn't need to be told twice. Shivering, he clambered into the passenger seat in the front.

"Thanks, sensei, I really appreciate this," Eiri said. "It's freezing outside!"

"Don't mention it," Hatori said with a smile. "So where do you live?" Eiri gave Hatori his home address, and Hatori pulled out, and started to drive. 'But I wish I was going home with you,' Eiri couldn't help but think. A few minutes later, Hatori pulled up to a small house, where there we're lights on. Hatori didn't ask questions, because Eiri had told him he lived with his friends Takashi Hazumi and Hideo Kakumura.

"Well, this is me," Eiri said, thankful for the lack of light, so Hatori couldn't see the blush on his face. Hatori was silent, before forcing himself to say,

"I had a great time," Eiri smiled brightly.

"Yeah, me too! We should, do something like this again sometime, yeah?" Eiri suggested nervously.

"Yeah, I'd like that," Hatori said, turning to smile at Eiri.

"Well, see ya, Ha'ri!" Eiri said, and made a decision. He leaned foreword, and kissed Hatori sweetly on the lips. When Eiri pulled back, he left the car rather quickly, and smiled at Hatori when he closed the door, before, well, skipping to his door.

Hatori sat there, frozen in time, wishing the kiss had continued, even when Eiri was inside the house. Snapping out of it, he drove home.

"So? How'd it go with the doctor? Does he plan to give you a check up?" Hideo asked Eiri, who was peering out some curtains watching Hatori as he drove away.

"Shut up, Hi," Eiri snapped.

"Ooh, not go as planned?" Hideo mocked.

"Actually, it went better than expected," Eiri said, smiling.

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Riku: Once again, really REALLY sorry about the slow update ( I'll try to update this and my other stories more often. If I don't, I apologize in advance V.V;;

Eiri: We'll try our best –bows apologetically again-

Riku: well, this is it for now, hope you liked it, please review! v.v;; once again, sorry