Standard disclaimer - don't own; don't sue ...or I will rip your head open with some sort of sharp object.

Warning: my comments should not be taken seriously or literally. I just happen to threaten people alot when I'm tired.

He's Straight

"Hey," K greeted, coming up to sit down with Yuki under a tree.

"Hey," Yuki greeted back, taking a long drag of his cigarette and leaning back against the trunk.

"So Tohma took over my job temporarily," K said, trying to start a conversation.

"Oh?" Yuki said back, not really caring.

"I was hoping you'd be able to get it back for me," K half joked.

"Hm…Such a mission is impossible," Yuki replied indifferently.

"Alright," K accepted, still keeping the expressionless face he had when he first started the whole conversation.

"You on depressants?" Yuki asked in all seriousness. The gunman wasn't exactly the type of person to be just standing around.

"No," K responded, not saying anything more.

"So what are you on? I'd like to give Shuichi the same thing if I could. It'd sure be helpful on ocassion," Yuki asked.

"I got divorce papers," K explained, looking straight ahead.

"Ah," Yuki said back, not sure what to do. He wasn't good at comforting people, that was for sure, but bolting would probably be even worse.

"She says see doesn't like that I'm all the way over in Japan," K continued.

"Mm-hmm," replied Yuki, feeling very uncomfortable.

"And then she met someone else."

"Oh," was all Yuki could say.

"And they've been dating for a while," said K, looking fagile and calm for probably the first time in his life.

"Yeah."

"He proposed to her."

"Wow," Yuki replied, thinking of a plan of escape.

"I didn't think anything was wrong."

"Of course not," Yuki said dismissively.

"I don't know if I'll ever see her again."

"Shame."

"I-I don't know what to do," K realized.

"W-" Yuki was stopped before he could utter a word by a crying K flinging himself in his arms.

"Uh…" Yuki thought, becoming very uneasy with this situtation very fast.

"What should I do?" K asked, now fully in Yuki's lap.

"You should get off me," Yuki said in an annoyed tone. To hell with K and whatever he was going through, if Shuichi came upon them now it meant a lot of misunderstandings.

"It's fine," K dismissed, "I'm not a fag."

"Fag?" Yuki asked, outraged, "I'm not a fag either! That's precisely why I want you off me!"

"Two minutes," K bargained, "You're really comfortable."

"N-" Yuki attempted to say. No, it was pointless to say no to him, K was just way too pathetic right now. "Fine, two minutes. I'm timing you."

After thrity seconds (according to Yuki) K began to play with his hair.

"Stop," Yuki commanded.

"It's really soft," K said, his eyes growing big.

"Stop petting me," Yuki ordered again.

"I love your hair Yuki-kun!" K exclaimed.

" '-kun'?" Yuki asked, indignanty showing on his face, "I'm not a little boy. It's –san."

"I could never keep any of those damn honorifics straight," K complained.

"Then just call me Yuki," the blonde requested.

"Really?" K asked, no longer crying.

"It's better than being called 'Yuki-kun'," Yuki rationalized, "For the love of God, would you stop petting me?"

"I'll stop when I have to get off your lap," K bargained again, "Please?"

"Fine," Yuki sighed. What was the point arguing? It was just two minutes.

"Damn," Yuki muttered under his breath, "I lost count."

"Start over again!" K demanded, showing Yuki a smile.

"So what's next?" Shuichi asked when he was done signing some autographs for no one in particular, "Or are we done? Can I go see Yuki now?"

"Yes, we're done," Tohma said, smiling at what he thought might've been himself.

"C'mon Shu, let's hang out first," Hiro pleaded, "We never get to hang out together anymore."

"We'll hang out tonight," Shuichi promised, "We're sleeping int the same room, afterall."

"Sleeping together isn't considered hanging out," Hiro shouted at his retreating friend.

"It is for Yuki-san," Suguru replied, suddenly standing beside Hiro.

"Humph, that's not too terribly funny," Hiro insulted.

"You seem to get irrational every time Yuki and Shuichi are mentioned together," Suguru observed, "You couldn't have developed a crush on Shuichi, could you?"

"Shut up," Hiro grumbled, "It's nothing like that. Yuki's just a bastard is all. Shuichi deserves better."

" 'Better' like you"? Suguru asked.

"You're just a stupid little kid," Hiro muttered, "You don't know anything regarding what you're talking about." And with that Hiro stormed off in a huff.

"What'd you say?" Tohma asked, coming up to his nephew.

"Mm…" replied Suguru, deep in thought, "This trip isn't going to turn out well, with or without your plans."

"Why does every assume I have plans all the time? Why couldn't I have just planned this camping trip for the hell of it?" Tohma asked curiously.

"So you won't even tell me?" Suguru sighed, "But I guess that's fine, I'll find out sooner or later by the end of this trip."

"Yuki? K?" Shuichi asked, coming upon his lover passed out with K on his lap possessively stroking his hair.

"Hey Shindou! Yuki has some really soft hair! Come pet it! It puts him to sleep!" K commanded, not realizing something was wrong.

"What are you doing on his lap?" Shuichi asked, "Is this some sick joke! Or are you helping Yuki cheat on me?"

"I'm not a fag," K said simply, turning his back on Shuichi as if to say the conversation was over. In seconds he was petting Yuki again.

Shuichi just stared for a moment before he ran off crying.

"Shuichi?" Tohma asked as a blur ran past him. "Shuichi!" He called again, running after it.

"Got cha!" Tohma called as he grabbed Shuichi's waist and forced him to stop running.

"Get off!" Shuichi demanded.

"What's wrong?" Tohma grunted, " I swear nothing happened with Yuki. You have to believe me, he'll kill me if I break you too up."

"He doesn't care about me!" Shuichi shouted, bursting into another wave of tears, "He's got K!"

"Shuichi, that's preposterous!" Tohma reasoned, "K has a wife…and he's straight."

"He was sitting on Yuki's lap," Shuichi explained, "and petting Yuki's hair. What am I supposed to think?"

"What'd Yuki say?" Tohma asked.

"Nothing" Shuichi admitted, "He was asleep."

"I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding," Tohma assured him.

"What's a misunderstanding?" Suguru asked, coming over to them.

"Ah…Suguru, entertain Shuichi while I go talk to Eiri, okay?" asked Tohma, dashing off before Suguru had time to agree or decline.

"What happened?" Suguru asked Shuichi, sighing and waiting for some kind of absurd realization he had come to.

"Yuki loves K,"

Suguru rolled his eyes. This was exactly what he had been expecting.

"K's married," he explained to Shuichi, "…and straight."

"So was Yuki," Shuichi answered under his breath.

"If you're so worried about him cheating on you why don't you give up on him?" Suguru asked, "There are other peple out there, you know."

"Oh yeah, I'm sure," replied Shuichi, his statement dripping with sarcasm. "Who?"

"Me for one," Suguru responded, looking away.

"Bullshit," Shuichi shouted, taking Suguru's comment as a joke, "Don't make fun of me. This isn't funny."

"I'm not laughing," Suguru retorted, "I'm being serious!"

"You're straight," Shuichi stated.

"Just like Yuki's straight," Suguru replied.

"Really?" Shuichi asked, still not quite believing it.

"You don't notice anything that's right in front of your face," Suguru complained, "And then when I find the courage to call attention to it, you don't believe me! Are you that wrapped up in Yuki?"

"No! It's just…weird…that you would like me like that. I don't know…I just…never thought of you as someone who would ever like me," Shuichi explained.

"So what's going to happen now?" Suguru asked, "Is it me or Yuki?"

"I don't know!" Shuichi shouted hopelessly, collapsing into a sittng postion and staring at his lap.

"You sounded happy at least…knowing that I liked you," Suguru said, trying to give himself some self confidence.

"Well yeah, who doesn't like the fact that someone like them?" Shuichi said just because he felt guilty, but in reality he just ended up crushing Suguru's last bout of self esteem.

"Yeah, you're right. Stupid me," Suguru said. "Let's just pretend this never happened."

"No," Shuichi cried imediantly, "I'm just…confused right now. Give me some time, okay?"

"I told you, just forget it. It really was a joke. It was Tohma's idea…" Suguru tried to explain.

"I don't think I love Yuki any more," said Shuichi in a quiet voice, but the meaning of the words shut Suguru up.

"I didn't feel anything when K was sitting in Yuki's lap," Shuichi explained, "I mostly acted out on what I thought I should do. I…Even as I kept telling myself Yuki was cheating on me…I didn't feel anything. It was just…indifference."

"Well…I guess that's good news for me," Suguru replied, holding Shuichi chin up and kissing him.

So here's some of the odd pairings I was talking about. We've got SuguruxShuichi and some slight KxYuki. Either of those two better than YukixShuichi? Tell me, so I know. The only opinion I have now is my own and that's not always 100 percent reliable just because I get strange ideas in my head that make no sense to a sane person.

Chapter 4 has a title and about a page into the story (this chapter was 6 pages, just so you get an idea of how much I have left to do) Um...so yeah...expect it to be here Friday (the 6th).

Unfortunately I've got a shitload to do Saturday (pretaining but not limited to a band competition, a Latin certamin, and relatives coming over) so I will absolutely not be updating Saturday. And Sunday's looking pretty busy too since I've got a date and have to see my company off. Also, I'll probably crash at a friend's house so... The next possible update is Monday (the 9th) but it's more likely to be Tuesday. (I'll just be repeating this for chapter 4 so you don't have to really remember this paragraph too strongly)

Okay so I got my ears pierced three times in a row in my cartilage...not a smart idea. It hurts quite a bit so if anyone was retarded (like me) enough to be thinking of doing that-don't do it. Well, it didn't help that the person piercing my ear was flinching incredibly after the second piercing. (I have such wimpy friends)

Please review and shit, it's appreciated. And if people don't pick their peferences towards pairings everyone's going to end up alone and I'll have to include some suicides (I have a story outline for that in my head as well).

Till next time my bitches.