Two
It took Kaidoh a second to realize who was in front of him. There was such a dramatic change in him, frameless glasses changed his appearance hugely, and he seemed a little lankier than he already was, he never had worn jewelry before ever, and his hair was a little longer. Then again so was Kaidoh's…
It took seeing the green notebook on the floor beside him for Kaidoh to figure out who it was.
"Inui-senpai!" Kaidoh exclaimed surprised.
"What are you doing here?" Inui asked looking a little flustered.
"I go to school here," Kaidoh said as if was obvious pointing to the books he had to purchase.
"You're the new transfer?" Inui asked.
"Yeah... A little late, but that was because the headmaster made a last minute decision," Kaidoh explained with a shrug as he stood up. Inui decided to carry his books for him.
"What a surprise…the chances of me running into you again were twelve percent," Inui murmured.
Kaidoh smiled. Inui despite the changes in his physical appearance had not affected his personality at all. He couldn't help but feel a little happy about that.
"I didn't think…I'd see you either. You've changed Inui-senpai," Kaidoh answered.
"A-ah…yes. A little too much maybe," Inui said.
"It's not a bad thing; senpai must have a girlfriend," Kaidoh teased as he looked for the book he had to find. Inui had found it before him and pulled it off the shelf with the books he still had in his hands and Kaidoh insisted he carry at least two of those books that Inui was carrying.
"I don't actually. Please don't start acting like my roommates and urge to me to have women over," Inui said.
Kaidoh blushed and looked away. Now why did that make him feel a little jealous?
"I won't," said Kaidoh. He soon paid for his books and decided to head to his apartment to drop them off.
"You got yourself your own place?" Inui asked as they were up on the roof as Kaidoh unlocked the door.
"Yes. Excuse the mess senpai, I haven't even unpacked yet," Kaidoh said as he opened the door and deposited his books on a nearby bookshelf.
"Then I'll help you unpack," Inui insisted.
Kaidoh couldn't refuse. Some how he felt very happy that he was with Inui again after so long. For once Kaidoh didn't feel so alone.
Inui started to de-tape some of the boxes and noticed Kaidoh's tennis bag in the corner of the room.
"You still play?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm planning to become a regular again," Kaidoh answered with a smirk.
Inui couldn't help but feel a little worried. His roommate and his friends weren't exactly friendly and hearing over them earlier…
"It'll be competitive," Inui said.
"I know. I'm ready for it Senpai, I've trained myself for it," said Kaidoh beginning to help. They had soon gotten the room in order.
"I have the day off myself… You haven't eaten have you?" Inui asked.
Kaidoh tried to hide a little bit of a smile forming on his lips and shook his head.
"Then let me take you out for lunch," Inui ordered.
"If Inui-senpai wants to," was all Kaidoh said. They soon afterward found their selves at a restaurant eating.
"I…I wondered if Inui-senpai was okay..," Kaidoh said.
"I am; I'm very happy that we'll be studying together," Inui said.
"Let's do our best," Kaidoh said. Inui nodded in agreement as they continued to eat. Inui couldn't help but finger at Kaidoh's hair.
"You let it grow out," he said.
"A-ah...I'm planning to get it cut, I just haven't had time to," Kaidoh said blushing even more.
Inui laughed, "I wouldn't mind cutting it for you."
"Inui-senpai you're doing too much!" Kaidoh protested.
Inui decided to back off, but he couldn't help but not want to take care of his kouhai. He was so thrilled; the chances of seeing Kaidoh had been low until he had ran into him today. It was amazing and Inui was afraid to leave Kaidoh alone thinking that he might run off and Inui would never seem him again. It was bad enough that the Seigaku regulars had taken on their own lives and didn't even bother to keep in contact…
"Have you heard from anyone?" Inui asked while having that on his mind.
"Only the same things you've probably heard. Everyone's out of town or out of the country," Kaidoh explained.
"And some how we still remain here," muttered Inui.
"Are you trying to make me feel bad?" Kaidoh shot back even a little fondly.
"No, I'm glad you didn't head off to Saigon," Inui said.
Kaidoh blinked. Inui…knew about that?
"How did you know that…?" his voice trailed off.
"I heard from your brother. I ran into him about six months ago and he said your family was planning to send you off to Saigon to find a wife," Inui said.
That was true. Kaidoh had family in Vietnam for some strange reason. Maybe it was because business wise over there you were wealthy even if you had a couple hundred dollar bills in your pocket. Kaidoh had refused to let his family go through with sending him off to some strange country to meet a girl who probably didn't even speak Japanese; and there was no way Kaidoh was even going to try to learn Vietnamese when he was trying to learn English already. Getting into this college was a savior for him because his parents never thought once about sending their son off to Vietnam since he got the acceptance letter.
"Yeah, I didn't want to go through with it though. I mean…Inui-senpai think about it. How could you be forced to fall in love with someone, and also how could you live and marry someone who you couldn't even speak to?" Kaidoh asked.
"True. I think your parents are desperate to have grandchildren," Inui pointed out with a laugh.
"Senpai!" Kaidoh exclaimed hitting him on the arm to tell him to knock it off. Geeze!
"It's the truth!"
"Then they better hope Hazue follows up first because there's no way I'm getting married any time soon. I probably won't even get married," Kaidoh said.
Inui blinked. That wasn't exactly surprising coming from Kaidoh but…
"You're so sure?" he asked.
"It's not like any girl would like me, and I'm not interested. And that's just to stop you from setting me up with some weird girl," Kaidoh snapped.
Inui smirked, "Aw, and I was going to set you up with Yuri… She's really good at tennis and she's not exactly like other girls. Not to mention she lived in America when she was seven and moved back here when she was sixteen."
Kaidoh's eyes went wide.
"You like her!" he shouted.
"No, no! Kaidoh that would be like going out with my sister if I had one. I'll introduce you to her anyway just so you'll have someone to talk to when I'm not around," Inui said.
And with that Kaidoh was dragged out of the restaurant and back to the college campus. Kaidoh felt like inwardly groaning; he had gotten himself in a mess already.
(A/N: For the lack of Seigaku regulars in this story I'm going to have to add OC; and this is the first time doing it since my YuYu Hakusho days. I promise that this fic Inui/Kaidoh and that nobody will stand in the way of that pairing. XP Because let's face Inui belongs with Kaidoh and Kaidoh belongs with Inui.Please don't kill me; Yuri plays a major role in the story and hopefully you all will grow to love her as much as I do. XDD Not to mention she's an Inu/Kai supporter herself! -snicker-)