Chapter 3 : Love triangle. Really?

Warning: malexmale pairing, YAOI

Disclaimer: XXXHOLIC belongs to CLAMP

Summary: Doumeki is a pathetic guy that is pinning after the boy that didn't love him back.

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Watanuki is oblivious to all this problem as he is oblivious to the way his classmates staring at him as he throws his head back and cackled evilly.

As he is oblivious to the rumors going around the school about Doumeki Shizuka and him being a couple. The females population spliting into two groups and the boys that is still relatively normal is traumatize by the horrors going around them. Still they didn't need to know about anal sex or what a prostate is.

"Uh.. Doumek.i So, I have been hearing things."

"Things?" Doumeki groused while changing his archer uniform.

"No. No more like rumors... that you in a relationship with Watanuki Kimihiro from the class next door."

"Homesexual. Gay. Loving relationship."

When the archer frowns at him. "I don't have problem with that. I love.. gay people." Fuji amends quickly but to only realize he is only digging a deeper grave for himself.

"Where did you hear it from?" Doumeki asks. Not that he cares about this thing. He is worry because it involves the other boy. He wonders if Watanuki has heard about it.

" Oh. You didn't know the girls have been crying over that for weeks. Walking around with red eyes and eye bag under their eyes."

"Like zombies actually", Fuji says with a shudder reminded of the horror the first day he saw it. "They are talking about having Watanuki's head on a stake or something like that."

They were planning to hurt Watanuki?

His protective streak came forth. If they were planning to hurt Watanuki, even if they are girl Doumeki won't go easy on them.

When he saw Doumeki face darken. Fuji quickly adds, "Haha...they aren't serious about it." Nope, Fuji thinks the girls were very serious about it but he didn't want to be the one, breaking the news to Doumeki especially when he has murderous look in his eye.

"They are just heartbroken." He finishes lamely. Fuji prays that the girls won't do anything because if they did, they will have to face the wrath of Doumeki. He is scared for their sake's.

"Li-lighten up, Doumeki. He punches the boy shoulder lightly.

"You scaring the shit out of me..." was left unsaid.

Doumeki was out of his archery uniform and into his school uniform in record speed. He didn't even bother to take shower today. Instead, he went straight to their normal lunch spot almost running because he worries about Watanuki well-being. His mentally and physical well-being. Doumeki know his fan girls they are really a bunch of crazies and if they going around talking about hurting Watanuki. Doumeki is hella sure going to treat their threats seriously.

When he sees Watanuki is seating at their usual spot under the blossom tree, Doumeki releases the breathe he is holding and slow down his footsteps.

"Oi" He called out.

As expected, Watanuki turn his back towards him and wrinkle his nose distastefully. "My name is not Oi."

Doumeki shrugs in answer but the boy has already turn his back on him.

"Oh, hey Himawari-chan." Watanuki waves enthusiastically with a big smile on his face.

Doumeki look at the direction the boy is looking. Sure enough, he spots Kunogi walking out of the school building and waving back at Watanuki happily. Doumeki snorts and walk quietly to his usual spot. Idiot.

He sits down next to the boy and make a grab for the bento box. Watanuki turns facing him with a frown on his face.

"Can't you at least wait until Himawari-chan is here?"

"She already is coming." He grunts back.

"Ugh." Watanuki says making a gesture like he is about to strangle the glutton which the said glutton stares disinterestedly.

Watanuki grits his teeth. He wanted to strangle Doumeki badly now but he didn't because he is a good person, and Himawari might actually sees him doing that. Okaay, that is the reason if Himawari isn't here. He would have strangle the boy like last time.

"You're infuriating." Watanuki says with a loud exaggerated sighs.

"Hi, Doumeki-kun." "Watanuki-kun."

Himawari greets as she takes her usual spot. Like usual she receive a nod from Doumeki and an enthusiastic greeting from Watanuki which always put a frown on Doumeki's face. She wonders when would Watanuki finally realize that Doumeki likes likes him. Himawari smiles and glance at Doumeki. Sorry doumeki, I will be imposing on lunch until then. The said boy glance back at her looking displeased. She holds back a laugh.

Doumeki looks at her, then Watanuki before rolling his eye when Watanuki starts singing praises about her. She laughs because it is entertain to watch that Doumeki Shizuka the heart throb of the school that never spare a glance at the girls that confessing to him, is pinning away. She wishes she could help him.

Doumeki eats silently enjoying his food with Watanuki and Kunogi conversing in the background. He takes a deep breath. Let's try this again, Doumeki told himself. Okay, the food is delicious. Praise him. Tell him, it's delicious. Doumeki open his mouth and Watanuki is looking at him. "It needs more salt." Doumeki snaps his mouth shuts after his said it. Watanuki looks confused for a moment before his face contorted in anger. "It is perfectly seasoned", the boy hissed angrily.
"Something is wrong..WITH YOUR TASTE BUD!".

Doumeki stares at Watanuki's red face and sighs deeply.

Nope, Watanuki is wrong. Something is wrong with his head because he has been meaning to say something and then something entirely different came out from his mouth.

"Why are you sighing?!" "YOU." "Salt-obsessed freak." "I'm the one should be sighing, Watanuki growls waving his chopsticks threateningly".

Himawari shakes her head as she watched the train-wrecked that is Doumeki Shizuka. She wants to see the two of her best friend happy and although she loved Watanuki too. She has accepted long ago that they were never meant to be. It is sad that it takes Watanuki falling out a third-stories window and nearly die to make her see that. Maybe she should talk to Yuuko about getting them together because Doumeki needs help. If this is the way he is going around about it. Yuuko-san would definitely be on board with her idea of getting them together. Even though, she thinks Yuuko-san would help solely because she thinks the two boys will provides her with comic-relief.

Smiling Himawari excuses herself 10 minutes early before the bell rings. Saying that she has to meet with some of her girls friend. So, that Doumeki-kun can spend time alone with Watanuki-kun.

Watanuki is watching Himawari back getting smaller and smaller as she walk further away from them. It is pathetic and what worst that he is more pathetic since he watches Watanuki watching Himawari walking away.

Doumeki nails dig into his palm of hands. "You know right. That you and her, it can never happen." Doumeki says purposely being mean to the boy. The boy head snapped to stare at him grudgingly.

Doumeki stares back boldly. He needs the boy to understand that. He don't want a repeat of Watanuki's falling out a third-stories window while he watches helplessly to happen again. He didn't think he is strong enough to go through same thing like that again. To be in the position of watching helplessly unable to do anything.

Watanuki sighs and stares at the grass instead of staring at the Doumeki's copper colored eyes. "I know that. For someone that had never been in love. I don't expect you to understand." Watanuki says as he continues packing the bento box away refusing to meet eyes with the archer. The boy walks toward the school building leaving Doumeki still sitting on the grass staring at the back of his head.

No, Watanuki is the one that doesn't understand and too blind to see that he is in love with him when everyone could see it. Even the whole school knows about it. There are rumors going around the school. The way he sees it. Watanuki didn't even know anything about the rumors.

Realizing that the archer isn't following him like usually.

Watanuki looks back and sure enough the taller boy is still seating on the grass staring blankly. Watanuki sure hope, he isn't having a nap with his eye open. He heard that some people do that. He crosses his arms and says," Are you coming? The bell is going to ring soon."

He sees the taller boy rolls his eyes before walking leisurely towards him. Geeez, what a lazy bone.

Doumeki glanced down at the boy next to him seeing his face all scrunched up in annoyance. Doumeki smiles because Watanuki waited for him.

He can hope that he had a chance with Watanuki. Can he?

Himawari joins them in the hallway a few seconds later. She is in the same class as Watanuki and Doumeki kind of resents that. Since he is not in the same class as both of them. He feels left out when the two of the talks about lesson they had and the teachers or home works. Doumeki can only listen without being able to contribute to the conversation.

When they walk pass Doumeki's classroom. The two of them stops. Himawari smiles at him. "Bye, Doumeki-kun. See you after school finish. Let's walk back together, ne?" She says smiling cheerily.

"Himawari-chan. You're being too nice to him." Watanuki groused. Watanuki pine him with his eyes. "Yeah, what Himawari says.
You better be grateful that Himawari-chan is being so kind to invite you too." Doumeki snorts in disbelieve.

They needs him to be there anyway to play buffer. So, that her back luck cannot cause Watanuki, harm.

At that moment Fuji walks out the door and grins when he sees Doumeki. "Hey, Doumeki-kun and friends of Doumeki-kun." He greets eyes zero-ing on Watanuki. Doumeki groans inaudibly which receives him twin imploring look from Kunogi and Watanuki.

"I'm Fuji. Doumeki's best friend."

"No." Doumeki rebuff the statement.

"Hey, that is mean." Fuji says slinging his arm over his shoulder.

Himawari and Watanuki looks interestingly at the newcomer. "Nice to meet you, Fuji-kun." Himawari greets back. Watanuki just stares at the boy before following Himawari lead. "Nice to meet you", he said in a manner more reserve than Himawari. Doumeki ignores when Fuji hang from his shoulder like a monkey and moves his eyebrow suggestively at him. Yeah,the rumors like he can forget about that.

"Do you have to go to Yuuko's today?"

"No. Yuuko-san says she will be out on an errand." Watanuki says looking putt off.

"Then, wait for me". Doumeki says blandly.

Watanuki frowns because Doumeki is being ridiculous Watanuki's apartment is the opposite way of the shrine.

The idiot is going through trouble for nothing. He can take care of himself. He has been taking care of himself long before Doumeki show up on his radar. He is fine. He won't drop dead and die if the archer didn't walk him home for a day, For goodness sake , the archer life does not revolve around him. It doesn't have to be.

"I don't need a babysitter. Beside, I'm going to do some shopping". Watanuki mentally makes a list of all the grocery he needs to buy including ingredient to make tomorrow's bento.

Doumeki is staring at him with stubborn look on his face that Watanuki unable to ignore. His face is saying, it doesn't matter. He is going to walk him home either way. It is getting worst since the whole falling out the window thing. Doumeki follows him like a shadow nowadays. Hardly leaving his side.

It is like he thinks it is his faults that it happened. It wasn't Doumeki's fault.

He glances at Himawari who looks at him worriedly. It wasn't Himawari faults either.

"Yeah, okay". Watanuki agrees reluctantly. "I'll probably need help with carrying the groceries anyway. They are going into your lunch box." Watanuki says matter of fact, slapping the archer on the chest. "You should do some hard labor for it." Annoyingly, the archer didn't even blink when he slaps him on chest instead the archer is boring stares into..

..his hand

Watanuki realizes his hand is still on the archer's muscled chest, blushing Watanuki removes them immediately.

Himawari smiles at the scenes unfolding in front of her. Maybe, Doumeki-kun didn't need her help after all.

"Watanuki-kun and Doumeki-kun is such good friends." She says teasingly with innocent face.

"Himawari-chaan," Watanuki drawls out but he didn't protest like before.

They are definitely friends now. Doumeki did give away his blood to him and Watanuki lost a lot of blood too. That what friends do right? Making sacrifices for each other. He wonders if Doumeki is fine after that. He adds a few ingredients that contain high in iron into his grocery list.

"Himawari-chaaan, let's all go together." Watanuki says.

"I'm sorry. I can't. I got piano lesson today." She says winking at Doumeki.

"But..I want to go shopping with Himawari-chan. Not this lumbering jerk face".Watanuki says ignoring the way Doumeki is frowning at him.

Fuji lifts his eyebrow at that and stares at Doumeki which he pointedly ignores.

"There is a new cafe open there. The cakes and tea is really good." The stupid glassed boy bellows.

Himawari smiles at the opportunity that presented itself. "Why don't you go there with Doumeki-kun?"

Doumeki is sure now. She is scheming and he really didn't know what the girl is expecting to come out from it. Could it be that she notices? Of course she did. The two of them were there when they begs Yuuko to save Watanuki. After all, she'd too sacrifice something for the wish of saving Watanuki that is taking his scars from the fall just like him who pay the price by replacing the amount of the blood that Watanuki's has lost with his own blood. After they agree to the witch terms, their eyes meet each other and they knew that both of them loved Watanuki dearly.

The school bell rings signalling the recess period is over. Watanuki and Himawari hurries to their class. "Wait at the gate," Doumeki calls out after them. Watanuki turned back and glared at him. Doumeki assumes it mean the boy hears him. Doumeki is lucky because they were standing in front of his class. So, he takes his time going into his class and drags the dead weight that hanging over his shoulder while staring hole at his face.

"What?" Doumeki finally give up and ask.

The boy laughs, "Lumbering jerk face? Well, at least he is interesting."

Doumeki rolls his eyes.

"This is so messed up. The rumors is false then. The girls is going crazy without a reason at all. Wait until they hears about this then everything will return to normal and they will be all over you once again."

"I rather not."Doumeki says deadpan.

"Oh man. Other boys would kill to receive that kind of attention from the girls, you know?"

"He seems to like the girl, your other friend. Kunogi Himawari, if i'm not wrong."Fuji says peering into his friend face.

"Yeah. That's her name." Doumeki says apathetically.

"Oh."

Doumeki looks bemusedly at his friend that is gaping at him.

"Oh, you do like him. The girls was right after all." Fuji says in realization. Doumeki didn't deny it after all Fuji is kinda his best friend.

"...but the two of you aren't together."

"Yet." Doumeki blurts out.

Fuji look at him with mouth open in surprise. Doumeki himself is surprise by his own answer. He did thought about it, this morning and he even considers getting help from a certain witch on how to accosts Watanuki but this is the first time that he admits it vocally. So, he is really doing this then. Damn.

"You look like you're about to vomit." Fuji says next to him.