Chapter 5 : A lovely date. The thing is they weren't even a couple.

Warning: malexmale pairing, YAOI

Disclaimer: XXXHOLIC belongs to CLAMP

Summary: Shopping can't be this hard. Maybe for others it isn't. Nothing is simple when it comes to Watanuki.

Shopping with Watanuki is eventful. He enjoyed watching the boy in his element. Watanuki knows exactly what he is doing. Finally... after 3 hours Watanuki had finally done with the groceries shopping. Doumeki never realized just how much ingredients goes into making a simple dish. He wonders how Watanuki managed to do all the shopping by himself all this time and carrying everything because this is more that just a lot. Not forgetting all the times he saw Watanuki running down the streets, hand swatting battling the evil spirits that tries to latched themselves on him whenever Doumeki isn't with him.

Then, he realized that one time when he saw watanuki tripped over nothing and spilled his belonging at the front of school gate was probably because spirits and ayakashi that plagues him. He wonders how often it happen and he wonders if a spirits have ever gotten to him like that while he was doing grocery shopping. An image of Watanuki tripped on the sidewalk and groceries spilled in front of him. Some salvageable and some are probably not. He wonders if anyone ever stopped and help him or they would just look at him disinterestedly and walk pass by like the students in the school because it was something they have seen everyday.

Doumeki decides that he is coming with Watanuki the next time he is doing the shopping and to every single one after that too and maybe, he didn't mind doing it forever until they are old hairs greying with age. He wouldn't mind at all. As long as Watanuki does all the cooking part of it.

"This is awkward." Watanuki says as he surreptitiously glance around them because apparently they had come for special's couple day discount or something.

"You know anyone from school could be here". Watanuki says looking around suspiciously sticking out like a sore thumb to anyone that was looking but no one was even paying attention to them. Since the couples is busy with staring adoringly into their significant other eyes.

Yeah, anyone from school could be here because most of the patron is around their age. Not that it bothers doumeki much because he really doesn't care. After all half of the school if not the whole school has this idea that they are already together and apparently Doumeki is having sex a lot of gay sex with the boy sitting directly in front of him.

Doumeki adjust his pants discreetly and thankful for the fancy pink table cloth that provide him cover. He has been half hard since the whole watching the boy jogs in front of him thing. What a delectable view. Really.

Doumeki has an urge to smack himself because apparently loving a strange spirits seeing boy that is supposedly a part timer worker for a witch or maybe he is her apprentice still undecided, who knows what the witch is actually planning. Back to main point apparently him loving the strange boy turns him strange and into a pervert.

Yeah, he couldn't stop staring at Watanuki's ass when the opportunities presented itself. Doumeki goes as far as to make sure that he is walking two steps behind him all day so he could oggle, lack better word for it..but it was so he could just stares at Watanuki's perfectly peach shaped butt.

Watanuki relaxes when he saw two boy older that them maybe they are in college sitting together. Right, normal guys just like him and Doumek, in the cake shop decorates with lots of pinks and white, flowers everywhere. Watanuki jaws hang open as he watch the tall dark haired leans across the table and kiss he counterpart sweetly. Well, NOT like him and Doumeki then.

His eyes widen as he watched their mouth slotted together perfectly and the kissed get heated and the tall dark haired guy looks like he is going to lunged over the table and attack his.. boyfriend? Before a waitress clears her throat signalling that she is ready to take their orders. The smaller guy bows his head shyly while the tall dark haired order food with a blank disinterest face.

"It is rude to stare. You know?" Doumeki groused opposite him. Eyes still on the menu, not really he guessed since he did points out that Watanuki has been staring at the two boys. Watanuki blushes. "I-i wasn't staring". He was but he didn't mean to, okay. Doumeki lift his eyebrow at him clearly not believing his excuse but he said nothing otherwise. Watanuki huffed and pay attention to the menu in his hands.

The two of you really look sweet together. "We..are not together", watanuki waves deftly motioning the distance between their seats that is glaring obvious between his and the archer seats. When all the other couples seats so close to their dates that some of them looks like they were sitting on their dates laps or something.

"Oh well, the girl look sympathetically at them. It is okay. You can still enjoy the couple's discount. We can't actually kick a customer out you know?" She whispers conspiratorially and smiles at them sweetly.

Of course, her smiles can't compete with the smiles of the love of his life Himawari. Watanuki sighs and stares at the boy opposites him. What a missed opportunity. It could be him and Himawari sitting here on the couple's half price day and other people telling them how good they looked together but no.

Instead he is stuck with the glutton and their waitress telling him that they looked good together. At least she is not making it weirder than it is. He really had hoped that Himawari could have come with them she would have enjoyed it.

"I'll give you two some time to decide on what's to order."

"Ugh.. everything is so pricey." Watanuki complains.

"Just pick what you want." "I'll pay." Doumeki says eyes still on the menu.

"Excuse me." Watanuki says eyeing the boy like he has grown another head.

"You already paid for the grocery going into making the food." "I'll get the bill for this one." Doumeki says in a tone that is saying he wouldn't accept it any other way which silences Watanuki protests.

His protest of that he can pays for himself. He have money he is the one working part time job after all. Despite, how shifty Yuuko dealings are. She did actually paid him for all the labour he did around the shop and etc, etc.

Doumeki does have a point. He did paid for groceries and he is the one doing all the manual labour into making the food.

It was just surprisingly thoughtful. For an oaf, Watanuki quickly add.

"Stop." Watanuki says grabbing the menu away from the glutton head. "You just rattles of half the item on the menu."

"Yea. Doumeki grunt.

"I'm paying."

"You're paying." Watanuki says in a defeated voice.

Doumeki frowned. "I have money." He states confusedly.

Money isn't an issue. He knows Doumeki come from a well off family. It is no secret in their school.

"If you eat snacks that much then what about dinner." Watanuki asks. The glutton probably didn't think things thorough.

"This is dinner. There's no one at home. "He explains short.

There's really no need to tell the boy that he has been living alone since his parents had moved into the shrine their extended family manages in Kyoto. That was two years ago and left him behind so he can complete his studies. No one knows about it after all, even the teachers and the school staff.

"Urghh...how could you live like that. No wonder you keep scarfing down food like a starving man." Doumeki shrugs nonchalantly.

What can he said. That is the only time he had cooked meal, it was always ramen or store bought food. His actions is completely justify especially when Watanuki 's food tastes like they are made by a culinary genius. Besides, he had really missed homemade food.

"Just order a few." "That you really wants to eat", the boy seems to add as an afterthought.

"I'll cook you dinner tonight." Doumeki stares at the boy surprised.

"Yeah. Don't look so surprised. I'm the Great Watanuki-sama will grace you pathetic ass and makes you, real food for dinner."

He said in a dismissively proud voice which annoys Doumeki but... 'Yay, food'.

Doumeki quickly masked his surprise and cancel half of the thing that he has order.