A/N: Konichiwa! Sorry for the long wait, but here is the continuation of Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word finally. Enjoy!

Chapter 6

20 years ago

"I look up when I walk/so the tears won't fall/Rembering those happy springs days/but tonight I'm all alone…" Isshin sang on top of his lungs as he reaches the doorway to the studio he shared with Ryuuken. Ryuuken had to admit he had a very good voice, even though the singing meant Isshin was dead drunk yet again. As if on cue, the hammering of their front door started to sound.

"Ryuu-kun, open the door! I'm home!" Isshin bellowed. Ryuuken let out a heavy sigh as he relunctantly snapped his book shut and went to open the door. As always, Isshin collapsed on him right when he opened the door. Immediately, the stench of alchohol assaulted Ryuuken's nostril and he had to take a step back to keep from collapsing.

"Holy Yami do you wreak!" Ryuuken exclaimed waving off the stench.

"Well, I'm drunk, what do you expect?" Isshin argued thickly

Ryuuken rolled his eyes and helped Isshin down to his bed, before going into the bathroom to fetch him a hot towel. "I wish you would stop partying so much, it's gonna kill you, y'know."

"Awww, you care about me." Isshin teased. Ryuuken find himself swallowing down a blush before he went back out and threw the hot towel at Isshin's face.

"No, I just don't want you to die in my studio." Ryuuken retaliated. "Seriously, why do you party so much, is it that fun?"

"We're single young men in medical school, Ryuu. We're allowed to let loose a little; beside, it's a good numbing device." Isshin replied.

"Allowed to let loose a little, yes; totally letting go, no. And what do you mean numbing device?" Ryuuken questioned.

"Well, it's good distraction."

Ryuuken rolled his eyes, "As if you need any more distraction from your studies."

"Not from my studies, from you." Isshin replied in one breath. Ryuuken froze in place, not sure if he heard right;

"You drink to get distracted…..from me? I…I distract you?"

Isshin let his head hit the pillow, "Yep, you heard it rigft."

Ryuuken was still in shock, "But…..how?...WHY?"

Isshin buried his face in the pillow, "I know! I know! It's hella annoying, I find myself attracted to you, but you're a guy, and I'm not gay!"

Ryuuken was still trying to wrap his brain around this new information when he felt a strong hand pull him down on the bed. "Wh-What are you doing?"

"I wanna make love to you, to see if I really want this or not." Isshin replied seriously.

"You mean you wanna rape me!" Ryuuken cried and tried to fight the bigger man off.

"It doesn't have to be rape, you might like it too?" Isshin inquired, before he went in to nibble at Ryuuken's neck.

Ryuuken gasped at the contact, still trying to fight Isshin off and reason with him, "Kurosaki, you're drunk….you don't know what you're doing…you'll regret this…."

"Only one way to find out if that's true, ain't there?" Isshin pressed on. He lifted his head from Ryuuken's neck to kiss him deeply and passionately, nibbling at his lower lip, as his big hands travel all over Ryuuken's slim, toned body. Before he knew it, Ryuuken was overwhelmed and melted completely in Isshin's arms. He prayed to Yami that Isshin wouldn't regret this in the morning.

Back to the present

"I'm glad you didn't regret that night, at least, not right then." Ryuuken said, remembering their first night together. After tearing up Ichigo's bedroom, they had calmed down and finally decided to have the ,conversation that was 20 years belated. As memories were revived, emotions were heightened, and now they were in one another's arms in afterglow.

"I never regretted that night, Ryuu-kun; I don't regret any of the time we shared. I feel horrible for breaking us apart, but I don't regret any of it." Isshin replied.

Ryuuken breathed out a heavy sigh, "It wasn't just you Kurosaki, we're both stupidly stubborn, if I had swallowed my pride and told you how I really felt….."

"Our sons wouldn't have existed to save the world like they did." Isshin interrupted, "you're not one to admit your false Ryuu, don't start now."

Ryuuken scoffed, "Who said I'm blaming myself? I'm well aware that it took both of us to ruin our relationship." After a pause, he continued, "And talking about our sons, you do understand that they will no longer be seeing each other."

"Are you still going on about that?" Isshin grunted, "Ryuu, come on, our boys love each other, they shouldn't have to pay for our screw-up."

"Don't you understand? It's either us or them; or have you already decided to sacrifice your happiness for theirs?" Ryuuken was becoming agitated again.

"You should know me, I'm not that noble, Ryuu-kun. But Ichigo is a part of my happiness now, his happiness is my happiness. Besides, they're of age already; I don't see why we can't have our happiness and let them have theirs."

"Don't you think it's a bit of a taboo when they find out their dads are sleeping together?"

"I don't see how it's taboo."

"If we do get back together they become stepbrothers, if they get together, we become in laws, it's taboo!"

Isshin just stared blankly at Ryuuken for a while before bursting out laughing. His laughter was cut short when the door to the room flew open to reveal a mortified Ichigo and Uryuu.

"O-O-OTOOSAN!" the boys exclaimed in unison.

"BOYS!" both men exclaimed, and scrambled to cover themselves.!

"You Two-" Uryuu uttered

"Together—" Ichigo added

"NAKED!" Uryuu squeaked

"IN MY ROOM!" Ichigo cried

"ARGHHHHHHHHH!" both boys screamed grabbing their head and running out of the room.

"BOYS!" Ryuuken got up and was about to run after the boys, when Isshin grabbed him back. "Let them go, Ryuu-kun, it'll just be more awkward if we try to talk to them now don't you think?"

A few miles away, Ichigo and Uryuu had finally ran out of breath from running and collapsed on the ground next to each other.

"Oh YAMI, I'll never ever ever be able to step into that room again, let alone sleep on that bed!" Ichigo groaned.

"Oh YAMI! I don't know if they're going to hell for that, or if we're going to hell for seeing them like…..THAT!" Uryuu groaned.

"And honey," Ichigo started, "this is so wrong, but why was I actually turned on seeing that? I got a better look at your dad than I wanted to, and…..truth be told, I wouldn't mind you looking like THAT when you're his age."

"Why did you have to put it like that? I don't want to think about THAT about my dad! But….truth be told….I was thinking the same when I saw your dad."

Back at the Kurosaki house, the dads had started to fight again.

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT FUCKING PERVERT! OUT OF ALL THE ROOM….YOU CHOSE YOUR BOY'S ROOM?" Ryuuken yelled, showering the room with spirit arrows.

"Hey, it's your fault for turning me on!" Isshin tried to argue, while dodging every single arrow.

"HOW IS IT MY FAULT YOU'RE A FUCKING PERVERT, FUCKING PERVERT!" Ryuuken yelled, still showering the room with arrows.

"It takes two to Tango, HONEY!" Isshin retaliated, while bouncing off the walls.

"WE'RE FUCKIN' SCREWED!" all four could be heard yelling.

A/N : Run and dodge the killer tomatoes! Please don't kill me for the horrible humor. Hope you at least enjoyed it. R and R please. Arigatou! I appreciate you writing to tell me you love it, or even hate it, but detailed critique would be deeply appreciated. I'm also taking suggestions on where to go next with the story. Arigatou Gozaimasu!

A/A/N : The song Isshin was singing in the beginning was "Ue o muite arukoo" A.K.A. "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto back in the 60's.