Alright, so I totally stole a part in this chapter from Absolute Boyfriend (by Yuu Watase, whom I love and adore) when Night and Riiko go to the spa… so bear with me, it was NOT my idea, but it's cute anyway, right? Review please!

"Considering I'm the team leader, I will take the vouchers and decide what to do with them," Ikki conveyed to Kogarasumaru the next afternoon.

"Not this shit again! Nobody fucking wants them!" Agito growled, hopping off his perch on the school fence and skating a good distance away from the spectacle.

"Hey! I'll take 'em! My girl friend and I-"

"Jesus Onigiri! How many girl friends have you had?" Kazu rolled his eyes at his upside down comrade's suggestion. Really, the man was an addict to estrogen.

"No worries! I have already found several bids on E-Bay for them-" Ikki began. Kazu gave an exasperated sigh.

What is with that family and E-Bay?

"I wouldn't mind a spa getaway! How about it Kazu-sama?" Emiri offered, snuggling up to the Jet who sat idly trying to ignore the ministrations of his female teammate.

"Yeah! That'd be sooo much fun!" Yayoi piped in. The Crow, tired of all the hype, looked at Kazu and nodded definitively.

"What do you think we should do with 'em?" The Jet stood shocked for a moment. Kazu drew in a deep breath, cleared his throat, and gave a half-hearted suggestion.

"Ahem, as co-captain of this team… I want one of them."

"Fair enough. Then I guess we're going to the spa together." Kazu's eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

"B-but I thought you were-"

"Come on man! A fancy shindig like this! Who could have more fun at a place like that than us?" Ikki joked, nudging the blonde in the ribs with his elbow. Kazu let out a fake laugh.

"Yeah… fun." Already, the Jet's nerves were in bundles.

This is just like that dream I have where Ikki and I… but then I wake up and have to change the sheets… GAH think… heterosexual thoughts… Emiri naked! YES! That's the trick…

Avoiding another near disaster, the Jet sighed and leaned on the fence… close to where Agito was standing.

"Could you be more fucking obvious?" the Shark laughed, giving the blonde a nudge with his ATs as if to prove a point.

"Subtlety is not my specialty." Agito gave him a harder push with his skate before jumping off the fence again to look the Jet in the eye.

"Then I wonder why they call you fucking Stealth? Where's your fucking self confidence?" the Fang king snorted, blowing his blue bangs out of his eyes and putting himself in Kazu's line of escape.

"Don't screw up," he warned before disappearing for the rest of the afternoon.

"Such a strange little fellow," Emiri remarked, once more scooching uncomfortably close to Kazu. He simply shrugged her off and went to receive his voucher from Ikki.

"From what I can tell, the bus leaves at 7 PM sharp tomorrow, got it? See you there."

With that, practice was dismissed and Kazu was left alone, baffled.

**

"Come on, Kazu! You look like you're dog just died!" the Crow jeered, snatching the Jet's white beanie from off of his head and waving it around.

"Now you pay attention to me! Where's your head been at these last couple of days? I thought, you know, us being best friends and all, that we could talk to each other about… shit and stuff." Ikki's accusation caught the blonde by surprise.

"No way man! Of course we can talk-"

"So talk."

The silence that endured for the next couple of minutes was disheartening for Ikki and awkward as hell for Kazu.

"I get it… no problem."

And then, the Crow did something very… childish. He moved seats and left Kazu sitting alone and stewing in his own melancholy as the bus bounced along the road towards the spa. Kazu rested his now hatless head in his hands.

I can't tell Ikki I'm gay… not yet.

When the two boys arrived at the front desk to check in, the secretary assessed the two through her half moon spectacles and sighed.

"Hm. You two are the very reason we started this institution. I can tell your both flustered with each other now, but when your experience here is through, we promise your relationship will be at the next level-"

"Oh, no! We're not… eheh, no way! Um, it's not like that!" Kazu objected, gesturing wildly back and forth from Ikki to himself, trying to get his point across.

"Ah, come on Kazu-chan! Don't be like that," the Crow teased, slipping his arm over Kazu's shoulders suggestively and blowing hot air in the blonde's ear.

"You two have a nice evening- Oh! Before you go to your room would you like to participate in our weekend long sweepstakes? First prize to the couple who can keep this red string attached throughout their visit!" the desk woman explained, holding up a five foot piece of red kite string and extending it towards the two storm riders.

"And what exactly is first prize?" Ikki leaned forward interested.

"Five thousand dollars."

The dark eyes of the Crow glowed briefly as he thought of the possibilities.

"Come on Ikki! You're not seriously considering this! We'll be tied together all-"

"We'll do it!" Kazu's eyes flashed with a mixture of resentment and anxiety as the clerk tied the string around the boy's opposite wrists.

"Have a good stay gentlemen."

"Yeah, thanks!" For nothing, Kazu muttered grumpily, as Ikki, who'd forgotten all about the boy's little scuffle on the bus, was happily skipping down the hallway to their room with the reluctant Jet in tow.

"Lighten up will ya? It's only a weekend, and come on! Five thousand bucks! I'd even be tied to Akito for that much!" Ikki smirked, opening their room and waltzing in, tossing his luggage on the… one bed.

"Yeah, well, why didn't you bring him then?" Kazu replied bitterly, noticing their minor complication.

"If we're going to keep the string attached, we'll have to sleep in the same bed," Ikki observed, pulling off his shirt and pants, leaving him only clad in boxer shorts.

"Why the hell did you just undress?" the Jet asked wearily, trying to wriggle off his own shirt and wondering how Ikki had conquered the barrier the string provided.

"It's just for two nights. Man up," Ikki ordered, crawling into bed and dragged Kazu behind him. When he noticed the glare he was receiving from his mutual captive, Ikki rolled his eyes and apologized.

"Alright, alright. I'm sorry. See you in the morning…Kazu-chan."

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