Gomen minna san, I won't be updating for the meanwhile. Guess what the Christmas elves have for me? A computer crash! Damnit. I can't continue with my other fics because I'm not comfortable using other computers. Guess what's the reason? My greediness for downloading yaoi!
Anyway, I think I'll rewrite the whole new chapter of Truth behind the dare.
Disclaimer: I wish I own gravitation 1 and 2. Why does Maki Murakami get all the gravitation fun?
A/N: Ken Hidaka and Ken the friend of Tachi is not the same person.
Chapter 7: Swimming pool trouble
Shuichi Shindou stretched his arms and breathed the fresh morning air. He stretched his legs and ran towards their classroom one Thursday morning. He took the shortcut which was on the school garden when he heard familiar voices behind the bushes.
"Look! He's with that woman again! That bastard!"
"Wow, she's really sexy and pretty!"
"Yeah, really big –
"Shut up Ma kun, you have blood all over your face."
"Look who's talking Tachi, you're nose bleeding as well!"
Ken began whistling to the tune of pretty woman (don't own that) andblood emerged from his nose.
"Shhhh!" Tachi and Ma kun hissed.
What the – their spying on a woman? They're really perverts!"
Shuichi began to walk away when he heard something that changed his mind.
"Aw, man, look at Eiri! He's making that maniac smirk!" Tachi growled.
"What did that woman see on that blonde?" Ma kun wondered.
"Beats me. He's a woman magnet." Ken said.
"Shhh!" the other two chorused.
Eiri? They mean - Eiri's with a woman? A chick? Damn him.
Shuichi crawled behind the bushes curiously without alarming the three and peaked curiously. Indeed, there was the blonde with a woman with long brown hair. She had cherry red lips which no man will turn down, her sexy curves dancing seductively in Shuichi's purple orbs.
"She's – she's beautiful." Shuichi whispered to himself.
"Eiri, I was really lonely when you didn't come home last night. Where have you been."
"Err, none of your business."
"Eiri! Don't be too harsh on me!" the woman said. "Be sure to come home tonight ok?"
"I'll think about it." Eiri said while scratching his head.
"What? He turned down an offer of a woman?" Tachi crumpled the leaves in front of him.
"Didn't come home last night huh? Where did he go?" Ma kun asked.
"How can you be so stupid. He slept on Shindou's house right?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot. Sleeping on a man's house instead of a gorgeous looking gal. That's much more stupid." Ma kun protested.
"You two shut up. He might hear us!" Tachi said as Eiri's eyebrows knotted.
"I'll be going now." Eiri said while shrugging.
"Alright Eiri kun, be a good boy and come home ok?" the woman kissed Eiri's forehead while the blonde protested.
"c – com'n!" Tachi waved at the others and crawled out not noticing Shuichi.
"Oh, it isn't over yet." Ken said.
"Baka! Eiri will see us!" Tachi said and brushed the leaves that were on his shoulders.
Shuichi glared jealously at the woman. Eiri was now yawning while the woman was putting on his shades. She opened her car and pinched Eiri's cheek before getting in.
What's this? He only liked me temporarily? Shuichi thought and crawled unnoticed.
A kid with pink locks dragged his way to the swimming pool. After lunch that day, they were required to attend their P.E classes which was swimming. He wanted to avoid Eiri the whole day, luckily, the blonde skipped classes.
"Maybe he's with that woman." Shuichi muttered.
He heard his classmates' voices as he approached the pool. They were definitely excited over something.
"Hey, have you heard? Our new sensei is so cool!" a guy said.
"Yeah, and good looking." Another said. One group was forming a circle and they were chatting nonstop about the new swimming teacher.
"So the rumors are true? I heard it from Nakano Hiroshi of the other section."
Hiro? Since when did he become a gossiper? Shuichi thought.
"Then maybe he's young."
"No, Nakano said he was on his thirties.
"Oh my! There he is!" one student squealed.
Their eyes were greeted by a handsome guy with emerald green hair and deep blue eyes. He was a little taller than Shuichi and he had a cheerful smile on his lips.
"Konnichiwa minna san!" he greeted.
And the students greeted back.
"I'm Sakuma Ryuichi, your new teacher in swimming. I'll teach you first the basics. I'm not expecting a lot, but I wish you'd all try your best. Now, please change into your swimming outfits please." He said and sat on a nearby chair.
The whole class almost ran just to quickly change. Tachi and the rest of his friends gathered around the shower room, eyeing Shuichi's body. They smirked and went beside the brat.
Tachi rubbed his palms together and without another word, he grabbed Shuichi butt.
"What! You prick!" he said alarmed.
"How was it?" Ma kun asked.
Tachi grinned. "You know, soft and handful." He said while cupping Shuichi's ass again.
"What's so great about a guy's ass?" Shuichi growled. "I wonder how many pervert guys are in this class?"
"About, the whole crowd?" Tachi said and laughed.
"Tsk." Shuichi was pissed and turned away only to be cornered by Eiri. He didn't notice the blonde earlier and was surprised (and happy) to see him now.
"What?" he snapped. "You wanna grab my ass too?" Shuichi was getting angry.
"Actually yes, but I can do that anytime I want." Eiri replied calmly.
"Bastards." Shuichi muttered.
Eiri grinned. Then something caught his eye. Tachi and his friends were fanning dollars on themselves. The blonde glared and walked out before Shuichi.
What's with him? First he'll make fun of me, then in an instant he'll glare?
Shuichi was pissed even more. He thought that Eiri's glare was addressed to him.
All of the students hurried to the pool to see their sensei.
"Now class, I'll teach you basic freestyle." Ryuichi said. He went to the diving board, balanced for a moment while everyone glued their eyes on him. He breathed, and within seconds he dived perfectly on the pool. Next, he swam towards the other end with grace and poise.
Shuichi felt his heart leap. Was it just him or this Ryuichi is sparkling? The said sensei swam to the rhythm like an angel flapping his wings.
The others remained silent. All of them had their mouths open, their hearts and eyes full of Sakuma san.
Ryuichi got out of the pool and picked up a towel and wiped his face. For Shuichi, he looked like he was kissing the towel seductively as his deep blue eyes were gleaming admiringly at them. All of them drooled.
Well, except for one.
"I – I think I'm drowning at those eyes." Ma kun said dreamily.
Tachi and Ken sighed, speechless of Ryuichi's beauty.
"Sakuma san." Shuichi whispered to himself.
Eiri gave Shuichi his death glare but the brat didn't seem to notice. In fact, nobody's seeing anything except the shining sensei in front of him.
"Shuichi and Hiro sighed for the hundredth time that afternoon. They were at the school canteen, with their hands on their chins while their eyes were staring dreamily at space. The other students were like them. Instead of eating, they were all looking at the ceiling like it was some kind of wonder.
"Ryuichi sama. So kakkoi!" a guy said.
"Stop drooling Tatsuha!" Eiri scolded. He and his brother were also at the canteen. Tatsuha, like the others were hypnotized by Ryuichi like he was some kind of love spell.
"Aniki. Aniki, I think I'm –
"Don't even say the word Tat, or I'll stick this knife on your butt." Eiri gritted his teeth.
"I knew it Aniki. For the first time I saw him –
Eiri wasn't paying attention to what his brother was saying. He murdered his food – whatever it was and mumbled curses by himself.
"- he's so great! How I love his eyes -
Eiri stabbed his food violently with his fork that the plate made screeching noises.
"Shhhh!" the students glared at him and continued day dreaming.
- I knew it. Aniki, I'm in love!"
And at that very moment, a knife dived it's way to Tatsuha's plate, breaking it into several pieces.
Shuichi hurriedly made his way to the swimming pool area. He can't wait to see Sakuma san again. He ran furiously, miraculously avoiding all students that are on his way.
His eyes were blinded with his speed that he still bumped towards a certain soccer player.
"Ouch." Shuichi rubbed his nose. "Oh. Gomen. I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking on where I was going and –
"Shuichi?" he heard a familiar voice said. He looked up for he was bowing multiple times.
"K – ken?" he was surprised to have bumped into his friend.
"H – hi Shuichi. I see you're in a hurry." Ken said. "But, will you talk to me for a minute?" he asked hopefully.
"S – Sure." Shuichi grinned nervously. He was stuck between wanting to get in class and with talking.
"Well, I was just wondering if -
Eiri stifled a yawn and walked slowly towards the pool. But before he could reach his destination, he hid behind a post as he saw Shuichi talking with the guy he encountered the other day.
" – if you could go out with me on Saturday." Ken blushed a little.
"S – Saturday?" Shuichi asked.
That guy again? Eiri narrowed his eyes to memorize Ken's features.
"Yes. Soccer practices were cancelled that day so we could go to the mall, go to the park, or do whatever you want. I'll treat you somewhere nice and we could also –
"Altight Ken. I'll go. I'll go with you." Shuichi didn't realize that the words came out of his mouth faster than he wanted to shut it up.
"Ken! Soccer's about to start!" one of his team mates called.
"Really?" Ken's face was delighted. "I'm really glad! Saturday afternoon then, around 1pm, at the dolphin park." Ken waved.
"Yeah, see you." Shuichi waved and ran to his class without bearing into mind what Ken said. All he wanted to do is to be at Ryuichi's class in time. Luckily, the teacher was not there yet.
"Oh good." Shuichi breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's good?" Eiri asked sarcastically.
"He's here!" one of their classmates shouted.
"Ah, konnichiwa!" Ryuichi greeted. He removed his shades and waved to the whole class. He removed his shirt and went to the diving board.
"Well, no time to waste. Today, I'll be teaching you basic diving." He said and breathed again before executing it.
The dive was almost perfect. The splash that he made was soothing to the ears, the timing was great, and as he showed up, they saw that he was sparkling again.
"Oooooh." They chorused.
Eiri 'hmphed.'
Ryuichi climbed out of the pool and got his towel. The water droplets flowed freely on his well built upper body.
"Now, I want all of you to try that." Ryuichi said breaking the silence.
The students made their way to the diving board since all of them wanted to try. They were literally pushing one another so Ryuichi, being the good sensei that he was, ordered them to do it alphabetically.
"Alright Aizawa, you're first." Ryuichi smiled.
"Sakuma san smiled at me. I'll die happy!" he whispered to his classmates.
"I hope you rot." Eiri cursed.
Tachi dived properly, with a little grace. It was not perfect but it was acceptable. Same goes for Ma kun and Ken's dive. The others students tried their luck until….
"Shindou Shuichi, you're next." Ryuichi announced and looked for the brat. "Shuichi?"
Shuichi stepped forward and shivered a bit.
"I – I don't think I can do it sensei." Shuichi said. The last thing that he wanted his classmates to know is that, he's a terrible swimmer.
"You can Shindou kun. Try your best! I'm not aiming for perfection; just give it your best shot!" Ryuichi patted him on the back.
"O – Ok." Shuichi whispered and closed his eyes. Before he could stand on the diving board, he heard Ryuichi whisper.
"I like your hair by the way, and – (he sniffed shu's hair) it smells like my favorite fruit. Strawberry! I use the same shampoo too!"
Shuichi giggled and his classmates sent him dagger looks. They wondered what Ryuichi was whispering to the brat and they gasped as their sensei's hand ruffled Shuichi's hair. (They were all jealous)
He managed to do a dive. It was not perfect, just like his classmates'. But, judging from other's performance, his was the worst, however, Ryuichi was still pleased.
"See! You can do it Shindou kun!" Ryuichi patted Shuichi. "Uesugi, you're next." Shuichi smiled.
Eiri scratched his head and walked past Shuichi without looking at him. Shuichi opened his mouth to say something, but no sound came out.
"Watch me." Eiri said, still not looking at the brat's eyes.
Shuichi's mouth opened more while his already wide eyes widened some more. In front of him, no, in front of everybody else, Eiri went to the diving board and balanced silently, and after a deep breathing, he dived on the pool with exact beauty and grace as Ryuichi. For Shuichi's eyes, it was better than what Ryuichi did. Eiri emerged form the pool, shaking his head to release the water that was on his hairas Ryuichi clapped his hands.
"That was superb Uesugi!" the students clapped with him. "Very very good. Excellent!" Ryuichi was giving him all praises. "I think you're a pro!"
Shuichi wanted to congratulate him for a nice dive, but the blonde was eagerly avoiding him, so instead he crumpled his towel and walked away.
"Guys! Settle down! It's almost time! So we'll meet again next week. Please fall in line; I need to sign your score cards."
The whole class did what they were told. Tachi's group was in the front line so they finished passing their card for Ryuichi to sign.
"Hey." Tachi said while nodding at the others. They spotted Shuichi approaching the end of the line.
Shuichi sighed, somewhat confused and depressed. He was somewhat rooted on his spot and he find it very hard to move. The next thing he knew, a strong wind came and blew his score card to the other side of the pool. Luckily, it didn't fell on the water.
"Geez." Shuichi muttered and ran towards the other end.
Tachi smirked at his friends as if they were thinking the same thing. Ma kun and Ken looked carefully, watching if anybody can see them, and after they were safe, they gave a thumbs – up sign at Tachi.
Shuichi bent down to pick up the piece of paper, and afterwards, he felt a hand on his back. But before he could turn around, he fell on the pool.
"What –
Shuichi's feet couldn't reach the bottom so panicked. He tried to jump, but the water was pulling him down.
I'm not going to make it! Whoever pushed me, curse him!
He tried harder to swim on the other end where it was safe, but the obvious thing hit him.
He didn't know how to swim.
And that where he saw it.
The red, large and bold letters glaring at him.
WARNING: 7 FEET
He panicked some more and cried. He couldn't let out his voice since he was trembling from cold and half of his head was already drowning. He shut his eyes and let himself drown.
And slowly, he went down.
And down.
Wait! What am I doing! I can't just die here! It's too embarrassing!
He tried to raise a hand, but the water was just too heavy that it was pulling him down. Fortunately, Ryuichi saw at the corner of his eye that someone was struggling for dear life.
"Oh my!" he shrieked and the others looked at his direction. He got up from his chair and prepared to save the brat when a shadow stopped him and dived on the pool.
"Is that the Shindou kid?" Tachi asked as if he didn't know.
"Yeah! There's no mistake about it! Poor him! Why did he drown!" Ma kun acted.
"Wait, who's that!" Ken pointed out at the second person who was joining Shuichi.
"No – it can't be –
Tachi gritted his teeth.
Eiri carried Shuichi out of danger and shook him to wake up.
"It – it's ok, he just swallowed water. Move aside Uesugi kun, I'll give him mouth to mouth re –
But Eiri wasn't listening. He applied pressure on Shuichi's chest, and in front of their teacher and his classmates, he gave Shuichi mouth to mouth resuscitation that all of them were shocked. Before Ryuichi came, Eiri was everyone's favorite.
Shuichi coughed out the water and managed to open his eyes a little, and the last thing he saw before his eyes finally gave up was a blonde man who was looking worriedly over him.
"Shu? Where'e my Shu?" a voice asked.
"Madame, your shoe is at your room." A maid said.
"Baka, I'm not talking about shoes! I'm looking for Shuichi!" Shuichi's mom said.
"Ah, he's sleeping in his room." The maid replied.
Shuichi winced as he heard voices. He had difficulty opening his eyes. He found that he was in his room but he could tell that something was wrong.
"I'm going to change his clothes." His mom said, her voice becoming deeper.
"Oh no you won't!" he heard the maid said.
What! She doesn't have the right to talk to mom like that! Shuichi thought.
"Step aside! You're blocking my way!" his mom said and opened the door.
Shuichi looked at the door. Strange. It didn't open, and no sound came, but he could still hear their voices.
"Get your hands of him – you stupid blabber mouth!" the maid said.
Damn maid! I'll make sure she'll get fired!
"You watch your mouth! You don't want to wake him don't you?" his mom said and he felt a cold hand making its way to his chest.
"Move aside! Do you want me to kill you? I said don't touch him!" the maid shouted.
"Don't talk to mom like that!" Shuichi shouted and slapped the maid.
But it was different when he opened his eyes. His hand was raised in mid air as a black haired Eiri fell on the floor.
"Serves you right." Eiri's voice filled the room.
"Who – what? Eiri? Oh my – Eiri wake up!" he shook the black haired guy.
"You! Why did you that!" the guy said.
"S – sorry. I guess I was dreaming." He said.
"Of course you were." The real Eiri said.
"Wh – what? Eiri? If you're there then who's –
"Tat, get out of here before dad sees you." Eiri said as Shuichi dropped Tatsuha on the floor.
"Damnit. It was nice meeting you." Tatsuha said slowly and sarcastically while throwing a towel and neat clothes at Shuichi.
"What's this and where am I?" Shuichi asked.
"My clothes. Our house. You were all soaked up for your information. So go and take a bath before dinner starts. You don't want to smell like shit in front of our –
"Dinner! Dinner? Just exactly what time is it!" Shuichi asked.
"8:30 pm." Eiri raised an eyebrow.
"Ei – eight thirty! Why didn't you wake me up! What – my mom will be wo –
"She called earlier and I answered your phone. I told her she need not be worried because you're here to study with me and I told her you were sleeping because you were exhausted."
"She believed that?" Shuichi asked.
"Believe me, it's the charms." Eiri smirked and pointed at the bathroom door. "Go now, dinner will be served in a few minutes."
"Hai." Shuichi said lamely and went to the bathroom to take a bath.
After dinner, the three guys went back to the room. They fooled their father that Shuichi was one of the new members of the temple and after that, the monk said nothing much.
"So, Shuichi, right? You look like Sakuma sensei." Tatsuha said while unwrapping a candy which he stole from their cabinet of sweets.
Eiri rolled his eyes and muttered something about stupidity and obsession then walked away.
"Where you saying something aniki?" Tat asked while chewing the strawberry flavored sweet.
"I said I'll take a bath now. Go to your room Tat, the old man might see us." He said then closed the bathroom door.
"Don't mind aniki. Anyway, as I was saying you look like him – my honey Ryuichi." Tat said dreamily and hugged himself.
Shuichi sweat dropped but tried to be friendly. "You think so? (Tat nodded) I admire him too. Well, you look exactly like your –
"Like my brother? Yeah. All that saw us said. But the hair and voice is different." Tat said annoyingly.
"Well yeah but you see –
"Aw, Ryu chan must feel this way." He hugged Shuichi from behind. "And (he sniffed the brat's hair) he must smell this way too. Hmmmm. Ah." Tat said while resting his head on Shu's shoulder. His arms were snaking on Shuichi's chest.
"H – hey, what are you doing?"
"Oh, don't play innocent. You told me I look like my brother right?"
"Yeah."
"And I told you – you look like Ryu chan."
"What's the point?" Shuichi asked with a perfect imitation of Eiri's coldness.
"Aargh! You're so stupid!" he said then silence filled the room. "Hey, that's it! Since you don't understand, I'll just show you what it means!" he pushed Shuichi on the floor and grinned triumphantly.
"Oh no. Don't tell me you're also a pervert like your brother!" Shuichi shrieked.
"Exactly." Tat licked his lips and removed his own shirt.
"You better not!" Shuichi crawled away but his legs were caught by the younger Uesugi.
"One more thing I haven't told you about our differences –
Shuichi gulped and sweat drops appeared on his whole blue face.
- we both have so many woman but I'm much more aggressive, and I always get what I want." He said.
"But I'm not a woman!" Shuichi shouted but his mouth was covered with Tatsuha's hand.
"I'm warning you, don't make any sound or the old man will hear us. The one who'll be humiliated when we're seen is you!" Tatsuha said and once again smiled victoriously.
"I don't care – gah – get off me – no" Shuichi cried and struggled to get free but Tat was strong and he snuggled next to the brat.
"Ah, you really smell nice!"
"Go and sniff your brother! I used his soap!" Arghh! I'm stuck with two perverts! Help me Eiri!
And of course, the younger wasn't listening. It was to the point that he was about to kiss Shuichi when his eyes widened.
"Stop it Tatsuha! Help!" Shuichi screamed.
"Ah – you see – aniki –
Shuichi turned his head to see Eiri standing behind them.
"Why won't you continue?" Eiri stood on the doorway, his arms crossed and his lower body wrapped with a towel.
"We – were just playing, yeah, just playing." Tatsuha reasoned out.
"Just playing a perverted game." Eiri finished for him.
Shuichi breathed a sigh of relief and crawled away fast putting on his shirt.
"Aniki, you always come in a very bad timing."
"Get out of here before I wipe your ass out."
"Oh, that sounds like fun. Here, wipe my ass." Tat said while patting his butt.
Eiri moved forward, but before he could reach Tatsuha, the younger was running to his own room.
"Always a pain in the ass." Eiri rubbed his forehead and removed his towel.
It took minutes before Shuichi reacted.
"WAAAAh! At least tell me that you're changing so I'll have time to turn around!" Shuichi blushed furiously while his hands were
plastered safe on his eyes.
"It's not a big deal. You have like this one hanging on you right?" Eiri smirked while putting on his clothes.
"But - but –
"It's alright to look now." Eiri said while buttoning his shirt. "Man, I'm really sleepy."
Shuichi slowly removed his hands from his eyes and sighed. This was gonna be a long night. Eiri threw a pillow and a blanket at him
and he caught it on time. He climbed on the bed and rested.
"Ah, I feel my back sore." Shuichi said.
"That's because it's your first time to dive. Your muscles aren't practiced." Eiri said while climbing on the same bed.
"Wait! Why are you sleeping here?" Shuichi demanded, moving away.
"Because this is my room. Got a problem with that?" Eiri asked while burying his face on the pillow.
"We can't sleep on the same bed!"
"Says who? Here we go again Shuichi. I'm not going to do anything to you, so shut up and sleep! If you don't want to sleep beside me then go to the living room and get some futon! Or you could sleep with my dad, or Tatsu –
"No thanks, I'll just sleep here." He said and realized that he really don't have a choice.
"Hey, are you asleep?" he asked Eiri.
"Mphf." Eiri mumbled.
"It's just 10pm, why don't we play?"
"Downwana." He mumbled and buried his face more. He was not good in playing games – remembering truth or dare.
"Awwww but Eiri, it'll be fun. I have some cards on my backpack." Shuichi pleaded.
"No. I'm tired." Eiri said turning to face the brat.
"Alright then." He pouted. "Let's just talk. How many siblings do you have?"
The answer came simply as "Three." Then, not being his usual self he asked "How about you?"
"Two. The other is a girl. Her name is Maiko. How does it feel to live in a temple?"
"There's nothing much to do, that is if you agree cleaning the whole place, washing your own clothes, cooking –
"You cook?" Shuichi asked surprised.
"Yeah, I started when I was four. Amazing you think?" Eiri beamed.
"Uh huh. So aside from English, what's your favorite subject?" Shuichi asked, becoming comfortable.
"I don't like English, it's just I lived in America for a year." Eiri said.
"I've been to America too, but only for three days. We have a food and clothes company there."
"So, you're really rich. Must be happy with maids huh?" Eiri smirked.
"What do you mean by that? They're annoying, just like any other woman." Then he remembered Eiri with the woman the other day.
"Women are interesting, but I agree they get on my nerves sometimes. So how many women have you been dating?"
"None." Shuichi said.
"None? Are you serious! Oh yeah, you must be very busy with your darling Ken." Eiri said sheepishly, remembering the incident last time.
"What are you talking about!" Shuichi snapped.
Oh com'n you know what I'm talking about! If you don't like women, you must like men, and you have a date with Ken on Saturday -
"How did you know that?" Shuichi questioned him.
"Oh forget it. I'm going to sleep!" Eiri turned to face the wall and shut his eyes.
Damn, I looked like a gossiper! Stupid Eiri.
"I'm talking to you! Answer me! You were eaves dropping aren't you?" Shuichi asked and shook the sleeping blonde.
"I told you forget it! I was just guessing and you fell for it! So it's true, you really were dating him huh?" Eiri replied furiously.
"I'm not! He just asked me to come with him, is that bad? We're friends! And I still believe you heard our conversation!"
"So what if I heard? Just wait till this news get on the whole class." Eiri bluffed.
"Why the heck will you do that!" Shuichi was surprised. What will the whole class say when they knew he was to date a soccer genius?
"Oh, it's because you're just new at school and you're flirting with some superstar." Eiri said dramatically. "I can see the headline now. Pinky flirts with soccer balls." Eiri laughed.
"Damn you. It's just a friendly gathering!"
"Whatever." Eiri said and prepared to sleep.
"Hey – hey wait, can't we talk this over? You're not gonna tell them are you?" Shuichi pleaded. "Com'n I'll just treat you wherever you want for a day! Just don't tell them!"
Bingo! Eiri smiled. He admired his own self for thinking fast in situations like this. In other words, he planned this whole stuff after his mouth slipped about Shuichi's date.
"Eiri?" Shuichi pleaded. "Eiri answer me."
"Alight. I will not tell it to anybody. But in return, you'll also date me. Twice. It's settled. And you'll be the one to treat me. Good night." Eiri said quickly before Shuichi could comment and he closed his eyes and snored.
"Geez. Falling asleep when having a normal conversation." Shuichi said aloud and crumpled his hair in dismay. "Good night to you to bastard." He said and lay down.
The wall clock kept on ticking slowly, followed by Eiri's soft snores, while a certain pink haired brat kept on moving since he can't sleep. He turned in every position possible, but the sleep fairy still won't visit him. Sighing, he sat up and looked at the open round window.
The full moon was shining proudly at him illuminating Eiri's dark room. Trees surrounded the temple and birds were sleeping peacefully on them. The wind blew gently, causing the trees to sway and some leaves to fall. Shuichi remembered earlier. The time when his score card flew, when he fell, when he struggled for life, and when he was rescued.
He looked at Eiri whose back was facing him. He smiled as a thought entered his mind. Who would have thought that a playful and cold bastard like Eiri would save some nobody like him?
Maybe I was wrong with my first impression of you.
"I know now why I can't sleep. I forgot to thank you." He whispered, and without thinking of what he was doing, he planted a kiss on Eiri's cheek.
And after that, he felt that he could sleep peacefully for the first time in years.
But the next thing he knew his PJs were being pulled down by Eiri.
"Stop that!" Shuichi said while pulling his PJs.
"Don't blame me. I was waking you for the past hour. I thought you were dead so I –
"So you pulled my pants? What a great way to wake someone up." Shuichi grumbled and realized that it was indeed morning.
"Good morning to you." Eiri beamed and pushed him out of the bed. "Go and take a bath! We don't have time to eat breakfast. We'll be late." He folded the blankets and arranged the pillows. Shuichi went to the bathroom and took a bath.
"I'm hungry Eiri. Let's stop to buy something to eat." Shuichi's stomach pleaded. "Just bread!"
"Fine." Eiri said and glanced at his watch. Shuichi went inside a bread shop which was beside a flower shop. Eiri waited outside and looked at the colorful flowers beside him. He bent to smell one when he felt that someone was to come. He looked at the person in front of him. He was wearing the same uniform and has the same height as Shuichi. He narrowed his eyes. Not only that. He had the same eyes, face shape, hair style, lips – everything. Except for the hair and eye color. If Shuichi would dye his hair brown, no doubt, everyone will think that they are twins.
"Are you listening to me?" the guy said to Eiri.
"Ah, sorry, were you talking to me? I was just thinking about something." Someone actually. "Could you repeat what you said?" he asked politely.
"Ah, I was asking you, when would be our next meeting?" the guy said.
"Meeting? Do I know you?" Eiri asked confusedly.
"Geez, so you weren't listening from the very start." He sighed. "Ohayou Uesugi sempai. I am Omi Tsukiyono from the computer club. Would our next club meeting be rescheduled?"
"Oh, that, no. The schedule would remain. And the teacher told me to bring cds and diskettes. Also bring your computer books." Eiri said absent mindedly, still checking on Omi's appearance.
"Ah, if that's the case, then I'll be going to school now. Do you want to come with me?" Omi offered although a bit uncomfortable with Eiri's looks.
"No, I have a companion. Ja." Eiri said.
"Ja." Omi said and his earrings gleamed like his smile. He ran towards school and disappeared out of Eiri's sight while Shuichi exited the bread shop.
"Eiri, you want some? Eiri. Hey Eiri!" Shuichi called out.
"H – yeah. Give me that." He grabbed the bread from the plastic and shoved it on his mouth. "c'mon, lech hurry we'll be leyforclash."
Shuichi understood and ran with Eiri, when a familiar voice called.
"Shuichi! Shuichi!" Ken called.
"Oh, Ken, ohayou." Shuichi bowed and both of them stopped running.
"Ohayou to you too." He bowed and looked at Eiri curiously.
"Shuichi, about tomorrow, do you still want to come?" he eyed Shuichi possessively which caused Eiri to stick out his tongue."
The brat glanced at Eiri first then to Ken before saying. "Yeah, see you."
"That's great!" Ken said and he stretched. "I hope that doesn't bother you." He turned to Eiri.
"Not at all." Eiri smiled. Who would be bothered? He will date Shuichi twice.
And the three of them went to school.
Next chap: Shuichi dates Ken, Shuichi dates Eiri, and Eiri dates Shuichi! plus the truth about Ken Hidaka and Shuichi's look alike – Omi!
suggestions and comments are welcome!
Question: have you read gravitation2? hehe i think Eiri's jealous!