Shinishu: Finally, chapter 4!!! Mwahahahaha!!!!
Eiri: Took you long enough.
Shinishu: -_-
Eiri: ...
Shinishu: Whatever, I'm sorry it took me so long, but hey! It's out BEFORE X-mas (Hope so... Time now: Decembre, 23th 23:45) And, I almost forgot: MERRY CHRISMAS TO YOU ALL!!!!
Pairings: Eiri x Shuichi; Hiro x Mika (!finally! some hetero stuff!!![don't flame me! I love that pairing]); K x Suguru
Chapter Four: Christmas Time!
Weeks had past. It was over two months now that Shuichi came into his life.
Hiro smiled. It was rare that he made friends so quickly with someone he knew so little time.
But there was something about him. There was something about Shindou Shuichi he couldn't exactly describe. He really was a hyper person, that for sure. And he had much temper, very much.
"Wait, what am I thinking?" He asked himself, stopping in the middle of the hallway, as he was on his journey to his classroom.
His first lesson was Political Education today, with some of his "favorite" teachers...
A really scary person.
At Zarnakand High it was almost normal for every teacher to have a "Favorite Student". And Hiro was glad as hell he wasn't the favorite student of this one.
Suddenly his gaze locked on a pine tree standing in the hallway centre. It was very impressive and large. Zarn-High didn't do half things.
"Oh, do we have that time of the year again, already?" a female voice asked behind him.
Hiro turned to see a brown haired senior, Uesugi Mika.
"Good morning Hiro-kun." She smiled up at him. Though she was three years older than him, he was at least one head size larger.
!Good morning Mika-senpai." He answered politely, having a really hard time not to smirk.
Mika chuckled, and then gave him a playful smile. "You don't have to call me "senpai"! I feel sooo old, when you address me like that."
Hiroshi grinned. "Oh, you really aren't that old Mika. You seem like sixteen."
"Do I? Well, in fact I'm eighteen. Don't you ever forget that, honey." She smirked.
Oh, she looked so pretty when she was doing that. That was it. She looked pretty and dangerous at the same time. That was something that drove him crazy.
He leaned down to her to whisper something about their soon coming date into her cute little ear, when her brother past them.
"I knew it. My sister is a goddamn pedophile." He stated dryly and kept on going.
Mika's face immediately turned red from anger.
"Eiri! You asshole! That's none of your business!" She yelled after him.
"Sure it isn't. Your perversity is your own problem."
"EIRI!!!"
A lovely family, Hiro thought sweat-dropping.
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"Goddamn, I'm late!"
The boy ran hectically through the corridors.
"I'm never late! But not only that, I'm late for Political Education! K.-sensei is gonna shot me!!!"
The green haired teen rushed to his classroom.
When he arrived at the door, he stood there for a couple moments, only trying to catch his breath.
Finally he found enough courage to knock.
"Yeah?" came the sound of a deep male voice.
The boy thought he saw stars but he forced himself to open the door and stepped in.
"Good morning Sensei, I'm sorry I'm late but..."
He trailed off when he heard the well known clicking sound of a magnum.
"My, my... Fujisaki-kun. Finally you decided to honor us with your presence." The long haired teacher said smiling sweetly, pointing his gun at Suguru.
"That's the first time, you're late, think we're gonna discuss that later? Or do you want me to waste more of our lesson?" He asked.
"No, sensei."
"Very good. Take your seat. Well, let's continue."
Shuichi leaned to Hiro. He was now used to his strange teacher, but that kind of greeting was new to him.
"What was that? K.-sensei is never so... formal."
"I know. That is his "Favorite Student", Fujisaki Suguru. He is acting always so... weird towards him. Poor guy... K.-sensei kinda likes him. That's the reason."
Suddenly a couple gunshots were heard.
"Nakano! Shindou! Stop talking and listen to me if you'd like to last a little longer in this world!"
"HAI SENSEI!" Came the reply from both.
"As I always said; next week is our traditional "Preparing Day". As every year, you have to "work" with some other classes. This year you'll be together with my 12th grader, my 13th grader and my class nine. Since I'm the class teacher of all of you, it'll be better, because I have my classes under control..." he caressed his gun. "And don't forget: bring an apron with you! That's all for that. Did everybody get it?"
"Hai sensei!" came from the whole class.
"Very good." He grinned.
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"Well, Suguru-chan... I'm surprised you're late. What happened?" K. asked sitting cross legged on his desk, polishing his gun.
"First of all: I. Am. *Not*. Suguru. Chan."
K. raised an eyebrow. "Okay, Suguru-kun. But you must admit it fits you very well."
"I'm not Suguru-kun for you either, Sensei!!!"
K. grinned. "And how do you think I should call you instead? Oh, I got it! Su-chan!"
"No, goddamned!!! I am FU-JI-SA-KI-KUN, for you!"
The blond haired gave a small pout. "Ow... Why do you have to be so mean? I just wanted to be nice..."
"But you're a TEACHER!! And I am your STUDENT!! Besides you're pedophile and a GUY!!"
The blonde smirked evilly.
"Oh, you're right... I AM your teacher... If I were YOU, I would watch my mouth, sweetheart." He eyed his gun.
"I would be very careful with the things I said... I'm just nice to you; you don't have to be so rude with me... You don't talk to one of your classmates, you know."
He pointed his gun towards the younger.
Suguru gulped hard. Although his teacher was really stupid most of the time, he could be very, very scary.
"Pang." K. said and guffawed.
Suguru just stared at the man. He was gone insane!
"You can go now. It's alright."
The teen sighed and grabbed his bag. When he was about to close the door behind him he heard K. calling.
"Have a nice day kawaii, little Su-chan!"
Suguru snorted, but ignored that comment. He had to hurry if he didn't want to be late for his next lesson too.
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"Hey Hiro." Shuichi turned to his friend. They were walking through the hall, heading towards their next classroom.
"Yeah?"
"What the hell meant K.-san by this *Preparing Day*?"
"You don't know?"
The pink haired teen shook his head.
Hiro chuckled.
"A great brother have you there... It seems he informs you very well about our stupid-funny-lovely *School Traditions*... Hm. Our *Preparing Day*... About four or five different classes are shoved together and have to bake biscuits and cookies and that stuff all day. But most of the classes are decorating, or Preparing a program, and so on... For the X-mas party you know. This year the classes of K.-sensei *we, to make it clear* have to do the housewife-work. It doesn't matter if you're willing or not, you just have to."
Shuichi nodded. "Aah."
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"The big *Preparing Day*. Finally." Shuichi said, clinging on Tidus' arm. He let his gaze drift through the entire cafeteria which was already full of students.
"Okay. I'm ready!" he announced loudly, showing the whole world his courage.
"Well then, *Kamikaze-fighter*... Would you please be so trusting and release my arm? I think I'm strong enough to not to get killed in that hell of a battle field. You don't have to protect me."
Shuichi giggled nervously. "Oh, sorry bro... he, he."
Tidus sweat-dropped. "Alright, Shu-chan."
Shuichi looked carefully around. He was a little lost, now that his brother was gone. So many students he didn't know... That was kinda chilling!
He hadn't seen Hiro this morning and K.-san was nowhere to be found, too. He would've jumped his brother, but that bad boy had vanished and left poor little Shu-chan all alone by himself.
The teenager sighed heavily.
He was just about to break down in stone-melting tears [as usual], when he suddenly felt a pair of eyes watching him.
He turned, one of his gorgeous I-am-a-lost-little-kitten-please-help-me-expresses pinned onto his cute face, and found himself nose-to-nose [nose-to-chest fits it better ^_^Y] with a certain blonde who gave his brother some extra tuition.
When Shuichi then beamed happily up at him, the self-confident look of the seventeen-year-old turned into a horrified one.
"Oh god, why me?" Eiri asked but Shuichi didn't take pity on him, instead his grin widened.
"Eiri-kun! I am soooo glad you're here! My stone-hearted brother just left me alone in this crowd and I was really scared, cuz I didn't find anyone I knew and thought maybe they would trample me on and..." He started babbling and would have thrown himself into Eiri's arms; if the blonde hadn't jerked three foots away and reminded him that they were in a public place. So he was satisfied with holding the blonde's hand tightly in his own.
"Baka! Let go of me!" the older hissed.
Shuichi blinked a couple times before realizing what he was doing. He let go of the blonde.
"Sorry." He whispered guiltily.
Eiri rolled his eyes. "Baka. So you are lost?"
The pink haired blushed, giving him a small nod.
Desperately the 12th grader sighed. "How old are you again? Can't take care of yourself, can you?"
The younger boy managed a nervous smile.
Again, Eiri rolled his eyes, pointing towards a table.
"Guess your class is over there. Just behind the seniors. Don't get lost again, Baka. I'm not going to save you another time."
Shuichi beamed. "Thank you very much, Eiri-chan!" He said happily, making his way towards where his class was supposed to be.
"No need, brat..." Eiri stated silently, though he knew nobody would hear.
Wait...Did he just call me Eiri-CHAN??? He frowned.
I'm going to kill you, Shindou!!!!
"Hey Hiro!"
The teen waved to his friend who was standing at a table, rounded with other students from his class.
"Yo." Hiro answered. "Finally found us, huh? You took lots of time, didn't got lost, did you?"
Shuichi scratched his head. "Uh... no?"
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"Yuki-kun! Why the hell are you standing here in the middle of the cafeteria and aren't doing anything?!"
The blonde turned eyes rolling to face his very angry teacher pointing his gun towards him.
"Because I'm not a goddamned housewife. Can't you see that? It's really none of my hobbies standing all day in kitchen and cooking little delicious meals for my oh so happy family!"
K grinned. "Ohhhhhh... Now I know... You can't cook!!!"
His grin even widened when Eiri only shrugged.
"Hm... I think it would be the best if you went to that table over there. The students aren't doing anything difficult. They're just decorating the biscuits that are already baked. It won't be too hard for you, will it?"
The long haired teacher said grinning madly.
Eiri rolled his eyes. Oh, he hated that impertinent man!
"Whatever." He grumbled and turned his back towards him. How he hated this day! It couldn't get any worse, could it?
His sister probably enjoyed herself with that little boyfriend of hers.
And his brother sure as hell impressed all girls from his class with his "cooking-skills"...
Why again was he punished with that family?
His older sister was a goddamned pedophile and his younger brother was a want-to-be gigolo, and THEY are saying HE wasn't normal? There had to be something very, very wrong... (He had still hope that he was adopted...)
And what about himself?
Oh, right. There was still that mysterious pink haired kid, that for some really, really odd reasons seemed to like him.
Yeah... sure... Shuichi was really cute, though he was a very, very stupid baka. But had he the right to call him a baka? All the boy did was...
What exactly was that boy doing? Eiri had to admit that he hadn't the slightest clue.
Was he gone insane? – They were both MALE after all.
Was he crazy? – Eiri was still a complete bastard after all.
Was he really such a special being? – Eiri wasn't interested in men after all, nor was he pedophile.
And Shuichi didn't look THAT girlish, nor did he look very old...
The blonde shook his head.
Do not rack your head over something, you can't influence, Uesugi Eiri!, he thought. There is no need to!
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
There was a little crowd around the table to which he was sent.
"Oh, yeah. The best that could happen to me: many people. I can already hear the headache knocking on my door and demanding for entrance." He muttered to himself, slowly –awfully slowly!- making his way to the table.
And then, when the "Brave Knight Sir Eiri" had finally maintained himself and won the fight, he saw his prize: numerous biscuits that waited to be painted with sweet, sugary food-color and be sprinkled with colorful sugar pearls and that stuff. If only...
"Oh! Nii-chan. I'm surprised seeing you here. Did your escape failed?"
"Damn."
Mika snickered and gave her raven haired brother, who was standing right beside her a playful smile.
"I think it's the gravity of sweet and colored things that attracts the Uesugis, right Tatsuha?"
The 14-year old grinned. "Think so."
But the blonde's eyes had already caught the sight of a very pink fluff ball busy decorating a biscuit with all sorts of that stuff.
"That can have two meanings..." he said more to himself, than to his siblings.
Tatsuha made a confused face. "What do you mean aniki?"
Eiri shook his head "Nothing at all."
Suddenly Shuichi cocked his little head and looked up straight into the blonde's eyes.
"Oh, we have a new *member*, don't we?" he gave him a bright smile, that somehow made Eiri's heartbeat skip – no one saw, of course.
"Oh, dear... Don't think he would touch that biscuits, let alone *decorate* one of them. It's Eiri who you are talking to." Mika said with a serious express on her face.
But Shuichi's smile only widened when he took Eiri's hand and gave a tube of orange food color to him.
"It won't be *that* bad, will it?" he asked with his well known puppy-dog-eyes.
Eiri only sighed. "Hn. Whatever."
He didn't care about the stares Tatsuha was giving him, nor did he notice his sister almost fainted...
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
Shuichi stood in the middle of the hall and stared at the bright lights that illuminated the whole room. He simply loved it. The pine tree was almost breathtaking. He had never seen such a big and beautiful tree before in his entire life. His old school didn't take Christmas that seriously, and besides, his old school was small and not very popular, with only one building.
The teen sighed and put on his happiest smile.
Earlier he had had an argument with his father – again. That stubborn old man just couldn't understand that he hated his stupid game. He wasn't bad at all... but Blitz Ball wasn't fun!!!
Swimming around in a large *globe* of water, throwing and kicking an oversized ball, all the time being watched by screaming girls and boys... That wasn't his dream! In fact it was a nightmare to him.
But did Jekkt understand?
No!
He almost forbid him to go to the X-mas party, but thank goodness Tidus had talked him into letting him go by showing him some interesting results of his last game...
Shuichi was very glad Tidus had that *power* over their old man... He wouldn't miss the party!
Hiro had told him –and Tidus could just confirm- Zarnakand High had many traditions, especially on Christmas. For example- the mistletoes. At the X-mas party, there would be around 100 mistletoes and if you were standing with someone underneath one, you had to kiss them. Even if it was a teacher or the principal...
Shuichi snickered.
He would make very sure that he would be standing underneath a mistletoe with Eiri-kun – And that not just ONE time!
The pink haired boy let his gaze drift around. He hadn't spot his Eiri-chan yet (if the blonde knew Shuichi called him Eiri-chan in his thoughts, he would kill him...), but there were so many people in here, it wasn't a surprise to him.
He was about to go and get himself a drink, when he suddenly bumped into someone's chest.
"Oh sorry, Shindou-kun."
Shuichi raised his eyes. "K.-sensei? Oh, no it was my-"
He stopped as he spotted a mistletoe a few feet over them. The blond teacher only grinned.
"Seems that you are my first one this year." He stated amused and gave him a peck on the lips.
Seeing Shuichi's startle, K. chuckled.
"If you're not a fan of many kisses, you should better watch where you are standing, *Pinky* - And especially with WHO."
Grinning the older patted him slightly on the head and walked away.
Shuichi on the other hand, only stared. Did the scary -spine-chilling –creepy teacher Claude (Or Crawd??? Dunno...Tell me!) K. Winchester just kiss him like a normal man would? Was he even normal??? Shuichi couldn't believe it. Someone had to wake him up! NOW!!!
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
As K. walked away he threw a glance back over his shoulder. His student was really weird. Shocked of such a little kiss... The youth from today! No respect of the traditions!
He shook his head. Now he was going to make sure that HIS day would be entirely successful.
Where the hell was his little Suguru-chan?
Just as he began to wonder whether the green haired had had the pathetic idea of hiding himself from him, he spotted said boy a few meters away – standing almost directly underneath some nice mistletoe without noticing it.
The teacher mentally grinned.
"Perfect. I think Fortuna kissed me.*"
He took his ever-ready and deeply loved Mary-Anthony (his gun; like my name for HER???) and pointed it towards the poor teen.
"Two steps backwards, Suguru-chan.." he ordered.
Suguru's eyes widened in surprise when he heard the well known voice.
Shit!, he thought.
"Uh... sensei?" he asked unsure what to do.
K. only smiled. "Two steps backwards, I said. Didn't you hear me?"
The teenager didn't now what was wrong with his teacher. Maybe he was insane? So, he didn't dare to question his commands any more and stepped simply backwards.
He was about to ask his sensei what he wanted, when he found said man only a few inches away from him.
K glanced around. They were standing in a dark corner, where nobody could watch them. Fortuna was on his side today. He gestured above them.
"Look, Su-chan. We're standing underneath a mistletoe. You know what's going to happen?" K. asked smiling sweetly.
Fujisaki didn't really have a chance to complain; too soon he felt the blonde's lips on his own.
"What-" was all he could manage when a soft tongue slowly made it's way into his mouth. He blinked but then closed his eyes. This man in front of him was really an idiot, a crazy person... but somehow he liked the way he made him feel right now. Thousands of butterflies in his stomach...
It ended all too soon for him.
When the two parted Suguru could only stare to the ground – on one hand because he couldn't manage to look into the blonde's face, and on the other because he didn't want him to see his tomato-like red face.
K. grinned. "My, my someone is speechless... You know, you're a nice kisser... be careful with the ones you kiss, 'cuz a kiss is a terrible thing to waste." He said and slowly walked away.
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
Unnerved the 17-year-old made his way through the crowd. He hated Christmas, really. Why again was he here? Ah, right! His father had threatened him to go and kiss that stupid girl... What was her name? Aya...Ayane...Ayarin... Ayaka! Right! That stupid longhaired girl that was drooling over him since he first saw her. He didn't like her. He couldn't even stand her. But his silly old man had a obsession with her. Damn him.
But it was NOT going to happen. He was NOT going to stand underneath a mistletoe with anyone. He never did.
He had stand three X-mas parties at this school already –that meant ca. nine hours with 300 mistletoes and not even a single peck on the cheek!
Uesugi Eiri was simply genius. And he would NEVER stand underneath one! This year too! He was too smart. Yup. That was it.
But silently he wondered what it would to be like, standing with that pink haired kid near the pine tree their lips sealed together, having that thin arms around his neck...
Wait! Was he just thinking what he thought he was thinking? Did he just imagine kissing that boy?
"Crap. I must have lost my brain. Or I'm gone insane. Maybe both." He muttered to himself.
Now he was standing at a wall sipping on a coffee and watching the others but not without making sure, that there was NO crappy mistletoe above him. Satisfied when he saw a red stocking filled with sweets over his head, he turned to eye a suspicious pink fluff ball standing innocently a couple foots away underneath a very nice mistletoe.
Eiri raised an eyebrow. What was the idiot doing? Did he wait for someone? But at least not underneath that damn...
Suddenly there plopped a boy out of nowhere that he knew all too well.
Aizawa Tachi.
He stood there, talking with HIS idiotic Shuichi not paying attention to him. Not even Shuichi noticed him! They both ignored the fact that HE was there, too and went on standing underneath...
Crap. Now it had happened. Aizawa had spotted the twig. And what did that jerk do? He kissed the boy! Shuichi looked a bit startled though... but what had he expected? Standing under that stupid mistletoe was a very bad idea.
Now, Eiri was upset. He rushed past them and made his way to the toilets. Idiotic Shuichi!
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
When Shuichi saw Eiri rushing towards the *Little-Boys-Room* he hectically left Tachi be Tachi and chased after the blonde. Reaching his destination without running anyone over, he pulled out a nice little mistletoe and placed it in his hair.
During the evening he had realized that the blonde would never step willingly or accidentally under one of them, so he had made a plan. The 15-year-old gave a boyish giggle. He would get a kiss from his Eiri, or he wouldn't be Shindou Shuichi anymore!
After a while said Eiri stepped out of a door and went to wash his hands. As soon as he was done Shuichi beamed up at him, but the blonde ignored it.
Obliviously to the fact that the older wanted to get out, the pink haired boy blocked his way, a bright smile pinned onto his shiny face.
Confused Eiri looked down at him. "What?" he asked.
Shuichi's smile only widened. "Look Eiri-kun!" he answered.
Eiri however, not knowing more than before, rolled his eyes.
"Don't you see anything?" the younger boy questioned.
The blonde sighed. "No. It's quite difficult to see anything with that bright, eye-piercing mop of pink in front of your face." He stated dryly.
"Yeah, that's right! Look at my hair! Don't you notice anything???" Shuichi asked, getting somewhat impatient.
"Oh. You have scrub in your hair."
Shuichi grinned. "Oh, no. It's a mistletoe!"
Now it was Eiri's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Oh? Are you so wild of kisses that you stuck it in your hair...?"
But suddenly Shuichi blushed deeply. "Uh...no, I..."
Again Eiri raised an eyebrow. "You what?"
The pink haired teen coughed and let his gaze fell to the ground. Now he felt very embarrassed. "Uh... in fact I just wanted... a kiss...from you..." an unhealthy red mad itself shown on his cheeks.
At this Eiri was startled. He hadn't expected that. Now he had the urge to kiss that little boy, right now and here. But he had said he wouldn't kiss anyone at this Christmas party! What was he supposed to do? Kiss him, kiss him not...Kiss him...
Out of the blue Shuichi looked up at him with those gorgeous violet eyes of his. "Eiri-kun?" He asked quietly. "Is everything O.K. with you?"
Kiss him, he thought.
Shuichi was about to wave his hand in front of the blonde's face when said person suddenly caught his wrist and he found himself pinned against the wall.
"Wha..." he began, but Eiri cut him off.
"You wanted a kiss from me, didn't you? Well, here we go."
With that he brought their lips together. Shuichi gasped. It wasn't such a sweet, undemanding kiss like last time, in fact it was a rather rough one. Eiri forcefully shoved his tongue into the smaller one's mouth, but he couldn't do anything, since he was pressed against the cool wall of the bathroom and he was held by his wrists. Not that he mind, anyways. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the feeling the older was giving him. So many nights he had dreamed about it to happen again, to have those skilled lips on his again.
And now he felt a tongue swirling around his own, playing with it. Suddenly the hold on his wrists was released and instead there were hands running through his silky pink hair. Neither of them noticed that causing the mistletoe to loosen. Shuichi was too distracted by Eiri's mouth nibbling at his neck and Eiri was too busy with sliding his hands underneath the fabric of the boy's shirt.
When they finally parted the blonde smirked mischievous. "Satisfied, little boy?" he asked playfully.
But Shuichi wasn't in the condition to give him an answer. He already melted into a puddle of goo.
TBC...
Little Gift for you, Fayesidaisy:
One hour after, when Hiro stepped out of the toilet he noticed something on the floor.
"What's that?" he asked himself and picked it up.
"Oh." Came the voice of Mika from out of nowhere, sounding like music in his ears.
"You are holding a mistletoe over me? You know what's going to happen, don't you?"
Hiro smiled. "Of course." With that he leaned down to her and gave her a long, deep kiss, during which he asked himself why the hell was there a mistletoe lying on the ground.
Maybe it's my Christmas gift..., he thought.
A very gravy X-mas to you and your family!!! (Say Hi to Thommy from me, 'k? ^.~)
Shinishu: So. Over 4.000 words now. Ha, I'm so good!!!
Eiri: Yeah. Set me free and you're the best!
Shinishu: Really???
Eiri: Really.
Shinishu: Sorry, but I'm not going to. Fool someone other.
Eiri: Damn.
Shinishu: You see, I'm not that stupid.
Eiri: Hn.
Shinishu: Okie; See ya in chapter 5!!!
Review responses:
Sho-ro Tenshi-san: O.K.; calm down please!!! I WONT kill anyone (though MAYBE Ayaka...hehe. Just a joke?) And I would NEVER dare to do anything serious bad to Suguru! Hm It's not a *real* stalker with those creepy letters and so on... K. is just obsessed with him and will find out that he really does love him... (And Su-chan too!) Please, don't be mad at me for that pairing, I think the two look sooo cute together!! ^.^ And K. is not that bad... I'll make him do sweet things, I promise!
Anyway merry X-mas!!!
*And I think he means Shu-chan!!! ^.~ *nods*
Eiri: Took you long enough.
Shinishu: -_-
Eiri: ...
Shinishu: Whatever, I'm sorry it took me so long, but hey! It's out BEFORE X-mas (Hope so... Time now: Decembre, 23th 23:45) And, I almost forgot: MERRY CHRISMAS TO YOU ALL!!!!
Pairings: Eiri x Shuichi; Hiro x Mika (!finally! some hetero stuff!!![don't flame me! I love that pairing]); K x Suguru
Chapter Four: Christmas Time!
Weeks had past. It was over two months now that Shuichi came into his life.
Hiro smiled. It was rare that he made friends so quickly with someone he knew so little time.
But there was something about him. There was something about Shindou Shuichi he couldn't exactly describe. He really was a hyper person, that for sure. And he had much temper, very much.
"Wait, what am I thinking?" He asked himself, stopping in the middle of the hallway, as he was on his journey to his classroom.
His first lesson was Political Education today, with some of his "favorite" teachers...
A really scary person.
At Zarnakand High it was almost normal for every teacher to have a "Favorite Student". And Hiro was glad as hell he wasn't the favorite student of this one.
Suddenly his gaze locked on a pine tree standing in the hallway centre. It was very impressive and large. Zarn-High didn't do half things.
"Oh, do we have that time of the year again, already?" a female voice asked behind him.
Hiro turned to see a brown haired senior, Uesugi Mika.
"Good morning Hiro-kun." She smiled up at him. Though she was three years older than him, he was at least one head size larger.
!Good morning Mika-senpai." He answered politely, having a really hard time not to smirk.
Mika chuckled, and then gave him a playful smile. "You don't have to call me "senpai"! I feel sooo old, when you address me like that."
Hiroshi grinned. "Oh, you really aren't that old Mika. You seem like sixteen."
"Do I? Well, in fact I'm eighteen. Don't you ever forget that, honey." She smirked.
Oh, she looked so pretty when she was doing that. That was it. She looked pretty and dangerous at the same time. That was something that drove him crazy.
He leaned down to her to whisper something about their soon coming date into her cute little ear, when her brother past them.
"I knew it. My sister is a goddamn pedophile." He stated dryly and kept on going.
Mika's face immediately turned red from anger.
"Eiri! You asshole! That's none of your business!" She yelled after him.
"Sure it isn't. Your perversity is your own problem."
"EIRI!!!"
A lovely family, Hiro thought sweat-dropping.
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"Goddamn, I'm late!"
The boy ran hectically through the corridors.
"I'm never late! But not only that, I'm late for Political Education! K.-sensei is gonna shot me!!!"
The green haired teen rushed to his classroom.
When he arrived at the door, he stood there for a couple moments, only trying to catch his breath.
Finally he found enough courage to knock.
"Yeah?" came the sound of a deep male voice.
The boy thought he saw stars but he forced himself to open the door and stepped in.
"Good morning Sensei, I'm sorry I'm late but..."
He trailed off when he heard the well known clicking sound of a magnum.
"My, my... Fujisaki-kun. Finally you decided to honor us with your presence." The long haired teacher said smiling sweetly, pointing his gun at Suguru.
"That's the first time, you're late, think we're gonna discuss that later? Or do you want me to waste more of our lesson?" He asked.
"No, sensei."
"Very good. Take your seat. Well, let's continue."
Shuichi leaned to Hiro. He was now used to his strange teacher, but that kind of greeting was new to him.
"What was that? K.-sensei is never so... formal."
"I know. That is his "Favorite Student", Fujisaki Suguru. He is acting always so... weird towards him. Poor guy... K.-sensei kinda likes him. That's the reason."
Suddenly a couple gunshots were heard.
"Nakano! Shindou! Stop talking and listen to me if you'd like to last a little longer in this world!"
"HAI SENSEI!" Came the reply from both.
"As I always said; next week is our traditional "Preparing Day". As every year, you have to "work" with some other classes. This year you'll be together with my 12th grader, my 13th grader and my class nine. Since I'm the class teacher of all of you, it'll be better, because I have my classes under control..." he caressed his gun. "And don't forget: bring an apron with you! That's all for that. Did everybody get it?"
"Hai sensei!" came from the whole class.
"Very good." He grinned.
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"Well, Suguru-chan... I'm surprised you're late. What happened?" K. asked sitting cross legged on his desk, polishing his gun.
"First of all: I. Am. *Not*. Suguru. Chan."
K. raised an eyebrow. "Okay, Suguru-kun. But you must admit it fits you very well."
"I'm not Suguru-kun for you either, Sensei!!!"
K. grinned. "And how do you think I should call you instead? Oh, I got it! Su-chan!"
"No, goddamned!!! I am FU-JI-SA-KI-KUN, for you!"
The blond haired gave a small pout. "Ow... Why do you have to be so mean? I just wanted to be nice..."
"But you're a TEACHER!! And I am your STUDENT!! Besides you're pedophile and a GUY!!"
The blonde smirked evilly.
"Oh, you're right... I AM your teacher... If I were YOU, I would watch my mouth, sweetheart." He eyed his gun.
"I would be very careful with the things I said... I'm just nice to you; you don't have to be so rude with me... You don't talk to one of your classmates, you know."
He pointed his gun towards the younger.
Suguru gulped hard. Although his teacher was really stupid most of the time, he could be very, very scary.
"Pang." K. said and guffawed.
Suguru just stared at the man. He was gone insane!
"You can go now. It's alright."
The teen sighed and grabbed his bag. When he was about to close the door behind him he heard K. calling.
"Have a nice day kawaii, little Su-chan!"
Suguru snorted, but ignored that comment. He had to hurry if he didn't want to be late for his next lesson too.
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"Hey Hiro." Shuichi turned to his friend. They were walking through the hall, heading towards their next classroom.
"Yeah?"
"What the hell meant K.-san by this *Preparing Day*?"
"You don't know?"
The pink haired teen shook his head.
Hiro chuckled.
"A great brother have you there... It seems he informs you very well about our stupid-funny-lovely *School Traditions*... Hm. Our *Preparing Day*... About four or five different classes are shoved together and have to bake biscuits and cookies and that stuff all day. But most of the classes are decorating, or Preparing a program, and so on... For the X-mas party you know. This year the classes of K.-sensei *we, to make it clear* have to do the housewife-work. It doesn't matter if you're willing or not, you just have to."
Shuichi nodded. "Aah."
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"The big *Preparing Day*. Finally." Shuichi said, clinging on Tidus' arm. He let his gaze drift through the entire cafeteria which was already full of students.
"Okay. I'm ready!" he announced loudly, showing the whole world his courage.
"Well then, *Kamikaze-fighter*... Would you please be so trusting and release my arm? I think I'm strong enough to not to get killed in that hell of a battle field. You don't have to protect me."
Shuichi giggled nervously. "Oh, sorry bro... he, he."
Tidus sweat-dropped. "Alright, Shu-chan."
Shuichi looked carefully around. He was a little lost, now that his brother was gone. So many students he didn't know... That was kinda chilling!
He hadn't seen Hiro this morning and K.-san was nowhere to be found, too. He would've jumped his brother, but that bad boy had vanished and left poor little Shu-chan all alone by himself.
The teenager sighed heavily.
He was just about to break down in stone-melting tears [as usual], when he suddenly felt a pair of eyes watching him.
He turned, one of his gorgeous I-am-a-lost-little-kitten-please-help-me-expresses pinned onto his cute face, and found himself nose-to-nose [nose-to-chest fits it better ^_^Y] with a certain blonde who gave his brother some extra tuition.
When Shuichi then beamed happily up at him, the self-confident look of the seventeen-year-old turned into a horrified one.
"Oh god, why me?" Eiri asked but Shuichi didn't take pity on him, instead his grin widened.
"Eiri-kun! I am soooo glad you're here! My stone-hearted brother just left me alone in this crowd and I was really scared, cuz I didn't find anyone I knew and thought maybe they would trample me on and..." He started babbling and would have thrown himself into Eiri's arms; if the blonde hadn't jerked three foots away and reminded him that they were in a public place. So he was satisfied with holding the blonde's hand tightly in his own.
"Baka! Let go of me!" the older hissed.
Shuichi blinked a couple times before realizing what he was doing. He let go of the blonde.
"Sorry." He whispered guiltily.
Eiri rolled his eyes. "Baka. So you are lost?"
The pink haired blushed, giving him a small nod.
Desperately the 12th grader sighed. "How old are you again? Can't take care of yourself, can you?"
The younger boy managed a nervous smile.
Again, Eiri rolled his eyes, pointing towards a table.
"Guess your class is over there. Just behind the seniors. Don't get lost again, Baka. I'm not going to save you another time."
Shuichi beamed. "Thank you very much, Eiri-chan!" He said happily, making his way towards where his class was supposed to be.
"No need, brat..." Eiri stated silently, though he knew nobody would hear.
Wait...Did he just call me Eiri-CHAN??? He frowned.
I'm going to kill you, Shindou!!!!
"Hey Hiro!"
The teen waved to his friend who was standing at a table, rounded with other students from his class.
"Yo." Hiro answered. "Finally found us, huh? You took lots of time, didn't got lost, did you?"
Shuichi scratched his head. "Uh... no?"
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
"Yuki-kun! Why the hell are you standing here in the middle of the cafeteria and aren't doing anything?!"
The blonde turned eyes rolling to face his very angry teacher pointing his gun towards him.
"Because I'm not a goddamned housewife. Can't you see that? It's really none of my hobbies standing all day in kitchen and cooking little delicious meals for my oh so happy family!"
K grinned. "Ohhhhhh... Now I know... You can't cook!!!"
His grin even widened when Eiri only shrugged.
"Hm... I think it would be the best if you went to that table over there. The students aren't doing anything difficult. They're just decorating the biscuits that are already baked. It won't be too hard for you, will it?"
The long haired teacher said grinning madly.
Eiri rolled his eyes. Oh, he hated that impertinent man!
"Whatever." He grumbled and turned his back towards him. How he hated this day! It couldn't get any worse, could it?
His sister probably enjoyed herself with that little boyfriend of hers.
And his brother sure as hell impressed all girls from his class with his "cooking-skills"...
Why again was he punished with that family?
His older sister was a goddamned pedophile and his younger brother was a want-to-be gigolo, and THEY are saying HE wasn't normal? There had to be something very, very wrong... (He had still hope that he was adopted...)
And what about himself?
Oh, right. There was still that mysterious pink haired kid, that for some really, really odd reasons seemed to like him.
Yeah... sure... Shuichi was really cute, though he was a very, very stupid baka. But had he the right to call him a baka? All the boy did was...
What exactly was that boy doing? Eiri had to admit that he hadn't the slightest clue.
Was he gone insane? – They were both MALE after all.
Was he crazy? – Eiri was still a complete bastard after all.
Was he really such a special being? – Eiri wasn't interested in men after all, nor was he pedophile.
And Shuichi didn't look THAT girlish, nor did he look very old...
The blonde shook his head.
Do not rack your head over something, you can't influence, Uesugi Eiri!, he thought. There is no need to!
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
There was a little crowd around the table to which he was sent.
"Oh, yeah. The best that could happen to me: many people. I can already hear the headache knocking on my door and demanding for entrance." He muttered to himself, slowly –awfully slowly!- making his way to the table.
And then, when the "Brave Knight Sir Eiri" had finally maintained himself and won the fight, he saw his prize: numerous biscuits that waited to be painted with sweet, sugary food-color and be sprinkled with colorful sugar pearls and that stuff. If only...
"Oh! Nii-chan. I'm surprised seeing you here. Did your escape failed?"
"Damn."
Mika snickered and gave her raven haired brother, who was standing right beside her a playful smile.
"I think it's the gravity of sweet and colored things that attracts the Uesugis, right Tatsuha?"
The 14-year old grinned. "Think so."
But the blonde's eyes had already caught the sight of a very pink fluff ball busy decorating a biscuit with all sorts of that stuff.
"That can have two meanings..." he said more to himself, than to his siblings.
Tatsuha made a confused face. "What do you mean aniki?"
Eiri shook his head "Nothing at all."
Suddenly Shuichi cocked his little head and looked up straight into the blonde's eyes.
"Oh, we have a new *member*, don't we?" he gave him a bright smile, that somehow made Eiri's heartbeat skip – no one saw, of course.
"Oh, dear... Don't think he would touch that biscuits, let alone *decorate* one of them. It's Eiri who you are talking to." Mika said with a serious express on her face.
But Shuichi's smile only widened when he took Eiri's hand and gave a tube of orange food color to him.
"It won't be *that* bad, will it?" he asked with his well known puppy-dog-eyes.
Eiri only sighed. "Hn. Whatever."
He didn't care about the stares Tatsuha was giving him, nor did he notice his sister almost fainted...
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
Shuichi stood in the middle of the hall and stared at the bright lights that illuminated the whole room. He simply loved it. The pine tree was almost breathtaking. He had never seen such a big and beautiful tree before in his entire life. His old school didn't take Christmas that seriously, and besides, his old school was small and not very popular, with only one building.
The teen sighed and put on his happiest smile.
Earlier he had had an argument with his father – again. That stubborn old man just couldn't understand that he hated his stupid game. He wasn't bad at all... but Blitz Ball wasn't fun!!!
Swimming around in a large *globe* of water, throwing and kicking an oversized ball, all the time being watched by screaming girls and boys... That wasn't his dream! In fact it was a nightmare to him.
But did Jekkt understand?
No!
He almost forbid him to go to the X-mas party, but thank goodness Tidus had talked him into letting him go by showing him some interesting results of his last game...
Shuichi was very glad Tidus had that *power* over their old man... He wouldn't miss the party!
Hiro had told him –and Tidus could just confirm- Zarnakand High had many traditions, especially on Christmas. For example- the mistletoes. At the X-mas party, there would be around 100 mistletoes and if you were standing with someone underneath one, you had to kiss them. Even if it was a teacher or the principal...
Shuichi snickered.
He would make very sure that he would be standing underneath a mistletoe with Eiri-kun – And that not just ONE time!
The pink haired boy let his gaze drift around. He hadn't spot his Eiri-chan yet (if the blonde knew Shuichi called him Eiri-chan in his thoughts, he would kill him...), but there were so many people in here, it wasn't a surprise to him.
He was about to go and get himself a drink, when he suddenly bumped into someone's chest.
"Oh sorry, Shindou-kun."
Shuichi raised his eyes. "K.-sensei? Oh, no it was my-"
He stopped as he spotted a mistletoe a few feet over them. The blond teacher only grinned.
"Seems that you are my first one this year." He stated amused and gave him a peck on the lips.
Seeing Shuichi's startle, K. chuckled.
"If you're not a fan of many kisses, you should better watch where you are standing, *Pinky* - And especially with WHO."
Grinning the older patted him slightly on the head and walked away.
Shuichi on the other hand, only stared. Did the scary -spine-chilling –creepy teacher Claude (Or Crawd??? Dunno...Tell me!) K. Winchester just kiss him like a normal man would? Was he even normal??? Shuichi couldn't believe it. Someone had to wake him up! NOW!!!
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
As K. walked away he threw a glance back over his shoulder. His student was really weird. Shocked of such a little kiss... The youth from today! No respect of the traditions!
He shook his head. Now he was going to make sure that HIS day would be entirely successful.
Where the hell was his little Suguru-chan?
Just as he began to wonder whether the green haired had had the pathetic idea of hiding himself from him, he spotted said boy a few meters away – standing almost directly underneath some nice mistletoe without noticing it.
The teacher mentally grinned.
"Perfect. I think Fortuna kissed me.*"
He took his ever-ready and deeply loved Mary-Anthony (his gun; like my name for HER???) and pointed it towards the poor teen.
"Two steps backwards, Suguru-chan.." he ordered.
Suguru's eyes widened in surprise when he heard the well known voice.
Shit!, he thought.
"Uh... sensei?" he asked unsure what to do.
K. only smiled. "Two steps backwards, I said. Didn't you hear me?"
The teenager didn't now what was wrong with his teacher. Maybe he was insane? So, he didn't dare to question his commands any more and stepped simply backwards.
He was about to ask his sensei what he wanted, when he found said man only a few inches away from him.
K glanced around. They were standing in a dark corner, where nobody could watch them. Fortuna was on his side today. He gestured above them.
"Look, Su-chan. We're standing underneath a mistletoe. You know what's going to happen?" K. asked smiling sweetly.
Fujisaki didn't really have a chance to complain; too soon he felt the blonde's lips on his own.
"What-" was all he could manage when a soft tongue slowly made it's way into his mouth. He blinked but then closed his eyes. This man in front of him was really an idiot, a crazy person... but somehow he liked the way he made him feel right now. Thousands of butterflies in his stomach...
It ended all too soon for him.
When the two parted Suguru could only stare to the ground – on one hand because he couldn't manage to look into the blonde's face, and on the other because he didn't want him to see his tomato-like red face.
K. grinned. "My, my someone is speechless... You know, you're a nice kisser... be careful with the ones you kiss, 'cuz a kiss is a terrible thing to waste." He said and slowly walked away.
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
Unnerved the 17-year-old made his way through the crowd. He hated Christmas, really. Why again was he here? Ah, right! His father had threatened him to go and kiss that stupid girl... What was her name? Aya...Ayane...Ayarin... Ayaka! Right! That stupid longhaired girl that was drooling over him since he first saw her. He didn't like her. He couldn't even stand her. But his silly old man had a obsession with her. Damn him.
But it was NOT going to happen. He was NOT going to stand underneath a mistletoe with anyone. He never did.
He had stand three X-mas parties at this school already –that meant ca. nine hours with 300 mistletoes and not even a single peck on the cheek!
Uesugi Eiri was simply genius. And he would NEVER stand underneath one! This year too! He was too smart. Yup. That was it.
But silently he wondered what it would to be like, standing with that pink haired kid near the pine tree their lips sealed together, having that thin arms around his neck...
Wait! Was he just thinking what he thought he was thinking? Did he just imagine kissing that boy?
"Crap. I must have lost my brain. Or I'm gone insane. Maybe both." He muttered to himself.
Now he was standing at a wall sipping on a coffee and watching the others but not without making sure, that there was NO crappy mistletoe above him. Satisfied when he saw a red stocking filled with sweets over his head, he turned to eye a suspicious pink fluff ball standing innocently a couple foots away underneath a very nice mistletoe.
Eiri raised an eyebrow. What was the idiot doing? Did he wait for someone? But at least not underneath that damn...
Suddenly there plopped a boy out of nowhere that he knew all too well.
Aizawa Tachi.
He stood there, talking with HIS idiotic Shuichi not paying attention to him. Not even Shuichi noticed him! They both ignored the fact that HE was there, too and went on standing underneath...
Crap. Now it had happened. Aizawa had spotted the twig. And what did that jerk do? He kissed the boy! Shuichi looked a bit startled though... but what had he expected? Standing under that stupid mistletoe was a very bad idea.
Now, Eiri was upset. He rushed past them and made his way to the toilets. Idiotic Shuichi!
~*~*~*O*~*~*~
When Shuichi saw Eiri rushing towards the *Little-Boys-Room* he hectically left Tachi be Tachi and chased after the blonde. Reaching his destination without running anyone over, he pulled out a nice little mistletoe and placed it in his hair.
During the evening he had realized that the blonde would never step willingly or accidentally under one of them, so he had made a plan. The 15-year-old gave a boyish giggle. He would get a kiss from his Eiri, or he wouldn't be Shindou Shuichi anymore!
After a while said Eiri stepped out of a door and went to wash his hands. As soon as he was done Shuichi beamed up at him, but the blonde ignored it.
Obliviously to the fact that the older wanted to get out, the pink haired boy blocked his way, a bright smile pinned onto his shiny face.
Confused Eiri looked down at him. "What?" he asked.
Shuichi's smile only widened. "Look Eiri-kun!" he answered.
Eiri however, not knowing more than before, rolled his eyes.
"Don't you see anything?" the younger boy questioned.
The blonde sighed. "No. It's quite difficult to see anything with that bright, eye-piercing mop of pink in front of your face." He stated dryly.
"Yeah, that's right! Look at my hair! Don't you notice anything???" Shuichi asked, getting somewhat impatient.
"Oh. You have scrub in your hair."
Shuichi grinned. "Oh, no. It's a mistletoe!"
Now it was Eiri's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Oh? Are you so wild of kisses that you stuck it in your hair...?"
But suddenly Shuichi blushed deeply. "Uh...no, I..."
Again Eiri raised an eyebrow. "You what?"
The pink haired teen coughed and let his gaze fell to the ground. Now he felt very embarrassed. "Uh... in fact I just wanted... a kiss...from you..." an unhealthy red mad itself shown on his cheeks.
At this Eiri was startled. He hadn't expected that. Now he had the urge to kiss that little boy, right now and here. But he had said he wouldn't kiss anyone at this Christmas party! What was he supposed to do? Kiss him, kiss him not...Kiss him...
Out of the blue Shuichi looked up at him with those gorgeous violet eyes of his. "Eiri-kun?" He asked quietly. "Is everything O.K. with you?"
Kiss him, he thought.
Shuichi was about to wave his hand in front of the blonde's face when said person suddenly caught his wrist and he found himself pinned against the wall.
"Wha..." he began, but Eiri cut him off.
"You wanted a kiss from me, didn't you? Well, here we go."
With that he brought their lips together. Shuichi gasped. It wasn't such a sweet, undemanding kiss like last time, in fact it was a rather rough one. Eiri forcefully shoved his tongue into the smaller one's mouth, but he couldn't do anything, since he was pressed against the cool wall of the bathroom and he was held by his wrists. Not that he mind, anyways. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the feeling the older was giving him. So many nights he had dreamed about it to happen again, to have those skilled lips on his again.
And now he felt a tongue swirling around his own, playing with it. Suddenly the hold on his wrists was released and instead there were hands running through his silky pink hair. Neither of them noticed that causing the mistletoe to loosen. Shuichi was too distracted by Eiri's mouth nibbling at his neck and Eiri was too busy with sliding his hands underneath the fabric of the boy's shirt.
When they finally parted the blonde smirked mischievous. "Satisfied, little boy?" he asked playfully.
But Shuichi wasn't in the condition to give him an answer. He already melted into a puddle of goo.
TBC...
Little Gift for you, Fayesidaisy:
One hour after, when Hiro stepped out of the toilet he noticed something on the floor.
"What's that?" he asked himself and picked it up.
"Oh." Came the voice of Mika from out of nowhere, sounding like music in his ears.
"You are holding a mistletoe over me? You know what's going to happen, don't you?"
Hiro smiled. "Of course." With that he leaned down to her and gave her a long, deep kiss, during which he asked himself why the hell was there a mistletoe lying on the ground.
Maybe it's my Christmas gift..., he thought.
A very gravy X-mas to you and your family!!! (Say Hi to Thommy from me, 'k? ^.~)
Shinishu: So. Over 4.000 words now. Ha, I'm so good!!!
Eiri: Yeah. Set me free and you're the best!
Shinishu: Really???
Eiri: Really.
Shinishu: Sorry, but I'm not going to. Fool someone other.
Eiri: Damn.
Shinishu: You see, I'm not that stupid.
Eiri: Hn.
Shinishu: Okie; See ya in chapter 5!!!
Review responses:
Sho-ro Tenshi-san: O.K.; calm down please!!! I WONT kill anyone (though MAYBE Ayaka...hehe. Just a joke?) And I would NEVER dare to do anything serious bad to Suguru! Hm It's not a *real* stalker with those creepy letters and so on... K. is just obsessed with him and will find out that he really does love him... (And Su-chan too!) Please, don't be mad at me for that pairing, I think the two look sooo cute together!! ^.^ And K. is not that bad... I'll make him do sweet things, I promise!
Anyway merry X-mas!!!
*And I think he means Shu-chan!!! ^.~ *nods*