A/N: Alright so here's chapter four... YAY! It is by far the longest chapter, so please enjoy. Sunao started the chapter, and I added on to it as well cause I felt like drawing out the chibi's stay a little longer in the chapter. We hope you enjoy the chapter, and as always feel free to leave reviews n.n
--Nana
Chapter 4
While Nanami usually liked to look out the window, no matter the weather, his focus was currently on his own reflection in the cup of tea that he was staring at. He didn't seem to see his sad expression, nor the ripples in the tea that occurred because he was shaking a bit. From the damp and cold weather or from something else, Sunao didn't know. The curtains were drawn to cover up the rain that fell outside, that was probably a good idea. It was a good thing Sunao chose to tell Nanami about Shinichirou after school, because Nanami might have been half-hearted in his work all day, not that Nanami wasn't already feeling gloomy.
"Nanami-chan.." Sunao said softly, but Nanami didn't look up.
The pink-haired boy sighed and decided to continue on. "What do you think about all this? It is a bit strange that it is both Nii-san and Hashiba are acting the same... So I wonder if.."
It wouldn't be too surprising, he guessed. Minato-sensei made advances on Hashiba during schooltime anyways. And maybe Hashiba was just getting tired of him. Now Sunao was the one who looked gloomy. His heart was aching. When he thought about it that way, it really felt like Hashiba had betrayed him for real this time. It was quiet for a while as the two both seemed to be lost in thoughts, reflecting on why things were like that. It sort of felt that the two were solemnly facing a death sentence and today was their last day. If only the weather wasn't so gloomy.
There came a few knocks on the door, but Nanami didn't say anything. He merely looked over to the direction of the door, as did Sunao. The door slid open and in came Hashiba himself, looking like he had shrunk in the washing machine. Sunao shook his head. Oh wait, it was only Sei, and the other chibi's.
"What's up, Sei?" Sunao wondered.
"Um, well, it's.. Why does nii-chan not come to play with Sei anymore?" Sei said, tearing up a bit and rubbing his eyes.
Huh, so Hashiba wasn't just avoiding Sunao. Well, Nao didn't know if he should be happy he wasn't the only one being ignored, or mad because Hashiba is a real bastard for neglecting his clone. In any case, Shiina and Fuuta didn't look happy that their friend was so sad.
"I wouldn't mind if sempai was doing it to be alone with you, but why is he spending so much time with sensei?" Nanami and Sunao's attention both snapped over to the speaker who was Shiina.
"What-How do you know they are together?" Nanami questioned. Both Fuuta and Shiina exchanged glances.
"That's because we sometimes see them going shopping together."
"Shopping..?"
Well that was lovely. While Nanami and Sunao were being left in the cold, those two idiots were out shopping?! Forget feeling sorry for himself, Sunao was pissed. He got up from his seat and kneeled in front of the three chibi's. "Well next time you see those baka's again give them a message for me.." And getting up and putting himself between the chibi's Sunao punched into the air twice. "But make sure they're in front of you when you do it."
Sei and the other two looked aghast. "W-We can't do that!! R-Right? Nanami-sensei?"
The boys turned to look at Nanami, but Nanami looked just as scary as Nao did. "Give them double that from me." Well that was nice. Have the chibi's beat up Shin and Sora so much that they'd go to Nanami for care, and Nanami would worsen them up so much they'd end up having a coroner taking a look at them.
The three boys left the nurse's office, not once looking over their shoulders, for fear that the negative energy now eminating from the room would be redirected at them. "Waaaah Fujimori-sempai is so scary when he's angry." Cried out Sei once they were out of ear shot of the room.
"Not as scary as Nanami-sensei." Replied Futa and trembled at the thought of just how scary the nurse had looked just a moment ago. "We're not going to really hit them are we? I mean... we weren't really given good enough reason to do so..."
Shiina turned on his heal and walked backwards, looking between his two classmates. "No, we're not going to hit them. I think this sounds like a job for the Junior Jacks of All Trades to take on." The boy stated, a small smile on his face. "It's obvious that Nanami-sensei and Fujimori-sempai are very upset by what Sora-sempai and Shinichirou-sensei are doing. I propose we follow them and discover exactly what the two are up to."
"I second it," Cried out Sora's clone, his hand sticking up in the air to show that he was for the idea. "Maybe by doing so Sora-niisan will come and play with Sei again!"
With a vote of two to one the three of them set out for Minato's office to check if the teacher was still there or not. Three ears were pressed to the door of the room as they listened for the two familar voices.
"Niisan... do you think they expect anything?" Came Sora's voice close to the door. "They have to think that there's something going on by now. I definately think that Fujimori is suspecting something. He's been staying in Matsuri's room for the past several nights."
There came a sound, something like an exhausted sigh further away from the door. "Of course they think something is up, but neither of them have any idea exactly what it is. Both of them are probably thinking the worst of it though... that you and I are sneaking around behind their backs to be with each other in secret." Shinichirou explained, "The past couple nights when I've returned home I haven't had a dinner plate waiting for me like Nanami had been leaving me, and the bedroom door has been locked up, forcing me to sleep on the couch. I can tell Nanami is in a really bad mood because of all this..."
The boys heard Sora give a taunting laugh, "I bet you've been suffering this past month from not being able to hold Nanami-chan in your arms every night." The bluenette teased. There was slight indistinct muttering and then a loud thud as something fell to the floor. "Itai... Niisan... I was only joking. Anyways... this is all going to be over tomorrow, right? All of our hard work and planning is about to pay off. Then we can go back to the way things were."
Although the boys couldn't see him, they could tell that Sora was smiling one of his big goofy grins. They exchanged quick glances between each other, relieved to know that Sora and Shinichirou weren't doing anything really bad behind Nanami and Sunao's backs, yet they were still curious as to what it was the two were doing and remained with their ears to the door to hear if anything more would be said. Just then the door was pulled open and the boys went tumbling in, landing in a tangled pile of arms and legs before Sora's feet.
"How much did you three hear?" Asked Shinichirou sternly as he stood up and walked over to the three, towering above them with a look he normally gave to students who were not paying attention in class.
Shiino cowered before the two older men, eyes focusing on the floor. "Just from where Sora-sempai asked if you thought Fuijimori-sempai and Nanami-sensei thought something was going on." He answered, figuring it would be safer to just go ahead and tell the truth instead of dancing around it. When he looked up he saw the Sora and Shinichirou exchange glances before looking down at him and his friends once more, wicked grins on both faces.
"I think letting you go would be a bit troublesome at this point. We do not wish to compromise any of our work by the three of you running off to Nanami or Sunao and telling them what you heard." Shinichirou told them, kneeling down so that he was on their eye level. "Besides... I think we may have a use for you tomorrow, that is.. if those costumes still fit." He added as Sora shut and locked the door behind them.