The Tiniest of Shivers (a Given Fanfiction) by Seth's Kiss:

A/N: Heyo, everyone, tis me, KiSS-san, more commonly known on FFnet as Seth's Kiss, ayup! So, I wanted to do something different, and decided I wanted to write fics for my closest friends, and thus was born, the Gift Series! Woo! The fandoms will be super different from one another, but this will be fic five out of...uh, ten, I think? Might be more? Anyways, hope ya'll enjoy! Bella Ciao!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Given or any of its characters, I am not Natsuki Kizu-sensei after all. I do own everything else however (plot and ideas); it all stemmed from an idea, suggestions, and an eccentric imagination. I'd also like to apologize beforehand if any of the characters are O.O.C, so let me know when you believe they are? I mean, I try as hard as I can to keep them in character, but I tend to allow my writing take over my imagination at times (true story T_T).

Warnings: Like the majority of my works, this will be Rated M, out of pure simplicity of not wanting anyone underaged or uncomfortable to stumble on my other darker fics/stories, because my writing repertoire centres majorly in the dark, twisted and bleak (dead doves, if you will), and it ain't everyone that's a fan of that, of course and quite understandably. So, for safety, yes? All my fics are rated M – tis my default rating at this point, LOL (I mean it, most of my fics are NOT for the faint of heart, please don't venture there or say that I didn't warn ya'll or anything).

That being said, apart from a warning for anyone who has arachnophobia or gets freaked out by the thought or mention of spiders, this oneshot here is a big, soft, sugary, cutesy moment of sweetness, with a sore attempt at humour, so overall all good to be honest X3

Any advice within your reviews is, as always, warmly welcomed. However, if this story isn't in any way to your liking or if you sense something off, or if these themes or literally anything else doesn't appeal to you, either because it offends you or you are still underage, please, please, DON'T read. Kindly go back and browse for other fics. There are plenty of them, I assure you. Bella Ciao :3

Summary: Mafuyu Sato and Ritsuka Uenoyama adopt a new pet together, a little celebration for them moving in together. But the pet in question happens to be of a species Akihiko Kaji is super, SUPER, afraid of. Written for laughs, and is overall cutesy? Gift Fic. For Asgardian-san.

"Umm, I, uh- Not too sure I got that, Mafuyu?" intoned Ritsuka Uenoyama gently, uncertainly, as he stared wide-eyed at his boyfriend seated next to him "So, just, say it again for me, yeah?"

"Mhmm. I'd like for us to adopt a pet, Uenoyama-kun," replied Mafuyu Sato, his eyes wide and bright, glittering with many, many sparkles as he effortlessly repeated himself for the other.

He was quick to pause then, however, tilting his head at his boyfriend's current expression: "You don't...want to, Uenoyama-kun?"

Ritsuka rapidly shook his head at that, his eyes gone wide at the air of horribly masked sadness upon Mafuyu's face: "No, no, no, that's not it, hang on!"

"Because if you don't want to-"

Ritsuka gently grabbed a hold of Mafuyu's hands: "I do want to, I do. If it's with you, Mafuyu, I'd love to do anything."

Ritsuka's heart did summersaults and funny dances then in his chest as his boyfriend gave him the widest puppy eyes ever - which, according to Ritsuka, should be utterly illegal or something.

"Really? Anything, Uenoyama-kun?"

"Yep, anything. Really."

"Aw," whispered Mafuyu with a gentle glow of pink to his cheeks and on the tips of his ears, before he frowned ever so slightly "But, tell me, what's wrong?"

"Nothing," brushed off Ritsuka, instantly and easily, not wanting to worry the other "Nothing."

"Something is," insisted Mafuyu gently, as he went and gingerly laced his fingers with Ritsuka's before the latter could withdraw them "So, what is it, Uenoyama-kun? Tell me?"

"Gosh, can't hide a thing from you, can I?" laughed Ritsuka lightly, before he sighed, pondering over his next words carefully "We only just recently moved in together. Having another pet is...a bit sudden? Because we already have Kedama, you know."

Mafuyu blinked at that, before glancing down at his nine-month-old Pomeranian dog, plopped down next to them, looking up at them lovingly and wagging his little tail happily: "Oh? Oh. You're right, you're right, Uenoyama-kun. An extra pet would need a lot of attention and care-"

"And right now, we're both too busy for that. With the band, and school, and everything, yeah?"

"I see, I see," nodded Mafuyu solemnly, agreeing entirely, before he gave it all some thought, an idea coming to mind "How about a pet that wouldn't require as much care and attention?"

Not at all following his boyfriend's train of thought, Ritsuka deadpanned honestly: "Uh, I mean, I'm kinda lousy and lazy and that, true, but I'm not too on board with neglect, Mafuyu?"

Mafuyu was quick to shake his head, looking a tad horrified, if not a little miffed: "Oh, no, no, no, not like that - and you're not that, what do you mean, don't say that about yourself, shush. I meant, like minimal attention and care? A pet that won't take too much space? Nice and tiny?"

"Oh!" exclaimed Ritsuka excitedly, finally grasping what his boyfriend was getting at "Gotchu, you mean, like a goldfish, for example?"

"That, or a small tortoise?"

"Ooooh, or, or-!"

And they went on. But the pet they eventually went for, was one that neither of them expected.

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It was...oddly quiet. Well, more awkwardly so, than oddly. It wasn't odd at all, considering that both Ritsuka and Mafuyu sort of, kind of, expected this to happen? And now, both of them were fidgeting where they stood, looking like guilty kids who committed a crime worthy of detention. And to be honest, with the way Akihiko Kaji was silently judging them with his arms crossed, it all felt like a pretty accurate description at the moment...

"You both got," began Akihiko slowly, breaking the silence then with a stern tone "A new pet."

Mafuyu and Ritsuka glanced at each other, unsure what to say. The only reason Akihiko even knew - and then proceeded to march over to admonish them - was due to his partner, Nakayama Haruki, having a nice chat over the phone with Mafuyu.

And Mafuyu being Mafuyu, had excitedly shared the news with him. After that, well, everyone knew that one saying about the grapevine, innit?

"Hey," voiced aloud Akihiko, startling the young couple out of their thoughts "Say something."

Ritsuka nervously cleared his throat, debating on how to weasel themselves out of this one. Unfortunately for him, Mafuyu was just way too frank: "Mhmm, yep, we got a pet, that's true."

While Ritsuka facepalmed, earning a wide, concerned, doe-eyed stare from Mafuyu, Akihiko let out an exasperated sigh, rolling his eyes: "Dude, you just moved in together. And Mafuyu, you already have Kedama. Slow down, you two, would you?"

"Oh. Uenoyama-kun said the same thing, actually."

Gaze flitting over to the flustered Ritsuka, Akihiko grinned: "Good to know he still has a brain."

"O-OI!"

"Next thing we know, you'll be getting a kid," said Akihiko, causing the young couple to flush, before fumbling over their words as they tried to say otherwise, but Akihiko held up a hand "Do NOT go making hasty decisions like that, ya got me?"

"Sorry," they muttered softly, sheepishly, leading Akihiko to nod at them and hum in approval, hoping they understood why he was even reprimanding them in the first place.

"Mhmm, you better be - be responsible from now on. So, tell me, what d'ya two get, exactly?" eventually asked Akihiko, deciding he had chided them enough by now "Gonna show me it?"

Brightening at his interest, Mafuyu happily nodded, and pointed behind him: "I'll go get him."

Ritsuka watched as his boyfriend skipped off to their bedroom, leading him to smile softly. Gosh, he was smitten as hell.

"It was his idea, wasn't it?"

Ritsuka snapped his attention towards Akihiko, and found that he didn't like the latter's smirk. It was way too smug. And he knew exactly what that meant. But he could always play dumb - he was pretty decent at it, after all, that and being dense as hell.

"Uh, yeah. Yeah, it was. Why, what up?"

"You're SO whipped, ain't ya?"

Ritsuka rolled his eyes. Aaaand there it was.

"Respectfully, Kaji-san, shut the fuck up," he uttered with a blush, leading his senior to snicker.

Feet thudding across the floor as Mafuyu giddily made his way back to them both, brandishing a small, rectangular plastic box with several tiny holes in, and showing it off for Akihiko to see: "Tadaaaa! This here is Kumo-chan. We're still deciding on an actual name though, because-"

Before Mafuyu could even finish his sentence, Akihiko let out a high-pitched screech, pure and utter horror across his face, all whilst he began backing away as fast as he possibly could, hands waving around: "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! YOU ARE BOTH PSYCHOPATHS!"

The young couple blinked, baffled by their senior's reaction, before Ritsuka tentatively asked: "Eh? What did we do?"

Akihiko gaped at them, like they both had grown eight new heads each, dismayed over the fact that neither appeared to get what was very off here: "A FUCKING BLOODY SPIDER?!"

"Nope," interjected Mafuyu with a shake of his head, overall unperturbed by the other's fears as he simply went and corrected Akihiko "It's a tarantula."

If looks could kill, Mafuyu and Ritsuka would have been reduced to ashes and dust right now, as Akihiko glared bloody murder at them: "Don't give a fuck what it is, get it AWAY from me!"

Initially confused out of his mind, Ritsuka then gasped: "OH. I forgot you had arachnophobia, Kaji-san. Uh-oh, I- My bad, seriously, I'm so sorry-"

"I. Will. Fucking. Murder. You."

Ritsuka let out a fearful noise, before he scrambled off to hide behind Mafuyu, who blinked up at their raging senior imploringly, with illegal cuteness: "Please, don't murder my boyfriend?"

"Fine," gritted Akihiko out of tightly clenched teeth, before contemplating his options for a bit "I'll kick him then. Straight in the balls."

Ritsuka paled, before smiling nervously: "...You're not gonna say anything to that, Mafuyu? Um, Mafuyu?"

Noting that his boyfriend seemed suddenly distracted, Ritsuka tugged at Mafuyu's arm gently, prompting the latter to glance at him, a bit stunned, if not perplexed: "He's gone, Uenoyama-kun. I left the cage unlocked earlier, and now Kumo-chan... He's gone."

Before either of them could utter anything else, Akihiko lost all of the colours within his face, before he immediately spun around, and began powerwalking his way towards the door: "Nah, fuck THIS. I'm OUTTA here, NOPE."

"He couldn't have gone far," reasoned Mafuyu as he began searching high and low for their new pet, before he paused in his tracks, and slowly turned towards his boyfriend with wide eyes "Unless he can fly? ...Can tarantulas even fly, d'ya think?"

Ritsuka shrugged, sincerely having no clue, whereas Akihiko visibly turned green and shivered: "I AIN'T, EVER, coming back over until you find that damn creepy-crawlie and cage it again! Or better yet, throw it the fuck away!"

With that said, he marched off, beyond ready to leave, only seconds away from reaching for the doorknob, when Ritsuka tentatively called out to him: "U-Um, Kaji-san?"

"Leaving!"

"No, but-"

"Ain't hearing it, BYE!"

"KAJI-SAN!"

"WHAT?!" snapped Akihiko, infuriated, turning around fast to face the other two younger ones, only to find the two of them, standing still with round eyes, before they slowly pointed at him.

For a moment, no one moved, said or did anything, the whole room falling deadly quiet, silent. But then...

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"It's on my motherfucking shoulder, isn't it?"

The End.

A/N: And here we go! Asgardian-san, my dear, wishing you a wonderful and lovely Birthday! May all your dreams, resolutions and more come all true! I hope you'll enjoy this little here fic! Had a BLAST with it! I was trying for some humour and that, and... Tee hee. Also, also, that last part, with the tarantula and everything? It was inspired from Brooklyn Nine-Nine (I typically watch anime 90% of the time, but out of all the comedy shows out there, this is my favourite) - and I had to incorporate it in here, somehow XD

Anyways, thank ya'll SO much for giving this fic a moment of your time, hope you all enjoyed it! Until next time, take care and be safe, everyone! Bella Ciao!