A/N hey people….Hope you enjoy this chap…It gets sorta humorous in here and there's not much seriousness involved anymore.

"Shindou, you look rather dazed. Are you alright?" asked Waya as they walked out the front door of the building.

"I'm fine. Just thinking about the game," he lied quickly.

"It was a rather quick one, huh? But don't worry so much, at least you tied with Touya,"

Waya said happily as he slung an arm around Hikaru's shoulders.

'Need to think of an excuse,' thought Hikaru as started cracking his brain for one. 'I know,' thought Hikaru, mentally patting his back for thinking of the idea.

"Oh..no! I think I left my cap back at the game room," cried out Hikaru in a fake panic.

"Well, we could go back and get it," suggested Way.

"Er..no, I wouldn't want to make you late for your sister's birthday party. You're going out with your family for dinner, right?" asked Hikaru.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Will you be alright going home alone?" asked Waya concerned for Hikaru's safety.

"Of course, I'm not some defenseless girl," answered Hikaru, pretending to look offended.

"Well, if you say so. Be careful on your way home, Hikaru," said Waya as he rushed off to catch the next train. Sighing in relief, Hikaru made his way back to the building.

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"Akira, I heard about the game," said Touya Meijin as he gave Akira an encouraging smile. "It's not so bad, you did your best and at least you didn't lose," Touya Meijin said again.

"Thank you, father. And thank you for coming all the way here to pick me up," said Akira as he stood on the pavement outside the building. He needed to think of an excuse. He had someone very special to meet later.

"Father, I thank you for coming here again but actually I made an appointment with a friend to visit a new go centre he had found nearby," said Akira giving as much as the truth as possible.

He really did not want to lie to his father but circumstances forced him to give only half the truth. The agreement was to meet but they never agreed to go to the centre. More importantly, he could not offer the name of his 'friend'.

"I hope you understand, father," said Akira apologetically. "Of course I understand. I'll be sure to tell mother that you will be home late," said Touya Meijin with a pleased smile plastered on his face.

Akira had always been quite a loner and never had any real friends his age but it seemed now things were starting to change. Truth be told, he was rather worried before but now he was as happy as a father could get.

"Then, I'll see you later, son," said Touya Meijin as he got into his car and drove away.

'That went well,' thought Akira as he walked back towards the building. Hearing footsteps behind him, he turned around to find a panting Shindou Hikaru looking about ready to collapse at any minute now.

"Shindou, what happened?" Akira asked as he rushed forward to grab onto the exhausted boy, worried that he might topple over.

Akira led Hikaru over to a bench where he could rest and where they could talk privately. "You look about ready to faint," said Akira seating the both of them.

"Boys don't faint, they merely pass out," he said giving Akira a playful glare. He was still panting hard and his cheeks were flushed.

Akira could not help but stare at the boy next to him. 'He looks so adorable..What?! What the hell am I thinking?! I did not just think he's cute,' he mentally berated himself.

"Only you would say that, Shindou," said Akira as he tried hard not to notice how 'not' adorable Hikaru was with his blond and black bangs slightly covered in sweat, his flushed cheeks, his playful brown eyes glaring at him, his small pout….

"Well, I can't help it! Almost everyone seems to treat me like I'm some girl. What is with these people nowadays?" asked Hikaru crossing his arms and glaring at nothing in particular.

"Even that pervert who tried molesting me…" Hikaru never got to finish his sentence when Akira suddenly grabbed hold of his shoulders and started demanding answers.

"Who did? What did he do? Did he touch you? I'm going to kill him!" started Akira in outrage when Hikaru held him down and proceeded to calm the green haired boy.

"Relax, all he did was grab onto my arm and demand that I go 'play' with him," said Hikaru. "That's why I stomped on his toes and ran here as fast as I could," said Hikaru again smiling in delight at the memory of the man howling in pain as he made a dash for it.

"You sure he didn't do anything else? Because if he did…" Akira's sentence trailed off when he saw Hikaru holding his stomach and laughing his heart out. "What?" demanded Akira.

"It's nothing, it's just that I can't help but imagine you going over to that guy and stuffing a go board down his throat," he said as he wiped a few tears out of his eyes.

"I wasn't thinking of stuffing it there," Akira said almost innocently, giving an innocent smile. Turning to look at each other, they suddenly burst out laughing.

"Man, I can't believe I'm having this conversation with you. And that smile, that was definitely not an innocent smile. Pervert," Hikaru said in between laughs.

"Takes one to know one," replied Akira and they were soon howling in laughter. "Besides, I wouldn't do that. It's a waste of a perfectly good go board," said Akira again.

That sentence soon brought them back to reality and they realized that they were actually clinging to each other while they were laughing. Both blushing, they untangled themselves and looked away from the other.

"Er…so…" they both started at the same time.

A/N Reviews anyone?