((AN:And were back! This story contains spoilers of many kinds, mainly for the months after August.))
The two fools didn't speak to each other for about two weeks. One was too confused and conflicted to even say hello and the other was simply waiting for the other fool to approach him. Adachi wandered through the Junes food court to make it seem like he was being a good cop and going on patrol. Adachi bumped into someone, not paying attention and cursed lightly under his breath.
"O-Oh! Sorry man." The person said eyes widening when they came in the direction of Adachi. Adachi brushed himself off 'Some people..' he thought in anger although anger soon turned to irritation as Adachi connected eyes with the boy in front of him 'Ugh. The Junes brat.' Adachi thought sourly as Yosuke proceeded to ask him a question.
"Hey, you seen Souji? I can't find him anywhere." Adachi's face scrunched up if only for a moment, because knowing that Souji was in Junes was actually one pleasant thing that he came to know.
"No afraid I haven't." Adachi said with a sincere smile on his face "But I'd be glad to help look for him!" And so their search began. Now, Adachi had never been one for busting his ass for the welfare of another person but he decided he'd change that rule just for today.
The two males searched and searched but to no avail. The older of the two stopped in front of a topsicle stand and craned his head back and yelped (A damn manly yelp mind you!) as he saw two surprisingly calm grey eyes.
"Oh. Adachi-san thanks for finding Yosuke for me." Souji said with a more charming version of his carefree smile (Adachi could have sworn he saw three housewives faint out of the corner of his eye) "W-What!? Find me? We've been looking all over for you!" Yosuke said as he started to fume.
"Ah. Sorry, but anyway shouldn't we get going Yosuke? It's getting late and I'm hungry." Souji said with an (almost) cute pout on his face. "You're right. Lets head to Aiya then." Yosuke said, a dorky grin pervading his face. "Well lets head out partner." Souji said as he locked arms with Yosuke and pulled him away "O-Oh! Bye Adachi-san!" Yosuke yelled as he was being dragged away. Adachi heard a strangled "And hey partners my line!" As the duo grew further out of sight.
Souji angrily plopped himself down into a seat when they reached Aiya but quickly straightened up when Yosuke sat next to him.
"So, how's life been treating ya'?" Yosuke asked with a smile on his face. Souji snickered "Heh. You would know being that you spend every moment of it with me." Yosuke's face flushed as he stuck his tongue out at his friend. What he had said wasn't too far off though they did spend a lot of time together. Souji slouched over in his seat placing his face a tad bit too close to Yosuke's.
Yosuke smiled and joking put his fist up to Souji's face. "I don't have to "get even" with you again do I?" Souji chuckled and retracted his head back to the seat.
"Ah. The food is here." Souji said as if trying to dodge the subject. Yosuke quickly whipped his head around and smiled at the food on the trays.
Adachi was pissed. Borderline pissed. He was pretty angry about Souji just blowing him off like nothing had happened between them, did the boy recover that fast? Or. No wait. Something panged in Adachi's head, something that said the brat was waiting for him to do something. He wanted to play dirty? Well that was fine because Adachi was as good as hell at playing dirty.
One beep. Two beeps. Three beeps.. "Hello Dojima residence." A tired sounding voice grunted out. "Hey Dojima-san! Sorry to just call out of the blue like this but uhh.." Dojima grunted as if telling Adachi to speed it up.
"I was just wondering if I could come over tonight!" Adachi chirped feeling intimidated by the silence on the other end.
"I guess that's okay, just be warned you're watching Souji if you do." Adachi cracked a disturbing smile "That's absolutely fine sir!" He said as his eyes shimmered with mischief. "But..why does Souji need a sitter?" Adachi inquired. Dojima sighed and explained to Adachi how Souji used his night job as an advantage to sneak out at night. Adachi snickered 'Serves him right' "Well. See you later Dojima-san!" Adachi said stifling laughter as he hung up. Now this was going to be fun.
Adachi arrived at the Dojima residence around seven (he was supposed to come at six thirty but he ran into this nagging old lady..) and was actually starting to lose hope. Dojima never mentioned if Nanako was home or not and Adachi definitely wasn't rude enough to bad talk Souji if Nanako was home. To his delight Adachi stepped in and got no happy squeak of a greeting no, he got the sweet sight of Dojima grabbing his coat and Souji staring at him from the floor. Dojima looked to Adachi and bid him a farewell as he left out the door. After Dojima left Adachi inched over to the couch, sat down, and surveyed Souji carefully. Souji didn't look anything like his "Normal perfect self" His hair was messy, he was sprawled out on the floor haphazardly, and most shocking at all he hadn't even bothered to show he had noticed Adachi's appearance other than cutting him a glance or two.
"Got in trouble huh?" Adachi said lowly making Souji sit up and look at him. "Yes. And?" Souji almost hissed out. "Jeez. Sorry for asking questions." Adachi sneered eyeing Souji even more, attempting to make him uncomfortable. Souji got up and made his way over to the kitchen and stopped in his tracks when Adachi stood up. "Did you want some coffee too?" Souji asked dismissing the fact that Adachi was obviously watching him closely.
"Oh! If you're offering sure!" Adachi said as he sat at the kitchen table. Souji gave Adachi a nervous smile and proceeded to make the coffee. After the coffee was done Souji set both of their mugs down at the table and sat down.
"Was there a reason for that?" Souji asked as Adachi quirked an eyebrow. "What you mean the last time I came over?" Adachi said as he nonchalantly leaned back into his chair "Not really. Just to mess with you a bit I guess." Souji took another sip of his coffee "I see." He whispered out putting his head down onto the table. "What? You want to do it again?" Adachi asked, lowering his head to Souji's level. Souji rose his head up and looked into Adachi's eyes trying not to widen them.
"I. No. We shouldn't." Souji objected getting up from the table, searching for an excuse to go to bed. Adachi grabbed Souji's arm yanking him down bringing their faces dangerously close. Souji's throat was dry. He definitely wanted to, but he knew he really shouldn't because it was wrong. Unfortunately for Souji Adachi decided for him and smashed their lips together. Normally that sort of contact would have felt uncomfortable, but coming from Adachi it almost felt sweet. Souji broke the kiss not because of a lack of air, but because his lips felt like they were burning and his stomach knotted up a bit. Adachi smiled up at Souji and went blank faced as Souji put his head to his shoulder. Adachi wasn't used to big displays of affection at all. So when Souji did this Adachi just sat until Souji eventually rose off of him with tired eyes. Adachi suddenly felt a feeling he hadn't felt in a while. Loneliness. Souji had laid out on the couch by now leaving Adachi to sit at near the base of his feet.
Adachi considered getting up and heading out for the night, not because he was tired but because of the tired almost sad look on Souji's face. It made him a little sick that he wasn't taking pleasure in the expression. Adachi moved to stand and felt a hand ghost over his thigh.
"Don't go yet." Souji's voice called out sounding as if all the air had been taken out of his lungs. Adachi turned to Souji and smiled hoping it would make himself not feel like a total piece of shit. Souji smiled back and laid his head back down onto the couch. Only minutes later Adachi could hear a soft snore coming from Souji and decided to get up.
Adachi slipped off his jacket as he walked to the bus stop cursing at the heat. By the time the bus arrived Adachi felt like passing out on the curb, but restrained himself. Adachi had to force himself to stay awake on the bus so he wouldn't miss his stop, although this lead to some unwanted thoughts. He thought about the taste of vanilla and coffee on Souji's lips and the way he didn't back away from his harsh kiss. Adachi sighed heavily as the bus reached his station, he quickly ran up to his apartment and unlocked the door. Adachi's place wasn't bad but It wasn't really great either. It could accommodate two people although it only seemed so small because of how cluttered the place was. Adachi slipped off his dress shirt and fell onto his futon. He didn't know when but he started thinking about Souji's sleeping figure. He wondered how he would look curled up next to him in one his dress shirts. Adachi groaned. Sleep just never came easy did it?