"Atobe." Tezuka said surprised to see him here.

"Yes. Ore-sama has graced you with his presence be thankful." Atobe said being his egoistic usual self while taking a seat before Tezuka.

"What are you doing here?" Tezuka asked.

"Well…Ore-sama was bored so he traveled to another country, so here I am….how about you? What are you doing here? I thought a goody-goody like you would never be seen in this kind of place." Atobe said.

"It's my birthday today, thank you very much." Tezuka replied sarcastically.

"Oh I'm sorry, happy birthday then." Atobe said. "But why are you alone?"

"I'm not alone." Tezuka said gesturing to his friends who were still avoiding Gary's love potion.

"What was that?" Atobe asked amused.

"Don't even ask." Tezuka replied. "You, are you alone?"

"Me? Ore-sama never goes out of the house alone. Ore-sama is with his oh so precious boyfriend who have gone sleeping somewhere without telling me." Atobe said still pissed that he can't find Jiroh.

Tezuka drank and drank until he unconsciously finished the whole bottle.

"Why are you drowning yourself with alcohol?" Atobe asked obviously amused at the rare sight.

"Huh? I'm not drunk okay." Tezuka said groggily.

"Yes you are. Ore-sama demands to know why the Tezuka Kunimitsu is drunk." Atobe stubbornly said.

"You want to know? Why huh? I'm heartbroken that's why!" Tezuka blurted half-mindedly.

"Aah…Ore-sama is highly amused. So who's the lucky person?" Atobe asked.

Tezuka's vision was now blurred even with his eyeglasses on. He's having a splitting vision and his head was pleading bloody mercy. Tezuka closed his eyes for a second to relieve the throbbing pain but after opening his eyes Atobe disappeared. Instead he was now replaced by…

"Fuji?" Tezuka asked confused but happy nevertheless. "You didn't break your promise, you came at my birthday." Fuji just stayed silent and continued looking at Tezuka. Tezuka was now teary-eyed and moved closer to Fuji. "I'm so sorry I let you go." Tezuka said while cupping Fuji's face. "I promise…I promise that I'll be strong now. I'll take whatever consequences if it means I could be with you." Their faces were now just inches apart. "Being away from you brought me too much realization." Tezuka said breathlessly as he was now looking into Fuji's eyes ready to kiss him.

"Ahem…Ore-sama does not wish to be compared to another person." Atobe said making Tezuka jump from his sea, quickly removing his hands from Atobe, embarrassed. 'Was that just a hallucination?' Tezuka asked himself.

"So it's Fuji-kun huh?" Atobe teased him. Tezuka didn't reply, instead he went to the bar counter to order more drinks. Atobe chuckled. "That Tezuka! Who knew he can be so romantic?"

"Kei-chan?" Jiroh asked as he sat beside Atobe.

"Aah…Jiroh I've been looking for you…" Atobe said. "Are you crying?" Atobe asked as he saw droplets of water hitting Jiroh's lap.

"Do…do you like Tezuka-san?" Atobe almost choked but he was too dignified to do such a thing. He looked at Jiroh instead. "What makes you say that?" he asked him.

"B-because awhile ago…I s-saw you almost k-kissing and I just walked away b-because…" Jiroh's voice was now trembling.

"Ssh..." Atobe said as he hugged Jiroh. Jiroh was silenced for a moment before he started again.

"But if you…"

"Jiroh."

"I mean…"

"Jiroh."

"If it will make you happy…"

"Jiroh"

"I…" Jiroh was cut off when Atobe kissed him full on the lips. Jiroh smiled at him. He knew what it meant; words aren't needed to be said.

"So you want sweets or something?" Atobe asked Jiroh while wiping away his tears.

"Really?" a now smiling Jiroh asked

"Really, come on let's go." Atobe said as he dragged Jiroh beside him.

…oOo…

"A shot of vodka please!" Tezuka called over to the bartender through the banging music.

"Are you sure man? I think you're drunk." The bartender said.

"Yeah I'm sure."

"Okay, if you say so." The bartender said while giving him the drink. Tezuka drank the vodka, bottoms-up.

"Aah…" His vision was now fluctuating and everything seemed to be a blur when he started talking to himself.

"Where were you when I needed you Greg? I thought you said you won't leave me." Tezuka started talking to the wall obviously not knowing what he's doing. "Psh. That sadist, I remember the last time he tried to make me drink that terrible aozu! Bleh! That was awful, man! But I didn't know before I drank it. Gah! That smile of his is so deceiving! Do you want to try it too, Greg?"

"Who would've thought I'd fall in love with him anyway? He's just one pathetic jerk who doesn't take things seriously just because he's a so called genius. Bleh! But he's just so kind…and sweet and…stop it! You're supposed to be hating him here right?"

"Hey Kunimitsu…dude, you're drunk! Come on let's go home." Bob said trying to drag Tezuka with him but obviously failing.

"Oh hey Bob! Meet my new wall friend, Greg." Tezuka said pointing to the wall.

"Look you're drunk let's go home."

"But won't you even say hi to my friend?"

"Ah…we'll talk later…say goodbye to him for now."

…oOo…

Tezuka felt like his head was splitting into two. He looked around him. Wait, this wasn't his room, this wasn't his house either.

"Aah…You're finally awake!" Bob said as he entered his room.

"W-What happened?" Tezuka tried to sit when his head hurt making him hold his head.

"That must be one hell of a hang over man! Dude, you were wasted last night!" Bob said. "You sure you can't remember a thing?"

"Let me see…" Tezuka said as he tried to search is mind.

'E-mailing…'

'Being dragged to a bar…'

'Talking to friends…'

'Being forced to drink a love potion…'

'Talking to Atobe…'

'Drinking…'

'Talking to Fuji…(?)'

'Drinking…'

'Talking to a wall…(?!)'

"Hmm…this may sound weird but, did I talk to a wall?" Tezuka asked not believing himself.

"Dude, you did alright! You even named the wall man, what was it? Oh yeah I think his name was Greg. What happened to you man? Oh never mind I'm going out. Do whatever want just don't break anything okay?" Bob said as he went out the room.

'I talked to a wall?!" Tezuka thought still not believing what happened. 'Oh well I need to get back home.' Tezuka thought as he headed straight to the shower.

…oOo..

"You have 3 messages." The answering machine said as Tezuka presses the button.

"First message."

"Belated happy birthday Tezuka sorry I forgot to greet earlier. Ja." Oishi said

"Second message."

"Where have you been last night? We were just dancing and then you're gone. You could have at least said goodbye to us." Tom said.

"Third message."

"Tezuka, this is Atobe. You know ore-sama has been thinking that maybe I should help you with Fuji since you badly mistook ore-sama for him last night making my Jiroh upset. Ore-sama does not like his Jiroh to be sad so I'm doing this for him to stop getting jealous, or me; I wonder why Jiroh even idolized him. No offense man. Oh right I'm organizing a charity work in Chiba, Fuji's hometown. Fuji would be there of course so this is your chance to apologize, confess or whatsoever. RSVP. Ore-sama will take all the charges if ever you come. Accept this as ore-sama's birthday present to you."

Tezuka dialed the number as soon as he finished hearing the message.

"I'll be there."

'Finally I can say sorry to him…I hope I'm not too late.' Tezuka thought hopefully.