NOTES::

Anne: Hyde's baby boy/girl must be amazingly cute, mainly because he himself is amazingly cute. xD But Sho has a good point—then he actually would be sex-starved! Uhh…next smutty chapter is either in three chapters or four…or six. It all depends on what the hell I plan on doing with these pre-written scenes. But there's going to be a hot bondage one…or maybe you knew about that. And Sho secretly is Gackt, so that's why they're so captivated by him. I think you have a thing against lip gloss, honey. They're too adorable for their own good when they're all lovey-dovey.

Senshi of Ruin: Sometimes I wish I could turn my fic into a movie just so I can see things I write about. Because seriously, baby pictures of Sho would be to die for. And the nurse fiasco will be in the next chapter, so don't worry.

Puptastic: Yeah, about catching up on sleep, I definitely just got up about ten minutes ago and decided to update. So right now, it's 10:45. And in any case about Sho not wanting them to know, you would be right. However, in his own mind he thinks to himself that if they know he's married, they'll pester him and pester him about his "wife" or else try to seduce him and make him change his mind. …Or something.

Hoshino Haruka: I would sell my soul to be married to someone like Kei. He's just too amazingly perfect. And yeah, muses are annoying things. ;

Minako Sayaka: Well I'm still keeping your name like this for my notes if you don't care. I always just keep the same ones in pretty much the same order for each chapter (or at least I'm trying to now).

ShinyaxDie: Yeah, all of the Grey's Anatomy characters are supposed to be interns and not nurses, but whatever.

Daggergal: Exactly. He's just too delicious-looking for his own good.

Kairi Angel: Oh no no no. The one I really like isn't gay—my fake boyfriend is. He's my second choice. But as I told Kristal, "I'd have better luck getting a boyfriend if I was dead," because I definitely have no luck at all. Hmm…but I don't murder too many people in these fics. Maybe I should…

Camui-Alexa: …Well, late April counts as May in my books. And I'd tell you what happens with the nurse that saw them, but…I don't want to spoil anything!

Marionette Kadaj: Oh well then if you work at Starbucks, I have to hate you now. xD But not really because I love the dulce de leche lattes. Anyway, you'll find out about that nurse in the next chapter (since I forgot to put her in this one…)

Camui Nakare: Yeah, there's an Osaka a few miles away from me, which I've only gone to twice, but the one chef I had knew who Toshi was from Moon Child. That was pretty cool! And I've never actually gone to PF Chang's, but I have heard that it's pretty good.

Tenouharuka101: Well thank you! I did lose my touch around chapter four of this fic, but I definitely found it again. And if you want to see House in here…just read the chapter!

Random Other Note:Sho is still in his temporary office in this chapter. He probably won't move to the new one for at least another chapter or so. Enjoy!

Chapter Eight – A Day in the Life…

It was nearly three weeks into Sho's new job as Kurisu's secretary—although the doctor referred to the position as an "assistant"—and he was actually starting to enjoy it. Despite the fact that all of the nurses watched him like hungry hawks ready to pounce and he continually spent less and less time in Kei's company, he had the feeling that this was his new permanent job. His lover had seemed a bit disappointed to find out that it was basically a full-time career, but masked it and supported the brunette. The job involved getting up extremely so it was hard for Kei to see him off beforehand.

One morning, Sho awoke to find a pile of clothes folded neatly on the top of the dresser. As he pulled the shirt out of the pile, he noticed a small piece of paper fall to the floor. Putting his shirt on, he reached down and grabbed it, picking it up to find Kei's handwriting on it.

Good luck at work today, love. I'll miss you a lot.

I love you!

Kei xoxo

Sho smiled at the hugs and kisses symbols after his lover's name and once he had put his pants on, slipped the note into his back pocket. He cast one last glance over at his slumbering companion and was struck by how adorable he looked at the moment. Entranced by the vampire, he walked over and kneeled down next to where he lay, running a hand through the disheveled blonde hair. The vampire murmured something unintelligible and Sho leaned down and pressed a tender kiss to his lips.

I think I'm drowning
Asphyxiated

Suddenly, Kei reached out and grabbed a fistful of Sho's shirt. "Don't go," he whispered, voice teary.

"Kei-chan," Sho said softly, a saddened look in his eyes. "Are you awake, love?" The blonde simply shifted between the sheets and gripped at his lover's shirt more tightly.

"Don't go," he mumbled as Sho stroked at his cheek.

"I have to," the brunette replied, placing a hand on top of Kei's and slowly loosening the vampire's grip. When he was finally free, he placed kisses all along the palm of Kei's hand. "I love you, too, and I hate to leave you here alone."

With that, the brunette departed for the day, leaving the room with a small tear running down his cheek…

I wanna break this spell
That you've created

He made it to work early enough so none of the nursing staff was in just yet and the ones that were actually there were not the ones that followed him around. The ones that really bothered him were Meredith and Addison, although Addy (as he started to call her) was not as persistent as Meredith. Callie kept to herself mostly and Izzie…well, Izzie was always a ball full of energy all the time (despite the fact that he hadn't seen her in quite a few days).

Sitting down at his desk, Sho turned on his phone to find that he had a voicemail. Interested, he went to his inbox and listened curiously.

"Good morning, love," Kei's velvet voice purred sultrily. "You went to bed a while ago and I felt the need to leave you a voicemail to perk up your morning, although I'm sure the note I placed in your clothes made you just as happy." Sho automatically touched a hand to his back pocket as he moved and closed the door in case someone came in to disturb him. And he didn't want to stop listening to his lover's voice.

"Kei-chan," he said to himself, sitting back down with a smile on his face.

"I miss you more and more every day you go into work. I know I hide it—I try to so I don't make you worry. But there are times when I just can't take it, love. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but the beginning is tough," Kei continued in the message. "Like right now, I'm heading for our bedroom so I can go and watch you. I've told you before how beautifully mesmerizing you are when you sleep…I can't get enough of it."

"You're so sweet, Kei," Sho told the message.

You're something beautiful
A contradiction

"You look so peaceful and at ease right now," the blonde whispered, voice lowering so he wouldn't wake Sho up. Sho strained his ears as he heard a soft movement and the press of lips against lips, a soft, muffled whimper from his own sleeping self resounding through the silence. "I just kissed you, love. I don't think you wanted me to stop, even in your sleep. Can you feel it right now?" The brunette pressed his fingers to his tingling lips, feeling as though Kei had just kissed him. "I love you so much, Sho-chan, and I'll see you when you get home. Good luck at work today." The message ended and Sho's eyes widened.

"Kei!" he said loudly in protest; in response, someone knocked on his door and opened it. His shocked cerulean eyes that held a trace amount of tears met Meredith's grey-blue ones.

"Are you all right? I heard you shout something," she said concernedly, watching Sho set his cell phone down slowly, staring at the screen sadly.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine," Sho replied. "You're here already, Meredith? I thought you didn't have to be in until nine."

"Yes, well, Kurisu said she wanted to see me early," she said, flushing suddenly. "But I think I'm here too early…"

"Oh? Why's that?" he asked as he stood up.

"She sent me down to get you so you could go talk to her first," the nurse replied, taking a few steps backwards. "You don't need me to walk you down there, do you?"

"No, I should be all right by myself," Sho said in a firm tone as he stood up and left Meredith standing in his doorway. He didn't want the nurse pestering him on his contemplative walk to Kurisu's office, which was down the hall. It was not why she called him down there that had him thinking, though. It was the fact that he suddenly missed Kei so much that his chest ached with every breath he took.

The brunette didn't realize that by the time he entered Kurisu's office, his left hand was clutching his chest, yellow diamond on his ring catching the light as he gasped for breath. Kurisu looked at him worriedly and sprang up from her seat. "Sho-kun, are you all right?" she asked as she went over and placed a hand on his heaving shoulder. Cerulean eyes met dimmed emerald and Sho nodded, slowing his breathing.

I wanna play the game
I want the friction

"I…miss him," he managed to gasp as Kurisu helped him sit down in a chair.

"Oh Sho," she said softly, squeezing his arm tenderly. "It just suddenly hit you?" But Sho didn't respond. "Hey—" The doctor jerked Sho's shoulders upward, grabbing the brunette's attention. "Deep breaths and calm down!"

"Sorry," he said apologetically, calming down greatly.

"Now what has you so worked up all of a sudden?"

"He left me a really emotional voicemail on my phone," Sho told her. "And it just…I don't even know." Kurisu offered him a sad smile.

"I'll let you off early today, all right? Then you can go home and be with Kei-kun." This apparently did the trick because Sho's expression brightened immediately. "Now, the reason I called you in here…" she continued.

"Right. Meredith sent me in here," he suddenly remembered.

"Remember on your first day I warned you about a certain doctor that you don't want to encounter ever while you're working here?" Kurisu asked.

"Yeah…isn't his name Home or something?" Sho offered as he tried to recollect.

"House, actually," the pink-haired vampire corrected with an edge in her voice. "Well, I'm not on his good list at the moment—actually, I'm never on his good list—and there's a case coming in that he'll probably want to work on. But if I give it to him personally, he won't take it."

"So you want me to take it to him," he finished for her and she nodded. "First you tell me to never encounter House and then you're giving me a file to give to him face to face." Kurisu let out a small laugh.

"I know, I know, I'm a horrible boss," she agreed playfully, reaching behind her and grabbing a cream envelope from her desk, which she then handed to Sho. "Good luck and if he starts harassing you, just harass him right back." Sho let out a strangled noise in response, but nodded in understanding…

You will be the death of me, yeah

You will be the death of me

Sho stopped outside of the door marked "Gregory House M.D." and took a deep breath, hand clutching the manila envelope he was supposed to be delivering to the doctor. Kurisu's forewarning was still fresh in his mind as he stared at the wooden door and calmed himself. Gaining courage and wit through another deep breath, he pushed open the rather heavy door and entered the darkened office.

The man that he could only assume was Dr. House was leaning against the desk at the far end of the room, balancing a large tennis ball on the curved handle of the cane he held outstretched in front of him. He turned his head to look at the "intruder", looking slightly confused for a moment, but regaining his composure in the next.

"Oh good, are you the new bus boy that delivers my meals?" House asked, sarcasm inflicted in his tone. As Sho opened his mouth to respond, the doctor cut him off, thinking out loud, "No, your face is much too pretty. You must be what's-her-face's new secretary."

"Assistant, actually," Sho replied with a sarcastic smile to match House's.

"Did she tell you I've been a bad boy and you're sent to punish me?" he continued mockingly.

"Well, if it was that simple, my job would be over with already, wouldn't it?" the vampire said, tilting his head cutely to the side. House faltered for a moment, but then gave him a wry smile.

"I like you," the doctor said. "Despite the fact that you're exactly the type of twenty-three-year-old hot assistant with blue eyes to die for that Kurisu always seems to hire…" He let his sentence trail off, shifting his weight over onto the cane in his right hand.

"Well now that you've put that out in the open, shall we get down to the reason as to why I'm here?" the brunette asked politely after a long pause.

"What sort of assignment of terror and dread has she given me now?" House asked whimsically.

"I don't know; she said it was for your eyes only," Sho said in a dangerous voice as he handed the envelope to House after crossing the office in a few quick strides.

"Hmm…a secret assignment!" he said, still sarcastic. "I'll give it to one of my cronies." House's tone was final and Sho was more than glad to leave the doctor's presence as quickly as possible…

Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

Sho's arrival home that night went rather unnoticed to the brunette's surprise. Kei was standing in front of the stove, watching a pot of boiling water intently as though it was the most fascinating thing in the world. Little did he realize that in his entranced state he missed his lover's appearance and the brunette was glad for this. He slowly made his way towards the older vampire, making sure to stay directly behind him so he wouldn't be noticed.

"I miss him so much," Kei sighed to himself as Sho stopped behind him. Suddenly, the younger vampire wrapped his arms around Kei's waist and pulled the vampire back against his chest.

"And I you, angel," he purred, lips going to trail soft kisses down his lover's neck.

"Sho," the blonde breathed hotly, tilting his head to expose more of his neck as the kisses became longer, Sho's tongue flicking out and leaving wet trails behind.

"I need you so badly right now, Kei," Sho said against the vampire's neck. He let his nose trail against the baby soft skin up to Kei's ear as he took a deep breath, eyes fluttering shut as he let out a shuddered breath. "God…" The older vampire let out a whimper and licked his lips. "Shall we go to the bedroom then?"

Kei nodded his head, but stopped in the middle so he could moan as he felt one of Sho's hands trail over the growing bulge in the front of his pants then down between his legs, pressing him back against his lover so he could feel Sho's prominent arousal against his back. He threw his head back in ecstasy from just one touch as Sho whispered in his ear, "Let me rephrase that. Let's go to the bedroom now."

"Turn off the stove," Kei told him weakly, turning around and clinging to his lover. "Then let's forget everything."

Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out

"Except our passion," Sho said, turning off the stove and then giving Kei a mind-blowing kiss that had the older moaning madly.

"Oh itoshii," the blonde moaned, making Sho freeze. Never before had Kei called him something so personal, so cherishing and he felt as though his heart was going to burst.

"Kei…" Sho was at a loss for words as he cupped Sho's cheek with his hand and stared into loving chocolate-covered eyes.

"What?" Kei purred, nuzzling against Sho's hand. "You don't like it?"

"No, it's just…that's something so intimate…so…so—" he tried to explain, but Kei finished for him.

"Close to my heart?" he offered, placing his own hand on top of Sho's.

"That's what I am to you…" Sho breathed. Although he obviously knew this already, it was still touching to hear it from his lover.

"No. You're not," Kei said. Sho cocked his head to the side, but let the vampire continue. "You're not close to my heart. You are my heart…and my soul…and my everything." Sho smiled beautifully as a tear fell down his cheek, which Kei brushed away with his thumb. "What's got you so loving this evening, Sho?"

"Your voicemail, angel," he answered. Kei blushed.

I wanted freedom
Bound and restricted

"I didn't mean to open up like that and get you so worked up," the blonde said meekly.

"I'm glad you did," Sho said, holding his lover tightly against his chest. "I'll have to make up for it."

"But it's not your fault," Kei protested into Sho's shirt, arms wrapping around Sho's waist.

"Still, I feel slightly responsible."

"Love, all you have to do is come home and give me a long hug and a warm kiss and everything will be all right," the older vampire said, pulling back so he could smile up at Sho.

"Shall we do that now instead of going to the bedroom?" the younger offered in a tender voice.

"The couch, then," Kei agreed. "Bedroom after dinner," he added quickly with a sultry smirk. "I can't resist you forever, you know." Sho let out a light laugh and pulled the short vampire into a kiss…

I tried to give you up
But I'm addicted…

Lyrics are Time Is Running Out by Muse.

Itoshii is pretty much 'beloved', 'darling', 'my cherished', etc. for those of you who are curious/weren't exactly sure on the meaning.

Okay, so I'm sure we've all heard the news about S.K.I.N. and I forgot to mention it in my last notes. In case you haven't, it's the Mega Band that's going to kill the world: Gackt, Yoshiki, Sugizo, and Miyavi. They're playing at the Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA on June 29…which I probably can't make it to. That's the problem living on the other side of the US.

And okay, the part with House is supposed to be funny, but if you have never seen the show, then you probably won't get it. It's all about how he says things and acts towards people, so for those of you who do watch House, I hope you enjoyed his appearance. xD

I'm sorry if this chapter seemed like an emotional roller coaster. As Kris put it, I was "not pursued" by the guy I've been crushing on for quite some time. And on the first day of summer, too—mainly because I needed to know whether I had to keep hanging on to the hope that he would get back to me or whether I could try to move on. So it's my first summer of high school without a boyfriend—yes I'm on summer break now! I hope to get through it without too much damage xD; (Granted I still have my fake boyfriend, but he totally doesn't count at all…and that's a long story…)

Reviews are appreciated!