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It's been one month since the incident with Oshitari. Eiji and Oishi have been doing fairly good since they were fired, they do have their bad days though. Neither have a stable job yet and they get fired a lot. Eiji has gotten fired quite a few times. When Eiji gets fired he remembers when he had a good job that paid well, then he remembers Oshitari—Eiji told Oishi this the next day after his second 'breakdown'. When Eiji has one of his 'breakdowns', he hides himself in his room for the whole day. When Oishi comes to check up on him, he usually finds the perky acrobat sleeping with a stuffed animal. When Oishi goes closer to tuck the boy in, he sees that it's the stuffed animal that Oshitari gave him on their first date. Oishi also feels the pillow, its sopping wet.
"Oh, Eiji. Why do I make you suffer through this pain?" Oishi asks himself. He gently lifts Eiji's bangs off his forehead and kisses him, "I'm sorry," Oishi says as he leaves the room.
The fourth time was the worst. Eiji was working at a local supermarket—just another normal day—that is until a certain person came to the register.
"Hello sir! Did you find everything to your—" Eiji said with a smile but was soon interrupted.
"Kikumaru?" An all too familiar voice questioned. Eiji quickly looked away from the man standing in front of him and proceeded to check the items. Eiji's heart pulsated as memories came flowing back to him.
The person stood there silently watching Eiji. He was trying as hard as he could to try and hold the tears back. When he finally finished, he told the man how much to pay. But when the man gave Eiji his credit card, their fingers touched momentarily.
Eiji quickly pulled his hand away from the shock, and proceeded to swipe the card. Then Eiji threw the card at the person.
"Take your stupid card and leave, Yuushi!" Eiji yelled. Oshitari picked up his card with his groceries and left.
As soon as the doors closed behind him, Eiji ran to the manager's office. He was about to open the door when it opened right up to him.
Eiji's manager came walking out, his face beet red. He then noticed that Eiji was standing right in front of him and took in a deep breath to calm himself. As the manager began to open his mouth,, Eiji yelled out, "I QUIT!"
Eiji took off the uniform—an apron—and walked right out the door.
When Eiji got home, it was hours later. Oishi had gotten a call from work saying he had quit at around two in the afternoon. It was now much later, eight o'clock. Oishi called their former tennis captain and neighbor, Tezuka Kunimitsu, to see if he had heard from his precious red head. Tezuka said he hadn't and asked his boyfriend, Fuji Shuusuke, if he had, the answer was another no. Tezuka said to call him if there was any trouble and the two hung up.
The door to their apartment swung open at five past eight. Eiji came in with scrapes on his knees and hands, as if he had fallen a lot. His hair was disheveled and he was out of breath. Oishi knew Eiji had been running to try and relieve the pain. It was one of the things that the two of them had in common.
Although Eiji had been calmer in the past, this time he wasn't. Eiji's heart felt like it had been split in two all over again.
After Eiji walked into his room, he proceeded to throw anything and everything he could get his hands on. As Oishi stood outside of Eiji's door, he heard the pillows and stuffed animals hit the walls, he didn't start to worry until the glass vase that sat by his bed came crashing down onto the floor.
When Oishi heard the sound of glass shattering he quickly ran in to see what had happened.
Eiji was standing there panting. He held his hands out and the vase was on the floor. What took Oishi the longest to notice was the blood on Eiji's hands.
The blood was slowly dripping down and onto the green carpet. Eiji's eyes no longer had tears left in them as he stared at the scarlet flowing from his fingers creating a rust-colored pool in the carpet. The red river reminded him of his emptying heart, slowly the pain was receding. So much alike were the two. What if... the river became a sea? Maybe then would the two be able to fully connect. The pain would become dull and all would become whole.
As Eiji made this connection, he turned and walked past the surprised Oishi, not even given him a single thought or glance. Oishi followed Eiji to the kitchen wondering what on Earth the acrobat could be thinking.
That's when Oishi saw the glint of the knife. He didn't even think twice before he hurled his body at Eiji and wrestled the knife away from him. As the knife went sliding across the kitchen floor, Oishi ran after it and picked it up before Eiji could even move.
Eiji realized he had missed his chance and started searching for another knife as Oishi ran to the phone. Oishi grabbed the phone and quickly called Tezuka. When Oishi heard the ringing stop he didn't wait for an answer and just yelled, "Eiji cracked," but before he could say anything else, Eiji emptied out the whole drawer of utensils onto the floor.
Oishi dropped the phone and knife and ran back into the kitchen to see Eiji scrambling through the mess on the floors. He looked for something to help him connect with the sea of red. Oishi tried to get Eiji to look in his eyes, to see that everything was fine, but the red head just hit Oishi's tender hands away.
Oishi tried to reach out for Eiji's arms to calm him down. When Oishi finally had both of Eiji's arms in his grasp, he remembered that not only was Eiji an acrobat, he had long legs. Eiji's legs were pushed in between the two and as he extended them, Oishi was pushed into the counter. Oishi's head hit the granite and he heard a loud crack and a flash of pain.
Oishi quickly put the pain aside and turned back to help Eiji. What he didn't expect to see though was Tezuka holding both of Eiji's feet and legs as Fuji calmed him down soothingly with his soft voice and stroked one of his pressure points.
The red headed acrobat was then put into a deep sleep.
When Fuji deemed it safe, Tezuka released the sleeping boy and helped Fuji up from the kitchen floor where Eiji lay. They both turned to look at Oishi who was sitting there with his mouth hanging open, amazed at how strong the two were.
"Oishi? Oishi, I need you to look at me and tell me what happened," a calm but stern voice asked. Oishi looked up into Fuji's deep blue eyes. They were firm but held certain sweetness to them.
Oishi opened his mouth to explain what happened but all that came out was a heart shattering sob that ran through his whole body. He couldn't hold it back any longer. The tears came pouring down as he brought his knees up to his face and burrowed into them. Oishi was surprised when he felt arms wrap around him and hold him comfortingly. He vaguely heard talking between the two. He caught the words 'bed' and 'couch' but soon drifted off into a deep sleep.
Oishi woke up the next day to a cup of tea being placed next to him. He looked up and was met my Fuji's soft blue eyes.
"Good. You're awake. Stay here and drink some tea, I'll be right back with Tezuka," Fuji said as he walked out the front door. This was when Oishi became aware of his whereabouts. He could tell he was on a couch but it was not his couch.
He looked around the room and caught sight of some photos with Fuji and Tezuka together. He came to the conclusion that he was in their apartment but the first worry that came to mind was 'Where was Eiji?'.
He looked around a bit more from his position on the couch and decided to drink the tea. He did not want to feel the wrath of a boiling Fuji…or Tezuka for that matter.
The door to the apartment opened and Fuji came in followed by Tezuka. Fuji went and sat next to Oishi while Tezuka stood in front of him. Fuji took one of Oishi's fragile hands and asked, "What happened?"
Oishi then told them about Oshitari and getting fired. Followed by the recent job loss and reasoning behind it. When the manager had called yesterday, he said that Eiji had been fired for throwing something at a customer. When Oishi questioned the appearance of the customer, the manager described a blue haired man wearing glasses. That was all Oishi needed to conclude his suspicions of it being Oshitari.
When Oishi finished his the story, Tezuka's face was emotionless and Fuji was deep in thought, his eyes firmly closed.
Tezuka was the first to break the silence with a simple statement, "You like him".
Fuji and Oishi both looked at Tezuka. Fuji looked back at Oishi who looked down to the ground before slowly lifting the corners of his mouth to a soft and happy smile.
"Yeah, I do like him," Oishi said as he moved to stare Tezuka in the eyes, "I have for a long time. Ever since middle school".
"I thought so," Fuji said as he rose from his seat, taking Oishi's tea cup with him as he walked to his kitchen.
"Um…Where's Eiji?" Oishi asked as he looked around a bit.
"He's in his bedroom in your apartment. Fuji thought it best not to move him to much. Although we had to clean up the room quite a bit," Tezuka answered.
"Can I see him?" Oishi asked. Fuji answered this time.
"How does your head feel?" Fuji asked as he walked back out from the kitchen and to the couch. Oishi then remembered how he smashed it last night. He slowly reached up and touched his now bandaged head. He winced when he felt the growing bruise was no there.
"It feels a little tender," Oishi replied.
"Alright, that's to be expected. Now let's see you stand up for longer than one minute," Fuji said as he folded his arms. Fuji had taken medical classes in college. Oishi had been thinking of doing the same but decided against it when Eiji came crying to him the day before he was supposed to leave.
As Oishi stood up, he felt himself get a little wobbly but held his ground until he got into the full upright position. As soon as his back was straightened, his legs felt beaming with aches and pains. He then started to shake while beginning to feel dizzy. His eyes started to flutter and blackness neared his view. He fell back onto the couch.
"Damn it," he cursed at himself for having lost so much stamina over the years. Fuji chuckled as Oishi suddenly found himself being pulled of the couch and supported by a much larger persona. He looked up and saw Tezuka look down at him. Oishi was still stumbling, but having a pillar to support him helped a lot.
Tezuka helped him walk to the front door, once they arrived back at Oishi and Eiji's apartment, Fuji stood aside as he held the door open for the two. He then closed the door to the apartment and walked them to Eiji's room.
On the way there, Oishi saw that the kitchen had been cleaned up and nothing was on the floor. When they got to Eiji's room, Oishi saw Eiji sleeping there peacefully. Not wanting to make a noise in fear of waking him up, Oishi stayed extremely quiet not even wanting to take a breath.
"He's going to be asleep for at least two more days," Fuji said as he chuckled into his hand. Oishi had been so tense that he jumped when Fuji's voice appeared.
Oishi didn't realize that he had still been clinging onto Tezuka when the man suddenly left him standing there to move next to Fuji. Realizing that he was standing without the help of Tezuka he smiled at his two friends.
"Just come back to our apartment when you're done with him," Oishi was about to argue that he could stay in his own apartment but was cut off, "I said to come back when you're done. If you don't I will send Tezuka back over here to collect you."
Oishi looked between Tezuka's stoic look and Fuji's stern yet amused one. He was happy to have such good friends.
"Thank you," were the only words Oishi managed to say. Tezuka's hand came down lightly on Oishi's head as he ruffled his hair stubbles around before following Fuji. 'I really should change my hairstyle', Oishi thought as he reached up to pull the long strands on his forehead.
Oishi looked back at Eiji's sleeping figure and sat at the foot of the bed.
"Don't worry Eiji," Oishi said, "we will make everything better. I just hope you can stay with me till I do".
Yup! thanks beta fish kyuuriri!
oh yeah the seigaku pillar funny! twas funneh no? thank u betta for that one too!
oishi's stubbbles was my idea yo! hahahah! yeah sorry! its december... not even close to september TT^TT im sorry!
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