They finally made it to Neku's apartment after a long walk. "No wonder he's so skinny," Shiki thought. "Having to walk this far would be some serious exercise for anyone." Neku opened the door and led the way to his living room.

"My parents are working late so we've got the place to ourselves for a little while. Um... just make yourself at home. I'll go grab some movies." He left the room and Shiki sat down on the couch and looked around. It was nothing much but it still had a nice homey feel to it. The couch she was on was across from a small coffee table and there was an average sized TV past that. There were pictures on the walls and a fake plant over in a corner.

Neku came back in with eight movies. "Okay. I've got a couple of comedies, some scary movies and the Samurai Ninja trilogy."

"Doesn't Samurai Ninja count as a comedy?"

"Well, yeah, but... it's still it's own category." He chuckled and she smiled. She was going to suggest one of the comedies but suddenly changed her mind and picked a horror movie. He quirked a brow at her choice but went over to put the disc in the player anyway. He was about to press the CLOSE button when she stopped him.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Shiki looked at him as if that would get him to understand. He didn't say anything and she shook her head, grinning. "Do you have any popcorn? What's a movie without popcorn?"

"Oh! I didn't even think about it." He headed into the kitchen and she followed. He pulled out a pot and a bag of kernels. He poured a little olive oil in the pot, set it on the stove and dumped in some of the kernels.

"Y'know, if you make your own popcorn why don't you just buy a popcorn maker?" Shiki had been leaning on the counter watching him.

"We had one, but it broke."

"How?"

"Don't ask." She giggled. It didn't take long for the popcorn to finish. Neku grabbed a large bowl from one of the cabinets and dumped all the popcorn in it. Shiki grabbed the bowl and went to go back into the living room only to be stopped by Neku.

"What?"

"Aren't you forgetting something? What's popcorn without butter?" He brought the bowl back to the counter before getting a stick of butter and a measuring cup. Shiki watched in horror as he dropped the entire stick in and placed the cup in the microwave.

"Oh my gosh, Neku! Not so much! That's ridiculously unhealthy." He smirked at her expression.

"A little butter won't kill you."

"That is not a little butter. That is so much it's fattening." She crossed her arms.

"Oh come on, Shiki. I could definitely use it, and it's not like you're fat so what do you have to worry about?" She blushed and smiled shyly.

"Aw, Neku. Is that supposed to be a compliment?"

"Oh. U-uhm... i-it could be taken as one, I guess." The microwave beeped and he pulled out the cup with a small smile of his own. "So does that mean I can use all this?"

"*Sigh* Alright. I suppose it's okay." She was still smiling when she said this. She couldn't get mad at him, especially since he just complimented her. Most people would've taken his comment as a snippy remark, but most people didn't know Neku. He had his own way of doing things.

The two of them headed back into the living room to watch the movie. Even though she had no idea why she chose a horror movie, Shiki was suddenly glad that she did. Now she could use being afraid as an excuse to snuggle into Neku. It was a brilliant idea, really.

"Now, if only you were the one who thought of it, dear." Such were the thoughts of a bored Composer currently perched on a telephone pole near the apartment, in the UG of course. Joshua had decided to get his revenge on Neku as soon as he could. Seeing as how Neku and Shiki's little date was still going on, he felt that now would be a good time to start. He planned to humiliate and annoy the two of them as much as possible, and what better way to do that than ruin the moment? Of course, for that to work there'd have to be a moment. Movies were a good way to start one. More specifically, scary movies. He hoped that they'd actually make it easy for him, but as soon as Shiki thought about watching a comedy he wanted to facepalm. So he imprinted the idea of a horror movie along with the fear excuse. He was hoping that he wouldn't have to do anymore. He was already pushing his luck by interfering with their business, and if that wouldn't get him in a spot of trouble then carelessly imprinting would. After all, he did have some rules-which he felt were stupid and he usually bent (if not broke) them anyway-that he had to at least acknowledge.

Giving Shiki a quick scan Joshua was glad to find that she was already frightened. He smirked. Five minutes in and she was practically quaking. "Shouldn't be too much longer now. Although it doesn't seem like Neku's the least bit frightened. Not really a surprise. He's seen far worse." Joshua continued to wait for the perfect moment to strike.

Shiki had already huddled close to Neku after the first sign of blood appeared on the screen. He seemed unfazed by the movie, but not so much when Shiki had begun holding onto to him for dear life. He was blushing a bit, but he didn't really care. What he did care about was how scared she was. "You sure you wanna watch this? We can put in something else."

"No. I'll be just fine." Neku raised an eyebrow. She seemed far from fine to him.

"You sure? You're shivering."

"I'm um... cold."

"Yeah, from fear. The only reason you keep denying that is because you want to keep snuggling into me." She looked up at him, surprised. He met her gaze with a small, but genuine, smile. "And the only reason I'm not getting up to change the movie is because I'm too comfortable." He put his arm around her and she rested her head on his chest. They continued to watch the movie-Neku did anyway-and two long hours and a big bowl of popcorn later it was finished. Neither one of them bothered to move, even after the movie went back to the title screen. Instead, Neku turned off the DVD player and looked at Shiki.

"What?"

"I'm surprised you didn't want to stop the movie." The look on his face told her he wanted to say something more.

"Neku? What is it?" She looked a little worried, so he asked her what he had been wanting to.

"Am I... doing this whole relationship thing right?" He directed his gaze toward the table while he waited for her answer.

"N-Neku... Of course you are! Why would you think you weren't?"

"Just wondering. I am new to this." He looked back at her when she put a hand on his face.

"You've been an amazing friend and boyfriend. You know that, don't you?" She smiled at him and he returned it.

"I do now. Thanks to my amazing girlfriend." They leaned and just as they were about to kiss something stopped them. Or someone rather.

"Enjoy the movie?" They froze. Then Neku groaned. He knew that voice anywhere.

"Joshua."

"Yes?" Joshua knew he was grating Neku's nerves. It wouldn't take much to get him to snap.

"Don't act all innocent! We all know you're far from it. Now what the heck are you doing in my apartment?" Neku glared at him suspiciously while Shiki just moved to the other side of the couch and kept an eye on him as well.

"Can't I just drop in to visit a friend? To say 'hello'?"

"No, you can't. You're here to harass me aren't you?"

"If by 'harass', you mean make your life miserable, then yes I am." He gave one of his signature smirks. Before Neku could reply he cut him off. "You're wondering why." It wasn't a question. "You know exactly why though. I'll leave you alone... eventually. But first I'd like to have a little fun, hee hee." Neku wanted to do nothing more than punch that smug look off his face. But he wasn't going too. It was what Joshua wanted-an overreaction from him-and he didn't want to blow up in front of Shiki.

"I'm not falling for your tricks, Josh. Now leave us alone." Neku sent him a threatening look but he just ignored it.

"Fine. I'll leave you two lovebirds alone... for now." He said the last part ominously before vanishing.

"He's such a pain in the-"

"Hey Neku?" He stopped grumbling and looked over at Shiki, who seemed worried about something.

"What's wrong?"

"Should we tell the others... about our relationship?" It was at that point Neku realized that they had more to worry about than Joshua.

A/N: Finally got this up. Sorry about the wait.