I added two characters from Ronin Warriors into this.
For those who watched the English versions, these are the name translations:
Shin Mouri=Cye Mouri
Shu Rei Faun=Kento Rei Faun
Also, Shin and Shu are a couple.
This chapter focuses a lot on Seiji and Touma.
Enjoy!
Chapter 16- Living Together
Seiji and Touma were sitting downstairs at the kitchen table on Monday morning.
"Do you think that we should go upstairs and get them all up?" Seiji asked.
"No. Yugi, Heba, and Ryou are good about getting up on time." Touma said.
"And what about Jou and Malik?" Seiji asked
"I leave that the alarm clock." Touma said.
"Do alarm clocks work?" Seiji asked.
"I'm not talking about that kind of alarm clock." Touma explained as he brought breakfast into the room and set it down.
"Did you six enough food?" Seiji asked.
"You've never had Jou eat with you, have you?" Touma asked.
"No." Seiji said.
"Then you'll soon see why I fixed all this. Who is easy to get up out of your group?" Touma asked.
"Yami, Atemu, and Seto are the ones who get up. I about have to beat Marik and Bakura with a stick to get them out of bed." Seiji said
It wasn't long before Yami, Atemu, Seto, Yugi, Heba, and Ryou entered the room.
"Morning." Yugi said cheerfully.
"Morning." Touma and Seiji replied.
"Wow. That's a lot of food." Atemu said.
"Sure there's enough with Puppy's appetite?" Seto asked.
"Why are you all talking about Jou's appetite?" Seiji asked.
"You'll learn soon enough." Touma said.
"What about the others?" Yami asked.
"Malik will be up pretty soon." Touma said.
"The alarm clock, I assume." Seiji said.
"Yes." Touma answered.
"What alarm clock?" Seto asked.
"You'll see." Yugi, Ryou, Heba, and Touma said at the same time.
A few minutes later, it was clear that Malik was up
"JUN! WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT WAKING ME UP LIKE THAT IN THE MORNING?!" Malik shouted.
"What the-" Seiji started
"Jun is their alarm clock." Touma said.
"Yeah. Malik's shouting always wakes Jou up." Heba said.
"How do you know-" Atemu started.
"Wait for it." Yugi said.
"MALIK! STOP YELLING SO LOUD!" Jou shouted back.
"Well, if Marik and Bakura can sleep through all that, then we're going to need metal poles to wake them up." Seiji said.
Jun came bounding in the room. "I got Malik up, Papa." Jun said.
"I heard, Jun, and thank you." Touma said.
"WILL ALL OF YOU STOP YELLING?! SOME PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!" Bakura shouted.
"YEAH, SO KEEP IT DOWN!" Marik yelled.
"Marik! Bakura! Get up or I'm coming up with ice cold water!" Seiji yelled at them.
"We're up!" the two shouted.
Yami, Atemu, and Seto snickered.
"After Seiji woke them up that one morning by throwing ice cold water them, all he has to do is threaten to do the same thing to them, and they get up." Yami said.
The group started laughing.
It was few minutes before the last four came trudging downstairs.
Malik had a look of murder. "Touma, will you tell your son to stop waking me up every morning?" Malik asked.
"Why? He just does what I would have to do." Touma said.
"By jumping on me?!" Malik exclaimed.
"I try to shake you awake, but you never budge. Jumping you works." Jun said.
"Well, sit down and-" Seiji started.
"Food!" Jou exclaimed.
Touma stopped Jou from pouncing on the table. "Jou, sit down and eat like a normal person. And don't stuff your face." Touma said.
"Okay." Jou said.
As soon as Jou sat down and started to eat, he was stuffing his face.
Touma slapped a hand to his forehead. "Why do I even bother?" Touma asked himself.
"We're still trying to figure out the answer to that." Yugi said.
Seiji watched in shock as Jou ate plateful after plateful.
"That's why I fix so much food." Touma said to Seiji.
"I think I see why now." Seiji said.
It wasn't long before it was time for the kids to go to school.
"We'll see you guys after school." Yugi said.
"Bye." all the teenagers said as they left.
"Touma, where does Jou put all that food?" Seiji asked.
"When I figure out the answer to that, I'll tell you." Touma said. He looked at his watch and said, "Oh, man. I have to get to the recording studio."
"Recording studio?" Seiji asked.
"Setting up time for the boys to record some new songs." Touma explained.
"Oh. Okay." Seiji said.
"I have to be there at eight. Can you do me a favor, Seiji?" Touma asked.
"Sure. What?" Seiji said.
"Can you drop Jun off at school? I would do it, but I really need to get to the recording studio." Touma said.
"No problem. What school does he go to?" Seiji asked.
"Domino Elementary. I should be able to pick him up." Touma said.
"No problem." Seiji said.
Jun came running in. "Papa, is it time to go to school, yet?" Jun asked.
"Yes, but I can't take you to school this morning." Touma said.
"You can't?" Jun asked, looking a bit sad.
"No, but your daddy will." Touma said.
"You will?" Jun asked as he looked at Seiji hopefully.
"Yes. I will." Seiji told him.
"All right!" Jun said, hugging Seiji.
"I've got to go. I'll pick you up after school." Touma said.
"Okay. Bye, Papa." Jun said, hugging Touma.
"Bye, Jun." Touma said before he left. He stopped at the door and said, "And Jun?"
"Yes." Jun said.
"Don't play twenty questions." Touma said
"Okay." Jun said.
Touma then left
'Okay. I don't think Jun will follow that.' Seiji thought. "Come on, Jun. I'd better get you to school." Seiji said.
"Okay." Jun said.
Seiji and Jun walked outside and went to Seiji's car.
And twenty questions began.
Yugi and the others arrived at school.
"Well, time to start the week." Atemu said.
"Oh, joy." Bakura said sarcastically.
"Should we be worried about Touma and Seiji?" Ryou asked.
"Why?" Marik asked
"Well, things did end kind of badly between them. I don't know how things will be when they are there alone." Ryou said.
"Ryou, Seiji and Touma are both adults. They can be civil to each other. We don't need to worry about that." Yugi said.
"How are those songs coming? Think they'll get those two back together?" Atemu asked.
"Well, the songs are done. We need to practice them, but they are done. As far as if they'll get them back together, only time will tell." Yugi said.
"Well, we'll see at some point." Yami said.
The group headed inside to start the day.
Jun had been asking Seiji questions the whole way to the school.
'Now I know what Touma meant by twenty questions.' Seiji thought.
"Daddy, why aren't you and Papa together?" Jun asked.
Seiji was startled.
That was a question that he hadn't expected and didn't really want to answer.
"There are things that happened in our past that prevented us from being together." Seiji said
"Like what?" Jun asked.
"Those are things that your papa should tell you." Seiji said.
"Why?" Jun asked.
"Because he's the one that should." Seiji said.
"Can we not be a family?" Jun asked.
Seiji was thankful that he arrived at the school. "You'll have to ask later. Have a good day at school." Seiji said.
"Okay, Daddy." Jun said before he got out of the car and headed into the school building.
'I'm glad that I got out of that one.' Seiji thought as he headed for work. Seiji thought about the last question that Jun had asked him. 'I would like for us to be a family again, but I'm not sure that something like that is possible given what I did.' Seiji thought.
Touma walked into the recording studio.
"Hello, Mr. Hashiba." the receptionist.
"Hi Miss Minx. I'm here to see Mr. Royce." Touma said.
"He's expecting you. You can go on in." Miss Minx said.
"Thank you." Touma said and walked into the office.
"Touma, glad that you came." Mr. Royce said, standing up to shake his hand.
"Thanks." Touma said.
"Your boys are quite the moneymakers. They're the best selling music that we have right now." Royce said.
Touma forced a smile. "Yes. They're great musicians." Touma agreed.
Touma hated having to come and talk to Royce because all the man thought about was making money or making passes at him.
"I was wanting to talk to you about the boys coming in to do some recording for their next CD." Touma said.
"That sounds good. I think that they could make another best seller." Royce said.
Touma suppressed a growl. "Yes. I wanted to set up a time for them to come in." Touma said.
"Of course. You can come any day of the week in the evenings. We don't have many recordings right now. You can set up times with Miss Minx." Royce said.
"Thanks." Touma said.
"Maybe you would like to stay and join me for lunch." Royce said, smiling in what he must have thought was a seductive way.
Touma mentally groaned. 'Why can't this man leave me alone.' Touma asked himself. "No, I don't think so. There are some other things that I need to do." Touma said.
"That's a shame." Royce said.
"Indeed. If you will excuse me, I had better go." Touma said.
"Of course, Touma." Royce said.
Touma left the office and walked over to Miss Minx.
"He make another pass at you?" Miss Minx asked.
"Yes. It's irritating. Well, just deal with it a little longer. He's being replaced." Miss Minx said.
"He is?" Touma asked.
Miss Minx nodded. "He made passes at some wrong people, who reported him. Corporate is sending someone to replace him by the end of the week." Miss Minx said.
"That goodness. Maybe this one won't make passes." Touma said.
"From what I've heard, this one is happily married and has no tolerance for sexual harassment." Miss Minx said.
"That's a good thing. Anyway, I need to schedule some times for the boys to come and record." Touma said.
"Sure thing." Miss Minx said.
Touma set up the times and left the recording studio. He had a few other things that he needed to do.
Seiji walked into Domino General Hospital where he worked.
"Hi, Dr. Date." a woman said.
"Hi, Nurse Kelley." Seiji said. He headed to the elevator and went up to the third floor where his office was. Seiji entered the office and took off his jacket, hanging it up before putting on his white coat.
There was a knock on the office door.
"Come in." Seiji called.
A nurse walked in and said, "Here are your cases for the day, Dr. Date."
"Thank you." Seiji said. He sat down and started to look over them.
There was another knock.
"Come in." Seiji said.
A young man entered the room. He had auburn hair and green eyes. "Hi, Seiji." the man said.
Seiji looked up and said, "Hi, Shin."
Shin Mouri was an old friend of Seiji's. He had gone to school with Seiji and Touma when they were in high school. Like Seiji, Shin had chosen to become a doctor.
"What's going on with you?" Shin asked.
"A lot." Seiji said.
"Want to talk about it?" Shin asked, sitting down.
Seiji looked up and sighed. "I found Touma." Seiji said.
"You did?" Shin asked, instantly interested.
Seiji nodded. "Yeah. He's the guardian of the boyfriends of my boys." Seiji said.
"That's awkward." Shin said.
"Yeah, and what's more awkward is the fact that I'm staying with them right now." Seiji said.
"Why?" Shin asked, surprised.
Seiji sighed. "The house needed fumigated, and the boys didn't want to stay in the hotel, so they talked to their boyfriends who talked to Touma who told me we could stay with them." Seiji said.
"Is their place big enough?" Shin asked.
"Yeah. It's twice the size of my place." Seiji said.
"Wow." Shin said.
"My thoughts." Seiji smiled and said, "I saw my son for the first time."
"Does he know who you are?" Shin asked.
"Yeah. He came running right up to me and calling me daddy. I could tell that Touma never said anything against me." Seiji said.
"Touma wouldn't." Shin said.
"I know. Does Shu know that he's in town?" Seiji asked.
"I don't think so. He would have mentioned it to me, but he lost touch with Touma a few years ago." Shin said.
Shu Rei Faun was another friend. Shu had grown up with Touma and him, so they were all close. Shu had been angry what Seiji when he learned what happened with Touma, but Shu had managed to get over it. Shu was also Shin's lover.
"Well, you might ought to tell Shu. I'm sure that he would like to see Touma again." Seiji said.
"Do you think Touma would mind us dropping by today?" Shin asked.
"I don't know. I'll call him later and ask. We have work to do." Seiji said.
"Point made." Shin agreed.
The two left the office to go about their jobs.
"So, what are we doing after school?" Seto asked.
"No idea." Yugi said.
Jou looked and said, "Will you four knock it off?"
Bakura and Ryou were happily making out along with Marik and Malik.
"Why?" Marik asked.
"Because everyone can see you." Jou said.
"So?" Bakura said before he went back to kissing Ryou.
"Give it up, Jou. They're not going to listen to you." Atemu said.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe we would practice the new songs after school." Yugi said.
"That might be a good idea." Heba agreed.
"Okay. We'll go home and you guys can practice. We wouldn't mind watching." Yami said.
"That's not a bad idea." Jou said.
Seiji sat in his office at lunchtime. He picked up his cell phone and called Touma.
"Hello?" Touma said.
"HI, Touma. It's Seiji." Seiji said.
"Hi, Seiji. What is it?" Touma asked.
"I was wondering if you minded if a couple of friends came over to the house after I got off work." Seiji said.
"Are these friends drinkers?" Touma asked.
"No. They don't do that kind of stuff." Seiji said.
"No. I don't mind. As long as they're not a bad influence on the boys." Touma said.
"Marik and Bakura have that one covered." Seiji said.
"No. I don't mind." Touma said.
"Thanks. I appreciate it." Seiji said.
"No problem." Touma said.
The two hung up.
'I hope that Touma doesn't get mad that I didn't tell him that it's Shu and Shin coming.' Seiji thought.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Touma meets his old friends. Yugi and the others meet Shu and Shin, too.
R&R.
