A/N: Hey guys! Thanks so much for coming back for this story! I appreciate the reviews and the encouragement! I am getting an idea of where I want all this to go. This is all kinda getting based off a trip I had to make with my boyfriend to GA to meet his parents. It's a lot easier to write about stuff that you know really well from experience. Ha! Anyways, on to this chapter! Enjoy!

Warning: Dialogue heavy. LOL

Chapter Two

Hokuto and Shizuki walked up to the Umeda main house residence. Both of them looked up at the house with the same expression of resignation. The doctor was dressed at lot nicer than he'd rather be for just having dinner with his own family, but Shizuki had insisted he should. The blond had refused to let him go in the casual jeans and t-shirt Hokuto had been wearing at home. So he had put on a pair of grey slacks, a black sweater (Shizuki swore black was the only color he had in shirts), and a black pair of loafers. Shizuki was comfortable in a pair of khaki pants and a button up blue shirt that was the exact shade of his eyes. The only thing Hokuto wanted to do at the moment was go back home, rip that shirt off his boyfriend, and screw him right in the middle of the living room floor. But noooo, he had to go have dinner with his crazy family. He sighed to himself.

"Why're we here?" Hokuto grumbled.

"Because you're sister told us to be." Shizuki replied easily.

"I really don't want to be…"

"They aren't that bad." The blond gave him a sideways smile.

Hokuto looked over at Shizuki to see if he'd lost his mind. "Did you forget what they did to us last time?"

"Well, it sorta worked out for the best in the end, didn't it?" the blond shrugged indifferently.

"Yeah, watching you get off for the first time was pretty damn hot." Hokuto smirked lustily as his eyes drifted over his boyfriend's body. He'd never forget that night. Everything had been so perfect in those few minutes when both their hands had been wrapped around Shizuki's cock-- jerking him off. Fuck, now he was getting hard.

"That's not what I meant."

"I know what you meant."

"Stop changing the subject then." Shizuki reprimanded him primly.

"I'm not. I still don't wanna be here." Hokuto reverted back to the original discussion before his hard on got to bad.

"If we don't show up your sister said she would hunt us down. You know she will too."

Umeda shuddered. "Yes she would. Why do they feel like they have to be a part of my love life?"

"It might be because they are your family." Shizuki pointed out irritatingly.

"It doesn't give them the right to poke their noses into my business. God, knows I don't even want to think about my parents together like that. I don't think my sister ever has sex. Her husband is so cowed by her. He's always sneaking off on 'business trips' to get away from her." Hokuto remarked with a disgusted look.

"I bet they have wild, kinky sex. I could totally see her as a dominatrix." Shizuki glanced over at him with a teasing smile.

"That's just fucking gross. I didn't want to picture that about my sister. However, likely that might be." Hokuto felt like he might be sick. His face screwed up into an expression that looked like he had sucked on a lemon.

"So are you gonna knock on the door or what? I don't feel like standing out here all night. And I am getting really hungry." Shizuki looked over at him expectantly.

"Fine. If you're ready to start being tortured, be my guest. You knock."

"Pansy."

"Right. I don't see you knocking."

Shizuki reached out and knocked very loudly. "How's that?"

"You have just doomed us for the rest of the evening. I hope you're happy."

Shizuki never got a chance to answer, because the door opened a second later.

"You're late." Io said.

"You're lucky we're even here." Umeda answered rudely.

"I'll thank Shizuki for making you come. It's good to see you again, Shizu-kun." Io smiled sweetly at the blond.

Shizuki smiled back, though his smile was a little wane. "Same to you, Io."

"Liar." Hokuto hissed.

"Shuttup." Shizuki murmured back.

"Well, come in you guys!" Io gestured for them to step through the door. "Everyone's waiting in the living room. Well, except Minami. He couldn't be here tonight. Anyways, Mom's been very excited to see you again, Shizuki."

"Well, it has been a while since I've been over." The blond replied.

Io laughed. "We didn't think you'd ever come back. Hokuto always scares the best ones off."

Hokuto glowered at her. "How would you know? You never met any of my other boyfriends."

"That's because you didn't have boyfriends," Io said with a smug smile. "You had boy toys."

Hokuto didn't have a chance to retort with any nasty comments. They had reached the living room by then. Shizuki paused in the doorway as Hokuto and Io walked in. Mr. and Mrs. Umeda were sitting on the one couch, Rio was in a chair, and Io took the other chair besides her. Hokuto headed for the couch the two had sat in the last time they were here. It was just like when they had come for Christmas. Shizuki had a weird feeling of déjà vu. Only this time he really was dating Hokuto. Shizuki walked in and sat down beside his boyfriend. Hokuto looked over with an understanding smile.

"I'm so happy you both came," Mrs. Umeda clasped her hands together in a pleased gesture. She was still wearing the same style of Lolita outfit that Shizuki had seen her in last time. She was cute, but he was a little weirded out that she wore those outfits at her age. "It's good to see you again, Shizuki-kun."

"It's good to see all of you again too," Shizuki smiled politely. "The Christmas party was definitely something I wouldn't forget any time soon."

"I bet," Io snickered.

Hokuto gave her the finger from behind his other hand. Io scowled at him. Shizuki nudged the doctor in the side.

"So when did you come back to Japan, Shizuki-kun?" Mr. Umeda asked curiously.

Shizuki cleared his throat. "Ummm…almost six months ago."

"And Hokuto, you didn't deem it fit to tell us you two were dating?" Mr. Umeda turned his eerily piercing glare on his son.

Hokuto looked unaffected. After all, he had the same unnerving glare down to a science. Having it turned on him didn't bother him anymore. "I didn't really think my love life was my family's business."

They two eyed each other irritably.

"Well, it doesn't matter now. We found out anyways," Rio spoke up for the first time with a grin. "It was pretty obvious you two had some serious attraction issues."

"Oh, it's so wonderful that you two are together. We knew there was a spark between you both." Mrs. Umeda smiled cheerfully. Rio and Mrs. Umeda looked triumphant.

"Which was why you all concocted that whole mistletoe scene," Umeda rolled his eyes.

His mother beamed at him. "You can't be angry with us. You two were beautiful together. We all just wanted you to find someone you could be with. I'm so glad you finally did find someone. You deserve a good man."

"Mom," Hokuto looked thoroughly embarrassed. Shizuki was turning bright red beside him as well. With did family always have to be so humiliating about this stuff.

"Now maybe you'll settle down," His father remarked.

"Yeah, cause I was such a whore," Hokuto muttered under his breath.

Shizuki snickered and whispered. "From what I've heard you were."

Hokuto glanced over at him. "Ok, maybe a little."

Shizuki covered his laugh with a cough.

"So you two are living together already, huh?" Io put in from where she sat on a chair next to the couch.

"Yes," Umeda glared at her.

"That's so sweet," Io smirked at her brother.

"I bet Mizuki is thrilled to have us as in-laws," Rio grinned.

Both men twitched at that reference.

"What? They don't know you're dating?" Rio asked curiously.

"Oh they know. Mizuki was the one who practically threw me on the plane to come back to Japan," Shizuki replied.

"So what's the matter?" Mrs. Umeda inquired worriedly.

"They don't exactly know that I'm living with Hokuto," the blond remarked quietly.

"Ooooooh." They all said in unison.

"They're still getting used to my…choice of partners," Shizuki said delicately as he twiddled his fingers.

"If they've accepted you're dating our son, I'm sure they'd be ok with you living together," Mr. Umeda replied calmly.

"My dad's still adjusting."

"Well, that is understandable. A man does have a rough time accepting that his son is gay. It's not easy to give up the notion of grandchildren and having the family name carried on," Mr. Umeda said off handedly. "Gays also have a bad reputation for getting into trouble."

"Thanks, Dad," Umeda scowled.

"You're lucky you didn't get some STD with the way you acted." Io remarked smugly.

"I'm a doctor. I know how to be safe. And why are we suddenly discussing my sex life?" Hokuto glared at her.

Shizuki hid his amused expression behind his glass as he pretended to take a drink. The doctor's irritated gaze shifted to his boyfriend. The blond shrugged innocently.

"So when are you gonna take Hokuto to meet your parents?" Mrs. Umeda asked abruptly.

Shizuki suddenly looked very uncomfortable. He cleared his throat as Hokuto arched an eyebrow at him like he was saying 'yeah, what about that?' "Uh, I'm not sure. We haven't really discussed it."

"You're going to go though, right?" Rio asked.

"Of course. I promised I would take Hokuto back with me the next time I went home. I was kinda hoping to go this summer, but I haven't really put a lot of thought into it yet." The blond replied earnestly.

"Summer, huh?" Hokuto glanced over at him. Shizuki could tell he was irritated that the blond hadn't mentioned any of this before confessing it all to his family. Shizuki spread his hands helplessly.

"I was gonna mention it to you eventually."

"Oh that's nice to know," Hokuto remarked in annoyance.

"Oh shuttup, Hokuto," Rio told her brother. She focused her attention back on Shizuki. "When you go can I come? I haven't seen Mizuki and Julia in ages. Please, let me come along? I won't get in the way!"

"Rio, we don't even know when we're going," Hokuto growled.

"And you're not missing school," Mr. Umeda put in.

"But if they go in the summer I could go too! I won't miss any school. I'll pay for my own plane ticket! C'mon Shizuki! Pleeeeease!?" Rio begged with puppy eyes and clasped hands.

"We'll think about it," the blond replied uncertainly.

Rio beamed. "Yes! I'm going to California!"

Hokuto put his head in his hands and groaned aloud. Shizuki patted his shoulder comfortingly. He leaned in close to whisper. "Rio might draw some of my family's attention away from us. It could be a very good idea to take her along."

"Or a very bad one."

"C'mon, she's your sister. It won't be that bad."

"You're such an idiot," Hokuto shook his head before sitting back up.

Rio was still grinning like she'd won the lottery.

"Well, on that note, I think it's time for dinner," Mrs. Umeda stood up and began to usher them all into the dining room.

"About damn time." Hokuto grumbled. He glared balefully when Shizuki elbowed him. The doctor sighed. He prayed the rest of this evening would just end already so they could go back home together.

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"So when were you gonna tell me about going to California?" Hokuto asked when they had finally gotten back to their apartment.

Shizuki looked sheepish as he handed over a beer and plopped down onto the couch beside his boyfriend. "I dunno. Soon…?"

"Glad I didn't make any plans. I usually do, you know." Umeda glanced over at him as he flicked through the TV channels.

"Yeah."

"I had a feeling this was gonna come up so I deliberately left my schedule open," the doctor told him with a smirk.

"I'm sorry I didn't--." Shizuki started to apologize.

"Don't worry about it. I'm just picking on you."

"Ok. Well then let me do this the right way," Shizuki turned in his seat, clasped Umeda's hand, and acted like he was about to propose. Hokuto snorted and shook his head disdainfully.

"Better make this good."

"Shuttup, and let me do this," the blond scolded him. Hokuto smiled and gestured for him to continue. "Hokuto, would you please come to California with me to meet my parents. It would make me so happy if you accompanied me on this journey back to my home land."

Hokuto laughed. "That was so cheesy. But yes, I'll go…but--."

"But?"

"You have to introduce me as your boyfriend. No skirting around it or trying to act like I'm just a special friend. That goes for anyone you know that we might run into while we are over there." Hokuto looked him in the eyes and said seriously.

Shizuki looked a little unsettled, but nodded. "Alright. Fair enough. I think I can do that."

"Ok, then. When do we leave?"

"Well, I was thinking mid-June. Like the 15th through the 30th. I already checked the airline prices and they are very good for those dates."

"Alright. Did you already buy the tickets?" Hokuto asked with a cynical smile.

Shizuki shook his head with and chuckled. "No. I wanted to ask you first. But now that I have your answer I'll go buy them now. Before the prices go up." He stood up to retrieve his laptop. "And I'm buying Rio a ticket too."

"We are seriously going to take Rio?" Hokuto didn't look entirely thrilled. "I'd rather not have my baby sister along to witness me having to meet the parents."

"Oh relax. I wasn't lying when I said she would take some of the focus off of us. My mother will be so excited to do all kinds of girly stuff with Mizuki, Rio, and Julia. Plus, my dad can see that you didn't come from an entirely degenerate family." Shizuki explained casually.

Hokuto snorted. "That's what you think. They are degenerates."

"To you. I like them. Even if they are pushy and nosy." Shizuki chuckled. "Look at it this way. Rio's ten times better than taking Io. Besides my sister would be thrilled to see Rio too. I can't deny her that."

"Alright already! She comes!" Hokuto threw up his hands dramatically in surrender.

"Good, because I already told her yes when we were leaving," Shizuki grinned as he fell back on to the couch with his computer on his lap.

Hokuto sighed heavily. "Why do I even bother protesting?"

"I dunno," the blond shrugged with a grin. He leaned over and stole a kiss from his boyfriend before he started searching for plane tickets. He didn't miss the pleased smile on Hokuto's face out of the corner of his eye.

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"You're gonna regret taking her," Umeda smirked at Shizuki when Rio shoved by him and stole the window seat in the row they were assigned on the plane.

Shizuki shook his head as he took the middle seat. "I will not. It's to late now anyways to send her back. And Mizuki would be angry if I tried."

"Julia's gonna be there right?" Rio asked excitedly for the hundredth time.

"For Kami-sama's sake, Rio, yes! The blond crazy girl with be meeting us when we get there too," Umeda snapped at her as he seated himself beside Shizuki. He hated being in the aisle seat.

Rio rolled her eyes. "Sheesh, Hokuto. Chill out. Shizuki's parents aren't gonna eat you or anything. Even if you are screwing their son."

"Rio!" Both guys barked in humiliation.

"Man, you gay guys are touchy. You're worse than girls. Seriously," she grumbled, folding her arms over her chest.

Shizuki sighed and ignored her. He wasn't gay. He just happened to fall in love with a guy. He smiled to himself. Ok, fine. He was gay. Whatever. "Are you really that nervous about meeting my parents?"

"No, I'm not," Umeda groused, crossing his arms over his chest too.

"Yes, you are," Shizuki smirked. "Relax. It'll be ok. They'll like you."

"And your father?"

"He'll adjust, Hokuto. He has too."

"Fine. Just keep all the damn animals away from me."

"Yeah, yeah. I know, you animal hater," Shizuki laughed softly.

"I don't hate all animals." Umeda glanced over at him with a sly look.

"Oh really? Then what kind of animals do you like?" Shizuki asked skeptically.

"Men." Umeda smirked.

Shizuki groaned and looked away. "I walked right into that one."

"Yep," Rio agreed.

Shizuki scowled at her. It was going to be a long plane ride. He was happy he was finally heading back home though. He did miss California. He had been starting to get a little home sick. Though, he'd have never admitted that to Umeda. It would be good to see his family and friends again. Maybe he could get a bit of a recharge that would help him figure out what he wanted to do with his life. He had a big decision to make and the pressure to make the right choice was stressful. He needed a break from worrying about it. This was exactly what he needed. He just hoped everything would go as well as he had assured Umeda that it would.

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A longer chapter this time for you guys. Next chapter: California! :-D