Title: 6. A number, a letter

My love,

I stand naked of my name.

You are softwood and carbon.

Write me into being.

Pairing/Character/s: Yuki/Machi, Kakeru, Kimi, Nao

Word Count: 576 words

Summary: Kakeru's just being a good older brother; How Kakeru found out about them.

A/N: This went KA-BOOM in my face. Hope it's entertaining! Will have a sequel. Maybe. Who actually wants one?

"Oi, Yuki-"

"I'm up!" Yuki's head springs up from his textbook/pillow. He blinks wildly, looking around the mostly empty Student Council meeting room. "What happened?"

"You fell-" Kakeru isn't an idiot to let this opportunity pass. "You felt you owe me 10,000 yen."

"I fell asleep?" Yuki mumbles, slowly sitting up and rubbing his eyes.

"Alright, I'm a nice guy. I'll take 1,00 yen for that time you forgot your wallet."

"Idiot," Yuki and Nao mutter at the same time.

"Hey, that's hurting my feelings." Kakeru's whine is completely ignored.

"Where's Kuragi-san and Toudou-san?"

"They're talking to some teachers about chaperoning a school trip," Nao answered.

"Yuki, were you up to something last night and forgot to sleep?" Kakeru raises his eyebrows is lewd suggestion.

"Idiot, I was up studying for exams," Yuki argues heatedly.

"Studying with a girl?"

"Hey, I'm going to look for the girls." Nao stands up to leave the room. He pauses at the door. "Yuki, if you stay here any longer you might breathe in the stupid."

"Oh, right."

"Guys, don't leave! I promise to-" Yuki slams the door shut. "Guys?" Sulking, Kakeru picks up Yuki's textbook. "Stupid leader's the one who fell asleep. Is this the science textbook?"

xXx

Most students leave their textbooks at home, but Kakeru always has his textbooks. He may beg, borrow, bribe, cheat or steal one, but he always has it. It's for this reason and this reason only that his teachers don't throw chalk at his head when he inevitably falls asleep in class.

Kakeru yawns, sleepily opening Prince Yuki's textbook to doodle his name in it. Yuki always has clean, well-kept textbooks-

His eyes widen. His heart stops.

There's a drawing on the first page. It's not just a tiny panda face or hearts and flowers. It's a huge glob of lines. Kakeru slams the book shut, massaging his temples.

Maybe he won't notice.

He immediately pushes the thought away. How could Yuki miss a huge picture like that? Who took the book and drew it in the first place?

Just as quickly he calms down. It's only a pencil drawing. He can erase it.

"Hey, can I borrow an eraser?" he whispers to the random girl on his right. She rolls her eyes, but tosses him the rubbery tool.

Kakeru is just about to rub out the picture when some kanji in the corner catches his eye. The pencil is long smudged, the lines seeming to spell, 'She's so quiet...'

And suddenly, a light goes off in his head.

The glob of lines suddenly seems very person-like, almost like a certain brown-haired girl. (Which means Yuki must have drawn this god-awful picture.)

He smiles. "So the prince is in love with my sister, huh? I'll have to keep an eye on him." He shuts the book, knowing that erasing the picture would let Yuki know someone's figured out his picture despite the awful drawing and vague writing. Kakeru doesn't allow his mind to wander to wedding bells yet. He focuses on the part where he gets to tease Yuki mercilessly.

Who knew how much he was in love, anyway? Wait, there was a way to figure this out...

Carefully, Kakeru pulls out a fresh sheet of paper and taps his pencil against his chin before scrawling, 'Yuki Stalker Squad. Possible Members: Yuki Fan Club, Kimi-'

"Wonderful, Manabe-kun! You're taking notes!" the teacher sobs in relief.

He resists the urge to die laughing.