Morishige`s POV

After not only about a half hour of walking I arrived at Satoshi`s place. Lucky for me he didn't live too far away. At first, when I got there I didn't realise I was at the right house. After checking and then re-checking his address on my phone, I found myself in front of a giant mansion. I`d never really spoken to him too much out of school but I`d never assumed he was rich. I walked up to the extravagantly decorated door and rang the doorbell. A merry chime rung out through the house. I was impressed. I was surprised when Yoshiki opened the door.
"Hey Morishige." He said, opening the door and waving me in. I stepped inside the massive house. He closed the door as I removed my shoes. Looking up revealed the stunning interior of Satoshi`s house. Marble staircases and snow white walls. Virtually everything was painted white; the walls, the doors, even the carpet was white. The only break in the sea of white was the brass doorknobs and the occasional painting on the wall. It was very impressive. For a rich kid he sure didn't brag out about. I respected that. Yoshiki lead me through a door way revealing the millionaire himself in front of the TV playing video games. Yoshiki sat down next to him and picked up his controller.
"Nice house." I said, blandly.
"Sure is." Satoshi replied. The two went back to playing their racing game. We were sat in his living room. The two were sat on bean bags in front of the television. At one end of the room was a large dining table with 6 chairs around it. I was sat on the sofa. Just in front of me was a coffee table was a few magazines and a half drunk can of soda. At the other end of the room were large set double doors leading outside. There was a large building outside in his garden. There didn't appear to be a third controller so I busied myself with a guitar magazine that was lying on the coffee table. As I flicked through it I noticed some guitars had been circled. A particularly nice red and black electric was circled in red pen. Unfortunately it was 32,000 yen. A few miles outside of my price range. My mind started to wander again. I wonder if Mayu liked guitars. Maybe I could buy one and serenade her. I wonder if she`d like that? Or maybe she`d appreciate some other instrument? But like what? A bass guitar maybe? Or something you blew, like a trumpet? What about a piano? My train of thought was interrupted when Yoshiki spoke up.
"Where`re your folks, Satoshi?"
"They were called to some family crisis." He replied.
"Did Yuka go with them? I haven't seen her around." Satoshi shook his head.
"Nah, she went to stay at her friend Satsuki`s place for a couple days." He answered.

We spent a few hours just chatting about mindless things and playing video games. Well, when I say we, I mean those two but I joined in every now and again so it was actually more fun than I thought it would be. I very rarely spoke to the other boys. I spent most of my time either by myself or with Mayu and a few select people from the drama club. Turns out these two weren't as obnoxious as I`d presumed they`d be. However on that saying that, Yoshiki could be quite distracting at times. I was trying to read my Manga but he kept talking out load. But the thing was he wasn't even talking to me and Satoshi, he was just narrating over his own actions in the video game.
"One, two, three, Break! Gas Gas Gas. Break! Gas. Break. Gas. Reverse! Gas. Break. Gas!"
"Oh my god, Yoshiki! Will you shut up?" Satoshi snapped, getting annoyed at his friend`s constant narration. I looked up from my book. The two were still playing the same racing game.
"You two shouldn't sit so close to the TV." I warned. "It`ll give you eye strain." Satoshi groaned loudly.
"Dude, you sound like my nan." Yoshiki sniggered as he started mashing buttons in a frenzy. My old woman sounding comment had distracted Satoshi enough for Yoshiki to take the lead. The blonde boy`s car sped across the finish line.
"Victory!" he shouted as 'Player 2 wins' flashed up on the screen. Satoshi groaned and turned off the game. Yoshiki muttered something I didn't hear clearly at him. The blonde turned to me.
"What time is it, Shig?" I frowned and looked down at my watch.
"7pm," I said. "and don't call me Shig."
" I heard Mayu call you Shig."
"I don't know what you're talking about." I went back to my book. Silence. I looked up from my book; they were both staring at me.
"What?" More silence.
"Do you like Mayu?" Satoshi asked. I put my book back in front of my self so they didn't see me blush.
"I like her as a friend." I responded. This time it was Yoshiki`s turn to ask.
"Do you think she`s pretty?" he asked.
"I think she`s…kinda cute, yeah." I answered. This seemed to be enough for them because they abandoned their interest in my love life and turned on each other.
"Do you like still like Naomi?" Yoshiki asked, turning to look at his friend.
"What do you mean?" he snapped. Yoshiki leant back on his bean bag and grinned like Mr Cool.
"Well, didn't you used to like her?" he asked. Satoshi started to falter.
"Well I-" I decided to wade in.
"Why`re there guitars circled in your magazine?" They both paused and looked at me.
"What?" they both said in unison. I picked the magazine I was reading earlier and tossed it to them. Yoshiki picked it up and started flipping through.
"Turn to page 11." I said. Satoshi was starting to go red. Me and Yoshiki were closing in. The blonde flipped to the page.
"Dude this is a nice guitar…..wait. Were you gonna buy this for her?"
"No, I-"
"Where you gonna buy it?"
"Yes, bu-"
"Wait, were gonna sing no her?" Yoshiki laughed.
"No, I-" I wanted to join in.
"Were you gonna try and serenade her?" Yoshiki laughed again.
"Shut up, Shig." Satoshi said. He snatched the magazine of Yoshiki, rolled it up and flung it at me. I dodged the magazine and picked up a pillow.
"Ha ha, Shig." Yoshiki said, laughing a little. I threw the pillow at him. I was about to have a jab at him about Ayumi but he interrupted me before I could get my words out.
"Just speak of girls," he said. "Where are they?"
"Oh they`re not coming until tomorrow." He said. Seriously? I was only here because I was under the impression that Mayu was going to be here.
"We`re having a boys night." Satoshi said, a little too enthusiastically for my tastes. I`m not really very social, so if this boys night was anything like the ones seen in the movies then I wanted out.
"Do they even know they`re coming?" asked Yoshiki. Satoshi went silent for a moment.
"Hey, Yoshiki." He said.
"Yes?"
"Can you text Ayumi and tell her to text all the other girls the details about the party." Yoshiki got his phone out and started texting away. I put my defence pillow down. There was no point me staying here. I got up to leave.
"Hey, where you going?" asked Satoshi.
"Home." I responded.
"No no no no." Satoshi said, standing up and blocking the doorway with his body. "You can`t go home."
"And why`s that?" I asked bluntly.
"Because you're sleeping over here." I was?
"I am?"
"Yes you are. I got some futons prepared for you and Yoshiki." I looked over at the aforementioned boy. He gave me a look almost to say 'Don't try and fight it.' I sighed internally. It looked like I was staying at Satoshi`s for the night.

After a few more hours of teasing, video games and a takeout, Satoshi told us "We best go to bed early. I have A LOT planned for tomorrow." He went into another room and brought us two futons.
"Well, enjoy." And then he left, leaving me and Yoshiki alone together in the dark. Since I didn't expect to be sleeping over I hadn't brought anything to sleep in. I only had my swimming trunks, my costume and the jeans and shirt I was wearing. However this didn't seem to phase Yoshiki as he lay down on the futon still in the clothes he was wearing. I decided I may as well do the same. I removed my glasses and lay down on my futon, at a confortable distance away from Yoshiki`s. If Satoshi could put his money where his mouth was, tomorrow sounded pretty cool. He didn't specify exactly what we were going to be doing but he said some of it involved "Testing our fears and proving our manliness to the girls." I breathed deeply and attempted to drift off to sleep.
"Shig?" I ignored him. He tried again.
"Morishige?"
"What is it?" I asked.
"Can I tell you something?"
"Knock yourself out." I replied.
"Well….. you know who we were talking about the girls earlier?" If he was gonna mention something about Mayu then I swear I`d smash his head in with a pillow.
"Hmmmmmm." Was the only response I could muster.
"Well…. I was considering confessing to Ayumi." I was shocked. We`d always joked about those two but I`d never thought that there was any truth behind it. I guess I was wrong.
"Good luck." I responded.
"Do you think she likes me back?" he sounded like a total girl. I couldn't see in the darkness and without my glasses but I wouldn't be surprised if he was lying on his stomach swinging his legs back and forth whilst playing with his hair.
"The heart wants what the heart wants." I answered. "If she does then that`s fantastic. But if she doesn't then…. Well….. tough luck I guess. If she doesn't then I guess you could always to win her over."
"Yeah, okay thanks." He didn't sound very enthusiastic. That was the last I heard out of him that night. He must`ve fallen asleep around 11:30 because after that time I was kept awake by the sound of horrific snoring. I vowed I`d get my revenge, but for now my priority was getting to sleep. I did everything I could think of; concentrate on my breathing, count sheep, think other 'sleepy thoughts' but none of it worked. I busied myself thinking about what cute costume Mayu was gonna wear tomorrow. It worked but it must`ve been at least 1am before I finally drifted off to sleep.

A/N: Well, successfully introduced the secondary ship of the story for all you Yoshiki x Ayumi fans reading this. In the next chapter (which will be released on Sunday) we will meet the rest of the group. I hope you`ve enjoyed this. Thank you very much for reading, goodnight.