Senpai! HELLO! It is currently 1 o'clock in the morning, so you best be grateful for the two chapters I just posted. XD ..Soooo, this chapter doesn't have fluff in it but WORRY NOT! I can, and I shall put fluffy-fluff all over next chapter... The power of fluff has to accumulate with a non-fluffy chapter every once in a while... With great fluffy, comes great accumulation of the fluffy.. I really need sleep... XD ...MATANE! \(^3^)/

CHAPTER 7

Early next morning, abruptly interrupted from his homework, Yukine jumped up, startled at the loud clamor the window made as Yato flung it open and crawled through.

"Geez, there's such thing as a door you know?" he pointed out, sitting back down to finish his homework.

"Yeah yeah, I know.." Yato sighed, untying the tattered cloth around his neck, removing his jacket, and lying down on top of his futon.

"Then why don't you use it for once?" Yukine insisted.

Yato promptly sat up to scoff at the boy "Because.." He faltered before reclining himself back to the floor. "Because I didn't want Kofuku to make a big fuss about where I was last night…" he muttered, pulling out his phone.

Yukine turned his head around to look at him. "Where were you, though?" he asked.

Yato pulled his phone closer to his face. "Nowhere." he answered foolishly.

Yukine furrowed his brows, smirked, and let out a fake sigh. "Whatever.. I won't pester you, I guess." he hinted, knowing Yato would soon want him to. "I have homework Hiyori wants me to finish anyway.." Yato twitched, annoyed. "..and honestly, you're not really worth my time right n-"

"Not worth your time?! What's that supposed to mean?!" Yato shouted back, pulling himself off the floor to a standing position.

"You seem to forget that I'm a God, and you should know, brat, that I am WELL worth ANYONE'S time. Even if you don't think that, it's true. Do you know how many people have wanted to talk to me?" he rambled on. "I mean, I get calls, and those calls are because people WANT me to help them, therefore, they wanna talk with me! Also, I recently gained FIVE followers on my twitter.. FIVE. You're just jealous that no one eve-"

"So tell me." Yukine interrupted, spinning around to face him, sitting criss-cross.

"What?" Yato inquired.

"I'm curious." Yukine responded. "Where were you?"

Yato choked silently. "It's… It's none of your business!" He spouted back, childishly sitting himself down on the floor and folding his arms.

Yukine dropped his shoulders and narrowed his eyes sullenly as if to say, "are you kidding me?"

Yato groaned before saying "I was at Hiyori's hou… I mean.. I was with Hiyori, okay?" he fussed.

"Wait… you were.. at her house and stuff?" Yukine asked, quieter than he was before.

"...Y-yeah." Yato hesitantly replied, lifting up his phone once more. Yukine refrained from saying anything more.

"Speaking of Hiyori.. There's something.. I wanted to ask you, Yukin- AGH." Yato winced in pain, quickly massaging the back of his neck. "Was that a prick? I felt a prick!" he yelped. Yukine shot a dirty look at him.

Yato hastily set down his phone and stood up once again, in one swift motion. "You listen to me, you little punk." he pointed down at him. "Nothing happened between us, and I wasn't there all night, I stayed with her till she fell asleep, 'cause she was scared to be alone, then I left. I crashed at one of Tenjin's nearest shrines." Yato folded his arms and pouted. "Have some faith in me.. I'm not as dirty as you are, you know.."

"Hey!" Yukine shouted back. "Sheesh I'm sorry… You just made it sound like you guys did something else, like-" "Woahwoahwoahwoahwoah." Yato waved his hands in front of Yukine's face, gesturing him to stop talking. "Enough." Yato's face immediately turned bright red.

"Oh CO-O-OME O-O-ON, Yato…" Yukine snickered slyly. "You can't tell me you haven't even thought about it… At least once, right?"

"I… I said enough, Yukine!" Yato groaned, flustered.

"All right, all right.. I'm sorry." Yukine apologized, holding in his laugh. "But you annoy me all the time, so I can annoy you when I have the chance, right?"

Yato didn't respond, and Yukine noticed him tensing up with embarrassment.

"A-anyway.. Yato.." he said, trying to change the subject. "..earlier, when you said 'speaking of Hiyori,' was there something you wanted to ask me?"

"Oh yeah…" Yato's eyes rounded with recollection. "It was… I wanted to ask you… this is gonna sound embarrassing, but… UGH, I'll just get to the point quickly, okay?"

"Okay…" Yukine responded, discombobulated with the attitude Yato was displaying.

"I was wanting to officially ask Hiyori out on… you know... A date…" he stuttered. "The problem is, I don't know how… and I thought maybe you could help me… seein' as how you spend a lot of time with her.." he scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "I thought you would know more about the kinds of things she likes.."

Yukine leaned back on his arms and let out a puzzled breath. "I never thought you'd ask me something like that.." he confessed

"Well, if i know Hiyori," he began, "she wouldn't want to go somewhere like a fancy restaurant… My guess is that she'd want someplace quiet with just the two of you.. Like maybe a picnic or something…"

Yukine sat up straight to look Yato in the eyes. "Or, if you want, you can always just ask her what she prefers.. That might be a better option than just asking me.." he chuckled lightly.

"Yeah.." Yato responded with an uneasy smile.. "I'll try my best.. Thanks, Yukine. Sorry for the trouble…"

"It's no trouble at all. I'm glad I could help." Yukine humbly replied.

"You know.. You're a pretty good kid.." Yato complimented. "Every once in a while..." he grinned playfully.

"Oh, shut up.." Yukine chuckled.

"Yato-chan~ Yukki~" Kofuku peeked through the door to look in on the boys. "Hiyorin is downstairs waiting for you guys.. And she brought snacks!" she said with a smile.

"Coming!" they acknowledged in unison, standing up, and racing to the stairs.