Part Two - To keep the love alive�

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Some weeks had passed after the happenings on earth and in heaven. It was snowing a lot more these days, seemingly burying the world under a layer of silent whiteness.

Jun managed to find an apartment for the both of them. Its locating was in the middle of the city, the place to reach all important parts of the town within minimal time.

Shinya stood in the center of the living room, looking around in surprise. "This apartment is so huge! How did you get it?" He followed Jun into the kitchen, touching the furniture, which was standing here and there on his way, careful not to knock over any objects with his wings.

Jun put down his grocery bags on the table. "That will be my secret." He replied smiling and began to unpack the stuff they would need while living there. Shinya noticed that Jun�s wings were not visible; he looked like everybody else in this huge city�even his cloths. /Logical. Can�t walk around with wings as if nothing is wrong.. I have to ask him how he�d let them vanished/ Shinya never was in any situation where he had to hide his wings, so naturally he didn�t know how to do it.

Sitting down he watched Jun for a while but soon got bored. He moved into the hall, wanting to inspect the other rooms. The first one beside the living room was a bedroom; the aura emitting from it reminded him strongly of Jun�s quarters in heaven. /Must be his room./ He closed the door quietly, not bothering to examine it any further. It had a bed and some furnishings, what else did he need to know?

The next room was strange, cold tiles were greeting his sight, which wasn�t much at all since he didn�t know how to switch on the light yet. He wanted to look at the things, which were standing around more clearly. "Jun!" He called out. "Yeah?" The muffled reply from the kitchen. "How do I get light into this room?" He yelled back confused. After some seconds Jun appeared beside him. "What light do you mean?"

"I want to examine this room but I can�t when there�s no light!" Shinya pouted. /Why can�t it be like in heaven? You�re just stepping into a room and everything will lighten up immediately./

Jun laughed and patted his head. "Oh Shinya, you have to use the switch there." He pointed towards his right side and put on the light. Shinya gasped as brightness suddenly swept through the room. He quickly got accustomed to it, though. Looking at the switch he put his hand on it, plucking the room into darkness and then into light again, and then into darkness, and into light�and so one. Until Jun raised his voice, seemingly irritated. "Shinya, are you finished now?"

Shinya looked up at him, grinning embarrassed and nodded, letting the light on. "So�.do I have to do this in every room to get light?" He asked, already wondering why these humans had so much complicated stuff. "Yes." Jun nodded and explained. "This is a bathroom. We will use it everyday when living here."

"Huh? A what?" Shinya was confused again. /What the fuck is a -�/

"Bathroom." Jun answered simply. "It�s not like in heaven. We will have to wash ourselves and some other necessary things. C�mon, don�t tell me you�ve never paid attention to your teachers!" But knowing Shinya he probably never did pay attention. Seeing Shinya�s puppy eyes he sighed. "Ah, never mind."

He went over to the sink, waving at Shinya to come to him. Shinya was curious and stood beside Jun, who took his arm and held his palm under the faucet. He opened it and water gushed out, overflowing Shinya�s hand coldly. Shinya screamed as if hell broke loose.

~~~

It took Jun at least one hour to calm down Shinya, who was sitting huddled up in the most distant corner he could find, crying out of shock. He explained what is was about water and some other things with a gentle voice, rubbing soothingly over Shinya�s back and hugging him occasionally. After some time Shinya calmed down slightly and soon he didn�t cry at all anymore but looked up at Jun with puffy, red eyes.

"Well, everything okay now?" Jun asked with a small, encouraging smile. Shinya nodded quietly and took Jun�s offered hand, getting up from the cold floor.

Carefully he went towards the sink. "I want to try it again." His hand hesitated for a short moment, glancing towards Jun for reassurance. Then he took all his courage together and opened the faucet slowly, remembering the points Jun had spoken of. Soon he held his fingertips under the water, feeling with wonder that it was warm instead of cold. He moved his hand forward to feel the slippery substance dancing over his skin, warming it pleasantly.

Shinya laughed lightly, he was relived that it wasn�t as terrifying as he first thought it would be. Jun came over and turned off the faucet, passing him a fluffy towel to dry his hands since he didn�t seem to want to stop on his own. "Now, would you like to see your room?"

That got Shinya�s attention. "I will have a room? A room that belongs to me only?"

"Yeah," Jun laughed about Shinya�s excitement and that he couldn�t keep still. "did you think you would have to share a room with others again? Well, I don�t blame you for that." He turned and went out of the bathroom, going down the hall.

"I never had a room of my own�.always had to share with other angels." Shinya pouted in remembrance and hurried after Jun but not before switching off the light.

Jun stopped and opened a door, indicating a bow with twinkling eyes. "After you."

Shinya entered the room and gasped. "It�s beautiful�" He wandered over a plush white rug, which tickled his foots and set himself on a double sized bed. "�truly beautiful."

"I�m glad you like it." Jun went over to an old looking desk, which mahogany color changed with every touch of rays of sunlight. Shinya laid back and his hands stroked over the soft bed sheets while he eyed the pastel blue colored pillows and cushions of all sizes on his bed. A soft smile hushed over his lips, even his voice changed due to the overwhelming aura of protection he felted in this room. "This will be my shelter." He whispered and glanced to Jun, who eyed him silently.

/He�s looks so mature like this and pure at the same time � not like a child anymore/ Jun thought somewhat sadly. /This task will either make him stronger or destroy him�either way will be fine� It�s not that I can do much about it. It�s his destination. His and that of the other boy/ He shook his head slightly and then raised his voice.

"You should get ready." He spoke and went over to a cupboard, searching for some appropriate cloths.

"Huh?" Shinya set up puzzled. "Why?"

Jun turned to him, in his hands cloths, which were reminding him deeply of school cloths. /Oh oh�surely he doesn�t want me to�/ In his head alarm sirens were ringing quite strongly.

"You will go to school and -" He didn�t came around to finish his sentence since Shinya jumped up from the bed within one second, talking�no�almost screaming out his refusal.

"What?! I have to go to school AGAIN?" Shinya panicked and shook his head. "No�no�there�s no way I�m going to go through this shit named education again!" And with that he turned around and marched out of the room, Jun hard on his trail.

"Shinya, you have to -" Jun tried to explain but was cut off once more. Shinya spun around and glared at Jun. "What on the word 'no' don�t you understand, Jun? I don�t want to fucking do this!"

Jun looked at his retreating back with hurt but covered it quickly. He spoke after him in a soft but yet accusing voice. "So you want to let this boy face alone his burden, want to watch how he�s going to get killed without feeling responsible?"

Shinya stopped abruptly. Jun knew he would have his attention so he continued. "Remember Shinya�you were the one, who caused the change of fate�even when it hurt your own life a lot until now�you�re the one who caused it and at the same time you�re the one who has enough power to control its happening." Jun got nearer to Shinya�s back, laying a hand carefully on his shaking shoulder. "Do you really want to close your eyes to what�s happening right in front of you?" He turned the young boy around and gently took his chin in his hand, raising his head up to meet his eyes. Tears were rolling down Shinya�s cheeks. Jun locked his eyes with him. "Shinya, do you really want to leave Toshiya all alone by himself?"

Shinya shook his head and sobbed, looping his arms around Jun�s neck and hugged him tightly. "No�" he whispered in between his sobs. "I don�t want to leave him alone." He cried on Jun�s chest. Jun held him firmly pressed against himself, stroking his hair. "Then let�s get working."

~~~

Toshiya looked back towards Kyo. They were in the same class. His luck or he would be bored to death by now.

/Typical�he�s sleeping again! How does he ever pass the grades every year when dreaming all the time?/ He was amused about to find his friend�s face sunken in his arms and just some spikes of a blond mop were peeking out, not letting himself be disturbed by the irritating voice of the teacher.

He turned back and frowned in confusion when the teacher instead of going towards the blackboard was walking towards the door, opening it. /Huh? What did I miss now?/ Looking around he saw everyone staring at the door with curious eyes. /What�s going on?/

Toshiya glanced back and stiffened visibly on his seat. His eyes took in the form of a very fragile looking being, standing in the door with its head lowered. The teacher talked about the reason the class got a new student right in the middle of the year but he wasn�t exactly paying attention. He just heard the name. "�.Terachi Shinya�"

/A boy? Wow�.he looks more female with this length of hair. I wonder why they haven�t told him to cut it yet. Maybe he�s like me?�/ He watched as the boy bowed shortly after his introduction and how he gazed through the room through his frame of hair, stopping right at his place. Toshiya sucked in his breath. Never in his life did he see such alluring eyes�and their color was fascinating!! Time seemed to stop as their eyes locked. The teacher interrupted their scrutinizing contest, though.

"Shinya, you can sit beside Toshiya over there. There�s still a seat free." Shinya�s gaze followed into the pointed direction and he found out that he was to be seated right beside his target. /Perfect./ A smile tucked at his lips but he didn�t let it show. Nodding his head he walked over to his seat, feeling the stares of the other students boring in his back. He sit down and looked briefly over to Toshiya, who could see swirling motions in those lilac colored eyes in one second and in the next they were gone. /Could I have imagined that? Weird guy./ Toshiya frowned again.

~~~

Shinya stood somewhat lost in the door to the cafeteria. It was lunch time and tons of students seemed to rush in there to get some food, which didn�t look appetizing at all, between their teeth. /Bah. I think I will just wait until I come home. Jun will surely make something more tasteful than this stuff./ The auburn head squeezed his eyes shut in disgust and his hand hushed shortly over his belly.

Some teens were rushing into the room and dumped into him in the process, pushing him roughly to the side. With a quick reaction he could prevent to fall down.

"Watch where ya standing, chick!!" Came the rude comment from one of the teens before they were running off again. Shinya�s eyes flashed dangerously and he turned around swiftly but there was no sight of them anymore. He sighed out and shook his head. /I don�t like it here./

Before having a chance to dwell on his thoughts again his hand was captured and he got pulled behind a tall person with long blue-black hair. /Wait�isn�t that�Toshiya?/

Toshiya pulled him towards a line of students, which were waiting to get their food. He turned to Shinya and grinned. "I will show you what you can eat without getting poisoned, ne."

After getting some stuff, which really looked edible among this fast food everyone else seemed to devour, Toshiya lead Shinya to secluded area. They set down their trays on the table, getting comfortable with the place. Shinya shortly observed his new surrounding and was mildly surprised that the blue head had managed to find the best place in the room. Plants were touching his hair and he felt at ease in no time.

"So, your name is Terachi Shinya?" Toshiya asked, having no better topic in mind to start a conversation. Shinya looked up and nodded, not uttering a word. "My name is Hara Toshimasa but everyone calls me Toshiya. Nice to meet you." He bowed his head. /I know./ Shinya thought and mimicked the motion but never answered this phrase�.merely going back to picking at his food in front of him.

Toshiya wasn�t bothered by Shinya�s behavior. He found it refreshingly and had to smile. /This boy surely is interesting. I have to get to know him better./
"So�.nice set of contact lenses you got there." He tried again and smirked.

Shinya looked up again and shook his head in negation, whispering. "No contact lenses."

Toshiya had to strain his ears to even hear him. He was confused and repeated somewhat unbelieving. "No contact lenses�? Are you sure?"

"Yes." Shinya whispered again. "It�s their natural color. I was born with it." He locked directly into Toshiya�s eyes, letting him see his lilac eye color �.but more so letting him see the movement of something within the color.

The blue head sucked in his breath. /It�s amazing�his eye color is moving, twirling!! How is it possible?/ He was confused and Shinya knew it. He didn�t say anything as not to interrupt the train of thoughts inside the pretty head. After some time, which seemed like eternity Shinya blinked his eyes and broke the spell. Toshiya still looked confused but got back to his senses. Shinya lifted one finger to his lips and giving the hint to keep it as a secret. Toshiya understood perfectly well and nodded his head, whispering. "No problem�I won�t tell it anybody."

Shinya smiled softly and resumed his eating. Toshiya was still sunken in his thoughts as someone slapped him on the back. "Hey, why didn�t you say you�d be in here?" Both turned their heads to the source of the pouting voice and got greeted with sight of an indeed pouting Kyo. Toshiya had to smirk but was wise enough not to comment on it. "Actually just wanting to grab something but got stuck somehow." He shrugged.

Kyo sat down beside Toshiya and finally noticed the fragile figure sitting opposite of them. His eyes examined Shinya with a frown. "Who�s that?"
He noted something weird with this guy. /He has an aura of�. There�s something I can�t put my finger on yet./

Shinya sensed Kyo�s distrust as well as Toshiya who just rolled his eyes and hit him playfully on the head. "That�s Shinya. If you haven�t slept as usual you would know he�s new to our class. Btw, stop being so rude!"

"Itai! You didn�t have to hit me that hard!" Kyo grumbled and glared at Toshiya who ignored him pointedly. "Don�t pay any attention to him." He told Shinya who nodded with slightly wide eyes. "His appearance has nothing to do with his true self. Underneath it all he�s a like a cute little teddy bear."

A vein seemed to pop at Kyo�s head and Shinya giggled behind his hand. "Damn you, I`m NOT a teddy bear!!" Kyo tried to throttle Toshiya who just grinned away.

After they settled down again Kyo murmured angrily to himself and then looked up at Shinya who still had to smile about it all. "You, don�t laugh!" He pointed a finger towards him. The auburn head stopped at once and lifted his hands in defense, after all this blond bundle of energy was somewhat strong looking. The boy beside Kyo just grabbed his finger and licked at it, while winking at Shinya.

"Gyahh, Toshiya!! You�re worse than that dog of your friend!" >_<
Kyo shrieked and snatched his hand back to himself, eying Toshiya suspiciously.

"I told you, don�t threat other people�you never know what will happen if you do." Toshiya replied nonchalantly while searching for something in his bag. He came back up with a sketch block and opened it.

"Not again." Kyo sighed and put his head onto the table, watching Toshiya fiddling with his pencil. "When will you ever not draw him in your free time?"

Toshiya didn�t glance at Kyo. He turned to one blank page and began to let his pencil fly over the paper, depiction a person with long hair. "You�re just jealous, Kyo-ko." Kyo scowled at that but didn�t reply. "You know," Toshiya continued softly. "you could have tons of lovers if you wouldn�t hide yourself away every time someone tries to come near you." Nobody answered on it. Everyone of them was deep in his own thoughts.

After some time Toshiya finished his next sketch of Kaoru. He had done so many of them since the first time he�d meet him and still he couldn�t believe they got together at all.

Suddenly the lithe touch of fingertips on his free hand pulled him out of his contemplation. He jerked up and the contact was gone immediately. Looking up he saw it was Shinya who now pulled his hand back. He smiled at him apologetically and with a question look in his eyes. Shinya pointed at his block and spoke softly. "Can I have a look at it?"

"Sure." Toshiya turned the block and pushed it over towards Shinya, followed by the eyes of Kyo.

Shinya closed the block and opened it again, beginning at the first site of it. He looked closely at each picture drawn in there, noticing how Toshiya caught every detail of the guy in loving precision. When reaching the recent sketch his eyes locked with Toshiya�s who watched him carefully all the time. "Who�s that?" Shinya asked softly. "You�re drawing rarely something else beside him. He must be precious to you�"

Some seconds flew by and nobody let a sound slip. Shinya still looked into the eyes of Toshiya and finally the other boy opened up to him. His face became even friendlier and a soft smile touched his lips. He nodded and sighed dreamily. "Yeah�.he�s really special. His name is Kaoru. Never in my whole life I meet such a perfect person." He supported his head on one hand while the fingers of his other hand drew something imaginative onto the surface of the cold table. "�we belong together�" He said it so softly they almost couldn�t understand him but Shinya heard him clearly anyway.

A faint smile reached Shinya�s eyes. Both Kyo and Toshiya had lowered their gaze so they couldn�t see when the auburn head closed his eyes briefly, whispering some foreign words to himself. Nobody in the cafeteria noticed how a warm light coming from Shinya engulfed the three of them, letting a haze twirl around them shortly. Then it was gone and Shinya reopened his eyes.

Toshiya and Kyo blinked their eyes and looked somewhat confused towards Shinya, who blinked back at them innocently. They could feel how something warm and protecting touched them, how the feeling of security closed around them but still they couldn�t figure out from where it came. Both of them pushed the thoughts of something funny happening around them away and decided it was just in the spur of the moment.

Toshiya shook his head and laughed silently to himself. Shinya raised an eyebrow in surprise. "What is?"

"Nothing." Toshiya looked up again and immediately saw that the auburn head wasn�t believing him at all. He grinned. "We�I don�t know you at all. The first time I ever saw you was in the classroom just now."

His gaze skimmed through the room, watching the people who meant nothing to him before he let it settle back on Shinya. "�but still I have the strong feeling that I know you for a long time already."
His gaze softened and so did Shinya�s, who touched Toshiya�s hand affectionately in silent agreement.

"I trust you enough to tell you my deepest secret without feeling insecure about it at all�without having the fear of betraying inside my mind. Don�t you think my behavior is funny? That this whole situation could be out of some of these soap operas?"

His question stare bored into Shinya�s eyes who simply squeezed Toshiya�s hand in reassurance before he lift his other hand to touch the blue heads face, stroking one cheek of him caringly. Shinya didn�t utter one word. Toshiya closed his eyes briefly, enjoying the soft touch of his new friend. /I�m regarding him as my friend already � how strange is that??/

It was simply comforting. He looked at Shinya who just shook his head silently and smiled. Toshiya understood and closed his hand around Shinya�s on his cheek, whispering. "Thank you."

~~~

Toshiya almost ran through the corridor. He was in a hurry. /Where is this little fucker?/ He thought annoyed about Kyo�s absence. /He knows that Kaoru will be here soon/
The blue head looked on his watch, startled that the time seemed to move so fast. Behind him was Shinya, who followed him since the school bell rang. Shinya was slightly confused about the other boy�s behavior but chose not to question it.

Suddenly Toshiya stopped and turned around. Shinya also stopped and waited patiently for Toshiya to speak, tilting his head to the side while doing so. /He looks so cute like that/ Toshiya had to smile about his new friend.

"Shinya, will you wait here? I think I know where Kyo could be. I won�t need long."

"Uhm." Shinya nodded and looked after Toshiya, who ran down the corridor towards their classroom.

Toshiya stood before the door, which had a glass pane but you couldn�t look through it since it was made of frosted glass. He could make out the shape of persons in the room. He smiled. Not doubt that Kyo was in there. He opened the door quickly and without a second thought.

"Kyo, hurry -" The sentence was left unfinished after Toshiya was greeted with the sight of Kyo. In the arms of their teacher Murata. Locked in a kiss that looked suspicious like a French kiss.

Toshiya�s cheeks turned pink and he lifted his hands to his mouth to prevent a squeal. The couple never noticed him and he gently closed the door again. He turned his back towards the door and laid a hand on his beating heart. /Man, what a shock./ Toshiya shook his head lightly and giggled. /Who could have known that Kyo would be this bold�/

Little did he know that in fact Kyo never started it but Kirito. Kyo broke the kiss softly and laid his head on Kirito�s chest, embracing him tightly. "Kiri?"

"Hmm?" Kirito murmured while laying little kisses on the blond mop of hair.

"Have you heard something, too?"

"No, but I would like to hear something from you. Like those little noises you make in bed�" he whispered and nibbled gently on Kyo�s neck. This earned him a hard slap on his shoulder.

"God!" Kyo exclaimed. "You�re really sex driven!" >_<

He pushed Kirito away and made his way over to his backpack. Kirito grinned. "Will I see you later?"

Kyo grabbed his jacket and turned around again, got on his toes and gave Kirito a little kiss on the lips. "Maybe." He winked. "We shouldn�t exhaust our luck in this matter. It�s truly a miracle nobody noticed our relationship yet." Kyo looked into Kirito�s eyes. "Hell, why am I telling you this?! You�re the teacher here not me!" Kyo stabbed a finger into Kirito�s chest and pouted.

"You�re right but I can�t help it. I can�t get you out of my head." Kirito replied and hugged Kyo again. They kissed as if it would be the last time in their life.

Well, their love surely wasn�t based on a hard fundament for everybody to see but neither man would want to change it either. They were happy in their own little world.

Meanwhile Toshiya got back to Shinya and grabbed his hand, pulling him behind. "Ne, let�s go home!"

Shinya had trouble not to stumble but got used to Toshiya�s fast steps after some seconds and was going beside him now. "What happened? Did you find Kyo?"

Toshiya�s cheeks turned pink again and he laughed a little. "Well, let me say it like this: He and Murata-sensei have an important matter to discuss." He grinned madly.

"Okay�" Shinya doubted it but couldn�t say what was really going on.

~~~

They stepped out of school and Shinya looked around, trying to recognize the way he came this morning. His hand was still being hold firmly by Toshiya.

Toshiya nudged him in the side. "Ne, where are you living? My school way is really long that�s why Kaoru is driving me here most of the time now." He sighed and got a dreamy look on his face.

Shinya watched Toshiya�s face for a while until he remembered that he was supposed to answer his question. "Uhm� you see� I just moved here and�" His voice turned soft.
Toshiya was curious and prodded gently. "And?"

Shinya�s expression turned sheepish. "Well, somehow� I forgot where I live." He blushed a little and Toshiya�s eyes widened. "Really? C�mon, now you�re kidding me!" Toshiya loosened his hold on Shinya�s frail hand to cross his arms in front of his chest, pouting adorably.

"No, I really can�t tell on which way I came here this morning�" He shrugged helplessly. "But I do remember the street name where the house stands." Shinya looked up with a small smile and relaxed when he was greeted with a grinning Toshiya. "Now, that�s not much of a problem, honey! We can drive you there. I�m sure Kaoru won�t be troubled by it."

/Eeeh? Honey?? He sure is affectionate. ^^;/ Shinya quickly stopped himself from gaping about Toshiya�s cheery manners and before he even had a chance to reply he heard someone call for Toshiya from their right side. They both turned their heads and Shinya saw a handsome man with purple hair standing beside the school gate. Within the next second he heard Toshiya squeal a happy "Kaoru!!" and watched amused how the other boy dashed towards the man, encircling his neck with his long arms and giving him a chaste kiss on one cheek while being spun around for one time.

Toshiya looked into Kaoru�s eyes and pouted. "It sure took you long to get here."

"Sorry, Totchi." Kaoru kissed his forehead lovingly. "Traffic is a bitch today."

Toshiya smiled warmly. "It�s okay. I just missed you so much."

"I missed you, too." They hugged, completely ignoring their surrounding. Toshiya even wasn�t capable of seeing all those odd glances from the other students anymore, which were passing them by.

"Well, are you ready? Can we go home now?" Kaoru asked, sensing that Kyo wasn�t around. Right in that moment Toshiya remembered Shinya and hastily stopped Kaoru from moving. "Oh no!"

Kaoru stopped and frowned. "What is it?"

The blue haired boy turned around sheepishly and looked towards Shinya, who neared them. He looked back to Kaoru and then towards Shinya, while making sure Kaoru�s arm was still around his waist. "Well, Shinya� this is Kaoru. And Kaoru, this is Shinya. He�s new to my class. I thought we could bring him home since he don�t know the way anymore." He introduced them and then his eyes were pleading. Kaoru ignored him for the moment and set his attention on Shinya, who looked lightly uncomfortable, standing there beside them. "Shinya�and further?" He asked with a smile.

"Oh, that�s Terachi. My name is Terachi Shinya." Shinya said hastily and bowed. Kaoru returned the gesture. "Nice to meet you, Shinya."

After some seconds Kaoru�s smile turned into a pained expression and Shinya quickly found out why. Toshiya simply had stepped onto his foot. "Don�t ignore me!" He whined and Shinya couldn�t help but grin behind his hand. He watched how Kaoru tried to persuade Toshiya and it didn�t take him long for getting the boys smile back on his pretty face. /They�re a sweet couple. I don�t think I need to worry about Kaoru�s intentions. But still I wonder�where�s the problem then?/

"Let�s go! Kyo will go on his own today." Toshiya laughed and they began to walk towards the car. Toshiya quickly noticed that Shinya was not by his side and looked back over his shoulder, seeing him standing near the gate, lost in his own thoughts. "Shinya?"

He heard the call and snapped out of it. "You coming or what?"

"I�m coming!" Shinya quickly grabbed his stuff and ran towards the couple. They drove away after Shinya told them how he thought the street name was.

~~~

"Look, Die�s over there!" Toshiya pointed through the windscreen at a red head on their side of the street.

"Where?" Kaoru had to pay attention to the street and didn�t notice his friend right away.

"At the coffee shop on the left side."

"Ah, there."

Shinya was curiously looking out of the window, trying to make out, which person they meant. It wasn�t difficult at all. There was a man with red hair, waving shortly towards them when he recognized the car. /Hmm� must be in the same age like Kaoru./

Kaoru pulled out the car next to Die, who greeted them friendly and propped up his arm on the opened car window on Toshiya�s side - but not before ruffling through his hair, earning him a tight slap from the boy and a laugh from Kaoru.

"Do you always have to ruin my hairdo?" Toshiya grumbled through gritted teeth. Die just laughed and Kaoru leaned over. "Ne, you always look beautiful."

Toshiya�s eyes began to shine in happiness. "You really think so?" Kaoru nodded and got hugged tightly by a madly grinning Toshiya. "Thanks!"

It was then that Die became aware of the person sitting behind them, looking shyly up to him.

"Hey, who�s the pretty lady you have captured on your backseat, huh?" Die grinned widely.

Shinya first turned crimson, quickly hiding his face behind a frame of hair but after a second he realized what Die called him just now. "I�m not a girl!!" He almost exploded and glared at the red head, who only blinked at him. Shinya noticed the others were also starring at him. "What?" He snapped.

Toshiya turned back towards Die and winked at him. "I think he already likes you."

"That�s my charm, you know." Die responded coolly. "I wonder why it never had any affect on you."

Kaoru quickly grabbed Toshiya and pulled him against his chest, glaring at Die. "Don�t. Even. Think. About. It." He pointed out. "Toshiya�s mine! Go and find yourself another 'girlfriend'"

Toshiya grinned at Die, who just shook his head in defeat. "Dude� what�s with the pretty one over there?" He pointed at Shinya.

"NO!" Shinya burst out, quickly realizing what he just did. He pressed himself into the backseat and held his face in his hands, wanting to disappear.

"Now I really think he has a thing for you, Die. You made him blush!" Toshiya laughed. "You should be careful."

"Uh-oh� I like to play with the fire." He remarked smirking and saw how Shinya was looking through his fingers at him, but still refusing to lower his hands. His smirk turned into a soft smile as he watched the boy on the backseat. It made Shinya�s hurt flutter for a short moment, leaving him confused.

Die turned his attention back to Kaoru and Toshiya. "Ne, I still have to do some things. I will call you. And if not we will see each other at the next party!"

"Right." Kaoru nodded with a grin. "See you!"

Die stepped away from the car but not before whispering something into Toshiya�s ear.

Kaoru started the car and slowly drove away. Shinya looked back at Die through the rear window, pressing one hand against the cool surface.

Die followed them with his eyes, seeing how the pretty boy looked back at him. He grinned and waved. His heart made a jump when he saw Shinya smiling back and then the car was gone. There was something quite alluring and interesting about this boy, he mused and went into the opposite direction, down the street.

"Ne, what did he say to you, Totchi?" Kaoru asked.

"Oh, just that we should bring Shinya along to the next party and that I could call him anytime you�re turning out to be boring."

"WHAT?" Both Shinya and Kaoru exclaimed but out of different reasons. Kaoru even was so distracted by it, the car made a swift move to the side.

This time both boys screamed. "Kaoru!"

He got the car under control again and looked guilty to his shocked boyfriend, who even grabbed his seat as hard as he could, heart racing inside of his chest.

"Hehe�sorry." He offered and got a glare from them. He then remembered what Die said and pouted. "What a friend�" he muttered under his breath. "�I�m not boring."
He heard Toshiya�s giggling and looked over to him, pouting more. The blue head leaned over and whispered into Kaoru�s ear. "Ne, don�t worry. You were never boring to me and you�ll never be!" He kissed his ear and repositioned himself on his seat, sharing a smile with Kaoru.

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End of Part Two