+this fic is dedicated to Lady 7 and all DieXShinya fans^o^!+

It was a short trip-a one hour journey by plane. I sat beside the window. Looking out, I could see the white wing of the plane, gleaming in the rays which looked deceivingly warm. I bent down, putting my carry bag in front of me by my feet. It was then he came to occupy the seat beside me. He gave me one of his small smiles, just little curves at the corners of his lips, as he sat down. Beside him, on his right, was Kyo, the vocalist of our band.

I turned around to find Kaoru and Toshiya behind my row. They were both looking at something in their hands. I looked down. Kaoru was reading a tourist guide booklet while the other man was looking at the single sheet of safety procedures on the plane. I smiled to myself. The two lovebirds were having one of their tiffs. But surely they would make up soon. These episodes of theirs lasts for a week at the most and it has already been 4 days.

I settled down in my seat and removed my sunglasses. Beside me, Shinya was fidgeting around. I looked his direction. "Ne, what is it?"

He didn’t answer but he held one loose buckle in his hand. Oh, I got it. I shifted a little in my seat; there was something under my right thigh. My hand reached down. Heh, I was seating on what Shinya was looking for!

As he took it from me, our hands touched. Just a gentle brush. My empty hand lingered there for a while even after Shinya clasped the safety belt around his thin waist. His hazel eyes flicked up and met with mine for a moment. I could see the slight tinge of pink on his cheeks. My lips quirked up in an evil smile.

He gasped as I suddenly made a grab for his two hands. I grinned teasingly as I said in a soft whisper, "Oh, Shin-chan…your hands are so smooth like a girl’s!" which was the truth.

His eyes narrowed, glaring angrily into mine, as he pulled his hands away from my bigger ones forcefully. "Baka!" he hissed at me, face so near to mine that I can feel his heated breath on my cheek. Funny, I thought he was going to bite me…but he quickly swung around to face Kyo who still had his dark shades on.

"Kyo! Change places with me!!!" he said, grabbing the vocalist’s arm.

"Maa…"

Shinya was about to drag Kyo out of his seat when suddenly a ‘ding’ came over the speaker and the voice of the pilot could be heard. "---We will be taking off soon. Please make sure you are seated, seats upright…---"

I chuckled as a stewardess came and made Shinya sit back down. The drummer seemed pissed off but he was cute that way ne… He gave me a hard glare that made me shut up.

Through the window, I could see that the plane was moving along the tarmac. I leaned back and relaxed as it jerked roughly on the ground before taking off. I flicked my eyes to my right and saw that Shinya was still on his ‘angry-with-Die-I-gonna-kill-him’ mode. Tsk, Shinya was so easy to annoy, heh!

When the plane stopped ascending and was gliding smoothly in the air, Shinya turned to Kyo to change places but the older man was already fast asleep.

"Don’t disturb people ne, Shin-chan," I told him.

"Stop disturbing me, Ando Daisuke," Shinya replied, reaching into his backpack for his novel.

"I am just trying to relief your boredom," I shrugged.

He concentrated on the book, ignoring me. So I turned away and looked outside the window at the woolly clumps of white cloud. I squinted; it was a bit bright. Too bright; it hurt my eyes. I pulled down the cover for the window. I heard the announcement about refreshments coming up.

I yawned, making my ears go ‘pop’. I laced my fingers together. Didn’t feel right; I placed my palms on my knees… didn’t feel right either. I needed to hold something. Something between my fingers, between my lips…oh, I need my cigarettes! I wiped my face with one big palm in dismay. It was a non-smoking flight. Damn!

In defeat, I sighed

The refreshments(orange juice and peanuts) came and went. The peanuts made noisy sounds as I chewed on them. On my right, he was still reading his book while eating his peanuts. It was cute-the way he ate them. He first broke them into half then put one-half near his mouth. He would then nibble on it slowly till he consumed the whole thing. Little bits would fall onto his grey jacket. I had the urge to pick them up for him but I didn’t do so in case he decided to break my nose for it.

I was extremely bored with nothing to do. As it was a short journey there was no in-flight entertainment(what about Shinya? Ain’t he in-flight entertainment =p?~VM). My eyes slowly drifted shut. I fell into a light state of sleep.

Nn…mmm…hm…

I felt something rest against my shoulder. I let it be but it kept moving, waking me up. I opened my eyes; my face wore a look of sleepy annoyance. I looked at the ‘thing’ against my shoulder…

"……" I had nothing to say as I stared at a soundly sleeping Shinya. I could mostly see the top of his head. His fine copper hair fell to cover part of his face but looking right, I could see his closed eyes, lined with long lashes(long for a man ^^;) and his slightly parted lips. He wasn’t wearing any make-up but I still believe in what I said, ‘Beauty is what Shinya is.’

I couldn’t help but smile at this. I looked at him for a long time, feeling his body close to mine. I let his head rest atop my shoulders. I didn’t know when I dozed off again. But the next thing I knew, I woke up with my cheek against the soft fragrant strands of Shinya’s hair.

I didn’t move, afraid to wake him up. So I couldn’t see him. But I was so certain he was still asleep or he would’ve moved away. Therefore I just rest my face against the top of his head, inhaling the floral scent of his shampoo.

"Mn…" Shinya made a sound as I felt his face nuzzle against my neck. Well, nuzzle isn’t exactly the word…it was more of a…simultaneous action that people make when they were about to wake up.

I lifted my head from his hair. In my chest, my heart was beating like crazy. Was I really so scared? Wah, did I really think Shinya would clobber me for this? Hm. Instinctively I pulled away from him.

He was awake. He looked up at my face, at my eyes. I expect the hot seething glare from him as usual but I didn’t get it. Instead his eyes held a soft innocence, a gentle confusion flustering within the brown irises. My breath got caught in my throat. He kept his eyes locked to mine.

My cheeks felt hot as if they were burning. Could it be that I was blushing? Blushing as we stared into each other’s eyes. I couldn’t pull away from him. I felt as if I was entrapped.

"Uh…" was all I manage to utter.

To my surprise, Shinya suddenly clapped his hands against my cheeks. I stopped breathing as soft delicate lips plied with mine. It wasn’t a hot passionate kiss, just an innocent touch of lips, but I had moaned. Maybe it lasted for two seconds before he pulled away, his face flushed.

"Shinya…?" I wanted it to be a question but my voice was laced with passion and emotions that surprised even myself.

Shinya looked away, touching his neck with his long fingers. "Fu, my body aches," he complained suddenly, putting his book back into his bag as the plane slowly descended back onto land.