Room 304, Diety Hall

Author: Yukimi2 yukimi2@yahoo.com

Dedicated to: this part’s for Lady7 (I’m givin you some Shinchan action ^_~)

Comment: WOOHOO!! An exciting chapter!! YES!! YES!! Good start for Winter Quarter; at least in my opnion. Maybe I’m just violent minded ^^;;;;

Episode 15: FIGHT!!!!!

"Ahh…it’s nice to be back!" Kaoru sighed.

He sniffed the cold winter air around him after he set his luggage on the steps. He stretched his arms out to catch the biting wind in an open embrace. It’s been three long weeks since he’s set foot on Diety Hall. He spent his winter break at home, away from the dorm. It was nice to visit his family and old friends, but now, he felt more at home in Diety Hall than anywhere.

The outside of the building was the same as always, except the tree beside it was bare from the pretty red leaves. The residents resided inside from the cold, and all the windows were sprayed with frost.

~Yep~ Kaoru thought.~It’s nice to be back alright.~

Kaoru picked up his suitcase and climbed up the steps jubilantly. He was in a good mood. A damn good mood. He brought the dorm residents cookies he made using his mother’s recipe the day before. He couldn’t wait to have everybody taste it! Kaoru COOKED! (insert chorus: halleluiah!)

The purple head reached the front of his door without problems. He was so used to climbing the treacherously long staircase.

Room 304.

He heard sounds from the inside. He smiled. Toshiya must be home. He slowly turned the door knob then quickly burst in the room, beaming broadly. "Totchi!!! I’m BAAAAAC~~~----!!!??????????"

Kaoru dropped all his belongings and gawked, his eyes popping out of his head.

Toshiya was on his bed, on hands and knees, with his sweaty, flushed face buried on the pillow. Hakuei was right behind him and inside him at the moment…..{and you guys get the point ^.^!!} Hakuei noticed Kaoru and hastily got off the blue head and grabbed his clothes. Toshiya moaned, then turned around. He gasped and pulled the covers up, blushing really hard in embarrassment. Hakuei blushed too, but had a murderous glare directed to Kaoru.

"Um…I….uh….GOMENDASAI!!" Kaoru ran outside and shut the door. His face was bright red and traumatized.

~Oh SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!~

"Kaoru, you OK?"

Kaoru saw the poker players and Kyo walk toward him. He couldn’t answer, he still had his mouth open from shock.

"Hello? Earth to Kaoru!" Taka waved his hands in front of the purple head’s face.

"Heh heh. This is fun!" Kyo began to poke Kaoru on the ribs. "Dude! Do you eat??!’

Kaoru finally woke up from his state of trauma.

*BAP*

"Ittai!" Kyo cried and rubbed his head.

"I eat, dammit!"

Shuse smirked. "That’s what you get for eating at Campus Steakhouse."

"Totally unhealthy." Taka pointed out.

Hiro made a face. "Not to mention the food sucks."

"And they’re not worth your money." Koji nodded.

Kaoru frowned. "But guys…"

Suddenly, Room 304’s door opened. Hakuei stood there with the most menacing face known to man. In slow motion, his hand lifted and pointed to Kaoru. "….You…" He bellowed.

~EEP @_@~ Kaoru thought. "Ano…gomen! Gomen! I didn’t mean to…HONEST!"

"YOU!!" Hakuei yelled, his voice echoing in the hallway.

0_0;;; Kyo and the poker players scurried back.

Toshiya appeared behind Hakuei. "Ne, Hakuei. He didn’t mean to. He seriously didn’t know." Toshiya tugged Hakuei’s sleeve in vain. The blonde man wasn’t listening.

Kaoru started backing away slowly. "Eh-hheheheheh. I didn’t do it on purpose, ne? I just got here, right guys?" Kaoru turned to the cowering group behind him.

Kyo looked around. "Huh? Hey guys, did you hear something?"

Shuse laughed nervously." Ah-hah-hah-hah-hah…I thought I heard Kaoru somewhere…"

Levin spoke up, puzzled. "You guys, Kaoru’s right ther----"

Koji clapped his hand on Levin’s mouth. "^^; Ah…lalalala…lala….~! We’re just passing by! Don’t mind us!" The group carried the struggling and gagged Levin as they quickly ran away.

"WHAT!?" Kaoru exclaimed. "Some friends you are!"

"Have fun, ‘kao-kao!’ ^0^" Kyo cackled in the distance.

Kaoru: >-<!!

"Hakuei-chan. Please. Just calm down. It doesn’t bother me, really."

"But it bothers ME!!" Hakuei growled.

Toshiya furrowed his eyebrows helplessly.

Hakuei kept his stare on Kaoru deadly and steady. "What the hell’s your problem??"

"Look, I already apologi----."

"Damn the apology, Rat Face!"

Kaoru’s eye twitched upon hearing that word.

"OoOOH?" Hakuei coaxed bitterly. "Did I strike a nerve? Huh? RAT FACE??!"

"Hakuei please." Toshiya said in vain.

Kaoru felt his body heat up in anger. "I don’t know what Totchi sees in you."

Toshiya bit his lip. "Kaoru!"

" ‘Totchi’ ??" Hakuei raised an eyebrow, then glared. "Oh! Now I see. You’re JEALOUS, are you?"

"WHAT??" Kaoru exclaimed.

Hakuei fumed. "That’s right, Rat Face!"

Kaoru raised his voice. "You have no fucking right to say anything! He’s my goddamn roommate and one of my goddamn best friends! Why the hell would I walk in on you and Totchi on purpose? HUH? Oh, but of course. You’re the sexy, tall, indominable Hakuei-sama who’s always right! You don’t even have brains to think of a clever comeback, so you call people names and provoke fights! Sorry, Hakuei, but maybe all that bleach has seeped through your thin skull----!"

Before Kaoru could another word in, he felt a hard fist on his jaw. He stumbled a bit then punched Hakuei on the shoulder. {C’mon, guys! Violence is not the answer! ~Yk2}

"Hakuei!! Kaoru!!…STOP!!" Toshiya sobbed. He tried his best to cease the fight, but couldn’t do it. The two men were to angry to think; the guys didn’t even notice Toshiya crying. The blue head sank to his knees and covered his face with his hands. He didn’t like the fights, especially if the conflict was between two people he really cared about.

Suddenly, a warm hand was placed on his shoulder. He turned his head and gasped, "Shinya?"

The young man gave an encouraging smile.

"How..? where…?"

"I was watching the whole time." The pretty boy sat down beside Toshiya and watched the ongoing fight. "I’m the Mute One, remember?"

Toshiya blinked a tear away. "*sniffles* I tried to stop them. I---."

"Don’t stop them." Shinya said calmly. "In time, they’ll realize how ridiculous they are."

"But I feel responsible."

"Did you start the fight?"

"Well, not really…"

"So you had nothing to do with it. They started the mess themselves when they could’ve talked it through."

"Hnn.. I still fell bad…"

"ne. Don’t feel bad. I wish I had two guys fighting for my affection." {Gyah! Like Die and Kaoru? If only Shinchan knew!! ~Yk2}

Toshiya gasped. "But that’s not the case. Hakuei and I are together. Kaoru’s just pissed because Hakuei called him a Rat Face!"

"Rat Face?" Shinya covered his mouth with his hand, but ended up bursting into uncontrollable giggles.

The two fighting men stopped and stared at the younger man confusedly.

"What the…?" Kaoru said.

"Who the..?" Hakuei stared.

"Shinya?"

Shinya’s laughter died down a notch then laughed harder again after he glanced at Kaoru’s confused face.

Toshiya quickly took this chance to stand up. "Kaoru! Hakuei! Please! STOP FIGHTING!!!"

"He started it first!"

"NO! You did!"

"Bullshit!"

"You’re bullshit!"

"What’s going on here?"

All heads turned to look at Die, who just got up the steps and was looking from Hakuei’s bloody lip, to Kaoru’s blackeye, to Toshiya’s mascara-streamed face, and to Shinya, who stopped laughing and avoided his gaze.

"It’s nothing, Die," Toshiya sniffed, breaking the silence.

"Nothing?! It’s all Rat Face’s fault!"

"Stop calling me that!"

"WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!" Die got between Kaoru and Hakuei. "You guys have to stop fighting! If the dorm president sees you like this, he’ll penalize both of you." He turned to Kaoru. "Especially you!"

Kaoru grit his teeth. Everyone knew the dorm president is the one and only Takuro Kubo. He is also known to be the bossiest and biggest goody-goody student in the facility That’s why he was appointed dorm president by the administration. Hell, if the residents would have voted, Die would have won.

"Why should they penalize me?" Hakuei snapped. "He instigated the situation!"

"My ass!" Kaoru snapped and pushed Hakuei.

Die tried his best to keep the two grueling men apart.

Shinya turned to Toshiya. The blue head looked so hurt and depressed. "Toshiya?" Shinya whispered and touched his hand.

Toshiya shook his head and faced the young man. Silent tears streamed down his porcelain-like cheeks as he gave him a sad smile. "It’s OK, Shinya…I just need to…get away…" He gave Shinya’s hand a squeeze of reassurance, got up slowly, and left silently.

Shinya turned to Hakuei and Kaoru, whom were so intent at ripping each other’s hair out they didn’t notice Toshiya leave. Die was still trying to stop them. Under normal circumstances, he would be able to knock them both dead, but their hatred for each other seemed to have surpassed his strength.

Shinya gripped his hand into a tight fist. He was starting to become PO’d. {Warning! Warning! Pissed off Shinchan!! ~yk2}. He quietly and slowly walked up {w/ red chi surrounding him} to the two arguers, whom did not notice his presense.

Kaoru and Hakuei were about to throw one mean punch to each other when suddenly, their fists were stopped by slender, but strong hands. Before the two men knew it, they felt a powerful force push them both on opposite sides of the hallway. The shove was so strong they both hit the walls with a huge *SLAM* and had small cracks on either side of the hall.

{WOOHOO! Go! Go! Supah-Shinchan!~yk2}

Die, Kaoru, and Hakuei stared at the bishounen in amazement.

Shinya glowered his oh-so-deadly glower. "stupid. Stupid. STUPID!!!!!!" He yelled."YOU!" He pointed to Kaoru. "AND YOU!!" He pointed to Hakuei. "You two were so focused and intent on fighting that you didn’t even consider Toshiya’s feelings! Do you know how he’s feeling right now?"

"Wait. Where is he?"

Shinya glared. "That’s right! Where is he? WHERE IS HE!?? You didn’t even notice and both of you are supposed to be the two people he cares about the most! What kind of a friend and lover are you?? He was CRYING when he left! He doesn’t like fights and you both should know that!!"

Both men looked at their feet sheepishly.

"Where is he now?" Kaoru asked.

"He went downstairs."

Kaoru nodded, but Hakuei went off before he could. Shinya held the purple head back and sighed. "Stay here, Kaoru. If you go, you and Hakuei are going to fight again. Talk to Toshiya later."

Kaoru looked down at his feet. "Gomen, Shinya."

"Don’t apologize to me. Apologize to Toshiya." Shinya let out a deep breath. "Besides, I wasn’t directly scolding you."

"Really?"

"Hai." Shinya smiled. "I was here the whole time. Hakuei was provoking you from the beginning. It’s just that if I put the blame on him, you guys wouldn’t have stopped the fight."

"Arigatou, Shinya."

"Doitasimasite." Shinya nodded. "But go to your room now and wait for Toshiya to come back."

"Hai!" Kaoru saluted and sauntered to his room.

Shinya turned to leave, but felt the presence of the red head. Their eyes met and they both looked hastily away, blushing hard. Die looked at his own two feet. He wanted to apologize for his behavior last quarter, but couldn’t form any words in his mind. All he could think of was how beautiful Shinya was even when he was pissed off, and how gracefully, yet strongly, the young man pushed Hakuei and Kaoru.

Die lifted his head. Shinya was biting his lip and looking down. He looked so adorable. His eyes lingered a bit longer on the bishounen’s fair skin and pink lips. He wanted to taste its softeness again. He wanted to feel Shinya’s warmth and caresses.

~Shin-chan~ Die thought dreamily.

Suddenly, that word echoed in his head.

~’….Yoshiki-sama….’~

Die’s face morphed into a cold, unfeeling stone. That’s right. Shinya didn’t love him; he loves ‘Yoshiki-sama.’

"I’m leaving." Die broke the silence with that frosty statement.

"W-what?" Shinya stammered and looked at him. ~You’re just gonna leave?! Just like that?!~

Shinya looked so vulnerable, so hurt. Die was tempted to stay, but forced himself to think otherwise. He grit his teeth. ~What do you care? You love Professor Yoshiki, why don’t’ you go to him?~

Without another word, Die brushed past the bishounen and climbed up the steps in cold silence.

CONTD @ Episode 16: Shuse’s Party

to be continued~