Room 304, Diety Hall

Author: Yukimi2 yukimi2@yahoo.com

Episode 28: Lost….

Toshiya grabbed the two take-out cups of coffee on the counter and left Oxley’s Café. As he was walking back to his dorm, his cell phone rang.

"Dammit!" he cursed. He put one cup on the ground so he could grab his phone on one hand. He knew it was Morita, but decided to answer act of sheer courtesy.

"Moshi moshi?"

"Wassup, hot momma?"

Toshiya rolled his eyes. "Morita, what do you want?"

"Just wanted to hear your sexy voice."

Toshiya’s eye twitched."That’s nice, but don’t you think my voice is a bit deep?"

"Deep? Maybe, but it makes you sound so husky."

Toshiya choked. "Gomen, Morita, but how many times do I have to tell you that I am a MAN?!"

"Of course you’re a man. You’re a part of mankind."

"NO! You IDIOT!"

"I’m an idiot for you, baby."

Toshiya rubbed his temples. He was beginning to get a headache. "Let me explain to you in simpler terms. Morita, I am MALE. Male as in I have the same nether endowments as you do. As in I have no breasts or big tits! I am MALE. Understand?"

"Eh?"

"DO I HAVE TO STRIP IN FRONT OF YOU TO GET YOU OFF MY BACK?!?!?"

Morita chuckled perversely. "I wouldn’t mind that at all, but that won’t keep me from getting on your back."

Toshiya huffed. "Forget it. Goodbye!"

"Hey! Talk to me for a few more minutes----"

Click.

Toshiya shook his head as he bent down to pick up the coffee cup, but stopped when the phone rang again. He answered it. "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?!"

"Geez, Totchi! I was just calling you!"

"K-kaoru?"

"Hai. Who’d you think I was? Morita?"

Toshiya flushed. "Er, yah. Gomen."

"thanks -_-; Well, I called to tell you not to get me any coffee."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because I’m on my way to the coffee shop with Miyabi."

~WITH MIYABI??!~ Toshiya fumed.

"………"

"A-ano…. Totchi?"

"Ah, hai! I heard you."

"….is something wrong?"

"Nothing’s wrong." Toshiya gave a fake laugh.

"I know that laugh, Totchi. And you know what I think?"

"What?"

"I think that you already bought the coffee for me and you’re mad because I’m not taking it. You woke up early to get me coffee for nothing. Am I right?"

"Kaoru, where do you get the idea that I came out here to buy you coffee?"

"Because you do it everyday. You always leave it on my desk before I wake up. And I know you."

"That’s true, but what makes you sure I already have coffee for you?" Toshiya swiftly kicked Kaoru’s cup onto the grass. "OH-hohohoho! I only have *one* cup with me right now."

"Sure, Totchi."

"But I do!"

"Well, since you’re there already, you wanna join us and meet us at the café?"

Toshiya hesitated a moment. "…sure…" he didn’t know why he agreed to that.

"OK. See ya."

"Ja." Toshiya hung up the phone and sighed.

Someone behind Toshiya cleared his throat. The blue head turned around and gulped. He came face-to-face with a tall lanky man with a campus police tag slung around his neck.

Takuro had the empty coffee cup on his hand.

"Tsk. Tsk. Littering is bad for the environment, Hara-kun."

*****

Professor Toshi flipped through his large encyclopedia of alchemy then raised his fist in the air as he found what he’d been searching for. "YESSSSSSSS!"

He grinned evilly as he read more of the book’s content. Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful.

Knock. Knock.

The door.

"COME IN!!!!!!!!!!!"

Kyo came in and shut the door securely behind him. "Professor Toshi, I have to talk to you about something important."

"OK………."

"We need to do something about Yoshiki! He’s ruining my reputation! And he’s getting cocky! And he thinks he’s the boss of the university! And he called me CUTE!!! >.<!!!"

Prof. Toshi gasped. "NOW THAT’S GOING TOO FAR! BUT DON’T WORRY KYO! I’VE GOT A SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING!!"

"Cool!"

"LOOK!" Toshi showed the short man his alchemy book.

"Alchemy?"

"YES! THIS BOOK IS THE KEY TO OUR REVENGE!!"

"How?"

"THIS CONTAINS SPELLS OR WHATNOT WE CAN USE AGAINST YOSHIKI!!!"

"Are you sure that works?"

"ER, NOT REALLY. BUT IT’S WORTH A TRY!"

"OK. How does the spell work?"

"IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE. JUST HAVE TO MIX 5 INGREDIENTS DURING THE FIRST CRESCENT MOON IN THE FALL."

"WHAT?"

"AND THE INGREDIENTS HAVE TO BE SHIPPED HERE FROM AFRICA, WHERE THEY CAN ONLY BE FOUND."

"Doh!" Kyo frowned. "Does this mean we have to wait until then to cast the spell?!"

"YEP!"

"Does that mean I can’t get my revenge until two quarters later?"

"YEP!"

"But that’s too long!" Kyo protested. "Is there some other spells we could use?"

"…KYO, WE’RE NOT TAKING ANY FORM OF REVENGE AGAINST HIM UNTIL THAT FALL NIGHT! AND THAT’S A CULT ORDER!!!!"

"Eh?"

"HE REALLY BID HIS TIME ON TRICKING US…." Toshi’s eyes gleamed with tearful determination. "…SO WE’REGOING TO BIDE OUR TIME TOO! MAKE HIME THINK THE CULT WARS ARE OVER! MAKE HIM THINK THAT WE’VE GIVEN UP! OUT WE’RE NOT. OH, NO…. WE’RE DEFINITLY NOT BACKING DOWN, KYO! JUST KEEP YOUR COOL!"

Kyo grumbled, but resignated to do as the cult leader wishes.

*****

Kaoru sipped his coffee and checked his watch for the hundreth time. He looked out the window, but didn’t see the blue head anywhere.

"Maybe your roommate decided not to show up because I’m here." Miyabi said.

"No. we would have passed him on the way here. Besides, Totchi’s not the type to do that." Kaoru checked his watch again and frowned. "He should’ve been here by now."

Miyabi bit his lip. "Ne, maybe you should call his cell again."

Kaoru nodded. He walked to a payphone and dialed his roommate’s number. The phone was off.

"His phone’s still off." Kaoru said as he sat down on the seat.

"Maybe there was an emergency he needed to tend to."

Kaoru shook his head. "No matter what, he keeps his cell on. Even if Morita calls, he stills answers it."

"Wow, you sure know your roommate real well."

"Well, we get along real well….sort of." Kaoru chuckled.

"It’s so nice, ne… to have someone who worries about you like you worry about Toshiya…"

Kaoru looked at Miyabi. "…..i thought you were over Hakuei."

"Over him in a different sense." Miyabi explained. "I don’t crave for him a s a lover would." He sighed. "I just want him back as the friend he used to be. I want things to go back to what it was before any shit happened."

Kaoru was still doubtful. The way Miyabi talked and his body language obviously stated otherwise. Miyabi still loves Hakuei.

"Miyabi-kun." Kaoru reassured. "If you are meant to be; you will get together. Ne?"

Miyabi nodded.

"Maybe what’s happened is meant to make both of you stronger and smarter. I’m sure before all that gang and image shit, you were still a young junior high kid that wouldn’t understand the hardships of human behavior. I’m sure before all that you were a different person. Now that you look back, you think about how much you’ve changed and how much you’ve grown throughout it all. Without what happened then, maybe I wouldn’t be sitting here and talking to such a wonderful, intelligent, strong, patient, and mature man. You act very grown up for your age, Miyabi-kun. I would never have thought you fresh out of high school."

"A-arigatou. But you act mature too, ne."

"People tell me that too. ^^; I am older though. I took a year off to work and get money before coming here."

"Sou desu ka? I thought maybe you had an experience that changed you."

"Oh! I had many experiences that changed my views of a lot of things, but there was one experience that led me to feel the need to help anyone who seemed down."

"Impacted you that much, huh?"

Kaoru stared at his cup. "Yep. I’m not saying I don’t mind what happened. There are many times I sit down and think about how I could have stopped such a thing from happening. I could have done this and I could have done that. But I had to sit back and think. Even if I changed what I did and if what happened was meant to happen, it will happen anyway. There really is no reason to mope and contemplate and should have’s and would have’s " He sipped his coffee. "So I ask you, Miyabi-kun. Do you still want to go back to what things used to be between you and Hakuei?"

Miyabi smiled sweetly. "Now that you’ve given me a wonderful lecture, I’m not sure if that’s a option anymore."

Kaoru smiled back, then checked his watch. "Gah! Where’s Totchi?" he looked around nervously, twiddling his thumbs in apprehension.

"Kaoru-kun. It’s OK, you know."

"Eh?"

"It’s OK for you to leave and looked for your roommate. Ill just sit here and read the paper."

"Domo arigatou, Miyabi-kun."

Kaoru left quickly and Miyabi sighed. Why couldn’t he just fallen in love with a guy as nice and sweet as Kaoru?

Suddenly, Ayumi plopped into the seat in front of Miyabi. "Ne. You’re the guy that played Macbeth!"

"Hai." Miyabi blinked.

"Excellent performance. You’re name’s Miyabi, right?"

"Er, yeah……"

"My name’s Ayumi. I’m a performer just like you."

"A performer? You mean you’re also in theatre?"

"Iie. I’m in music, specializing in vocals."

"Oh, interesting. But how did you know about me?"

"The play. And also you’re very well known in the performing arts departments. Quite a show you put on."

Miyabi blushed. "Arigatou…"

"But I also hear you’re having problems with that Hakuei guy."

Miyabi stared at her. "How---?"

"It’s easy to find out if you work in the coffee shop. You hear lots of important things around here."

"…oh…."

"Anyways, I always see Hakuei here with that blue-haired ditz."

Miyabi giggled. "Interesting. That’s what I call him too."

"Yep. So from the looks of things, he stole your man, huh?"

"I-I guess you could put it in that sense. Except I’m not interested in Hakuei anymore."

"Really? So are you interested in that purple haired guy now?"

Miyabi flushed. "NO! Kaoru’s just a friend."

"Ah, so you still like Hakuei then."

"NO, that’s not---"

"Whatever it is, I’ve got to hand it to you. You sure know how to trap two birds in a stone."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You seem a bit confused right now. It’s either Hakuei or Kaoru, isnt’ it? But you’re mighty clever. You come here on a date with Kaoru to be with Kaoru, but at the same time, you make Hakuei jealous by pretending to be with the purplehead."

"But this isnt’ a date."

"Oh, I know. But that’s what Hakuei doesn’t know." Ayumi winked. "Excuse me for a moment. I’ve got customers waiting."

Miyabi stared at her as she left. ~What a strange girl… but what a good suggestion she made…~

CONTD @ Episode 29: ….Found!!

to be continued~