Room 304, Diety Hall

Author: Yukimi2 yukimi2@yahoo.com

Comment: WAHAHAHAH! Totchi RETURNS!!! WAHAHAHA! Ok. I have to calm down now….

And I just noticed something. I made these characters really dense with messed up hormones. Then again, without denseness, there wouldn’t be a story, now, would there? And to avoid confusion, I put down ‘Shinya (LS)’ to indicate that it’s the other Shinya I’m talking about. ^_^;

Episode 6: Toshiya’s Long Wait

"Kaoru!! KAORU!! STOP!!"

The purple head continued to thrash and scream blindly.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp, painful sting on his cheek.

He snapped his eyes open. He felt his pajama shirt sticking to his back because of the amount of sweat. His breathing was heavy, as if he just ran a marathon. The purple head sat up slowly, still trembling from shock. He shook his head rigorously.

~It was a dream, Kaoru, only a dream…. ~

~That was back then…this is now…~

"Kaoru, daijoubou?" a voice interrupted his thoughts.

Kaoru felt a warm, secure hand on his left one. He slowly turned to his left and widened his eyes in surprise.

Toshiya sat beside him. The blue head had worry written all over his face. His eyes looked at Kaoru’s questioningly, hoping to get answers from his companion.

"Kaoru?" Toshiya whispered softly, unsure of what to say.

Kaoru looked at the blue head. How long has it been since they last saw each other? Only one week, but it seemed like ages.

"Kaoru, are you OK? Kaoru-----?!?"

Before Toshiya could finish his question, his roommate abruptly pulled his arm and held him in a firm embrace. At first, the younger man stiffened and gasped in surprise, but blushed furiously at such warm and intimate form of affection.

"Jesus Christ, Totchi!" Kaoru whispered. "Where the hell were you for the past week?"

Toshiya nervously rolled his eyes around. Why was Kaoru doing this? "A-ano…I was at Hakuei’s place ne…"

The purple head playfully hit him on the head. "Baka. You should have called."

"I---well----"

"You got me so worried. I thought I was having a heart attack."

"Sou ka?" Is that why Kaoru was thrashing around and having nightmares? No, it seemed more personal than that. Why was Kaoru so worried? It wasn’t really his business to be worried. Nobody else in the dorm seemed to mind or question his actions. It was normal for him to stay over a lover’s place in lengthy intervals.

Suddenly, Toshiya felt guilty. Kaoru was only worried about him because he cared. It was cruel to take offense over someone who cared a lot. He was sure everyone in the dormitory care about him, but he assumes everyone has their own way of showing it.

Toshiya could feel the purple head still trembling from the nightmare. He wondered what could have happened to cause his roommate such hysteria. The younger man slipped his arms around Kaoru’s slim waist and held him tighter. Kaoru felt his friend embrace him. Without thinking about it, he buried his head on Toshiya’s neck, startling the younger man. Toshiya, though slightly uncomfortable, didn’t budge. Giving his Kaoru comfort was the least he could do for him for being such a good……friend….. {MOU~! Messed up hormones, I tell ya!! ~Yk2}

Toshiya could smell Kaoru’s hair.

~How beautiful…~ he thought.

It was a sweet combination of cigarettes and coffee…

…..COFFEE???

Toshiya quickly broke up their warm embrace, surprising Kaoru.

"Gomen, Kaoru. I forgot I have to meet someone at the coffee shop."

"Wha---? Coffee shop? You mean Oxley’s?"

"Gee, there aren’t any other coffee shops around campus, now, are there?" Toshiya grinned.

Kaoru smiled. Toshiya was now back to being the usual busy-body Toshiya.

The blue head quickly fixed his hair and fixed his choker.

"Do I look OK with this on?"

"Yeah."

"But, I mean, there are wrinkles on this skirt. And does it make me look fat?"

"Totchi!! You look fine."

"What? I just look ‘fine’? What happened to ‘Totchi, you look hot!’ or ‘wonderful’ or ‘SEXY’ for that matter?"

"Alright Totchi, you look really ugly in that outfit." The purple head tried not to show his amusement.

"MOU~!" Toshiya hit him with a pillow.

The blue head straightened his black vinyl tanktop. The shirt was a little to tight and too skimpy for an innocent meeting at the coffee shop on a breezy autumn morning…..

"You going to see Hakuei, aren’t you?"

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, I’m gonna see my honey."

Kaoru made a face. "I still don’t understand what you see in that guy!"

Toshiya stuck his tongue out. "Just because he called you a Rat Face---"

"Ack! Stop! Don’t say that!"

Toshiya giggled. It felt good to see that Kaoru was feeling much better. "Look, Rat Face, I’m late, so I don’t have time to argue."

Kaoru frowned.

Toshiya got up from the bed too quickly, then hissed in pain. He forgot his rear end was still sore from the night before. Toshiya winced. He didn’t think Hakuei was that rough…

Kaoru jumped up. "Totchi! Are you OK?"

"I’m OK. I’m OK." Toshiya flashed a smile and hopped to grab his coat.

"But Totchi---" Kaoru said uncertainly, watching Toshiya limp painfully. He winced as he wondered how hard Hakuei fucked with his roommate.

"I’m OK. Really!"

Toshiya walked---er, limped to Kaoru and wrapped Kaoru’s blanket around the purple head. "You’re still trembling a little. Keep yourself warm and wrapped up. If I come back early, I’ll bring you coffee. And you stay out of trouble, alright?"

"Demo---"

"Promise I’ll call." Toshiya winked before he disappeared out the door.

*****

Hours later…….

Toshiya tapped his newly painted fingernails on the table.

~Where. Is. He.?!!!~

He checked his wrist watch for the fiftieth time. 9:45 am. Hakuei was 45 minutes late! He whipped out his cell phone and dialed his lover’s number.

"Hello. The sexy irrisistable Hakuei is unavailable right now, so please leave a message after the---"

Toshiya hung up.

Damn answering machine. He had already left four messages. He was getting more and more fidgety and nervous from anticipation. He really really wanted to see Hakuei again, despite the fact that he saw Hakuei just yesterday. He couldn’t believe he is so……in love? He scratched his head. For some odd reason, it didn’t’ sound right. Well, whatever it is, everywhere he went, he wanted to be with his lover. Anything that concerned Hakuei made him ever so nervous. Toshiya even wore his tight leather skirt with the slit on the side because Hakuei said it looks good on him.

Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder. Toshiya, expecting it to be Hakuei, turned around with a bright beam on his face.

"What’s that smile for?"

Toshiya’s smile faded to a frown. "Hamasaki-san desu ka?"

In front of him wasn’t Hakuei, but it was that gossiping sorority bitch Hamasaki Ayumi.

Ayumi rolled her eyes. "What do you want?"

"Shouldn’t that be my question?"

Ayumi didn’t answer. She tapped her pencil on a pad of paper. Toshiya didn’t notice before, but Ayumi wore a white collared shirt with a matching white skirt. She wore a bright pink-checkered apron tied to a bow in the back. It was Oxley Café’s typical fruity uniform. Masaka….

Toshiya restrained his laughter by gripping the side of the table. The little ‘I-am-so-awesome-at-singing’ girl was working as a waitress!! The girl probably failed another quarter of music class and had to retake it again, so she needed money to pay for tuition.

"Well! Ayumi! It’s so nice to see you anyway!"

"Very nice to see you too." She said sarcastically. "Now tell me what you want before I mutilate your pretty little face up."

"This isn’t very good customer satisfaction, now, is it?"

"Shut it, gayboy!"

Toshiya felt anger well up in his chest. He opened his mouth to retort, but was cut off by someone.

"Hey, part-timer! Get to work!!"

Toshiya and Ayumi both turned to see a guy clad in an Oxley Café manager outfit.

"Shinya-san {from LS ~Yk2}!!" Toshiya beamed and gave a wave.

"Oi! Toshiya-chan? ‘sashiburi desu ne!" The manager of the Café walked over to Toshiya’s table. "Eh? You’re never here during the weekends, is something up?"

"No. No. Just waiting on someone." Toshiya replied, smirking at Ayumi then turning back to the older man. "I haven’t seen you in a while. Have you been busy?"

"Hai. Hai. They really need help in the kitchen." Shinya (LS) nodded. "The business is doing great. If things go like this for a while, I will be able to open up another Café right across town."

"Wow! That’s nice to hear. I hope you won’t be leaving us though." Toshiya gave a sexy grin.

"Oh! I would never leave my lovely Toshiya! You always give me good business here." The older man smiled. "I need to go now, but order anything you want. It’s on me."

"Arigatou gozai masu, Shinya-san."

Ayumi rolled her eyes. "What’ll it be?"

"Hmm…"

Toshiya scanned the menu, but couldn’t decide on what to order. Suddenly, he heard Shinya (LS) talking to someone seated behind him.

"Hey, buddy! How’s it going?" a voice greeted.

"Real great." Shinya (LS) replied cheerfully. "Wow! You’re by yourself today?"

"Yep." The person sighed. "He’s always so busy and doesn’t have enough time for me." The person whined cutely {---Is that possible? ^^ ~Yk2}.

Shinya (LS) gave a hearty laugh. "Well, that’s Hakuei for you. Now if you’ll excuse me."

Toshiya dropped the menu. Did he just mention Hakuei? The person’s voice rang through his ears over and over again.

~……He’s always so busy and doesn’t have enough time for me…..~

Impossible. Hakuei was seeing HIM and no one else. Maybe he was jumping to conclusions. Toshiya turned around, hoping to catch a glimpse of that person.

To the blue head’s dismay, the seat behind him was already empty.

 CONTD @ Episode 7: The Dreamcatcher

to be continued~