Room 304, Diety Hall

Author: Yukimi2 yukimi2@yahoo.com

Episdoe 7: The Dreamcatcher

Ayumi watched confusedly as Toshiya suddenly turned to the seat behind him. Toshiya turned back around then whipped out his cell phone, hastily dialing a number. The blue head hung up and checked his watch. He sighed.

"Hey, are you going to order or not?"

Toshiya looked up. Ayumi was startled to see him slightly shaken.

"Hey, did you hear me?"

Toshiya apparently wasn’t listening. "Who was behind me a while ago?"

"Eh? A customer. How should I know?"

Toshiya pressed his lips together, thinking. Suddenly, he hurriedly picked up his purse and shoved Ayumi out of the way, running out of the café and ignoring the soreness of his behind.

Ayumi pouted. "He didn’t even give me a tip."

"Sumimasen." A voice behind Ayumi said.

"Ah! Gomen!" Ayumi stepped aside, letting the customer sit back down on the seat behind where Toshiya was sitting.

"I think one of your faucets in the restroom is leaking." The person informed the waitress.

"Sou desu ka? We’ll have it fixed right away." Ayumi walked over to the counter, watching the customer sip his coffee, then moving her eyes to where Toshiya was sitting, then moved over to Toshiya’s running figure outside the café.

Ayumi may suck at singing, but she was not stupid. In fact, she was far from stupid.

Out of nowhere, Ayumi gave one sly, frosty smile.

*****

Toshiya ran until the pain on his rear end could take no more. He leaned against the wall and slumped to the floor, trying to catch his breath. Deep in his heart, he was hurting. He wanted to cry. But what kept him from doing so is speculation.

~Yes, speculation. You’re speculating too much, Toshiya! You’re so stupid.~

Toshiya gripped his purse and squeezed his eyes shut. He cried easily and he knew that, but he promised himself not to cry or get head-over-heels over somebody ever again. All his previous lovers weren’t exactly the nicest people. Most of them ended up pretty badly. But he didn’t want to give in.

The blue head looked at his reflection on a window right across form him. Despite dressing up all nice, his face looked like crap. Maybe it’s him. Maybe there was something wrong with him. Was he too desperate? Too naïve? Too optimistic? Too….stupid?

Toshiya shook his head hard. ~ Don’t think too much. Like you said. This is all speculation. Just put a smile on your face because Hakuei is YOUR Hakuei. Understand?~

Toshiya pasted a very fake smile then took a few deep breaths.

~That person in the café is only Hakuei’s friend….only Hakuei’s friend….friend….friend….~

Feeling a lot better, he stretched his arms out and continued to walk on the sidewalk.

~Damn! I forgot my coffee!!~ Toshiya pouted.~ I even forgot to buy Kao-Kao one too!~

The thought suddenly worried him. He wondered if Kaoru was OK. It was so scary. That morning, he was having his usual two hour make-up-fixing session when suddenly Kaoru began yelling like crazy. Toshiya shuddered. He really wanted to ask Kaoru what he dreamt about, but Toshiya suppressed his curiosity. Whatever the nightmare was about had to be painful….and personal. Toshiya didn’t have the heart to ask. Besides, it was invasion of privacy. He already buggs Kaoru enough.

Toshiya stopped by a shop and looked at the display on the glass. His eyes widened.

~KAKKOI!!!~ Toshiya thought.

Normally, he would look at the new jewelry displayed in that particular store, but his time, he was looking at something else.

The blue head ran into the store and asked the employee to give him the item on display.

The sales clerk handed it to Toshiya. "It’s a little expensive, but it’s an original handmade item. You’re very lucky. It’s the last one left."

"I’ll take it!" Toshiya exclaimed. He was too happy to think about the price tag. Besides, it was for someone else. Toshiya shoved the bills to the sales lady’s hand and bolted out the door with his purchase.

Toshiya beamed excitedly. He held up the purple and blue dreamcatcher he just bought and watched the little gems gleam from the sunlight.

"OoooOOoo! What’s that?"

Toshiya turned around, but saw nobody.

">_<!! ~MOU~! Down here, Toshiya!!"

Toshiya looked down and saw Kyo, scowling. Toshiya giggled. "Aww…gomen Kyo. I didn’t see you there."

"Shut up, Mr. Long Legs."

"Ohayo, Toshiya!"

Toshiya looked and saw Levin and Hyde right behind Kyo. "Gomen, you guys. I guess the air up here is cloudier than the air down there." (Insert evil anime laugh).

Kyo and Hyde: ">_<****!!!"

Levin: "Huh?"

"SO, I hear you guys got a new roommate."

"Oh!" Levin replied. "You mean Shinya-san?"

"You mean the Mute One." Kyo snickered.

Toshiya raised his eyebrow.

Hyde rubbed his eyes. Obviously he just got up from bed. "Yeah! He doesn’t talk at all. He’s scary."

"Dude. Yesterday I sat down and tallied his words. He said 6 words to me the entire day!" Kyo said.

"He’s not that bad." Levin said.

"Come on, Levin." Kyo rolled his eyes. "Shinya obviously favors you."

"No he doesn’t."

"Yes he does! You always have that kawaii innocent attitude about you. Of course he likes you better!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not! Do not! Do not!"

Toshiya *sweatdrop*. "Ano…guys, where you headed?"

Hyde yawned. "We’re having math problems. So we’re going to see ‘the Engineers’."

"Engineers?"

"Hai. You know, that group of smart asses that always break the curve." {There’s always that one group in every college, ne? ><~Yk2}

"Oh! You mean Akira, Tadashi, Takashi, and Ryutaro? {heehee. Plastic Tree….as engineers? ^^; ~Yk2}. Toshiya laughed. "Just because their engineers doesn’t mean they have all the answers. Why don’t you ask your T.A. {T.A., you know, Teaching Assistants. Those ppl. Who teach recitation and help the professors in college…. You do know what I’m talking about, right? ~Yk2}."

Kyo gave Toshiya a murderous look. "Sorry to burst your bubble, Toshiya, but our Math TA happens to be Sugizo. Do you really think we can learn anything in that class?"

Toshiya tried to hide his smile. "My, my. But it must be enjoyable watching Sugizo flirt with all the students and professors, ne?"

Hyde whined. "But it’s not fair! I wanna pass too! Why couldn’t we be lucky like Levin here and get Inoran as our Math TA. Everyone else from that recitation got good grades!"

"Yeah! Look at what I got on the last quiz!" Kyo took out a paper with a big ‘F’ on it. On the side was a comment that said: ‘Better luck next time, baby.’ There was a bright red lip mark on the side of the comment.

Toshiya started laughing. "I think he’s coming on to you, Kyo!"

Kyo grumbled. "I’m not feeling any support here. Let’s go, guys!"

Hyde shook his head and followed Kyo while Levin looked confused, trying to catch up to his other roommates.

*****

Kaoru rubbed his eyes wearily and set his pencil down. His head hurt from studying the past four hours. Not only that, but his stomach has been growling uncontrollably. He was so busy studying he forgot about his hunger. And where’s Toshiya? Wasn’t he supposed to bring back coffee? Why hasn’t he called? Dammit. He’s probably fucking Hakuei again! As if his ass isn’t grounded enough already.

Knock. Knock.

Kaoru frowned. He didn’t really want visitors at this time. He really needed to study, especially since Takeo is also in his chemistry class, so the curve won’t be much of a help. It’s probably Toshiya, unable to open the door because of the amount of shopping bags he’s carrying.

Knock. Knock.

"Coming! Coming!!"

Kaoru got up from his study table and padded over to the door. He swung it open. He was about ready to yell, thinking it was Toshiya at the door. But the purple head stopped. Instead of seeing Toshiya’s mischievous grin, he was greeted by a pair of pretty green eyes.

"Shinya?" Kaoru said in surprise.

CONTD ~ @ Episode 8: Intro to Alpha Sigma Jonny’s Fraternity

to be continued~