A/N: Oh my god. That took a while. So sorry, and it's not very long either. Isn't that a kick in the pants? Thanks to ODSTgirl058, Yaminoko, Beevosteethos, The Great White Emu (awesome screen name btw), kuma-chan, tishu, Rikotsu-sama, Navikun, PunkWoldIncarnate, and MaryK for the reviews. And thanks for your patience; university is a bitch. Drum roll please...
In Spite Of It All
You Look So Fine
"I'm open wide
I want to take you home
We're wasting time
You're the only one for me
You look so fine"
-Garbage, You Look So Fine
A couple days after the cab episode Shuichi found himself at Ryuichi's house. They were looking for something to do. Boredom consumed them.
"Hey," Ryuichi said to Shuichi. "Wanna play some video games?"
"Um… depends, which ones haven't we beaten already?" Shuichi replied, feeling a little pathetic.
"Probably we need to buy a few more."
"Ouch."
So, they ventured down to the electronics store merrily. With sunglasses and baseball hats of course, can't forget those. By the time they got there Ryuichi was practically buzzing with excitement. Shuichi could tell that this was going to lead them into trouble already.
"I want that one!!!!," Ryuichi said as he tried to grab it out of a little boys' hands. Alas, the little boy had the upper hand in height (or lack thereof) and ducked just in time.
"No, I want it," the little boy said in a whiney voice.
"I'll fight you for it," Ryuichi had a seriousness in his voice that made Shuichi nervous. This had been going on for about five minutes, Shuichi decided to stay out of it. That was until Ryuichi said he wanted to fight a little kid for a video game.
"Why don't we just go to a different store?" Shuichi suggested.
"No. I'm here and I want this VIDEO GAME!" Ryuichi was basically screaming at the top of his lungs by this point.
"Excuse me, sir. We're going to have to ask you to leave." Ryuichi turned around only to become face to face with a very stern looking man with a name tag. People with name tags are always important. Especially when it says 'manager', or 'security', that's when you listen to them.
"But, but…" Ryuichi began.
"I'm sorry, but you are disturbing the other customers… deeply."
"But, I'm your number one customer, Sakuma Ryuichi." To say that Shuichi was ashamed and a bit embarrassed would not come close to what he was feeling. "And this is my friend Shindou Shuichi."
Shuichi groaned. He had been trying to remain anonymous.
"Oh, my mistake. I'm so sorry Mr. Sakuma," the manager said. "Would you be so kind as to take a picture with me?"
"Yeah, no problem. Shuichi, come closer so the camera can see you."
About half an hour later, they left the store with a couple of t-shirts and the video game, compliments of the store. The shirts were a special thanks for the pictures –which would probably appear in the next issue of every tabloid magazine.
A week later and things still hadn't died down. Shuichi guessed right about the pictures, so naturally the journalists came asking for a recommendation on the hottest video games. They locked themselves in the apartment and didn't plan on leaving soon.
"This is almost worse than that time with Yuki," said Shuichi. "Plus, we're almost out of food."
"Suck it up you baby!" Ryuichi glanced quickly at Shuichi, sticking his tongue out before turning back to his video game.
"When is Kazuya coming back?"
"Why? You miss him already?" Ryuichi teased.
"Shut it."
"No."
"You wanna go?"
"Excuse me?"
"Oh, I think you heard me."
Ryuichi took off his sweater and bounced around on the balls of his feet. However, in mid-bounce, Shuichi ran full force into him with an outrageous headbutt. If Shuichi wasn't playing fair, Ryuichi wouldn't either. He found the nearest piece of skin to him mouth and bit. Pretty soon, the fight turned more violent than initially intended. It was probably due to the fact that they had been locked up in an apartment together for a week.
Rolling around on the ground, yelling and name-calling attracted a lot of attention from the media, who was now practically breaking down the door.
"Stop. I give. Uncle. Mercy," said Shuichi gasping for air. "That got out of hand, didn't it?"
"Yeah, uh-huh. Yes. Yes, it did."
"This sucks. I'm going to bed."
Kazuya walked in the door and hung up his jacket. He had been bombarded by reporters asking about the Shindou/Sakuma relationship. He refused to comment, though because he had no clue what his brother and Shuichi had gotten up to.
A light came from the living room and Kazuya followed it only to find Ryuichi attached to the TV in the exact position he left him.
"Where's Shuichi?"
"Room."
Kazuya went to his room and flashed in the light only to see Shuichi curled up on the bed. He immediately shut the light back off.
"Sorry." Shuichi didn't even move. Far too tired to care, Kazuya stripped down to his boxers and climbed in next to Shuichi. He shifted around for a bit under the covers until he finally found a comfortable position. He had just begun to drift off when Shuichi spoke.
"Kazuya, are you asleep?"
"I was."
"Sorry. How was your week? Was Tohma a bastard?"
"No, he wasn't even there. How was your week?"
"Oh god. We got mobbed my people at the electronics store."
"You guys are idiots. Did you even wear a hat? Tell me you wore a hat."
"We wore hats and sunglasses, but Ryuichi started a fight with this kid and…" Kazuya burst out laughing. "It's not funny. We had to take pictures with them so we didn't get kicked out. We did the games for free though. And complimentary t-shirts. Look, I'm wearing it right now."
Kazuya shook his head, but snuggled in closer to Shuichi.
"Kazuya?"
"Yeah?" Kazuya looked at Shuichi. Shuichi held his gaze for a while before leaning in and joining their lips together.
Initially, the kiss shocked Kazuya, but as the shock died down he rode the waves of pleasure that flowed through the kiss and pressed for more.
Shuichi took the encouragement and slipped an arm around eased an arm around Kazuya's neck, pulling him closer.
Kazuya, however, had a different idea in mind. He wrapped his hands around Shuichi's waist and drew him over so that he was sitting on Kazuya's lap. Shuichi deepened the kiss even more and they both got lost in sensation.
Kazuya felt a rush of excitement when Shuichi's tongue touched his. He didn't care if Shuichi was a guy, he liked him anyway. Shuichi suddenly pulled away from their kiss and readjusted himself so that he was straddling Kazuya and continued on. He kissed Kazuya deeply before kissing the crook of his neck. He proceeded down his neck ad slowly to his collarbone and chest.
Kazuya was blind with excitement while Shuichi fulfilled his every need. Meanwhile, Shuichi kissed his chest and teased his nipples. He continued down his stomach.
"Stop," Kazuya said as Shuichi reached his boxers. "I'm sorry. I'm not ready for this."
Shuichi slid up Kazuya's body and cuddled close to him. He could still feel Kazuya's erection pressing into his thigh and wished that Kazuya would let him go further.
"It's okay. I understand; it's different with a guy." Shuichi kissed Kazuya briefly on the lips then rolled off of him. Kazuya slid an arm around Shuichi and pulled him so his head was on Kazuya's shoulder.
They smiled at each other and Shuichi said: "Go to sleep."
Kazuya drifted off into sleep and Shuichi watched him for a while and did the same.
Ryuichi opened his eyes and glanced around the dark living room. He noticed that Shuichi wasn't there and got up to look for him. He checked the kitchen and bathroom before he got a sinister idea and looked inside Kazuya's room. He opened the door and smiled at what he saw. Closing the door, he padded down the hallway into his room feeling that things seemed right.
A/N: Was it okay? Was it sexy? Haha! Okay, sorry. Please reply or insert threat here. Thanks you crazy mofo's!