Chapter Eight:

Tender Mishaps Filler

Yuki stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. He stared at his reflection in the mirror and made a face. "That dinner was a disaster. I can't take him anywhere. I can't leave him anywhere either. Maybe I should just put him out of his misery; and kill him. I'd be doing the world a favor…yeah…"He opened the door and was greeted with Shuichi sitting Indian-style on the bed, staring at him.

"GAH! What are you doing you little freak? Why aren't you in bed? Isn't it past your bed time?"

"I need to talk to you." Shuichi pouted, crossing his arms.

"Like hell you do! Go to bed!" Yuki stomped across the room to where his suitcase lay, and rummaged through it until he found a pair of boxers, jamming his legs through the leg holes and pulling them on.

"No seriously!" Shuichi shouted, getting on his knees and crawling to the edge of the bed. Yuki sighed and walked to the bed, flopping down on the opposite side of where Shuichi sat.

"What is it? Do you need me to explain the process of how chicken fingers are made again? Or are you confused on the concept of how French fries are made?"

Shuichi shook his head. "Yuki…I'm being serious." He scooted over until he was beside Yuki. "Are you ok?"

Yuki raised his eyebrows. "What kind of question is that? Of course I'm ok."

Shuichi narrowed his eyes and cocked his head. "Are you sure? What about what happened earlier?"

"That's completely irrelevant. I don't want to talk about it."

"But Yuki…"

"That's enough Shuichi! Go to bed!" Yuki rolled over and faced away from him.

Shuichi lay down and wrapped his arms around Yuki's shoulders. "But Yuki…I'm worried about you..I think earlier you were crying. And you hardly ever cry…you're hard core! It's totally freaky when you cry! I love it of course, but still!"

"Drop it Shuichi." Yuki growled.

"No! I love you Yuki and I only want to take care of you! I want to be strong for you, but you won't even give me the chance! All I want is the chance!" The singer began to admit soft sobs.

Yuki rolled over so that the pink haired man was now hugging his chest. "Hey now. What do you mean, that 'I won't even give you the chance'?"

"Exactly what I said! You never let me know what you're feeling or anything! Sometimes I don't even feel like I'm your lover! I feel like maybe I'm your roommate or something!" The singer sobbed harder.

Yuki reached down and lifted Shuichi's face up from his chest. "Would I do this to a roommate?" he leaned down and kissed Shuichi on the lips.

"Mmmpfff?" Was Shuichi's response.

"See?" Yuki smirked.

Shuichi breathed heavily. "Yuki…you're amazing."

Yuki shrugged. "Heh. I know." He leaned down once more as his lips hovered above Shuichi's.

Shuichi closed his eyes and parted his lips in anticipation.

"MEOWRRR!"

Shuichi jumped and knocked his head into Yuki's.

"Son of a bitch! What the hell was that?" Yuki said, rubbing his head, looking disgruntled.

"MEOWRRR! HISS! HISS!"

Shuichi fumbled in his back pocket and pulled out his cell phone. "Oh this? It's my ring tone! It's Strawberry! Isn't it cute?"

"MEOWRRRRRRRR!"

Yuki glared at him. "Well? Are you going to answer it or are you just going to sit there and let it ring?"

Shuichi looked at the phone in surprise. "Oh! It's Hiro! I didn't expect him to call so soon!" "What do you mean 'it's Hiro'? Why the hell is he calling you this late?"

Shuichi smiled. "Because I told him to call me after he checked up on Strawberry. I gave him an extra house key. I hope that's ok!"

"You…What?"

"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWRRRRRRRRRRR!"

"Whoops! I better answer it!"

Shuichi pressed the answer key on his phone and held the phone up to his ear. "Yo, Hiro! What's up?" he got off the bed and walked towards the bathroom. He turned around and covered the phone with his hand. "Wait right here Yuki. I won't be too long. I promise." With that Shuichi walked into the bathroom and closed the door.

"So..how's my little Snookims-Baby-Angel-Strawberry-Kins?"

"Your fucking cat bit me."

"Aw Hiro she only does it when she likes you!" Shuichi stole a glance at his arms littered with bite marks.

"I'll bet." Hiro responded dryly.

"Did you feed Strawberry the stuff I left underneath the bathroom sink? She doesn't eat any of the dry shit. She only eats the canned food. Isn't that right my special little doll?"

"She can't hear you, you know."

"That's a great idea Hiro! Give the phone to Strawberry so she can talk to me!"

"She can't talk either, she's a cat in case you've forgotten."

Shuichi gasped. "Hiro! I can't believe you'd say that! Strawberry and I have been through so much together! We have a deep, special bond, in which only I can understand her!"

"Ok then Shuichi. I guess I have no choice but to give her the phone. Here she is!"

The line was silent.

"Strawberry! It's me honey bunch! I've missed you so much! Has Hiro been taking good care of you? Are you doing all right? …Strawberry?"

"I thought people could only be so stupid, but you Shuichi, far surpassed my expectations."

"What? Hiro! Where's Strawberry?"

"Heh. She's been here all along, talking to you…what? Can't you understand what she is saying? Heh. Heh. Heh."

"What! Hiro! You're a jerk! And you call yourself my lover! Speaking of lovers…look..I gotta go…Yuki and I were…uh…well lets just say you were kind of interrupting som-"

"I got it Shuichi. Go on back to Yuki. Strawberry's doing fine."

"We were getting ready to uh…"

"Shuichi! I told you I got it! You don't need to give me the details!"

"Well, when a man loves a woman…uh…in this case, when a man loves a man…uh..Hiro? Hiro? Where'd you go?"

The line was dead.

"Huh. I guess we got disconnected."

Oooooooo

Shuichi stepped out of the bathroom and found that Yuki was rolled onto his stomach, eyes closed, snoring softly.

Shuichi hurried over to Yuki and poked him in the back. He got no response. "Yuki…You weren't supposed to fall asleep! Yuki…We were gonna do it! Yuki! Goddamn it!"

A/N: So..this was the rest of chapter seven. take from it what you will. aha. hope you enjoyed it. beta anyone? still looking.