Disclaimer: I could never have thought up a giant robot panda. And for the record, Rage is totally a Mary-Sue, she just doesn't know it yet...

Rei-chan, this is for you.

"String Theory"

"Yuki!" He grabbed Yuki's shirt collar before the writer understood what was happening and fumbled with the fabric for a moment. When Shuichi pulled away, there was a safety pin attatched to Yuki's shirt, with a piece of red yarn tied on one end.

"What the-" he began to mutter, but then felt a light tug on his shirt. Yuki looked up and saw that Shuichi also had red yarn safety pinned to himself. The young man grinned.

"You like? Today Hiro told me about a myth that people are attached to their soul mate by a red string." Shuichi held the yarn up and Yuki saw that they each had an end of the string on their shirt. "See? My red string led me to you, Yuki!" He leaned across the couch and stole a kiss from Yuki.

Eiri glanced back down at the string pinned to his collar just as Shuichi said, "My string led to you, Yuki. Where does yours lead?" Indeed, Yuki thought with a tiny smile, and he glanced up to reply, but Shuichi was nowhere to be seen. However, looking down, Yuki saw red yarn on the floor that led out of the room. Picking up the end that lay at his feet, Yuki followed the red string through the house. It eventually led him to his bedroom, inside which Yuki could see Shuichi spread out on the bed, waiting for him. He chuckled briefly and pulled his shirt up over his head, the red yarn still on his shirt falling to a heap on the floor. He approached the bed and Shuichi giggled.

"So, where did it lead?" he asked again as Yuki got on the bed and straddled him.

"Where do you think?" Yuki replied as he bent down and kissed him. "It leads to you, idiot."

End