Chapter One: A New Face In The House!

"You could at least tell me that you didn't finish it, before I waste three hours of my life coming here!"

"I didn't know you were busy," Akihiko Usami said, his face as calm as ever. Usami popped the lighted cigarette back into his mouth. The red-haired woman who stood in front of him, Aikawa Eri, pulled her hair out of anger, with steam blowing out of her nostrils at the same time.

"I left you a note saying that I would be all the way at Hokkaido for a vacation!" she yelled. "I was considerate enough to remember the deadline, so I had to travel back all the way to Tokyo to get your manuscript, only to hear a 'I haven't finished it' from you!"

Usagi arched a brow, "A note? Hm, I don't remember."

"I left it on the coffee table a week ago."

"Oh?" Usagi took the cigarette out of his mouth and turned behind to the nineteen-year-old boy, Takahashi Misaki, who was busy sweeping the floor. Usagi loved Misaki, and somehow Usagi gets the feeling that Misaki felt the same way about him. "Misaki, have you seen a note lying around a week ago?"

Misaki looked up from the floor and grinned, "I have! It was on the coffee table then. I thought it was some important note, but seeing that you ignored it, I had to throw it away! It was a nuisance to see that piece of junk lying around anyway."

Aikawa's face turned red with anger, "You ignored my note?"

Usagi's face remained calm as he took a deep sigh, "It wasn't my fault that the note was too small."

"But I did read the content of that note," Misaki added. "Although... I didn't understand much of it at all... All that was written on it was, 'Hokkaido.. Go... Deadline... Back'."

Aikawa's face twitched in embarrassment as Usami gave her a sly smirk, "I wouldn't understand it even if I hadn't ignored that note." Usami sighed again and plopped back onto the couch, "Now that you know why I wasn't acknowledged about your vacation, you can go back to Hokkaido. I have some work to do."

"Work? Is this what you call work?" Aikawa yelled as she stared at Usami on the couch. The look on his face was clear enough to tell her that he was about to go to sleep. "Take your work seriously! Geez, I don't know how the heck I ended up as your editor!"

"Well, perhaps he doesn't look like it, but Usagi-san is serious at heart."

Aikawa and Usami widened their eyes and turned to the brunette beside them. His face was flushed but he couldn't help smiling. "Sorry," he said. "I shouldn't have said that. I must learn how to keep my mouth shut.." He turned back to the floor and started sweeping again.

Aikawa's face turned deep red and she twitched of frustration, "Whatever. This is probably my first time I'm doing this, but I'm extending your deadline to another month. I won't have to waste my time coming all the way here then."

Aikawa watched as Usami sighed and laid back onto the couch. The cigarette bud fell from his delicate fingers and onto the floor. Misaki's eyes widened as he ran to the floor to pick up the bud, "Usagi-san, watch it please! Without me around, you'd probably burn this whole building down! Do you even listen to me? At this rate, you will never finish that novel of yours!"

Aikawa gasped, "On second thought, I'll hire someone to look after you!"

"Eh?"

Aikawa had already dialled a number on her cell phone, "While I'm on vacation, a friend of mine will help look after you, Usami. It's time you get serious about work! Misaki-kun is right; with you slacking off like that, goodness knows whenyou'll ever finish that novel!" Aikawa then turned and started talking to someone who was on the other line, and in less than ten seconds, she hung up and turned back to the men. "I've already made up my mind; my friend would be here in a minute! Meanwhile, I'm gonna go enjoy my vacation and Hokkaido!"

"Wait a minute...!" Misaki called out, "How is it that your vacation lasts for a month?"

Unfortunately, Aikawa had already ran out of the building.

Misaki looked up from the stove and turned his gaze to Akihiko Usami, who looked as if he was about to doze off on the couch. "You know, Usagi-san, if you're tired.. You can go take a rest in your room first."

"I don't want to," said Usami. "I'm staying here until that friend of Aikawa's arrive. I want to see what he or she looks like, what his or her name is, which town he or she comes from..."

Misaki sweatdropped. "Usagi-san.. I don't think that's necessary..... Ah! I'll go get that!" he said, as soon as he had heard the doorbell rang. Misaki walked up to the front door and pressed the button on the 'identification machine' beside it... or so, that was what Usami called it. Through the lens, Misaki could see a man with shoulder-length red hair. He, for some reason, was wearing a black suit. The man looked pretty young himself.

"Morning! Ah, so sorry I'm late. I've been called up by Aikawa to keep an eye on some guy..." The man took out a piece of paper from his breast pocket, and began reading aloud, "Akihiko Usami..... Oh? He's my most favorite novelist of all time! M-may I come in?"

"Yeah, we've been waiting for you!" Misaki pushed down the knob and pulled open the door. The man in the suit entered the building, with a smug smirk on his face. There was something about him that made Misaki feel uneasy. The man turned to the brunette and laid out his hand, "Morning to you!"

"Uh.. Morning to you too, dude-in-a-suit," Misaki muttered as he shook hands with the man.

Usami got out of the couch and turned to the man. For a few seconds, he froze, but he got back to his senses soon after. "You're.... Aikawa's friend?"

"Ah, yes!" the man said. "Usami-sensei, I've always wanted to meet you! My name is Nakahara Kaoru. Apparently, Aikawa-san sent me to..." Kaoru read aloud from the paper once again, "...'steal you away from laziness'...."

Misaki's eyes widened at the phrase, 'steal you away'. He knew that Kaoru had no intention to did that, and Aikawa was smart enough to end the phrase with the words 'from laziness', but Misaki still felt uncomfortable at the thought of it. He couldn't help but feel funny. But why, he wondered. Why do I feel weird inside of me? Am I sick, or am I just...

Kaoru arched a brow and raised his head, sniffing the air, "I smell...."

"Oh no! Dinner!" Misaki ran back to the stove and opened the lid of the huge pot. He choked as his face was engulfed with heaps of black steam arousing from the pot. When the steam finally subsided, he took a peep into the pot and sighed, "There goes the salmon..."

"It's fine. At least we still have the miso soup. We can simply eat that with rice," Usami said, lighting up another weed. "Welcome, Kaoru-san. Make yourself at home."

Kaoru's eyes sparkled almost immediately, "Th-thank you, Usami-sensei! That's so kind of you to say that, even though I'm not even going to live here! Aikawa-san had always said that you were a lazy bunny, only thinking of some animal called 'Misaki' and... oh wait, was 'Misaki' an animal? Oh, I don't remember, but still--"

"--I take my word back. You're not welcome here."

"Wh-what are you babbling about?"

"I do not allow any nuisance to be brought to my house. As long as you're making someone feel unhappy, you're not welcome here. You being a friend of my editor's... I have every right to kick you out. The only way to stay is to stop all your nonsense and do as you are told." Usami turned to look at the brunette, who was scooping rice into three bowls.

"I-I'm so sorry, Usami-sensei! I'll stop being a nuisance from now on! I really look up to you, and I want to be just like you! So this is really a good opportunity to see you do your work, so I can become a great novelist like you too! I'm writing a story about these two adults who often disagree with each other, so please at least read it, if you don't mind..."

As Kaoru continued to talk about his ambition to be a novelist, Usami sighed and rubbed his temples. Maybe if I finish my work faster, he'll leave faster, he thought. Yes, I should forget about everything and continue on my work, for now...

"What was that about anyway? Calling me an animal... who does he think he is?"

Misakithrew the huge teddy bear to the floor, "Wait.. that guy isn't the problem.... It's Aikawa-san who first called me an animal, isn't it?" Misaki got to his knees and started to squeeze and pull the teddy's head, "I'm gonna disfigure her face the moment she comes back from Tokyo!"

"Oi! Oi! Stop messing around with Suzuki-san's face!" Usami yelled. "Can you at least relax for a bit? It's me who should be all stressed up, not you!"

"Ah, but what should you be stressed up about?" Misaki asked, releasing his grip from the teddy's head. "I don't think it's a bad idea at all, having someone keep an eye on you while you work. Besides, he really looks up to you, and he wants to be a novelist and all... Well.... I'm just saying, I don't know what you should be stressed up about."

"What do you mean 'you don't know'? Can't you see that this boy's going to stalk me for a whole month? Plus, I still have about thirty pages to finish! It's gonna take me about a year to finish this!"

Usami swore he had heard the brunette giggle. "What's so funny?" he asked.

"You're such a jerk," said Misaki, giggling once more. "You usually finish your novels in a few months, no matter how many pages you'll have to do. A-anyway, now's a good opportunity to turn over a new leaf; get out of that lazy life style and do your work! Like every other novelist would do!"

"But... I also have some things to handle at the publishing office..." Usami said.

"You could at least use your brain, Usagi-san! Do your whatsoever work at the office, then you come home to take some rest. After dinner, or perhaps after Kaoru's gone back home, you can do the rest of your work, at night, I mean! And then--"

Before Misaki could say another word, he found himself on the floor, with Usami on top of him. Usami brought his face closer to Misaki's, causing Misaki to moan a little. "I can't possibly do that," Usami mumbled, his voice barely louder than a whisper. "If I do, then I'll have no time to spend with you..."

Misaki winced as he felt Usami's cool, yet warm, fingers run down from his chest to his stomach, "What are you talking about...? W-we spend time with each other everyday...!"

"But that's not enough," Usami said, as he gave Misaki a slight smirk. "I want every night, too."

"Usami-sensei! Your work is amazing!" the men heard Kaoru's voice from the living room. "Usami-sensei, please teach me how to write like this!"

"H-hey.. Kaoru-san is calling for you.. Y-you should go down and teach him.. whatever he wants you to teach him...!" Misaki muttered. He could neither talk properly nor open his eyes as he could feel Usami's warm breath at his neck, and that always made him feel uncomfortable.

"I don't care about that," Usami said. "I only care about you. No one else."

"USAMI-SENSEI!"

Before Misaki and Usami knew it, Kaoru had already opened the door. He had already entered the room. And...

He was seeing Usami on top of Misaki.

This is my first fanfic, so I apologize for any mistakes... or whatever crap that you see here! xD
I have been a huge fan of yaoi, AND Junjou Romantica! I often find myself re-watching the anime, and I'm simply obsessed with the couple MisakiXUsami :D

Usagi means "rabbit". Yeah, I know you all know that, but it sounds so cute, doesn't it? x3
Maybe I should start calling my friends animals, for a change! xD

Anyway, please review my story! I would appreciate it if you do, and of course LOVE YOU! x333

-- Yuffie001