Hi there! This is my first fic and English is my second language, so please be indulgent!

I really should be doing something else, but I couldn't resist. You see, nobody else seems to be writing this fic in my place, and it is begging to be born… TʌT

I promise to complete this fic, because it can be so frustrating when other authors don't (Rosethorn2, won't you pleaaaase finish Himitsuuuuu? °~°)

Warnings: shounen ai: boy x boy relationship. Don't like, don't read. Nothing graphic. Please note that characters are in high school.

Disclaimer: I don't own Clamp School Detectives, or I would make it approximately 10 times longer.

Chapter 1 – Let's have some cake!

All was as usual in the Student Council Office. Suoh was reading through bulky documents while keeping and eye on Nokoru and another on the door (in case some kidnapper should enter). Akira, who apparently did not place his trust in calculators, was doing complicated divisions with a simple abacus.

And Nokoru, ignoring his piles of paperwork, was vaguely thinking of composing an essay titled "One Hundred And One Ways To Annoy Your Secretary, Or How To Render Suoh Mad By The Repeated Avoidance Of Paperwork Using The Most Absurd Pretexts".

As said, all was as usual.

But Nokoru could not help noticing their smooth routine going slightly off track when Suoh proposed to fetch them some tea and cake.

Turning from the window, Nokoru stared at the secretary, then at the clock. It was barely one thirty in the afternoon. And Suoh never ever suggested anything that involved taking a break. Largely, it was to be suspected, because Nokoru could take about 15 breaks a day without any prompting.

- What did you just say, Suoh?" he asked to make sure.

- I said I baked a cake, and what about some tea to go with it?" Suoh said, punctuating his answer with a genki smile that was so not Suoh.

Okay. Something's not right, thought Nokoru, but he had no time to say anything before Akira spoke up, almost snapping at them:

- Takamura-senpai! Do not distract Kaichô from his paperwork! And Kaichô, do not even think of taking a break this soon! You have been goofing off all week, and those papers need to be signed by tomorrow!

Nokoru turned his head from one to the other, dazed. WHAT was going on? Had his two friends been interchanged somehow? Were there aliens on campus?

Then he noticed Akira's cheek puffing out of control. And next moment, both boys were laughing their heads off.

- April Fool, Kaichô," Akira gasped.

- You… you should have seen your face…

Suoh was almost sobbing with laughter. Nokoru smiled, enjoying the joke.

- I see. It IS the first of April. But I honestly thought a mad scientist had interfered with you.

The next minute his smile turned briefly into a smirk, then he put on a serious face.

- Suoh," he began.

- Yes, Kaichô?

- You always keep your word, don't you? It is part of your code of honor, isn't it?

- Ye-yes," stammered Suoh, startled by the question.

- And you just said you were going to bring us a cake you baked, didn't you?

Nokoru was all fluttering eyelashes and angelic smile. Whereas Suoh's face turned horrified, in an I-don't-know-how-to-bake-a-cake-and-it-would-take-me-ages-anyway kind of way. But Nokoru had him trapped.

- I'll go with you," Akira suggested quickly.

But before Suoh had time to breathe, Nokoru parried instantly.

- Oh, but Akira, didn't you just say paperwork was the priority right now? You can't expect me to trudge and slip away yourself, can you?

Akira had the good grace to laugh.

- Too bad, Takamura-senpai," he said with a sympathizing expression. "Good luck."

- Luck?" Nokoru repeated innocently. "He said his cake was already made. He needs no luck. Well, Suoh, are you going?"

Suoh had no choice but to comply, though he felt very much like a deer caught in headlights.

As he turned to close the door behind him, however, Nokoru gave him a smile, this time a genuine, warm smile.

- And I'll have the paperwork finished by the time you come back," he promised.

Suoh, surprised for a second, smiled back his small, almost invisible smile that managed to make a whole lot of difference to his face.

After all, reflected Nokoru, it wouldn't do to tease the secretary to death.