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"Distract me...or I will take an ear to the bedroom door." he answered but then noticed the sadness, "Are you alright?" He nuzzled the man as he was set into his lap. Now he was content. At least for a little while. He had a feeling that with all this free time he'd either burst into song or take a really long nap. Either were possible but for now, he wanted many kisses from his big bad wolf. Once his neck was nibbled he squeaked in surprised before talking to Yuuji.

"Your much worse than me! Spying on them at this high up when no one can get to them. Takagi-san you're as bad as my Yamada-san....maybe worse. Ok strike that....I can't say whether your worse, I don't see what Yamada-san does behind the scenes."

And if he could have he would have known that Yamada-san was watching them from his own vantage point. He even saw Takagi-san's hack go through and didn't stop it. Just kept him from noticing his own watch. It was rather fun to see how long before Takagi-san noticed him...if he did.

"Hush now. Eat." Ryu said, mostly warmly, but with a stern tone to it.

That's when Yumi decided to start barking.

"Yip! Yip! Yip!" she piped up. Looking behind him, he noted that she had eaten all of her food.

"Yumi-chan...quiet girl!" Ryu chuckled a bit, trying to ignore his little girl.

Yumi persisted, however, with an intensifying "Yip! Yip! YapYapYap!"

"Yumi-chan!" the violinist sighed, sipping his tea and waving his arm behind him to shoo her away.

Yumi retreated to the bedroom, tail between her legs, and came back moments later with something...small. Was it pink? It looked like a remote control of sorts...
Sitting down, the pup began to chew on the item, pressing all kinds of buttons.

"Yu...what have you got, girl?" Ryu asked, puzzled.
"Ah...it must be a toy of hers." he reasoned, taking another bite of his food and sipping some juice.

Thankfully, Naoko was used to taking orders... so he became very quiet and just started picking little nibbles at his food.
He wasn't hungry... but he wanted to make Ryu happy...
And... well... it did taste good...

Then all hell broke loose.

The second Naoko saw Yumi with that pink something, the blond was out of his chair and dashing at the dog, picking her up and stealing it from her. She whimpered, sad that her 'toy' was taken away, but eventually went over to scratch at Ryu's leg as if to say 'Mommy's being mean...'.

"Gomen..." Naoko said suddenly, putting the pink object in his pocket (after flipping the full on OFF switch). "I was supposed to return this to someone. Poodle teeth marks wouldn't be very good on it."

'First chance you get, Oumori... get rid of it...' he thought to himself, sitting back down.

kawaita tsumori ame ga tsuzunaku katari kakeru
namida wa seijaku ni...samayou yoru ga akeru







With a pout, Chiyou flopped back on the mattress.

"Fine. I suppose it can't be helped. But as soon as these bandages can come off, I'm tearing out of them." the kid declared, tossing his bear up in the air and catching him as though he were playing with a young child.

"Oh, Ishi came by with the bear last night. He didn't stay for long. You were asleep. He seemed really down. I could tell, even though he tried to hide it. Akihiko came by too. I think he thought you were cute, sleeping like you were. I'm pretty sure I upset him with some of what I said, but I think he needed to hear it."

Putting his hand on Nakai's thigh, the smaller blond sat up and curled into the older man.
"I think they'll be just fine, tough. Just wait til they get back. I bet things will be different."




karada o tsutau ame ni furueru awai omoi
guren no yuuwaku ni...samayou yoru ga akeru

I can no longer return to those days free of bloodshed
These deep scars rooted within me will not disappear...








"I know how inquisitive you can be, babydoll. But I don't think you're going to want an angry Narcissus standing over you when he opens the door and finds you there with an ear to his knee." Jun chuckled, massaging up and down Shou's spine, mixing it up with a long, teasing scratch every now and then.

"If I had to guess what Yamada was doing, I wouldn't be surprised if he were watching us right now." the dark man laughed mirthfully at his joke. It was certainly a joke. He didn't think for a moment that anyone might actually be watching the cameras on the plane. Really, he figured they were there for security purposes, like if someone hijacked the damn thing or if the plane went down, like a visual black box.

Deep eyes turned to the physical therapist when the man asked his question. It was a valid question, and a smart one as well.

"Tanaka-san, looking to write music now, eh? There are so many ways to do it. I've always found it's best when you channel emotions into lyrics, beats, and melodies. If there's something weighing on you, let it out in a song. If you're happy, make the song about that. But it can't be a passing feeling...it has to be something much deeper. something that will stick with you." he explained, tucking a lock of hair back into his ponytail.

"How do you do it, Shou-baby?" Jun asked softly, nuzzling against the man's neck again.

Sitting there for a few moments, Ryu just took things in, chewing his food, taking another bite, sipping some tea.

"I see..." he finally said, standing up and putting his now empty plate in the dishwasher.
For a moment, it seemed like he might be annoyed, angry, even...but when he turned around, there was nothing but a smile on his pale pink lips.

"Well, you do what you have to do..." he said, tidying up the kitchen.

Inside, however, he was confused and bitter.

If that's what did it for you, why did you need to go find Hayato? he thought silently to himself. He was so very angry...but he dare not show it. He had done wrong himself, so he had no right. Even so, he was still jealous. More so due to the fact that Naoko had run to the arms of an ex.

At least he had gone and done something with no real emotional attachment...

Then he looked to his bare ring finger.

No attachment, eh?

"I'm gonna get dressed, babe." the violinist perked up and headed into the bedroom.