Episode Five
Drowsy.
Drowsy, drowsy, drowsy.
That’s what Yamapi felt as he lay on Kame’s bed. That’s why he hated being sick. Medicine was a horrible thing.
“Stupid germs.” Yamapi muttered. It was Saturday, and he was feeling terrible.
Kame raised an eyebrow as he helped Yamapi apply a cold pad on the latter’s forehead. “I don’t think scolding the germs would help you recover faster.”
“Well, they’re stupid. So stupid, I shall defeat them. Kill them all.”
“Yes, you go do that in your dreams.” Kame chuckled as he tucked Yamapi under the covers. “Get some rest.”
“That’s all I’ve been doing since yesterday.” Yamapi muttered. “It’s boring.”
“I don’t think getting sick was ever supposed to be exciting.” Kame rolled his eyes. Just then, there was a buzz. Kame hurried to the door, taking a peek through the peephole before opening it. “Ah, Kazunari.”
“Yo.” Nino greeted as he let himself in. He stopped though, as he noticed that someone else was in the house. “Kazuya, why is there someone in your bed?”
Kame looked to see that Yamapi had removed the covers and was sitting upright, looking at them curiously. Kame ignored Yamapi’s questioning glance, turning back to his cousin and waving dismissively. “Just ignore him ne. He’s just someone who’s homeless and sick.”
Homeless and sick?! Yamapi frowned. Kame’s description just made him sound like a beggar. Although it was technically true that he was currently sick, and had been kicked out from his apartment. But how could Kame call him ‘just someone’?
“When did you start taking in homeless people into your humble abode?”
“It’s only one homeless person, and it’s only temporary.” Kame replied, before he changed the subject. “What brings you here anyway?”
“Ah, I was bored, and nearby, so I decided to pop by and see how my baby cousin is doing.”
“If you’re bored you should go and find Okada-san.” Kame rolled his eyes.
“Can’t always bug him. He’s my senpai y’know. Must show him respect.”
“Bullshit. You always bug him and make him do things for you.”
“Can’t help it that I’m such a lovable junior, right?” Nino flashed a smile, before continuing. “Actually, I won’t be staying too long cos I have to head down to check up on that baka MatsuJun later. He still owes me a chapter. I would go to his place to nag at him right now, but it’s really draining as I do it every day, so I’ll just demand for the chapter later. Being an editor can be so tiring.”
Kame made a face. “I thought you go to Matsumoto-san’s place to play games on his PlayStation?”
“It’s Aiba-chan’s PlayStation, not MatsuJun’s, and you can’t possibly expect me to just sit and stare at him while he works right?”
“You’re just coming up with excuses.”
“No, I’m just making good use of my time.” Nino corrected, before digging into his bag. “Anyway, I have something to pass to you.”
“… Not again.”
“Hey, don’t look at me like that.” Nino stated as he passed Kame a file. “I’m just the middle man, passing you things on behalf of your mum. It’s not my idea to make you attend an omiai, even if I think it’s amusing.”
“I know, I know.” Kame sighed.
“Oh yes, I’m also supposed to inform you that there might be a family gathering some time next week. Friday? If I remember correcly. Should be just dinner, I think.”
“Hai, hai.”
“I’m going off now then. Since you have company.” Nino said as he turned to leave. “Tell your friend to stop staring at me though. I know I’m good looking and all, and sometimes people just can’t help but stare, but it’s rather rude y’know.”
“…”
“Ja ne.”
“Ja.”
After Nino left, Kame turned to see that Yamapi was still seated on the bed, looking at him. It didn’t look like Yamapi had moved an inch. Kame dumped the file on the table, then strode towards the bed, stopping to wave a hand in front of Yamapi’s face.
“Ano, are you actually awake or are you sleeping with your eyes open?”
Suddenly, Kame’s hand was grabbed, and without warning, he was pulled onto the bed, wrists pinned by Yamapi’s strong hold, as the latter hovered above him. Kame cursed Yamapi for still having such a strong grip despite being sick, as he struggled to get free.
“Oi! What are you doing?! Let go of me!”
“I’m bored.”
Kame’s eyes widened, as he started to panic. “D- Don’t think of doing anything!”
“Doing what?” Yamapi asked, feigning innocence.
“Ju- Just don’t do anything! Don’t even think about it!”
Yamapi smirked, before he let go of Kame’s wrist and returned to his original sitting position. “Don’t worry. I won’t do anything. At least not when I’m still sick anyway.”
Kame felt his vein about to pop. Why did Yamapi have to add that last line? He was sure that the latter was just trying to mess with him again, as usual. He was seriously going to have to get used to this, and learn to not react, because that was what Yamapi wanted.
“By the way…” Yamapi began, as Kame got up from the bed.
“Nani?”
“Tell your cousin that I wasn’t staring at him.” Yamapi said, before tilting his head and leaning to the side a bit. “I was too busy staring at your cute ass.”
“Hentai!” Kame shouted, before scurrying off, just as the the house phone rang. He hurried to pick up the phone. “Moshi, moshi.”
“Kazuya. It’s mama.”
“Okaasan? What is it?”
“Mou, mama just called to see how her Kazuya was doing. You hardly come back, and you don’t even call often.”
“Gomen.”
“Did Kazunari pass you the file?”
“… Okaasan, can you please stop asking Kazunari to pass these omiai things to me?”
“Demo, what could I do? It’s not that I want to trouble Kazunari, but like I said earlier, you hardly come back so I don’t see you as often as Kazunari does. He often drops by to say hello to his old auntie, your poor lonely mama. Granted he lives just down the road, but it’s the thought that counts. On the other hand, I haven’t seen Kazuya in ages.”
“Hai, hai. I know that I should go back and visit more often, but you know how busy I am. And I’m coming home on Friday, isn’t it?” Kame said. “Anyway, I wasn’t talking about you troubling Kazunari. I meant that, could you not arrange all these match-making sessions for me anymore. You should know that I’m not interested.”
“But that’s what worries me.” Kame’s mum replied, in a concerned tone. “Both your oniichans are already married, and Yuya even has a girlfriend. But Kazuya, you’re still single and without a girlfriend.”
“But I’m only twenty-three. And Kazunari doesn’t have a girlfriend either and he’s three years older than I am. Why don’t you ask him to attend the omiai instead?”
“Kazunari is such a carefree person, there’s no need for anyone to worry about him. When Kazunari decides to settle down, he’ll have no problems doing so. On the contrary, I’m worried that when Kazuya actually wants to settle down, no one would want you. I just don’t want that to happen.”
“Okaasan, you’re talking about me as if I’m a daughter you have to marry off.”
“Well, among you four boys, I’ve always thought that Kazuya was most like a daughter.”
“Okaasan!”
“Joudan, joudan!” Kame’s mum laughed. “Anyway, Kazuya, could you just be a good boy and go for this upcoming one at least? It’s next Sunday. I haven’t met this girl, but I’m told that she’s just lovely, and I’m sure she’ll be your type.”
Type? Pft. Going by the current situation, it would seem like his type was someone who had a pretty face but a horrible personality. If that was the case, Kame was thinking that he might be better of being single for the rest of his life.
“If I go for this omiai, would you stop arranging any more new ones?”
“Well, if this time it’s a perfect match, mama obviously wouldn’t have to arrange any more match-making sessions for you.” Kame’s mum remarked, before adding. “Please go ne, Kazuya. For mama’s sake? I’ll cook all your favourite dishes for dinner on Friday.”
Kame rolled his eyes, before sighing in defeat. “Alright, I’ll consider it. Consider. I’ll decide nearer to the day.”
“Ah, alright then. Mama won’t force you anymore.”
“Ja, I’ll see you on Friday evening then.”
“Don’t be late!”
“Hai.” Kame promised, before ending the call.
When he turned around, he noticed that Yamapi was again, just sitting there and staring. This time though, Kame wasn’t going to walk into the trap again. Grabbing the basket of dirty clothes from the bathroom, Kame took his keys, wallet and jacket, before putting on his shoes as he got ready to leave.
“Oi, get some rest.” Kame said to Yamapi. “I’m going out to get the laundry done, then I’ll buy back lunch on the way.”
Not waiting for Yamapi to answer, Kame closed the door behind him.
* * * * *
Kame had returned home with lunch, cleaned laundry, and a bag of rented DVDs. After lunch, they spent the rest of the day cleaning the house. Even though Kame had insisted that Yamapi rested some more, the older man refused to listen and had taken up some of the cleaning duties. It was like another personality switch or something, Yamapi suddenly being really nice and helpful.
“Are you really going for the omiai?” Yamapi asked out of the blue, sounding like he was bursting to ask this question for a long time now.
Kame shrugged. “Maybe… do you think I should?”
“No, I don’t think you should.”
“Why not?” Kame asked. It was as if a small part of him was hoping that Yamapi would say that he shouldn’t go for the omiai simply because Yamapi didn’t want him to, that Yamapi wanted Kame for himself. Kame knew it was wishful thinking on his part though.
“Rejection would be hard to take.”
“Eh?”
“I said, rejection would be hard to take. If you go for the omiai, and it’s an older woman, she might find you too young and prefer someone much older with a very high income and all that. If it’s a younger woman, she probably got forced into it and isn’t interested and would think that you must be so desperate to actually attend an omiai.” Yamapi explained as he continued dusting the shelves. “Either way, you would get rejected because the other party doesn’t think that you’ll be good enough for them, so I don’t think there’s any point in you going.”
Kame blinked several times, as he took in what Yamapi had just said. Did Yamapi just insult him? “Are you saying that I’m not good enough for anybody?”
“No, I said that they will think that you are not good enough for them.”
“Isn’t that the same thing?”
“Not really, but if you want to see it that way…”
“I think I should attend the coming omiai then.” Kame announced. “If there’s any rejection involved, I’ll be the one doing the rejecting. But who knows? I might end up getting myself a wonderful girlfriend.”
Yamapi stopped his action of dusting to turn to stare at Kame. Rather, he was glaring at the younger man, shooting daggers. Kame almost punched the air in triumph for having been successful in annoying the other. But as usual, Yamapi managed to do something that Kame completely did not expect.
“What would you like for dinner?” Yamapi asked, a look of innocence across his features.
“…” Kame eyed the other suspiciously. It was such a sudden change in subject, Kame almost didn’t catch the question. “Nande?”
“Oh, I just thought that since you’ve been so nice to me, letting me stay here and even taking care of me, I’ll show my appreciation by cooking us dinner tonight.”
“Firstly, about staying here, I never agreed that you could stay on after you’ve recovered. Secondly, are you intending to poison me, so that you can take over my apartment after I die?”
“No, I don’t intend to poison you. I don’t want to take over your apartment, I just wanna stay with you.”
“I just wanna stay with you.” Those words caused Kame’s heart to skip a beat, even though he knew he shouldn’t read too much into it. He mentally chided himself, before focusing on the conversation at hand once again. “Tch. You mean you want to stay here because it’s free, isn’t it? There’s not enough space for the both of us though.”
“I’ll pay half the rent and do the house cleaning, and even cook the meals if you want, in return for staying here. And I don’t need much space. I’ve looked around, the apartment should be able to hold both your things and the small amount of stuff I have. As for sleeping space, we could share the bed of course. Or if not, I guess I could just sleep on a futon.”
Kame pondered over what Yamapi had to offer in return for letting the latter stay here. It was a rather good deal. It was as if he’ll be getting himself a maid who even paid half the rent. It might get a little bit crowded, but Kame didn’t actually mind too much. The only thing that was really holding him back from saying ‘yes’ was the fact that this was Yamapi in question. The guy who was mentally unstable and also had a hobby of toying with Kame’s feelings. At the same time, he couldn’t exactly say that he hated the other’s presence…
“If Kame-chan doesn’t say anything, then I’ll take that as a ‘yes’?” Kame’s trail of thought was interrupted by Yamapi, who stared at him, wide-eyed, head tilted to one side, lips pursed in a slight pout. Ka… kawaii! Kame thought as he looked at the child-like, angelic face of the other, who was still waiting for a reply from him. Before realising it, Kame had nodded his head, a sign of approval.
“Sankyuu!” Yamapi grinned, then he kissed Kame on the lips. By the time Kame realised what had just happened, Yamapi had already bounced off to dust some other shelves.
“He-Hey! Did- did you just trick me into agreeing to let you stay here?!”
“Tricked you? No. All I did was ask.”
Yeah, and looked at me with that pretty, cute face of yours to disrupt my train of thought so that I’ll end up agreeing without realising! Kame screamed in his head. He never knew that he could be so dumb and easily tricked. No, usually, he was more careful and would be the one who could use such tricks to get others to do things for him. Never did he think that someone could turn the tables. Kame rubbed his face in frustration.
A few minutes later, after Kame had stopped mentally screaming at himself for his stupidity, he decided that it wouldn’t be that bad after all. As he had pointed out to himself earlier, Yamapi would practically be his servant. He could get the other to do things for him, and threaten to kick the other out if the other refused to do what he told.
Wait, should he draft out a contract for this? Just to make sure that he would get a good deal out of it. No, wait, if there was a contract, Yamapi was sure to include his own terms and Kame doubt that he would want to be bound by those. Also, in all those Korean dramas he had watched so far, Kame remembered that the contract often resulted in the girl falling in love with the guy and then feeling extremely miserable because the guy didn’t return her feelings at first. Which if Kame thought about carefully, wasn’t he already kinda in love with Yamapi? No wait! What was he thinking? He was not in love with Yamapi! It was just a silly crush. Yes, that’s right, just a silly crush. And anyway, didn’t those Korean dramas have happy endings where the guy realised his feelings for the girl and then it was happily ever after? But not that he should care! Those were just dramas, scripted, and he was not a girl, and-
“Kame-chan, are you thinking about me?” A low voice asked, the hot air next to his ear causing his face to turn red as Kame jumped in surprise.
“Don’t- Don’t do that!” Kame exclaimed. “You almost gave me a heart attack!”
Yamapi chuckled. “Well, I saw you sitting there, deep in thought, and your face kept changing expressions. It was rather amusing and cute.”
Kame’s face turned redder if possible. “I- I thought you’re cooking dinner?!” He said, trying to change the subject as he made his way into the kitchen and poured himself a glass of water.
“Well, I wanted to ask what you wanted. You don’t have a lot of food in the refrigerator, and I’m not feeling well enough to go grocery shopping. So you have to make do with pasta, omurice.. or me.”
Splat!
“Did you really have to spit water on me?” Yamapi raised an eyebrow, as Kame quickly grabbed a napkin and rushed to dap Yamapi’s wet face.
“Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to do that.” Kame apologised. “But it’s your fault for saying that.”
“Why do you need to get so flustered about it?” Yamapi asked as he leaned in closer to Kame, leaving only inches of space between the two of them.
“I’m not flustered!” Kame protested as he tried to step back, but found himself caught in between Yamapi and the kitchen cabinets. As Yamapi inched closer, Kame raised his hands up to stop Yamapi from encroaching on his space any further. “You said that you won’t do anything when you’re still sick.”
Yamapi raised an eyebrow, before laughing. “I’m only going to cook. Athough I have to say that I suddenly feel like I’m almost a hundred-percent recovered.”
“E- Even if you’ve fully recovered, don’t you even think of trying anything funny.”
“Hai, hai.” Yamapi nodded. “You haven’t answered my question though. What do you want for dinner?”
“I- I want pasta!” Kame replied, before he fled to the safety of the living room.
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@Chapter 1
Aaaaaaaaaah, you posted already! *_______*
*jumps around happily*
Does that mean u also have a couple more chapters written already or did I just annoy u enough with my begging to post it immediately to post right away anyway? *laughs*
Either way, I’m so glad you did! ^o^~
And wow, u sure changed quite a lot from what I can still remember of the first chapter back then. But I guess that’s a good thing considering Pi and Kame kinda got together at the end of first chapter already X3 (It’s kinda amusing to see Yuichi there, now ^.~)
Didn’t u have some parts from Pi’s POV as well, back then? Now it’s all Kame’s so far, but that’s ok since it helps building up the suspence if we don’t know what’s going on in Pi’s head *g*
Pi seems kinda ‘normal’ (aka nice) so far, tho, apart from some minor craziness and some egoism, so I’m wondering how exactly he’ll be all the things u warned me of. Can’t wait to see some of them in action *winks* *runs*
@Chapter 1
YAY I am excited for a new story and also excited that Okada is in it since V6 kidnapped my brain and won’t let it go now.
And I like Kame’s PV since the majority of the PiKame relationship in Double Fault was from Pi’s, no?
But. HEE. *happy*
@Chapter 1
am so surprised that mina can remember the previous chapter one because i certainly can’t remember ANYTHING. lol
All i remember was kame falling down and was lying on top of yamapi and that’s all i remember….lmao
But omg i love the bickerings of jin and yuichi~ it is oh-so-fun!!! XD
You know what? while I was reading it, i was thinking that yamapi pretty sure remember kame in the train in the morning…because if i were him and a good looking guy falls on top of me, I SURE WILL REMEMBER THAT. LOL
like what mina said, pi seems so “normal” that i so don’t believe it *lol* And then when i read the end, and thinking, “ah there’s the actual normal yamapi” XD
okay, now i have to go out for dinner.
Am going to wait patient for your next chapters. But If I’m impatient, i’ll just go bug mina
——@Mina:
You’re super fast dude. Have to say that the next update might not come until AFTER my exams are over, which is about 2 weeks. But by then you should be able to figure out why I describe Pi that way.
Btw, when will you be updating 30 Kisses? And my YusukeRyu fic as well?? Wasn’t the latter supposed to be my birthday fic for THIS year?! My next birthday is not too far off you know. o_O
——@Justine:
Okada can be such <3 Did you see him doing air vocal in Gakkou? XD
And yeah, have a tendency to write from Pi’s POV, but it might be because it’s easier to get Pi-muse working (just give him lots of niku). Kame-muse is harder to please! D: Which is why I have a tendency to write from the other person’s POV instead of Kame’s! But this time, gonna try to have way more of his POV. XP
——@Maggie:
Well, what you read was less than what Mina read cos I can’t remember why I had to let her read some extra stuff. o_O
Oh, do you know that it was originally supposed to be RYO not Yuichi?! XD But ah, decided not to write Ryo this time… ^^;;
@Chapter 1
Muhahahar, I’m always fast when it comes to reading ur fics X3 Ok, most of the time *laughs*
Looking forwards to that update then ^___^
Yeah, it was supposed to be for this year’s bday, but if I keep this up, I might manage to give u one chapter every year, or something *gets killed*
And I got to read extra stuff becos you love me? ^.~ No, actually I think I was just bugging u as usual for more to read and u gave in eventually to make me shut up *lol*
Gnah, u went off so fast I couldn’t even wish u good luck for tmr anymore ~.~
So: Good luck!
@Chapter 1
Wow! I’m so happy you decided to write another fic ^_^ I read it only today because a friend said about it. Gomen. I liked a lot this first chapter, simply amazing, wonderful… please update soon… I miss PiKame so much *puppy dog pleading eyes* (^3^) *chu*