It was late at night at around midnight when a rattling at the window woke up Yohei from his sleep. Groggily, he sat up, blinked bleary eyes at the window before he heard it again. It wasn't actually the windows rattling, more like pebbles hitting the glass as he found out when he opened the windows to have his face pelted by the small projectiles.

"Yo, man!" A voice hissed before a redheaded teenager appeared from under a tree which grew just beside his bedroom window.

"Hanamichi?" Yohei scrubbed his eyes before he squinted to see his friend better under the gloom of the night.

"Open up man!" Hanamichi whispered harshly, "I need to talk to you!"

Yohei scratched his head sleepily and yawned, "What do you want, man?"

"It's- WILL YOU JUST LET ME IN?!"

"Ok, ok," hissed Yohei, "Keep it down will ya. I can't let you in through the door 'cause my parents might hear you. Climb the tree to the window."

As expected the redhead grumbled for a few moments before he agreed. After some scrapes with jutting twigs and the fear of a branch breaking caused by the redhead's weight, the teenager managed to get across to Yohei's window safe and sound.

"So what's up?" asked Yohei as the redhead brushed his shirt from the residue of old bark from the tree.

"It's Rukawa."

Yohei gave another yawn, "What'd he do this time to piss you off?"

"No, he knows I'm into guys!" Hanamichi told him frantically.

The dark-haired boy blinked, "How?"

"He just caught me!"

"Doing what?" Yohei asked curiously.

Immedietly, the redhead blushed, "Eto... actually it's doing who."

Yohei suddenly wasn't sleepy anymore. Coughing in embarassment into his hand, Yohei rephrased his question cooly, "Ok, with who?"

"The guy next door, you know?" Hanamichi said, walking to Yohei's bed to flop onto the rumpled sheets with a sigh.

"Sendoh? He's gay?"

"He's kinda like me," Hanamichi shrugged, "Whoever, whenever, however."

"Man..." Yohei sighed as well, sitting heavily beside Hanamichi before rubbing his face with both his hands.

"Picture this we were both butt-naked, banging on the bathroom floor-UMPH!" Hanamichi pulled the pillow from over his face before he glared at his friend, "What was that for?!"

"That was more detail than I need to know," Yohei said dryly, a hint of red on his cheeks.

Hanamichi ran his fingers through his tousled red hair sheepishly, "Gomen. Anyway, how could I forget that he's got an extra key?"

"Ano," Yohei sweatdropped, "He is you room-mate after all."

"Yeah, but Sendoh was so good at making me forget- OK! OK! NO DETAILS!" Hanamichi held up his hands quickly as Yohei was about to launch another pillow to his face.

"Good," hmphed Yohei, "'Cause you were about to drool."

Hanamichi ignored that comment and continued, "All that time he was standing there and he never took his eyes off me..."

Yohei gaped, "When? When you were with Sendoh?"

Hanamichi nodded.

"Hm... that does not sound like anyone who is homophobic," Yohei scratched his chin, "So what's the problem then?"

"Now he wants to have a date with me," Hanamichi mumbled.

Yohei nearly fell off from the bed, "Nani?! You've gotta be kidding me!"

"Is that so hard to believe?" Hanamichi grumbled, shooting his friend a narrow look, "I AM desirable, y'know."

The dark-haired boy choked, "Uh, yeah, whatever. The point being that he is Rukawa. Your long-time nemesis. Even if you guys are sharing a dorm room, both of you still hate each other."

"Don't you think I know that?" Hanamichi scowled, "That's why I freaked out when he asked me out just now."

"Chotto matte," Yohei said, holding up a hand, "He just caught you and at once he asked you out for a date?"

"Ano... actually, he caught me redhanded with other guys before Sendoh."

"He what?"

"Remember Sendoh's buddy? Koshino? Well, Rukawa caught me on the counter with him," Hanamichi twiddled his thumbs, "A few days later Rukawa asked me out."

"What did you say?" Yohei asked.

"I told him 'It wasn't me'"

Yohei arched an eyebrow, "And he believed you?"

"Yeah, coz it was pretty dark that time in the dorm kitchen," Hanamichi said, fingering his chin, "So he thought that I was still straight, but that was before he caught me again on the sofa in the common room."

Yohei realised that his mouth unhinging everytime Hanamichi tells him something new has become a pattern for that night, "Again?"

"It was with Kogure-kun," Hanamichi huffed, "I told him again 'It wasn't me'."

"And he believed that again because..." Yohei waved his hand carelessly, "...it was also dark in the common room?"

"Aa."

"Ah."

"Then Rukawa caught me with Fujima in the shower."

Yohei groaned, "Is everyone gay in this new school of yours?"

"Well, I thought Mitsui was straight..."

"... but?"

"Rukawa caught me on camera when I pinched Mitsui's butt for fun," snickered Hanamichi, "that Micchy actually liked it."

"So I doubt saying 'It wasn't me' again worked," guessed Yohei.

"If it didn't, the marks on my shoulder wouldn't have helped."

"Marks?"

"Micchy likes to bite on the-"

"Too much information."

"Gomen."

Yohei huffed.
"So, after Sendoh you think that he finally made up his mind to ask you out again?"

"Since he's certain that I like guys as well, yeah," scowled the redhead, "I mean, me and Sendoh were loud and Rukawa stayed until it was over."

"What did you say?"

"I didn't say anything," Hanamichi replied, "Just high-tailed outta there."

The dark-haired teenager sighed, "I don't get it. You mess around with other guys but not with Rukawa?"

Hanamichi gave Yohei a horrified look, "Yohei! He's Rukawa!"

"So?"

"So?! So?! He's Rukawa! Rukawa! The baka fox! Rukawa!" sputtered Hanamichi.

"I heard you the first time," grumbled Yohei, "Why don't you just give him a chance. Who knows, he might be the love of your life."

"Ch! You're crazy!" Hanamichi growled.

"Okay, I want to place a bet," said Yohei.

"Isn't that Noma, Ookusu and Takamiya's job?" Hanamichi rolled his eyes.

"C'mon," pressed Yohei, "You go out with him on a date and if you don't find at least one thing good about him, I'll treat you lunch for a week."
Knowing Hanamichi's appetite, that would certainly put a dent on his allowance.

The redhead pondered on it for a moment before he beamed and slapped Yohei on the back, "Yosh! Start saving up then!"

"Hai, hai," Yohei said before he gave a yawn, finally feeling sleepiness tug on his eyelids again, "Now get outta here. We got school tomorrow."

"Yeah," Hanamichi grinned, jumping off from the bed, "I better go before I wake up your parents."

"I'm surprised you didn't wake them up earlier."

"Are you saying that the tensai is noisy?!"

"SHHHH!"

"Oh. Right. Gomen."



*****

*RING* *RING*
*RING* *RING*

"Moshi moshi."

"Yohei!"

"Hanamichi? What's up?"

"Hey, so.... I went out with Rukawa last night."

".... and?"

"Who woulda thought that he's a great kisser?" Hanamichi said goofily.

"Uh...."

"C'mere, do'aho" Yohei heard a muffled voice from Hanamichi's side, before he heard the redhead give an startled 'eep'.

"Okay, gotta go, Yohei," Hanamichi said breathlessly after a few seconds of silence, disturbed only by the suspicious sound of lips smacking on lips, skin and uh.... other things. "Jya!"
*CLICK*

The dark-haired teenager placed the receiver back on its perch and smiled ruefully. Who woulda thought indeed.

~OWARI

This fic was majorly derived from Shaggy's song (featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent) 'It Wasn't Me' lyrics.