Love Stage: Hidden Love

Kunckle Crackers

One more week until classes start. Rei was standing beside Shougo as they waited for the bus. There was a sign across the street that made Rei think of Izumi. A Lala Lulu convention was going to be held there this weekend. He sighed wondering how the kid was doing. He should be getting a weekly report soon...

"Ah Izumi! He is so talented!" Shougo suddenly cried out.

"What?" Rei blinked.

Shougo flipped his phone around for the other to see it. On the screen was a picture that looked like a toddler had drawn it. This was good? Rei knew he shouldn't have praised Izumi's drawing so much when he was smaller, but the kid looked so damn cute when you told him did something good! He sighed. This kid was never going to make it as an artist.

"Uh, yeah, looks great. I love the green dog." He muttered.

"Oh, that's you! I'm the pink pigeon thing!" Shougo laughed as the bus pulled up.

They got on, Rei paying as Shougo studied the route. He nodded once he figured it out. Rei smirked. Shougo acted a bit spacey, but he wasn't stupid. Which, for Rei, was a huge compliment.

Shougo babbled on about Izumi as they rode the bus. Some lady across the isle asked if Izumi was their son. Shougo beamed saying he wished, but it was his baby brother. He ended up spending the rest of the ride talking to her, showing her pictures, anything that was about Izumi. Rei had no idea where they were going.

They got to the woman's stop. Shougo blinked. He smacked Rei on the chest. "We missed our stop!" He cried.

Dragging Rei behind him, Shougo bolted for the door. They managed to scrape out of it before the bus took off again. The woman looked startled upon seeing them rush off. Shougo waved to her as he ran past down the street. They were six blocks from their stop! Rei sighed out in exasperation once they reached what he assumed was Chris's house.

"Next time you go all Izumi fanatic, tell me where the hell we are going!" Rei huffed as they walked up the drive.

"Yeah, uh sorry about that." Shougo smiled impishly.

Rei had the feeling he wasn't sorry at all. He narrowed his eyes at Shougo. "Next time, no sex for a week." He purred in the teens ear.

Shougo stopped dead in the drive. He whipped around to gap at Rei! Rei had to fight to keep the devilish grin from spreading over his face. Instead, he opted to raise an eyebrow in challenge.

"You wouldn't?" Shougo cried.

Rei folded his arms across his chest. "Try me." He insisted.

That was when he found out Shougo had another talent. As the teen stood there with his lips parted, looking exceptionally hot to be honest, a tear leaked from his eye. Rei gaped as it made a crooked path down his cheek.

"Please Rei, I'm sorry!" Shougo begged.

Rei was beginning to feel bad as Shougo stood there alone. He had let go of Rei's arm. He looked so lost, abandoned even. Rei was about to say something when the front door opened. He glanced up to see a man somewhere in between their ages, in a wheelchair.

"Shougo, stop your fake crying bullshit and get you're ass in here!" the man yelled.

Fake? Rei glanced at Shougo. He had a beaming smile on his face as he turned to see the man in the wheelchair. There was no sign of tears at all now!

"ALFIE!" Shougo cried out rushing up the steps to the porch.

Alfie laughed as Shougo bent to hug him. Rei came up behind them a moment later. Shougo plowed into the room where he greeted a sandy haired older man, maybe late twenties and a ginger who, well who could tell how old gingers are! Rei snorted. He glanced down at the dark haired Alfie.