One for Three

Chapter 17

On the way to my apartment, Mina continued to reassure me. I grabbed the key, and we headed to Seiya's apartment, or rather, our new apartment. Because I would be moving in with some of my belongings as well. Several boxes, all marked with a big "S," were already in the stairwell. From upstairs, we could already hear Seiya and Yaten's voices, engaged in their usual heated discussions.

"You're doing it completely wrong again. We've already tried it this way," Yaten grumbled.

"No, hold it here. I know now where our mistake was," Seiya countered.

The apartment door was wide open, so we could have skipped going to my apartment altogether. More boxes and stuff from Seiya were still present. Oh, he really had a lot left at Yaten's place. It would never have fit in my apartment, he was right about that.

Mina and I entered the apartment while Seiya and Yaten were still engrossed in their argument. They didn't even notice that we were watching them. I couldn't help but smile. These two had always been like that, but they were also always there for each other. Mina looked confused, glancing from the two bickering friends to me.

"Don't mind them, they're always like this," I whispered to her and couldn't hold back a laugh.

The two of them stood in the future bedroom, trying to assemble the bed. The emphasis was on "trying" because from what I saw so far, it didn't look very promising.

"If this doesn't work now, we'll call Taiki. I don't want to dismantle everything again," Yaten grumbled, then his gaze fell on me and Mina. Instantly, his expression brightened, and he waved happily.

Seiya had his back turned to us. "What part of 'hold it' didn't you understand? I have to screw in the bolt first."

I cleared my throat a bit louder, and he finally turned around.

"Oh, darling. You're already back." He approached me and gave me a light kiss on the lips.

"Yes, and as I can see, you've already spread out everywhere," I gestured to the numerous boxes, the open door, and the clutter in the stairwell.

"Yeah, it was a bit more than I expected," he laughed sheepishly.

Mina stood next to us, a blush adorning her cheeks. Yaten was still at the other end of the bedroom, glancing at her. It was too cute how neither of them knew how to interact with each other after that night. Like two newly infatuated teenagers. I nudged Seiya.

"Help me bring all the boxes into the apartment, so we don't get in trouble with the neighbors if everything is cluttered," I whispered in his ear. Of course, he didn't understand my hint.

"We can do that later. This way, we'll have more space to assemble the furniture."

"We have more than enough rooms here where we can put the stuff. Please help me now," I said calmly and nodded towards Minako and Yaten. How much can men miss the point? Finally, a light bulb went off in his head.

We carried all the household items into one of the empty rooms. Seiya said he would like to have an office in that room. That was fine by me. We had plenty of space here, and technically, it was his apartment.

After we had brought in the last box and finally closed the front door, we looked for Mina and Yaten. I glanced into the bedroom and, to my surprise, they had assembled the bed and were standing by the window. He brushed a strand of hair from her face and whispered something, unfortunately too softly for me to hear. I would have liked to know what they were talking about, even though I already had a hunch.

I felt Seiya standing behind me and leaned against him. Our bubble had grown, and it had grown massively. We now had a wonderful large apartment, and my best friend was getting involved with his brother. Oh, it could have been so beautiful if it weren't for Mamoru and Diamond. Yes, that annoying guilty feeling kept resurfacing. I pushed the thoughts aside as best I could.