Sarsaparilla or Sprite?

Disclaimer: I do not own Eerie Queerie (including its content and its characters, that is obvious, right? Since such brilliant work could not been made by such a silly yaoi-fangirl like me), but Shuri Shiozu does.

A/N: I’ve been inspired to also write up an Eerie Queerie story! Well, I’d like to call it more of AU and slight PWP because of the random lime/lemon/smut. (Could I add that this will be my first attempt writing such? So this might not go too well…) One extra note, I am still rather novice in writing so forgive me if grammar, spelling, and word choice are not entirely correct.

First part out of three. This section contains very, very little smut (compared to some fictions I’ve read), which means extremely brief lime. Next chapter will definitely contain more.

Current Warnings: Shounen-ai, a bit of OOC-ness, Profanity… plus possible story spoilers… beware. Thus, only rated R for now… but later it will be considered NC-17.

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Sarsaparilla or Sprite?

It had already been a month since Ichi joined the “queer” duo, which included Mitsuo and Hasunuma. As a result, all three of them would typically hang out and eat lunch and dinner together. There was often tension between Hasunuma and Ichi, for both loved Mitsuo dearly. They would frequently protect him and ward off spirits with shrine charms. During this month, if Mitsuo was ill, both would take care of him. Of course, both were enveloped with this jealousy factor between each other which created a competition for their beloved little Mitsuo. This rivalry would continue till…

For the luck of Ichi, Hasunuma had to go away for national tournaments in Shanghai. Hasunuma warned Ichi to stay away from Mitsuo before leaving. Of course, Ichi was too tempted and yet rather nervous about staying around alone with Mitsuo for an entire five days! It was a dream come true in a sense, but Ichi was anxious nonetheless.

So, day one came by. Ichi and Mitsuo stuck together during homeroom and breaks at school. Mitsuo seemed, for the entire morning, rather aloof and distant from what was really happening. He was even hit by a basketball during P. E. Ichi noticed that Mitsuo was just not himself. At lunch, Ichi finally realized the problem.

“Hey, Mitsuo-kun?” Ichi said as he finally found Mitsuo sitting up on the roof of the school.

“Yeah, Ichi?”

“You really miss Hasunuma-kun, don’t you?” he questioned curiously.

“Yeah…” Mitsuo dragged and stuttered slightly. “I miss him very much.”

“I know this probably won’t help that much, but I’m here, if you need a shoulder to lean on,” Ichi said rather thoughtfully while actually looking at Mitsuo straight in the eyes.

“Ah, that’s really nice of you. Thanks for caring about me.”

“Here, let me get you soda, it will pep you up,” Ichi offered. “Sarsaparilla or sprite?”

“I’ll have a sprite, thank you,” Mitsuo said while finally standing up. He scrounged around in his pocket for some spare change. “Wait, let me give you my money.”

“Nah, it’s my treat.”

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Once at the vending machine, Ichi had popped the coins into the slot. “Bang, bang” went soda, and out the soda came. As he took them out, he noticed that Mitsuo was standing right beside him.

“I thought I would meet you here, since you are treating me.”

“Heh, it’s really no trouble at all,” Ichi said handing Mitsuo the can of sprite.

They walked a while on the way to Mitsuo’s household, sipping their soft drinks. Briefly did they converse, but as the sunset became a beautiful sight Mitsuo stopped walking. From that moment, Ichi wasn’t watching, so he accidentally rammed right into his friend. At impact, Ichi grasped a hold of Mitsuo, preventing both of them from falling. But, this only caused them to get really close, since Mitsuo too clung onto Ichi.

For a moment, they were looking directly into each other’s eyes. Only an inch away from each other’s face, they had landed together. At first they moved closer together, but Mitsuo then, back away.

“I’m sorry,” he mumbled. “I better watch where I stop and go, eh?”

“Yeah, bud,” Ichi said plainly. He really wanted to kiss Mitsuo, but it just didn’t work out that moment. “Let me send you home.”

After again a terse conversation for the remaining duration of their walk, they finally reached Mitsuo’s household.

“Thanks a lot for helping me today,” Mitsuo said with a definitely adorable smile. “Let me serve you dinner in return.”

It was so impossible to turn down such a smile, so Ichi couldn’t possibly refuse.

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Dinner went quietly and pleasantly. The food was very good and delicious. Dishes of fried rice and hot and sour soup had been on the table, but now half-emptied since the two adolescent boys ate their share and more. After finally finishing up a few things, Ichi volunteered to do the dishes, as Mitsuo cleaned up the table and kitchen.

“Well, I’m done!” Ichi called out. “I guess I’ll be going… See you tomorrow, Mitsuo!”

“All right,” Mitsuo said emerging in view of the front door. “Do you need me to walk you home or anything?”

“It’s fine. Till tomorrow, then.”

“Bye! And take care!” Mitsuo called out as Ichi walked away. Deep inside his heart, Mitsuo wanted Ichi to stay longer and keep him company.

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Day two, without Hasunuma approached. The morning passed, and Ichi again noticed the distant look on Mitsuo’s face. It really seemed like the day was repeating itself, or at least it seemed like “yesterday” was happening again.

At lunch, however, changes had arisen. Like yesterday, Ichi and Mitsuo hung out at the school’s roof. But, to his surprise, Mitsuo was talking to him more. Mitsuo even made a lunch for Ichi! Ichi was quite thrilled to receive such wonderful surprises. Ichi thought to himself that Mitsuo was just trying to get rid of a lonely feeling.

“Wow,” Ichi said, after swallowing the last piece of rice in his lunchbox, “that was absolutely delicious.”

“Thanks,” Mitsuo said while blushing slightly. “I felt rather bored just this morning, so I made you lunch.”

“Eh…”

“You know, Ichi,” Mitsuo said, “I never really found out what you liked to do or what hobbies or activities you have enjoyed ever since you quit soccer.”

Ichi gladly responded and expressed his interests to Mitsuo. But, from the corner of his eye, he did notice that Mitsuo looked as if he was about to cry. Soon after, however, the bell rang for class to resume. They bade their farewells together and headed off to their separate classes.

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The next time Ichi encountered him was where Mitsuo had accidentally messed up his lab experiment and caused a minor explosion in his classroom.

At that moment, Mitsuo reminisced about the last time he made a mess and Hasunuma was there to help him clean up, encourage him, and everything. Before Hasunuma came along, he had always been alone when it came to these problems, but he eventually got used to it. But, after becoming really good and “close” friends, Mitsuo felt lonesome without him. Then, tears fell from his eyes, and soon after Mitsuo broke into sobs.

“Mitsuo…” Ichi uttered as he had witnessed his friend had started crying.

“Ack…” Mitsuo said wiping his eyes as fast as he could, also trying to stop the brine from dripping out of his eyes. “What am I doing, crying over spilled milk? Sorry Ichi, I was being kind of careless and I guess I was being a big baby over it… Rather pathetic really, see, I am still crying-”

Ichi could barely contain himself. He immediately went up to Mitsuo and embraced him tightly. “It’s fine to miss a friend, don’t worry about crying over it. There is definitely no need to be embarrassed either.”

“I’m okay, Ichi,” Mitsuo said, attempting to get away but still sniffling. “You don’t have to worry about me.”

“But, I do!” Ichi said rather vehemently while stilldinlding his grasp of Mitsuo. “What are friends for? Plus, I owe you anyway.”

“Baka!” Mitsuo said while forcefully pushing Ichi off him. “I said I was fine!” He then went to clean up the mess he made. Ichi tried to help him, but Mitsuo wouldn’t let him. “I can clean up after myself, too! Just go away…” And so Ichi did leave Mitsuo alone.

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“Jeez, he really knows how to act like a girl!” Ichi grumbled to himself. Ichi had taken a long detour to think about the fight he and Mitsuo had earlier. He also stopped by a shopping center to get some groceries and snacks. It had been raining, so he also stopped by a ramen shop to get dinner since he knew there was no free dinner from Mitsuo today. Finally, he reached the road where his house was located. There, he noticed a sopping person waiting at his front gate. It was Mitsuo.

“Sorry about earlier,” Mitsuo said while tilting his face out of Ichi’s view. “I was starting to feel really lonely and I guess I burst into a temper tantrum trying to get rid of that feeling. But, it ended up that I was even more alone when I had you leave me…”

“Oh my god, Mitsuo!” Ichi exclaimed. “Get in my house now! You’re dripping wet, how long have you been waiting for me?”

“A little over an hour…”

“Why did you have to wait for me all that time?”

“You’re one of my best friends, Ichi,” Mitsuo said truthfully. “I didn’t want to hurt you too much, so I decided to sincerely apologize to you. I just wanted to say that, so I waited patiently.”

“In the rain?” Ichi said, finally opening the front door and pulling Mitsuo in.

“Yeah, I was determined to properly meet you and tell you so. I didn’t mind the rain much any way.”

“Like hell you did. You could catch pneumonia that way, be a little more smart and careful, would yah?”

“All right…”

“Dry up. Here’s clean towel and fresh clothes, the bathroom is down the hallway to your left.”

“Thanks…”

-

As Mitsuo emerged from the bathroom in Ichi’s clothes, he could smell some aromatic scents of hot chocolate. He then tiptoed over to the room where the scent emanated from.

“I thought some cocoa would warm the both of us up,” Ichi said while looking up to his friend.

“Uh, thanks,” Mitsuo said rather shyly. “Might I ask for a plastic bag to put my wet clothes in?”

“Give them here,” Ichi said extending his hand. “I will put them in the dryer; it will be easier for you, too.”

“All right, thanks,” Mitsuo said handing them to his friend.

“Help yourself to that hot cocoa, you can pour as much as you like,” Ichi said while walking out of the kitchen.

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Both of the boys ended up sitting on the couch in Ichi’s living room while sipping some warming cocoa. Neither of them uttered a word for a while, they just quietly drank their chocolate drinks. Then, the two boys spoke at the same time.

“Hey… you know,” both said about the same time. Then, they blushed a bit, and they were insisting each other to finish what they were going to say. After a while, Ichi was like, ‘this is going no where.’

“Okay, I’ll go first,” Mitsuo said with a sigh while placing his mug on the coffee table in front of him. “I’m feeling really lonely, you know, since Hasunuma is away.”

“I figured as much,” Ichi said in rather as-a-matter-of-factly tone. He then thought to himself, ‘He’s said that like multiple times, too.’

“I really just don’t know what to do…” Mitsuo said, as tears seemed to well up in his eyes. “Ichi, can you help me?”

“What?” Ichi said rather startled. “What can I do?”

“You said you would let me cry over your shoulder, would it be ok if I did?”

“Yeah, sure thing,” Ichi said while glowing red in the face. ‘I never said that! More like ‘lean on my shoulder…’’

Mitsuo then moved closer to Ichi, he took away his friend’s cup and placed it on the table. He then looked directly at his tall male friend and then leaned over. His face ended up lying in the middle of Ichi’s chest. Ichi not sure what to do, just sat there quietly. He could feel that his friend was rather chilly, even shivering.

“Hold me,” his small friend requested. Ichi complied in doing so. Mitsuo then also reached around and embraced his friend. Remaining in that position for a few minutes, he felt relieved all over.

“Hm… this feels really familiar, just like when I’m with Hasunuma,” the smaller male commented while snuggling a little deeper in his friend’s chest.

“It feels ‘right’ for me,” Ichi whispered aloud.

Mitsuo then tilted his head and gazed at Ichi. Ichi then looked back at his little friend.
Because of some strange force of attraction or magnetism, their faces moved closer and closer together. With only a couple inches of separation, Mitsuo, surprising Ichi, took the lead to finally bring contact between their lips. But, immediately after contact, Ichi dominantly controlled the kiss. He pushed forward with his lips and brought his tongue to tempt an opening to Mitsuo’s mouth. Mitsuo indeed got the message and opened his mouth slowly to allow access. From there, their tongues fought each other. From the intensity of their frenching, the two guys lost some balance, ended up falling on the floor. Ichi on top of Mitsuo, Ichi carefully brought his left arm to grasp a hold around his friend’s waist to make their position secure. For almost a minute they enabled their tongues to passionately battle each other, but both of the adolescents lost their breath.

“Sorry about that, I didn’t know what got over me,” Ichi said, panting and positioning to stand up.

“No,” Mitsuo panted as well as grabbing Ichi’s hand. “I enjoyed that, I don’t mind if you make out with me. I can’t stop thinking of Hasunuma, but I want to endure without him, you can help me.”

“That isn’t right,” Ichi started. “That is rather immoral of you and disloyal to him, you know.\"

“I want you to be the first one to make love to me other than Hasunuma,” Mitsuo said while winding his arms around Ichi’s neck.

“Mitsuo…”

“Please, I know you want to…” the other youth said seductively and yet rather pleadingly as well. “Let’s experiment a little, k? It’s been so long and I’ve been so horny since I last did it with Hasunuma.”

“God, Mitsuo, you’re so hard to turn down.” With that, Ichi moved his head in for another kiss. While passionately kissing Mitsuo in the mouth, Ichi added motion to his hands. He had had some experience with a girl or two within the past year, so he knew the gist of what to do. But, this was slightly different, since his “lover” was now a guy! So, he brought his hands to run against and along Mitsuo’s face, neck then chest. At the chest, he gently massaged the nipples. With that, he lifted his lips slightly for breath but swiftly moved them back to Mitsuo’s bottom lip where he sucked ever so playfully. With all this foreplay, Mitsuo moaned in pleasure and began to slightly harden at all of his sensitive areas.

Ichi then immediately decided, this was not good enough, since too much clothes was in the way. “We must work off some of your clothes…”

“It is in the way, isn’t it…?” Mitsuo breathed while unzipping his borrowed pair of pants. He shrugged them off with great difficulty, but before long, Ichi caught a hold of Mitsuo’s lips again.

Fervently, they kissed and hugged each other. Then, Ichi paused and took ahold of the buttons on his friend’s shirt. Gradually Ichi unbuttoned the shirt, but Mitsuo began to feel very impatient. He began to whimper, so Ichi basically tore the rest of the shirt off, which then left Mitsuo only in a pair of boxers, everywhere else was bare. Ichi stared down Mitsuo’s rather smalt set seemingly “perfect” body and figure. But, Ichi did not waste a minute longer, for he then moved back to Mitsuo’s luscious lips. After a little while, he moved his head down to his neck where he gained a few more moans from Mitsuo. While still at his neck, Ichi started to move his hands again, he reached through Mitsuo’s shirt where he found his classmate’s nipples. There, he went to tweak them. It not only sparked more moaning from Mitsuo, but also a bit of begging.

“God… Ichi, keep on moving… Give me more…”

After a couple more minutes of ministrations and sucking on the upper half of Mitsuo’s body, Ichi decided to move even further downward. He licked his way from Mitsuos’ nipples down to his navel, then, he momentarily paused.

At that pause, Mitsuo requested Ichi to taken off some layers as well. Ichi gladly complied. He removed his pants and shirt as well, but immediately dived back to Mitsuo’s body. Ichi again drifted from his new lover’s lips to his navel. For another quick second he lifted his head where he found Mitsuo’s lips but again for he wanted to experiment a little first. Ichi moved his hand from his friend’s waist to his hard-on. There, he tenderly massaged the shaft where he earned some more deep moans. More than a minute later, he felt that Mitsuo was hardening, and fast. Ichi continued to gently finger along the member well sucking around Mitsuo’s fine neck.

Unfortunately, just then, a siren-like beeping went off. Ichi wanted to continue onward with his conduct, but he then groaned and slid off as Mitsuo then sat up, also rather disappointed.

“God damn it! I forgot, my mother’s expecting dinner tonight since she recently got ill, she is taking shorter work hours.”

“Ah, that your alarm, eh?” Ichi said, as he began to pull up and dress in his pants.

“Yeah,” Mitsuo said finally locating and stopping the ridiculous noise. “I have to go…”

“Oh well,” Ichi said nonchalantly. They both redressed and walked to the front door.

“Well, it was fun while it lasted,” Mitsuo said modestly. “See yah tomorrow.”

“Bye,” Ichi said while waving to his friend then turning around. In the process of doing so, he was immediately startled by someone grabbing him from behind. But, it was only Mitsuo. Ichi turned back around, only to receive a brief kiss. He blushed.

“I love you,” Mitsuo said quickly then bounded off again.

Ichi stood there speechless.

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To be continued.

A/N: Well, comment away. Critiques are ALWAYS welcome, since I know it wasn’t very good. (I can only wish for the reviews to be at least somewhat gentle...) Thanks for reading and hope you stay tuned for the next chapter.