Hey! Nayunari 'Ayu' Tsuki here! I was HarukaSakuke the last time this story was updated, and I'm sorry for making you wait. Sadly, this is the last chapter, so I kind of tried to end it with a bang!

Just know that I love every single one of you that reviewed, and enjoy the last chapter!

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Eri wasn't one for silence.

Normally, you would say one wasn't one for talking, but this is Eri. Gossip girl that either socializes, chews out, or consoles.

But she had been made speechless.

If you knew why, you'd have thought Eri wouldn't have just been made speechless a few minutes ago.

Neku was showing signs of liking Joshua. That isn't so surprising. Joshua had also lost outward romantic interest in Neku. Not as surprising as one would think.

The speechless part is the two of those things happening at the same time. Normally, the first would happen…well, first, but the second was supposed to come after a while. But, no, they came around the same instance.

So when she had been spoken to the next time, she couldn't respond. All she could do was stare at Neku.

She would've been staring at Neku and Joshua, but Joshua had left. Where he was going was a mystery.

Actually, Eri had the slightest feeling that Neku and Joshua would be in the same house or, more likely to imagine, in the same room. But why was the mystery to Eri.

"Yo! You okay, Eri?" Beat inquired.

Wondering the deal with him? Well, he's still got bruises everywhere, but his bruises on his face are bandaged, making him look like the making of an invalid, but otherwise pretty presentable.

More courtesy of one Neku Sakuraba, because we all know, talking outward physical strength, Joshua can't hurt a bug.

Eri still can't talk, of course, so there was no response.

"Maybe she's been dumbfounded and rendered speechless," Shiki said, puzzled.

"You keep talk like that up and Beat's going to be the same way," Neku spat unhappily.

Deciding that he wanted to keep his bone structure intact, Beat just settled for a glare than his regular outburst.

"Well, what do you think happened to Eri to make her be that way?" Shiki inquired.

"Me, probably," Neku stated honestly.

Eri blinked and averted her gaze. Maybe they had realized she was staring.

"Can't imagine why," Shiki said, sighing. "Speaking of, where'd Joshua go? We need five people for this, and Rhyme isn't here to substitute."

"What the hell is 'this'?" Neku growled out, still upset with the Composer for what had happened between the two of them and a certain math freak he cared not to remember.

"Whatever we're going to be doing, that's what," Eri finally ground out.

"Well, formerly-speechless wonder, I don't want to have anything to do with--"

"The boy you've fallen for?" Eri asked slyly, smirking.

Neku blinked stupidly. "What were we talking about again?"

"You know very damn well--"

Neku shrugged, a truly clueless look on his face. "No, really! When my speech is interrupted while I'm ranting, I sometimes forget what I was talking--"

Eri crossed her arms. "Pardon my French--"

"You're Japanese."

Eri growled. "But that's the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard."

Neku blinked. "What were we talking about again?"

Eri ruffled her hair with both hands in frustration. "Aah!!!! Neku, you're such a bad liar!!"

Neku smirked. "You seemed to fall for it."

Eri pulled her hat over her eyes and blushed lightly, glaring at the top. "Shiki and Beat fell for it too."

Neku suppressed a chuckle. "B-Beat's an idiot."

Beat punched at him. "What the hell, yo!"

Eri looked to Shiki, who was looking away. "What about Shiki?"

"Never paid attention to us."

Eri walked away from the others, going towards Ramen Don. "Shut up! Shiki, let's go."

No response.

Eri went to the side Shiki was looking away from. "Shiki," she whispered.

Weird. When Shiki spaced out, it was usually about—

Oh. Eri knew what to do.

"Miss Misaki! Your sewing prowess is unparalleled! What's your secret? The world wants to know!"

Shiki darted up. "Oh, I—Eri! That was not funny!"

Eri stared boredly. "I know that. Now come with me! And Beat, you're gonna tag along or I'll sic Neku and Joshua on you."

To that, Beat swiftly followed. "Neku, you're coming, too!" Eri yelled.

"And go where? Psycho bitches like you scare the crap out of me," Neku stated, turning towards A-East.

Eri huffed and crossed her arms. "Fine! Shiki, Beat, let's--"

Then it dawned on her. She didn't want Neku to go to his house.

At least not without herself and her trusty camera.

"Neku! Get over here now! You are not leaving!!" Eri yelled.

"I'm going home! Leave me alone, Eri!" Neku yelled back, turning into A-East.

With that, Eri switched to her last resort, smirking confidently. "Fine. Go home to your boyfriend. Hope you're both protected."

Neku stopped fast; you could probably hear the skidding noise his shoes made if you were in the scramble.

"What the hell did you say?" Neku said quietly, his voice a mix of anger, horror, and embarrassment.

Eri crossed her arms. "You heard me. I don't like repeating myself."

Neku stormed away. "YOU ARE SICKENING ME!"

Eri smirked. "Yeah, I know."

We'll just chalk this up to another one of Eri's failed plans.

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Neku was creeped out, embarrassed, and angry all at once. Some nerve Eri had! Saying something like that, especially where others could hear.

And who was she calling his boyfriend?!

'…Never mind, I don't want to know.'

At least Neku would be pretty safe from them in the privacy of his own home…For a little while, anyway.

As he walked in the door, his mother happily greeted him. "Hi, honey! How was your day today?"

Neku blinked; his mother wasn't usually this cheery. "Same as usual, I guess. Why are you so happy? Do I have a visitor?"

His mother nodded happily. "Yes! How'd you know?"

I believe the expression 'Unlucky guess' is in order here.

"Who is it, mom? Boy or girl?"

"Boy."

Neku blanched. It couldn't be… "Where is he?"

"In the living room. I gave him one of your manga to read since I thought you'd be a while," she replied lightly.

"Which one?"

"The ecchi one."

Neku turned completely red in the face. "Mom, you know I don't own that kind of manga!"

His mom laughed. "I'm just kidding."

Neku sighed and turned towards the living room. "That's good. I was getting worried."

"I let him see the yaoi one."

Neku fell over. "Mom, I don't own a hentai, yaoi, or yuri manga!"

"Whatever you say, dear," she remarked.

"Please don't call me 'dear'. I hate that name."

Courtesy of Joshua.

When Neku stepped into the room, he saw his manga on the couch, but no sign of a visitor ever being there. "Mom, no one's here…"

His mother popped her head in. "You're right. I wonder where he went?"

Neku took off his headphones and mp3 and handed it to his mother, going towards the stairs. "Well, if he comes back, let me know. Until then, I'll be in my room doing…whatever."

"Have fun!"

Why won't people stop telling him to have fun when he's only home?!

Neku grabbed his key and unlocked his door. He walked over to his desk and turned on the desk light when he heard someone speak.

"Ignoring me now, aren't you, dear?"

Neku glanced to his bed to see Joshua casually lounging and looking at him from his peripheral. "Josh! Get--"

"Out of your house? Out of your room? Away from you?"

"—the hell out of my bed!"

Joshua feigned hurt. "Must you be so harsh? Besides, we should spend some quality time."

"Not in my fucking bed, we're not!"

Joshua giggled. "Keep your mind out of the gutter, dear. Wouldn't want something bad happening to either of us, now would we?"

"You're the one in bed!"

"Care to join me?"

"NO WAY IN HELL!"

Joshua giggled. "Yes, as you demonstrated during our week together. But now we're just on Earth."

"NO WAY ON EARTH EITHER!"

Joshua shrugged. "Fine, fine, dear. Don't overuse your voice."

"For someone that loves me, you sure don't act like it," Neku said bluntly.

"I don't love you, Neku, and I never have," Joshua said quietly.

Silence.

"Huh? You what now?"

"Oh, Neku, dear, are you going deaf? I told you all that yelling was bad for you!"

Neku gritted his teeth. "I heard you! But you're lying!"

Joshua sat up and smirked widely. "Neku, dear, you don't understand. I'm the Composer. I don't care for anyone, let alone love. Humans are really of no true interest to me."

Neku stood abruptly and roughly grabbed Joshua's neck, forcing him down. "You are cold-hearted! You can't say you don't care about anyone!"

"Of course I can. I'm only stating the truth. Don't tell me you wished I cared," Joshua asked, grabbing Neku's hand.

Then he felt droplets on his hands.

Was Neku…?

"I thought you cared about us…at least about one of us. I wouldn't have cared if it were about me, or Shiki or Beat, even Eri. But you're really a cold-hearted bastard."

Joshua sat up despite Neku's grip having tightened. "Whatever you--"

Neku glared, tears still coming down. "But I do wish you cared! Why don't you?! All this time, I couldn't forgive you, but I trust you! If you really didn't care…" He paused mid-sentence, and then his voice rose. "IF YOU REALLY DON'T CARE, WHY ARE WE ALIVE AGAIN?!"

Joshua reached out to pat his head when Neku jerked away, releasing his grip on Joshua's neck. "Even I don't know that."

Neku stepped back a step and Joshua turned to him and sat upright. "Well, well, Neku--"

Neku stomped forward, put his hands down to the sides of Joshua's legs, and got their faces closes enough that they couldn't help but stare directly in each other's eyes. "Josh, I'm going to tell you a little story about the spiky-haired boy, his friends, and the fluffy-headed boy."

Joshua could only blink, trying to register it all.

"There once was this spiky-headed boy," Neku began. "He really hated the fluffy-headed boy beyond belief, but his friends thought that they should learn to get along."

To which Joshua smirked, finally getting it.

"His friends thought the fluffy-headed boy was deeply in love with the spiky-headed boy, and so they devised a plan," Neku continuing, his expression getting darker. " 'Make the fluffy-headed boy confess his love to you!' they would say. The spiky-headed boy, of course, was dead set against the idea. 'Hell no!' he'd repeat constantly."

"Neku, I--"

"NOT FINISHED!" Neku yelled, continuing on. "He hated the fluffy-headed boy, but at the same time, he wanted to get back at him. So he kissed the fluffy-headed boy to see. To his surprise, the fluffy-headed boy didn't get mad until the truth was told. Then spiky, fluffy, and his friends made a party. Fluffy wouldn't talk to Spiky, and so he got mad and tried to get him over there."

'How much of the story is he going to tell?' Joshua thought in exasperation.

"But his plan backfired and he ended up kissing him on accident two times. Then a guy named Math Lion came and took Fluffy from Spiky. Enraged, Spiky went after Math Lion to get him away from Fluffy. Two of Spiky's friends, Fashion and Glasses, found him and tried to keep Spiky away so he didn't kill Math Lion. After it all, Spiky got mad at Fluffy."

Joshua sighed. "Is it--"

"NOT OVER YET!" Neku yelled. "When he found Fluffy again, he was in Spiky's house, all over his bed. Fluffy said he didn't love Spiky like they had all thought. But he had figured out something then. Do you want to know what that is, Fluffy?"

Joshua giggled and smirked like usual. "What is it, 'Spiky'?"

Neku looked down and chuckled darkly. Then, moving swiftly, he grabbed his collar and forced him down all the way. He lowered his head so they were as close as before.

"Spiky figured out that Fashion's entire plan to get Fluffy to confess did not only backfire, but Spiky found out that he had fallen in love with Fluffy instead. So he said such to Fluffy and did what he felt necessary."

"What he felt--"

Joshua was going to inquire what Neku had meant by that, but said strawberry blonde cut him off. Very roughly I might add.

'What the--' Joshua thought.

He was going to finish the thought. He really was, but the strawberry blonde had licked his lip for access.

All coherent thought beyond that point had stopped.

He complied soon after, letting his proxy explore as much as necessary.

However, to his dismay, it wasn't very long. He whined at the loss, watching as Neku stared back at Joshua with a knowing smirk.

"Spiky had finally gotten Fluffy under him and had completed his first step towards satisfying them both. But no, Spiky wasn't done yet!"

'Did he say—Oh crap!'

Neku's rather cold hands were under his shirts a certain warm muscle of his was on the space between his clavicle and shoulder. His thoughts, once again, were cut off.

"Neku, what are you doing--"

"Quiet, Fluffy, or I'll do something to make you."

'Again with the 'something', Neku?' "Really--"

Now his speech was cut off as Neku bit sharply at the space he'd been licking.

That made him shut up. And blush madly, along with looking like a total uke.

Neku finally pulled away, leaving a very conspicuous red mark on his neck. He grabbed Joshua's chin and lifted his head, staring confidently at the lightly blushing and panting individual below him.

"You see, Spiky's hands under Fluffy's shirt was just a minute distraction from the hickey he was going to place on his neck. Pretty sure that he had gotten what they both wanted from the second step, Spiky decided to repeat step one with some minor adjustments."

Neku leaned back down and kissed him as roughly as before.

Not that Joshua minded. If he didn't think it'd hurt doing so, he'd have pulled him down farther.

He got very wrapped up in the kiss; he hadn't noticed that Neku had unbuttoned his shirt almost completely.

This time when Neku broke the kiss, he sat up with him and tried catching his breath. Neku rubbed the back of his own neck and looked to the side. "Spiky was mildly surprised at the amount of compliance Fluffy had offered him and--"

Now it was Joshua's turn to yank Neku by his abnormal-sized collar. "Neku, dear, as much as I hate to swear, shut the fuck up and take me, damn it."

Neku knew he must have smirked from ear to ear when Joshua told him that. "All--"

Apparently Joshua wasn't willing to wait any longer than he already had. He yanked Neku down before you could blink.

And humans blink pretty damn fast.

He tried his best to dominate, but admittedly, Neku had him outdone. So he just pushed into it more, his shirt sliding down to his waistline in the process.

Neku broke and rest his hand over Josh's heart, not surprised that it was beating fast. "I was going to say 'All right', but you're a forceful little boy, aren't you?"

Joshua glared with hazy eyes. "Shut up and take me before I take you, damn it! I've waited too long for something like this to hap--"

Neku smirked. "I suggest you count yourself lucky I don't get pissed very easily when I'm in my current condition."

Joshua sighed and glanced up to him. "Just say you're horny and kiss me again."

"You're so seductive when you're begging for it."

"You're teasing me, aren't you?"

Neku pat his head. "Glad you figured out, Fluffy."

Joshua chuckled at a tone so low, Neku never thought he'd reach it (A/N: Based on the American version, it's about Neku's tone of voice actually).

"Neku, Neku. Right now, based on my current patience, or for lack thereof thanks to your actions, I have to say as nicely as I can that you're upsetting me with your teasing. And you talk quite a lot. I'm more for taking actions myself, so I'm also making myself upset."

Neku smirked. "Look who's talking too much now."

Joshua sighed and reached to firmly grab Neku's chin as he had done previously, pulling him closer. "I'll make this short. Shut up and do something before I get fed up and take it to a level you aren't exactly ready for."

Neku grinned slyly, liking the threat of a challenge. "Josh, you know you can't do anything to me that is worse than what I have planned for you."

Joshua, at his limit, gave in. "I'll see you to that."

Neku pulled Joshua's shirt back on his shoulder and smirked, backing away. "But not today."

Clarity returning to his thoughts, Joshua's eyes widened. "Excuse me?!"

Neku adjusted his hair and plopped back in the desk chair. "Not. Today. I'm upset."

Joshua's head dropped in depression. "What did I just do with you? Why did I do it..."

Neku smiled and spun around in the chair. "I'm such a terrible person aren't I?"

Joshua giggled his usual way. "Well, some things are inevitable…Sometimes."

Neku glared. "And you're just an ass. All the time."

Josh smiled. "Love you too, dear."

Neku, really upset now, turned away, almost knocking down his desk lamp when his leg hit the desk. "Don't give me that bull. And get out of my bed so I can go to sleep."

Josh put on a feigned sad look. "Can I stay? Beds are so much more comfy with other people in them."

Neku grimaced and resisted throwing the nearest object. "Remind me never to invite you to any type of sleepover. Now go!"

Josh giggled and disappeared into thin air. After he had, Neku massaged his temples. "Damn it, Josh. You really don't get it. Some 'almighty being' you are, acting so fucking simple."

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"You look like you got caught in a tornado, Neku!" Eri yelled when she first caught sight of him.

Neku didn't sleep well last night, and he didn't bother to fix himself up, not even retrieving his headphones. Beyond all that, he still managed to glare quite effectively at the pink-haired girl. "I'm so glad I can count on my friends to better my self-esteem and provide moral support."

Shiki pat him on his back and sat Mr. Mew on his head. "Neku, she didn't mean it like that. She's just being honest the best way she knows how. Besides, I think she's upset with you."

Neku, recalling her past words, rolled his eyes. "I can't imagine why."

Shiki play-hit him. "Neku, I'm serious! Don't you care? Eri's your friend."

Neku shook his head. "No, I don't care. And she's YOUR friend. To me, she's the spawn of Satan. I could care less about why she's mad at me, or what for. And before you even think about asking, I don't know where that fluffy-headed bastard is."

Eri slid over next to Shiki. "A likely story! Tell the truth, Sakuraba!"

Neku glared fiercely, making the girls jump. "I just DID tell the truth. Besides, if I knew--"

Joshua suddenly appeared, hugging Neku from the side. "Hi, Neku!"

Neku pushed him off, almost pushing him to the building they were near. "Get off me. I'm very upset with you. And do you even have dignity? You sounded like a girl just then."

Joshua shrugged. "I suppose not. But I missed you! Last night ended too short for me, and I say we go finish now!"

Neku turned his head slowly to Josh, killer intent more than apparent. "I told you that there was nothing behind last--"

When he realized the topic and remembered they weren't alone, he stopped cold. "Shit."

Eri, although blushing madly, pointed to him sharply, outraged. "Neku Sakuraba! Explain what happened last night! IS that why you look like you got hit by a tornado?!"

Neku poked both Eri and Joshua in the forehead, pushing them away steadily. "Josh, you need to know that you're just a conniving little bitch and that we shall never speak of that again. Eri, you need to know that you're a very evil bitch and you get on my nerves almost as much as Josh here."

Eri and Joshua looked to each other and nodded, having a plan thought out. They then both proceeded to hug Neku. "But it's only because we love you, Neku, dear!"

Neku, at wit's end, pushed them both off harshly and stormed away. "THAT'S IT! GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME RIGHT NOW! THE TWO OF YOU MAKE. ME. SICK!"

Joshua looked to Eri. "Eri, dear, I think our little Neku is mad at us for real this time."

Eri nodded professionally. "Yes, Neku has 'Highest level of pistivity' syndrome. And the best cure for it is a hug! I say we chase him and give him one!"

Joshua nodded in agreement. "Beat you there!"

As the two ran off, poor forgotten Shiki ran as well. "Hey, you guys! Wait up! Talk about out-of-character."

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That's it, you all~ My Way, His Way is ended. Finished. Finite. Yeah, you get the point.

But only THIS part is done. Have you forgotten? It's gonna have a sequel! I'll start it as soon as I can, but I have another story to work on, so it might have to wait until I finish that.

Until then, the former HarukaSakuke out!