Yo! Wow, a new story so soon after the last one, amazing! And it's not a MikoMisa pairing *le gasp*

A guest review voted for a Chitose/Misaki pairing in 'Life as a Secret Tom-Boy' and it gave me this idea, though I only just got around to writing it. So, Anonymous Reviewer, this is for you!

Unlike 'An Average Day', I do actually have plans on doing at least one other chapter for this, just so you can have some fluff moments between the two :)

Hope you like it~

Disclaimer: I do not own 'K' in any way, shape or form.

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"You want to date Yata-chan, huh?" Kusanagi repeated lightly, a rather ominous smile on his face.

The brown haired 22 year old gulped. It was the same smile Kusanagi wore when threatening and/or beating somebody up. Needless to say, Chitose was terrified.

But it wasn't the bartender that scared him the most.

The blond stood behind the counter, a glass in one hand and a rag in the other, having been in the process of cleaning up after a busy day in the bar. He'd even had a few of the more responsible members help him with cooking and taking orders.

Sitting on the two stools directly in front of him was their King, Mikoto, and the resident mood-maker, Totsuka.

Chitose wasn't sure which one was more frightening at the moment.

He had asked the Vanguard if she'd be willing to date him, and she had told him that he'd have to ask the trio for permission first, seeing as they were practically her older brothers. They sure acted like it when it came to her.

(His reputation as a womaniser was probably only tempered by the fact they knew him and Yata certainly was aware of his past relationships. It wasn't like he – or Masaomi - kept quiet about it. The incident with the Strain, Maria, was still fresh in his mind. In the others as well, he could guess.)

Totsuka smiled with cold eyes, giving him a rather cruel look. "Maa, maa, Kusanagi-san. No need to look so scary~" He laughed humorlessly.

Mikoto watched on silently, his expression unnervingly blank. His right hand twitched like he was considering activating his Aura and smiting the man then and there. Chitose cringed, barely resisting the urge to back away. Or run for the hills. Both sounded pretty good at the moment.

"Oi, knock it off!" Yata barked suddenly from behind him. "I'm 18, not 15. Stop with the protective brother crap you're doin'."

Chitose tried not to let his relief show as the skateboarder stomped up to sulk next to him. She glowered sullenly at the three eldest HOMRA members, directing their attention onto her.

"But Yata-chan, as your seniors, it's our duty to warn all interested parties what we'll do to them if they break your heart!" Totsuka protested childishly, pouting.

"There's a reason our motto is 'no blood, no bone, no ash', after all." Kusanagi added, looking almost comically serious.

Mikoto nodded, obviously agreeing with both statements.

"That doesn't even make sense! Our motto was made up before I even joined!" Yata shouted at them.

The three ignored her and turned back to Chitose.

"I think you get the picture, so we'll cut this short. Hurt Yata-chan-" Kusanagi started, his glasses reflecting light and hiding his eyes.

"- and there won't even be any ashes left of you!" Totsuka finished with disturbing enthusiasm. "Right, King?"

"No blood, no bone, no ash." Mikoto agreed, his hand engulfed in Aura as he stared directly at Chitose's pale face with a bloodthirsty smirk.

(Was it just him, or were the King's eyes glowing like a demons would?)

(And – were those fangs?)

Chitose blanched and broke out into a cold sweat.

"I think he gets it. Mikoto-san, please stop." Yata never could get angry at the red head. Even if he was currently threatening to completely destroy Chitose.

"I-I get it…" Yō echoed weakly, watching as Mikoto extinguished the flames with a snort.

(Chitose inwardly thanked everything holy that the freaky eyes and fangs disappeared along with the Aura.)

"Yō's red would look pretty covered in Mikoto's." Anna said, casually trotting over to hop on the stool next to the King like she didn't just unintentionally make a joke about Chitose dying a gruesome and painful death.

And just like that, things went back to normal.

"Anna!" Yata cried, while Totsuka laughed cheerfully, Kusanagi chuckled slightly under his breath and a small smile crossed Mikoto's face as if they didn't just have that conversation.

Act like it never happened all they want, Chitose knew he would never be able to forget it. He subtly wiped sweat from his forehead and sighed. That was probably what they wanted anyway.

Besides, he wasn't worried about them going through with it.

He would probably be killed via bludgeon-by-baseball-bat by Yata before they could even hear about it.

… Or be turned into a pin-cushion from Fushimi's knifes. The guy always seemed to turn up around their Vanguard whenever something's going on that involves her.

A horrible thought occurred to him as he silently watched Yata argue and shout at Kusanagi and Totsuka about the threats to his person while conveniently forgetting Mikoto's own involvement, much to the man's visible amusement.

'If Kusanagi-san, Mikoto-san and Totsuka-san are the over-protective older brothers, then Fushimi's the possessive younger brother with a sister complex…'

'Yata,' Chitose concluded, 'is a terrifying person to date.'

And he doesn't regret asking her at all.

I-AM-A-LINE-IGNORE-ME-

Hmm, not sure how I feel about how it turned out...

Please let me know if you spot any mistakes - I should really stop writing stories when I'm sleep deprived. It makes spell and grammar checking so much harder to do...

Bye-bye baby!

Shikikaze09~