Episode 2
Party of Three

Downtown...
Hyde and Tetsu were walking down the scarcely crowded street carrying several bags. Hyde was fuming as he walked and Tetsu hummed a few steps ahead of him. Two hours had gone by and Tetsu had already shopped at most of the town shops.
"Tettttt-chhhaaaannnnnnn!!!" Hyde bellowed in a visibly angry voice.
"Hai? Doiha-chan?" Tetsu turned and smiled sweetly at him.
"My chocolate!!" Hyde yelled in a visibly bad mood.
"Huh? Oh! You are right! After we visit this last shop, we'll go straight to a cafe..." Tetsu said smiling.
"What the hell do you need so many sweaters for?!" Hyde protested dragging an oversized bag.
Tetsu was carrying about ten similar bags in both hands.
"Aw, they were so cute... I liked them... Besides, it's cold."
"You bought around fifty sweaters! When are you gonna wear them?! We are only staying for two weeks!" Hyde exclaimed irritated.
"Ne... I liked them. Don't be so picky."
"This is it!" Hyde exclaimed tossing the bag he was carrying forcefully against the floor. "I'm not moving if I don't get my chocolate!"
"OK." Tetsu sighed and turned. He put all the bags in one hand, picked up the one on the floor and then grabbed Hyde by his coat dragging him along.
"Iiyamete! Let go of me!"
"Walk faster, brat... you weight a lot."
"What?! I weight nothing! You, weakling! Give me my chocolate!"
"We are heading for a cafe right now, Haido..." Tetsu said in an annoyed voice.
"We better be!" Hyde protested. "And let go!"

A street dog suddenly appeared from behind a garbage bin and ran towards Hyde bumping into him.
"Kyyyaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!" Hyde screamed and jumped towards Tetsu, crashing against him and causing him to drop some of the bags.
"What on earth...?" Tetsu looked at Hyde and suddenly noticed the dog. "Aw! How cute!"
"Yeah, I know I'm cute, now take this beast away!" Hyde screamed pushing the dog with his foot.
"I mean the dog. How cute!" Tetsu crouched and called the dog, which jumped towards him waving its tail.
"Huh?" Hyde looked at them puzzled. "Uh... that is not the way to make it go, Tet-chan... rather kick it or something..."
"Are you insane?! The poor creature..." Tetsu said caressing the dog's head.
"Uh... Tet-chan... it's a street dog, it might bite you, and you'll catch rabies..."
"Nah... the poor thing must be lost..."
"OK. Give it a map. Now, let's go for my chocolate." Hyde nodded and pulled from Tetsu's arm.
"No... Poor thing, he must be freezing. Let's take him with us to the bungalow..."
"Are you crazy?! Tet-chan, you moron!!" Hyde protested yelling. "What about my chocolate?!"
"You are so selfish, Haido... this poor animal is lost, starving and freezing... and you can only think of yourself and your stupid whim for chocolate!"
"Uh... OK. You love the dog better than me? Fine, keep it. Let's see how you manage when you get horny... maybe you'll prefer the selfish brat then..."
"Haido... come on! Don't be so warped." Tetsu said and pushed the bags against Hyde, who automatically took them and looked at him puzzled. Then Tetsu crouched and picked up the dog from the ground carrying it in his arms.
"What?!" Hyde was surprised.
"Let's take him to a vet."
"You're carrying it in your arms?!"
"Yeah, the poor little thing..." Tetsu said smiling at the dog.
"Tet-chan... you never carry me in your arms..."
"You can't be jealous of a dog, Haido..."
"I can do anything I wish! I'm Laruku no Haido!" Hyde cringed and protested.
"Uh... how pathetic..." Tetsu walked on looking around for a veterinary notice.
"You'll come begging for sex tonight... you will... and you know what will happen... huh? You know what...?"
"Yeah, I know. You will give in cuz you can't say no to sex."
"Uh..." Hyde was speechless. "This jerk has me all figured out..." He thought, and walked behind Tetsu while carrying all the bags.
"I'm prettier than the dog..." Hyde mumbled.
"In human terms, maybe..." Tetsu said distractedly.
"Kuso..."
"Ah! Yokatta! There's a vet down that street!" Tetsu exclaimed smiling radiantly.
"OK. Ask him to check on you too." Hyde mumbled while struggling to light a cigarette.
"You are so rotten, Haido..."
"Whatever." Hyde said trying to inhale from his cigarette, and accidentally dropping his lighter. "Kuso!" He exclaimed and crouched to pick up the lighter. Tetsu kept walking.
"Wait up! Baka!" Hyde yelled and tried to catch up with Tetsu and the dog in his lover's arms.
"If you get behind to smoke, I'm not waiting for you..."
"Ne... Tonight try to lay the dog... cuz this Haido will not give in!" Hyde retorted bitterly.
"That Haido always gives in..." Tetsu shrugged and rubbed the dog's nose with his.
"How disgusting..." Hyde observed a few steps behind him. "And your face is mine! I'm not sharing it with a dog!"
The dog licked Tetsu's face.
"Kyaa!! Pervert dog! Let go of my Tet-chan!!" Hyde screamed.
"Haido, stop it. You are pathetic."
"Put the dog down, Tet-chan, please... it's trying to hit on you..."
Tetsu rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"I mean it. I have a knack for these things..." Hyde warned him.
"Whatever... Here we are." Tetsu said stopping suddenly and raising his head to look up at the veterinary notice over the door. Hyde bumped into him and the dog barked at him.
"Huh? Your dog is giving me attitude. Drop it." Hyde nodded pointing at the dog.
Tetsu didn't answer and walked in. Hyde reluctantly followed him.

As soon as they got inside the waiting room, Hyde began to sneeze.
"You caught a cold, Doiha-chan?" Tetsu asked casually while filling in a card and giving it to the secretary.
"I'm allergic..." Hyde managed to say between sneezes.
"Ah! It's true! I had forgotten... Want to wait outside?"
"And leave you alone with that hentai mutt? Oh, no... I know it has dirty intentions..."
"Excuse me, lady... Is there a cafe around here?" Tetsu asked the doctor's secretary politely.
"There is one two blocks south." The lady replied politely and raised in order to take the card to the veterinarian's office.
"Go to the cafe, Doiha-chan. I'll catch up with you when I'm finished here." Tetsu smiled at Hyde.
"Uh... Good idea." Hyde managed to say while sneezing and rubbing his teary eyes.
"Okies, I'm gonna make you very happy." Tetsu said smiling at the dog.
"Yeah. I hope you make me happy..." Hyde replied.
"Ne... I meant the dog."
"Tet-chan... We're gonna have a serious conversation when we get back to the bungalow... if you are gonna dump me, at least do it for another human being..." Hyde pouted and looked at Tetsu narrowing his eyes.
"Go to the cafe, Haido... Cutie and I will be there in a while."
"Cutie??"
"Yeah, isn't it a... 'cute' name?"
"So... not Spike, not Satan, not Flea-bag... it's Cutie... The dog will become gay." Hyde concluded and nodded.
"Shut up and go to the cafe..." Tetsu muffled a chuckle and kept petting the dog on his lap.
"Fine!" Hyde agreed against his will. He couldn't stand his allergy any more.

Hyde stayed at the cafe for an hour. In that span of time he had two cups of hot chocolate and several slices of cake.
He lit up a cigarette and smoked nervously while insistently looking at his wristwatch.
"Why the hell he takes so long?!" He protested to himself.
After a few minutes he heard someone tapping on the window.
"Uh... a fan... I can't help being recognized everywhere..." Hyde concluded and turned to smile at the fan knocking on the window. It was Tetsu.
"Huh? Tet-chan! Come over here!" Hyde said frowning.
Tetsu shook his head and smiled raising the dog.
"I got it. Dogs are not allowed here, ne? I should live in this place..." Hyde got up, left a generous tip for the waiter and walked out of the cafe.

"Why are you still with him?" Hyde exclaimed.
"I told you we are taking him to the bungalow." Tetsu replied.
"I'm talking to the dog..." Hyde commented.
"Uh... He won't answer you."
"Well, teach it manners..." Hyde shrugged.
"This pup is too thin, I've bought some stuff for him, like dog-food, sweaters..."
"Sweaters...?!!!"
"Dog sweaters..."
"You are addicted to sweaters, Tet-chan!"
"Whatever... I bought sweaters, dog food, some medicines, a very pretty collar, and even gave him a vaccine."
"Uh... a vaccine? Like... a shot?"
"Yeah."
"Good! Now the dog will hate you!" Hyde smiled pleased and crossed his arms over his chest.
"He doesn't."
"I would hate you if you made someone give me a shot..."
"Cuz you are so immature, and the dog isn't..." Tetsu nodded and rubbed the dog's nose against his.
"Ne... Tet-chan... Stop picking on me..." Hyde said in a sorrowful voice. "You can't like the dog better..."
"I also bought a little bed for the dog. I knew you wouldn't want to carry these things so I asked them to deliver those to our bungalow. We better hurry."
"A little bed, he says... I bet it's bigger than ours..." Hyde shook his head in annoyance and followed Tetsu.
"... Oh, and I also bought some toys for him..." Tetsu smiled.
"Toys? Yeah... I you probably bought it an Evangelion model kit... Gundam mechas..."
"Uh... I bought a rubber ball, a rubber bone, and some other stuff I don't remember right now."
"Good. What are you gonna buy me?" Hyde asked jealous.
"I bought you a box of chocolate, Haido..."
"Really?!" Hyde beamed in happiness.
"Yeah. To keep you silent. Cuz I just knew you'd get jealous."
"Can I have a rubber bone too?" Hyde joked.
"OK. If you promise to play with it."
"I will!" Hyde joked.
"Will you bark too?"
"Yeah! I will. I can bark better than the flea-bag."
"Well... the dog is a natural at it..."
"My voice has no match."

They both got into the car and drove towards the bungalow. Hyde was in front of the steering wheel, protesting, while Tetsu sat beside him petting the dog and talking to it in a funny way... which made Hyde protest even more.

Later, at the bungalow

"OK, Cutie-chan... This is your bed..." Tetsu arranged the dog's bed and put all the toys in it. He wrapped a lace scarf around its neck and patted its head lovingly.
"I'm sure this flea-bag belongs to someone else... we should look for its owner..."
"Don't pay attention to him Cutie-chan... He's just jealous."
"Well, whatever... I won't comfort you when you cry because you have to return it to its rightful owners." Hyde shrugged.
"I'll get him to cook for us, Cutie-chan..."
"Hohoho! My Chef de cuisine expertise will not go to a dog!" Hyde exclaimed visibly angry.
"You'll see." Tetsu kept talking to the dog. "I know he's a brat, but he can really cook."
"Hey, Satan... you know what? Your master is out of his mind!" Hyde exclaimed irritated.
"Satan?"
"Yeah, I'm giving it a proper name. Not a gay name."
"His name is Cutie."
"Ne... Call him Satan."
"No. His name is Cutie."
"Cutie sounds gay." Hyde nodded.
"Really? Look who's talking!!"
"Oh? And look who says 'look who's talking'!"
"Haido... Why don't you try to make friends with the dog?"
"Uh... OK..." Hyde approached the dog hesitantly. "Want a smoke, Satan?" He offered the dog cigarettes.
"How stupid..." Tetsu shook his head and looked away.
"Doesn't want to be my friend..." Hyde shrugged and got up.
"Dogs don't smoke, Haido."
"Uh... I know that! I was only joking." Hyde said. "I can do without a dog friend."
"OK. Do as you please." Tetsu stood up and walked towards the bedroom humming, to change into more comfortable clothes.
"Well... maybe I'll have to make friends with this beast... to make him happy... and get him to bed..." Hyde thought. "Ne... I never thought I would have to go this far to get Tet-chan to bed..."
Tetsu whistled happily from the bedroom, he had always loved dogs, and had wanted to have one for a long time.
"Ne... Satan... let's go outside to play ball." Hyde said aloud, trying to make Tetsu listen.
"No! Not outside!" Tetsu protested from the bedroom. "It's too cold for him."
"OK. Your master is becoming old... Lend me your rubber bone and I'll lend you my Tet-chan..."
Tetsu began to laugh loudly.
"Tet-chan is mine. I can lend him to you, but you better treat him good. And no sex, of course."
"Haido you think I'm a pervert?!"
"Yeah..."
"Well, not that kind of pervert!!"
"I certainly hope so..."
"I'm taking a nap, Doiha-chan... Wanna come?"
"Yeah... in a minute. Your pet is biting my foot, as soon as it lets go, I'll be there."
"Good. Keep him entertained."
"Uh... you mean the dog or me?"
"Haido, keep Cutie entertained."
"Yoshi." Hyde said lighting a cigarette and staring at the dog playfully chewing his slippers.

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