[ShigeTego fic] Signs (Chp3.Drunk)
Title: Signs (chp3. Drunk)
Pairing: ShigeTego
Genre: Romance
Author: ai_happy4lucky
Disclaimer: And as what I always said before, it’s not me. I’m a realistic.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It’s a sign. All we need is a sign. And it’s everywhere.
A/N: Then here goes the third part. And I kinda stuck somehow…
Shortcut to the previous chapter:
Chp1. Arachnophobia
Chp2. Gift
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Signs
Author: ai_happy4lucky
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3. Drunk
It was ten o’clock in the evening and anyone would assume that everyone had already deposited themselves to their beds to catch up with some well deserved sleep. But some people were still wake at this time of moment.
It’s JE Boys Night Out and their doing a pretty good job at it in Ueda's family’s villa.
Ueda watched as more and more people slowly came to ruins under a certain beverage called “alcohol.” It didn’t hurt them to celebrate like this every once in a while. Beside everyone who acting like an idiot in their own little ways, there’s also men from JE who looks strict and orderly but the effects of alcohol sure drown their responsibility.
Although it can’t avoid the fact when people get drunk, and there are different kinds of drunkards. Ueda admits that he can’t hold alcohol quite well that’s why he stays in a nice quiet corner where he can see everyone and observe them together with a nice glass of red wine.
There are some numbered few who can take alcohol pretty well. They cause some trouble while exchanging insults with one another but none of them ended into a punching session. They would just glare at each other, take really deep breaths as they pick up the nearest bottle, and then they’ll start laughing at each other like nothing happened. Some of them play random card games and make ridiculous bets.
Speaking of card games Yamashita Tomohisa just started a tournament of Strip Poker. Anyone could tell that he’s already heavily controlled by alcohol. Even Ryuuhei who just accepted his challenge along with other men of Kanjani8 are under the control of alcohol as well. Yamapi took out a deck of cards and started distributing them to the circle of contestants. He tried dragging Ryo to join their game as well.
Ryo barked at him and said that he wasn’t going to play if there’s no prize or special rule. Yamapi just shrugged and went back to the circle of contestants. Surprisingly Jin was already with them and claims that whoever stripped the most clothing should be the ‘playmate’ and play with host Kame who dressed up in bunny costume, or so he said. It sparked everyone’s spirits (especially Ryo, who joined up quicker that a champion athletic ran to gayporn store) and suddenly everyone was firing up and excited to play Strip Poker. In the other hands, the prize of the winner of course is complete salvation from total embarrassment and possible annihilation.
As Ueda watched the game progress he could not help but wonder if the evil glint from Yamapi’s eyes and the dark aura surrounding him is caused by alcohol or naturally by evil within.
Ueda took a sip of his wine and grinned. They are a bunch of completely wasted lunatics.
But there was one exception.
Ueda’s eyes scanned the room and found Kato Shigeaki sitting on a stool not too far from where Yamapi was holding the Strip Poker Tournament. He just watch the games from where he was seated then he would glance around the room and observe another group. Sometimes he would just sit in the middle of a group and listen to the stories they have to tell. Some people would think that Shige is only partly interested in events such as these. Ueda would reason that it’s just with Shige is naturally a good boy. Then again maybe he's just saving himself from possible embarrassment.
Among all the visitors in the room, Ueda would point out that Shige was the only one who could hold his alcohol well. As Shige walks around the room, Ueda noticed that he doesn’t walk around wobbly, he walks a perfectly straight path. His voice doesn’t slur whenever he talks. His replies are always short and sensible, but it bothered the bartender on why Shige is even quieter than usual whenever he is drunk.
Ueda winced when he noticed Shige heading out the door. Shige passed by him and he decided to start a conversation.
“Leaving already Kato-kun? Everyone’s still having fun you know.”
Shige faced him and nodded, “I’m a little sleepy.” That’s when Ueda noticed something different. Shige’s dark brown orbs were slightly hazy and drooping a little, his cheeks had an interesting tinge of red, and he had a really goofy smile plastered on his face.
Ueda was going to mentally slap himself after asking this. He eyed Shige suspiciously and raised a brow then he popped the question.
“Kato-kun, are you drunk?”
Instantly Shige raised his right hand like he was giving an oath and replied with pride and glory clearly written in his face, “I swear to drunk I’m not God!”
And with that he left a very shocked Ueda and an empty glass of wine.
*****
Shige allowed his feet to guide him to his room. He’s aware of how drunk he was right now and sleeping really sounded like a good idea. Fighting to keep his consciousness up he struggled to keep his eyes open until he could reach his room. He mentally scolded himself for taking the glass of wine earlier. If only he stopped himself from taking the wine he would have no problems heading out to his room right now! After who-knows-how-long he finally reached his room. He gave out an exasperated sigh and opened the door to his room. The moon was so kind enough to shine its light on his room but, it wasn’t enough.
He leaned by the door frame and lazily outstretched his hand on the wall to search for the switch. He grumbled when he couldn’t find it and made a few steps forward which became his fatal mistake.
He tripped on his own feet and knocked himself out cold on the floor.
*****
Tegoshi still found it hard to get some decent sleep at night, which is why he had a habit of walking around the hallway in hopes that he would get tired and fall asleep easily. It wasn’t much help right now considering the noise created by the men in the cafeteria is practically echoing around the villa. He didn’t come because he felt not good right now, think he’ll got a fever or something, so Massu warned him to take a rest.
He sighed, he has no choice but to bear with it for now. It was their way of having fun after all. Whenever they go on a drinking spree everyone sleeps in the cafeteria except a numbered few who still have their brains intact with the ability to go to their respective rooms in one piece.
His ears concentrated on the sound of his footsteps echoing around the hallway. As he allowed his thoughts to wander so in hopes that it would tired himself, he winced at the sight of an open door at the end of the hallway. Curious, he slowly picked up his pace to see what was wrong.
His deep brown eyes widened in shock to see a familiar, unmoving, figure with his feet facing the door as he lay on his side on the floor of his room.
“Shige!”
Quickly he entered the room and knelt beside him and shook him gently by the shoulders, “Shige are you alright?” He gave a small groan and refused to open his eyes. Tegoshi’s nose twitched at the faint smell of wine. He quickly understood what it meant and frowned, “Mou, you got me completely worried back there!”
He shook him by the shoulders again, this time a little bit stronger, “Shige, wake up! You don’t really intend to sleep on the floor now do you?” He groaned some more but he never opened his eyes nor did he move from his spot. He sighed as he stared at his sleeping figure. Everytime he saw anyone in their drunken stupor, he imagined it to be a very stupid and at the same time a hilarious encounter.
Taking care of one of them never crossed his mind.
Tegoshi continued her efforts of waking Shige up hoping that he would just stand up and plop himself on his bed. Tonight wasn’t exactly a perfect night to be sleeping on the floor. The winds were quite harsh and sleeping on a floor doesn’t help.
After failing on his last attempt of waking him up, he decided to give up but then again he couldn’t just leave Shige the way he is now. He knew that he doesn’t have enough strength to carry Shige with his condition right now. Calling for help doesn’t count either since there’s no one he can count on right now. He decided to drape some blankets on him instead. It was dark and everything was too cluttered to find anything so he stood up and decided to switch the lights on.
He was about to turn the lights on when he heard Shige groaning again, only this time it was louder. He stood beside him and bent a little, “Shige are you awake now?” Shige blinked several times and made a small nod. Tegoshi smiled in relief, “Here, I’ll help you get to bed.”
Shige raised his head up a little and stared at Tegoshi for a moment. His vision was a little hazy but he knew who was with him right now. After his vision returned to normal he muttered something which Tegoshi failed to hear.
Tegoshi bent down so he could hear him better, “Huh?”
“Come closer.” He muttered. And with husky voice of his, Tegoshi got easily distracted but still tried to keep focus.
Curiously he bent down a little more, “What is it?”
The next thing that happened left Tegoshi dumbstrucked.
In an instant Shige grabbed his arm causing Tegoshi to lose his balance and fall to the floor. Tegoshi was lying on Shige’s side like the other was. His face was just inches away from his. But Shige hadn’t let go of his arm yet.
Because he was hugging it.
Two strong arms were wrapped around Tegoshi’s arm. It was like a kid hugging a teddy bear.
Tegoshi’s eyes widened in shock at the predicament he just landed himself on.
The first thing he thought of was to loosen Shige’s grip by trying to wriggle his arm out but it was no use. He just hugged on it tighter causing him to drag Tegoshi a little closer to him. The younger boy decided to stop his attempts because he couldn’t possibly guess what would happen next. He kept still.
“Shige.” Tegoshi whispered as he felt tinges of pink shades coloring his cheeks. Shige reacted by giving a low moan and that was all.
It was so quiet that he could hear his own breathing together with Shige’s. His heart kept beating and it made him panic because it sounded so loud to him that he thought Shige could hear it.
The pale moonlight shone on them and left Tegoshi with his thoughts.
‘He’s drunk… He doesn’t know what he’s doing…’
His eyes settled on his sleeping figure. Everyone has their own burden and they carry it differently. He’s rarely seen Shige at peace before. He may joke and laugh along with the rest of them but his eyes would stray every once in a while as he gets lost in his own thoughts. His eyes would always seem distracted and sometimes Tegoshi would catch a glimpse of hurt in his face.
Unconsciously his free hand reached out to Shige and brushed the stray strands of frizzy hair from his face. He chuckled. It’s so strange to watch the usually scowled and cool Shige sleep and look very please.
He felt the cold winds blow in and it sent shivers down his spines. He attempted to escape from his grasp once more. He was making progress until Shige clasped his hand with him. Tegoshi thought Shige was going to wake up so he braced himself for what would happen next.
Surprisingly he wasn’t prepared.
“Stay.” He whispered.
It was just one small word that almost took his breath away.
‘He’s drunk…He doesn’t know what he’s doing…’
Tegoshi felt warm all over and strangely the cold didn't bother him that much anymore. He found himself smiling foolishly and tried to suppress it. Instead he found his thoughts lulling him to sleep and slowly his eyes started to close.
‘He's drunk... He doesn't know what he's doing...’
Then again when he wakes up he probably won't remember anything. Thanks to the effects of alcohol probably not even the smartest guy in group who is gifted with an unbelievable memory would remember that he landed Tegoshi on their current predicament right now and that he told Tegoshi something that turned his mind blank. Tegoshi will just wake up early to leave so he can spare himself of coming up with an excuse to their current situation.
‘That's right... He probably won't remember...’
Finally he gave in to the drowsy feeling that was engulfing him and he kept his eyes shut. Shige probably won’t remember anything by tomorrow. That kind of thought relaxing him in some way.
‘He's drunk... He doesn't know what he's doing...’
‘Yeah right keep telling yourself that.’
Maybe there are things that aren't meant to be remembered by people. There are things that one wants to forget so it wouldn't be impossible that there are things that are not remembered.
“Even if you don’t remember moments like these, I'll be”
Tegoshi smiled as he rested his free hand together with Shige’s, “I'll remember these moments for you.”
*****
He cringed slightly at the smell of a strong but wonderful aroma. He blinked his eyes several times before he could focus on where he was now. Strangely there was a blanket draped over him and a pillow was already under his head. His brows furrowed wondering what happened.
“You awake already?” Tegoshi slowly turned his head to the direction of the voice. Shige, dressed in a long-sleeve blue shirt and black pants, was sitting a few inches beside him. He looked down at him as he casually raised his mug and grinned, “Ohayo.”
Tegoshi blinked.
“It's coffee. It helps to take away the effects of hangovers. I made some for you as well.”
Tegoshi's thoughts scattered and shock. His body caused him to jolt up as he sat up to face him with his head bowed slightly. Some of his light brown locks came tumbling down to cover his face. He knew Shige was staring at him right now as Tegoshi shyly took the cup of coffee settled in front of him.
He took a sip and it made his body tingle with warmth, “T-Thanks.”
“No problem.”
The silence surrounding them was killing him. He wrapped his hands around the mug as he tried to calm down. He was supposed to leave early to spare his this dilemma and now he was pressed to it without any alibi to present to him.
He took a deep breath and raised his head, “Um…Shi-Shige?”
Shige was already looking at him even before he called his attention, “Hm?”
“A-about what happened...uh...last night you see...um...I was just trying to...” he kept pausing and stuttering that the words he wanted to say wouldn't come out. Hearing himself in tongue-tied state made him feels like an idiot.
“You see...I tried to wake you up and... And all of a sudden...”
“Tegoshi.” Shige called out his name so casually he almost spilled his coffee.
“Yes?”
He looked at Tegoshi’s straight in the eye and it stayed that way for a while. While he was distracted by Shige’s gaze, Shige reached out his hand and brushed the stray strands of hair away from Tegoshi’s face and neatly tucked them behind his ear. Tegoshi felt his ears burn as lovely shades of pink colored his cheeks.
“Thanks for staying.”
His eyes widened in disbelief.
‘He knows?! He remembers?! He was aware of what he did!?’
Tegoshi looked up to him and from the looks of his face Shige already knew what was running around Tegoshi’s mind.
Shige took a sip of coffee and shrugged, “Maybe yes, maybe not. Who knows?” He said nonchalantly as he gave a mischievous grin. Tegoshi was rendered speechless as he took a sip of his coffee. He took a deep breath and summoned enough courage to look at him in the eye.
Tegoshi’s smile was as bright as the sun's rays behind him, “Your welcome.”
Shige returned the smile and was glad Tegoshi wasn't nervous around him anymore. He rested his chin on the palm of his hand and continued to watch the younger boy.
“You know Tegoshi,” The last phrase that Tegoshi whispered to Shige last night echoed in his mind.
“Moments like these should be remembered by the two people involved, don’t you think?”
Tegoshi couldn't suppress the smile on his face,
Taking care of drunkards isn't so bad after all.
A/N: Part 3 finish~ I wonder when this story will ends…