[One-Shot] The Wooing Ways of Aiba Masaki
Title: The Wooing Ways of Aiba Masaki
Pairing: Aiba/Jun, side Ohno/Nino
Rating: PG
Genre: Humor, Fluff, Romance
Disclaimer: Standard disclaimers apply
Summary: Aiba woos. Can he score?
A/N: for jadenmd. supposedly a birthday gift but too busy at school to finish it. i promised her that i'd finish it before the year ends. so uhm, a new year's gift, then? XD also, still unbeta-ed so please bear with me for any grammatical errors that you can find. i'm particularly bad at those things. :/
i do hope you enjoy reading! :D
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Ba-dump. Ba-dump. Ba-dump.
Aiba clutches his chest as he feels the rapid beating of his heart. There it goes again,he thinks. This has been going on for a week or so, today being his third time for theweek. He's not quite sure what causes this but as far as he can remember, it only happens when he's around Jun. Maybe they're having too much fun together? He doesn't know for sure. He'll just have to ask Sho then.
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Consulting Sho on his so-called heart problem turns out to be an excellent idea.
The next time he feels this odd sensation, he has his answer.
Aiba Masaki is in love with Matsumoto Jun.
Now comes the tricky part: the confession.
Knowing himself, he's bound to stumble through his words. Eventually, he decides on using unorthodox methods of confession to get his message across without actually saying the three dreaded words.
The only question is how will he do that?
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Ohno, by some inexplicable reason, finds out about his current predicament. It's mainly the reason why he's standing in front of Aiba, left hand outstretched, and offering a pocket book of sorts to him. Aiba glances at it then back at Ohno.
"Thought it might help," Ohno supplies.
Aiba takes the book in his hands and reads the title.
The Magic of Pick-up Lines.
Aiba's eyes widen, surprise clearly on his face. He certainly didn't expect Ohno of all people to own such a book. "Are you serious, Leader? Will this really work?"
"It worked on Nino," Ohno mumbles.
Oh. That is some interesting bit of information (he files that away just in case there's a need to blackmail Nino). Aiba takes a look at the book again and browses through the contents.
It's worth a shot.
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"Hey MatsuJun!"
"Oh, it's you Aiba."
"Can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"Does it hurt?"
"Hurt what?"
"When you fell from heaven?"
"Did you- did you just use a pick-up line on me?"
Aiba nods, smile wide and bright.
"Oh god."
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"Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?"
"Keep walking then."
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"If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put U and I together."
"If I could rearrange the alphabet," Jun pauses. "On second thought, I like the way it is, N and O together"
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"I think we should be lab partners bec-"
"Forget it. You do your A no Arashi on your own."
"It's not even that!"
"Whatever."
"Fine."
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"You fascinate me more than the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus."
"Do you even know what the hell that is?"
"Uhm, no?"
"Then go away."
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"Is there an airport nearby or is that just my heart taking off?"
"Nah, that's just your brain."
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"There isn't a word in the dictionary for how good you look."
"There isn't a word in the dictionary for how lame your pick-up lines are."
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"I have an 'owie' on my lip. Will you kiss it and make it better?"
"How about I give you another one? I'll make sure to make it extra sweet with blood and bruises."
"Harsh."
"Deal with it."
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"Can I have directions?"
"Ask Sho. I'm busy."
"But it has to be you! Otherwise, it won't work."
"Another pick-up line, isn't it?" Jun sighs. "To where?"
"To your heart."
"...Go straight ahead, turn left, and say hello to the rings on my fist."
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"You may fall from the sky, you may fall from a tree, but the best way to fall... is in love with me.
"That was actually sweet..."
"Why, thank you! I'm glad you think so."
"...But I hate sweets at the moment."
"Damn."
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Forty-one pick up lines after, Jun is absolutely annoyed at him. By his sixty third, he's getting desperate. At his hundred and twenty seventh, Aiba is ready to give up. As much as he values his leader's ways of wooing the ladies (or in their case, men), he doesn't think it's likely to work, what more on Jun.
Aiba decides to give it one last shot before deeming it as a completely hopeless case. He gets the pocketbook and proceeds to read to pick out the best one he could find. If he's ever giving up, at least he goes down with a good fight.
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As soon as his shoot finishes, he rushes off to their green room to wait for Jun. He stations himself near Jun's bag just in case the younger man decides to ignore him altogether. When he hears the door accompanied by Jun's mumbles, he braces himself.
One last time.
"MatsuJun," Aiba calls out.
The other man turns around and sighs. "Look Aiba, I'm not in the mood for this."
"No, wait, hear me out. Just one more. You can punch me all you want after." Hearing no disagreement from Jun, Aiba proceeds. He takes one big breath, looks at Jun straight in the eye, and says it.
"Statistically speaking, the most effective pick-up line of all time is 'I love you'."
Silence. Jun stands rooted on his place, face set into indifference. For a moment, Aiba thinks he saw shock in the younger man's eyes, but it's gone in a flash. Jun then starts to move forward and stands in front of him. Aiba instantly shuts his eyes, expecting to be punched hard. Instead, he feels a hand cupping the back of his neck and pulling him forward as soft lips presses against his own. It takes a moment before he can process what is happening and another before he kisses back.
It is minutes later that they separate, chests heaving, gasping for air. Aiba leans his forehead against Jun, and gives him a smile. The younger man can't help but return it.
"Took you long enough, you idiot." Jun says, but his words lacking the usual bite.
"I did, didn't I?" Aiba replies.
"Damn right you did. And I'm warning you right now. Don't ever dare to utter a single pick-up line again especially when you're with me."
"But it worked on you, right?" Aiba gives him a teasing smile as he waggles his eyebrows.
Jun smacks him on the head, a hint of smile on his lips. "Idiot," he mutters and drags him down for another long kiss.
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"Eww. Aiba-chan and Jun-kun are making out in the green room," Nino says as he pretends to gag in disgust.
"We do it at times too, don't we?" Ohno mutters. Nino just smacks him on the arm. Ohno pouts at him and rubs his assaulted arm. "But if they are already kissing, then the pick-up lines must have worked."
Nino looks at him in confusion. "Why the hell would Aiba-chan use those disgustingly cheesy lines?" Nino gets his answer when Ohno's expressions turned from blank to realization to guilt. He narrows his eyes dangerously at Ohno.
"You told him about that, didn't you?"
"I kind of wanted to help him and I thought it might work since it worked on you?"
Ohno's answer does nothing to appease his boyfriend's wrath. He gives him a sheepish smile and flees.
Nino lets out a loud shriek and runs after Ohno.
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it's been a while since i last wrote a piece so this would be my first since, uhm last year?
so, how was it? excuse the cheesiness of this one :P comments are greatly appreciated! :D