2nd Fragile Dream; LQ: Lovers' Quarrels; Last Part
It was Sunday. The sun was shining brightly and someone was walking at the park…
“Hm… I hope Yama-chan doesn’t come late today.” Yuto said as he started to walk to and fro the park.
[[30 MINUTES LATER…]]
Yuto was sitting on a bench while blowing his bangs.
“Mattaku. Yama-chan, where are you?!” Yuto said while looking at his watch.
RING…RING….RING….RING….
Yuto got his phone out of his pocket and answered,
“Moshi moshi? Yama-chan? Mou~you’re late again!! Where are you?”
“Ano Yuto-kun, I can’t go after all. Gomen ne? Dai-chan and Chinen are here in my house and okaa-san made them stay here until dinner and she won’t let me go out. Hontouni gomen ne?”
“Hm. Wakatta. Ja.”
Yuto put his phone back in his pocket and sighed deeply. There was this aching feeling inside him. He feels irritated about it. He decided to walk back home.
[[A FEW DAYS LATER…]]
“Ne, ne Yama-chan! Here’s your present!” Yuto said as he gave Ryosuke a small square box with a ribbon on it.
“Eh? What’s this for? It’s not my birthday…” Ryosuke looked at the box questioningly.
“… eh? I-it’s our anniversary today… remember?”
“E-eh?! That’s today?! Gomen ne Yuto-kun!!” Daiki then started to pull Ryosuke out the door for rehearsals.
“I’ll buy you your present later!!!” Ryosuke shouted from the door before he was completely dragged out of the room by Daiki and the rest.
“It’s not about the present…” Yuto said to himself and left the gift on the table and followed the others.
[[THE NEXT DAY ]]
“Ne Yuto-kun, how about we go out tomorrow to celebrate our anniversary? I know it’s a bit late but-“ Ryosuke was cut off by Yuto who said,
“Na Keito, can you teach me how to play the guitar?” as if Ryosuke hasn’t said anything to him.
“Uhm…sure I’ll-“ Keito was then cut off by Hikaru.
“Keito! A-ano, why don’t you go out with us for a while?” Hikaru offered.
“Eh? But I’m going to teach Yuto how to-“
“Mou ikou. Hayaku, hayaku!” Takaki said as he pulled Keito outside with them.
…
“Keito, chotto KY nan janai no?” Hikaru confronted.
“Eh? Nande? Doushitano? Did something happen?”
“Iya~, betsuni. How about you just continue practicing for tomorrow’s performance, ne?” Takaki came to his rescue.
“Hm. Roger.” Keito said while saluting Takaki like a soldier and walked off with his guitar.
“………."
…
The couple was left inside the room.
“Ne, Yuto? I’m really sorry I forgot!! Please talk to me! I’ll make it up to you!”
“Then when the day comes, you’ll call all of a sudden and then tell me you can’t go because something came up again. What’s worse is that it’s because of Dai-chan and Chinen.”
“Would you stop getting jealous?!”
“I’m not jealous!!”
“……” Ryosuke just stared at his boyfriend with a `do-you-know-what-you’re-saying`face.
“Fine. Maybe I am jealous but I have a point! Because this whole month, you’ve been spending a lot of time with Dai-chan and Chinen. And NYC Boys aren’t helping either. We haven’t spent any time together this month. And it was even our anniversary yesterday…” Yuto trailed off and walked to the door. He opened it when Ryosuke stopped him and said.
“Meet me at the park near my house later at 7:00. I’ll be waiting.”
Yuto didn’t bother to look back and was about to go out when Ryosuke spoke again.
“Nakajima Yuto, whether you’re an hour late or even a day late, I’ll be waiting for you. That’s a promise.”
And with that, Yuto left.
[[LATER THAT NIGHT…]]
Ryosuke waited patiently for Yuto. It got colder and Ryosuke rubbed his arms with his hands. It was 8:00 in the evening and Yuto was still not there. He sat on a bench and wait.
Suddenly, rain came pouring down hard. Ryosuke didn’t bring any umbrella so he was soaking wet. Even so, he still sat there at the bench and waited for Yuto.
…
“I’m sure Yama-chan went home already. Pft.” Yuto said as he looked out his window. The rain was pouring hard outside. Even though he said those words, he can’t help but to get worried about his boyfriend and decided to make a call.
“Moshi moshi?” Mrs. Yamada answered.
“Moshi moshi. Ano Yamada-san, can I talk to Yama-chan?”
“Eh? I was about to ask you about him. Don’t you know where he is? I’m getting worried… He didn’t bring an umbrella along with him…”
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
“Eh? Yuto-kun? Moshi moshi?”
Yuto hung up and immediately went out to go to their meeting place.
…
Ryosuke was still at the same bench, hugging himself because of the cold. There was no place he could go to; no waiting shed, no roof. That’s what’s ugly about that park. It was even useless to go under the trees.
…
Yuto ran as fast as he could to the park along with his umbrella. He went in and looked for Ryosuke. And there he saw him; soaking wet and cold. Yuto dashed towards him and immediately put the umbrella over him.
“Yama-chan, daijobu? Yama-chan?” Yuto said as he shook Ryosuke a bit.
“Ne Yuto-kun, gomen ne? I know now how much it hurts when you wait for me and I don’t come… Gomen ne?” Ryosuke started sobbing. He now realized how much Yuto was hurt and it was his fault. He blamed himself and couldn’t help but cry.
“Yama-chan, it’s okay. You really don’t have to cry about it, you know? It’s okay. I forgive you. Now, let’s get you home…” Yuto said and helped Ryosuke up. But once Ryosuke stood up, he kissed Yuto on the lips and the two shared a passionate kiss. They then went home together.
[[FAST FORWARD!!!]]
“Nakajima-kun, Yamada-kun, please standby. You’re next to perform.” One of the staff said.
“Hai.” The two said in unison.
“Yosh.” Ryosuke said with a big grin on.
“Let’s do this.” Yuto agreed.
The two looked into each other’s eyes and kissed. They then went out on the stage and sang as the music started.
`Eien ni kimi to futari de Te wo toriai nagara
Yukkuri yukkuri de ii kara Aserazu tomo ni yukou
Futari no naka ni wa ikusen no hoshi ga Umare madataku yo~
Eien ni~`